36: Chapter 36 Five Years

"Senior Brother Zhao, what's wrong with you?"

Zhao Mo's eyes blurred. Inside the room was actually a bare-chested Ding Xin; where could there be any woman?

Zhao Mo looked suspiciously around the small room, then turned his gaze to Ding Xin's face.

"You aren't hiding a secret lover, are you?"

"I thought I just saw a girl in your room."

"Impossible."

Hearing Zhao Mo say this, Ding Xin bristled instead.

Zhao Mo: "How is it impossible? I saw it!"

"That big?"

Zhao Mo made a semi-circular shape with his hands, the arc resembling a basketball.

"Get lost, you pervert."

Zhao Mo was pushed out of the room by Ding Xin.

Zhao Mo was stunned.

What had he done to be called a pervert?

This Ding Xin was getting stranger and stranger; no wonder he didn't have any friends in Xiao Ji Village.

Zhao Mo rubbed his nose, feeling like he had just asked for trouble.

The most critical thing was that he had indeed seen it just now.

Very big.

Very round.

Very white.

That night, Zhao Mo suffered from insomnia.

...

[You have completed the grafting of the white orchid fruit, experience + 10.]

[You have completed the fertilization of the spiritual field, experience + 10.]

[You have completed the watering of the spiritual field, experience + 10.]

[You have completed the harvesting of the spiritual field, experience + 10.]

[Reward: After one hundred and sixty days of meticulous care, your spiritual field has achieved a great harvest, experience + 900.]

This year, Zhao Mo's spiritual field harvest hit a new high, reaching a terrifying six thousand catties.

Chen Yuxiang, who was witnessing this at the edge of the spiritual field, was dumbfounded, staring blankly at Zhao Mo.

In that gaze, disbelief, shock, and joy were revealed.

"Good, good. Toppling the monopoly of the Liu Clan starts today."

"Quickly, tell me, can this white orchid fruit of yours be planted on a large scale?"

Zhao Mo: "Of course, there is nothing difficult about that."

"That's good. Next year, I will send people to learn from you."

"Rest assured, you won't be shortchanged on the benefits."

The words on the tip of Zhao Mo's tongue stopped. He had actually wanted to ask if he could rent more spiritual fields, but unfortunately, Chen Yuxiang didn't give him the chance.

On the night of the white orchid fruit harvest, Ding Xin secretly handed Zhao Mo another root of enlightenment grass, just like always, without stating its origin.

Zhao Mo didn't ask either; everyone had their own secrets, as long as Ding Xin didn't harm him, it was fine.

Next, brewing wine and Cultivating Breakthroughs.

At the end of the first year, Zhao Mo reached the Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer.

The second year, Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer.

The third year, Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer.

...

Zhao Mo, at a steady pace and unhurriedly, broke through one Realm each year.

Living like this, five years passed in the blink of an eye for Zhao Mo.

Over these five years, not only had Zhao Mo's Cultivation broken through to the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer, but the enlightenment spirit wine had also accumulated to three hundred thousand catties.

As for why so much was accumulated, it was because True Person Yuxiang wanted to play a big game.

Over these years, the market price of enlightenment spirit wine had risen from the initial ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stone to ten High-Grade Spirit Stone per catty, a full hundredfold increase, and even then, it was often unavailable.

The reason for this was that True Person Yuxiang had Zhao Mo control the shipment volume.

"Three hundred thousand catties, it's almost time to close the net."

"Five years of planning, it all rests on this one move."

Since the harvest, the mutated white orchid fruit of the entire Wang Town had not been sold; it was all used by Zhao Mo to brew enlightenment spirit wine.

Strange to say, this enlightenment spirit wine had to be fermented using Zhao Mo's mutated white orchid fruit to be considered enlightenment spirit wine; using ordinary white orchid fruit only produced ordinary spirit wine.

This made Zhao Mo greatly amazed, marveling at the wondrous nature of the System.

...

Liu Clan Wine House.

"How is it? Has the enlightenment spirit wine still not been successfully brewed?"

The one speaking was the Golden Core True Person Liu Zhiming.

The person he was questioning was the Liu Family's most famous brewing Genius, Liu Dafeng, Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Xuan Cult and Palace Master of Tianxuan Palace in the Song Kingdom.

"No, I have exhausted all methods, but I cannot refine enlightenment spirit wine with the same taste as the opponent's."

"Unless..."

