Xi Xi ignored Aura's childish meows and focused entirely on the work at hand.
She divided the fertile soil into three equal portions and poured them into the three miniature planting pots placed in front of her.
The first planting pot contained easy-to-grow scallions and garlic, while the second contained the seeds of the difficult-to-grow tangerines, serving as a control. As for the third planting pot, Xi Xi set it aside for the time being and observed how it would develop.
After all, Xi Xi wasn't particularly skilled at planting, and she didn't even know how the crystal ball-like sealed planting pot worked. She could only try it out first, taking it one step at a time and feeling her way across the river.
Just as Xi Xi was busy, the screen suddenly flickered and a private message came through. Xi Xi quickly patted the dust off her hands, stopped what she was doing, and looked at the stranger's private message section.
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "Is the ancient sword still around?"
Li Jinshao : "You were the one who shouted in the public chat to collect the locked treasure chests, if I remember correctly?"
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "How about I trade you 6 talismans and 2 locked treasure chests for that high-quality Ancient Ding Sword?"
Xi Xi paused, feeling a bit uneasy as it was the first time she had seen this deep-thinking "lucky" man without his glittering "Great Fortune" badge.
Xi Xi : "Talisman type? Treasure chest level?"
Li Jinshao : "Two cleansing talismans, two smoke talismans, one invisibility talisman, and one luck talisman."
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "One locked treasure chest is of medium grade, and the other is of high grade."
Xi Xi raised an eyebrow, her gaze falling on the text before her. Surprisingly, it was quite good.
Li Jinshao was sincere and didn't try to fool her with low-level talismans or low-level treasure chests.
Could it be that Li Jinshao is so lucky that he has piles of treasure chests...? Thinking of this, Xi Xi was shocked.
Xi Xi : "Transaction completed."
Xi Xi (Great Fortune): "If you ever need a locked treasure chest, come find me anytime." Since that's the case, she'd better seize this opportunity to grab this customer.
Soon, Li Jinshao sent over the supplies needed for the exchange. Xi Xi carefully checked them; there wasn't an extra or a missing item—just right.
She nodded in satisfaction and reached for one of the unfamiliar . Just as she was about to close the chat window, the screen flashed, and Li Jinshao sent another new message.
Li Jinshao (Ji): "Miss Xi, how about we make a deal?"
Xi Xi : "What kind of deal?"
Li Jinshao (吉): "Information trading".
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "I can tell you the information I have about minerals."
Xi Xi's heart stirred. Indeed, since entering the game, the only ore she had ever encountered was a piece of blue stone. She didn't even know much about how to grow fungi on blue stone, let alone other types of mineral veins.
Xi Xi : "What do you need?"
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "I want to know information about the key to the locked treasure chest."
While I was waiting for her, she said, "How could you be so generous as to use a locked high-level treasure chest as a bargaining chip? It turns out it's because I can't open it."
It seems the giant scorpion flesh sold to Li Jinshao didn't contain the golden key either. While silently calculating in her mind, Xi Xi turned her gaze back to the in her hand.
[Item Description: One-time consumable. Overdraws 5 points of your luck for tomorrow, which will be added to your current luck. Your luck for tomorrow will decrease by 5.]
Wow, the process of this incantation looks like an advance on next month's salary...
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "How is it?"
Xi Xi : "Hmm... Do you think these two pieces of information are equivalent?"
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "Of course!"
Xi Xi : "Oh? So how many kinds of minerals do you know about so far?"
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "Three kinds. And I can tell you the specific uses of the ore."
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "Do you remember Cui Quan? She's the one who came in third place in the food competition."
Xi Xi was slightly taken aback, and memories of Cui Quan flashed through her mind.
After a slight hesitation, she nodded and replied, "I remember." It was the one who was good at making Western food, and the one Cheng Xu used to trick Rui Xiaomin.
Li Jinshao (Ji): "He was a teacher in a collaborative project I participated in, working in the food industry."
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "The third-place winner of the food competition received several sheets of paper with recipes written on them. I suppose you, as the first-place winner, should have received some in your gift bag as well."
A recipe written on letter paper? Xi Xi couldn't help but turn to look at the thick book "Dongli Zhijian: A Beginner's Cooking Tutorial" on her shelf. This was a cookbook with pictures and text!
She pondered to herself, somewhat puzzled. Was it because of the huge difference between the first and third place prizes, or because the winner named Cui Quan had deliberately kept most of the precious recipes to deceive Li Jinshao?
After all, each of the three lucky bags is unique at present, and no one can verify their authenticity.
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "Some of the ingredients are related to mineral veins, such as the blue fungus."
Xi Xi (Great Fortune): "I know that. Is there any other information?"
Li Jinshao began to speak eloquently, his words were very professional, and he even mentioned many technical terms.
Listening to Li Jinshao's narration, Xi Xi learned that the known mineral veins are divided into three categories: the light blue azure stone, the dark green neon stone, and the orange-red cinnabar stone.
The blue stone that Xi Xi encountered usually appears in the shallow areas of extremely humid caves, which is consistent with the item's description. This type of mineral vein is used to cultivate blue bacteria.
Neonite is mostly distributed in semi-arid caves with vegetation, while there is currently a lack of sample data for rotaite, which is speculated to appear in purely arid caves.
Li Jinshao (Auspicious): "In any case, when cultivating fungi, do not place them in a closed room where people are present. During the maturation period of fungi, a large number of spores will be released. In a closed space, they can easily accumulate in high density and cause respiratory diseases if inhaled."
Li Jinshao then went on to talk to Xi Xi about the cultivation methods of Valeria.
Xi Xi responded by smoothing her hair, then pondered for a moment before organizing her thoughts.
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