Jiang He was about to take off the collar to check it out, but Mu Wanqiu, Wang Siyu, and Wu Yueru's car had already arrived at the gates. As such, he held back his curiosity and left the farm, heading to the gates.
The red off-road vehicle slammed on the emergency brake and stopped two meters away.
Wang Siyu was the first to step out of the car. Arriving before Jiang He, she asked in concern, "You're awake, Jiang He? How are you recovering? Are you alright? "
Wang Siyu visited Jiang He three times after he slept for three days.
When Jiang He woke up yesterday, Wang Siyu happened to be out on a mission at Western Xia. She had returned home around three in the morning, and came here early in the morning, coincidentally running into Mu Wanqiu and Wu Yueru on the way, and hence traveling together.
"I'm fine."
Jiang He patted Wang Siyu's head and smiled. "It's just a mental injury, nothing serious, and I've fully recovered after three days of sleep … by the way, have you finished what I gave you before?"
"Not yet."
"Alright, let me know when you're done. I'll help you ascend up to grandmaster and prepare a set meal for you, so that you can reach rank-nine as soon as possible."
Cultivation, after all.
That's how it should be.
He had to customize his goals.
For example, Jiang He had prepared several set meals for Wang Siyu that would ensure that she would quickly ascend up to rank-nine, and he could consider a set that would allow her to reach divine-tier once she was a full-fledged rank-nine.
Either way, he had all the cultivation resources he needed, and most of them were useless to him or his pets. Still, he could consider looking for Duan Tianhe and Cheng Dongfeng and give them an appropriate amount so that they could pick some youths with potential to groom some elites for Lingzhou City.
Beside them, Mu Wanqiu felt a little sour for some reason as she watched Jiang He and Wang Siyu chatting so passionately. Still, she kept a smile on her face and teased, "Alright, alright. Can't you lovebirds find a place to flirt?"
"At least consider the feelings of us single dogs, right?"
Jiang He could not help chuckling.
He invited the three women into his mansion and asked. Mu Wanqiu glanced at Wu Yueru and said, "Yueru and I have come today to ask for your help."
Wu Yueru rose to her feet and said, "Mister Jiang, I would like to invite you to give a lecture at the Martial Arts Academy. Actually, it's the wish and request of every teacher and student in the academy — everyone wants to meet a patron like you."
She seemed a little stiff.
Nonsense.
How could he not be reserved?
What was Jiang He's current status?
The First Man of the Hua Nation, the Guardian Deity of the Hua Nation … Jiang He was like an immortal descending upon the mortal realm, especially in the hearts of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Lingzhou City. Wu Yueru was still a little confused from the moment she saw Jiang He.
Jiang He was still Jiang He.
He was just as tall, handsome, and dashing as ever … and he liked to taunt others for no reason. Still, he was not even a grandmaster when he first met Jiang He, was he not?
In the blink of an eye, he had already grown to a level that he needed to look up to.
Jiang He mused to himself for a long time before saying, "Isn't that a little inappropriate, President Wu? I'm not good at speaking, so I'm afraid I'll mislead the students if I give a lecture. "
"You're too humble, Mr. Jiang."
Wu Yueru smiled and said, "With your cultivation, just a few words from you would be enough to benefit the students of the academy for a lifetime."
Jiang He hesitated …
It seemed that he had promised Wu Yueru that he would visit the school when he had time. Wu Yueru had already asked him a few times, so it would be a little inappropriate to refuse again.
"I can give a lecture, but I have to make it clear that you have to prepare a speech for me."
Wu Yueru exclaimed in surprise at Jiang He's condition. "You have to prepare a speech?"
"Nonsense."
Jiang He was at a loss for words. "How am I supposed to give a lecture if I don't prepare a speech? Am I supposed to do whatever I want? "
Beside him, Mu Wanqiu snickered.
She was shaking with laughter, saying, "It's not like I'm asking you to give a lecture on philosophy. When the time comes, you just have to share your cultivation experience with everyone and talk about daily life. Why prepare a speech?"
"Is that so?"
Jiang He breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Isn't that simple if that's the case?"
Delighted, Wu Yueru said, "If that's the case, shall we set a time?"
