"What are you looking at, Jiang He?"
Wang Sizhen walked to Jiang He sullenly and sat down on the yard, lighting himself a cigarette and taking a few deep puffs before smiling bitterly. "Don't you think I'm useless, Jiang He?"
He fiercely punched the loose soil, and his body trembled a little. He gritted his teeth and said, "Since I was young, my biggest wish was to be like those heroes in the TV series, to be able to leap onto roofs and vault over walls, to be able to be chivalrous, to be able to kill a person every ten steps, and to be unstoppable!"
"But I didn't expect that I would awaken a hammer in the end!"
His eyes were red as he stared at Jiang He and growled, "Jiang He, I'm useless!"
"No!"
"You're not useless!"
It was obvious that Wang Sizhen was devastated.
Jiang He decided to console him. After all, he was a good friend who had played with him while wearing open-crotch pants, and he would not allow Wang Sizhen to remain dispirited.
Even so …
Jiang He was not good at consoling people.
After musing to himself for a while, he said, "Awakened like you are a little special, and we haven't even discovered the specific use of your hammer. How could you give up on yourself?"
Wang Sizhen appeared thoughtful, and there seemed to be hope and longing for the future in his eyes.
That was when someone called out, "Big Onion, come and help …"
Though Wang Sizhen was the boss, everyone was familiar with him, and those older than him would usually call him by his nickname, while those younger would add 'bro' behind it.
That was when one of the craftsmen arrived. "We're going to plant an iron pole here. I'll hold it while you swing the hammer."
Wang Sizhen picked up the hammer and smashed it three times. He felt that the hammer, which was usually easy to use, was very awkward today.
Cursing inwardly, he simply threw the hammer aside and materialized his rubber hammer, which he then swung down with a loud thud.
The iron pole, which was as thick as an arm, dropped thirty centimeters.
"…"
In the yard, Jiang He shrugged.
Wasn't that …
Was it quite useful?
Withdrawing his gaze, he studied the grave in front of him. It was small and very desolate, since Dumbo and Trumbo were the ones who made it, and even the bricks on top of it were placed by those two fellows.
Moreover, Jiang He had been observing it for hours and found that there was no reaction from the grave, which was why he had forgotten about it.
On the other hand, Dumbo and Trumbo were very concerned about the grave, and would fill a kettle with water to irrigate the grave almost every hour. Perhaps they wanted to experience it after seeing how Jiang He worked diligently and earnestly on the farm every day.
Unbeknownst to him, grass had grown all over the grave. It looked a little like chives, but it wasn't.
What was certain was that the grass had not been there before last night.
Jiang He turned to Dumbo.
On the other hand, Dumbo was lying in the dirt and pretending to be a fish, its four paws flapping as it paddled forward, covering itself in dirt and having a lot of fun.
The Three-tailed Demon Cat spent most of its time sleeping during the day.
Especially after it had advanced to the Fourth Grade, it had been sleeping for a longer period of time. This time was no exception. It was lying under the sun and sleeping soundly.
"Come here!"
With a low cry, cat and dog soon arrived beneath Jiang He's feet.
Pointing at the lush green patch over the grave, Jiang He asked, "Tell me, what did you do to this grave?"
The grave belonged to the B-class water-type Awakened of the Sky Demon Cult. Jiang He's original intention was to see if he could plant him, but his farm level was too low and he could not plant him at the moment. Since Dumbo had already buried the corpse anyway, digging it up would be troublesome, he did not bother.
Both Dumbo and Trumbo shook their heads at once.
After shaking its head, Dumbo went up to sniff the grass that was over a meter tall, and then …
It pulled a blade of grass over with one of its front paws and tried to have a bite.
Eh?
Dumbo's eyes lit up. It was actually delicious?
Hence, it plucked a few more blades and started munching on them.
The Three-tailed Demon Cat's round eyes were filled with curiosity, and it went up to grab a blade of grass and munched on it as well.
As cat and dog continued to eat, Jiang He could not help gulping … he actually felt a little hungry.
"Forget it!"
"I wouldn't eat even exotic delicacies, let alone grass!" Jiang He thought then.
How could he eat something that grew out of a grave?
Nonetheless, in the time it took him to eat an eighteen-centimeter carrot, cat and dog had already uprooted the blade of grass and eaten the potato on its roots.
Ooom!
A special energy ripple flashed past Dumbo and Trumbo's bodies.
Jiang He appeared taken aback and exclaimed in surprise, "What's going on … that energy ripple just now was similar to the energy ripple of an Awakened."
Then, he saw Dumbo baring its teeth at him.
Whoosh —
A water arrow shot out of its mouth.
Trumbo mewled, opened its mouth and breathed out a bunch of bubbles.
"…"
Jiang He's eyes bulged as he muttered, "Water-type powers? They've awakened, and gained a new superpower with the grass? "
Awakened Transcendents didn't only have one Transcendent ability, but those who had mastered two or more Transcendent abilities were too rare. He didn't expect his cat and dog to have achieved such an achievement.
"That Awakened awakened water-type powers, which is why eating the grass growing out of his grave would have such an effect?"
"Then what about fire-type Awakened? What would a thunder-type Awakened grow out of it? "
Jiang He pondered, and sighed in frustration after a while. "Damn it, I should have kept the corpses of the Sky Demon Cult Awakened I killed. I might have gotten a few more powers."
His farm was only level three, which was why he could not grow feral beasts, martial artists, or Awakened above rank-three … but he could grow their powers through another method.
"There would probably be a certain limit, but I'll have to figure it out on my own."
Since Jiang He did not have any Awakened corpses with him at the moment, he had to suppress the thought.
He went out for a while.
Jiang He bought a bag of cabbage seeds at the entrance of the village.
It was already the middle of September, and it would soon be the season to pickle vegetables in Xibei. Jiang He was ready to plant some and pickle his own vegetables later.
After planting the cabbage, Jiang He returned to work on the mansion.
The mansion was now in its final stages, and all that was left was to renovate water and electricity, as well as custom-install windows and window screens. In the end, once the whole thing was renovated and the high-end furniture was bought, Jiang He could officially move in.
Still, that would take at least a month.
Finally, it was the afternoon of the fifteenth of September. It had been three weeks since Jiang He had transmigrated on the twenty-fourth of August. Jiang He, who was taking an afternoon nap in his sports car, was jolted awake by the jingle of a System Notification in his head.
[Ding!]
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