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The next morning, Mu Liuyue went to the duel venue that Han Ruoyun mentioned.

The preliminary showdown between the noble families was held outside the Harvest Festival.

Although this activity was not listed on the flyer, the locals seemed to be aware of the excitement and a large crowd gathered to watch it early in the morning.

The place for watching the game is also in the center of the competition venue, which is an open space after harvesting, and a simple publicity stand has been set up.

The open space is surrounded by golden wheat fields. Full ears of wheat hang on the golden stalks, making a heavy sound when the wind blows, and the air seems to be filled with sweet wheat fragrance.

Although it is called a duel venue, it is more like a piece of open space dug out in the wheat field to accommodate the crowds coming to watch the game.

Mu Huiyue walked towards the publicity stand and saw the content of the competition written on it.

The theme of the preliminary showdown held between the Xizhou families this year was unexpectedly [Wheat Field Harvesting Competition].

Participants are required to use the tools they bring to harvest, and the one with the highest efficiency per unit time wins.

Mu Shuyue was silent. The duel between noble families sounded like such a high-end competition. She thought it was a beast-taming competition, but she didn't expect it to be a wheat-cutting competition. It was too down-to-earth...

However, this also reflects the form of family inheritance in Xizhou. In addition to the blacksmith families, Xizhou also has many family inheritances that are proficient in smelting, breeding, and talent development.

Even the blacksmith family is not just Han Ruoyun’s family.

Holding a wheat field harvesting competition may be able to better demonstrate the power of these inheritances than a simple battle.

More and more people came to watch the game. As the game was about to start, Mu Huoyue saw some heirs of aristocratic families participating in the competition.

The harvesting tools they brought were also very diverse.

There are ordinary sickles that look ordinary, flat devices with extremely strange shapes, huge wood-type pets with eight vines growing on them, and beastmasters who can reverse control large groups of insect pets to help pick and harvest.

"Hiiragizuki!"

A clear voice sounded, Mu Chuyue looked over and saw Han Ruoyun standing by the wheat field, waving at her.

She smiled slightly and walked over there.

"I thought the pre-match was a beast battle." Mu Yuyue said to Han Ruoyun, "If it's a wheat harvesting competition, I can't help."

"It's okay, it's okay. Retrieving the servant's forging hammer is already a great help." Han Ruoyun waved her hand indifferently.

She was still wearing overalls and sturdy thick-soled boots, with goggles hanging around her neck and her long hair tied behind her head, looking very heroic.

A heavy snort of laughter came from the wheat field next to us.

Mu Chuyue turned her head and saw a young man standing there who looked 50% like Han Ruoyun. His partner's pet was a medium-level warrior of the steel type, the Smelting Steel Ring.

It seems that this is the [Han Qi] who stole the forging hammer yesterday.

Han Qi looked at Mu Chuyue with a very unfriendly look. It was all because of this woman who suddenly appeared and ruined his carefully planned plan.

Stealing the forging hammer may seem stupid, but it is the best way to restrict Han Ruoyun.

Directly harming her or her pet would lead to trouble from the nagging elders in the family, while stealing the forging hammer, which was a harmless act, would only cause Han Ruoyun to be blamed for her incompetence if the forging hammer soldiers were affected.

I didn't expect that it would be ruined by a stranger who came to the Harvest Festival, and he happened to be a beastmaster with a dark pet.

Mu Chuyue's dark eyes looked straight over, with no intention of avoiding it at all.

Han Qi did these little tricks before the showdown simply because he thought he could not beat Han Ruoyun.

How can someone who doesn't even have the courage to face off inherit the hundreds of years of heritage of a blacksmith family?

That clear gaze seemed as sharp as a knife. Han Qi couldn't help but be stunned and subconsciously looked away.

"Just wait and see, Han Ruoyun." He looked at his extremely talented cousin and managed to finish his harsh words.

"I will definitely defeat you in this duel."

Han Qi gritted his teeth. It might be difficult for him to defeat Han Ruoyun and her hammer soldiers in a formal battle, but this was a wheat field harvesting competition.

When it comes to forging tools, his smelting steel ring can never lose!

Not long after, the organizer announced the official start of the [Wheat Field Harvesting Competition].

"Smelt the steel ring, use smelting!" Han Qi said to his pet.

The round steel ring floating beside him emitted a scorching light, and his figure kept stretching and changing in the light.

That is the core talent skill [Smelting] of the smelting steel ring. Unlike the [Virtual Alchemy] of the forging hammer soldier, the effect of the smelting skill is for oneself.

