My Beast Ranch Story

Chapter 57, Holy Land for Planting Light Attribute Spiritual Plants ([-]-in-[-])

"Cooperation?"

Hearing Jiang Simiao's words, Sang Du was confused for a moment, and then suddenly he was filled with joy.

Although I don't know why a rancher can know so many things, if I can cooperate with rancher Jiang Simiao in research, that would be a dream.

Now he is extremely curious about Jiang Simiao. First, the giant gourd leaf frogs from the past few days, and a cluster of gourd leaf frogs came to the ranch to help organize.

Then I heard from Mr. Zhang Haiyu that he caught the legendary fish king on his first fishing trip...

In addition, we now see a dark cave spider that completely goes against the nature of the race and a new slime race that has not been recorded.

The more you get to know him, the more you can feel the mystery of Mr. Jiang Simiao.

It is such an interesting and meaningful thing to be able to cooperate with such people and conduct research to "rediscover the knowledge lost in history."

What I have to do is to sort out and verify the information Jiang Simiao brought out, and communicate with him again when I have the opportunity.

Anyway, Sang Du couldn't find any reason to refuse.

"I don't think I can find any reason to refuse this invitation." Sang Du shook his head with a smile, stretched out a hand, and smiled at Jiang Simiao, "I feel like I won't be able to refuse this invitation for the next year." We need to work hard to find new research topics.”

"It's nice to work with you, Si Miao."

"Hahaha, maybe more than a year." Jiang Simiao said with a smile and shook hands with him.

Sang Du nodded without denying it, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"In a few days, I will give you the information I have collected so far. If you want to inspect the cave environment at other times, just proceed as usual. Although the big spider and the little firefly live inside, I have told them now, Then it’ll be okay.”

Jiang Simuo thought for a moment and said the last words to Sang Du.

After all, it is just an idea now, and the actual operation has not started yet. No matter how much I say, it is just talk.The most important thing now is to plant the spiritual plants.

"Okay, that's it, I will continue to farm."

Thinking of this, Jiang Simuo smiled at Sang Du, then turned around, squatted down, and said to the big spider: "Big spider, this is a trouble for you. He will inspect some things in the cave. Is there any problem?" That’s all up to you.”

"hiss……"

After listening to what Jiang Simiao said, the big spider opened his eyes and stood up on his own legs.

After taking another look at Sang Du, as if he had memorized his appearance firmly, he nodded and called out to Xiaoying to let him return to his back.

"Okay, let's talk about it in detail later."

Sang Du nodded and waited until Jiang Simiao left before looking at the cave again.

"Please give me some advice from now on." Sang Du looked at the big spider, thought for a while, and said hello to it imitating Jiang Simiao's tone.

But the big spider seemed to have changed its appearance. It glanced at Sang Du and ignored him. It shot out a white spider silk from its back and swung directly into the cave.

"Ah this..."

Sure enough, it has a normal reaction to ordinary people... It's pretty good that it doesn't show any aggression.

Sang Du shook his head in amazement and sighed for what he had taken for granted, before returning his attention to the investigation of the cave environment.

"Forget it, let's check the environment first."

"I don't know if there are any special changes in this environment due to the cave darkness spiders and new species of slimes living there."

……

Outside the ranch.

Jiang Simiao walked back to his farmland.

I didn't notice any problems while chatting with others before, but now that I walk a lot, especially walking back and forth alone, I suddenly find something inconvenient.

"This ranch is too big. It feels like it takes 10 minutes to walk around every time."

Jiang Simiao stood there and stopped.He stretched out his hand to block the sun and looked toward the farmland.

It really is a happy worry.

Because the land of the ranch is so large, if it is thoroughly laid out later, moving in each area will take several minutes or even ten minutes.

That's still too much time wasted.

And when you are not farming, you will definitely have to explore outside the ranch, such as the mysterious forest or wilderness you went to before. If you keep walking or running later, it will waste too much time.

So transportation is also needed.

"Would you like to buy a bicycle?" After thinking for a while, Jiang Simiao started moving forward again, rubbing his chin, "But it's not easy to ride a bicycle in the forest. The best way is to find an extraordinary creature that can ride."

