"Then I'll begin," Lin Qing said, and then clicked "collect crops" on the control panel with a great sense of ceremony.

As Lin Qing operated, a batch of mangosteens planted in the vegetable garden were stored in the warehouse, and the experience bar in the space was visibly full, even overflowing a little.

"Ding... Congratulations, host. Your space has been upgraded to level six. You are rewarded with 1 million gold coins and the planting of all grains, vegetables, and fruits has been unlocked."

"Ding... Congratulations, host! Your level 1 ranch can be upgraded to level 2. Please go to the ranch to upgrade."

"Ding... Congratulations, host. Your level 1 orchard can be upgraded to level 2. Please go to the orchard to upgrade."

"Brother Nanxun, let's upgrade the orchard first!"

Lin Qing hadn't forgotten about upgrading the processing workshop to help her with the work. Although it was just their guess, Lin Qing still decided to upgrade the orchard first. Only when the orchard was upgraded could the processing workshop be upgraded, and then she would know whether the processing workshop could process animals after it was upgraded to level 2.

However, according to his and Nanxun's guess, once the processing workshop is upgraded to level 2, it should be able to process the animals in the ranch.

“Okay, then let’s upgrade the orchard first.” After Gu Nanxun finished speaking, he led Lin Qing to the entrance of the orchard.

"System, upgrade the orchard to level 2." This time, Lin Qing didn't operate it herself, but instead asked the system to upgrade it for her.

"Ding... Congratulations, host, your orchard has been upgraded to level 2. 1.5 million gold coins have been deducted."

"Ding... Congratulations, host, the orchard planting capacity has been increased to a maximum of 200 fruit trees, and the fruit has been upgraded to a second-grade spiritual fruit."

"This is too expensive! Upgrading the space to level six only rewards 1 million gold coins, but upgrading an orchard costs 1.5 million gold coins." Lin Qing couldn't help but widen her eyes and mutter as she saw the gold coins deducted from her account.

"System, what is a secondary spiritual fruit?" Gu Nanxun asked the system after hearing its announcement. Lin Qing also perked up her ears curiously when she heard Gu Nanxun's question.

"The next level of spiritual fruit is a fruit that is infinitely close to a spiritual fruit, and the next step is a spiritual fruit."

The system says.

"What are spirit fruits, and what are the benefits of eating a second-grade spirit fruit?"

As soon as the system finished speaking, Lin Qing couldn't wait to ask. She had only been focused on the gold coins and hadn't noticed that the fruit grown in the level-two orchard was actually a second-grade spiritual fruit. She knew about spiritual fruits; they were often mentioned in novels, and described in a very mysterious way. She wondered if this was true.

“Spiritual fruits are fruits containing spiritual power, which have the ability to increase one’s power, prolong life, and improve one’s cultivation level. Second-level spiritual fruits also contain spiritual power, but they are just fruits evolved from ordinary fruits. They also have the ability to improve one’s cultivation level, but they cannot prolong life.”

"You mean because we're growing ordinary fruit, it's only a second-tier fruit. But if we grew the kind of spiritual fruit from novels, it would grow into a spiritual fruit, right?"

Lin Qing continued to inquire with anticipation. Lifespan has always been a problem that she and Gu Nanxun need to solve. However, they are still young, so it is not so urgent yet. But it is a dilemma that they face and they will have to solve it sooner or later.

"It's not that easy. Currently, level 2 orchards cannot grow spirit fruits. Only level 3 orchards can. Moreover, spirit fruits all have a limited lifespan. The more powerful the spirit fruit, the longer its lifespan."

"If that's how you put it, then the ginseng fruit in the novels is said to bloom once every three thousand years, bear fruit once every three thousand years, and take another three thousand years to ripen. So if that's the case, wouldn't I have to wait 10,000 years to eat a ginseng fruit?"

"..."

"Host, that's not how it's calculated. Space can accelerate the growth of plants, and it can also accelerate the growth of spiritual fruits. Moreover, ginseng fruit doesn't need 10,000 years to mature."

"How many years does it take for a ginseng fruit to ripen?"

Lin Qing breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the system's words, and then asked curiously.

"Ginseng fruit only takes 5,000 years to mature."

"System, whether it's 5,000 years or 10,000 years, I can't wait. What difference does it make?"

Lin Qing said speechlessly, "The system's explanation is as good as no explanation at all. These are all years she can't wait for. Even if the space can accelerate the growth of the spiritual fruit, it will still be a long time. Lin Qing is too lazy to ask anymore."

"Host, it's not just the ginseng fruit that can increase lifespan; many kinds of spiritual fruits can also extend lifespan. Moreover, spatial acceleration is also related to the level of the space; the higher the space level, the faster the acceleration."

"Where can we get the seeds of the spirit fruit?" After listening to Lin Qing's conversation with the system, Gu Nanxun thought for a moment and asked. No matter how long it would take for the spirit fruit to be successfully planted, their priority right now was to get the seeds.

"There's no way to get this. You can buy it through the trading market, or you can get it through daily check-ins or lotteries. These are all ways to get seeds, but I suggest you wait until your space is upgraded to level 7 before checking in or participating in lotteries. That way, your chances of getting them will be much higher."

Gu Nanxun nodded. "Okay, I understand."

"Alright, I'd better upgrade my processing workshop first! As for spirit fruits, I'll have to wait until my space reaches level 7 and I get the seeds before considering that!"

Lin Qing shrugged helplessly and said, "It was all for nothing. But something is better than nothing. At least it's something to look forward to!"

"System, upgrade the processing workshop."

"Ding... Congratulations, host, the workshop has been successfully upgraded. 500,000 gold coins have been deducted."

"System, what's going on? I remember it cost 1 million to build the workshop, how come it only costs 500,000 now?"

Hearing that upgrading the workshop only required 500,000 gold coins, Lin Qing asked curiously. She had thought it would cost at least 1 million, but she didn't expect it to only require 500,000 gold coins.

"The 1 million gold coins at the time of construction were because that was construction, but now it's just an upgrade, and this upgrade is just a normal upgrade, unlike the orchard upgrade which is a huge leap."

After listening to the system's explanation, Lin Qing nodded. Then she and Gu Nanxun walked into the processing workshop. In addition to the machine that processed jam, there was a new machine. Lin Qing went closer and saw that it was labeled "Crop Processor".

"A crop processor?" Lin Qing stared at the machine in front of her for a while with a puzzled look, then said to Gu Nanxun with a disappointed look, "Brother Nanxun, it's not a machine for processing animals."

Gu Lanxun rubbed Lin Qing's head. "It's okay, I can handle it slowly. Anyway, we're not in a hurry."

"That's the only way. It seems we were both wrong."

"It's alright, we were just guessing. It doesn't matter if we're wrong. Let's take a look at our new machine."