At Ilya's words, Ron immediately fell into deep thought.
Previously, he had assumed the experiments in this area would yield results quickly and that all the properties of the Elemental Potatoes would soon become clear, so he had not paid them much attention.
Yet unexpectedly, the Elemental Potatoes were incredibly resilient. More than two months had passed, and they still showed no signs of completely rotting or changing in any other way.
At that thought, the chibi puppet Ron, far away in the Flower Shop Dimensional Plane and diligently planting batch after batch of various plants, suddenly stopped what he was doing and shifted his attention to the Elemental Potatoes.
Ever since obtaining the Puppet Tree, Ron had arranged for a chibi puppet to remain in the Dimensional Plane, continuously planting crops for the Flower Shop.
Of those, the greatest demand was naturally for Nether Orchids, Golden Red Chrysanthemums, Scale Vines, and Scale Leaves.
At this moment, Ron temporarily halted the planting of those crops. With a thought, he dug up a water-element Elemental Potato from the Cultivation Space where they were kept.
He did not take the Elemental Potato out of the Cultivation Space. Instead, he simply exposed it to the air within it and accelerated the flow of time.
Very soon, over a year passed within the Cultivation Space. The Elemental Potato remained largely unchanged, though its color had dulled slightly.
Another three or four years went by before the Elemental Potato gradually began to rot, and the elements stored within it slowly dissipated away.
In the end, after roughly five or six years, the Elemental Potato completely lost its effectiveness and became a lump of rotten matter.
"This takes way too long... Just how much preservative did they add?" Ron could not help grumbling.
Still, he understood