190 Cultivating the Ghost Moon Incense (1/2)
In the afternoon on the second day, Chen Fan crawled up from his bed lazily. He was prepared to purchase the expensive medicinal herbs in bulk today. He figured that the ghost moon incense would probably be completely dried in about three more days.
After Chen Fan had experimented with Ginseng, wolfberries, Lingzhi mushrooms and caterpillar fungus, he figured that Ginseng was the most effective in enhancing the growth of the Tai Sui, followed by the caterpillar fungus and the wolfberry, which was the weakest among the medicinal herbs. According to the dosage calculations, the Ginseng was approximately 13 times more effective than the wolfberries. Although the wolfberries had a more reasonable price, Chen Fan did not intend to trouble himself any further, just for the sake of saving a few bucks.
He ordered Yu Lin and Yiteng Yun to head separately to Liaoning Province and Jilin Province, instructing them to confirm the orders at the Ginseng cultivation farm. Chen Fan also called Wang Bin and ordered him to make a trip to the agricultural machinery market to purchase two large-scaled flour grinders.
Three days later, inside the dock by the sea...
All 20 of the ghost moon incense had been completely oven-dried. The smallest one was merely the size of a fist. However, it had the strongest scent and the most dazzling colors. The rest of the 19 ghost moon incense did not have a consistent size, but the largest one was slightly smaller than a football.
After leaving them on top of a metal plate, Chen Fan used a tiny hammer to knock them into pieces, then threw them into the Chinese medicine grinder. Finally, he managed to obtain about 47 units of powder.
He took out one unit of the powder and poured it into a glass tank. He then stirred the milky solution evenly. Chen Fan took a deep breath, then gently placed the Tai Sui into the solution.
He could hardly see the Tai Sui through the milky-brown solution. Chen Fan felt like a young man, who was waiting for his wife to give birth, sitting all alone in the corridor of the delivery room. He looked worried. As he crossed his legs, his gaze was fixated on the glass tank.
Logically speaking, the nutritional components of the ghost moon incense were absolutely comparable to the Great Healing Pill, as one piece of the former was enough to further increase the electric eel's strength and voltage to another notch.
After the Tai Sui had absorbed its nutrients, wouldn't it increase tremendously in size?
However, who could guarantee the final results? What if more than ten units of ghost moon incense were barely enough for the Tai Sui to become fully-grown? My dreams to quickly strengthen the electric eel would then be completely busted!
Time is a funny thing. In fact, it's almost a nuisance. Sometimes, it sweeps past our eyes, as if it is riding on a clockwork spring. Sometimes, it is as slow as a snail, which has been injected by muscle relaxers! As such, time drives everyone crazy.
After two hours, the broad bean-sized Tai Sui had transformed into the size of a peanut. However, there were no changes to the ghost moon incense powder.
After five hours, the peanut-sized Tai Sui turned into the size of a kumquat. The ghost moon incense powder still had no obvious changes.
After sleeping for a while, the kumquat-sized Tai Sui became the size of a porcelain bowl. The color of the ghost moon incense had slightly faded.
After two days, the Tai Sui was the size of a basketball. In the process, Chen Fan had used up six units of ghost moon incense powder.
In total, 47 units of powder could cultivate seven Tai Sui. Chen Fan used the Kun Wu dagger to carve out six broad bean-sized tissues from the Tai Sui. He then used the ghost moon incense powder to cultivate them together.
After three days, Chen Fan placed seven of the brownish-white Tai Suis inside a glass tank. He then sprinkled 200 units of Ginseng powder into the tank.
Just as predicted, the seven Tai Suis had completely inherited the attributes of the ghost moon incense. As long as the smell reached Chen Fan's nose, the electric eel would be itching for some action.
The 200 units of Ginseng powder had been completely used up by the seven Tai Suis in the span of 30 hours. Chen Fan, who had been abstaining for several days, could no longer resist the temptation. After using the Kun Wu dagger to carve out several cigarette box-sized tissues, he directly threw them into the electric eel's mouth.
”This is so satisfying!”
This was the sensation that could be felt by the electric eel. Such satisfaction was indeed indescribable. It was absolutely pleasurable, to the point where the electric eel would lie down in the water and refuse to even open its eyes!
As Chen Fan figured it, seven pieces of cigarette box-sized tissues would be equal to seven pieces of ghost moon incense. After merely half an hour, the electric eel's body was completely weak and numb. It felt as if the air was filled with a sweet scent.
”Hey, Brother Chen, even if you're free to fish for sharks, you don't have to use such a huge titanium alloy hook, right?” At an open space not far from the dock, Zhang Xueyang pointed at the silver fish hook. His expression seemed to say, ”Is there something wrong with your brain?”
After testing out the weight of the fish hook, which had the thickness of an arm, Chen Fan rolled his eyes at him. ”It is no longer challenging to fish for sharks. I want to navigate a container ship to the Arctic Ocean and fish for a whale!”
”Er…” Zhang Xueyang's eyes nearly popped out of his head. He stared at him with a gaze, shocked. ”Brother Chen, when the time comes, bring me along. I'm curious to see you be dragged into the water by the whale!”
”Oh! How thoughtful of you!” Chen Fan squinted his eyes and smirked, ”When the time comes, it'll be great fun to use you as bait!”
”Stop talking rubbish. It is possible to fish for a whale with such a huge hook. However, when the time comes, be ready to face the marine conservationists!” Zhang Xue Yang sat on the bonnet of the car and lit up a cigarette.
Hong Long Long… Hong Long Long...
At that very moment, the engines of a Dongfeng Cummins roared, as the vehicle stopped in front of them. A middle-aged man, who wore a blue uniform, hopped out of the car. He ran to Chen Fan, saying, ”Boss, I have sent the rope over as requested.”
”Oh my god, you're not crazy enough to go fish for a whale, right?” Zhang Xueyang stared at the wire ropes, which had thickness of an arm, which were laying in the boot of the car. He then looked at Chen Fan, his face crumpled in confusion.