Communicate with furry animals without any barriers, and take the farm to the next level

Chapter 54: Mutation

"To be precise, it's a mutated ground-growing seed." Luman corrected.

Mutated ground-blooming seeds? Josh squatted down, picked up a seed, and examined it carefully.

"It has more abundant energy than ordinary ground plants, taller plants, and greater yields. I collected it by venturing into that space rift. What do you think, Miss Qiao Xi, are you interested?" he asked in a low voice.

I am interested, but "Its planting environment should be more demanding than that of ordinary ground plants, right?" Josh asked.

"Well, indeed. I don't want to deceive any of my guests. These are different from ordinary ground plants. I collected them in a swamp. There is a lot of humus there, including a lot of rotten magic fruits. Thousands of swamp monkeys are consciously cultivating these mutated ground plants. There are even many corpses of low-level magic beasts nourishing these ground plants." Luman spoke as if he was telling a story.

However, Josh had a question, "How did you manage to collect these ground-dwelling animals while avoiding the thousands of swamp monkeys?"

The onlookers nearby also pricked up their ears and opened their eyes wide, wanting to listen to his story.

"Uh," Luman smiled awkwardly, "I just put on some disguises and easily avoided the patrol of the swamp monkeys. That's not the point. It's just a small matter."

But everyone didn't think so. They were eager to know how Ruman managed to avoid these cunning and cruel monkeys and collect these fruits. Their curiosity was aroused and they asked questions one after another.

Mr. Luman's face changed again and again, and he said helplessly: "I covered my whole body with their excrement, soaked in the swamp, and moved slowly a distance every day, just collecting the fruits that fell on the water. Even so, no monkey found me."

"Wow!" everyone exclaimed. They had thought it would be a story about a warrior storming into a swamp and fighting a thousand enemies alone. They hadn't expected Mr. Luman to endure such humiliation. It was really embarrassing.

"Wouldn't it be very smelly in the swamp? Would you feel feces? How would you eat?" A little girl asked three questions in confusion.

"Uh, just eat it like this." Mr. Luman was a little embarrassed.

The little girl was quickly taken away by her parents, and everyone began to understand Mr. Luman's current behavior.

"It's really not easy, is it?"

"That's right. Maybe when you're eating, there's a pile of feces next to you."

"God, he's really patient."

The crickets in the crowd were a bit loud, and Qiao Xi regretted asking this question. "I'm so sorry, Mr. Luman, for embarrassing you in front of so many people."

"Well, what's the big deal? If I was afraid of being laughed at, I wouldn't say it. If you want to get a satisfactory result, you have to pay some unspeakable price. Miss Qiao Xi, please don't feel guilty." Lu Man was open-minded and not afraid of being laughed at at all. He swept away the embarrassment just now and picked up the seeds to show Qiao Xi.

"How about it, Miss Qiao Xi, are you interested in buying these ground lilies? You can exchange them for big-tailed yak milk." He actively promoted these seeds to Qiao Xi.

"Isn't the weekly supply of big-tailed yak milk enough to satisfy your Liejiao Panniu needs?" Qiao Xi asked curiously.

"Hey, stop talking about it. Ever since that damn Fiery Horned Bull drank the milk of the Big Tail Yak, it refused to drink any other intermediate monster milk. It would rather eat grass than drink. I'm afraid it will be malnourished and have developmental problems." Mr. Luman gritted his teeth when he said this. He was really tortured by the calf at home.

"Hmm, let me think about it." These mutant groundflowers were displayed here. They were of better quality and had a higher yield than the regular groundflowers, making them undoubtedly a better choice. However, the difficulty of growing them was unknown, and it might be more difficult than expected. Josh didn't want to waste his efforts in case they didn't work out.

"Ms. Qiao Xi, listen to me, you have an advantage over other farmers in growing these mutant groundnuts." Lu Man knew Qiao Xi's concerns, so he began to persuade her.

"Advantage?"

"I heard from Swallow-tailed Gull that your Twilight Farm has a vast lake surrounded by vast lakeside swamps. You have a topographical advantage."

"But I haven't developed those mudflats yet. The nutrients in the swamp are definitely not as good as those in the secret space. Can they grow well?"

"Oh my goodness, you don't have to worry about this. Every farm has livestock. If you can't make up for the lack of quality with quantity, you can use the feces of those monsters to transform the swamps. I believe you can do it. Besides, there are not many of these ground-plant seeds. Even if you give it a try, Miss Qiao Xi, you won't lose anything. If you succeed, you will have an extra high-quality agricultural product in the Autumn Farm Rating Competition, and you may even get more rewards."

To be honest, Josh was persuaded by his suggestion. All these ground-bearing seeds added together were not enough to plant the newly reclaimed farmland. It would be okay to try using them on the small swamps around the Shimmering Lake.

"Okay, then I'll try it." Qiao Xi obtained this small bag of mutant ground-blooming seeds at the price of double the big-tailed yak milk this month.

At the same time, she did not forget the little bees.

"Mr. Luman, do you have any flower seed recommendations? I have a group of bees on my farm. Spring is almost over, and I need to plant a few flower fields as a source of nectar for them."

"You have bees on your farm? That's amazing. Let me think about it and I'll pick the most suitable seeds for you." Mr. Luman became interested and took out a notebook from his pocket, thinking seriously.

"Excuse me, is this the bee elf?"

Josh nodded.

"Then you can't choose some ordinary flowers and plants, otherwise it will affect the quality of your honey." Luman said cautiously.

"Ms. Qiao Xi, what flowers do the bees mainly collect honey from now?" He looked up from his notebook and asked.

"There are giant lemon flowers, bitter candy tree flowers, taro flowers on the farm, and some other miscellaneous flowers in the forest." Qiao Xi was a little helpless.

"Is there no fixed source for collecting nectar? You really need to pay attention to this issue." Luman frowned.

"I think you need to choose some perennial flowers and plants as nectar sources, don't you think? That way you don't have to open up new flower fields for them year after year. You can solve the problem once and for all."

What Mr. Luman said made sense. He had considered Josh's future. Indeed, if he had to replace the flower fields with new ones every season like planting crops, Josh would be exhausted.

"Well, Mr. Luman, what kind of plants do you think are suitable for my farm?"

"Well, there are many suitable flowers. If Miss Qiao Xi has time, we can go to my flower garden to take a look. After all, it will be a scene of the farm in the future. In case you don't like it."

(End of this chapter)