Chapter 264: A Group of Idle People Began Their New Life
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
Su Tianji scrolled down the list and found that the shop had not only elixir recipes but also sheet music, such as the Worldly Affair Mind-Cleansing Tune, Green Ocean Wave-Creating Tune, etc. There were also a lot of weird things that she had never seen before.
Besides, she found that the shop even sold clothes!
Looking at her crude cotton clothes and then the extremely beautiful dresses in the shop with sky-high prices, Su Tianji said, So expensive, but this place is using gold coins.
With the dignity of a grand cultivator, she said with faked coolness, “Sir, this Star Elixir Recipe costs 50,000 gold coins. Does it mean that I can buy it with only 50 crystals? It’s quite cheap!”
She was ready to pay, thinking that it was a great deal to buy such an awesome recipe for only 50 crystals!
“You got it wrong.” Fang Qi rolled his eyes. “You can only buy it with the money you earn in this space.”
“Ahh?” Su Tianji looked at her empty pocket and said embarrassedly, “I have no money!”
“Grow vegetables! Eventually, you’ll earn money.” Fang Qi plowed the field and found something like a peach core. The space sent him a prompt, “You found a spiritual peach seed. Do you want to plant it?]
“Ugh?” Fang Qi froze.
“Of course, I’ll plant it!”
“…”
Ten minutes later, Fenghua asked while killing monsters in The Legend of Mir 2, “Master, where are you?”
Su Tianji answered with gritted teeth, “I’m farming!”
“Farming?!” Dumbfounded, Fenghua and Yuexin looked over and saw Su Tianji wearing crude cotton clothes and indeed plowing the field with a spade on the screen!
Since the people in Qzone had no cultivation strength, sweat began to pop out on her forehead after a while.
“Hu…” In a green pine forest, Su Tianji wiped the sweat off her forehead and exhaled while she looked at the big daikon in her field. She began to calculate in her mind, One White Golden Spiritual Daikon sells for 275 coins, and the good ones can get more than 300 coins. If I sell one, I can buy two seeds… When I grow a field of daikon, I will be able to buy the Star Elixir Recipe… and the Worldly Affair Mind-Cleansing Tune which can elevate mental strength! Then I’ll buy some pretty clothes. The Celestial Feather Gown is good but too pricey… I’ll take the Simple Heart Dress first…
This field is dilapidated, and it doesn’t fit my style. I must decorate it… She calculated in her mind.
“Master, what are you thinking?” Fenghua and Yuexin were stupefied as they watched Su Tianji murmuring with a greedy face on the screen.
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In the fenced field in front of Fang Qi’s house, there were only five daikons and a spiritual peach tree. Fang Qi looked at them and estimated that they wouldn’t mature until two to three hours later.
During this period, he could kill pests and pull out weeds, which could ensure the prosperity of the plants. If he did none of those things, the plants would also grow but with less value.
As for the many peach trees around the house, they were the ordinary kind and couldn’t be sold for money. As in real life, growing vegetables only needed a small amount of time and energy each day as long as there weren’t too many plants.
After doing all the chores, Fang Qi only needed to wait for the plants to mature. During the time, he could do something else; he just needed to come back occasionally to kill pests or remove weeds before the final harvest.
If he didn’t come back to kill pests or remove weeds, it didn’t matter much except that the harvest wouldn’t be as good.
Su Tianji also found this environment quite relaxing. She had chosen a forest of pine trees and bamboos, and there were creeks and flying birds. Compared to the grand view of Liuyun Daoist Palace, this place was quiet and private, giving her a feeling of elegance and freshness.
Staying in this place, she found her mood and mind both refreshed. Su Tianji suddenly realized that she didn’t want to leave this place at all; she could grow vegetables, sip fragrant tea, and practice the guzheng, playing her favorite tunes. In fact, just casually playing it was refreshing.
[TL Note: The zheng or guzheng, also known as a Chinese zither, is a Chinese plucked string instrument with a more than 2,500-year history.]
Then, she would harvest her big daikon and buy stuff! This was a life of relaxation and leisure.
Needing some company, she pulled in her two disciples. “Fenghua! Yuexin! Come and grow vegetables with me!”
“Master! What’s the fun of farming?!” Fenghua and Yuexin were confused since they didn’t play yet.
“Yeah. It’s more fun to get items and increase cultivation strength in the Legend of Mir 2! What can farming do for us?”
“It doesn’t cost you a lot of time!” Su Tianji said while she demonstrated, “You just need to spend about 20 minutes each day on planting the seeds and watering them! It’s an easy task!”
If they did the same thing to the precious spiritual herbs in their faction, the spiritual herbs would have died long ago. Su Tianji was amazed at how easy it was to grow the White Golden Spiritual Daikon in this space!
Then, she added, “After growing them, you can go and play; just remember to come back and harvest them.”
“So easy?” Seeing the simple process, the two girls decided to try it. Soon, two more vegetable farmers appeared in Qzone.
“Senior Sister Fenghua! Senior Sister Yuexin! What are you playing?” Some passing disciples of Liuyun Daoist Palace came over when they saw the two girls busy plowing the field.
“Growing vegetables!” Soon, these disciples all opened their vegetable gardens after knowing that it would cost them little time but would bring them great benefits.
Hearing that they could grow vegetables, Song Qingfeng who had been playing the Legend of Mir 2 immediately sent a message to Fang Qi, [Sir, what can the vegetables do? Are you growing them?]
[I am 😄!] Fang Qi who was browsing the shop replied immediately.
“Ugh? The shop owner is also growing vegetables?” Song Qingfeng immediately called out to his friends, “Young Master Lin! Young Master Xu! Let’s try ‘Qzone’ as well! I heard that the shop owner is also growing vegetables in there!”
“Will that affect our game time?” Lin Shao had finally reached level 25 with great efforts, and he was afraid that the others would overtake him.
“No! It won’t!” Song Qingfeng said, “I heard that you just need to plant them in the field and just remember to harvest them!”
“Let’s go! We’ll grow vegetables too!” Soon, Fang Qi saw the friends in his QQ all opening their Qzone and beginning to grow vegetables.
At this moment, Su Tianji had collected the first batch of daikons and planted the second batch. Since she didn’t have the chance to open new fields yet, she used the remaining gold coins to buy the cheapest guzheng and the sheet music of Wind in Pines. While boiling a pot of Longjing Tea on the stove in front of the house, she enjoyed herself.
“Fenghua! Yuexin! Come and listen to my Wind in Pines! What do you think of my skills? It’s said that it will increase mental strength!” She dragged the two girls out of the Legend of Mir 2 into her Qzone.
“Ding ding dong dong…” With tears on their faces, they listened to Su Tianji’s rusty playing… Increase mental strength? They felt like their minds were about to collapse!
Meanwhile, Mr. Fang bought the song, The Boundless Sea and Sky by Beyond, with ten gold coins.
“Today, I watch the snowflakes flying by…” While humming along, he plowed the field following the rhythm of the music, enjoying himself very much.