Novel Bin Chapter 152: Purple-Gold Sunflower Seeds
Chapter 152: Purple-Gold Sunflower Seeds
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
[Strengthened Yunnan Baiyao Band-Aid]
[Effect: Anti-inflammatory, stops bleeding, heals severe injuries]
[Dimension: 4.5cm x 6.9cm]
[Usage: Clean wound, peel off Yunnan Baiyao Band-Aid from protective covering, and apply to wound with suitable tightness.]
“...”
Jiang He stared at the line of data for seconds and could not say a word.
[Dimension: 4.5cm x 6.9cm]
It was more than three times the size of a standard band-aid... a literally extra-large band-aid.
“Whatever, the ugly and embarrassing appearance wouldn’t matter as long as it works. If push comes to shove, I just have to hide it from others when I apply it.” Jiang He sighed.
Hence, he began to harvest the Strengthened Yunnan Baiyao Band-Aid.
[Ding!]
[+10 Farm Points.]
[Ding...]
System notifications began to jingle consecutively in his head. Perhaps because he had directly ‘planted’ a box of band-aid, there were over 200 of them, earning him a total of 2000 Farm Points and 200 EXP.
“What a shame!
“My farm has yet to level up, so this EXP has gone to waste.”
Then, Jiang He turned to the Bezoar Detox Pills.
After the strengthening growth, the Bezoar Detox Pills had increased in size too, each of those dark-purple pills was now the size of hawthorn pills, dangling from the tip of branches and exuding a thick aroma of traditional medicine.
[Ding!]
[+10 Farm Points]
Jiang He reached out to pluck on of the Bezoar Detox Pills.
[Strengthened Bezoar Detox Pills]
[Effect: Lowers body heat, detox]
“Well, that’s a plain and simple effect. Lowers body heat, detox... it probably would have better detox effect compared to cucumbers.
[Ding!]
[+10 Farm Points]
[Ding!]
[...]
There were over 300 Bezoar Detox Pills that earned Jiang He 3000 Farm Points, recouping the 5000 Farm Points he spent redeeming a pack of Mysterious Soil.
As for the Amoxicillin...
In line with the principle of ‘you reap what you sow’, capsules were dangling from the tip of the branches. Still, witnessing such a sight firsthand was very bizarre.
Luckily, Jiang He was used to such weirdness.
[Ding!]
[+10 Farm Points]
[Strengthened Amoxicillin Capsule]
[Effect: Anti-inflammatory, cures various infection and inflammation.]
There was a total of 200 Strengthened Amoxicillin Capsules, earning Jiang He another 2000 Farm Points.
After that, Jiang He split the three medicine between different boxes in his System Backpack, and hummed a small tune as he turned towards the Yuanbao Trees that were shining in dazzling golden radiance.
He then looked up...
And froze.
“Hold on...”
“I planted 90 gold bullions, and even if the last one was just seven taels, and could be considered an inferior seed, shouldn’t I have a total of 89 Yuanbao Trees?”
Even so, there were only ten Yuanbao Trees, including the two he planted before.
“Could the survival rate of Yuanbao Trees be low?”
“No... as a farmer with rich experiences, this wouldn’t happen to my crops. I could plant even a seed that became moldy!”
Survival rate...
Nonsense.
Frowning, Jiang He went up and start harvesting.
Each tree had bore 100 golden Yuanbao, each earning him 10 Farm Points. Aside from the two Yuanbao Trees he planted before, the eight Yuanbao Trees earned him a total of 8000 Farm Points.
With that, he once again accumulated over twenty thousand Farm Points.
But what good was that? It would at best improve his Ninefold Thunderblade to the Second Fold.
An idea suddenly struck it then, and he whipped out his Dragon-Slaying Saber, cut down the first two Yuanbao Trees and took out a stool, sat on it as he quietly waited.
In just around ten minutes—
Crack, crack.
A soft sound could be heard from beneath the ground.
Jiang He came to his senses then and looked at the ground that was squirming, and soon two young golden shoots of Yuanbao Trees grew out of the ground.
“As I’ve thought.”
Having proven his hunch, Jiang He could not help chuckling. “It sems that the System limits the number of a single crop too. There could only be ten Yuanbao Trees at any given time, for example.”
