’I’ve been busy all morning, and I’m getting a little hungry. I’ll have lunch first, and then get back to work after I’m full. I’ll aim to harvest another Magical Little Fruit within twenty days.’

Lin Li headed to the farmland he had cleared, planning to take some freshly picked vegetables from the large bamboo baskets beside the field. He would take them outside to cook himself a balanced lunch of meat and vegetables.

"Huh?"

A faint golden Spiritual Light flashed in the southern part of the island, immediately catching the attention of Lin Li, who was about to get the vegetables.

He turned his head toward the spot where the faint golden Spiritual Light had just flashed, his gaze immediately focusing on the Spirit Plant he had dug up from the Spirit Realm.

It had been over half a month since Lin Li planted the fan-leafed Spirit Plant on the Mysterious Small Island.

At first, for about a week, Lin Li would come to observe it every day, checking for any changes in the Spirit Plant from the Spirit Realm.

Later, after a week had passed, he discovered that the Spirit Plant from the Spirit Realm was only growing taller and not bearing any Spirit Fruit, so he stopped paying attention to it.

Now, after more than half a month, the Spirit Plant that Lin Li had stopped paying attention to had grown to a height of two meters.

This was several times its height when it was first planted on the Mysterious Small Island, making it as tall as the Magical Little Tree growing in the center of the island.

Arriving in front of the Spirit Plant, Lin Li stared in pleasant surprise at the plant from the Spirit Realm before him.

At this moment, not only had the Spirit Plant from the Spirit Realm shot up in height, but its branches were also covered in countless small fruits that looked just like the cherry tomatoes of Blue Star.

A faint golden Spiritual Light would occasionally flash across these small fruits.

’Oh my god, this Spirit Plant actually grew so many Spirit Fruits... Didn’t it only grow taller before? How did it suddenly grow so many Spirit Fruits? When did this happen?’

With a look of utter surprise on his face, Lin Li scanned the branches of the lush Spirit Plant before him.

Spirit Fruits that looked like cherry tomatoes hung all over the Spirit Plant’s branches. He made a rough estimate: there were at least two hundred Spirit Fruits growing on this plant.

Lin Li had originally thought this Spirit Plant would never bear Spirit Fruit again, but now he was faced with a bumper harvest.

Right now, he felt as if he had found an unscratched lottery ticket on the street, picked it up, scratched it, and won the grand prize.

’I have to try one and see what this Spirit Fruit tastes like and what its effects are.’

Lin Li raised his hand and plucked a Spirit Fruit from one of the plant’s branches.

SNAP.

He tossed the Spirit Fruit, which looked like a cherry tomato, into his mouth.

"Er..."

As he bit into the Spirit Fruit, a sweet-and-sour juice burst in his mouth. Lin Li swallowed the tiny Spirit Fruit in an instant.

After eating the Spirit Fruit, Lin Li smacked his lips and muttered to himself in disappointment.

’This Spirit Fruit tastes the same as before! There’s no difference from the cherry tomatoes I usually buy at the supermarket...

But, these are definitely genuine Spirit Fruits. The Spiritual Energy contained within one is equivalent to the Spiritual Energy in a single Spirit Stone.

Sigh, if only this Spirit Fruit tasted a little better.’

If any other Cultivators had heard what Lin Li just said, they would have jumped up, smashed him over the head, and then started cursing him out.

"Are you even human? That’s a Spirit Fruit! Something ordinary Cultivators can only dream of getting, and here you are being picky about its taste! You truly don’t know how good you have it!"

Lin Li raised a hand to his chin. He looked at the Spirit Plant laden with Spirit Fruits and chuckled to himself.

’Selling two batches of pearls earned me over eight million. Now, with this Spirit Plant full of Spirit Fruits, each fruit is equivalent to a Spirit Stone. There are at least two hundred Spirit Fruits on this plant, so that’s over ten million. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

And this Spirit Plant can clearly keep growing and producing more Spirit Fruits. Isn’t this basically a money tree?

Hahaha... To think that just over a month ago, I was so poor I couldn’t even pay my electricity bill. Now, I have over eight million in cash alone.

Sometimes, when good fortune comes your way, there’s just no stopping it. That saying is really true.’

GRUMBLE...

The rumbling of his stomach snapped Lin Li out of his pleasant surprise.

"I know, I know, don’t rush me. I’m going to eat lunch now."

Patting his protesting stomach, Lin Li turned and walked back toward his cleared farmland.

He took some fresh vegetables from a basket by the fields, then left the Mysterious Small Island and returned to the real world.

...

CHIRP, CHIRP...

Many cicadas clung to the lush, leafy trees, chirping tirelessly.

The midday sun was scorching, and the temperature in the wilderness had broken forty degrees Celsius today.

If an ordinary person were to wander through the wilderness in this weather, even if they weren’t pounced on by a ferocious Mutant Beast, they would still collapse from heatstroke.

Even Exotic Beast Hunters had to rehydrate frequently in such hot weather to avoid heatstroke from excessive water loss.

After hunting down a Tier One Peak Mutant Beast, the first thing a small team of three Exotic Beast Hunters did was immediately pull water bottles from their backpacks.