Chapter 9: Chapter 009 Crazy Growth of Wheat Seedlings
After Shen Xingyan set the location for the well, a prompt from Star Origin World appeared again:
"Setting complete. Please irrigate the Farm to help the seeds grow better!"
As he had understood before, Star Origin World seemed to be using these prompts to teach him how to plant agricultural products step by step, similar to a novice guide.
As the prompt ended, a well, about the height of Shen Xingyan's knees, appeared out of thin air in the center of the one-acre Farm.
Following the prompt, Shen Xingyan and Little Skeleton moved to the Central District and looked at the newly rewarded well.
The style of this well was not much different from what Shen Xingyan remembered, but upon closer inspection, he found a fundamental difference.
Water in wells in reality is hundreds of meters underground, requiring pumping equipment or a primitive bucket to draw it.
However, the water in the well before him was full and presented itself to Shen Xingyan's eyes, giving him a feeling that it was about to overflow.
With such a water level, there was no need to expend much Qi to draw water, making it easily accessible and greatly increasing his irrigation efficiency.
"Xingyuan is quite thoughtful; this saves a lot of effort," Shen Xingyan muttered to himself with satisfaction.
Then, without hesitation, he picked up several buckets that had appeared next to the well, and one person and one skeleton began to draw water from the well, one by one, slowly watering the nearly one-acre Farm.
What was miraculous was that the water in the well did not show any signs of decreasing due to their actions; it remained in its initial overflowing state.
Shen Xingyan couldn't help but exclaim that it was indeed something given by Xingyuan; even the well, like the novice's three-piece set, was so economical and practical, meaning he wouldn't have to worry about water for future planting.
At Shen Xingyan's signal, Little Skeleton also carried out the irrigation work; although slow, it was genuinely executing Shen Xingyan's commands.
It was like a tireless machine, faithfully executing the program set by its creator.
Throughout the irrigation, Little Skeleton maintained the same frequency of watering, showing no signs of fatigue despite repeated tasks.
"That's right, there's no stamina column in his attributes, so he won't have any physical problems. This advantage will be very helpful for my future farming," Shen Xingyan was somewhat surprised by this discovery.
After all, tending to a Farm is a very tedious task. After irrigation, once the seeds sprout, there's still a series of maintenance tasks like fertilizing, weeding, and pest control.
The time required for these tasks is indeed not small; now, with the assistance of this tireless Little Skeleton, he would naturally be much more relaxed.
Looking at Little Skeleton, who showed no signs of stopping, Shen Xingyan's satisfied expression was almost overflowing, thinking:
"My innate Skill clearly shows that after a 24-hour cooldown, I can summon a skeleton.
That means I'll have a skeleton's help every day, so as long as I finish the tasks that can be done before the skeleton disappears, I'll be much more at ease."
Thinking this, Shen Xingyan immediately felt delighted. Working with Little Skeleton could significantly shorten his labor time, which was a considerable advantage compared to other Farmer professions.
Shen Xingyan looked at Little Skeleton, who was still working diligently while he was daydreaming. Its swaying motion while carrying the bucket actually made him feel that the skeleton was a bit cute, which was probably a manifestation of loving the house and its crow.
If others knew that Shen Xingyan actually found a skeleton made of white bones a bit cute, they would probably give him a strange look and exclaim how vast the world is, full of all sorts of oddities!
"Irrigation complete. Rewarding a novice staff. Please use it to cast your professional Skill to accelerate the growth of agricultural products."
Once Shen Xingyan and Little Skeleton finished irrigating the one-acre Farm, Xingyuan's prompt appeared in Shen Xingyan's ear.
Hearing that Xingyuan had given another reward, Shen Xingyan couldn't help but check his inventory. He saw that his inventory, which originally only contained a hoe, now had a wooden stick-like object resting quietly in the second slot. With a thought, he checked its attributes:
Item: novice staff
Attributes: Spell Attack +1
No Rank requirement, no durability limit, a tool used to cast professional Skills.
Another good item with no durability! Shen Xingyan quickly equipped it to his weapon slot, and the novice staff immediately appeared in his hand.
Shen Xingyan played with this weapon, a true weapon in every sense, for a while, and couldn't help but think of Chu Wei. She had awakened as a Mage. What kind of power would her professional Skill unleash through this weapon?
After briefly imagining a scene where a fireball annihilated a Disaster, Shen Xingyan began to follow the instructions in the prompt, standing in the center of the Farm, silently chanting to release his professional Skill.
As his thoughts directed, the Origin Energy within his body, which he normally couldn't detect, began to move noticeably within him.
This sensation made Shen Xingyan, experiencing it for the first time, feel a surge of excitement.
He had seen the wonder of Origin Energy countless times in textbooks and through his teachers' demonstrations, and his heart had long yearned for it.
Now he could also use this power, and although he was only casting a Farmer's Skill, it did not diminish his excitement.
As the Origin Energy slowly gathered onto the staff in Shen Xingyan's hand, he lightly tapped the ground, and an invisible Qi immediately began to spread within a 600-square-meter radius.
The appearance of this Qi made Little Skeleton instinctively step back. Being an undead creature itself, it naturally felt a sense of resistance towards this "life" Qi.
Although somewhat resistant, after realizing that it caused no substantial harm, it stopped its steps and quietly remained to the side.
After casting the professional Skill, Shen Xingyan did not check the Farm's condition but instead carefully savored the feeling of casting the Skill just now.
After all, in his opinion, the professional Skill only increased the growth rate of agricultural products. The freshly sown seeds, even with a 10% growth acceleration, would show no visible effect on the surface.
However, what he didn't expect was that before he could fully experience the trajectory of the Origin Energy, his vision was consumed by the rapidly appearing green around him.
Immediately after he cast his professional Skill, the newly sown seeds shot up like spring onions in dry land, growing rapidly as if on an accelerator, quickly reaching knee-high before stopping their growth