Published: February 10, 2025
The previous experiment was about the 'earth attribute' of Nourishing Life Soil. It proved that this national specialty was indeed trustworthy and lived up to expectations.
Now, Ye Zhongming wanted to test another aspect of Nourishing Life Soil as a material.
Since Stardust Sand could be used as a material in the crafting of equipment, even forming the renowned Stellar Equipment, Ye Zhongming speculated that perhaps Nourishing Life Soil could also be used similarly.
He looked at his entire set of equipment: the green-level Thousand Leaf Phosphorescent Armor, the blue Sand Dance, the gold Bloodstained Battle Boots, and the already silver-level Spirit Resonance Qilin Pair, along with the purple Crystal Energy Magic Bullet Gun, the silver Staff of Nature, and so on. Ye Zhongming needed to select one as a test subject.
However, each of these pieces of equipment was very important to him. If he used one for testing and it got damaged, it would be a loss.
Ye Zhongming turned to his pants. These were high-quality outdoor pants that had been enhanced with his skills, including the addition of Ghost Gold, making them silver-level battle pants. Although they didn’t have many abilities, they provided some support with two skills.
Compared to his other equipment, these pants were clearly the least valuable. Ye Zhongming took them off without hesitation, deciding to use them as the test item. If they got destroyed, he wouldn’t feel sorry about it.
He took some Nourishing Life Soil and first tried a quality enhancement. However, he found it didn’t work well; it seemed this material couldn't be stacked and used like other materials.
Selecting ten grams, Ye Zhongming enchanted the pants.
Even without seeing it, he could feel that it was successful.
With a sudden joy, he quickly checked the pants' attributes.
"Sturdy Wind Speed Pants. Ability 1: Light as the wind, increases wearer's speed by 50, jump ability by 100."
"Ability 2: Excellent quality, defense increases by 35, toughness increases by 100."
Ye Zhongming scratched his head. No change?
These pants had the same attributes as before, so could it be that Nourishing Life Soil couldn’t be used as a material for crafting equipment?
But he distinctly felt that the skill had succeeded earlier!
Could it be like the earlier experiment with the carnivorous plant, where the Nourishing Life Soil absorbed the spiritual power?
Ye Zhongming waited for a while, but the pants showed no changes, proving his guess was wrong.
After thinking for a moment, perhaps it was due to insufficient quantity of Nourishing Life Soil?
Looking at the seemingly endless small space ahead, Ye Zhongming decided to continue experimenting.
This time he used twenty grams, but still saw no effect.
Combined with the previous attempt, that was already thirty grams. Selling that outside would fetch a huge sum, possibly more than the pants themselves!
For the third attempt, Ye Zhongming used fifty grams again, but the pants remained unchanged.
This... after three consecutive failures, Ye Zhongming was beginning to lose confidence. Perhaps Nourishing Life Soil couldn’t participate in the crafting and enhancement of equipment?
No!
Ye Zhongming suddenly realized something was different. The pants in his hands had changed weight; they had become lighter!
This change was very subtle. If not for Ye Zhongming's keen perception, he probably wouldn't have noticed.
Normally, adding eighty grams of Nourishing Life Soil would make the equipment heavier, even if the enhancement failed, but the opposite was true!
What did this indicate? It showed that the Nourishing Life Soil had caused a change in the pants; he just didn’t know what had changed yet.
Ye Zhongming decided to press on, this time adding one hundred grams of Nourishing Life Soil.
This time, he was not disappointed.
A flash of light appeared on the pants, the silver brilliance faded away, replaced by... a green soft glow.
Upgraded?
Recently, Ye Zhongming had encountered two automatic upgrades of equipment, one was when he used imprinting, causing Sand Dance to rise from green to blue, and now this time, Nourishing Life Soil had upgraded the silver pants to green.