Chapter 62 Saplings Let's go move the rest of the fields over...
The fairy tree is growing faster than they expected.
A week later, the twig that had been broken off grew into a sapling, taller than Xiao Jiu.
At first, the system was a little worried that the tree branch might mutate, but fortunately, after another scan, the data showed that everything was normal.
The newborn sapling is pure white, but it doesn't glow yet, probably because it hasn't grown properly.
But precisely because of this, if you get closer, you can see the delicate white pearlescent layer covering the surface of the branches.
The pearlescent sheen refracts different reflections depending on the angle, making it appear as if it's flowing across the surface of a tree branch—it's quite beautiful.
Because the tree branch was growing much faster than the system had anticipated, the system decided to temporarily put aside its plan to find the other fifteen farmlands.
There was no other way; it had become somewhat paranoid about what had happened in this place all along, and this "planting of the elf forest" was related to the speed of spiritual energy recovery afterward, so it had to be extremely careful.
There are currently only five farmlands near the Fairy Tree.
One branch is being used to plant a fairy tree, and the other four have no fixed purpose.
Qianchuan asked the system, "System, how many points do we have now?"
System: "Two million seven hundred thousand."
That's enough.
So they discussed it and finally agreed to use two plots of land to continue collecting spirit flowers and the other two plots to grow food.
Suanni suddenly remembered something: "Didn't we keep planting known flower varieties because we were afraid of debuffs?"
He turned to look at the system: "You said before that your permissions would be upgraded after the world merges, so now we should be able to try new flower seeds, right?"
For the past ten years, I've been doing the same thing every day: planting flowers and harvesting flowers, planting vegetables and harvesting vegetables.
Even the flowers they plant are the same few kinds; it's so boring.
The Suanni circled around the system, saying, "Hurry, hurry, can it be planted? Can it be planted?"
The system was getting annoyed by him: "I'm still doing the verification calculations, stop beating around the bush!"
Ten seconds later, the system replied: "It can be planted."
Suanni: "Yay!"
Over the years, they have been trying to grow various crops, not only to satisfy Xiao Jiu's appetite, but also to unlock the exclusive food recipes for Xiao Xue and Suanni as quickly as possible.
Two months ago, because they had bound their farmland to the Suanni, during a harvest, the Suanni triggered the effect of "increased probability of unlocking pet-specific food recipes", directly unlocking a recipe.
So now, only one last thing is needed to make the Suanni's exclusive food.
Suanni had been eagerly anticipating what the so-called "exclusive food" would taste like, and upon hearing this, it immediately jumped in front of Xiao Jiu: "Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu! Let's try planting level 6 flowers!"
It has been more than ten years since the last time a level 6 flower was planted, and Suanni has always been very curious about what the mutated version of the level 6 flower looks like.
Actually, it wasn't just him who was curious; Xiao Jiu was curious too.
So Xiao Jiu immediately grabbed the white paw that the Suanni had raised: "Plant!"
They weren't in a hurry to accumulate points now; they were just collecting them like they were compiling a picture book. So when they went to exchange for flower seeds this time, they exchanged for two kinds directly.
One lavender flavor, and one bleeding heart flavor.
They had already planted the lavender before, so they handled it very efficiently.
The seeds of bleeding hearts are very similar to those of roses, both having a dormancy period. However, thanks to the all-powerful farmland, the process of waking the seeds can be skipped.
The cultivation methods for bleeding hearts are very similar to those for roses, lavender, and pansies.
Furthermore, the black seeds of bleeding heart are slightly larger than those of lavender, making the sowing process easier after the seeds are retrieved from the bottom of the crystal coffin.
Because the farmland is tied to the Suanni, the Suanni must personally participate in the entire planting process.
He was carrying a small basket woven from plant stems on his back, and every few steps he would shake it to fling some seeds out.
The damp seeds pattered against the inside of the basket, making a rustling sound.
System: "You look like a sand hammer."
Suanni: ?
Suanni: "You're the one with the sand hammer! You bootleg Taotie!"
system:?
So the system and the Suanni rolled around together again, fighting fiercely.
Qianchuan reluctantly picked up the small basket, took out the seeds and scattered them on the surface of the farmland. Then, he and Xiao Jiu covered the seeds with a thin layer of soil.
When they scattered the seeds, they deliberately left a small corner untouched.
After the Suanni and the system finished fighting, Xiao Jiu shouted, "Meow meow, fill in the soil!"
The lion came running over in a few steps, and used its little paws to shovel dirt over the last corner as well.
Next, we just have to wait for them to sprout and bloom.
Planting level 6 seeds in level 6 farmland will result in a slightly weaker time acceleration effect compared to planting lower-level seeds.
Lavender typically takes two years to bloom, while bleeding heart takes even longer, three to four years.
Based on the accelerated effect of the farmland, these lavender plants will bloom in about three and a half months, while the bleeding heart will bloom more than a month later.
During this time, they continued to try planting various new vegetables.
All vegetables are classified as Level 1 in the system, so they grow extremely fast. Some crops with shorter growing periods can even mature in just a few hours, making harvesting a race against time.
Despite being busy, they couldn't help but laugh when they held the giant pumpkin they had just "rescued".
Fu Yu sat by the edge of the farmland and let out a long sigh: "This thing called a pumpkin matures way too fast."
The Suanni, now sprawled on the ground like a fluffy pancake, exclaimed, "I'm exhausted..."
