Farming Games are All About Grinding
Chapter 182 - 175: The Flower Blooms

Chapter 182: Chapter 175: The Flower Blooms

Of course, this sensation was merely the illusion of suddenly losing a heavy load for an instant.

If you want to soar to the skies, you’d better wait until either a glider or a hot air balloon is built first!

While the feeling still lingered, Han Qiwu quickly started practicing "Seven-Colored Sunshine."

Guess what? The results were actually pretty good.

Although the feeling was slowly fading, during this gradual restoration of strength, Han Qiwu actually felt that his mastery of "Seven-Colored Sunshine" had deepened.

Even though wearing the Grade A sandbag suit only provided a training effect bonus of 30%, Han Qiwu could already distinctly sense the improvement.

Stick with it!

By the time all these tasks were done, it was already past nine o’clock at night.

Taking advantage of the remaining time, Han Qiwu decided to grill some meat slices as a midnight snack and make an experience rice ball to see its effects.

Taking down the semi-dry kelp from under the eaves, Han Qiwu also casually started steaming the dragon rice.

"What wild vegetables should I use in the rice ball later?" Han Qiwu mused over the question while slicing the meat. Sometimes pondering over simple questions could help clear the mind and delay senility.

"Let’s put in some dandelions—good for clearing heat and reducing greasiness."

Having decided, Han Qiwu carefully threaded the meat slices one by one and began grilling them slowly over the fire.

Grilling meat may seem simple, but there’s a lot of knowledge involved.

Take the meat slices, for instance—each skewer needed to have varying thicknesses.

The idea was that every skewer would reach its peak tastiness as you ate. After finishing the thin ones, the thicker slices would be perfectly cooked.

The slicing also required extra care—to achieve a balance between fat and lean meat, cut cleanly without the pieces falling apart.

And then there’s the fire.

Han Qiwu only used half-meter-long branches of osmanthus, ensuring there were absolutely no leaves left attached. Burned leaves would make the meat taste bitter.

According to the recipe, only fire from osmanthus branches could imbue the meat slices with the richest smoky flavor.

After about ten minutes, the batch of grilled meat in Han Qiwu’s hand was ready.

"After all this effort, it better give me at least a silver-star quality!" Han Qiwu looked confidently at the grilled meat’s attributes.

[A Skewer of Grilled Meat (Silver-Star Quality☆☆)]

[Special Effect: Eating this grants +3 Attack Power for 3 hours, 5 HP regenerated every 10 minutes, and +1 Combat Level]

[Note: Meat tastes best when grilled with care.]

Well worth the effort!

After setting aside some of the grilled meat slices for tomorrow’s mining buffs and for crafting the experience rice ball, Han Qiwu devoured the rest in big bites. The freshly grilled pork belly was sizzling with oil; the fatty parts were fragrant and crispy, and the lean parts had a chewy texture. With one bite, he truly felt like he was soaring to the heavens.

Stuffed and satisfied, Han Qiwu prepared to make the experience rice ball.

Walking to the rice cooker, he lifted its lid and gasped.

"Whoa, this is way too cool!"

The steam rising from the rice cooker was golden and even formed a dragon-shaped figure in mid-air, lingering for a few seconds before gradually dispersing.

Impressive!

Han Qiwu carefully scooped out the dragon rice with a spoon.

The aroma was heavenly.

The rich fragrance of the rice completely enveloped him.

The two servings of dragon rice filled up two small bowls perfectly.

Picking up a piece of dragon rice, Han Qiwu tasted it gently.

The texture of the dragon rice was unique—soft and glutinous, yet springy.

Two contradictory sensations in a single bite of rice.

Impressive.

After savoring a few chews, his mouth was filled with a captivating sweetness, bringing back memories of the best-tasting rice he had ever eaten.

It was divine!

By the time Han Qiwu snapped out of it, an entire bowl of dragon rice was gone.

Oops.

Now he could only make one rice ball.

This time, the rice took control first!

With the ingredients ready, Han Qiwu quickly began crafting the experience rice ball. If he didn’t hurry up, the remaining bowl of dragon rice might disappear too.

Dragon rice is just too delicious!

The recipe for the experience rice ball was simple: first, lay out the semi-dry kelp flat, place cleaned wild vegetables on top, then add a ball-shaped portion of dragon rice along with thick slices of grilled meat, and finally wrap everything securely with the kelp.

The moment it was completed, the experience rice ball began glowing, resembling a tiny sun.

[Experience Rice Ball (Silver-Star Quality☆)]

[Stamina +150]

[HP +75]

[Effect: Eating this increases skill experience acquisition efficiency by 60% for 6 hours]

[Note: Rice balls don’t need so much grilled meat to be good]

"The silver-star quality boost is efficiency instead of duration? That’s actually pretty nice." Han Qiwu stashed the rice ball away with satisfaction.

Six hours was more than enough—the improved efficiency was the key.

He planned to eat it tomorrow before heading to the mines to test its effectiveness.

As for the note on the experience rice ball, Han Qiwu felt a bit helpless. If he’d known earlier, he would have kept more grilled meat to eat directly.

Lesson learned for next time.

Returning to his room, Han Qiwu decided to take advantage of the temporary combat level boost from the grilled meat and review the "Sacred Spoils." He copied down its text as he read.

To be honest, even though he’d only copied it twice so far, he was starting to enjoy this reading process. Despite the slower pace, he could feel deeper meanings between the lines.

