Magic Farm 127

Chapter 127: The Second Day of Safe Day

[Current Location: Forest of Stars.]

[Today’s Weather: Clear, 25°C, light breeze, level 3.]

Opening his personal panel, Qi Yu saw that, true to the promise of a safe holiday, the weather was exceptionally mild.

He walked to the edge of his territory and looked out—after a month of freezing rain, all the dampness and the icicles hanging from the trees had vanished.

The Forest of Stars had returned to how it looked during the newbie period: beautiful and tranquil.

Qi Yu opened the regional channel and was surprised to find that many people had actually stayed up late last night.

[Roach Tastes Weird: Last night was the first time since entering Survival Game that I stayed up late on purpose. I really missed that feeling.]

[Be a Good Person: Same here. Rationally, I know these three days are for us to rest and recharge, to prepare for whatever the next month brings. But now that it’s safe and comfortable, I just can’t bear to go to sleep.]

[Grind King: I suggest everyone use the next two days to explore the Forest of Stars as much as possible. Didn’t the Survival System say that during Safe Day, mutated creatures won’t attack first? Such a great opportunity—go loot a few more treasure chests.]

[Grumpy Bro: I’m begging you, @Grind King, shut up. Every time you talk, I get nervous.]

[Grind King: Suddenly remembered, the game master has a flying mount—he must be able to clear the map super fast, right?]

Qi Yu: …

He quietly exited the regional channel.

Just then, his communication orb lit up.

“Good morning, Dan Xingyu.”

“Good morning.”

Dan Xingyu’s voice, for once, carried a trace of drowsiness. “I just woke up and wanted to ask—are you coming to my place today, or should I come to yours?”

Qi Yu: “You’re not up yet?”

Dan Xingyu: “Nope. Holidays are perfect for sleeping in.”

Forget it, maybe aliens just don’t get it!

Qi Yu thought for a moment and said, “Come to the Forest of Stars. I was just thinking, since the weather’s so nice, I want to plant all my seeds today.”

Dan Xingyu immediately sounded curious. “Sure, I’ve been wanting to see your magical plants for a long time.”

He stood up and said, “In that case, I’ll make breakfast—as a gift for visiting.”

Qi Yu understood: when visiting a friend’s house, you should bring a gift.

The two farmer NPCs of his territory came out of the farmhouse and greeted Qi Yu.

Perhaps because they were recruited from the Survival Game’s farmhouse, their routines matched the game’s time perfectly.

Every morning at eight-thirty sharp, they emerged from the farmhouse.

If Qi Yu assigned them work, they’d do it. If not, they’d go to the fields to supervise, help with fertilizing, and watering.

After six o’clock, when night fell, they’d go straight back to the farmhouse.

Qi Yu’s survival panel would even display a status update:

[Your villagers, Joe and John, are resting.]

Because they were “auto-recruited” farmers from the farmhouse, they didn’t even need Qi Yu to provide food or pay wages—they were completely self-sufficient.

Qi Yu handed them all the seeds he’d bought from Gold Cavern City.

These seeds, perhaps because they weren’t produced by the Survival Game, were a bit different from the “planting” Qi Yu was familiar with.

As someone who never followed the conventional planting route, Qi Yu was probably less skilled at growing ordinary plants than these two proper farmers.

“Can you plant all of these?” He took out several bags of seeds and handed them over.

Joe took them, looked them over carefully, and exclaimed in delight, “These are all top-quality seeds.”

He nodded. “We can plant all of them.”

Qi Yu thought so too, since he could see on the villager panel that both Joe and John had the “Planting” skill unlocked.

And Joe’s planting skill was even at “Expert” level.

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Qi Yu hadn’t planned much for today—just to plant the magical seeds he got from the last blind box, go fishing at the little lake, and then explore the Forest of Stars for a bit.

But since Shen Ben Wuxiang was coming over, he thought, they could do all that together.

It was his first time hosting a friend, and he felt a bit excited, a bit unsure what to do.

Not sure what to do? Well, whatever—when the time came, he’d just show him all the fun things in the territory.

With that, he suddenly had some free time.

He thought about squeezing in some cultivation, but then remembered that Shen Ben Wuxiang said he’d bring breakfast as a visiting gift, which meant he wouldn’t be long.

Qi Yu hesitated for a moment, then decided to check up on his villagers.

To say “check up” was a bit of a stretch—ever since he gained the Farm Master’s Domain, he could sense the state of his plants in detail with just a thought.

Aside from the Seven-Colored Flower, nothing much had changed.

The Seven-Colored Flower, thanks to the sunny Safe Day weather and no rain, seemed quite happy and hadn’t gotten upset for two days now.

About half an hour later—

[Player “Shen Ben Wuxiang” requests to enter your territory. Approve request?]

Qi Yu’s eyes lit up. “Approve.”

He stared unblinking at the big tree.

