Chapter 141
Su Jing stood beside the space transmission point in the control room on the basement floor of the villa, her fingertip lightly tapping "Enter Space" on the communicator screen—
A pale blue light membrane instantly enveloped her body. There was no feeling of weightlessness, only the familiar fragrance of grass and trees wafting towards her. The next second, she landed steadily outside the pale green light membrane of the spirit herb planting area.
The scene inside the light-filled membrane caught her eye: all 225 seedlings had sprouted, and not a single one had withered.
On the east side, in the area of the Gathering Grass, tender light green shoots emerge from the soil, about 2 centimeters tall, topped with two rounded cotyledons, like mini umbrellas. Fine water droplets are still clinging to the cotyledons, traces of the automatic irrigation system that has just watered them.
In the central area of the hemostatic herb, the buds are pale red, slightly shorter than those of the qi-gathering herb, but more densely packed. Each bud tip is topped with a milky-white fuzz, clinging to the spiritual soil, swaying gently in the breeze, exuding resilience. The seedling area of the thousand-year-old spiritual herbs on the north side is even more surprising—
The pale golden buds broke through the nurturing soil of the cultivation box, only 1 centimeter high, yet shimmering with a delicate light. The cotyledons tightly wrapped around the bud axis, like precious treasures afraid of being damaged. Outside the pale golden protective light film, a thin layer of water mist condensed, maintaining a constant humidity.
"Su Jing! Su Jing! The sprouts have all come out!" Xiao Jin's voice suddenly exploded in her mind. A small, golden-yellow furball darted out from behind the shelves in the planting area, its short legs darting quickly along the path beside the spirit soil. Its black eyes shone like two black grapes. "Look at the sprouts of the Qi-gathering grass, they're just as green as the seeds we ate before!"
Su Jing smiled as she walked into the light membrane, bent down and approached a seedling of Qi-gathering Grass—her fingertips gently touched the cotyledons, which felt soft but not brittle, and she could clearly feel the vitality flowing inside.
She took out a miniature scanner from her pocket, scanned the roots of the seedling, and the screen immediately popped up: "[Gathering Grass Seedling: Growth progress 10%, activity 99%, root length 3 cm, no pests or diseases, enhanced by high-level growth solution, growth rate increased by 50%]".
"Very high activity, even better than expected," she murmured to herself, then scanned another hemostatic herb: [Hemostatic herb seedling: growth progress 12%, activity 98%, root length 2.5 cm, no pests or diseases].
The scan results of the Millennium Spirit Herb seedlings are even more encouraging: [Millennium Spirit Herb seedlings: growth progress 8%, activity 99%, root length 2 cm, fertile soil, need to be kept away from light].
"Su Jing, can I help? I saw the robot loosening the soil before, and I can do it too!" Xiao Jin ran to Su Jing's feet, used its little paws to dig at the loose soil at the edge of the spiritual soil, its eyes full of expectation, "I will be gentle, and I won't touch the sprouts!"
Su Jing thought for a moment, then pointed to the spiritual soil next to a Qi-gathering grass seedling: "Then could you help loosen the surface spiritual soil a little, without touching the roots or the buds, okay?"
Little Jin nodded immediately, its tiny paws gently gripping the spiritual soil, its movements so slow it seemed afraid of disturbing something—its paws were small and precise, able to precisely avoid the seedling's roots, only breaking the compacted surface soil into small pieces. After breaking it up, it would gently nudge the soil with its nose to make sure no clods were pressing down on the roots. "Is this right? Isn't it too loose?"
"It's really good, even better than the robot at loosening the soil," Su Jing encouraged. Xiao Jin immediately became even more energetic, running to the next seedling and continuing to carefully loosen the soil. Occasionally, when it encountered small pebbles in the spiritual soil, it would use its paws to move them onto the path, muttering, "The pebbles will weigh down the roots, I have to remove them~" Watching its earnest appearance, Su Jing couldn't help but take a picture with her phone—Xiao Jin squatting beside the spiritual soil, its little paws digging in the soil, with the tender shoots of the Qi-gathering Grass swaying beside it, the scene was exceptionally heartwarming.
At this moment, Robot No. 3 pushed a small irrigation cart over, with the nozzles on the cart aimed at 10 centimeters above the seedlings, and fine water mist was sprayed evenly without splashing onto the tips of the buds.
Su Jing gave the robot the command: "Adjust the irrigation frequency to once every 6 hours, 10 ml per plant each time, add 2 ml to the Qi-gathering grass and hemostatic grass, and reduce the watering of the Thousand-Year Spirit Grass by 1 ml to avoid root rot." The robot's display screen showed "Command received successfully". The irrigation truck moved slowly, and the nozzles adjusted their angles to ensure that each seedling could drink water without being flooded.
Su Jing walked around the planting area to confirm that all the seedlings were fine. Just as she was about to exit the light membrane, a light gold notification popped up on her communicator: "[Overall monitoring of the spirit herb planting area is complete: The growth cycle of low-level spirit herbs (Qi-gathering grass, hemostatic grass) has been shortened by 50% due to the support of high-level growth liquid. They are expected to mature in 15 days."
The growth cycle of high-grade spiritual herbs (millennial spiritual herb seedlings) is shortened by 40%, and they are expected to enter the growth period in 25 days;
The soil fertility, temperature, and humidity are currently in optimal growing conditions. It is recommended to supplement with herb powder (1 gram/plant) once a day to enhance its activity.
"Matures in 15 days..." Su Jing stared at the number in the notification box, feeling much more at ease.
The first batch of low-grade spiritual herbs will be harvested in 15 days. At that time, the "Number One Shop in the World" will no longer have to worry about its spiritual herb inventory, and can even keep some for refining pills.
She immediately instructed Robot No. 5 to retrieve the spirit herb powder from the supplies area and package it into small bags at a rate of 1 gram per plant. "Starting tomorrow, sprinkle it on the seedlings once every morning, and halve the amount for the thousand-year spirit herb seedlings."
After finishing a patch of spiritual soil, Little Golden Pine ran to Su Jing's side, its paws covered in spiritual soil, but it didn't care at all: "Will it mature in 15 days? Can we pick the seeds and eat them then?"
"Yes, I'll save the plumpest seeds for you then." Su Jing patted its head, and in her mind, she heard Xiao Jin's cheerful chirping, like a content little sparrow.
After arranging things in the planting area, Su Jing left the space with Xiao Jin. Just as she returned to the control room, her communicator suddenly vibrated—it was a notification sound from the global channel.
She clicked on it and saw that the pinned message was from a user named "Chen Yang" from China, who excitedly wrote: "'I am the God of Wealth's low-level hemostatic herb is so useful! After our wounded soldiers used it, their wounds healed twice as fast as usual. Before, it would take 3 days for a scab to form, but now it only takes 1.5 days. It's amazing!"
A user named "Zhao Yue" from the Flower Kingdom immediately chimed in: "I bought 10 seedlings of spiritual herbs from 'Number One Shop Under Heaven' and planted them in the incubator at the shelter. They've already sprouted and are growing exceptionally well, with much higher activity than the local spiritual herbs!"
Su Jing glanced at the message twice, didn't reply, but saved a screenshot—this was the best "live advertisement," and the sales of the spiritual herbs would only get better in the future.
She glanced out the window; it was getting dark. Turning to the robot, she ordered, "Clean up the control room and prepare dinner. Xiao Jin said she wants steamed buns made with the new flour." Xiao Jin immediately came closer, her voice in her mind full of anticipation: [Steamed buns! Soft ones! Add lots of crushed spirit herb seeds!]
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