YM778.TV Chapter 75: Herb garden
It wasn\'t unusual for alchemists to have a personal herb garden.
Usually, they did it for rare or special herbs that were hard to come by.
It was said that Master Alchemists and even Grandmaster Alchemists had entire fields dedicated to various types of herbs.
Ethan knew this, but he had never really thought about having his own herb cultivation before.
Which made sense, considering he never had a suitable place to grow them in large quantities, being in a sect, nor did he need them before since the few herbs he needed were provided by Da Shu.
But now that the opportunity had presented itself, Ethan didn\'t waste any time planting his own.
He had a vast, fertile area that wouldn\'t be used for anything else, so why not take full advantage of it?
After reading the information about the minor dimension, Ethan returned to his dorm room and headed to the market to buy various herbs to plant.
To exit the dimension, Ethan tried using a mental command.
He thought it wasn\'t convenient to have to open the system screen every time to do it.
If he could do it just by thinking, it would be more practical and useful.
He could literally escape to safety in case he got into some kind of trouble that threatened his life, like an enemy attack.
Ethan didn\'t take long to figure out some other basic things, like how he would return to the exact spot where he had left, both in the outside world and in the minor dimension.
Which was reasonable, and it was better to know in advance because if he had to escape from an enemy, he would have to carefully decide when to return to the place he had left.
Who knows what he might find upon his return.
It would have been nice if he could modify the point where he appeared, but this was fine too.
Ethan stayed out for several hours, and when he finally returned, he immediately transferred to his minor dimension.
Ethan didn\'t have a clock or any gadget to tell him how much time had actually passed, so he couldn\'t say how much time he had spent in there.
So, he simply relied on what the system had told him and shrugged off the problem.
Appearing inside the dimension, Ethan opened his system screen and went straight to his [storage].
On the screen of his dimensional space, three whole rows of materials could be seen filled.
From cultivation tools to various types of herbs, he had taken everything he could find.
He also had other herbs in mind that couldn\'t be found at the market, which he intended to have Da Shu procure for him.
After all, with the connections that Da Shu\'s family had, Ethan thought he could obtain some types of herbs that didn\'t grow in the territories near the Phoenix sect.
If he could grow various types of herbs in this place, why not do it on a large scale?
Ethan thought, as he began pulling out the work tools and preparing the soil.
Ethan was quite skilled at this, and with his natural speed, he prepared small sections, each dedicated to a specific herb.
Having been a guest of Old Wei when he first came to this world, he had learned how to cultivate various types of plants, fruits, and vegetables, so he had some basic knowledge.
For now, he only had a few types of herbs, but the quantity was minimal.
He had just taken what was necessary for these herbs to grow here and produce the seeds for the ones that would come after them.
The process itself took some time, and at one point, even Bai Yu emerged from her sea of consciousness to examine his minor dimension.
She was still stunned by the fact that he had obtained something like this at his current level.
Even beings at her original level didn\'t have the opportunity to get their hands on something like this, yet this little human somehow did.
Bai Yu was amazed at Ethan\'s seemingly endless luck.
She knew all of this was due to the Seven Sages Amphora, but she couldn\'t understand why the artifact was helping him so much.
From what she remembered, not even the previous owner of the amphora had ever possessed a dimension of their own.
They had certainly received their fair share of benefits from the artifact, but as far as she could recall, it had never directly helped them like it was now helping this human.
She wondered why this was the case and at some point, began to think that Ethan might be relying on another power that wasn\'t connected to the artifact.
Ethan spent some time organizing the plots of his various cultivations.
He didn\'t have to dedicate large pieces of land for his cultivations.
For now, he just ensured that they could grow well and thrive.
He knew he had to plan the field to be able to accommodate several large plots of land, each dedicated to a different herb, but for now, it wasn\'t necessary.
After all, it was just the beginning, and the number of herbs was still minimal.
Seeing his small herb cultivation, Ethan couldn\'t help but think about how big it would be in the future.
The great thing was that he wouldn\'t have to wait years or even just months, but days!
Probably, by the time he returned to this place tomorrow, these herbs would have already grown and become mature.
After finishing planting his herbs, Ethan took his time and began refining pills.
He still had several dozen hours in this place, and he thought it best to get ahead with production.
And so, while Ethan immersed himself in his pill refining, in another place, several kilometers away from the Phoenix sect, a gruesome scene was unfolding.
Pieces of what was once a transport wagon were scattered everywhere, mixed with dirt and blood.
Several figures could be seen lying dead on the ground, with some cloaked figures gathering at the center of the scene.
The air in the place was suffocating and smelled of blood.
The culprits of this scene gathered together, and one of them stepped forward to pick something up from the ground.
The object was covered in blood and dirt but had a smooth, yellowish surface that gleamed.
The cloaked man who picked it up brushed off the grime.
It was a coin with a scale symbol engraved on it.
The cloaked man looked at it and nodded as if confirming something, then turned his gaze to the rest of the group and said.
A raspy voice came out from under the hood of the cloak.
"It\'s them. Let\'s hurry; they shouldn\'t have gone far."
The other figures said nothing and dispersed in unison in different directions.
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FRANK_LEE_JUNIOR:
Here\'s today\'s chapter. I hope you enjoyed it.
As usual, if you have any comments, suggestions, or errors to report, you know where to do it.
See you tomorrow.