After some time, a system notification appeared before Han Qiwu.

[Due to your meticulous copying, the blessing of the "spoils" is beginning to align with you]

Upon seeing the notification, Han Qiwu exhaled a long breath and massaged his wrist.

Finally showing results.

Spoils.

The blessing associated with those three words had to be something impressive.

Who knows—he might suddenly strike jackpot and get his hands on a Dragon-Slaying Saber?

Though it was just beginning to align with him, it signified a promising start.

Satisfied, Han Qiwu stepped into the bathroom to shower.

"I really need to go mine some more [Lava]. Living without a heat lamp is painful."

Ten minutes later, lying in bed, Han Qiwu browsed some information on his phone and then drifted off to sleep.

March 1st Daily Log

Farming Experience +134

Foraging Experience +55

Fishing Experience +1651

Combat Experience +0

Mining Experience +0

Character Affection Changes:

Qi Ren: ❤

Current Funds: 2502 Gold

Total Earned: 128,513 Gold

"xie! xie! xie!"

"Cluck-cluck!"

Han Qiwu didn’t even need to open his eyes to know it was definitely that couple of chickens up to something indecent!

Who would’ve thought!

The meat chickens have such deep schemes hidden in them!

Today’s log didn’t hold anything particularly noteworthy—the only thing worth anticipating was Qi Ren’s affection reward.

When completing a task earlier, the old doctor taught him how to craft masks. What kind of reward would come from that increased affection?

Let’s wait and see.

While brushing his teeth, Han Qiwu casually turned on the television.

Couldn’t dare smack it; this thing’s too fragile.

[Weather Forecast]

Tomorrow will be a rainy day.

[Life Tips]

Offer roses to others, and the scent lingers on your hands.

[Almanac]

Favorable for exercise; avoid digging wells.

[Shennong Recipe]

[Shennong Detox Resting]

Han Qiwu: "..."

You should rest properly, elder. Stay healthy, and if you can’t hold on, drink some tea.

Finally, it’ll rain again tomorrow, granting one more day to work on the sprinkler and also fish to save money.

Lovely!

As for the life tip, Han Qiwu understood its underlying message, grinned slightly, and stepped out toward the spot where ten mixed seeds were planted.

Before even approaching, Han Qiwu could already smell the rich floral fragrance emanating from the area.

Closest to him were the sprouts of Heart Orchid, blossoming white petals resembling winter snow falling to the earth, with pale yellow stamens exuding a gentle aroma.

Looking at them one by one, there were a total of five Heart Orchids, each exhibiting a unique posture, elegant and refined.

After admiring the Heart Orchids, Han Qiwu spotted three Luoyang Red Peonies. Their leaves were green, shaped like maple leaves—basically red blossoms, green leaves, large stems, and fragrant aroma.

Luoyang Red Peonies are colloquially known as Scorched Bone Peonies. Legend has it Wu Zetian toured the imperial garden one winter and decreed all flowers bloom under her order. The flowers complied, except for the peony, which defied the command. Furious, Wu Zetian had the peony burned and discarded into a ravine in Luoyang Mang Mountain. Nourished by the mountain’s soil and waters, the scorched peony miraculously revived. Its defiance earned admiration, and the flower was honored as the gentleman among blossoms.

The last two flowers initially stumped Han Qiwu until he referred to their attributes in the system—turns out, they were Milk Vetches, also called Red Clover, an excellent honey plant.

All ten mixed seeds turned out to be flowers.

This was an absolute jackpot.

After appreciating them for a while, Han Qiwu began researching their attributes and uses.

[Heart Orchid]

[Bloom Period: One Month]

[Product: Heart Orchid Flower—Can be harvested once every three days]

[Product: Life Dew—Can only be harvested once. After harvesting, the orchid wilts within three days]

[Product: Seeds—1 to 3 seeds generated upon wilting]

[Note: The fragrance of Heart Orchid has calming effects]

[Luoyang Red Peony]

[Bloom Period: Entire Spring]

[Product: Luoyang Red Peony—Can be harvested once every five days]

[Product: Seeds—2 to 4 seeds generated upon wilting]

[Note: Peonies are the true national treasure of flowers; when they bloom, they capture the capital’s attention]

[Milk Vetch]

[Bloom Period: Entire Spring]

[Product: Milk Vetch Honey—Available only during bloom period, harvested by bees]

[Product: Seeds—2 to 3 seeds generated upon wilting]

Judging from the attributes, the Heart Orchid had the shortest bloom period; calculated, it would yield a total of just ten flowers during its bloom.

As for the Life Dew, Han Qiwu looked it up—it’s a sweet, colorless, transparent, viscous droplet secreted by the orchid to attract insect pollinators.

"I wonder if it’ll have special properties. I’ll harvest it right before it wilts and give it a try," Han Qiwu thought to himself.

The Luoyang Red Peony and Milk Vetch had much longer bloom periods, spanning the entire spring.

Calculated, they could continue blooming for another two months, further enhancing the garden’s atmosphere.

Among the remaining two flowers, Han Qiwu was most intrigued by the Milk Vetch.

It can produce honey!

If the Little Prince found out, he’d be watering and fertilizing it daily.

"Looks like I need to build a beehive today." Han Qiwu reorganized his plans for the day.

Once his thoughts were sorted, Han Qiwu walked over to the East Sea Dragon King statue and called out again.

"Bring the rain!"

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