Chapter 370: with translation of chapter title

Ye Fan did not hesitate, he immediately got to work.

He had grown up in a mountain village, skilled at tilling soil and planting vegetables.

Although planting spiritual herbs is a more delicate task, with relevant books as aid, Ye Fan was not afraid of ruining the spiritual herbs.

He opened up a small plot in his usual cultivation cave to grow medicine.

This cultivation cave already had a Spirit Gathering Array, so planting spiritual herbs here works even better.

After renewing the soil, Ye Fan selected a set of spiritual herbs for refining Yellow Dragon Pill and planted them one by one.

Next came the most crucial step: irrigation.

Ordinary cultivators only use plain water to water, while wealthy families dilute spiritual water with water before irrigation.

Spiritual herbs grown this way not only have better quality, but their age also increases faster.

Ye Fan took out the bottle of cola he usually drank while cultivating, found a large wooden bucket, hesitated a moment, then gritted his teeth and poured in several dozen drops of cola.

After diluting with spring water to make a whole bucket of cola water, Ye Fan carefully watered each spiritual herb.

With a ladle of water, the cola's aroma instantly wafted out.

At the same time, a tiny spiritual herb suddenly shook its leaves, visibly growing an inch higher!

Ye Fan was startled, his eyes widened, and he gulped.

It seems it really works, and the effect is astonishing!

Originally just a ten-year-old Yellow Dragon Grass, it was rapidly boosted to twenty years by that ladle of cola water, saving a full ten years of detour!

Ye Fan, seeing this, naturally became extremely excited, and hurriedly irrigated the remaining cola water.

After absorbing the cola water, the spiritual herbs all grew much taller, and their age increased multiple times.

Thus Ye Fan took out the cola again, this time ruthlessly gritting his teeth, without further dilution, and directly poured it onto the roots of the spiritual herbs.

As each drop of cola seeped into the soil, the age of the spiritual herbs kept creeping upward.

However, when the age reached three hundred years, the effect of the cola seemed to weaken.

Ye Fan hastily stopped; it appears the limit of what cola can do is around three hundred years.

However, Ye Fan did not feel disappointed, because the quality of each spiritual herb had been raised to the supreme grade; even in places with extremely abundant spiritual energy, it is hard to produce supreme-grade spiritual herbs,

and he achieved this with only half a bottle of cola!

Ye Fan, still excited, immediately proceeded with grafting and transplanting, taking seeds and replanting.

Busy until the sun set behind the western hills, the small medicinal field Ye Fan had just opened was fully planted with the spiritual herbs needed for Yellow Dragon Pill, each three hundred years old and of supreme quality.

Ye Fan looked satisfied at his achievement, then glanced at the two empty cola bottles on the ground, his heart bleeding.

But all this was for refining Yellow Dragon Pill for the Fairy Sister; it was worth it!

After finishing planting the spiritual herbs, Song Yun also returned to the sect.

Both are now in the inner sect; Song Yun, due to outstanding alchemy talent, also resides in the core area, not far from Ye Fan's cave.

Song Yun's trip out of the sect this time was precisely to return to the Song family.

The Song family, relying on the secret formula of cola, now faintly has the trend of surpassing other alchemy aristocratic families and joining the top-tier alchemy aristocratic families of the Tian Gang Continent.

This time Song Yun returned home, he was also praised by the clan elders, and the clan thus rewarded him with abundant cultivation resources.

However, this time returning home, the family also gave Song Yun a new task.

Now the whole family knows the marvel of cola; every alchemist wants to request cola.

Besides that, some families on good terms with the Song family also got the news and began to come seeking it.

Although the name "cola" has not leaked out, many forces already know that the Song family possesses a secret formula, an extremely precious brown spiritual liquid, far stronger than ordinary spiritual water.

The demand for cola will only increase; thus, when Song Yun left home, the family elders specifically instructed him to find a way to purchase cola from Ye Fan's hands.

Song Yun now stands at the entrance of Ye Fan's cave, hesitating to move forward.

This time the elders opened their mouths like lions, demanding a full two thousand milliliters of cola; how could he bring himself to ask?

The measurement of this cola, naturally, was also learned from Ye Fan's mouth.

Song Yun only knows that two thousand milliliters of cola is worth a heavenly price; the family this time gave him some authority.

But he fears that this two thousand milliliters of cola is also a heavenly price for Ye Fan; if he refuses to sell or demands a higher price in exchange, then the Song family this time can only bleed heavily.

When Ye Fan arrived at the door, he happened to see Song Yun's face full of worry, and could not help but step forward.

"Senior Brother, what difficulty have you encountered?"

Song Yun saw Ye Fan coming, quickly put away his worry, and said with a smile:

"How have you been lately, Junior Brother? I haven't yet come over to congratulate you; you are now also an inner sect disciple, and this cave of yours is even better than where I live."

In Song Yun's eyes there was no jealousy, only full blessings.

Ye Fan, hearing this, felt a bit embarrassed and said:

"Senior Brother, don't tease me; I, Junior Brother, only relied on the adults at home to obtain decent cultivation resources; Senior Brother, don't just stand there, quickly come sit in my cave."

Song Yun nodded, and the two entered side by side.

Ye Fan thought for a moment and said:

"By the way, Senior Brother, regarding those Foundation Establishment Pills I gave you earlier, have the alchemists in your family researched anything from them?"

Ye Fan himself was also curious: what exactly is the deal with the boiled egg the Fairy Sister gave?

When this was brought up, Song Yun's expression turned strange; he embarrassingly coughed and said:

"That, to speak of it shamefully, the few top alchemists in my family have studied to this day and still haven't figured out the formula of this Foundation Establishment Pill; the elders all think it's just an ordinary boiled egg,"

"The elder with the broadest knowledge in the family said that perhaps there is some secret spell restriction on the boiled egg, concealing the true formula's ratio information; but we cannot even tell what kind of restriction it is, so naturally we cannot crack it."

"However, the boiled egg was not wasted; my grandfather ordered people to distribute them to the outstanding Qi Cultivation disciples in the clan, and he also kept the most round and plump boiled egg, forever sealed in the highest level of the clan's treasure pavilion, hoping that someday a descendant might be able to solve it."

Ye Fan, hearing this, nodded and noted down these matters one by one, to tell the Fairy Sister later.

The two sat down in the small garden; the surrounding rich spiritual energy temporarily dispelled Song Yun's inner vexation.

"Junior Brother, this cave dwelling is really not bad; even the residence of our inner sect's senior elder brother, I'm afraid, falls short."

"Ye Fan heard the words, his expression slightly startled; it seems the cave dwelling that Martial Uncle Jiang gave him is indeed quite good."

"Next time we meet Martial Uncle Jiang, we can give a suitable thank-you gift for letting him have this cave dwelling."

"After sitting and chatting for a moment, Ye Fan got straight to the point."

"Senior Brother, I came to see you this time actually to ask about buying more elixirs, though the quantity this time is larger."

"Song Yun had been wondering how to bring it up, but upon hearing Ye Fan want elixirs, his eyes lit up immediately."

"Before, we exchanged elixirs for cola; if we can do that again this time, and the quantity is quite large, wouldn't we be able to get more cola?"