Chapter 123: You Have a Pheromone Value!

Why… why are you so agitated?

Huang Cai patted her own rapidly beating chest and said blankly, "There's no need to mix in Female Pheromone herbs any more; how could that possibly be useful to a beast."

Lin Manzhi smiled, "That's also true."

No, actually there already is.

She is now planting slowly; once the Lettuce stabilizes, she'll plant other vegetables and fruits. The Lettuce, under contract with Su Li, cannot be sold externally, but the other produce isn't contracted and can be sold worldwide.

Huang Cai watched Lin Manzhi, smiled and shook her head; after relaxing, her mind grew drowsy, her blood‑veined eyelids half‑drooped, and she yawned.

"You can't use the Sand-tail Grass Stalk to practice, and I have nothing left to teach you. Pack up and go back; when you find a new herb, come see me again."

Lin Manzhi, seeing this, put away the Sand-tail Grass Stalk from the table, nodded, "Alright, rest well; I'll have someone bring you food."

After speaking, she tied the herb bag back to her waist, lifted the veil on her shoulders, walked out of the room with a calm expression, and turned to close the door for Huang Cai.

The door shut tightly, cutting off anyone's view inside.

The next moment, Lin Manzhi looked up at the scorching sunlight, then lifted her skirt and took a deep breath.

Jog!

Open the door, close the door!

She shed her cloak and cheerfully curled up in the room's lounge area.

The living‑room windows were tightly shut; the icy leather carpet held a soft cushion and intricately patterned throw pillows she'd made herself, stuffed with expensive fine‑fur feathers, as comfortable as a plush toy.

In front of the pillow‑laden cushion stood a clean, natural‑wood low table on the carpet, bearing a small plate of tomatoes.

Lin Manzhi grabbed a pillow to hug her chest, then casually took the bag of Sand-tail Grass Stalk from her waist and set it on the table.

Having just learned from Huang Cai how to refine elixirs, she naturally began practicing as soon as she returned.

It's inconvenient to reveal her Pheromone Value outside, because Lin Manzhi knows her Pheromone Value of 4 is an extremely rare asset in Kuangsha City.

A female with a Pheromone Value is to a beast what a flower tossed into a swarm of bees is—soon captured by powerful beasts in Kuangsha City and kept in their own backyards.

Since she knows a female's status is special and will attract countless beasts' attention, let alone cause trouble for Mo Lie.

Lin Manzhi picked up the Sand-tail Grass Stalk, looked up to see all doors and windows sealed and the curtains drawn, and began to experiment.

A strand of pale‑blue silk emerged from Lin Manzhi's fingertip.

Following the nodes Huang Cai taught her, she located the depression three‑tenths below the seventh segment of the Sand-tail Grass Stalk. That spot is the plant's elixir convergence hub.

She guided the Pheromone thread toward it… suddenly felt an odd pulse from the stalk, as if resisting foreign intrusion.

Then, the Pheromone, wrapped around the stalk's vein, … snapped.

Lin Manzhi: "..."

Indeed, it's so hard!

She isn't the protagonist; she lacks that instant‑mastery trope from the original, even the genius edge that surpasses Huang Cai.

Lin Manzhi could only reconsolidate the Pheromone thread and plunge into countless failures.

They say practice makes perfect; after a hundred‑plus attempts, she finally, on the third day, perfectly refined the Sand-tail Grass Stalk's elixir for the first time.

Lin Manzhi was thrilled, her eyes fixed unblinking on the green elixir suspended in midair.

Ah— I really succeeded in refining the herb's essence!

Last time I complained to Mo Lie about how hard it was to refine herbs; I never expected to finally succeed. I'll go get it for him; he'll surely be surprised.

She let out a light laugh, eyes crescent‑shaped, about to take the prepared vial to collect the suspended green liquid with the Pheromone thread, when her smile froze.

Wait!

The Sand-tail Grass Stalk's elixir promotes fertility; it's basically like a modern aphrodisiac pill.

Given her current relationship with Mo Lie, bringing this over… would he think she's hinting she wants to bear offspring with him!

Lin Manzhi felt her face flush, forcing herself to suppress the urge to take the elixir to Mo Lie and share her joy.

She rested her cheek on her hand, using the Pheromone thread to hook the rain‑drop‑sized, emerald‑like elixir.

If there were a cute, fluffy little baby leopard… I'd let it kiss and cuddle, even call 'mama'~~~

Heaven, so cute!

Especially here, it's a legally kept baby leopard!

Lin Manzhi recalled that before she could only see those adorable fierce‑young animals in zoo videos, envying the caretakers and wishing she could apply for the job.

But she hadn't seen any youngsters here yet…

She filled her mind with cute little tigers, leopards, lions, wolves, and other adorable young animals, yet heard no knocking from outside.

She didn't answer, so Mu Qian and Mu Qiao, who had come to deliver lunch, as before assumed she'd allowed entry, pushed the door open, and the two females stared into the room with wide eyes.

Mu Qian: "!!"

Mu Qiao: "?!"

Both were so startled their hands trembled, dropping the tray onto the floor, which clattered loudly.

The commotion at the door snapped Lin Manzhi out of her reverie about the cute youngsters, and she looked toward the entrance.

Lin Manzhi: "..."

Damn, her Pheromone Value has been discovered.

Mu Qiao, trembling all over, stood at the doorway, staring in amazement at the tiny glowing green speck suspended in midair, then looking up at the female behind it.

She looked like any ordinary female, same features with large black patches on her face, not as beautiful as the Pheromone‑valued females, but…

Mu Qiao and Mu Xiang's gazes fixed on the elixir before the Wooden Female.

A faint, fragrant Pheromone scent drifted, pleasant to the nose, while the green glow in the air made it impossible to ignore that this was the precious elixir only a Shamaness could extract.

Thinking of the prerequisite to become a Shamaness, Mu Qiao and Mu Xiang couldn't help but feel scared.

Even after days of interacting with the female and knowing she's kind and not quick to punish, a deep darkness rose—having uncovered a huge secret, they'd be executed, surely in secret!

"You… you have…" Mu Qiao trembled uncontrollably, "This is Kuangsha City, and regarding our life and death, we dare not hope…"

Lin Manzhi lightly blinked.

A breeze blew in from the doorway, the white sheer curtains fluttered gently, silver‑white sunlight streamed in through the window, and the room's lighting grew a bit brighter.

Sunlight swept across Lin Manzhi's face; her black pupils appeared slightly lighter under the light, her expression calm, she lifted her hand, the fingertips guided her own Pheromone thread, hooking the liquid into a small vial, and she took the cork to seal the bottle tightly.

Lin Manzhi smiled slightly: "As you can see."