Raising his blade, he chopped down the other eight Yuanbao Trees before he remembered the black wood ears he had planted before.
He did plant a lot of those, after all.
Could the ‘max limit on one crop species’ rule vary between different species?
Nonetheless, Jiang He did not care since he was unable to communicate with the System. Then, after around two hours, the second batch of Yuanbao Trees matured, and the ten new trees yielded 1000 yuanbaos and earned him ten thousand Farm Points.
After that, like clockwork, Jiang He cut down the Yuanbao Trees, and soon the third batch sprouted.
That was when the screech of a car brake could be heard from the outside. Jiang He hence stepped out of his farmyard to find a Benz with a red license plate parked outside his gates, with a martial artist and an Awakened alighting.
The martial artist looked middle-aged and had inch-long hair. His aura was staunch, and Jiang He felt that he was stronger than the Earth Demon Heavenly General, whom Jiang He killed. Weirdly, however, his True Qi appeared to be...
Rather weak.
“Stress training grandmaster!”
Jiang He thought then, when the middle-aged man offered a fist-palm martial salute, smiling, “Mister Jiang. I’m Rock Pile, from the Superpower Research Department.”
The other person—an Awakened was weaker, and was perhaps B-class. However, all Jiang He felt was an enigmatic but active presence, so he must be an Awakened with a unique power.
Obviously, they were here to deliver the sunflower seeds.
As if on cue, Rock Pile brought out an exquisitely decorated box then, saying, “Mister Jiang, this is the Purple-Golden Sunflower Seeds you’ve asked for. All fourteen seeds are in there, please check at your leisure.”
Jiang He hence opened the box for a look, and there were indeed 14 of those sunflower seeds.
Each were three times the size of an average sunflower seed, and were a attractive purple-golden hue.
As such, Jiang He picked up one seed.
Munch.
He chewed slowly before giving his review when he finished it, “Not bad. These Purple-Golden Sunflower Seeds look beautiful and have a large head, not to mention that they are three times the size of normal ones and very delicious. My only complaint is that I don’t enjoy sunflower seeds raw... frying and seasoning might make it better.”
Of course, frying and seasoning meant he would not be planting them, since by logic, ‘cooked’ seed could not be planted.
Jiang He tilted his head and carefully extended his sense over his own body, before frowning and saying, “Still, the effect of these seeds isn’t as strong as you put it. I wouldn’t sense an improvement in my spirit if I didn’t stretch out my senses. Could it be that my spirit is too strong?”
Rock Pile: “...”
He came to his senses after half a beat and saluted Jiang He again, bowing as he somberly said, “Mister Jiang, I heard from Miss Mu that you are exceedingly strong physically and might be familiar with stress techniques, and not on a novice’s level.”
His tone turned then as a fighting intent arose from his body and he growled, “Rock Pile, heir of a lay monk of Mount Song’s Shaolin Temple. Your presence graces me, Mister Jiang—but as there aren’t many grandmasters in stress training, would you be willing to squander a bit of your energy to spar with me?”
Jiang He looked at Rock Pile in surprise, finding the ‘heir of a lay monk of Mount Song’s Shaolin Temple’ rather curious...
A lay monk was a lay monk. How did an heir pop up in the mix?
Still, Jiang He did not ask.
He abruptly charged Indestructible Diamond, Nature Qi bursting out around his body just as a dragon’s roar and an elephant’s trumpeting echoed, and he slapped out a palm nonchalantly.
“What!?”
The look on Rock Pile’s face changed then, even though he had been brimming with fighting spirit just before. In that very moment, he pushed his qi to its limits, his body glimmering in faint golden radiance... but that was not enough.
Jiang He’s nonchalant palm was pressing at him with such monumental force that it was as if the world was crashing down upon him. His gaze actually turned dark just then, because Jiang He’s qi was so exceedingly powerful compared to Rock Pile that even his vision was pressured.
Boom!
The air cracked.
Jiang He’s palm stopped just three inches off Rock Pile’s chest.
And yet, the buffeting gales from the qi energy that burst out directly sent Rock Pile flying.
Withdrawing his hand, Jiang He appeared taken aback as he exclaimed in surprise, “Indestructible Diamond? You know it too?”