Chapter 2

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

A martial arts farm? What was going on?

It was not that Li Wei had never read web novels before he transmigrated. He understood what the various “systems” meant. However, he was somewhat disappointed, as he did not expect the system he had been waiting for three years to be a small farm. Nonetheless, he realized he was wrong when the mysterious voice spoke again.

“Do you want to open the newbie gift pack?”

“‘Activate!” Li Wei subconsciously said.

“Ding! Congratulations, host, for obtaining [a bag of Level 1 carrot seeds]!”

“Ding! Congratulations, host, for obtaining [ten bags of Level 1 fertilizers]!”

Before he could react, a sky-blue panel appeared before him.

“God-level martial arts farm: Make everything god-level!”

[Level]: 1

[Experience points]: 0/100

[Area]: 1 mu

[Crop seeds]: None

[Livestock]: 0

[Farm ability 1]: All the crops produced within the soil can enhance one’s martial arts ability.

[Farm ability 2]: You can use the money to buy items from the farm store.

[Farm ability 3]: More features and enhancements, unlock and upgrade using experience points.

…

A god-level martial arts farm? As the name suggested, it was helping him to improve his martial arts realm!

Li Wei walked over with a face full of curiosity and doubt and subconsciously bent to touch the grass under his feet. Li Wei felt the warmth of the sunlight and the gentle spring breeze blowing in his ears.

There was a hundred-meter-wide plantation land before the grassland, with a small windmill for irrigation beside it. Li Wei stepped forward and looked at the three-meter-tall white windmill. The blades on it were still making a squeaking sound from time to time.

He deliberately touched the slightly rough painted surface of the pinwheel. The particles on it were so thick that he could not even scratch them off. At the foot of the pinwheel was a small stream about a meter wide. It was a necessary condition to ensure the operation of the windmill.

The water was plentiful and crystal clear. Li Wei could even see one or two small red fries. Li Wei put his hand into the stream and felt the refreshing coolness.

Then, he looked up and saw a wooden house resembling a warehouse not far from the windmill. The exterior view of the entire farm was as elegant and quiet as an oil painting. It was peaceful, standing aloof from the world.

Listening to the sound of the breeze, Li Wei could not help but start to feel the quiet time. The fatigue from the morning training was instantly swept away. Finally, he arrived at the wooden house, following the farm path.

Creak…

He pushed the door open and was greeted by the rich smell of wood shavings. The sunlight shone through the gap, and he could see small grasshoppers hopping around.

Click!

Li Wei turned on the door switch, and the whole warehouse appeared before his eyes. It was indeed an ordinary warehouse, and it seemed to be only about 80 square meters. However, the minimal items inside made it seem huge. There was a single wooden table in the middle of the room with a few transparent bags.

Li Wei picked it up and read the words on it, “Carrot seeds.”

“What’s this smell?” Suddenly, he smelled a pungent earthy smell.

He followed the smell and found more than a dozen neatly stacked white bags. These were fertilizers given in the newbie gift pack, which was the key to ensuring the crops’ growth.

In addition, there were some farming tools and ropes in the left corner of the warehouse. Li Wei picked up a random hoe with some rust spots. It was not new. He could even smell a trace of rust.

This was all he had discovered about the farm. There were no other living things other than him. There were no other crops besides the carrot seeds.

‘There are only so few things here.’ Then, thinking of this, he said, “Open the farm store.”

Soon, a sky blue panel appeared, with a neat list of goods inside. Weeding knives, insect repellents, new hoes, vegetable seeds of various grades, eggs, livestock, mechanical farm tools…

Li Wei concluded they were selling farm-related items after scrolling through a few pages. However, the price was not cheap. For example, a handful of fruit tree seeds alone cost 300 Empire Dollars. His total assets now were only slightly more than 200.

“Sure enough, there’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world. So even the system has begun to discriminate against the poor. Forget it. Let’s figure out the carrot first.”

Li Wei then sat on the wooden table and summarized the current information on the farm. According to the system interface, the current farm area was 1 mu, about 666 square meters.

There was also grass for herding, farmland for planting, windmills, water sources, and warehouses. If one wanted to plant or develop animal husbandry, they would have to buy the relevant resources with real money. The information given here could not be more clear.

“Does the system want me to run this farm? Will this make you stronger?”

Frankly, he was still confused about whether there was any connection between the two very different concepts of a farm and a martial artist. Then, the sky blue panel appeared before him again.

[Planting carrots: Each carrot increases farm experience point by 1 point.]

[Eating it after maturity can increase the host’s vitality by 0.1 points!]

Li Wei was not shocked by this sudden notification but was stunned by the carrot’s effect instead.

‘Could a carrot increase vitality by 0.1 points?’

This was too powerful. Even the “Vitality Capsule” in the market now that costs 10,000 Empire Dollars each would not be able to achieve this effect. No wonder it was called a God-level martial arts farm. Did martial artists create them?

