The Abyss World, the Kemono Girl Encyclopedia Project!

Ginseng is warm in nature and greatly replenishes vital energy. It is known as the "King of Herbs". Legend has it that a thousand-year-old ginseng can even keep a dying person alive, but that is just a legend.

Wang Yan was panting heavily, staring intently at the small yellowish-green flower. His heart was pounding. Although he couldn't recognize some of the rare medicinal herbs, he could roughly identify ginseng, something that many video marketing accounts liked to mention, even without any specific pharmacological knowledge.

The moment his palm touched the small yellow-green flower, it was instantly added to the system's farm without any resistance. Wang Yan was shocked, then overjoyed. It worked! It really did add to the farm!

Without hesitation, Wang Yan clicked on the farm and clearly saw that the ginseng had been quietly planted in the empty farmland.

"It really works!!"

For special crops like ginseng, farmland also has special rules, and Wang Yan understood the rules completely after just one glance.

As a rare medicinal herb, ginseng does not have a clear process of planting, flowering, and fruiting like ordinary crops. Instead, it grows older and older. The one on the farm is currently 134 years old and has a good weight. Its price has already reached 1340 points. It seems that this thing grows at a rate of 10 points per year.

At a growth rate of 100 times, one year would be enough to increase the ginseng's value by 100 years, which translates to 1000 points. Although this increase is very small for a year and might not be very worthwhile, Wang Yan does not guarantee that the price of medicinal herbs will undergo a qualitative change after breaking through certain years.

It's important to know that modern medical research shows that ginseng can only grow to a maximum age of about 200 years. There is no such thing as "thousand-year-old ginseng." However, in terms of efficacy, 200-year-old ginseng has greater medicinal value, and its effects undergo a qualitative change. There's no reason why it should have only a tiny bit more effect than 100-year-old ginseng.

That's a bit of a tangent. Wang Yan didn't really want to plant the ginseng. Right now, this ginseng was just a free gift of points, worth a full 1,300 points, enough for him to exchange for a lot of things.

This also served as a reminder to him, making him realize the farm's additional uses. He currently doesn't have the leisure to grow ginseng; exchanging it for points is more worthwhile.

Yingluo stared at the little flower that had suddenly disappeared from Wang Yan's sight, a big question mark appearing above her head. What happened? How come that yellowish-green flower was gone? Only a pit remained in its place?

However, Yingluo didn't think much of it. As if she had remembered something, she suddenly said:

"I remember this flower. Zhizhi picked it and ate it before. It seems to be poisonous. After eating it, Zhizhi had a nosebleed for half a day, which made her so worried that she cried. Fortunately, it stopped in the end. Zhizhi was afraid that she would be scolded by Sister Zhuohua for eating random things, so she asked me to keep it a secret."

When the amusing incident that suddenly came to mind occurred to him, Wang Yan couldn't help but twitch his lips a few times. It was quite in line with Zhizhi's personality; the little girl had overdosed on ginseng, treating it like a radish.

"Do you know where else you can find this flower? I really need it right now."

Her pinkish-gray fox tail swayed from side to side, and her fox ears twitched playfully. Yingluo lowered her head, seemingly searching through her memories.

"I haven't paid close attention to this flower before, but I remember seeing it a few times. Maybe I'll keep an eye out next time I go out to gather some and pick it for you?"

Wang Yan quickly waved his hand. How could he let Yingluo pick this directly? He wanted a whole ginseng. If Yingluo helped him pick it, she would definitely destroy the herb, and then it would be uncertain whether he could continue to exchange it for points.

This incident also served as a reminder to Wang Yan that medicinal plants like these are a way to make quick money. Although the little beast girls' home is located in the extremely barren lower level of the Abyss, it is in a completely undeveloped, primitive state. It is still easy to find some rare and exotic medicinal plants that can be exchanged for a large amount of points.

To avoid any unforeseen complications, Wang Yan immediately sold the ginseng and returned home with Yingluo.

Wang Yan hadn't quite figured out how to spend this windfall. After much deliberation, he bought a 400-point iron pot and a 500-point iron spear for his home. Finally, he used 200 points to open up new farmland. And just like that, his windfall was spent.

As for why he didn't use all of it for farmland reclamation, Wang Yan had his own plans. Judging from the current situation, the consumption of farmland reclamation seemed to be quite large, while his current productivity was very low. Excessive reclamation would only be a waste.

A plot of land can only produce 20 points from potatoes, while cultivating the next plot of land will cost 400 points, which is exactly the same price as an iron pot.

In other words, if you plant potatoes, it takes two days to break even on a plot of land, and the points required to cultivate the land keep increasing, which is not cost-effective.

Therefore, when Wang Yan doesn't have high-yield crops, he should allocate his points wisely. Blindly cultivating the land will only lead to unwieldy operations. It's better to exchange them for what he needs now and wait until he has high-yield crops before making any further plans.

For Wang Yan, an iron pot is a real necessity. Currently, the little beast girls rely entirely on earthenware pots to cook rice, and sometimes the rice isn't even cooked properly.

Wang Yan had been through this before; eating half-cooked food once or twice was fine, but too much would cause him to vomit and have diarrhea. His stomach wasn't as resilient as these beast-eared girls'. He was already lucky if they provided him with an iron pot to ensure the food was at least cooked.

The night sky was hazy, and the distant clouds looked like a mixture of lemon and blueberry liquor. Wang Yan sat by the crackling campfire, his face somewhat bitter. He hadn't expected that these points would be so easy to spend, with even a single card draw costing at least 100 points. When would this shortage of points ever end?

After purchasing an iron pot, the little beast girls initially didn't know what it was. It wasn't until Wang Yan built a simple stove with stones and then used the iron pot to cook a large pot of meat soup that the little beast girls understood the pot's wonderful use.

"This round thing is so useful, meow! It fires even faster than a clay pot! Thank you, Wang Yan, meow!"

[Huayue favorability +8]

Watching the cat-headed creature's pair of large, golden eyes circling the stove with wonder, Wang Yan couldn't help but smile. Hua Yue's mood was also greatly soothed. It was clear that she really enjoyed cooking, and exchanging this pot for four hundred yuan was definitely worth it.

There's no oil available now, so I can't teach them how to cook some stir-fries. However, having an iron pot is a way to improve their meals from another perspective. As for the iron spear, Wang Yan gave it to You Li after dinner. This item can help her defend herself better and improve the security of the house. If the kobolds attack again, You Li will be able to deal with them more easily.

After all, this pure iron spear, cast from white iron, is three meters long and weighs 15 kilograms. Only if You Li is strong enough can she wield it with ease. Because it is made of pure iron, it feels like a sharpened, super-long steel bar. Against those dog-headed men, it would definitely pierce their eyes one by one, making it difficult for them to survive.

You Li picked up the heavy spear, a rare hint of warmth appearing on her usually cold face. She seemed quite satisfied with the spear. She slowly raised her head and cautiously asked:

"Is this a gift for me?"

Wang Yan nodded affirmatively and patted her shoulder lightly: "Yes, with this, we won't have to worry about strange beasts coming again. Do you want to take it and find a place to try it out?"

You Li gently shook her head, and surprisingly, a faint smile appeared on her face.

"No need, this weapon is very heavy, but I like it very much."

[You Li's favorability +10]

Well, I bought two things to improve my quality of life, and unexpectedly, I also gained some goodwill. Sigh, subtle flirting is the most deadly.