Chapter 14: Another Day of Breaking New Ground
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The three people Qin Yueran had been thinking about—Shi Qingyu and the others—were, at that very moment, engaged in battle with monsters.
Gu Yuanyuan was protecting the injured Peak Master of Sword Peak, Sui Fu, who was also Shi Qingyu’s master, along with more than a dozen inner-sect disciples.
Shi Qingyu and Cheng Shuangshuang had joined forces against two grotesque fish monsters.
After leaving the Central Immortal Island, they had chosen a direction and proceeded according to instinct.
As it turned out, cultivators had remarkably accurate instincts and sixth senses. After drifting for two days, they encountered people from their own sect.
Sui Fu had fought desperately to win his disciples a chance at survival. The disciples who escaped told Shi Qingyu what had happened when they met her.
The three of them hurried over to lend support, resulting in the scene at the beginning.
Cheng Shuangshuang was an alchemist from Pill Peak, so her combat strength was naturally inferior to Shi Qingyu’s, who came from Sword Peak.
Thus, she could only provide support from the side. Shi Qingyu’s sword swept toward the monster fish like a serpent’s shadow, splitting into two, then four, then eight…
Countless sword shadows filled the air, making it impossible to distinguish the real one from the illusions.
Cheng Shuangshuang immobilized the fish monster, preventing it from diving into the water. It could only watch helplessly as the bewildering sword shadows, resembling both serpents and swords, swam toward it.
With a flash, the fish monster was torn into pieces wherever the sword passed.
This was the third form of Shi Qingyu’s Spirit Serpent Sword Art—Serpent Shadows, Lost Traces.
The other fish monster had already gone into hiding, but Shi Qingyu was in no hurry.
Sui Fu had been given medicinal pills and was recovering. At least, his life was no longer in danger.
Shi Qingyu and Cheng Shuangshuang also had a supply of pills, so for the time being, they had no need to worry about exhausting their spiritual power.
If there had been light in these waters, they would have seen countless monsters floating upon the sea, as well as the blood-red surface—blood spilled by Sui Fu.
The fish monster was the first to lose patience. Shi Qingyu and Cheng Shuangshuang exchanged a glance, each silently preparing herself.
The fish monster seemed to realize that the two women would be difficult to deal with, so it shifted its target to Sui Fu and the others.
Shi Qingyu’s expression changed.
“Not good!”
She turned and flew toward the people behind her. At that instant, she heard a familiar voice.
“Beast, do not harm my disciples!”
The deep, cutting voice was accompanied by a flash of sword light. The fish monster was cleaved in two.
Shi Qingyu let out a sigh of relief, delight filling her eyes and brows.
“Master, you’re awake!”
“Cough, cough—pfft!”
Sui Fu gave two weak coughs before suddenly spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing that Sui Fu had fainted once more, Shi Qingyu made her decision.
“We’re returning to A Certain Inn!”
“A Certain Inn?” one of the disciples asked in confusion.
“I’ll explain on the way,” Shi Qingyu said.
Since Shi Qingyu had put it that way, the disciples could only swallow their many questions for the time being.
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For instance: What was this A Certain Inn all about? And why were their medicinal pills ineffective, while Senior Sister’s worked?
Qin Yueran had no idea that a new group of guests was about to arrive. At that moment, she was diligently working the land.
At present, the plots she had cultivated had already produced a crop of wheat.
Qin Yueran lamented bitterly, “If I’d known, I would have planted crops with longer growing times last night. What a waste, what a waste.”
The cultivated land here not only resembled the fields in a game, but the plants grown on it matured just as quickly.
Wheat matured in thirty seconds, rice in five minutes, and lettuce in one minute.
Crops with slightly longer growing times, such as sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and green beans, still took only a few hours to harvest.
The ones that took the longest were spirit plants, such as spirit fruits and spirit vegetables, which required an entire day.
Although ordinary seeds produced crops that contained spiritual energy, they did not meet the standard for spirit plants.
They were merely tastier and more nutritious than food from the outside world, and were best suited for ordinary people without cultivation.
