Several thoughts quickly shed through Elijah''s mind.


    First, he needed to test Katherine''s ability to see if she could rejuvenate spirit nts after they were harvested.


    Next, he wanted to give Katherine a batch of corpse cores to see if she could use them to cultivate ordinary nts.


    Finally, in future expeditions to gather supplies, he nned to prioritize finding crop seeds and fertilizer.


    After making a simple n in his mind, Elijah snapped back to reality and noticed the women all staring at him.


    Smiling, he looked at the remaining third of the Spirit fish and said, "What are we waiting for? Everyone, take a piece!"


    "Yay!" Lily cheered.


    Be took the initiative to divide the fish into portions, giving each person a piece.


    "Wow! It''s delicious!" Everyone praised Sophia''s cooking.


    "Sophia, when can we catch another Spirit fish like this?" Grace, eating vigorously, asked between bites.


    "I''m not sure! These fish are very cunning. Even if we encounter one again, there''s no guarantee I''ll be able to catch it," Sophia said a bit sheepishly.


    "I have an idea. In a couple of days, once we''ve moved most of the supplies from the mall, we can go out to sea together and try catching some," Elijah pondered for a moment before saying.


    "Okay... sure!" Sophia quickly responded, but the thought of going out to sea alone with Elijah made her blush, and her eyes started to flicker.


    She remembered the morning when Elijah taught her how to drive the yacht.


    At that moment, Yello, who had been ying somewhere, burst into the vi with his tongue out, looking a bit wild.


    He ran straight to Elijah''s side, sat obediently, and stared intently at Elijah''s bowl.


    Yello''s tongue hung out as he panted, and his tail wagged like a windmill.


    "You little guy, your nose is pretty sharp! Speaking of which, you did a great job yesterday, so you deserve a reward!"


    Elijah noticed there were some fish scraps and broth left on the tray holding the Spirit fish.


    He took it over, added half of his own fish portion, and ced the tray in front of Yello.


    Without hesitation, Yello lowered his head and began to eat noisily.


    "I wonder if eating this Spirit fish meat will cause any magical changes in you," Elijah muttered to himself. He had never seen a spirit beast in his previous life.


    These creatures were even rarer than spirit nts.


    He had only heard from Christopher that some people specifically bought spirit beast meat.


    If Yello really turned into a spirit beast, should he eat it or keep it?


    Elijah looked at Yello with a mischievous glint in his eyes. Yello shivered inexplicably, shrank his neck, nced around, and, seeing nothing unusual, eagerly continued eating.


    Yello ate with relish and cleaned the te thoroughly. He even devoured the fish bones left uneaten by the women. After that, he didn''t eat anything else and went to rest.


    After lunch, Elijah took Be to the spirit nts cultivation room, intending to test Katherine''s ability.


    However, the zombie grass had only two leaves, and the third leaf was just emerging, making it unsuitable for harvesting.


    Simrly, the Crystal Grass''s fourth node was only just beginning to form, making it even less suitable.


    Elijah didn''t want to mess with the two spirit nts, so he brought in a pot nt from outside.


    He picked up a pair of scissors and cut the nt''s stem.


    "Snap!" The nt broke at the cut, leaving only a bit of the stem and root, simr to a harvested zombie grass.


    Elijah immediately switched to Katherine''s ability, attempting to stimte the remaining stem to grow.


    As energy flowed into the nt, he could feel its roots absorbing arge amount of nutrients from the soil.


    The stem above ground seemed to sprout new buds, struggling to break through.


    But in the next second, the nt''s roots began to age and wither, and the buds lost their vigor, unable to grow.


    It seemed as if the sensation from a moment ago was merely an illusion.


    "Failed..." Elijah sighed.


    "But it wasn''tpletely ineffective. Maybe once Katherine''s abilities improve another level, it''ll work!" Beforted him.


    She had also been carefully observing the nt with her abilities. At first, it showed signs of revival, but unfortunately, at a certain moment, its vitality couldn''t sustain, and it suddenly died.


    "Yeah, you''re right," Elijah nodded.


    He wasn''t too troubled. After all, Be''s abilities were still here. If Katherine''s abilities seeded, that would be great, but failure wouldn''t cost them anything.


    "Next, let''s see if we can stimte the growth of the spirit nts!" he said.


    He didn''t dare touch the Crystal Grass recklessly, as he needed it to advance to the third tier. But the zombie grass didn''t matter as much!


    Elijah walked over to the zombie grass, gently stroking its leaves with his hands, then activated his ability.


    His hands emitted a faint white light, and energy continuously flowed into the zombie grass.


    The leaves of the zombie grass began to grow visibly, and underground, several corpse cores wrapped by roots started to shrink rapidly.


    In an instant, one of therger corpse cores disappeared, and the others also shrank significantly.


    But at this point, the zombie grass stopped its rapid growth.


    Elijah realized that no matter how much he activated his ability, the zombie grass showed no further signs of rapid growth.


    "It seems Katherine''s ability can only stimte the growth of one leaf on the zombie grass," Elijah shook his head, not too disappointed.


    Stimting the growth of one leaf meant saving a day''s time, which was still pretty good.


    At this point, the second leaf of the zombie grass had fully grown, the third leaf was half-grown, and the fourth leaf had just started to sprout. If it was just for awakening, it might be ready by tomorrow!


    "Let''s leave it at that! We''ll observe it for a day first," Elijah decided not to stimte the Crystal Grass and opted for a more cautious approach.


    With this, the test concluded, and Elijah and Be left the spirit nts cultivation room.


    Just then, Katherine and Hannah came out of the kitchen, having finished washing the dishes.


    Elijah called out to Katherine.


    "Do you need something, Elijah...big brother?" Katherine almost called him "Elijah brother" but corrected herself just in time.


    Elijah took out a bag of corpse cores and handed it to her.


    "Keep these corpse cores; I have a task for you."


    "Okay, Elijah, tell me!" Katherine epted the corpse cores, eager and full of energy.


    "From now on, in addition to your training, try to use these corpse cores to cultivate some nts..." Elijah exined the key points of using the corpse cores.


    Katherine''s eyes sparkled as she listened. Gradually, she realized that she might have just learned Elijah''s secret to cultivating spirit nts.


    And now, he was entrusting this important task to her. She felt a surge of excitement.


    "Elijah, don''t worry, I''ll make good use of these corpse cores!" Katherine said confidently.


    Elijah nodded in satisfaction. After giving these instructions, he was about to leave when Katherine suddenly said in a soft voice, "Elijah brother...remember toe back tonight..."


    Her voice was sweet and tender, full of charm.


    "Hmm?" Elijah turned around, but Katherine had already run off!


    Remembering how Katherine had waited for him all night the previous evening, Elijah felt a warmth in his heart. He couldn''t disappoint her!