Chapter 41

Hero immediately looked at Liu Rushi, and saw that the woman was still sitting at the lab table, adjusting the potion. Hero felt a bit ashamed; the other woman was already at the level of a middle-aged grandma and had not rested, having fought for two days and two nights without rest to test the newly improved physical recovery potion.

Hero did not intend to continue watching and said, "Master, can you lend me a pill furnace? I want to refine some pills for backup."

Liu Rushi pointed to a room by the wall and said, "That is the pill room. Because I rarely refine pills, the earth fire guiding emblem inside hasn't been used for a long time, and I don't know if it needs repair. You can go and try it out."

Hero stood there, scratching his head awkwardly, and said, "I don't have any materials, Master. Can you lend me some?"

When a disciple borrows materials, they never return.

Liu Rushi was taken aback for a moment, then pointed to a door on the left and said, "Behind this door is my spirit plant garden. Apart from the fields protected by guardian emblems, you can freely pick any herbs you need from the other fields."

At this point, Liu Rushi remembered something and took out a necklace to give to Hero, saying, "This is an ancient garden treasure I obtained from an ancient relic. It is a portable garden emblem device that ancient life masters who were skilled in pill refinement used to carry. Now, pills have declined, and potions are the main focus, so such portable garden emblem devices are rarely used by life masters."

Hero couldn't help but shed tears, thinking to himself: Having a master is truly great!

If Old Turtle were here, he would desperately search the world for a master.

After obtaining this portable garden, Hero boldly divided a thread of his soul fragment and fused it into the necklace, immediately becoming the owner of the emblem device. Unless he voluntarily relinquished it or died, even a strong person like Liu Rushi could not forcibly change its ownership.

Inside the necklace was a garden space, containing a thousand-acre dry garden and a dry spirit spring.

"Why is it a dry field!" Hero was stunned, looking at his master. Liu Rushi blushed slightly, then coughed and said, "Because this thing was buried in the ancient relic for too long without water crystal stones to replenish it, it dried up. The spirit spring has a spirit spring source emblem. As long as you continuously add water crystal stones to the spirit spring source emblem, it will produce artificial spirit spring water continuously."

Hearing this, Hero instantly felt dejected, his mind filled with a thousand horses galloping: Knowing that I'm broke, how can I continuously add spirit stones? I don't even have a single coin.

Liu Rushi, truly a world-class expert, quickly regained her composure and said, "This thing is yours now. You'll have to figure out the spirit stones on your own. I won't raise you like a flower in a greenhouse. However, if you want to save spirit stones, you can find a natural spirit spring and move its source into the spirit spring source emblem. It will then merge and become a natural spirit spring that automatically absorbs the essence of heaven and earth to produce spirit spring water."

Hearing this news about saving spirit stones, Hero was not happy at all; instead, he felt even more dejected: I'll have to find a way to get water crystal stones.

Watching Hero's retreating back, Liu Rushi smiled and shook her head, sighing, "Being a disciple is truly great. I still remember the feeling when I received gifts from my master, like a happy little bird."

When Hero stepped through the door, he was stunned by what he saw. Was this a small building? How could there be a garden and forest spanning nearly a thousand miles!

Just the field planted with Seven-Star Grass alone covered several acres. Seven-Star Grass is a common auxiliary material for ordinary-grade pills or potions, but in the ordinary market, it is as valuable as a hundred-year-old ginseng, worth a fortune.

However, on this field of Seven-Star Grass, there was a sign that read "Pasture Area"! This made Hero feel a bit ashamed. In the past, he had to enter deep forests and mountains to find a few dozen Seven-Star Grass plants, but now, there were at least eight thousand in front of him, and they were being used as feed for exotic beasts!

Hero couldn't help but sigh: Even cabbage isn't this cheap!

After sighing, Hero reorganized his emotions and pulled up the Seven-Star Grass, roots and all, along with the seeds, and stored them in his portable garden.

Was this guy a locust? Compared to him, locusts were like ants to elephants; he was a harvesting machine.

While harvesting the Seven-Star Grass, Hero's heart roared with excitement: Pasture! You use it to feed animals, but why not feed me? I'm so poor now; even a bundle of this could be exchanged for several billion Chinese yuan or a small first-grade energy pattern crystal.

A bundle for a small pattern crystal? Only he would dare to think this way. If Liu Rushi knew what he was thinking, she would definitely scold him: I let you use it for pill refinement, but you devalue it by selling it cheaply! You might as well give it back to me to feed the pigs!

The most valuable part of Seven-Star Grass is its seeds and roots, especially the seeds, which have the effect of invigorating qi and replenishing blood.

After harvesting most of the Seven-Star Grass, Hero moved on to other spirit fields.

However, he knew when to stop. He could harvest entire fields of common low-grade spirit herbs, but for those of slightly higher value, he showed some restraint. But thinking about how rich his master was, he didn't mind taking a bit more, so he harvested a large portion of every herb he could use, ensuring he had enough for the next few decades.

Finally, Hero came to a huge spirit spring and was completely stunned. This spirit spring spanned a mile in diameter, and at its bottom was a huge spirit spring source emblem, also a mile in diameter!

On the spirit spring source emblem, there was a pile of water pattern crystals as high as a small mountain!

Hero's heart raced, and he really wanted to strip off his clothes and jump into the spirit spring.

This spirit spring supplied water to over twenty fields. After a moment of hesitation, Hero's small heart finally overcame the last bit of hesitation: Since I've entered a treasure mountain, I can't leave empty-handed, right? It's just a bath, isn't it?

Thinking this, Hero didn't even take off his clothes and jumped into the huge spirit spring with a splash.

Hero's action startled Liu Rushi, who was adjusting a new reagent. She only sent a thread of her consciousness to take a look and then withdrew it, shaking her head and continuing her work: This kid, well, let him have this small advantage.

She didn't know that she had caught a big rat in a rice bin. Hero had an incredibly greedy and bottomless gourd heart inside him. This gourd, though not very powerful, could eat anything it caught!

Hero let out an excited howl and jumped into the spirit spring.

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