Spirit items contained too much spiritual energy and were suitable only for cultivators. If ordinary people ate them, the spiritual energy would overwhelm their bodies and cause them to explode—quite literally, killing them in the process.
Returning to the matter at hand, after finishing her work the previous night, Qin Yueran had finally remembered that the items in the warehouse could be listed for sale in the marketplace.
Although they did not count toward her operating-level points, the points earned from selling items could still be used.
Thus, after setting aside a few things in case of emergencies, she put everything else up for sale in the marketplace.
This brought her another two hundred and fifty thousand points. Qin Yueran was very satisfied.
She was rich again. Hee-hee.
She then used the points to buy seeds and plant the fields. Each plot produced ten pounds of crops, which Qin Yueran considered a fairly good deal.
Furthermore, once she had grown crops from the seeds, she could keep some aside for future planting and create a self-sustaining cycle.
She also spent one hundred thousand points to purchase a Comprehensive Guide to Basic Spells. As expected, its contents were extensive.
You truly got what you paid for!
Once she cast the spell for opening up new farmland, every plot was cultivated within an hour.
Most of that time had actually been spent learning how to use the spell.
“Next, let’s open the ranch.” Qin Yueran looked at Huhu. “What do you think?”
“That’s fine. Xiao Ran can afford the five thousand points now, and it’s discounted, so there’s no loss.”
“As for the other areas, opening them is only a matter of time. Xiao Ran, just do whatever you feel like.” Huhu glanced at the system as it spoke.
In any case, based on the current situation, the simulated operating results showed that her points were steadily increasing. Sooner or later, she would be able to unlock everything.
Qin Yueran said, “All right, then let’s do it.”
She had already built the storage warehouse at the intersection of several areas, and it now held quite a lot of things.
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The warehouse currently had one hundred slots, and each slot could hold up to 9,999 units of an item. If that was not enough, she could unlock more…
Surely she had to fill every slot, right?
Once this harvest of wheat was stored, one slot would be full: 9,999 times 10, or 99,990 pounds. It looked like a lot, but later she would still have to build processing plants.
Another expense in points…
Qin Yueran wore a mournful expression.
“After harvesting this batch of wheat, I’ll plant something with a longer growing time. I’ll leave this area alone for now and deal with the other regions first.” Qin Yueran steeled herself and made the decision.
As she spoke, the wheat ripened.
Qin Yueran tapped the button to harvest everything at once, and the golden wheat field vanished in an instant.
“Let’s plant rice before we go.” Qin Yueran spoke with an expression of deep pain.
A thousand units of rice seeds cost five thousand points in total. Fortunately, she would not need to buy them again afterward.
After planting the rice, Qin Yueran teleported to the area where the ranch was located.
She opened the unlocking menu, selected the option to unlock the ranch, chose the area, and confirmed.
Everything before her rapidly vanished. In its place, an enclosed ranch appeared before Qin Yueran as though it had been conjured from thin air.
Qin Yueran stared blankly.
“…They might as well have charged five thousand points to unlock the farm too! Sob.”
She pushed open the gate and entered the ranch. Gazing at the seemingly boundless area, Qin Yueran was stunned.
“Is the place I chose really this large?”
“There’s spatial folding technology involved.” Huhu raised its head and puffed out its chest proudly.
“Wow! That’s amazing!”
Qin Yueran was left speechless with astonishment.
“Are the other areas unlocked with points like this too?”
Huhu nodded.
“Mm-hmm. All of them.”
Qin Yueran wailed again.
“…Then the farm might as well not have been free at all!”
“But you’ll need to spend five thousand points every year to maintain it,” Huhu said.
“Heh.” Qin Yueran laughed helplessly. “Now that I have so many points, will I really be short of a mere five thousand next year?”
Besides, if she truly ran short, she could simply close it then, could she not? At worst, the area would become smaller. It was not as though it would be shut down completely.
Huhu looked adorably blank.
“…That’s true.”
“It even came with starter animals—ten chicks and ten dairy cows!” Qin Yueran exclaimed.
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