"Wait a minute, Mr. Sangdu gave me the book!"

Just as he was thinking about it, Jiang Simuo suddenly remembered the book Sang Du had just given. As expected, there should be records in it.

He quickly took out the blue book from his wristband.

Let me see what's written on this.

Jiang Simiao opened the book as he walked, and the picture on the first page surprised him.

“What a great map!”

Just like the fishing manual given by Uncle Haiyu back then, it was a map with specific things marked on it.

But it’s different from Uncle Haiyu’s fishing location.What is recorded in this book are all groups of extraordinary creatures that may exist around.

"The gourd leaf frogs in the river area, the horned carp in the upper river, the gravel elves in the mines, the insects, birds and deer in the forest... and extraordinary plants."

A complete map where extraordinary creatures gather!

Although most of them do not have fixed locations, they at least give a general scope.

If there is a need later, it will be easier for Jiang Simiao to find them.

"It's a good thing, keep it well, you can look at this when you go out."

Jiang Simiao put away the blue book with satisfaction, felt a lot more relaxed, and walked towards the farmland humming a little tune.

"Xiao Ruan~"

When Jiang Simiao came closer, he found that the crops had been packed away by Shi Lai. Xiaoruan was lying next to the cat scarecrow, being basked in the sun and sleeping lazily.

The ground where crops were originally piled was now neat and tidy.

The fertilizers that were originally lying around were also neatly arranged, corresponding to how much was needed for each piece of land.

The seeds were also arranged one after another, waiting for Jiang Simiao to reclaim the land and plant it.

After hearing Jiang Simiao's words, Xiao Ruan opened his eyes drowsily. When he saw him coming, he suddenly came back to his senses, screamed, and jumped into his arms.

"Hmm~"

"Haha, okay, let's clear the land first, and let's plant all these spiritual plants."

"You are still responsible for watering."

Xiaoruan: (灁)
Oh no……

But Jiang Simiao didn't think much and just rubbed its body again.

Because of the upgraded and strengthened stroking technique, Xiaoruan immediately hummed in comfort and narrowed his eyes.

"I'll hoe the ground first, and you water it."

After Jiang Simiao finished speaking to Xiaoruan, he picked up the hoe that Shi Lai had placed next to him, rolled up his sleeves, and started working.

But this time, he was a little surprised when the hoe touched the ground.

easy!

So relaxing.I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I always feel that when I hoe the ground with a hoe, the land seems to have its own consciousness and is easily turned over. The soil inside even looks more fertile.

And even this hoe feels much lighter when held in hand.

It's just like... the feeling of holding a fishing rod after upgrading your fishing skills.

Thinking of this, Jiang Simiao looked happy and quickly took out his ranch illustrated book.

[Rancher: Jiang Simiao
Ranch name: None

Ranch wealth: 40272
Contract Level: Level 1

Contracted Pet Beast: Shi Lai (Low Extraordinary: Select to view details)

Ranch pets: Xiao Ruan (lower extraordinary: select to view details), Xiaoying (lower extraordinary: select to view details), Dark Cave Spider (high commander: select to view details)

Pet animal friend list: giant gourd leaf frog, gigantic firefly slime

Ranch equipment: portable storage belt* (unlocked), ranch illustrated book, ever-changing farm tools, slime evolution knowledge manual, spiritual plant seed production machine (unlocked)
"Capture": Level 2 (450/800) (select to view specific information)

"Collection": Level 1 (10/400) (select to view specific information)

"Farming": Level 2 (340/800) (select to view specific information)

"Fishing": Level 2 (120/800) (select to view specific information)

"Animal Husbandry": Level 1 (50/400) (select to view specific information)

"Digging": Level 1 (200/400) (select to view specific information)

"Combat": Level 0 (0/200)

"Cultivation": Level 0 (0/200)]

really!
Planting skills have been upgraded!

When he got up this morning, he had already read the ranch illustrated book.

The difference between now and then is that the farming level has been upgraded by two levels.

The difference between myself and before is that I harvested those mature crops.

"So upgrading the farming level requires harvesting mature crops."

"Other than that, reclamation, watering, and fertilizing will not affect the upgrading of the farming level at all."

