The Ramshackle Straw Hut’s appearance truly did not suit Yuan Wu’s aesthetic tastes. After all, when she used to play Farm games, her houses were always top-of-the-line and luxurious—mostly because she had spent money on them.
“Upgrade it. It’s only 250 spirit stones, right? I’ll pay.” The moment Yuan Wu finished speaking, the straw hut was upgraded. The spirit stones she had just taken out were snatched away by Xiao Ba before she could even look at them, leaving her utterly speechless.
This money-grubbing System must have planned this in advance.
Still, the upgraded straw hut was indeed quite nice. It was much more exquisite, as expected of something that had cost money.
🟢Host, you can give the Farm a name.🟩
“Let’s call it Sunshine Farm.”
🟢Okay~🟩
With a tremendous boom, a huge wooden sign fell from the sky at the entrance. Four large, glittering Golden Light characters were written on it🟡Sunshine Farm🟨
🟢Host, Xiao Ba—
“Is that really how the phrase ‘all living beings are equal’ is used?” Yuan Wu fell into deep thought.
🟢.......Please focus on the main point.🟩
“Ahem, I was just beating around the bush to say how amazing you are. Give you a round of applause.” Yuan Wu clapped perfunctorily.
🟢Hmph╯^╰🟩
🟢Beep beep, quest issued. Host, please hoe the soil yourself and plant any Spirit Plant. Time limit: one day.
Reward: Three units of high-quality fertilizer and one chick.🟩
Yuan Wu looked up at the sky, rubbed her stomach, and decided to set the quest aside for now. Solving her hunger and thirst was the most important thing!
Cultivation did not mean one no longer needed to eat. It was simply that the higher one’s realm, the longer one could endure hunger.
Qi Refining🔵cultivators had stronger physiques than ordinary people🟦and could go a week without eating. Foundation Establishment🔵cultivators had barely stepped into the threshold of Cultivation🟦and could go a month without eating. Golden Core🔵cultivators were more impressive🟦and could go half a year without eating.
Nascent Soul cultivators could go a year without eating, while Deity Transformation cultivators could go ten years. As for those above that, let’s not get into it.
During secluded cultivation, people generally swallowed a bottle of Grain Avoidance Pills. Otherwise, they would starve to death before breaking through.
Yuan Wu’s greatest pleasures in life were eating, drinking, relieving herself, and sleeping. Eating was extremely important among those.
She picked up the sword she carried with her and entered the mountains, preparing to randomly choose some unlucky creature to serve as tonight’s dinner.
The more spiritual energy food contained, the more it could aid cultivation. If a Spirit Plant contained especially abundant spiritual energy, that meant its maturation period was nearly complete and it was extremely rare.
As for beasts......it meant their Cultivation was higher and they had developed intelligence. They were difficult to fight, but their meat was tender and delicious.
Generally speaking, beasts that reached the Seventh Rank could undergo Transformation.
A cold wind swept past. Yuan Wu was currently locked in a standoff with a late-Second Rank Blueclear Rabbit. A late-Second Rank beast was equivalent to a human cultivator at the mid Foundation Establishment stage.
In theory, Yuan Wu would not provoke such an existence. Its Cultivation was a full rank higher than hers, and she could not defeat it.
She had no idea why this Blueclear Rabbit had suddenly attacked her. Could it be because she had stepped into the forest with her left foot first?
Yuan Wu thought irrelevantly.
The Blueclear Rabbit was about the size of a dog. It had earned its name because its eyes were gem-blue. It was a relatively docile magical beast, though Yuan Wu had no idea why this one was so irritable.
Yuan Wu tightened her grip on the sword, dodged the Blueclear Rabbit’s attack, and slid beneath it. She slipped to its abdomen and thrust her sword in.
Screeech~
The Blueclear Rabbit’s fur scraped against the sword with a harsh sound. Was that fur or iron?!
Yuan Wu’s eyes widened. The impact had numbed her hand, yet the Blueclear Rabbit had suffered only a minor injury. As expected of a Second Rank magical beast—but why did it feel so weak?
“Screee!”
Enraged by Yuan Wu’s move, the Blueclear Rabbit threw back its head and shrieked. With one kick of its rabbit legs, it sent her flying ten meters away.
Clutching her chest, Yuan Wu shakily climbed to her feet. She formed hand seals and cast the spell formula at the rabbit. “Demon Vine Bind.”
Several thick green Vines burst from the ground and tightly bound the Blueclear Rabbit, leaving it unable to escape.
This spell consumed quite a lot of energy for Yuan Wu. After casting it, she was already sweating slightly. It seemed she really should follow the path of a Spell Cultivator; sword cultivation was not very suitable for her.
She leisurely walked up to the Blueclear Rabbit. Tilting her head in confusion, she stroked her chin and said, “That’s not right. Is a late-Second Rank magical beast really this weak? Or am I simply too strong?”
“Screech! Screech!”
Seeing that it was trapped, the Blueclear Rabbit struggled frantically, desperately trying to crawl into a hollow in the tree.
