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On one hand, she needs to maximize the effect of the Scythe of Ice; on the other hand, she also needs to consume her lifespan in a timely manner to increase her Physique Points... and at the same time, she needs to secretly collect the fallen Star Core.
The drop rate for blue Star Core is relatively high; you'll get one every two or three plants.
The purple Star Core are lower in elevation; it takes about one in seven or eight plants to fall.
The advantage was that these Star Core were all ice-type, Li Yang quickly collected enough ice-type Star Skill with a horizontal range.
After harvesting about 2,000 Star Plant, Li Yang paused for a moment.
Zhen You breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's time to rest..."
However, in the next instant, Li Yang once again swung the Chen Ri, unleashing the Scythe of Ice.
The range of the Scythe of Ice was already terrifying enough, but when she swung her sword out, the invisible scythe covered in frost expanded its range by two times.
Zhen You: "!!!"
Blue Crystal Clan: "!!!"
Yu Hongyuan gasped, "Did Senior Sister rediscover the Scythe of Ice during the battle and awaken an even more powerful effect?"
Don't underestimate Yu Hongyuan just because he doesn't know anything; he dares to boast!
Even if Zhen You has a wealth of experience, so what? He's never seen anything so bizarre!
Therefore, Zhen You Yu Hongyuan's words.
After all, in Zhen You's understanding, it was impossible for Star Plant to drop a large number of purple Star Core.
The sudden eruption of Li Yang's Scythe of Ice could only mean that her understanding of this Star Skill had deepened.
Although it sounds unreasonable, it's still much more reasonable than the former!
This upgrade made Li Yang even more efficient.
Unfortunately, it also consumed more Power of Starlight.
Although Jiang Yuqing gave her a large number of Star Recovery Pill, this harvest of Star Plant also consumed a lot of her energy.
Li Yang couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.
How much longer until Qingqing arrives?
Does it really take this long to refine a simple alchemy furnace?
However, Li Yang wasn't in a hurry. With this 60,000-year lifespan, she could take on a mission to break through to the next level.
Furthermore, she also needed to spend time commissioning teachers from the Weapon Forging Department to help create a batch of petri dishes.
Next, they will teach the Blue Crystal Clan how to breed...
As the saying goes, sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping wood, so there's no rush to plant immediately.
The reason for planting this batch first is to facilitate better progress later.
Words alone are not enough; we must see the facts.
The Blue Crystal Clan will likely be very enthusiastic about learning about breeding after seeing this planting.
After trying planting, the Masterless Sword were generally able to determine their own intentions.
--Should we stay and lease the land, or go to the Astral Realm to pursue freedom?
The answer is probably already known.
Furthermore, Li Yang also needs to take stock of the gains from this trip and conduct a general assessment before she can reasonably distribute the profits.
The Star Core will be left aside for now.
The materials alone need to be carefully counted.
After the harvest was complete, Li Yang approached the Blue Crystal Clan and said to the Blue Crystal King, "Let's go back to the palace and talk."
She took Chen Ri's hand, and Chen Ri commanded the Masterless Sword, "Rest where you are."
The Masterless Sword responded in unison.
After Chen Ri left, the Masterless Sword became noticeably more lively.
They spoke in hushed tones, their voices lively and cheerful.
"Farming is so much fun! I never imagined that such a tiny seed could grow into such a large Star Plant under my careful care!"
"It's interesting that this Star Plant doesn't attack us on its own."
"And it drops so many materials, isn't it very valuable?"
"I saw several materials for maintaining Star Weapon; we can be self-sufficient!"
"His Majesty said that only those who are self-sufficient are qualified to talk about freedom!"
"Yes! We can definitely support ourselves!"
Looking at this vast expanse of Blue Crystal Soil, they couldn't help but start to dream.
This place is much bigger and much more interesting than the Sword Tomb.
As long as they have this abundant Blue Crystal Soil, they can earn enough materials through their own labor!
If given the opportunity, they could be transformed into Growth-Type Divine Weapon, and their future prospects would be immeasurable!
Even if they cannot be transformed, they can still live an independent and free life without depending on anyone!
Back at the Blue Crystal King, Li Yang looked at Zhen You and asked, "Pharmacist Zhen, could you help estimate the value of this batch of materials?"
The materials that fell after harvesting the Star Plant have been collected.
Zhong Kun and his team only brought back a portion of the materials, but because there were many duplicates, they were able to estimate the approximate value of all the materials based on this portion.
These Star Plant will generally drop one or two seeds, as well as some usable materials.
Some of these materials can be used for alchemy, while others are used for forging weapons...
Zhen You could not only estimate the materials needed for alchemy, but he also had a general idea of the materials needed for weapon forging.
This is also a thoughtful touch from Li Yaowan: Zhen You majors in the Pill Department and minors in the Weapon Forging Department.