This is really exactly the same as the game.

Jiang Simiao shook his head in confusion, and then looked at this skill.

[Level 20 effect of "Farming": When the body comes into contact with the hoe, the strength is increased by [-]% to facilitate the rapid cultivation of wasteland. 】

[Level 40 effect of "Farming": When the body comes into contact with the hoe, the strength is increased by 5% to facilitate the rapid cultivation of wasteland.And when the hoe turns over the land, it can absorb the free spiritual energy in the air to a certain extent and integrate it into the soil to obtain the effect of increasing soil fertility by [-]%]

Jiang Simiao:! ! !
It’s completely different from the original capture and level [-] fishing!
At first, the level [-] upgrade effect only improved attributes.

But the improvement of farming has a completely new effect.

"Is it because this upgrade is more troublesome?"

Jiang Simiao thought for a while. After all, the normal harvest of this crop starts in half a month, so compared to other things, the upgrade speed is indeed much slower.

"Very good. If I gain something like this, I will have more motivation to plow the land!"

Jiang Simiao nodded with satisfaction, put away the illustrated book, held the hoe tightly with both hands, and his mental outlook took on a new look.

The iron hoe touched the ground and dug out the soil. The sun shone on Jiang Simiao's body, and sweat fell from his forehead bit by bit, dripping on the newly dug soil.

Seemingly unwilling, Xiao Ruan was standing behind Jiang Simiao. When a piece of soil was dug up, it immediately poured water on it.

Wait until Shi Lai comes back from shopping outside.When he saw the two working there, he quickened his pace and went directly back to the hut.

In less than a minute, it came out again, already changed into work clothes.

It was holding another bag full of seeds.

Looking at the new land reclaimed by Jiang Simiao, Shi Lai divided it according to types, planted the seeds carefully, and then turned the soil back with gloved paws.

Jiang Simiao cultivated the land, Xiaoruan watered it, and planted seeds from time to time.

The three of them continued to expand their farmland in an orderly manner, and time passed quickly during this work.

……

"So outrageous... so outrageous..."

Sang Du came out of the cave, holding the report of his investigation in his hand and kept talking about it.

It's not the big spider's problem, because after Sang Du entered the cave, the big spider had completely hidden himself, and even the glowing little firefly couldn't be found in the cave.

It's as if they disappeared in the cave.

What really made him feel outrageous was the soil data he collected in the cave.

The level of light elements inside is nearly 60% higher than normal cave soil.

And the extraordinary fertilizer he brought could only increase the content of various elements in the soil to 30% of its original value.

In other words, it is basically more effective than high-end extraordinary chemical fertilizers.

It’s no wonder that there are firefly mushrooms growing inside, which can only grow in environments with high concentrations of light elements.

"This is simply a very natural environment for cultivating light-attributed spiritual plants."

"I can even transplant my treasured light-attribute spiritual plant seeds."

Sang Du pondered.

The reason why many rare elemental spiritual plants are rare is because it is difficult to find planting sites rich in elements.

Because it is too difficult to find a high-concentration light element environment in the wild environment, many of my own studies were terminated for this reason.

Now that we have this place, those seeds can be planted here and given a try.

In return, mature harvest crops can be given to Jiang Simiao after research.

After all, he was borrowing his land.

"But the problem is...there are no conditions to form a high-concentration light element environment here."

As an environmental research scholar, Sang Du has naturally considered these issues.

If elements want to be enriched in the land, they need a continuous supply of pure elemental energy, otherwise it will escape.

But in this cave, there is absolutely no way to obtain a steady supply of light elements.

Then the only possibility...

Thinking of this, Sang Du found it really difficult to control his mood.

Slime of that unknown race.

The glowing slime race can improve the environment and continuously provide elemental energy!
This also means that as long as there are enough of this race, it is completely possible to artificially create light element planting areas.

" Rancher Simu, he really... knows something!"

Sang Du walked out of the cave, looked at Jiang Simiao who was plowing on the other side of the farm, and murmured.

In this case, the right to host Jiang Simiao's welcome party must be snatched from the fishing guy Haiyu.

　From now on, I will combine the two into one, one chapter is 4k words.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)