Yan Tianhen and Lin Xuanzhi knew nothing about the outside world’s situation. They were currently in the soul s.p.a.ce.

　　In a short period of one month, the gra.s.s-swallowing worms had already cleaned up ten acres of land which allowed them to start planting spiritual plants properly.

　　Yan Tianhen approached the fertile field, bent down, and touched the soil. He couldn’t help but lick his lips, “Dage, the soil is really rich. I can feel the spiritual Qi overflowing from it.”

　　Lin Xuanzhi stood behind Yan Tianhen, “This is only natural. For thousands of years, the s.p.a.ce in the soul plate has been nurtured with forged stones and spiritual stones. Every inch of land here contains spiritual Qi that cannot be matched outside. Otherwise, the spiritual plants would not grow so easily.”

　　It turned out that some of the spiritual seeds experimentally planted by Yan Tianhen before had grown now. In two or three days, they could be collected and used. Moreover, judging from the quality of the spiritual herbs, the grade of these spiritual plants was definitely not lower than those outside. If they were put into medicines or made into pills, they would definitely improve the medicine or pill’s grades.

　　Seeing this, Yan Tianhen was overjoyed. He hurried to collect a lot of rare spiritual herbs from the spiritual herb fields outside before cramming them into the s.p.a.ce of the soul plate. He couldn’t wait to produce them in large quant.i.ties at a high speed.

　　At first, Yan Tianhen thought of pulling weeds in the soul plate every day, but since he found out that the efficiency of the two gra.s.s-swallowing worms was much higher than his, and they could produce small gra.s.s-swallowing worms too, Yan Tianhen gave up this very laborious task.

　　Yan Tianhen looked at the gra.s.s-swallowing worms toiling in and out of the spiritual herb field. He then stretched out his finger and started counting them. A look of surprise crossed his face, “There are six more gra.s.s-swallowing worms than there were at the beginning!”

　　Lin Xuanzhi stood with his hands behind his back, “The shopkeeper of the Yuan Family gave us one male and one female gra.s.s-swallowing worm. Therefore, they gave birth to little gra.s.s-swallowing worms to divert the aura in their bodies. The time in this s.p.a.ce goes by too fast, the day rises and night falls, and the lower the grade of the species, the greater the impact. Therefore, it’s normal for the worms to give birth to so many little worms in one month.”

　　As they conversed, two more gra.s.s-swallowing worms emerged from the black mud. Their fat bodies rolled several times on the ground and even released a few eggs!

　　It was Yan Tianhen’s first time to see a worm give birth to baby worms. He couldn’t help but be captivated.

　　He walked to the thumb-sized eggs and squatted down.

　　Perhaps it was because the speed of time in the s.p.a.ce dimension was so fast. In a short amount of time, a small gra.s.s-swallowing worm broke out of its egg and crawled out. This worm with the length and thickness of a finger rolled over the black mud a few times and then lazily began to drill into the ground. Its body was almost transparent and it looked chubby and lovely.

　　Yan Tianhen was ecstatic, “Dage, the time for them to have babies seems to have shortened. Maybe the soul plate’s s.p.a.ce can become a gra.s.s-swallowing worm farm!”

　　One should know that gra.s.s-swallowing worms were expensive and few in number. Another reason was that it took at least three years for them to produce the next generation.

　　This wouldn’t be considered long in a world full of cultivating immortals. It would take more than ten to a hundred years to nurture a spiritual plant. However, for the growth rate of weeds, the one-every-three-years reproduction speed of a gra.s.s-swallowing worm was too slow.

　　If they could raise a lot of gra.s.s-swallowing worms and sell them, it would produce a big income.

　　Lin Xuanzhi laughed. Rather than saying that Ah Hen was a businessman, it was more accurate to say that he was a money grubber through and through.

　　Lin Xuanzhi replied, “Now, it takes about ten days in the outside world for gra.s.s-swallowing worms to produce little ones. We might as well buy more gra.s.s-swallowing worms and let them create larva. Then, we will sell the little gra.s.s-swallowing worms. What do you think?”

　　Yan Tianhen nodded vigorously, “That’s great. If you can reduce the price of gra.s.s-swallowing worms and increase their lifespan, it’ll be more convenient to plant spiritual herbs in the future.” So the two men did not remain inside and did as they said. After coming out of the soul plate’s s.p.a.ce, they went down the mountain together and went straight for the Yuan Family’s spiritual herb shop.

　　As soon as the shopkeeper heard what they wanted, he couldn’t help but sigh, “I knew those little worms were useless. It has only been a few days but they no longer work. If you ask me, you’d better hire some laborers to take care of the spiritual plants instead of those gra.s.s-swallowing worms.”

　　Lin Xuanzhi didn’t explicitly say that the gra.s.s-swallowing worms were still alive. He calmly replied, “To tell you the truth, we’re now trying to prolong the lifespan of gra.s.s-swallowing worms and increase their reproduction speed, so we need a large number of gra.s.s-swallowing worms in the early stage.”

　　The shopkeeper frowned and thought Lin Xuanzhi’s idea was too extraordinary, “Gra.s.s-swallowing worms have always been breeding at this rate. It’s a waste of your talent to spend your time on it.”

　　Yan Tianhen blinked and smiled, “My Dage won’t waste his time. I want to play with it. Please sell it to us.”

　　The shopkeeper looked at Yan Tianhen’s expectant eyes and his heart grew inexplicably soft. He exclaimed with a wave of his hand, “All right! Go ahead and buy it, but don’t blame me for not warning you in advance.”

　　Business was business, no matter the customer.

　　The shopkeeper gave Lin Xuanzhi six pairs of gra.s.s-swallowing worms and kindly urged him, “If you can’t do it this time, don’t try again in the future. Our family’s head said that your business has just started and it’s not easy to make money. You still have a large family to support, you can’t treat it lightly.”

　　Lin Xuanzhi thanked him and tucked the gra.s.s-swallowing worms away.

　　Out of the door, Yan Tianhen asked doubtfully, “Where do we have a big family that needs to be fed?”

　　Lin Xuanzhi thought for a moment, “If you include Ah Bai and Hu Po, as well as Ah Gu and Maomao, it’s indeed a big family.”

　　Yan Tianhen couldn’t help nodding, “That’s right. Apart from Ah Gu who doesn’t spend any money, Maomao spends 20 pieces of gold a day. The demonic delight fruits of Ah Gu and Hu Po are not cheap either. It’s really a big money-spender family.”

　　“Who said Ah Gu doesn’t spend any money?” Lin Xuanzhi glanced at Yan Tianhen.

　　Yan Tianhen was puzzled.

　　Lin Xuanzhi happily informed him, “The clothes on Ah Gu, the shoes on his feet, the hairpins on his head, and the magic tools keeping away his evil aura are all money. Moreover, I recently planned to find a way to forge a red ta.s.seled spear for Ah Gu but I haven’t found a satisfactory material for the weapon yet. At that time, won’t it be another sum of money?”