A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 89 Ancient Seeds
"I'll try. It's better not to cut the line if I can avoid it."

Lyon nodded, then tried to reel in the line again. Although it felt a little sluggish, it wasn't completely stuck and couldn't be reeled in.

As the fishing line became shorter and shorter, Lyon felt that he might not be stuck on the bottom, but instead seemed to have hooked something sunk to the bottom of the sea. This guess cheered up Lyon.

So Lyon moved more carefully, ensuring that he could reel in the line steadily, without swinging violently to try to get the hook off the "garbage" on the seabed.

Willy also noticed something was wrong. If the fish was stuck on the bottom, Leon would not be able to pull the fishing line. Now the fishing line can still be retrieved, proving that Leon may have caught some kind of ocean sediment.

It could be wood, an old fishing net lost on the seabed, or seaweed or marine debris, but Willy couldn't tell unless it was pulled out of the water.

"coming."

When the fishing line was completely stretched, Leon knew that the sediment on the hook had been dragged into the water under the dock.

"Take your time and see what it is." Willy came over and lay on the dock. As long as Leon could drag the thing out of the water, he could pick it up.

Lyon took a deep breath and continued to roll the reel. As the sediment on the hook got closer and closer to the water surface, Lyon clearly felt the weight on the hook increasing due to the influence of gravity and the weakening of buoyancy.

"I saw."

The moment the sediment was dragged out of the water, Willy noticed it and immediately reached out to help Leon grab the fishing line. The two of them worked together to drag the sediment out of the water. When Willy was able to catch it, Willy did not hesitate to take action and finally succeeded in pulling it up.

"It's a treasure chest. It's a good thing." After the thing was brought ashore, Willy and Leon gathered around the thing hanging on the fish hook. After observing it carefully for a moment, Willy made a judgment.

Lyon could naturally tell that this thing was a treasure chest. Although the surface had rotted due to the corrosion of sea water and was also parasitized by barnacles, starfish, seaweed, etc., it could be roughly seen that it was a wooden box.

"The Gem Sea is the largest ocean on the planet, spanning two countries and countless archipelagos. Countless ships and ferries ply the Gem Sea every day, not to mention the earlier merchant ships and pirates who made their livings by plundering. Therefore, ever since humans began sailing, countless ships have sunk due to force majeure, such as wind, waves, and reefs. This chest may be among these shipwrecks."

Looking at the box, Willy couldn't help but complain to Leon, "I've caught a box like this before, and I got some interesting things from it. It has basically everything. Opening this box is like opening a geode, but unlike a geode, I've even found underwear in a shipwreck box."

"Men's or women's?" Leon couldn't help but gossip.

"Ahem, you'd better take a look at what's inside this box first. It's badly corroded. If it contains food or fruit, it will have no value. But if it is packaged wine, as long as it is not corroded by sea water, then you may make a lot of extra income." Willy coughed dryly and passed it off, then urged Leon.

Lyon sighed regretfully, then without hesitation, he squatted down and fumbled around on the box. Although he could find the lock, it was rusted and mushy, making it impossible to open the box normally. Lyon had to break the box open violently.

When the box was opened, Leon and Willy were both stunned, because in this pumpkin-sized box, there was only a small palm-sized woven bag. The bag was wrapped in a waterproof plastic box, so no water entered. After opening the box and taking out the bag, Leon saw what was in the bag.

There were five spherical objects the size of walnuts. Although Leon couldn't tell what they were used for, the system had given them labels.

"Ancient seeds (antiques): dried old seeds of an ancient plant, which has obviously died long ago." "It's something I've never seen before. It seems to be some kind of plant seeds, but this is the first time I've seen seeds this big." Willy also came over to look at the things in the bag. After looking for a long time, he couldn't find any relevant information from his knowledge base. He could only pat Leon on the shoulder to comfort him.

"Undersea treasure chests are like this. What you'll find is full of uncertainty. Although this time the harvest was this unknown seed, I believe you'll find something better next time you encounter one."

"Yeah." Leon nodded without explaining anything. After all, Willy was a fishing tycoon, not an agricultural tycoon, so it was normal that he didn't recognize this kind of seed. Even if Leon explained it clearly, Willy probably wouldn't care.

But in fact, these five ancient seeds are definitely the most surprising gain for Leon, and their value is definitely no less than the colorful fragments found in the crystal cave.

You know, although the ancient seeds have been sentenced to death in the system's description, if they are delivered to Gunther in the museum, I wonder if Gunther can deliver the formula of how to revive the ancient seeds into ancient seeds to himself, just like in the game?

Lyon carefully accepted the bag of ancient seeds. Willy was not surprised by this. Although it seemed to have no value, it was caught by Lyon himself after all, so it was still of some commemorative significance. It was understandable that Lyon kept it.

"Let's go find the Stardrop, and have Guts cook us your first big fish. I'm starving."

After Lyon put away the bag of strange seeds, Willy enthusiastically proposed to Lyon.

"Yeah." Leon was in a happy mood at the moment. He gladly accepted Willy's proposal and walked towards Pelican Town with Willy arm in arm. Although there was a big age gap between the two, as men, as long as they could get along well, there was basically no barrier between them.

"I'm counting the catch for you. Do you plan to take it back yourself or sell it to me?"

On the way, Willy asked Leon while carrying the fishing box.

"Let's sell it. There's no point in keeping it. I'll sell it anyway." Leon had already put the sardine used for sacrifice into his backpack, so there was naturally no value in keeping the remaining harvest.

"Then I'll give you 300G. Although the price is a bit low, you can get the money directly." Willy gave his offer.

"Three hundred is three hundred. I believe you won't cheat me." Leon was not too disappointed with the price. The size of sardines and anchovies was there, not to mention the huge population base of the two fish. The reason they could be sold at this price was because there was a flounder among them to support the price.

"Well, actually it's not that different, only about ten gigabytes. But you have to refrigerate it when you take it back. Dead fish can't be sold at a good price. I'm also worried that you don't have relevant experience and will incur some unnecessary losses." Willy couldn't help but explain after listening to Leon's words.

"Hahaha, no need to explain so clearly. I trust you, Willy. Let alone a dozen gigabytes, even a few hundred gigabytes wouldn't matter. You provided the bait and taught me the fishing techniques step by step. This knowledge cannot be measured by money."

Leon patted Willy's shoulder and joked.

Willy didn’t say anything when he heard this, but just looked at Leon beside him with a bright smile on his face.

　Although you have guessed that it is a treasure chest, can you be a little bolder in your thinking? The Neptune Greatsword is nothing but junk.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)