usatvline Chapter 506 - 282: The Grand Feast Prepared for the West State Boss (Part 2)
Chapter 506 - 282: The Grand Feast Prepared for the West State Boss (Part 2)
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At dawn, the office was brightly lit.
The man in a suit handed a briefcase to Poison Master Wang E.
"Director Wang, sorry to trouble you again."
Wang E sat by the coffee table, yawning and wiping sleep from his eyes.
"Oh, what’s there to trouble over?"
As he spoke, he opened the case and saw it was packed full of lush green herbs.
The leaves of the herb were long, with coarse, stiff hairs, a bit prickly to the touch.
Wang E didn’t hesitate, he took all the herbs out of the case and arranged them neatly on the table, inspecting them bit by bit.
Ever since the Ancient Immortals made contact, they often traded, and the middleman for these trades was the Dark World! Wang E wasn’t clear on trades through other routes. When it came to transactions involving Immortal Grass, many would pass through him for inspection and quality checking.
"Poisonous Orchid, Immortal Grass of Sequence Nine.
"The hairs are of varying lengths with patches of baldness, the quality is so-so.
"It’s... freshly picked, just harvested last night.
"As for its medicinal properties, they aren’t too strong."
Wang E examined each stalk while speaking.
The middle-aged man in a suit nodded as he listened. In the Dark World, they acted as a trading platform, responsible for inspecting goods on both sides. Wang E’s evaluation matched closely with the information given by the supplier.
He instinctively reached out, wanting to touch the Poisonous Orchid, but Wang E hurriedly grabbed his hand.
"No, no, no!
"Unless someone is at Sequence Eight on the Alchemy Path route, they shouldn’t touch it! If you’re pricked by the poison hairs, you might die on the spot!"
The middle-aged man shivered and reflexively pulled his hand back, exchanging an awkward smile with Wang E.
As Wang E continued his inspection, he suddenly noticed a half-piece of purple weed leaf amidst the pile of herbs.
"What’s this? Weeds? Stuffed in to add weight?"
While making a sarcastic remark, Wang E keenly noticed a slight ripple in the mood of the Medicine Monkey Ancient Immortal in his mind.
Could there be something off about this purple weed?
He didn’t know, didn’t understand, but didn’t ask or say much. He just took another discreet glance at the purple weed, noting all the details in his mind.
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In the command operations room.
There were dozens of workstations, dozens of computers, and dozens of Immortal Technique Committee members were concentrating intently.
Chairman Chen Shu sat in the front row, occasionally glancing at the computer, occasionally chatting with Committee Member Gu Lin beside him, or looking up at the large screen, seeing the map and the glowing trails on it.
This was the route of the latest batch of high-precision soil total potassium concentration sensors on the market.
Of course, these were no ordinary sensors... they had been tampered with by the Committee!
Bai Mo sat by the computer next to him, holding his apprentice Bai Ruyi, with no tasks for the moment... he was on standby in case of emergencies, and if everything went smoothly, they wouldn’t need to do anything.
At this moment, he was holding his apprentice, ruffling his apprentice’s chubby head, occasionally making him laugh, his gaze drifting towards Wang E’s side, where he saw Wang E’s sketch.
"The purple weed in the Poisonous Orchid... this... Purple Feather Grass?"
Bai Mo vaguely recalled that if Poisonous Orchids were cultivated on a large scale, they could alter the soil, even turning the soil where they took root slightly toxic. This toxicity was detrimental to most Immortal Grass growths. It would only attract a special kind of weed... Purple Feather Grass!
"It would take at least a hundred acres of Poisonous Orchids, altering the soil, for Purple Feather Grass to appear."
Unconsciously, had the Immortal’s Immortal Grass industry developed to such a large scale already?
However...
"With those poison hairs around, it’s not easy to harvest!
"One briefcase worth can be harvested, though.
"How do you harvest a hundred acres of Poisonous Orchids?
"Once a hundred acres of Poisonous Orchids are harvested and released into the human world... although its medicinal properties aren’t strong, the toxicity is quite fierce. It could certainly cause quite a disaster!"
Bai Mo pondered, suddenly looking up at the large screen showing the circulation map of agricultural machines under surveillance.
In the list, there was notably a "combine harvester", departing from the Zhongwu Region, traveling along the long road towards the Heluo Region.
Bai Mo operated the computer in front of him, checking the detailed information of these monitored machines.
It turned out that the wheat harvest had already passed this year and the next one was still far away. This combine harvester transaction had been flagged by the Immortal Committee’s big data.
"Hmm, this harvester is indeed different.
"It’s a special harvester for chopping forage, capable of uprooting wheat.
"If the blade is changed, and parameters are adjusted... gee... can it really harvest the Poisonous Orchid?
"But, the Immortal Committee has installed... uh..."
As he was deep in thought, he saw the green dot representing the harvester flashing red on the large screen, stopping at the edge of the Heluo Region, motionless.
This indicated that the harvester had lost contact, taken away from reality, no longer able to transmit satellite signals.
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Daytime in the real world, corresponds to nighttime in dreams.
In the dense night, Wang Fangyue and his master Ancient Immortal Que Shi stood by the bonfire, fiddling with a tablet computer, checking various data.
"Humidity, acidity, conductivity... all within normal range.
"Once this batch of Poisonous Orchids is harvested and sold, we’ll have enough resources."
The afterglow of the bonfire illuminated the distant medicinal fields, revealing rows of Poisonous Orchids swaying gently in the night breeze, densely packed, extending into the darkness.
"Plus, with our other medicinal fields, we can gather enough for a Fire Consciousness Soup to promote you to Sequence Seven!"
Wang Fangyue’s eyes sparkled as he looked across the bonfire, seeing the small medicinal fields equipped with sprinkler nozzles, various sensors, and seeing the Harlan Zhongli and Celestial Bright Grass... these were his hopes for advancing to Sequence Seven!