173 Orchard Planting Field! Two High-Grade Fruit Trees
500,000 Pokémon Coins could generate a leverage chain of at least 10 million Pokémon Coins potentially more creating a perpetual cycle capable of supporting all of Qin Yun's future expenditures.
Unfortunately, Qin Yun couldn't sell this kind of item. It was bound by system restrictions.
"If it surpasses the highest-grade energy cube on the market, the Pokémon's progress will accelerate exponentially."
Qin Yun's team had already outclassed their peers; each Pokémon was a powerhouse, practically invincible at its level and blessed with extraordinary potential. However, this strength came with a price energy consumption was monstrous.
Whereas an elite-stage Pokémon would struggle to finish a high-level energy cube in one day, Qin Yun's team consumed five or six cubes daily like clockwork.
Assume a low-grade energy cube has a total capacity of 10,000 energy units, of which only 100 are purified energy. When a Pokémon absorbs this cube, it doesn't just absorb the 100 points, it digests the entire 10,000 units, necessitating internal filtration and transformation. This results in metabolic strain, slower absorption, and significant waste.
Thus, low-grade energy cubes were cheap—500 Pokémon Coins a piece and inefficient.
Medium-grade cubes, priced at 10,000 Pokémon Coins, were twenty times the cost but packed 500 purified energy units five times more than low-grade. This seemingly small increase drastically improved absorption efficiency. The purer the energy, the easier it was for a Pokémon's physiology to process and convert it to combat strength.
A high-grade energy cube cost 200,000 Pokémon Coins. While still capped at 10,000 total capacity, it contained 2,000 energy units 20% purity. That made them vastly more cost-effective for elite-level Pokémon and above.
The best energy cubes, however, were in a league of their own. Priced in the tens of millions, they weren't even fully pure 100% purity didn't exist publicly. The highest known purity was 96%, a cube enshrined in the American Pokémon Alliance's museum. It was once offered at 100 billion Pokémon Coins and still rejected.
The true worth of such a cube wasn't in currency, it was symbolic, technological, and strategic.
Top-tier energy cubes existed in two forms: man-made and naturally-occurring. Artificial cubes retained their original purity indefinitely. Natural ones, however, matured over time. As long as they weren't consumed, their energy purity slowly increased year by year an organic refinement process.
Higher purity improved palatability and absorption rates, making Pokémon crave them instinctively.
"Some of the fruits I need for this are on restricted purchase lists... troublesome."
Qin Yun frowned. This constraint would slow down the production of Mega Active Cubes a rare and superior form of energy cube surpassing even the best known ones in terms of effect.
"It'll take more time to make a batch. Pokémon like Solaceon won't get to use them easily."
He sighed.
"Let's see what the second item is…"
Qin Yun's eyes swept across the panel, and then narrowed in astonishment.
[Orchard Planting Field: Worth 300,000 points. A mystical orchard that automates the cultivation of fruit trees. Allows the purchase and planting of orchard-specific seeds. Boasts high efficiency and yield. Only drawback: substantial maintenance cost.]
"This…"
"You really can get what you wish for."
He had just been worrying about fruit supply, and the system handed him a solution.
"Expensive, though…"
Qin Yun had 800,000 points total, and just earned 400,000 more. This purchase would cost nearly half his reserves.
"I thought these points would last longer… guess not."
Despite his reluctance, he confirmed the purchase.
"I'll explore it soon. But first, the final two items."
[Advanced Cranberry Fruit Tree: 30,000 points. Produces premium Cranberries.]
[Premium Lum Berry Tree: 30,000 points. Produces premium Lum Berries.]
Two rare fruit trees.
When Qin Yun read the descriptions, realization dawned. These were the rarest ingredients for Mega Active Cubes.
He pulled up the recipe.
To craft 10 Mega Active Cubes, he needed: 1 Premium Cranberry, 1 Premium Lum Berry, 12 standard Cranberries, 13 standard Lum Berries, 17 Kuo Berries, 18 Drash Berries, plus several common fruits.
The key cost driver was clear—the premium berries. Premium Cranberries and Lum Berries sold for 220,000–230,000 Pokémon Coins each. The rest of the recipe totaled only 40,000–50,000 Pokémon Coins. That's the gap.
Standard fruits could be grown en masse or bought cheap.
Premium ones, however, were wild-exclusive. They couldn't be cultivated or cloned, only harvested from naturally-growing trees in secret areas. Their yield was limited and region-bound.
Despite their rarity, they were still considered "common premium" fruits among secret realms, so prices remained in the 200,000 range. Still, the supply was tightly controlled.
With Qin Yun's current permissions, he was allowed a maximum of ten premium berries per month—five of each type.
That meant only 50 Mega Active Cubes per month.
For others, even one cube would be a godsend. Elite Trainers would kill for access to 50 per month—each one worth 10 million Pokémon Coins on the black market.
But Qin Yun wasn't satisfied.
"These fruit trees… if they came from the system, they should be compatible with the Orchard Planting Field."
He immediately bought both trees and entered the newly unlocked Orchard interface.
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