"Quick, see if they're ripe!"
The adult and child crouched beside the peanuts, their eyes intent.
Qin Yan poked a peanut leaf with her little hand.
[Optimal harvest time: 12:00]
Fu Yunting checked the time. It was 11:34.
There was just under half an hour left.
"Does harvesting them at this time make any difference compared to harvesting at other times?"
Meimei explained, "It does. In the Cultivation Realm, the quality of spirit plants is very important too. Harvesting some too early or too late will lower their quality. The best quality is perfect grade. These spirit plants contain the fullest spiritual qi. Using perfect-grade medicinal spirit plants makes it easier to refine flawless pills."
Fu Yunting said, "But if we start harvesting at twelve, we can't dig up all the peanuts right away. Won't the other peanuts miss that time?"
Meimei said, "The time given means these peanuts won't reach perfect ripeness until twelve. Generally, as long as plants like these are harvested within twenty-four hours of ripening, they'll still be perfect grade."
"Some are more particular. For example, there's a kind of mushroom where every mushroom ripens at a different time and has a different harvest time. Once that harvest time passes, even by just an hour, its quality will decline."
"This is all knowledge that spirit plant growers study in the Cultivation Realm. But even experienced veterans can't be completely certain of the exact best time to harvest the spirit plants they grow. So for them, getting excellent-grade spirit plants is already very good."
"So this ability of yours is the best cheat a spirit farmer in the Cultivation Realm could have, little one."
Qin Yan said softly, "It's a really, really good cheat for me too."
The little girl loved this ability of hers