Chapter 151: One Step at a Time

A Spiritual Field where one day equals a hundred days, the Cherry Tomato's maturation time also happens to be just over ninety days; generally, after a day passes it can be harvested, right.

But Lin Manzhi, when harvesting, realized that Cherry Tomato is not a one‑time mature crop, but can be continuously harvested for two or three months.

After several consecutive Cherry Tomato harvests, Lin Manzhi spent two or three days before the harvest was marked complete, then pulled out the Cherry Tomato seedlings and fed them back into the Spiritual Field.

Discovering that mature Cherry Tomatoes can be repeatedly harvested changed her previous idea of simply taking the Cherry Tomatoes out to sell.

Cherry Tomatoes are also modern seeds planted in the Spiritual Field; since Lettuce can be made into a medicine, perhaps the Cherry Tomato, which also has medicinal effects on the Spirit Core, could be tried for refining into a medicinal liquid for sale?

Mo Lie once said that after eating Cherry Tomato, the Spirit Core can sense a slight fluctuation; now that he is absent, Lin Manzhi cannot figure out whether Cherry Tomato can become an independent medicinal liquid.

Lin Manzhi thought for a moment, took a small pot of Cherry Tomato from the spatial storage, returned to reality, and, cradling the pot, went to find Huang Cai.

Indeed, the Shamaness is here; we can ask her whether the Cherry Tomato is a medicinal plant.

Huang Cai lives in a small two‑story house on a back street of Xicheng, adjacent to the house of the two Wooden Female, and Mo Lie has arranged a patrol of warriors in this area, making it quite safe.

Huang Cai saw Lin Manzhi holding a bright red Cherry Tomato in her arms, her face showing surprise, and even after sitting in the carpet‑covered hall she was still a little stunned.

"I brought a Holy Maiden Fruit medicinal plant this time," Lin Manzhi said, sitting on the floor on a cushion, placing the pot of Cherry Tomato on a low table.

Huang Cai stared blankly at the red fruit in the pot, and after a while realized that this time Wooden Female had brought a thing called a Holy Maiden Fruit medicinal plant!

She took a few steps forward, perched on a cushion beside Lin Manzhi, curiously lifted a Holy Maiden Fruit to examine it closely, "The skin is glossy and smooth, it smells of a fresh berry, and the leaves are still vivid green—"

Huang Cai's heart raced as she looked at Lin Manzhi: "Where did you find this medicinal plant? I've never heard of it before."

Lin Manzhi then picked up a Cherry Tomato, tossed it into her mouth, and while chewing spoke a bit slurred: "You try one too, this food is quite thirst‑quenching, it's a new medicinal plant; can you see what instant‑noodle‑like effect the refined Holy Maiden Fruit medicinal liquid has?"

Lin Manzhi kept eating, picking up another Cherry Tomato, and the air filled with a sweet‑sour scent that Huang Cai, standing nearby, had never smelled before, making her feel hungry as well.

That's not good... this is a medicinal plant, right??

That thought ultimately lost to appetite; she didn't follow Lin Manzhi's habit of removing the green stem, but instead cherished the whole Cherry Tomato and ate it whole.

With one bite, the Holy Maiden Fruit's skin was especially thin; the ripe flesh released a honey‑like sweet fragrance that burst in the mouth, and after a few more chews a subtle sourness rose again.

Huang Cai's gloomy mood for days brightened for the first time, and she said, "The Holy Maiden Fruit is delicious; even if it's not a medicinal plant, I'd still spend a fortune to buy it to eat."

"Right, refine the medicinal liquid... I'll give it a try," catching her breath, Huang Cai quickly picked up another Cherry Tomato and used her own pheromone threads to swiftly refine the medicinal liquid.

Lin Manzhi sat nearby; the method of refining the medicinal liquid was the same. She often practiced with Cherry Tomatoes, but because she lacks a female pheromone character setting, she hadn't brought the liquid directly.

Each Cherry Tomato was small; Huang Cai's pheromone quickly condensed in midair into a pale‑yellow medicinal liquid about the size of a peanut, and the pheromone did not rush to detach but instead wrapped around the liquid.

Half a minute later, after checking the energy contained in the Holy Maiden Fruit's medicinal liquid, it was more impactful than its deliciousness; Huang Cai's mood became both excited and complicated.

Seeing Huang Cai silent, Lin Manzhi asked, "How is it?"

Huang Cai slowly inhaled deeply and tried to speak calmly: "The Holy Maiden Fruit before us contains an effect that, like Female Pheromone on a male Beast's Spirit Core, has the same sorting function."

Hearing this result, Lin Manzhi's eyes widened with delight.

A sorting effect—that's essentially the same as the soothing medicine for the Spirit Core!

That would be one of the most popular medicines, because a male Beast can undergo Beast Transformation, relying entirely on the energy stored in the Spirit Core, and that energy is like Female Pheromone threads.

However, the more the Spirit Core's energy is used during Beast Transformation, the more chaotic it becomes, which is one cause of a male Beast's frenzy; Female Pheromone can sort it, but more often it relies on regularly taking the Spirit Core soothing medicine.

Now Cherry Tomato can replace the soothing medicine; this product that everyone needs would surely sell well.

She recalled Su Li saying raw Lettuce has effects, and asked Huang Cai: "If it doesn't contain Shamaness's pheromone, does eating this directly have a medicinal effect on a male Beast's Spirit Core? Could it be sold externally?"

Huang Cai's pupils trembled.

Long‑term use of the medicine is the only way to replace Female Pheromone; she had previously heard Lin Manzhi talk about one day turning food into medicine.

She didn't expect this moment to come so quickly!

She imagined what seismic impact the release of Holy Maiden Fruit medicinal liquid would cause.

Becoming the first to discover the Holy Maiden Fruit medicinal plant, Huang Cai's heart couldn't help pounding: "If you eat this Holy Maiden Fruit long‑term, it can certainly replace the medicine. Do you want to sell it?"

Lin Manzhi smiled: "I've prepared a shop plan; are you interested in cooperating? You refine the Holy Maiden Fruit medicinal liquid for me, and I'll pay you one hundred Beast Coins per batch."

This is just simple refining of the medicinal liquid; if you calculate the true cost, it's twice as expensive as the medicinal liquid refined by the Shamaness.

Huang Cai looked at the Holy Maiden Fruit in the pot, hurriedly nodded: "My Beast God, you chose me for such an important matter; I couldn't ask for more. Do you know this is a medicinal plant even the Wushen Temple doesn't have!"

She shyly added: "With the Beast Coins I earn, can I buy some Holy Maiden Fruit from you each day? I think it's oddly tasty."

Lin Manzhi: "Sure."

She pointed at the Cherry Tomatoes in the pot, "Exactly, this pot has about a hundred Holy Maiden Fruits. You refine the medicinal liquid for a hundred of them first; the rest can be yours. We'll settle daily; I'll come to you tomorrow."

"Alright, alright." Huang Cai smiled brightly, nodding, having something to do, feeling much lighter.

Having solved another matter, Lin Manzhi was in high spirits, left the Holy Maiden Fruit for Huang Cai, and turned away.

The Holy Maiden Fruit can now be sold; this will be a considerable business, and she must promptly arrange a method for planting Cherry Tomatoes.