Min Fang (1)

"How come the Ten Thousand Pills Sect with abundant experience in cultivating herbs doesn't possess such treasure? Did they find it from somewhere instead before they move into Tianyu City?" Yang Guang puzzled expression made Tian Peng wanted to laugh.

"Our Polished Jade Tower originated from Tianyu City. How can a foundation that uses the power of the masses to temper itself fail to compete with two external factions that were kicked out from where they came?"

Tian Peng explains the reason but did not go through into details on how the Polished Jade Tower managed to obtain this treasure. But even if they did know, they can't proceed like what Polished Jade Tower is doing now.

The method of using the dew is very straightforward. By tilting the container slightly, a drop of the dew can be taken out from the bottle and given to the plant. And because the treasured dew is sensitive to the age of the plants, a wrong application means a loss of a day.

And when it was made into this scale of farming, the plant that did not reach a similar maturity period is to be removed to make way for the next batch of seeds. This is also why the elder repeated the word "Do not waste it" twice before the three containers are given to them.

But by putting a marker on each row, mistakes can be lessened to a certain degree.

"Brother Tian, does the book-servant works day and night? If I'm not mistaken, that row of Blood Fruit Plants is reaching their maturity tonight," said Yang Guang as he points at a row of plants not far from them.

"OH?"

"Tian Peng! It looks like you got yourself a good junior brother." a guy suddenly appeared behind them. From the equipment on his back, he should be the one in charge of harvesting the Blood Fruit Plant.

"Ceh, its Min Fang." Tian Peng lost his interest in chatter the moment he saw Min Fang.

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A week later, Yang Guang can be said to be familiar with the daily task and other duties as a Book-Servant. The reason they're known as book-servant is that their range of responsibility is somewhat taken in as a part of their studies.

There are also classes for the book-servants to attend. The subject like geography, Basic Mathematics, Logic Studies, and History is taught by the elders twice a week. Some of the more talented Book-Servants is also given a chance to study the Jade Realm's Five Classics.

Inside the five classics, the student is taught about Music, Calligraphy, Rites, Poetry, and Chess. Those that are well educated with the five classics held better opportunities in applying to the Tianyu City's Government, taking the position as one of its younger officials.

But for Yang Guang, he prefers to get back to his origin. Since he's been farming herbs from ten to fifteen, everything related to Herbology. Medicine and Alchemy become his favorite subject.

In his first week, Yang Guang focuses all his attention on learning about the herbs. And since his attitude and eagerness to learn caught the elder's fondness, he was given some opportunity to learn about some basic theory related to the Azure Jade Grass.

"Young Lads, come here for a moment." an elder summons everyone near him.

"We've got something interesting here today. Can you see the differences between this Azure Jade Grass and others?" the elder took a table out from nowhere. He then places the Azure Jade Grass in his hand separately from the stack of normal ones.

"A bad-quality Azure Jade Grass?"

"Mutated? Did it lose the color because we over-watered the plant?"

Random guesses came out from those ignorant ones, while the more attentive ones inspect the Azure Jade Grass properly. But soon, everyone gives up in the guessing game.

"This plant appeared one out of a thousand. They're known as the male counterpart of the Azure Jade Grass or Qingxin Grass." the elder took the Qingxin Grass back on his hand as he explains further.

"The Qingxin Grass uses is to dispel anxiousness of a cultivator during meditation. Although its effect is barely noticeable, a room full of Qingxin Grass could help the cultivator to suppress their inner demon during advancement," he said.

"Does that mean this Qingxin Grass is very expensive?" one of the book-servants asked.

"They can be sold for a Soul Jade each. But since nobody recognizes this plant, you'll be duped by the Herb Store Owner and selling it as a loss." the elder replied.

"Alright. Back to work. Don't make mistakes!" the elder's attitude resembles a person trying to make trouble for the book-servants. If anyone amongst them really forgets about which plant he watered last, then most probably one or two plants is wasted from their mistake.

And when this figure multiplied with the number of them making a mistake, they might reach 100 to 200 plants wasted. That is a loss of between 30 to 60 Soul Jades. To Yang Guang, this is a waste and not time efficient at all.

"I saved 30 Jade Coins at last." Yang Guang calculated the total Jade Coins he had at the end of today's work.

If they were exchanged into Soul Jades, they're worth between 27-30 pieces. But because most of the commodities in Polished Jade Tower are traded using Jade Coins, it is wasteful if he converts them into Soul Jades.

During this period, his cultivation did not improve as fast as he thought. Although he got the chance to keep cultivating at night, his stash of Azure Soul Pills is finishing soon if he couldn't replenish them like before.

The first reason for this is because he stopped farming for himself. This reduces the possibility of his Jade Container creating Azure Soul Pill for him. And the next thing is that as a book-servant, he's not allowed to leave the Polished Jade Tower at any time he wanted.

Every book-servant could only get a One-Day Leave each month, and the request to went outside must be stated with a reason. And since Yang Guang had no parents living with him, he can only try to give some other reason if he really wanted to go out.

"Bang, Bang, Bang!" three knocks came from the door.

"Coming!" Yang Guang stops what he's doing and went to get the door. A visitor is standing there the moment the door is opened.

"Big brother Min Fang?"

"Quickly get a leather bag and come with me. We're going to earn some quick cash tonight!"