Its behavior made Yuan Wu curious about the hollow. She had only taken a few steps toward it when the Blueclear Rabbit began roaring madly.
“Tsk, what are you barking about? Is there treasure in the hollow? Why are you so excited?” Yuan Wu was rebellious by nature. The more someone forbade her from doing something, the more determined she was to do it.
She leaned over and peered into the enormous tree hollow. There was no treasure inside, but there were several baby rabbits, each as fluffy as a marshmallow.
“So it had just given birth. No wonder it’s so vicious toward an intruder like me. Magical beasts generally become weaker after giving birth. That explains how an Early Foundation Establishment cultivator like me could trap a Second Rank magical beast. Tsk, I thought I was just that powerful.” Yuan Wu suddenly understood.
🟢Narcissism is a disease.🟩
“Mind your own business.”
🟢Aren’t you going to release them?🟩
“Why would I release them? I’ll take them back, raise them, and eat them. Spicy diced rabbit is the best.” Yuan Wu revealed an evil smile.
🟢Tsk, even a pervert would have to call you a pervert.🟩
“Oh my, don’t praise me like that. You’re making me shy~” Yuan Wu lifted her pinky delicately, making Xiao Ba feel sick.
🟢Ugh, disgusting. I’m reporting this as a workplace injury!🟩
“I’m only joking. I’m a good person, heehee.” Yuan Wu used the demon vine to make a small vegetable basket and placed the several adorable bunnies inside. The little rabbits even rubbed their fluffy heads against her fingers.
There was nothing worthwhile in the Blueclear Rabbit’s nest either. It was full of carrots.
Most had been half-eaten, while some carrots had been buried in the soil. Yuan Wu thought this rabbit was quite clever; it even knew to eat fresh ones.
But that only benefited her. She packed everything up and took it all away! These carrots happened to contain spiritual energy and were considered semi-Spirit Plants. But semi-Spirit Plants were still Spirit Plants, so they were enough to complete the quest.
The Blueclear Rabbit, having lost both its home and its babies, howled wildly: Bandits!!!
On the way back to the Farm, Yuan Wu held the securely bound adult rabbit in her left hand, a basket of baby rabbits in her right, and carried a large basket made from the demon vine on her back. It was filled with carrots.
She hummed a cheerful tune🔵a Little Donkey melody🟦, though the lyrics were somewhat premature from the rabbits’ perspective.
“I have several little rabbits, to turn into delicious food.”
“One braised, one roasted, so very, very tasty.”
“I’m holding scallions, ginger, and garlic. Hurry and toss them into the pot.”
“Wait a little longer and the meat will be cooked. Then I’ll start eating.”
🟢Stop singing already! The rabbits are going to be scared to death.🟩 Xiao Ba felt that the rabbits were no longer in a good mental state. Even their fur seemed to have lost its luster.
“Fine.” Yuan Wu regretted that no one understood how to appreciate her songwriting. This must be the loneliness of a genius.
Xiao Ba: You certainly understand songwriting.
........
From far away, Yuan Wu could already see the four glittering Golden Light characters🟡Sunshine Farm🟨
She tossed the bound-up adult rabbit and the baby rabbits into the breeding area together. At that moment, Yuan Wu only wanted to hurry up and sleep. She had not even eaten dinner, except for a few spirit fruits to fill her stomach.
As for planting the carrots, she would wait until she naturally woke up tomorrow. There was still plenty of time, anyway.
At night, Yuan Wu’s body automatically absorbed spiritual energy. Gradually, a vortex formed above her dantian.
The trapped Blueclear Rabbit sensed the fluctuations of spiritual energy and warily looked toward the straw hut.
It discovered that the spiritual energy here was denser than in other places, especially around the straw hut.
🔵PS: Beasts and plants are both highly sensitive to spiritual energy. Low-Rank beasts🔵and plants🟦advance more easily. As long as there is enough spiritual energy, it is easy for beasts to reach the Third Rank, but advancing from the Third Rank to the Fourth Rank is difficult.🟦
The spiritual energy slowly healed the minor wound on its abdomen, while its weakened body, sapped by giving birth, gradually recovered as well.
It slowly gnawed through the demon vine trapping it and moved around the Farm, yet it did not leave. It believed that staying here could greatly increase the speed of its cultivation. However, that terrifying human would eat it, so the rabbit wavered endlessly between its life and its future prospects.
Suddenly, the Blueclear Rabbit, whose Spiritual Intelligence had developed only slightly, thought of something with its tiny, grain-sized brain.......
It silently walked out of the Farm.
Even if one wanted to eat rabbit, it did not necessarily have to eat this rabbit.
If that was the case, then it would be better for the rabbit to die than for the poor rabbit to suffer........
Right, that human had seemed to mention planting carrots. If it helped finish planting them, would she stop herself from eating it? Perhaps it could even stay?
At that thought, a glint flashed through the rabbit’s eyes, and it quickened its pace as it left.