When Bai Yuehan had eaten half of her Jianbing Guozi, the Wooden Man possessed by Xiao Ba brought over a bowl of Luosifen.
The smell of the Luosifen shot straight to Bai Yuehan’s Crown of the Head. She stared in shock at Yuan Wu, who was slurping the noodles with relish. “You... why are you eating something with such a... strange flavor?”
Yuan Wu swallowed the noodles in her mouth and excitedly recommended them to her. “It smells foul, but it tastes delicious. If you don’t believe me, try some. It’s really good.”
Bai Yuehan was so frightened that she hurriedly waved her hands and shook her head, delivering a triple refusal. “No need, thank you. I don’t eat it. I like Jianbing Guozi.”
“All right. If you try it once, you’ll fall in love with it.” Yuan Wu shrugged, looking somewhat regretful, then lowered her head and continued battling the Luosifen.
After the two of them had satisfied their hunger, they went off to attend to their own business. Bai Yuehan used her spirit sword to chop wood and repair the Chicken Coop, transforming a graceful, otherworldly Fairy into a carpenter who never missed a strike.
Most speechlessly of all, the birds gathered around Bai Yuehan and stared at her. Then they whispered among themselves, clucking away.
Meanwhile, Yuan Wu received a task notification.
🟡Task: Find a species that can produce milk and bring it back to the Farm.
Reward: House Fragments ×3🟨
“What are House Fragments for?” Yuan Wu asked in confusion.
🟢Collect ten House Fragments to exchange for a high-grade stone house. You do not need to spend spirit stones, and the stone house’s defense will increase by thirty percent. Even a Nascent Soul cannot smash it apart.🟩
“You don’t need to spend spirit stones? Now that is a good thing.” After listening for a while, Yuan Wu focused only on the words “don’t need to spend spirit stones.” Her eyes gleamed as she rolled up her sleeves and headed into the woods.
Isn’t it just a species that can produce milk?
Find it!
Even if she had to deceive them, she would bring them back.
She crossed a mountain and a river.
At last, she discovered a magical beast on a plain that looked remarkably like a cross between a dairy cow and a rhinoceros. Its entire body was mottled black and white, and it had a single horn on its head. The horn was as translucent and lustrous as jade.
Yuan Wu was an uneducated sort. Crouching furtively in the grass, she asked the System, “What is that magical beast called? It looks a lot like a dairy cow, so it should be able to produce milk too, right?”
🟢This magical beast is called a White Jade Rhinoceros. It has a gentle temperament, earth-and-wood affinities, is herbivorous, and enjoys peace and quiet. Its horn is excellent artifact-refining material, and it can produce milk.
Its milk can detoxify and restore spiritual power. Its hide is incredibly hard, and every part of its body is a treasure. It was hunted in large numbers by beast hunters, bringing it close to extinction. Later, it withdrew from the world and managed to survive.
The fact that you can encounter one now is also a matter of luck. You really have stumbled into incredible good fortune.🟩
“Hee-hee, all I can say is that I was born adorable and favored by the heavens.
“Ah, the White Jade Rhinoceros here are just like the northern white rhinos from Huaxia. Both were hunted because of the value of their bodies. But these White Jade Rhinoceros are luckier; at least they are still alive. The white rhinos of my Huaxia have already gone extinct... What a tragedy.
“Enough of that. Encountering these White Jade Rhinoceros today is a gift from heaven. It would be unreasonable not to take every one of them with me.
“Milking cows, here I come. Wait, let me count how many there are first. One... two... five... seven! There are so many. Can I take them all at once?”
Yuan Wu counted the White Jade Rhinoceros ahead of her and widened her eyes in astonishment. She had not expected there to be so many milk-producing cows. What luck! Her mind raced as she considered how to trick them into following her.
Just then, the System poured cold water on her enthusiasm.
