Scientific Travel

Deng Yin stored half the mountain into his spatial storage, then went back to eat.

This meal was eaten in the space; since the mountain had already cracked, there was no need to go through real time again.

Deng Yin used to only lack money, but he never expected that he would also lack time now.

This is probably the problem that plagues the wealthy...

There was no wind in the space, but even so, climbing the mountain was not easy.

Fortunately, teleportation is possible within the space. One second Deng Yin was at the foot of the mountain, and the next second he was at the top.

Although it is only half a mountain, it is still very large. It can only float in mid-air, and it would not be able to let go if it fell.

The feeling of looking down from the mountaintop is extraordinary. Things that originally looked very big are condensed into a small dot, and they don't look like real things, but rather like toys.

Whatever temperature something is when it's placed in a space, that temperature will remain there.

The climate in the space is suitable for human life, but it's too hot for the snow-capped mountains. Nevertheless, the snow-capped mountains show no signs of melting.

Deng Yin drew a line on the ground and said to Gou Dan, "I'll search this side, you search that side. If you see a Sui Ma Dong tree, move it next to the Qian Yin Xue Lian."

Dog Egg: "It's possible, but you don't know what a winter hemp tree looks like, so how are you going to find it?"

Deng Yin: "Any tree that lives a long time will grow bigger and bigger. As long as I see a big tree, I will transplant it over there. After I've plundered it, you can just pick one."

Dog Egg: "......."

That makes perfect sense; so they're using him as a human scanner.

"Oh, right," Deng Yin instructed, "if you see any medicinal herbs or anything edible, move them all over there."

Dog Egg: "Understood."

Gou Dan turned and headed towards his assigned area, inwardly grumbling about how long it would take to find his way across this vast expanse. Deng Yin, on the other hand, headed towards his assigned area, his eyes scanning the surrounding trees and snow like radar.

Looking at snow for too long can easily make your eyes blurry. Deng Yin wore goggles and dimmed the brightness, which softened the originally glaring white light of the snow, making it easier to spot plants that were close in color to the snow.

There weren't many trees on the snow-capped mountain, and the few trees Deng Yin saw weren't very tall.

The snow was thick, and it crunched underfoot. Deng Yin was tired from walking, so he simply floated around searching.

I must say, flying is much faster than walking, and it's not tiring at all.

Deng Yin didn't fly too high, otherwise he wouldn't be able to see the Thousand Silver Snow Lotus.

She didn't know Sui Ma Dongshu, but she knew Qian Yin Xuelian.

If there is a tree growing near the Thousand Silver Snow Lotus, it is most likely a Winter Hemp Tree.

The snow-capped mountains are much cleaner than the forests; the ground stretches as far as the eye can see, and nothing grows there.

Deng Yinfei had been flying for almost half an hour when he suddenly saw what looked like a thousand silver snow lotus on the ground.

She quickly flew down, squatted down, and carefully examined the plant in front of her that resembled the Thousand Silver Snow Lotus.

The plant had pale silver leaves and snow-white petals, faintly radiating a halo.

It's definitely the Thousand Silver Snow Lotus.

Deng Yin didn't touch them, but instead started looking for *Heliotropium indicum* trees nearby.

With the Thousand Silver Snow Lotus as the center and a radius of one kilometer, Deng Yin flew in a circle around it.

That's strange. Isn't it said that Thousand Silver Snow Lotus usually grows near the Hemp Winter Tree? Why is this pile of Thousand Silver Snow Lotus so rebellious?

Or is this 'nearby' area actually larger than the area she drew?

Deng Yin doubled the search area and searched carefully again.

This time I did see trees, but these trees are...

...He's way too short.

As a tree that has grown for hundreds of years, it shouldn't be about the same height as her...

Wouldn't that mean all that time spent growing up was for nothing?

However, since it was the only tree in the search area, Deng Yin still plucked it away.

The soil layer on the snow-capped mountain is very shallow, so this tree cannot take deep roots to absorb nutrients and can only spread its roots out in all directions.

Deng Yin is now somewhat convinced that this tree has lived for over a hundred years, and that its roots, when combined, are at least ten times longer than the tree itself.

Deng Yin moved it along with the other few Thousand Silver Snow Lotuses to the Thousand Silver Snow Lotus planting area. Although the tree was very likely a Winter Jade Tree, Deng Yin was in no hurry to go back and continued his search.

Deng Yin wasn't flying very fast; if he flew too fast, he would easily miss things. The plants on the snow-capped mountain were all frozen white, blending into the white of the snow. Even though Deng Yin was wearing goggles, he needed to observe carefully to see them clearly.

Every half hour of searching, Deng Yin would stop and look into the distance for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, to relieve eye strain.

Half an hour later, Deng Yin took off his goggles and looked out over the farmland.

Two small white dots are running in the green farmland, and there seems to be a small black dot following them.

Could it have escaped from inside the fence? A thought flashed through Deng Yin's mind, and the next second he instantly appeared beside the farmland from the snow-capped mountain.

Looking at the three children in front of him, Deng Yin shouted, "Why aren't you looking for Sui Ma Dong Shu? What are you doing here?"

Gou Dan stopped in his tracks, showing no embarrassment at being caught. He pointed to the tree Deng Yin had found and said, "This tree is the Sui Ma Dong tree. Congratulations, you've collected all the ingredients to make the Awakening Elixir!"

The second Emerald Ice Beast beside them chimed in, "Congratulations!"

Emerald Ice Beast Number One: "Awooooo!"

You can't judge a book by its cover, and neither can you judge a tree by its appearance. I never expected that this short tree would actually be a Chinese tallow tree.

But it was completely bare, without a single leaf.

“But it doesn’t have leaves,” Deng Yin asked. “Doesn’t making the ’Awakening Elixir’ require the leaves of the *Heliotropium indicum* tree? Can it work even without leaves?”

“You don’t understand this, do you?” Gou Dan explained to Deng Yin with a mature air, “The winter jasmine tree only grows leaves in the early morning, and is bare the rest of the time. Moreover, the leaves that grow will all fall off within ten minutes.”

Deng Yin looked at the sky, then at Gou Dan, and asked, "But here there is no distinction between day and night. Does the Sui Ma Dong tree decide whether or not to grow leaves based on the surrounding environment, or based on its own growth cycle?"

“Of course it’s the surrounding environment.” Gou Dan snapped his fingers, and the sky instantly darkened. “Who said there’s no distinction between day and night here? You just don’t have that authority.”

Deng Yin: "?"