Chapter 8

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

After staying at the farm for nearly five hours, the long-awaited signs of germination finally appeared. Tiny green sprouts embellished the red and black soil beautifully.

“F*ck! It’s finally here!”

Li Wei ran toward the warehouse. It was the best time to apply fertilizer since it had just sprouted. After carrying a bag of fertilizer to the field, he began distributing the appropriate dosage with a shovel.

He knew that the first fertilization was crucial based on his experience working at the farm. Overdosage or exceeding the standard could easily cause the carrots to have deformed roots. Therefore, he had already made his calculation. Squatting in the field, Li Wei used the shovel to push the soft soil aside slightly.

While fertilizing, the strange fertilizer smell blended with the soil smell, so strong that Li Wei could not even open his eyes. Regardless, he smiled because the crops would grow much faster after being fertilized. Moreover, this god-level fertilizer could shorten the ripening time gifted by the newbie gift pack!

Thinking about how he would become a powerhouse in two months, the feeling of being within reach was exciting!

Li Wei was particularly careful when fertilizing, trying not to hurt the seedlings. As a result, it took him nearly two hours to fertilize the entire carrot area, though it was only tens of meters wide.

Nonetheless, Li Wei felt that it was worth it. He wanted the first harvest batch to be perfect, hoping the planned 12 points of vitality would be replenished.

Moreover, planting was about taking care of the plants carefully while adapting to the weather, and it could not be rushed. Finally, after repeatedly checking that there were no problems, Li Wei found that he had been staying here for too long, so he reluctantly left.

He slept for eight hours after returning to reality. He was very excited, seeing that the harvest was coming soon.

“Zhang Feng! Get up! Let’s go to the gym!”

Hearing Li Wei’s voice, Zhang Feng, sleeping with a pillow in his arms, said impatiently, “Sigh, buddy, don’t disturb me, okay? The 0.1 vitality can’t be increased by going to the gym…”

Finally, he turned around and covered his head with a pillow, ready to continue sleeping.

However, Li Wei’s following words made him sit up in surprise, “Who said you can’t? If you want to save time, you can also train your vitality in the gym. By the way, lend me some money. I’m going to sign up for the Fist of Hope.”

Zhang Feng was not only surprised but rather shocked by Li Wei’s words. The fat man sat up and asked with his eyes wide open, “I didn’t hear wrong, did I? You want to participate in the Fist of Hope?”

Li Wei sat on the chair and nodded indifferently.

“Ah.” The sleepy-eyed Zhang Feng covered his face, feeling a pain in his brain, then said, “Buddy, I’ve always believed that you’re telling the truth, but that should be after you’ve become an official martial artist.”

He continued, “Don’t misunderstand. It’s not that I don’t want to lend you money. However, the Fist of Hope is filled with experts from all the high schools in the province. So, if you went and didn’t win anything, wouldn’t it be a waste of effort? What if you are injured and it affects your College Entrance Exam?”

Although he had just woken up and was not very clear-headed, Zhang Feng’s words were already tactful. He was afraid of hurting his buddy’s self-esteem. As the Fist of Hope was only a battle between prospective martial artists, the amount of vitality that could be used was very limited.

However, there were also differences between prospective martial artists. As a football league, powerhouses would still dominate it, even if it were a low-level one.

Li Wei’s vitality was only 0.35. He would be among the worst in any high school in the province. Moreover, those guys would want to be in the limelight in the competition, so they would not show any mercy. If Li Wei went, losing face was a small matter, but what if he were injured?

After yawning, Zhang Feng rolled his green bean-like small eyes as if he had figured out Li Wei’s motive, then said, “I know you’re anxious. How about this? If we get into university, I’ll ask my dad to pay for your tuition, or I’ll borrow from him if it doesn’t work out. So don’t let the tuition fee issue affect your health.”

From Zhang Feng’s perspective, Li Wei must be doing it for some tuition fees. Anyway, his family was wealthy, so it would not be an issue to help with Li Wei’s tuition fee if he got into university.

Li Wei did not know whether to laugh or cry looking at his buddy’s reaction. However, it made sense that Zhang Feng did not believe in him winning the competition. If not for the appearance of the system farm, Li Wei would not have the courage to join in the fun.

However, things were different now. The carrots ripened faster than expected. He could count the days to the day he would become stronger. Nonetheless, he could not tell Zhang Feng about his system’s secret and that he would become stronger in two months.

Thus, Li Wei said in a unique tone, “Tsk! You fatty, can’t you just trust your buddy for once? There are still two months left anyway. What if I can become stronger by then? In short, will you lend it to me as a buddy?”

This was somewhat of a “moral kidnapping,” but it was indeed a killer. Zhang Feng could not stand the most when people questioned his loyalty to his buddies.

Then, he took out his wallet from the cabinet, “Alright, alright. Isn’t it just 500 bucks? Just treat it as a chance for you to experience life through the competition. Anyhow, I’ll keep an eye on you. You must withdraw if the situation doesn’t look right!”

Li Wei took the five hundred yuan note and said meaningfully, “Don’t worry, things are fine now.”

…

Zhang Feng, who was awakened, was no longer in the mood to sleep and accompanied his buddy to the school gate while yawning along the way.

Here was the registration point for Fist of Hope at their school. It was almost 8:30 a.m., the peak time for schooling. Many students started gossiping as they saw Li Wei and Zhang Feng walk to the registration point.

“Isn’t that Li Wei and Zhang Feng from Class 15? Are they planning to participate in the competition in two months?”

“It should be Zhang Feng signing up. He’s quite capable.”

“Not Zhang Feng. Didn’t you see Li Wei filling out the form?”

“What? Is he signing up for the competition? Are you kidding me?”

“Pfft… Haha! He wants to participate in the competition with only a low vitality of 0.35?”

“I guess he can’t even beat the host of the competition!”

“…”

Li Wei’s vitality score was notoriously weak in school. Yet, he wanted to sign up for the competition. Was not he aware of his strength at all? One had to know that the students who signed up had to be at least in the top five of their respective schools. Otherwise, they would only get beaten up.

Li Wei’s action was simply ridiculous! The school gate was instantly filled with students who wanted to watch the fun. The sounds of laughter were endless.

Sitting behind the registration table, the organizer’s staff also realized that the atmosphere was not quite right, so he asked Li Wei tentatively, “Student, are you sure you want to sign up? From what I know, some students from other high schools who signed up have at least 5 points of vitality.”

In the face of the ridicule of the surrounding students’ and the staff’s doubts, Li Wei steadily wrote his name on the registration form with his expression unchanged and said calmly, “Here’s the 500 yuan registration fee, count it”.

Zhang Feng, who had initially opposed his buddy’s participation in the competition, seemed loyal at this moment. He stood behind Li Wei with his arms akimbo, glanced at the guys who were watching, and said loudly, “What are you looking at? Can’t people have dreams? If you’re not convinced, come and have a one-on-one fight with me. I’ll beat you so badly that even your mother won’t recognize you!”

Although everyone looked down on Li Wei, they were still very afraid to see the fierce Zhang Feng, who was quite talented despite his fat figure. It would not be a problem for him to enter the country’s top ten Imperial Martial Artists University as long as he worked hard.

Seeing that he was backing Li Wei up, many students could only smile while cursing in their hearts as they left.

Ring…

The school bell rang, notifying everyone that class was starting.