Chapter 143

The Mall Assistant immediately provided a notification: "Luring Grass, Fine Grade, 357 grams, valued at 28.55 Star Coins. It requires 39% more effective ingredient accumulation to reach Fine Grade+. Key effective substances include..."

Qing Mengzhu and Ming Chunxi looked at each other.

Ming Chunxi said, "The function of directly pointing to the essence is very useful."

Qing Mengzhu: "Yes, its applications are also very wide."

Ming Chunxi: "It should have a noticeable effect on scientific research. Let's try it in a couple of days. Now, let's see if there are any other upgraded features?"

Qing Mengzhu clicked through various pages of the Interstellar Mall, then shook her head. "It seems there aren't any left."

Ming Chunxi was not disappointed. "These two upgrades alone are already quite remarkable."

The two sat in the chairs and looked at each other.

After browsing through the contents of the Interstellar Mall, Qing Mengzhu felt completely exhausted.

Ming Chunxi stroked his arm, offering him silent comfort.

After sitting for a while, Qing Mengzhu remembered, "There's also a lottery! My spending has reached 100,000 Star Coins, so I can participate in the lottery once. Go wash your hair, take a shower, and wash your hands. After you're done, let's try our luck and see what good stuff we can get this time!"

Ming Chunxi: "Aren't you going to rest?"

Qing Mengzhu stared at him intently. "Go wash up, I'll rest here. I want to know the lottery results."

Ming Chunxi chuckled softly, "Then I'll go."

While Ming Chunxi went to take a bath, Qing Mengzhu specially found their bamboo shoot incense and lit it, sincerely wishing that she would draw something good this time.

This is a prize pool with a spending limit of 100,000 Star Coins; drawing a mid-level skill book isn't unreasonable, right?

If only I could draw a high-level skill book like Soil Science, Fertilizer Science, or Entomology, those would be worth two or three hundred thousand Star Coins.

He wouldn't mind getting a minor skill book like chili pepper planting, tomato planting, or lotus root planting if he couldn't get a major skill book; skill books worth fifty or sixty thousand Star Coins are quite appealing.

While Qing Mengzhu was praying with her eyes closed, Ming Chunxi came out after taking a bath.

Qing Mengzhu ran and jumped over to help him blow-dry his hair, and even found his formal attire so that he could dress more formally before drawing.

Ming Chunxi amused and exasperated. "I can understand bathing and burning incense, but why wear formal attire?"

Qing Mengzhu said earnestly, "Don't you have to dress formally for important matters?"

Ming Chunxi had no choice but to take it and put it on, and even asked Qing Mengzhu to help her tie a formal tie.

Once everything was ready, Qing Mengzhu held her phone with both hands and opened the lottery page. "Alright, you can start drawing now."

Ming Chunxi took a deep breath and started the lottery very seriously.

A moment later, a dazzling treasure chest effect appeared on the screen.

Qing Mengzhu's voice tightened. "What did you draw?"

Ming Chunxi: "Water Spirit Pearl."

Qing Mengzhu exclaimed, "Ah! Spirit Pearl Dregs? 100,000 Star Coins for a Spirit Pearl Dregs?!"

Ming Chunxi gently held his head still, making him look at the Interstellar Mall: "It's not Spirit Pearl Dregs, it's Water Spirit Pearl, much higher grade than Spirit Pearl Dregs."

Qing Mengzhu realized what was happening. "I was too nervous just now and misheard. Let me check."

Qing Mengzhu: "Wait, Water Spirit Pearl worth 300,000 Star Coins?!"

Author's Note:

PS: The project "Water + Carbon Dioxide + Electricity = Starch" actually exists.

Chapter 143

Qing Mengzhu and the others had never used the Spirit Pearl, but they had used Spirit Pearl Dregs.

The 999 Star Coins Spirit Pearl Dregs was already very good; Qing Mengzhu couldn't imagine just how good the Water Spirit Pearl, worth 300,000 Star Coins, would be.

Qing Mengzhu looked at the Water Spirit Pearl in her personal center. "Should I extract it now?"

Ming Chunxi: "Extract it first, then scan it to see what's inside."

Qing Mengzhu: "That makes sense, I'll give it a try!"

Qing Mengzhu immediately extracted the Water Spirit Pearl.

