Shen Bing had been crouching beside the little sprout for two hours without moving at all.
Although he hadn't used any tools to measure it, he could tell that the little sprout had grown three millimeters in those two hours.
This was too damn amazing.
More importantly, Shen Bing had noticed something very strange.
As the little seedling grew, the surrounding patch of grass, which had withered somewhat in the winter cold, actually began to show hints of green.
At first, Shen Bing thought the grass was putting out green shoots because early spring had arrived. But the green shoots appeared only within two feet of the Immortal Peach Sprout, which certainly warranted some thought.
Shen Bing rapidly recalled what the Plague God had told him, and an idea slowly formed in his mind.
Could this Immortal Peach really absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi automatically and convert it into immortal spiritual qi, just as that Plague God fellow had said?
That would mean there was Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi on Earth after all.
But what the hell was this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi? Uh... my goal was to become a scientist, not some mystical charlatan. Having this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi turn up now was pretty awkward.
Of course, excitement outweighed everything else in Shen Bing's heart.
Fuck it, awkward or not, if this thing really could let people live forever, who cared?
If I could eventually use scientific methods to figure out exactly what this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was, that would be incredible. I'd definitely become the greatest scientist of the century, perhaps even the greatest figure in history.
Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi might contain the secret to eternal life.
But Shen Bing was still a long way from deciphering this damned