Liu Zhiming said: "Unless what?"

Liu Dafeng said: "Unless a whole stalk of enlightenment grass is added to the spirit wine. The spirit wine blended this way has the same effect as the enlightenment spirit wine, but the selling price of one stalk of enlightenment grass is as high as 1200 High-Grade Spirit Stone."

"Using a whole stalk of enlightenment grass to blend spirit wine, at the current selling price of enlightenment spirit wine, we would lose money."

"But if we don't use a whole stalk of enlightenment grass, it won't have the same effect."

Liu Zhiming said: "Have you calculated how many catties of spirit wine one stalk of enlightenment grass can blend to be the same as the opponent's spirit wine?"

The current enlightenment spirit wine was already selling for ten High-Grade Spirit Stone; if it could be diluted a lot, there would still be a profit.

Liu Dafeng said: "One stalk can only blend about one hundred catties."

Liu Zhiming said: "That means if we sell the spirit wine blended with enlightenment grass at the same price as the opponent, we would still lose money?"

Liu Dafeng nodded: "That is the case."

"Then raise the price, sell it for fifteen High-Grade Spirit Stone per catty, and at the same time, intensify the crackdown on those selling spirit wine privately," Liu Zhiming said fiercely.

"Right, also send people to watch the underground spirit wine auction house. Find a few people to go in; as long as there is enlightenment spirit wine for auction, buy it all back."

"Our Liu Family must monopolize this enlightenment spirit wine and let those people know that no person or force can challenge the authority of the Liu Clan."

"When the Old Ancestor breaks through, that will be their death day, just like a hundred years ago."

Next, the Liu Clan Wine House began to purchase enlightenment grass on a large scale. For a time, the enlightenment grass within the Xuan Sect rose directly from 1200 High-Grade Spirit Stone to 2400 High-Grade Spirit Stone.

In just a few short days, it doubled, which left the Golden Core True Persons of the Xuan Sect dumbfounded.

One must know that the price of enlightenment grass hadn't changed for hundreds of years. After all, while the yield of this thing wasn't high, there were even fewer people who could Cultivate to the Golden Core Ninth Layer.

Only a few people used it; it would be a ghost story if the price rose.

"Sell, sell, sell! Earned double in the blink of an eye; I'd be an idiot if I didn't sell." The Golden Core True Persons who had enlightenment grass in their hands began to dump them.

However, no matter how much was sold, there were buyers. In the blink of an eye, enlightenment grass vanished from the Xuan Sect market.

Now those Golden Core True Persons panicked and went crazy looking everywhere to buy enlightenment grass, but unfortunately, it was already too late; the enlightenment grass of the Xuan Sect had been bought up by the Liu Clan Wine House.

Just when the Golden Core True Persons were anxious, the Liu Clan Wine House released the enlightenment spirit wine, priced at 30 High-Grade Spirit Stone per catty.

Since they couldn't buy enlightenment grass, the Golden Core True Persons could only use enlightenment spirit wine. The Liu Clan Wine House was suddenly bustling with activity, and Golden Core True Persons came and went incessantly.

"The Liu Clan Wine House bought more than three hundred stalks of enlightenment grass, costing nearly 600,000 High-Grade Spirit Stone."

"According to reliable information, they have already blended it all into spirit wine."

"Good, it's time for us to make our move."

"Release the news that the wine house will have a large amount of enlightenment spirit wine for auction tonight."

Chen Yuxiang's face was flushed red. One must know that even when he broke through to the Golden Core, he hadn't been as excited as he was now.

...

Underground Spirit Wine Auction House.

The little fatty True Person Yun stood on that white cloud.

Zhao Mo and Ding Xin stood on the left and right of True Person Yuxiang, their faces full of tension.

"Respected True Monarchs, True Persons."

"I won't waste words; let's start directly."

"The first item: ten thousand catties of enlightenment spirit wine, starting bid for the package is 1000 High-Grade Spirit Stone."

True Person Yun started off with ten thousand catties of enlightenment spirit wine, which gave Liu Zhiming in the corner a shock.

One must know that the Liu Clan Wine House had spent 600,000 High-Grade Spirit Stone to blend only thirty thousand catties of enlightenment spirit wine, with a cost of twenty High-Grade Spirit Stone per catty.

You start by selling ten thousand catties? And package it for only one thousand High-Grade Spirit Stone? Are you playing around?