Published: March 12, 2025
When Zhao Hai and the others arrived at the universal machine, Cai'er was already there and had brought over the herbs, placing them next to the universal machine.
Zhao Hai looked at the pile of herbs on the ground: ginseng, fo-ti, snow lotus, Vajra fruit; they had everything, and there was a good amount of each. However, upon seeing these items, Zhao Hai couldn't help but sigh. Such a large pile of herbs could only produce one potion, and he really had no idea what kind of potion it would be or how many times it would need to be consumed.
Despite these thoughts, Zhao Hai said, "Let's get started." Cai'er responded and ran over, pressing a button on the universal machine. Immediately, a beam of white light shot out, enveloping the herbs, which then slowly disappeared.
Once the herbs had completely vanished, a notification sound from the space system came through: "Processing enhancement potion, required time is forty-eight hours, required gold coins one million, will be deducted, please wait patiently."
Zhao Hai couldn't help but let out a bitter smile. This space really was money-hungry; he had to pay a million gold coins just to get some work done. Zhao Hai felt utterly helpless.
Seeing Zhao Hai's expression, Cai'er couldn't help but laugh, saying, "Young master, there's no need to rush. Once your level increases, using the universal machine won't cost you any money." Zhao Hai replied with a wry smile, "But how long will that take? I don’t even know if I’ll live to see that day."
Upon hearing this, Li Ji and the others laughed. They understood Zhao Hai was joking; he just didn't want to part with those gold coins. However, they weren't worried about Zhao Hai's lack of gold. The items produced in the space daily were worth a significant amount, and even if Ark Continent couldn't absorb them all, Zhao Hai could sell them to the space. Although selling to the space would yield a lower price, Zhao Hai could still directly materialize gold coins from the space. Li Ji was astonished upon seeing this for the first time; she was genuinely curious whether Zhao Hai's influx of gold coins would destroy the gold system of Ark Continent if he transferred them all there. Fortunately, Zhao Hai had been very low-key about spending money in Ark Continent; almost everything he used was earned right there without being excessive.
With forty-eight hours, or two days, needed to produce the potion, Zhao Hai felt a bit disappointed that he couldn't see the potion immediately, but he didn't say anything further. He led everyone back to the villa.
Although Xu Wanying had received Zhao Hai's notification, it was impossible to complete the handover of his tasks in a short time, especially with so many people now residing in the Black Earth Wilderness.
The Elven Race and the dwarf clan had already arrived at the Black Earth Wilderness, and Zhao Hai had allocated them to the places they preferred. The dwarf clan was temporarily living in the Iron Ring Mountain area, but they had already begun digging tunnels, looking to see if there were any iron mines nearby. Even if there weren’t, they were prepared to stay in the caves because they had grown accustomed to it.
The Elven Race faced many difficulties. They were used to living in the Tree of Life City, but there could not be another Tree of Life City here in the Black Earth Wilderness. More importantly, the Black Earth Wilderness was much colder in winter compared to the Elf Forest, and they couldn't stay in Iron Ring Mountain either, so they had to move to the plains.
However, Zhao Hai had specifically designated a piece of land for them to plant trees, so they could live there peacefully.
Although the area of the Black Earth Wilderness was large, it couldn't compare to Dwarf Iron Mountain and the Elf Forest, which led to difficulties when Zhao Hai was selecting a site for the Elves to plant trees. There weren't many suitable locations in the Black Earth Wilderness.
Eventually, the plan had to be halted. The Black Earth Wilderness would need to accommodate a large number of people in the future, so Zhao Hai had no choice but to arrange for the Elven tribe to stay in Huā City for the time being.