Holding the Water Spirit Pearl in my hand, it resembled a dewdrop on a lotus leaf—crystal clear, round, and delightful; it was very beautiful to look at.

At this moment, neither of them had time to appreciate the beauty of the Water Spirit Pearl; instead, they immediately opened the Mall Assistant and began scanning.

The scan results came back instantly.

"Water Spirit Pearl, Good Grade, 20 grams, valued at 300,000 Star Coins. 98% of its effective components remain to reach Good Grade+. Main effective substance: Spiritual Power."

The results seem a bit off; it's as if the main effective substances were mentioned but not really explained.

Qing Mengzhu waited for the scan results, feeling somewhat disappointed.

Ming Chunxi: "It seems that the Mall Assistant still blocks us to some extent."

Qing Mengzhu: "Indeed, it seems to be trying to fool us."

Ming Chunxi calmly said, "Scan the Luring Grass again and check the description of its active ingredients."

Qing Mengzhu: "I'll give it a try."

They scanned it again, this time calmly and carefully reading the ingredient list.

Then they quickly discovered that the Mall Assistant seemed to say everything, yet also said nothing at all. For example, the "inducer" mentioned at the beginning was something they didn't know exactly what.

The Mall Assistant only provided the names of the ingredients, not their specific elemental composition!

In other words, even if they knew the composition of an item, it wouldn't be of much use to them.

Qing Mengzhu put down her phone. "I thought we'd gotten a great deal this time."

Ming Chunxi: "It probably won't provide such obvious loopholes, but for areas we're unfamiliar with, even just providing the ingredient names can be a strong clue."

Qing Mengzhu thoughtfully, "That's true. We can get inspiration from it, but we can't just open our mouths to eat directly."

The two discussed the upgrade of the Interstellar Mall and Mall Assistant for a while, gradually calmed down, and even comforted each other.

This upgrade is good enough; we shouldn't be greedy.

Qing Mengzhu opened her personal profile to see the Water Spirit Pearl she had just drawn.

The user center contains detailed instructions, including the scope of use, usage methods, and precautions.

Overall, this Water Spirit Pearl can improve water quality, turning ordinary water into a basic spiritual spring. The shop recommends placing the Water Spirit Pearl in an ordinary well or water tank, where it will continue to work its magic, turning the water into Spirit Spring Water.

Depending on the quality and quantity of water purified by the Water Spirit Pearl, it can maintain its effect for two to three years.

Qing Mengzhu looked at the Water Spirit Pearl: "In two to three years, after it expires, we should have saved enough Star Coins to buy a new Water Spirit Pearl. Hmm, we should probably buy one then."

For example, the current Spirit Pearl Dregs is being bought back indefinitely.

Ming Chunxi: "The Interstellar Mall's open conspiracy."

Qing Mengzhu sighed, "I feel like a lot of the good things are deliberately given to us for trial, and not necessarily things we actually won in the draw."

After thinking for a moment, Qing Mengzhu said with a touch of sadness, "Of course, I'm just unlucky. Even if they deliberately gave it to us, I might not have gotten it."

Ming Chunxi patted him on the back. "It's okay, I'll take care of it."

Although the two felt that the Interstellar Mall's act of letting them draw the Water Spirit Pearl was a deliberate scheme, they couldn't refuse the offer once it was offered to them.

Qing Mengzhu said, "I'll have someone dig a well. Putting the Spirit Pearl in the well is safer than putting it in a water tank."

Ming Chunxi: "It seems that drilling a well requires applying to both the water resources department and the natural resources department."

Qing Mengzhu: "It seems so. I've heard about it before. I'll let the village know first. People in the village have dug wells before, so the village committee should know what to do."

Ming Chunxi: "A well in the yard? Then it needs to be a sealed well, otherwise people or small animals might accidentally fall in, it's too dangerous."

The Dharma Protector, in particular, are too noisy, almost like children; having multiple wells is indeed not safe enough.

Qing Mengzhu nodded. "Let me go ask how to do it first?"

Qing Mengzhu was quite familiar with the village party secretary Qing Yukai, and the next day she directly asked him about digging a well.

Qing Yukai was very surprised. "No one in the village has dug a well for many years. Why did you suddenly think of digging a well, Brother Mengzhu?"