Chapter 209: Explain in Detail

She had great strength, amazing looks, was gentle and easygoing, approachable, and well-mannered.

That was the impression the students had of Senior Shen.

Thinking that there was such a senior in university made many male students feel incredibly lucky to be in the Agricultural Planting Major.

As for the female students, their happiness was even greater than the male students’.

“There are fifty Hundred-Scent Soul Beans here,”

Shen Mingluan said. “If you want to complete the little test your senior set for you, you can try now. If not, that’s okay too—if your Soul Pet is hungry, it can be a nice snack.”

The students thought, why wait?

They quickly gave some to their Soul Pets to try.

Wang Che also let out Little Caterpillar.

Little Caterpillar had just been resting for a while and seemed a bit unhappy to be let out.

What is it?

Wang Che said, “There’s something tasty.”

Little Caterpillar’s eyes lit up and immediately perked up.

Snacks?

Little Caterpillar gave Wang Che a look.

I want the spicy flavor today!

Wang Che took out a Hundred-Scent Soul Bean and said, “No, it’s this.”

Little Caterpillar’s interest dropped a lot. It glanced at the Hundred-Scent Soul Bean, then closed its eyes and sniffed.

“Sii wuu!”

Little Caterpillar nodded in approval, showing that the smell was pretty good.

With Little Caterpillar’s approval,

Wang Che fed the Hundred-Scent Soul Bean to it.

The Hundred-Scent Soul Bean was about the size of a peanut.

It looked quite small.

But after eating it, Little Caterpillar closed its eyes and slowly enjoyed it.

Special sensations passed through the Life Soul Pact between them to Wang Che.

The taste was very fragrant, as if countless flavors exploded in its mouth. The various scents made Green Caterpillar feel a bit dizzy.

“Sii wuu!”

Green Caterpillar let out a burp… and called out to Wang Che, feeling a bit woozy.

The effect was quite strong.

Wang Che thought it over.

He felt the subtle changes in Green Caterpillar.

After eating it, the stamina and Soul Power it had used in the earlier battle started to slowly recover.

The effect was quite noticeable.

For a staple food to have this effect was very good.

It could compare to some lower-level recovery potions.

But potions and staple foods were different. Potions had a single purpose—just for recovery.

Generally, Soul Pets avoided taking them if possible and tried to recover on their own.

Only during field explorations or in urgent situations would they prepare various recovery potions.

Staple foods provided various nutrients for Soul Pets, helping them grow and develop, with many effects.

‘Eating just one definitely wouldn’t show obvious changes, but if they took Hundred-Scent Soul Beans long-term, the Soul Pet’s growth and development in all areas would gradually improve. Also, the Soul Beans contained five slight types of elemental energy. After eating them, Soul Pets of different elemental types could slightly boost their own elemental energy. Over time, the effect would improve quite a bit.’

‘The purpose of Hundred-Scent Soul Beans wasn’t for the Soul Pets of Professional Soul Contractors. Instead, they were affordable for most ordinary families, widely applicable, and having these effects was really impressive.’

‘However, there was a serious problem here…’

Wang Che thought to himself.

A Soul Pet’s elemental energy was its elemental Life Energy.

It was an elemental energy separate from Soul Power, closely related to the Soul Pet’s life.

Every year its Soul Power Cultivation increased, the Soul Pet’s life would grow stronger, and the elemental Life Energy inside it would also grow stronger.

So, even if the Proficiency Level of a Soul Skill didn’t improve, its power would still get stronger as Soul Power Cultivation increased.

Besides, various special staple foods or different raw materials also contained different elemental energies.

The several staple foods Little Caterpillar ate contained significant elemental energy.

The three flavored leaf snacks Wang Che had made earlier at the private training base—

spicy flavor, fresh scent flavor, and original flavor—

corresponded to the three different types of elemental Life Energy in Little Caterpillar’s body.

However, these snacks only contained pure elemental Life Energy and no other nutrients.

Because the other nutrients were refined away, only pure elemental Life Energy remained. For Little Caterpillar, it could absorb this elemental Life Energy better, leading to great improvement, and the flavors were quite unique.

In this regard, these three flavored snacks were intended for the Soul Pets of Professional Soul Contractors.

Their value was very high.

Different Soul Pet foods had different purposes.

One Hundred-Scent Soul Bean wasn’t enough for Little Caterpillar to fully recover.

Given its current appetite and strength level, it would need about three or four.

But still, one bean as a treat satisfied Green Caterpillar quite a bit.

“Sii wuu!”

It’s tastier than the last Soul Bean!

Wang Che smiled.

“How do your Soul Pets feel?”

Shen Mingluan asked with a smile.

“It’s delicious, I want another one.”

“It’s tasty… well, it’s just really tasty.”

“The effect is great, my Swashbuckler Mouse has fully recovered.”

“Not only recovered, but my Tunnel King also feels a bit full.”

“The effect is really good!”

Everyone praised it, and the feedback from their Soul Pets was indeed positive.

But then…

“Did anyone manage to identify one or two raw materials based on your Soul Pet’s feedback?”

Shen Mingluan looked at everyone’s expressions, her gaze resting on Shui Qingling and Wang Che.

Especially the latter.

Shui Qingling seemed hesitant. She still wanted the senior’s reward.

