The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 1410: Corpse Nurturing Stone

Chapter 1410: Chapter 1410: Corpse Nurturing Stone

"Did you gain anything from talking with Madam Chen all day?" he asked.

Upon hearing this, Lin Caisang handed the teacup to him, waiting for him to take it before she shook her head.

"Not all day, I came back shortly after we finished talking."

She was not a person of many words, especially with those she was not familiar with.

Moreover, Madam Chen, clearly because of their suspicion regarding Ling’er, was somewhat guarded in her speech. She felt that everything Lin Caisang said had an ulterior motive, and naturally, there was even less of a conversation between them.

How could they possibly continue the conversation?

So, she came back early in the morning.

"What is this?"

She took the object Sui Zimo had placed on the table and inspected it closely, her complexion suddenly turning grim.

"I don’t know what it is, so I brought it to you to take a look. This stone was lost by Ling’er, but in my view, it’s not just an ordinary stone, the numerous fine pores on it are not naturally occurring," Sui Zimo said, his gaze also fixed on the stone in Lin Caisang’s hand.

"This is a corpse nurturing stone," Lin Caisang said, looking at him with absolute certainty.

"Corpse nurturing stone?" Sui Zimo was somewhat perplexed.

A person’s corpse is quite large; surely a small stone like this couldn’t sustain it, right?

And even if this stone really could nurture a corpse, if it were on Madam Chen’s person, it wouldn’t be small and certainly would be noticed. How then could it nurture a corpse?

"What do you mean?"

"The corpse nurturing stone is not used to nourish a corpse but to grow the corpse nurturing herb," Lin Caisang explained.

She raised her other hand, pointing to the dense pores on the stone, and continued to speak to Sui Zimo.

"Brother Molian, these fine pores you see are used to grow the corpse nurturing herb. When the seeds of the corpse nurturing herb are placed on a special corpse nurturing stone like this, the seeds will stick to it automatically. Then, slowly, they take root, sprout, and the corpse nurturing herb is nurtured.

Growing the corpse nurturing herb on this kind of stone only takes three days before it can be harvested, unlike growing it in other places, which can take years to yield even a little."

"This type of corpse nurturing stone exists only within the Ghost Clan."

"She is from the Ghost Clan!" Sui Zimo stated definitively.

And her use of the corpse nurturing stone to cultivate the corpse nurturing herb, what could it be for, unless...

Just as he was harboring his suspicions, he saw Lin Caisang push a plate of pastries out in front of Sui Zimo.

"What is this?" he asked.

"Pastries made by Ling’er for Madam Chen. According to Madam Chen, they have an especially good taste," Lin Caisang said.

"Hmm?"

Sui Zimo looked at her, puzzled, and raised his eyebrows.

Just an ordinary plate of pastries, too common to have any special taste.

Moreover, he could smell the faint stench emitting from the pastries, almost as if... it was extracted from a corpse. How could they taste good?

"There’s corpse nurturing herb inside these."

Without guessing, he could think of that much.

"Correct."

Lin Caisang didn’t deny it and nodded.

After bringing the pastries back, she studied them carefully and discovered they contained a large amount of the corpse nurturing herb.

Then she researched how the corpse nurturing herb was grown and learned about the Ghost Clan’s existence of the corpse nurturing stone.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have recognized that what Brother Molian had brought back was a corpse nurturing stone.

"According to Madam Chen, she has been eating the pastries made by Ling’er for two years now, almost... every day," she said to Sui Zimo.