Qianchuan and Xiaojiu squatted next to the giant pumpkin, which was over a meter in diameter, with Xiaojiu holding Xiaoxue in her arms.
Little Snow stretched its neck, its round nose twitched slightly in the air, and then its ears perked up: "Meow."
Xiao Jiu immediately widened her eyes and looked at Qian Chuan beside her: "Found it!"
Qian Chuan responded with an unusually gentle smile: "Mm."
Xiaoxue's exclusive food recipe has been fully unlocked!
Fuyu ran over happily and gently touched Xiaoxue's forehead: "That's great, Xiaoxue."
The Suanni started rolling around, crying out, "Aaaaah, why is my recipe so hard to find!"
Xiao Jiu quickly ran to the Suanni's side and picked up the rolling white kitten: "Don't be afraid, meow meow, we can find it."
The Suanni nestled in Xiao Jiu's arms and continued to hum exaggeratedly.
While they were playing around, Taotie stayed at a distance.
There happened to be a few tall spirit flowers there, and the white light emitted by the spirit tree on the mountaintop shone on these spirit flowers, casting long shadows due to the angle.
The shadows of the flowers intertwined, completely enveloping the dark gray Taotie.
Taotie watched Xiao Jiu and the others quietly.
Those eyes, which had been closed, couldn't help but open a crack, and then quickly closed again.
After a long while, he opened his huge mouth and licked the fur on his body with his scarlet tongue.
The branch that was broken off from the fairy tree stopped growing when it reached about two meters in height.
System analysis revealed that the cause was the lack of irrigation from Moon Spring.
So they rearranged the location of the sapling, diverted water from the Moon Spring, and finally placed the tree and the farmland together on the lower part of the mountainside.
Moon Spring water looks no different from normal water; it's transparent and you can't sense any spiritual energy in it.
However, its uniqueness is easily noticeable when the spring water flows over the soil.
Moon Spring doesn't mix with the soil; it's as if there's some invisible layer underneath it, keeping it clear no matter where it flows.
Moreover, when it splashes up, the water droplets automatically become round, and the surface of the droplets will shimmer with a fine light, looking like white pearls.
The branch of Moon Spring flows down the natural slope of the mountain, splitting into two at the mountainside.
One stream flowed into the farmland where the saplings were, while another continued to flow down the mountainside.
If the system had stayed with Xiao Jiu all along, it would have recognized that the spot was exactly where Xiao Jiu had secretly buried something.
The growth rate of the fairy tree sapling suddenly slowed down again.
Just as it was diligently absorbing the essence of the Moon Spring every day, the lavender in the field not far from it was about to bloom.
The crops are nearing maturity; please proceed to prepare for harvesting.
System: "I've activated the energy barrier, but you should still be careful."
The non-humans: "Okay."
The next second, a snapping sound was heard, and a small tuft of fluorescent yellow fuzz emerged from the center of the deep purple flower, which was over two meters tall.
It's obvious at a glance that it's a mutated flower.
Fu Yu could only sigh, "This mutated lavender isn't so scary after all."
Although the fluorescent yellow down looked like fat caterpillars, Fu Yuzhen thought this mutated lavender was actually quite good-looking compared to the appearance of the other mutated flowers.
System: "Detection complete, no debuffs found."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The plant of the variegated flower is large and fragile, especially its root system.
But strangely enough, once they are dug out of the soil, the entire plant will suddenly become electrified and start to move its roots as if it is about to run away.
And with this running, their root systems become less prone to damage; even if they are swung around like wheels, they won't suffer much harm.
This is a cycle.
If you harvest it carefully, this flower will be particularly "strong"; but if you don't handle it carefully and let it run away, it will run away at an incredible speed.
But if you want to control the flower and make it less stubborn after harvesting, you have to deliberately break one or two small roots when harvesting.
However, this lowers the quality of the flowers, and naturally, the price drops sharply.
So now it's Qianchuan, Fuyu, and Xiaojiu's turn to diligently dig up flowers. If they accidentally let a flower escape, they'll have Suanni and Taotie chase after it, bring it back, and then give it to Xiaojiu to sell.
If they didn't escape, the Suanni would go over and dig out a claw or two as proof of its participation.
Although the system has complained about this countless times over the years, it still can't help but say it again this time.
"You lazy cat, why don't you transform into human form and help me!"
The Suanni grunted twice and ignored it.
It wasn't until the day after the harvest of this round of mutated lavender was completed, when a strangely shaped creature came into their view, that the system exclaimed in disbelief, "You can't even transform!?"
At this moment, the creature with human-like fingers, but with a cat-like version of the Suanni on its arm, said fiercely, "Is that not allowed?!"
Fuyu could only manage to say with difficulty, "Please, change back."
The Suanni looks really scary!
The sight of those fingers growing out of a cat's body is a hundred times more bizarre than flowers covered in eyeballs!
After this incident, the system stopped mentioning Suanni's laziness and even quietly increased the priority of finding exclusive food recipes for Suanni by two levels.
The generic, specially formulated food is no longer very effective for these "pets".
Suanni has eaten thousands of grains over the years, but his level has only increased from 60 to 61. Even Fuyu, who previously had the lowest level, is almost catching up with him.
The system assessed the condition of the Elf Tree sapling and made a decision.
It said, "Host, let's move the rest of the farmland over here as well."
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