After hesitating for a moment, Dong Tianyu still decided to take out some good items. A long time ago, he planted a Hundred-Fruit Tree in the Cave, which always bore precisely one hundred fruits each time.

Although Dong Tianyu, as well as the Canaries living in the Cave, would eat some of the fruit regularly, over the years he had accumulated quite a stash.

One must know that the fruits produced by the Hundred-Fruit Tree were of much higher quality than those harvested from the orchard trees.

The trees planted in the orchard, because they absorbed the dense Spirit Energy from the Cave over a long period, bore fruit that contained faint traces of Spirit Power. For any Martial Artist below the Energy Refining Realm, eating these fruits regularly could certainly provide some benefits.

If these fruits were placed in the Cultivation of Truth world, although they hadn’t reached the standard of spiritual fruits, they could at least be considered very close to it.

Considering that different fruit trees in the Cave could obtain such a replacement, the Spirit Plant Hundred-Fruit Tree that Dong Tianyu exchanged with Survival Points improved the effects even more.

If Dong Tianyu didn’t have the Hall of Longevity to hang up and accelerate his cultivation, the fruits of the Hundred-Fruit Tree wouldn’t keep up with the pace at which his Cultivation Level was increasing.

If that hadn’t been the case, Dong Tianyu figured he might have ended up like the Canaries in the Cave, relying on eating the fruits from the Hundred-Fruit Tree to increase his cultivation speed.

For the Canaries, each instance of the Hundred-Fruit Tree’s fruit quality replacement was like enjoying a miraculous pill to increase their Cultivation Level for a while until their Cultivation Level rose to the point where the fruits could no longer improve it. They would only send the fruits into the Cave after they had picked them.

Otherwise, if the Canaries who were busy with the many trifles in the Cave all day managed to surpass the vast majority of Martial Artists Dong Tianyu had seen, it wouldn’t be possible.

Although the Canaries would be the first to taste each time the Hundred-Fruit Tree’s fruit quality improved, over time, Dong Tianyu’s Storage Space still accumulated quite a number of fruits that could elevate the Cultivation Level of those below the Energy Refining Realm.

Don’t think that eating each fruit on its own has a negligible effect on improving Cultivation Level, but as the old saying goes, "A small hole not mended in time will become a big hole much harder to mend." Increasing one’s cultivation a little more each day will lead to far outpacing one’s peers over time.

After all, all other things are external, including Companion Spiritual Treasures. In the end, what brings a sense of security is one’s own Cultivation Level.

So something like this, capable of increasing Cultivation Level, as long as it legitimately works, no matter how weak the effect, will find people willing to pay a high price for it.

The reason why Dong Tianyu never sold this kind of fruit externally, only trading common ingredients, was actually due to a barter mindset. After all, in the pre-catastrophe society governed by laws, currency was often the last thing mentioned in many high-end transactions.

Not to mention the era where the credit Currency wasn’t circulated outside one’s registered place of residence.

Madeline watched as Dong Tianyu took out several fruit samples from his Storage Space and upon Dong Tianyu’s invitation, he tasted each one. Dong Tianyu didn’t hide anything from him; although the effects were indeed weak, they were genuinely effective. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

After confirming this, Madeline’s face showed an excited expression, but not long after, his expression suddenly collapsed.

Seeing Madeline’s expression, Dong Tianyu asked in confusion, "What’s wrong now?"

"The stuff is good, but I don’t have a proper way to transport them right now, plus how long is the shelf life of these fruits? If the shelf life is short, the price will definitely drop a lot.

After all, there’s a big difference in price between fresh and not fresh fruits. If the fruit rots, we can’t just make it into wine, can we?"

Although he phrased it as a question, when Madeline finished speaking, there was a sudden gleam in his eyes.

The process of making fruit wine is basically allowing the fruits to rot in a sealed environment, causing fermentation, just like many juicy fruits that emit a wine-like smell after they spoil.

In the winemaking process, the fruits that serve as raw materials indeed need to go through rotting and fermentation.

So don’t discard fruits that are nearly spoiled and can’t be sold; just use them as ingredients for winemaking.

At this thought, the sorrow that Madeline felt due to his lack of preparation for storage and transportation vanished in an instant.

While Madeline’s idea might seem like that of a ruthless businessman indifferent to human life, consider the famous Monkey Wine; those monkeys, when making their wine, certainly don’t go through the complicated sterilization preparations like humans do.

The monkeys probably don’t even manage the most basic cleanup of visible debris, whether it’s picking, transporting, or choosing a location to brew the Monkey Wine.

Forget washing hands; they likely don’t even wash the fruits used for brewing, let alone remove the excess wood stems from them.

Therefore, the Monkey Wine of legend is probably far dirtier in its making process than anyone can imagine. But as they say, "Eating dirt doesn’t make one sick," and ultimately, the process of making Monkey Wine, let alone the wine itself, is rarely encountered.

So most people, when discussing the legendary Monkey Wine, unconsciously overlook the brewing process of the wine because, after all, no one can apply human standards to wild monkeys.

Seeing the varying expressions on Madeline’s face, Dong Tianyu’s curiosity was piqued, "What are you thinking? With the way your expression is changing, you look like a face-changing performer, your expression changes with every moment. But by the look on your face now, it seems like you’ve figured something out."