🟢I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed. Do you see the largest one, the leader? I don’t believe you can handle it.🟩
“I see it... Is there something wrong with it? Wait, its horn... is it cracked?” Yuan Wu took a careful look and furrowed her brows. This leader, a Jade-Horned Rhinoceros, was a fifth-rank magical beast belonging to the Golden Core Stage.
Its jade horn was more translucent than the horns of the other Jade-Horned Rhinoceros, faintly tending toward green. However, cracks covered the entire horn, ruining its beauty.
What a pity.
Yuan Wu understood. It seemed that some highly cultivated people had recently come here...
Oh no, this was bad.
She probably would be attacked by the whole herd before she could even approach these Jade-Horned Rhinoceros. Even if she talked until her lips cracked, this Jade-Horned Rhinoceros, which had been injured by humans before, would not believe her.
What terrible luck.
But this could not defeat Yuan Wu. She had already chosen her target, so how could she change it so easily?
Since deceiving the leader had a low chance of success, she could simply choose another one.
Yuan Wu slowly shifted her gaze to the Little White Jade Rhinoceros sleeping at the very edge and snoring. It looked rather foolish. This little rhinoceros should be easy enough to deceive, right?
Little Rhinoceros: Is that polite?
She waited and waited.
She did not manage to wait for the little rhinoceros to come over. Instead, the voice-transmission slip on her body lit up. Yuan Wu tapped it, and Bai Yuehan’s anxious voice came through.
“Yuan Wu, two Three-Eyed Crows with Nascent Soul cultivation have come outside the Farm. They look aggressive. I may not be able to defeat them...” Bai Yuehan stood at the Farm entrance with her sword in hand, her expression tense.
“Three-Eyed Crows? Is one of their claws injured?”
“Yes.”
“Oh, then it’s fine. Go inside the house and bring out that sack filled with Chicken Feed for them.” Yuan Wu spoke.
“Huh?” Bai Yuehan was somewhat dumbfounded, but she still did as Yuan Wu said and brought out a large sack of Chicken Feed.
The two Three-Eyed Crows landed at the Farm, each still holding a Spirit Plant in its beak. They set down the Spirit Plants, picked up the burlap sack, and left.
Bai Yuehan was left standing there in shock.....
She opened the voice-transmission slip and asked Yuan Wu what exactly was going on.
Yuan Wu gave her a simple explanation. Some time ago, the Three-Eyed Crows had discovered that their old rival, the Blazing Flame Bird, was living very well at the Farm, so they had come to investigate.
After discovering that the Farm’s food was delicious, they had tried to seize it by force. However, Yuan Wu and all the magical beasts at the Farm had beaten them up, and they had paid compensation in the form of a handful of spirit grass. Seeing how sensible they were, Yuan Wu had given them a bag of Chicken Feed to comfort them.
After that, they assumed they could exchange Spirit Plants for Chicken Feed. They came to the Farm once every three to five days, and Yuan Wu was happy to let them continue, preparing Chicken Feed and waiting for them.
This was perfectly ordinary in Yuan Wu’s eyes, but after hearing the story, Bai Yuehan had only one thing to say.
“There’s something wrong with this Farm... The Three-Eyed Crows actually submitted to a little Chicken Feed. This is truly an eye-opener.”
Although the Farm’s food really was delicious, ahem... she was also willing to stay for the Jianbing Guozi.
“Oh, enough about that, enough. I still have things to do. I might not come back tonight, so just eat something at the cafeteria.”
“But I don’t have any spirit stones...” Bai Yuehan remembered that all her spirit stones had been given to Yuan Wu as compensation. She was now completely penniless.
“Uh... it’s fine. You’re a temporary Farm employee now, so food and lodging are provided. It’s just that for now, you can only share a bed with me. I’ll build you a room when I have time,” Yuan Wu said.
“Mm. Be careful outside.”
After ending the voice transmission, Yuan Wu spotted, with her sharp eyes, a White Jade Rhinoceros walking over while eating the feed she had scattered along the way.
Yuan Wu smiled. “Premium cattle feed—you deserve to have it.”