Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 317: Chapter 148: Immense Profits from Farming

After returning to Heisen Castle from the border frontline, Su Li has been resting and recuperating.

The battle at the border outposts and the Phoenix Wing Talisman almost drained him completely.

At the time, the excitement of the reports kept him from feeling any pain, but once he got back to the territory and settled into comfort, he felt sore all over his body. For the past few days, he hasn’t even gotten out of bed much, experiencing what it’s like to be an elderly patient bedridden, which made him even more eager for his child’s arrival. His female courtier has been tirelessly caring for him by his bedside.

According to the priest Vandar Oak from the Dawn Goddess Church, Su Li has been staying in the garden under the Holy Purple Vine Tree these days, relying on the surge of the Wind of Jilun to restore his life energy and primordial qi, while the witch Ingrid has been taking care of him.

Additionally, the pods of the Holy Purple Vine Tree have started to mature. There are 13 beans in total within the pods, and when fully mature, consuming one bean can extend one’s life by a month. Thirteen beans would add up to a whole year.

However, since this Holy Purple Vine Tree has just been planted, its annual rings and strength are insufficient, and the fruits it bears are still quite immature. Based on Vandar’s detailed research assessment, it seems they can only extend life for two cycles, though he can’t provide a more detailed judgment.

But for someone young like Su Li, it’s all the same. After all, if he starts consuming them now, he could potentially extend his life for several centuries.

So these past few days, he has been consuming the pods as if they were candy beans, having eaten ten strings of them!

After consuming 130 beautifully bean-like forms emitting a faint purple glow, his life energy surged uncontrollably strong.

As a result, peculiar changes began to appear on his body, with purple vines growing on his skin, green grass sprouting on his head, and three small purple flowers blooming.

This truly is having a green field on top of his head!

It was so unlucky that he immediately sought out Vandar Oak to inquire about what had happened to him.

Vandar was also startled and couldn’t find such a case in the church’s records.

It’s mainly because no power would treat such extraordinary spirit fruits as candy beans, especially not an elite-level knight; they never had such an opportunity.

Vandar could only say that he needed to pray and consult Reya to figure out how to deal with this.

But fortunately, before Vandar could get an oracle from the Goddess, a turning point quickly emerged.

After bursting with vitality, he began diligently practicing. Every day, his female courtier cried and begged for mercy, and even Ingrid, the strong Divine Chosen Knight, had to yield in the intense practice sessions.

Had it not been for her indulgence of Su Li, she would have already been unable to hold on while lying in Su Li’s arms, indulging all of Su Li’s behavior.

And simultaneously, Su Li’s fire attribute bloodline ability began manifesting vigorously in conjunction with the breathing technique, soon scorching and withering all the flora growing on him.

This made Su Li chuckle; could it be that any green field on a man’s head can be removed by strong cultivation abilities?

Regardless, resolving this issue left him in a great mood.

At the same time, he decided not to be so reckless anymore; this world always had this characteristic—with moderation comes generosity, greed easily leads to calamity.

Thus, he generously took out half of the remaining Holy Purple Vine Tree pods as rewards for the meritorious individuals from the battle in his territory.

The Holy Purple Vine Tree’s fruit is indeed prolific; apart from what Su Li consumed, there are still over 120 left.

Su Li auctioned off the other half in Bauhinia Town, even those knights with commendable achievements needed to purchase these potent spirit fruits for their families.

Meanwhile, merchants, dwarves, and half-elves demonstrated astonishing wealth.

These 60 Holy Purple Vine Tree pods sold for the astronomical price of 12,500 Golden Crowns!

This was an enormous wealth scale Su Li had never seen before.

Nevertheless, Su Li still felt that this price didn’t nearly reflect the true value of these spirit fruits.

For some kings, nobles, and legendary powerhouses, a year’s lifespan couldn’t be measured in terms of value.

Su Li thought that for such spirit fruits, nobles would readily spend thousands without a second thought.

It’s worth knowing that the Royal Griffin Military Academy at Modheim was supported by a single Munen Spirit Tree, sustaining a massive power comparable to the Elector’s territory, allowing the academy’s dean to become one of the secular electors, a powerful figure determining the Empire’s destiny and direction.

Even if the Holy Purple Vine Tree didn’t have such formidable capabilities, it could easily earn Su Li 100,000 Gold Crowns a year in the future.

However, this could be a long process, as the Holy Purple Vine Tree pods’ effects are too subtle.

It’s hard to conclusively prove how much they have extended lifespan.

The auction value this time only reached over a thousand Gold Coins mainly because of this. The townsfolk had never heard of the Holy Purple Vine Pods and chose to trust Su Li’s absolute reputation and allegiance to him by buying an ineffective spirit fruit for over 200 Gold Crowns.

Su Li estimated that it would take decades or even a century for the tree’s effects to be fully realized and convince people extremely.

Of course, Su Li could totally afford to wait that long.

If no formidable external enemies invaded, he could farm here for a thousand years.