Sure enough, a faint glow appeared on the trunk, and then a tall figure emerged, pressed close to the tree.

From this angle, Shen Ben Wuxiang really did look as if he’d grown right out of the tree.

He was dressed differently from yesterday—short sleeves, light-colored casual pants, looking the picture of youthful energy.

Qi Yu observed him for a moment and concluded, “You look much younger today than you did yesterday.”

Dan Xingyu, carrying a food box, laughed at that. “These are clothes I got from a treasure chest. Since the weather’s nice, I thought I’d wear them.”

He looked up, eyes full of wonder at the giant tree above. “Your treehouse is so much more impressive in person than in the photos.”

His gaze lingered on the treehouse, then slowly moved to other parts of the territory.

He sighed, “So this is the Forest of Stars. You players from District 01 are really too lucky.”

He lifted the food box in his hand. “Let’s eat first. After breakfast, I hope the great lord will show this little bumpkin from the desert around.”

Qi Yu looked at the food box and said, “Let’s eat in the garden.”

Dan Xingyu: “Garden? Isn’t your whole territory a garden?”

He didn’t say this to flatter—centered on the treehouse, the entire territory was filled with blooming flowers and lush grass.

And the person living among all these flowers in a mage’s robe…

Dan Xingyu thought, some people, just one look, and you know it’s only natural they’d be assigned to the forest.

“It was a garden building that Survival Game gave me as a bonus when I upgraded my shelter.”

Qi Yu led him along the fresh, smooth stone path to the garden.

The statue of the Goddess of Nature stood quietly at the center, surrounded by flowers.

Qi Yu set breakfast on the stone table in the garden. Seeing Dan Xingyu looking at the statue, he introduced, “That’s the statue of the Goddess of Nature.”

Dan Xingyu saw him place his hand solemnly over his chest in a gesture of respect, and copied him.

Qi Yu noticed his thoughtful expression and said, “This garden helps restore energy. You can feel it, right?”

Dan Xingyu nodded.

Knowing he was coming to the Forest of Stars, he’d prepared breakfast: a bowl of magnolia porridge, paired with a box of green-leaf-shaped sweet cakes.

He hadn’t expected Qi Yu to bring him to the garden for breakfast—pretty food with a pretty view, they complemented each other perfectly.

Qi Yu, seeing the green-leaf cakes, happily took out the flower-shaped pastries he’d gotten from yesterday’s blind box and placed them beside the others.

“They really look like they came from the same gift box,” he commented earnestly.

Looking back, he saw Dan Xingyu propping his head on one hand, smiling at him.

He asked, puzzled, “Why are you looking at me instead of the pastries?”

Dan Xingyu: “Mm-hmm, I’m looking at both.”

With a long list of plans in his head, Qi Yu, for once, didn’t pay much attention to the taste of breakfast—he just remembered the porridge was delicious.

The second thing he remembered was Dan Xingyu saying that with so many flowers here, he could come up with even more floral porridges and delicacies in the future.

After breakfast, Qi Yu took him to fish at the little lake beside the garden.

“Oh, right.” He remembered something and pointed at the lake. “Look!”

When he’d first acquired the lake, it had come with some beautiful aquatic plants and water flowers.

What Qi Yu pointed out to Dan Xingyu was the Candle Jade Lotus he’d once given him.

“I originally planted them in the ground, and they grew really well there.”

Later, he’d checked the magical plant guide and found that most “lotus” flowers grew in water. So he tried transplanting one.

Sure enough, it survived.

The Candle Jade Lotus’s petals were as thin as cicada wings, a crystal-clear pinkish white. It had already been stunning when blooming on land, but now, standing on the mirror-like lake, it was breathtakingly beautiful.

“I take really good care of them. If I notice they’re not doing well, I cast a blessing spell right away.”

Dan Xingyu immediately praised him: “You’re amazing. They look even better now than when I saw them in the resource zone.”

Qi Yu brightened at once. “You like flowers—now that there’s a teleport array, you can come see them whenever you like.”

He said it so casually, as if inviting him over was the most ordinary thing in the world.

“But this is your territory. You’d really let me in every day and not worry?”

Qi Yu: ?

Dan Xingyu saw his look of confusion, then hesitated.

He was about to explain he was only joking.

But Qi Yu asked, “Dan Xingyu, are you not happy for me to visit your territory?”

Dan Xingyu: “Not at all!”

He knew Qi Yu was a straight shooter, but this was a bit much!

Realizing there was no point beating around the bush, he quickly made up for it: “Even if you came to my territory every day, I’d welcome you.”

To prove his point, he added, “My palace is so big, it feels empty sleeping there alone at night.”

As soon as the words left his mouth, he froze: Dan Xingyu, what nonsense are you spouting?

But Qi Yu didn’t think there was anything odd about it at all. “Really? Then can I sleep in your Sun God Palace?”

Dan Xingyu: …Huh?