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Chapter 286

Chapter 286

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When the first stream of orange-red light burst from the drying kiln in Green Bull Valley, the abacus beads suddenly clattered into a clock formation, projecting a "fivefold speed" golden glow across the top of the kiln: "According to the modified version of The Exploitation of the Works of Nature, drying Rhodiola only takes three hours!" Old Qian stared at the herbs spinning inside the kiln and cried out in astonishment: "The abacus beads turned the drying rack into a wheel of wind and fire!" The abacus beads bounced into the character for "wheel," embroidering a small image of an abacus bead holding a wrench onto his trouser leg. "Hang the Traceable Wooden Tablet!" Xiaoxiu waved her abacus bead carving knife, and the abacus beads bounced into the character for "flash" among the wooden tablets—three hundred wooden tablets automatically carved their inscriptions, displaying an animation of an abacus bead laser pointer where the growers' names were located, and finally flashing a fluorescent sword in the corner of the tablet that read, "Bead-chain can be traced, fake drugs retreat." A young apothecary touched a wooden tablet and smiled: "This handwriting is neater than my teacher's!" The abacus beads instantly bounced into the character for "ugly," projecting an ink blot showing "copied the wrong prescription yesterday" onto the apothecary's workbook. When Pei Hongxiu's abacus bead caravan rolled over the morning dew, the abacus beads bounced into the character for "ice" on …

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