"This afternoon or evening … by the way, do the students in your school have evening classes?" Jiang He could not help sighing when he saw Wu Yueru nod. "Students are so pitiful …"
Still, it made sense when he thought about it.
After all, in the Martial Arts Academy, aside from martial arts knowledge, students had to attend cultural classes as well, although they did not take up much of it.
Soon, Wu Yueru and Mu Wanqiu drove off.
After they left, Jiang He pulled Wang Siyu into his arms and carried her up the stairs, saying, "Come, let's go to my bedroom. I have to check how you've been cultivating lately."
Wang Siyu blushed and pouted coquettishly, "Annoying …"
… …
Around ten in the afternoon.
Jiang He and Wang Siyu walked down the stairs together. Sora and Boa had already prepared breakfast.
It was a simple and plain breakfast.
There was porridge made from Dragontooth Rice, as well as a side dish with cucumber and carrot strips. It was worth mentioning that Sora had made a steamed bun with eggplant and Golden-Winged Roc filling.
As he ate the steamed bun …
Jiang He could not help saying as he drank the Dragontooth Rice porridge, "Actually, the best steamed bun is the potato and beef filling … it's a shame we can't have that now."
Over at Xibei, many people planted potatoes.
Potatoes had a high yield and were easy to take care of. After planting, they only needed to be uprooted once. Furthermore, they were easy to preserve. They could dig a "potato cellar" in the ground and store the potatoes that were dug out. They could be stored from October to the beginning of the following spring.
Vegetables were expensive in winter, with one catty of chives costing two to three dollars. That was why many farmers would store some potatoes to survive the winter, and most importantly, they were a versatile vegetable that could be stir-fried, eaten as buns, dumplings, deep-fried, boiled, or roasted in a stove. In fact, Jiang He's favorite was stir-fried pickles with potato shreds.
Jiang He remembered that his family would pickle a huge vat of pickles every winter when he was young. He would wake up in the morning, stir-fry some potato shreds and make yellow rice with chili oil, which he would then smear on the yellow rice before adding the potato shreds with pickles. It was delightful.
Promptly …
Jiang He felt that the Dragontooth Rice porridge in his bowl was no longer fragrant.
A thought occurred to him then …
It was already November, and the season for pickling.
"Incidentally, I'm heading to Lingzhou City today. I'll buy some cabbage seeds along the way … I'll think of a way to plant potatoes that won't explode after I'm done … if push comes to shove, I'll just have to eat normal potatoes."
After breakfast and seeing off Wang Siyu, Jiang He returned to his farm.
He went straight to the stalk of grass next to the willow tree. Without thinking, he grabbed the stalk of grass and uprooted it.
Plucking the fruit from the 'collar' on the grass, a System Notification jingled in his head —
[Ding!]
[+ 100,000 Farm Points.]
Jiang He's eyes lit up.
After all, the System only rewarded him with ten thousand Farm Points when he obtained a premium-grade soul item, whereas a hundred thousand points for a superior-grade sage item … did that mean that the collar was a superior-grade sage item?
He stared at the collar in his hand, and a bunch of data appeared.
[Spirit Animal Ring]
[Special-type mystic treasure that only works against daemons. It can subjugate daemons with weaker Yuan Spirit and forcibly tame them as one's pet beast.]
Jiang He: "…"
Damn it!
I've been happy for nothing.
Spirit Animal Ring …
It sounded awesome, but its strength was actually of little value.
He had already created the physical beast-taming technique. Why would he still use this thing?
Even if the physical beast-taming technique had a certain chance of injury, he could still plant it even if he killed it.
After complaining a little, Jiang He nonchalantly threw the Spirit Animal Ring into his System Backpack and took out pen and paper, ready to continue crafting an item refinement manual. Still, he had no clue even after thinking hard for a while, and could only smile begrudgingly. "I don't know anything about item refinement. I should have looked for a few manuals in the Taixu Sect for reference … eh?"
His eyes lit up all of a sudden.
Item refinement …
To put it bluntly, wasn't it just smithing?
He could ask that old man from the Martial Arts Department (MAD) for relevant knowledge, and he might be able to give him some suggestions.
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