When the light faded, the smelting steel ring had turned into a huge sickle shape with an extremely sharp edge.

Now it should be called [Smelting Steel Sickle].

Han Qi then said, "Use a flying disc!"

The huge sickle flew out with a swish, and the wheat stalks along the way fell down in large pieces. The harvesting efficiency was first-class.

The smelted steel ring made a circle and returned to the hands of the beastmaster. Looking at the large cleared wheat field in front of him, Han Qi showed a determined smile.

Mu Chuyue couldn't help but look at the sickle a few more times.

The C-level attack skill, the flying disc, is one of the common skills used by pets with circular shapes such as smelting steel rings. This young man from a family of blacksmiths does have some ideas. He flexibly combines the characteristics of the pet and allows it to be smelted into a convenient harvesting tool.

but……

Mu Chuyue looked at the wheat stalks that had been cut down in large patches in front of her. The content of the duel was to [harvest] the wheat fields. No matter how fast Han Qi [harvested] in the duel, he would have to rely on manpower to [harvest] them slowly, which was a bit of putting the cart before the horse.

She couldn't help but look forward to Han Ruoyun, wondering what kind of harvesting tools she would come up with.

Han Ruoyun didn't go to watch Han Qi's performance at all, but she did not miss Mu Chuyue's expectant gaze. She smiled at the girl next to her and stretched out her hand and snapped her fingers.

The forging hammer soldier appeared in response to the summoning array of the triple imperial pattern.

"Come on, little servant, use imaginary alchemy."

The forging soldier waved the exquisite forging hammer on the spot, and tiny dots of light gradually gathered in the air, like tiny gems sparkling under the sunlight.

At the same time, a lead-gray light flashed in Han Ruoyun's eyes, and a peculiarly shaped forging hammer appeared in her hand, with smooth lines and mechanical patterns of unknown function.

The beast taming talent inherited from a family of blacksmiths: projection!

The faint light of the stars formed a translucent arc cover in the air. In a trance, Mu Chuyue seemed to see countless design drawings and engineering cost tables emerging from it, interweaving and merging into the broken light.

The hammer soldier swung the hammer and hit the arc cover hard.

Han Ruoyun also swung the forging hammer, keeping an equal distance from the forging hammer soldier, and hit the translucent energy shield again and again.

The flying figures inside became more and more numerous and complex. As the man and his pet tapped, they continued to merge, gradually outlining a huge and delicate shape.

The forging hammer was swung faster and faster. With a loud "bang", the forging hammer soldier smashed the arc shield in the air, and the translucent energy layer shattered.

Mu Huiyue widened her eyes slightly as she looked at the huge object that appeared in front of her after the dome was broken.

This is a huge harvester that is two or three meters high. The streamlined design is full of power. The alloy body is indestructible. The wheels are more than one meter in diameter and fit the ground aggressively. No matter how rugged the field is, it can be easily conquered.

The most critical cutting head is located at the front end, like the sharp teeth of a beast, with flexible and powerful mechanical arms extending on both sides, revealing the central cockpit.

Rather than being a harvester, the huge machine in front of us looks more like a tank.

Han Ruoyun jumped into the cockpit skillfully, pulled down the goggles on her head, and then extended her hand to Mu Chuyue.

"Come up, Hiiragi."

Mu Chuyue sat on it dizzy. The people around were attracted by this chariot-like harvester. More and more spectators gathered here, and exclamations continued to be heard from the crowd.

Han Ruoyun turned a deaf ear and stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. The harvester made a rumbling sound and moved forward steadily.

The hammer soldier waved his hammer happily and kept hitting various buttons in the cockpit to control the harvester to operate normally.

"Is this the [harvesting tool] you made..." Mu Huoyue couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, this thing is much better than a sickle, right?" Han Ruoyun patted the driving joystick and answered with a smile.

"Kuwawa!" The forging soldier agreed deeply.

The blades on the harvesting device rotate rapidly, and pieces of wheat straw fall in front of the harvesting head. They are collected by the reel and sent to the threshing drum inside the harvester. After being blown clean, they are sent to the storage warehouse.

Mu Chuyue looked at the back of the harvester. The threshed wheat ears formed golden waves, gushing towards the connected warehouse.

All the tools involved in the wheat field harvesting battle lost their ability to fight in front of this iron god of war.

This is the perfect crystallization of human industrial inventions and animal taming capabilities.

"How amazing..." Mu Liuyue exclaimed.

She had ridden in various modes of transportation, even high-level pets, but this was her first time riding in a large agricultural harvester.

This is a harvester forged by Han Ruoyun and the forging soldier.