Seeds of rare crops were something every student in the Agricultural Planting Major desired.

But the Hundred-Scent Soul Bean was much more complex than the Soul Bean, with many more ingredients.

She was confident she could name two or three for the Soul Bean.

For this, she could only identify two or three as well, because several ingredients were similar to those in the Soul Bean.

The rest, she completely couldn’t guess.

“I think I know one!” Kong Shijin raised his hand and said, “There should be Cloud Saliva Fragrance!”

“Correct.” Shen Mingluan nodded slightly. “Cloud Saliva Fragrance is indeed one of them. It’s a relatively rare Soul Plant herb. Well done! Any others?”

Cloud Saliva Fragrance was a herb with a subtle and elegant fragrance, quite uncommon among the many herbs that had soul power recovery effects.

The soul power it contained was not only stable but also abundant.

“Just lucky…” Kong Shijin scratched his head. “Actually, when I was little, I ate this herb once while messing around… The memory of its taste and smell is quite vivid. I recognized it by scent… from the feedback my Soul Pet gave me… I didn’t actually analyze anything.”

Still, receiving encouragement from the senior left Kong Shijin quite satisfied.

“Any other classmates?” Shen Mingluan asked with a smile.

“I can only identify two or three… Let’s see what Classmate Wang says.” Shui Qingling said. “He should be able to pass the senior’s little test.”

“It’s fine. As long as you all together can name five, I’ll give you the reward.” Shen Mingluan said with a smile.

Hearing this, everyone felt that the senior was very generous to say so.

Everyone turned their eyes to Wang Che.

Shen Mingluan also looked at Wang Che, then her gaze fell on the Green Caterpillar.

She had been observing it for a while.

This Little Caterpillar was truly unusual.

From every aspect observable to the naked eye, it was clear that this Little Caterpillar was very well raised.

Moreover, its Spiritual Power was probably very strong.

Unbelievably strong.

Because Shen Mingluan felt that just by using her own Spiritual Power perception, she couldn’t sense the Little Caterpillar’s exact cultivation level.

She could only get a rough idea.

This meant the Little Caterpillar’s Spiritual Power was very strong.

“Sii wuu!” At that moment, the Little Caterpillar called out to Wang Che twice, indicating it wanted to go back and rest.

‘Quite a cute Little Caterpillar… yet so powerful. Its appearance is so deceptive… No wonder Little Qing had no guard up at all…’ Shen Mingluan couldn’t help but think.

“Junior, what do you think?” Shen Mingluan asked with a smile. “From what your senior Xiaoyu said, your skills in agriculture are very high. How many can you identify?”

Wang Che thought for a moment. If he were to evaluate it based on his identity as a genius youth… both the Soul Bean and the Hundred-Scent Soul Bean had their merits.

But still…

“Do I just need to name the raw materials?” Wang Che asked.

Hearing this, Shen Mingluan was slightly taken aback and asked curiously, “You can also explain in detail… It’s okay if you’re wrong. If you’re right, the reward will be better.”

Wang Che nodded. Since the reward would be better, he should explain in detail.

“There are sixteen types in total.” Wang Che said first.

Everyone: “…”

Shen Mingluan: “…”

The first sentence left Shen Mingluan a bit stunned.

Because that number was correct.

Did he guess, or did he really analyze it?

At that moment, Shen Mingluan couldn’t tell either.

Then, Wang Che continued, “Among them, ten are common crops. The remaining six are Soul Plants.”

“First, the common crops. In the Hundred-Scent Soul Bean, the main ingredient is the Pagoda Tree Fragrance Bean. The Pagoda Tree Fragrance Bean is a legume crop with high edible value. During a famine in the Ancient Era of the Donghua Ancient Kingdom, farmers at that time used their Martial Souls to cultivate and developed this special crop, the Pagoda Tree Fragrance Bean. An ordinary person only needed to eat ten beans per meal to feel full.”

“Similar crops developed during that era included the Jade Sweet Potato, Dragon Rice… and several others.”

“The reason it’s the Pagoda Tree Fragrance Bean is because its nutritional components are quite comprehensive. It can blend well with other crops during refining and boiling.”

In terms of taste, you couldn’t detect the flavor of the Pagoda Tree Fragrance Bean in the Hundred-Scent Soul Bean.

Because too many ingredients were added during boiling, the taste had long since changed.

Hearing this, Shen Mingluan knew that Wang Che had probably indeed analyzed it.

“So it’s the Pagoda Tree Fragrance Bean… That’s my favorite to eat normally!”

“The main material is just a common crop?”

“The Hundred-Scent Soul Bean has such good effects, but the main material is just a common crop… The other ingredients must be expensive.”

…

The Pagoda Tree Fragrance Bean was somewhat similar to small potatoes from Earth.

But there were significant differences.

The Pagoda Tree Fragrance Bean grew on trees, not in the soil, so it wasn’t called a potato.

Moreover, the Pagoda Tree Fragrance Bean was more effective and smaller than potatoes, only about the size of two peanuts.

Humans in this world generally had strong physical constitutions, not just because of Soul Power.

Another reason was that they ate better.

“You’ve identified the main material… What about the others?” Shen Mingluan’s interest was piqued. She looked at Wang Che with sparkling eyes, full of anticipation.