Li Wei’s heart beat fast as he desired to become stronger. His intuition told him that this system was a treasure. Moreover, all the notifications hinted that he should manage this place well.

“A carrot can increase 1 experience point, and eating it can increase vitality by 0.1 points?”

Li Wei was not an id*ot. He quickly deduced the farm’s operational logic through the system panel— plant crops, develop this place, and use the harvest to make himself stronger.

He picked up the bag of seeds, “What’s the effect of planting this?”

Planting things was not a difficult task for him. In the past three years, he had worked part-time at the farms in the city’s suburbs to raise money for his school fees.

Li Wei was a man of his word. Since he had already entered the system, he could not just stand there and do nothing. So he took the necessary tools and left the warehouse for the farmland.

Although the farm was 66 square meters, the usable farmland was less than 15 square meters. Warehouses, windmills, and ranches occupied the other areas. Nonetheless, this was sufficient. After all, carrots were not a delicate species. Therefore, they did not need to live in good conditions.

“Come on!” Li Wei was energetic, thinking of the carrot that could increase his vitality.

Everything had to be done according to the rules, especially agriculture. Li Wei waved his hoe and began the first step of planting— tilling the soil. All crops needed a suitable environment to grow. Simply scattering the seeds on the ground would not yield decent results.

Li Wei was holding a hoe like a farmer, tilling the fertile, loose soil under the sun. In the meantime, he had also picked out the stones and smashed the larger clods into pieces.

Based on his previous farming experience, after digging two 20-centimeter shallow ditches like a canal, he tilled the fertile soil using a worn-out shovel and evenly spread it on both sides of the planting pit. As a result, the farmland looked neat and even, pleasing to the eye.

The next step was to sow the seeds. This process was about the experience because the distance between each seedling had to be measured and estimated. After all, Li Wei did not know the quality of this seed and how big it could grow.

Moreover, it was a god-level farm, and the seeds were all plump. It would not be good if they grew up big and crowded together to compete for nutrients in the soil. Therefore, he was very cautious and intentionally widened the distance between them, trying to sow each seed at a distance of about 30 centimeters.

Then, he carefully used the shovel to evenly cover the seeds with fine soil. This was to prevent the seeds from being eaten by birds, which would affect the germination rate. It was a pity that there was no straw in the warehouse. Otherwise, he would have laid some out, keeping them warm and promoting germination.

He had learned all of this while working on the farm. He looked up at the birds flying in the sky and thought, “I wonder if these animals will become stronger if they eat crops?” He did not overthink, just a random question that came to his mind. After all, there was no precedent for such a thing in the Human Empire.

After sowing, the next step was to bring in water, which was simple. There was a stream next to it, and there would not be a problem so long as the pipe was connected to the tap. Li Wei sat on the ground, looking at the appropriate amount of water drawn into the farmland.

He could finally take a break after being busy for nearly three hours. He went to the stream and took some clean water to wash the sweat off his face. He even took a few sips of the stream water. It was very sweet.

Strictly speaking, he had not finished his work. He still needed to apply fertilizer if he wanted the carrots to ripen quickly. Then, however, he stopped what he was doing and stood in the middle of the field in a daze.

He suddenly realized that he seemed to have neglected a fatal factor— time. If he did not solve this problem, he would still fail his entrance exam.

He should have known that even if the carrots ripened faster, it would still take about five months, and his entrance exam would start in three months. There was not enough time, no matter how much his vitality increased after eating the carrots.

“Sigh! How could I have forgotten about this? Wouldn’t that be a waste of effort?”

Li Wei smacked his forehead for making a low-level mistake. Everything was going according to the laws of nature, except for the time the crops needed to ripen.

He stood in the middle of the field with his arms akimbo, feeling a little headache. However, he was not stupid. Since there was a problem, why did he not ask? This was his system, after all.

Therefore, he immediately called the system interface and tried to ask, “Is the maturity time of the crops the same as in the real world?”

Everything he had come into contact with before was real. However, there should be something different since it was a “god-tier farm.” Soon, a line of explanation appeared on the panel.

[The time on the farm is synchronized with the real world.]

[Prompt: The fertilizer in the warehouse can double the maturity period of crops.]

Li Wei’s eyes immediately lit up, “Double the time?”

In other words, with the help of fertilizer, the carrots that originally needed five months to ripen would take half the time – only two and a half months.

“There’s still time!” Li Wei touched his chin, feeling certain.

Strictly speaking, there were still 87 days left before the university entrance exam. Even if the carrots took a longer time to ripen, they could be harvested within 80 days, no matter what. In other words, he still had about a week of free time.

Li Wei kept in mind the characteristics of his farm. After all, in agriculture, only by mastering the time can one master the initiative.