Planting Trees in Partnership with Yun Qingyang (4/5)

Ma Feifei pondered for a moment and said, "Hmm... it depends on the situation. We might sell a lot, or we might sell a little."

After saying that, Ma Feifei added to himself, "It's also possible that I'll have to pay them out of my own pocket."

However, he didn't dare say these words out loud, fearing that Yun Qingyang would not only refuse to give him the money but also beat him up.

"Alright! Sixteen billion Spirit Crystal, right?" With Yun Qingyang's intelligence, he obviously wouldn't think that far ahead. He touched his spatial ring, and then a flash of light appeared on the ring, and a beam of light flew towards the spatial ring on Ma Feifei's hand.

"I remember you only had 1.2 billion Spirit Crystal, how come you can come up with 1.6 billion now?" Ma Feifei asked in confusion, looking at the Spirit Crystal flying into his spatial ring.

He had been inside Yun Qingyang's spatial ring before. He might not know about the other things inside, but he knew very well how many Spirit Crystal were inside.

"I've earned quite a bit this year," Yun Qingyang replied with a grin. Whenever Spirit Crystal were mentioned, she always looked like this, especially happy.

"You've made quite a bit of money..." Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei couldn't help but twitch his lips. This was more than just making a bit of money; it was four hundred million a year! That's probably equivalent to the total annual profit of a medium-sized chamber of commerce.

However, Ma Feifei didn't ask any further questions. After putting all the Spirit Crystal into his spatial ring, Ma Feifei ran outside. He planned to buy some more trees to plant and see how they would turn out when they matured.

"Ma Feifei, I want to go too!" Yun Qingyang shouted from behind.

"Then hurry up and catch up," Ma Feifei said without turning his head.

So, less than half an hour after leaving the Book Garden, Ma Feifei returned to his Book Garden once again, this time with a tagalong by his side, Yun Qingyang.

When Yun Qingyang entered, he was initially full of doubt. This place was clearly the Pokémon competition venue before, but now it was shrouded in a cloud of Mist. After entering, it changed completely, as if he had entered another world, and there were many people busy inside.

They were all dressed in the same uniform, in coarse linen clothes, with the character 'God' embroidered on their chests.

"Where did all these people come from? Where is this?" Yun Qingyang asked curiously.

"This is it! This will be our Mysterious Bookstore's farm from now on, and these people are the servants I hired. They will help me manage this farm," Ma Feifei replied casually as he led Yun Qingyang forward.

"Farm? Servants?" Yun Qingyang seemed to understand, but didn't ask any further questions. She had spent the most time in the Mysterious Bookstore and had seen many magical things. She had developed some immunity to these sudden appearances. After thinking for a moment, she shifted her attention to the land in front of the servants.

"Are these the trees you were talking about that can make money?" Yun Qingyang asked curiously, pointing to a sapling that had just sprouted from the ground.

Ma Feifei squatted down less than a meter away from the saplings, fiddled with the tender branches, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Yes, these saplings mature very quickly. In half a month, when we come back here, they will have become a forest. Then we can cut down these trees and use them for book pages."

The maturation period of a first-grade Begonia Tree is only half a month; otherwise, it would not be possible for tender shoots to sprout just half an hour after the seeds are planted.

This Book Garden should be different from the outside world; it should have special laws governing it, and the land and trees should also have certain unique characteristics.

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei scooped up a handful of soil, preparing to put it into his spatial ring and take it out.

But before he could put it in, the soil in his hand leaked through Ma Feifei's palm.

"Huh?" Ma Feifei was a little puzzled. He couldn't see anything unusual in the soil either. Why was this strange phenomenon occurring?

Seeing that the soil in Ma Feifei's hand could actually slip through his palm, Yun Qingyang, who was standing nearby, became very curious and bent down to scoop up a handful of soil and put it in his hand in a similar manner.

However, just like with Ma Feifei, the soil started to fall off in less than five seconds after Yun Qingyang held it in his hands, and nothing could stop it.

"There's definitely something fishy going on." Ma Feifei said thoughtfully, watching the sand fall from Yun Qingyang's hand.

"What amazing soil!" Yun Qingyang was attracted by the soil and squatted down to scoop it up. He used his hands, Spiritual Power, and even his clothes to spread it, but he couldn't change the fact that the soil would fall.

Seeing that Yun Qingyang was having fun, Ma Feifei didn't disturb him. He went into the System Shop to continue buying saplings. He didn't plan to look at anything else; he was focused on planting trees.

Ten thousand first-grade seeds cost one billion Spirit Crystal.

One thousand level-two seeds cost five hundred million Spirit Crystal.

One hundred level-three seeds cost one hundred million Spirit Crystal.

They bought the seeds again, spending all the money they had taken from Yun Qingyang. Then Ma Feifei called his page, Qin Shuren, and asked him to plant the seeds.

After finishing all that, Ma Feifei glanced down at Yun Qingyang and noticed that she had stopped playing in the dirt and was now staring at the saplings.

"Ma Feifei, these saplings are growing so fast!" Yun Qingyang exclaimed in surprise, pointing to the saplings that had grown to almost a meter tall.

With a maturation period of only half a month, how could it not be fast!

Ma Feifei pursed her lips, looked at Yun Qingyang, and said, "Let's go. We'll come back in half a month."

Yun Qingyang shook her head and said, "You go back first, I need to take another look."

"Then I'll be going?" Ma Feifei couldn't help but chuckle. He was quite surprised that this girl was so interested in the growth of the sapling.

"Go on, go on..." Yun Qingyang waved her hand urging without even looking up, wishing Ma Feifei would leave quickly.

Ma Feifei shrugged, glanced around at the servants and clerks who were either planting with farm tools or carefully tending to the saplings he had bought by fetching water from somewhere, nodded in satisfaction, and left the Book Garden.

Back at the Bookstore, Ma Feifei had just settled into a rocking chair to take a nap when Zhang Yunji came out and approached Bookstore, whispering, "Storekeeper, Cang Lan Ma Feifei arrived, along with Jian Wuji, the Grand Dean of the Sword Sect, and that Qingcheng Xian Jian Wuji."

"Sigh!" Ma Feifei sighed. He was born to be a busybody! He had just returned to the Bookstore and hadn't even had a chance to relax before someone else came knocking on his door. But he couldn't refuse to see them. He had a business partnership with Cang Lan. Although the Flourishing of the Confucian Way project was already completed, the Confucian Dao Academy in all five kingdoms had been established, all thanks to Cang Lan's efforts. This was something that had already begun, and it naturally had to be done perfectly, not left unfinished.

"Please let them in," Ma Feifei said, waving his hand weakly.