In addition, he himself was an experienced materials dealer, so he was very familiar with these things and quickly made an estimate.
"Selling in bulk will be cheaper, but less troublesome... The materials for these 6,000 plants will cost around 50,000 merit points; if sold retail, the price will definitely be much higher, but it will be very troublesome and take a long time, so it's not really suitable."
In just half a day, they produced enough materials to earn 50,000 merit points, enough to leave the Blue Crystal Clan's minds blank.
The annual production of Blue Crystal Stone is relatively fixed.
Despite the efforts of so many Blue Crystal Clan, the annual output is only a little over 1 million merit points.
That's equivalent to 10 billion Huaxia Currency, but it's nothing compared to the Star Plant grown in the Blue Crystal Soil.
It's important to know that Li Yang hasn't started large-scale planting yet; it's just testing the waters.
That already far surpasses the annual output value of the Blue Crystal Realm Domain!
Li Yang did some mental calculations. Although they had planted 6,000 seedlings in half a day, everyone would need to rest for a day or two afterward. Including the time for breeding, the planting cycle for one batch might be about a week. So, at least four batches could be planted in a month.
There are only 6,000 plants now, but the planting scale will definitely increase more than tenfold in the future.
If we assume 60,000 plants for now, the monthly output value would be around two million.
This only includes the materials; it doesn't include the more expensive Star Core.
Li Yang glanced at the Blue Crystal King, then at Chen Ri, and said, "Regarding the Blue Crystal Soil, we'd like to contract it with the Blue Crystal Clan for a monthly fee of 500,000 merit points."
The Blue Crystal Clan present all stood up with their hair standing on end again.
They worked hard all year selling Blue Crystal Stone and only earned 1 million merit points, but now they can actually get a contract fee of 500,000 merit points every month!
This was an immense fortune for them.
The Blue Crystal King said nervously, "Your Excellency, the right to protect the Blue Crystal Realm Domain is in your hands. Logically speaking, this Blue Crystal Soil..."
"One thing at a time, this contract fee is rightfully yours."
This time, not only Lan Yu was moved to tears, but Blue Crystal King also couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.
Li Yang then said to Chen Ri, "The contracting fee will be shared by the Mecha Clan. As for the income from the Star Plant materials, besides giving Professor Li 10% as commission, you can keep the rest for yourselves."
Li Yang is so generous!
That's practically giving them all away!
Li Yang also stated her conditions. "Nature Pavilion has only one requirement: we must be responsible for harvesting the Star Plant, and all the seeds of the Star Plant must belong to the Nature Pavilion."
Chen Ri immediately replied, "Okay!"
Li Yang then looked at Blue Crystal King and said, "Your Majesty, the Nature Pavilion will teach you how to cultivate seeds, depending on whether you want to learn... The Nature Pavilion will then sell the seeds to you, and after you have cultivated them, you can sell them to the Mecha Clan."
She didn't mention the words "Masterless Sword" again, but instead defined them as a new race— the Mecha Clan.
This also prevents others from coveting the Masterless Sword.
Blue Crystal King was so excited that he was speechless.
As the saying goes, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
While the contracting fees for Blue Crystal Soil are considerable, if they can master a breeding technique, that would provide a more sustainable and reassuring source of income.
Sitting idly by will deplete your savings; only by taking action can you generate a continuous flow of wealth.
Li Yang then looked at Feng Yiqiao and said, "Senior brother, you decide the price of the seeds."
Feng Yiqiao nodded solemnly in agreement. "I will study it carefully and provide a detailed report later!"
Li Yang nodded, reassured that the matter was safe and sound.
Seed sales also constitute a form of public revenue for the Nature Pavilion.
At the same time, everyone in the Nature Pavilion can also contract land in the Blue Crystal Soil for planting.
However, everyone knew what was going on.
The true source of income for the Nature Pavilion is a large number of Star Core.
Of these 6,000 Star Plant, a total of 800 purple Star Core and 2,000 blue Star Core fell.
If we calculate based on 1000 merit points per purple Star Core... that's a whopping 800,000 merit points!
Not to mention the large number of blue Star Core.
This income is truly terrifying.
Compared to this, Star Plant materials are at most a fraction of the price.
However, even if Li Yang told everyone about the Star Core, no one would object to her arrangements.
The output from Star Plant alone is already an immense fortune for them.
If we add the Star Core...
To be honest, even if we used up the entire Blue Crystal Realm Domain and more than 27,000 Masterless Sword, we still couldn't protect it.
If we can't protect it, then no amount of money will help.
Even Li Yang has to wait until he eliminates the person behind the scenes before he can slowly release this information.
Otherwise, she would only find herself in the predicament of "a common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime."
Li Yang only gave a general outline; the specific details still need to be discussed. Once the details are finalized, she will find a Star Curse Master to draw up a tripartite agreement.