"Can the skills of the forging hammer soldier even reach this level?" She recalled the process of activating [Virtual Alchemy], and this harvester seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

"[Virtual Alchemy] is such a skill."

Han Ruoyun looked forward and replied with a smile, "It's not accurate to say that it appeared out of thin air. The detailed structure of this harvester, every component and every structure, I can draw it with my eyes closed, right?"

"The Hammer Soldier can forge all kinds of tools. The upper limit of this skill is determined by my learning ability and imagination as a beastmaster."

"In the past, blacksmiths could only imagine cold weapons, so farm tools were all sickles and hoes. Harvesters are the farm tools we should have in this era."

Mu Chuyue was slightly startled, then she also started laughing.

Han Ruoyun was right. This was the [Harvesting Tool] that a new-era blacksmith could make.

The upper limit of the skill depends on the limit of the beastmaster's own imagination...

She couldn't help but recall the legendary fantasy creature Ruo Meng that she met in that cyber dream.

During that brief experience, she also felt how incredible the effects could be when skills whose limits were determined by imagination.

I wonder if Xiaomeng is doing well now?

After it escaped from that dream, no one knew where it went.

According to Ruoming's habits, she probably entered another dream and moved freely between different people's dreams.

It would be nice if I could see it again...

Seeing Mu Liuyue's face full of amazement and emotion, Han Ruoyun inexplicably felt that she had exaggerated a bit, and scratched her cheek and said.

"That being said, it's not like I can forge anything I want. Tools that exceed the energy limit of the samurai cannot be forged through [Virtual Alchemy] even if we are familiar with them."

She held the steering wheel with one hand and glanced sideways at the black-haired girl beside her. "That's why I decided to participate in the contract trial. Whether I can contract a new pet is secondary. After all, my main job is a blacksmith, and I just need the help of my servant."

"After the contract trial is over, the withered and flourishing spirit deer will appear to bless the harvest. It is not a large-scale skill like the one that protects the earth, but more like the natural increase brought by awakening."

"Pets that bathe in the blessing of the harvest in its secret realm, the Fenghe River Basin, will greatly increase their hidden energy and promote their evolution. ”

Mu Shuyue didn't know this, so she asked, "Does it apply to pets of all attributes?"

Han Ruoyun nodded: "Yes, my little servant has already grown to the ninth level. If he is bathed in the blessing of harvest again, there is a high probability that he will be able to evolve. This is why I participated in the contract trial."

Ellen and Bai Ya from Mu Shuyue's family have also entered the advanced stage of growth. If they bathe in the blessing of harvest together, perhaps the probability of evolution can be increased.

She was looking forward to the contract trial more and more.

Han Ruoyun drove the harvester across the farmland. Countless ears of wheat were cut and harvested. The golden waves of wheat gushed out, and the scene was very spectacular.

Mu Chuyue summoned Bai Ya and looked at the shadow under his feet, hoping to share this magnificent harvest scene with his pets.

She picked up the white-haired puppy. The harvester slowly moved through the golden wheat waves. Mu Chuyue squinted her eyes comfortably in the warm breeze.

After the preliminary duel, Han Ruoyun's harvester won first place without any suspense and successfully entered the Harvest Festival Contract Trial to be held the next day.

As a reward for winning, the organizers also gave away maltose freshly made from local wheat.

The taste is indeed sweeter and mellower than ordinary malt sugar. Bai Ya likes it very much, so Mu Huoyue bought some more and gave them to Ellen for future cooking.

After the duel, she stopped by to visit more wheat processing plants, and finally had a local specialty dinner treated by Han Ruoyun.

It was a rare fulfilling day. She returned to the hotel she booked in the evening and tied a bunch of plump golden ears of wheat to the head of her bed.

This is the custom of the Xizhou Harvest Festival, which is full of blessings from the land and wishes for all to go well in the coming year.

Mu Chuyue sat on the bed, reached out and gently touched the soft and lovely wheat grains, and smiled slightly.

It looks like I will have a dream with the scent of wheat tonight.

…

In the dead of night, the bunch of wheat ears tied to Mu Chuyue's bedside swayed gently.

The movement was like a slight breeze. Neither the human girl and the little cloud dog sleeping on the pillow, nor the card soldier in the shadow noticed the change in that instant.

An almost completely transparent oval outline, hidden under the effect of the spiritual mind skill [Invisibility], flashed past the edge of the wheat ear.

Then it stopped again, turned around and sniffed the scent of the wheat ears with some curiosity.

A happy expression is reflected in the vague transparent outline.

“…Mmm?”

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