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However, Xia Xun looked at the coconuts and iridium tablets needed for the materials and felt that she didn't have to worry about that for the time being.

On the contrary, as the knowledge of the new profession of extractor flooded his mind, he was delighted and gained a completely new understanding of various tree saps.

"Great, now Jingye doesn't have to touch the curse!"

With a smile on her face, Xia Xun felt that there was hope for the materials she needed to make high-grade fertilizer.

He plans to sow the seeds today, and then fertilize part of the cultivated land later to conduct a comparative experiment.

"Sigh, it's a pity that my dream of getting rich by buying gold has been shattered." Xia Xun sighed in disappointment and hugged Okunoda Miyo beside her.

In Gensokyo, gold is valuable, but not as valuable as he had anticipated.

A copper ingot costs fifty coins, and an iron coin costs seventy coins.

A gold ingot costs only one thousand coins!

Xia Xun was stunned when he heard the blacksmith's price yesterday. It wasn't 1,000 coins per gram, but 1,000 coins per piece of refined gold ingot.

He asked incredulously and learned that there were many gold production channels in Gensokyo.

Xia Xun's original prediction was correct; gold was indeed a suitable material for alchemy. However, alchemy itself could produce large quantities of gold, and places like the Fog Rain Magic Shop in the village possessed the relevant techniques.

Furthermore, the vengeful spirits can continuously produce gold, although it contains toxins, there are already mature methods to remove it.

Therefore, although gold is a precious metal and a symbol of wealth in Gensokyo, it is far less valuable than in the world where Natsumi lives.

"Alright, don't be sad." Miyo Okunoda hugged Natsumi, warming his wounded heart with her broad embrace.

Looking at Xia Xun, who was burying his head in his chest and looked dejected, a hint of a smile appeared in her eyes.

Miyo Okunoda never expected that Natsumi, who had always seemed so capable since arriving in Gensokyo, would also run into the same pitfalls that most outsiders encounter.

"I've realized once again that the most valuable thing in Gensokyo is the extraordinary."

With a soft sigh, Xia Xun accepted Okunoda Miyo's gentle comfort, and then the two got up to wash up.

I stepped into the kitchen after a long time.

Shion Ikami, who had just finished work, was washing rice and chatting quietly with Ion Ikami, who was yawning beside her.

"Good morning, Shion." Xia Xun greeted Shion, and after receiving a happy response, his gaze fell on Shion: "Shion, you should rest more."

"Thank you for your concern, Mr. Xia Xun." With a sweet smile, Yi Shennvyuan shook her head and said, "It's nothing, I'm happy to help prepare breakfast."

As soon as she finished speaking, Yi Shennvyuan couldn't help but yawn again, her face immediately turning bright red. She said shyly, "I'm just feeling a bit flustered because of the increased workload at the shop. I'll be fine in a couple of days."

"Has the workload at the Night Sparrow Diner increased again?" Xia Xun asked, a look of curiosity on her face.

Seeing this, Goddess Garden maintained a shy expression on her face, but inwardly clenched her fist tightly.

Great, we finally seized a good opportunity.

She works hard every day, and after get off work she only rests for a short while before coming to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, all in order to integrate into this family and get closer to Xia Xun.

Originally, according to the Goddess Garden plan, once the Night Sparrow Diner was reformed to a higher standard, a separate report would be given to Xia Xun at an opportune time.

But this morning, Xia Xun came to the kitchen after a long absence. Unlike the usual large group in the restaurant, this was a good opportunity for her to show off.

"This is all thanks to Mr. Xia Xun." Winking at Xia Xun and smiling, Yi Shennvyuan said in a lively and cheerful manner, "But Boss Mistya is also very hardworking."

"With the recent increase in customers, Night Sparrow Diner has begun to expand again."

"The Night Sparrow Diner is going to expand." Xia Xun was a little surprised; Mistya was really going all out.

Anyone who's worked in a restaurant knows how demanding the job is.

Thankfully, Yi Shennvyuan can now handle some kitchen work, otherwise Xia Xun thinks the little night sparrow would be exhausted.

However, has Mistya paid off his debt?

It seems he didn't get any money from Purple or Orange.

"Miyo, has Mistya come to pay back the money again?" Xia Xun asked Okunoda Miyo beside him.

“No.” Okunoda Miyo shook her head while washing vegetables, but smiled and said, “Miss Mistya should have used all the money to expand the cafeteria.”

As a signboard girl, Okunoda Miyo knows the funds needed for restaurant expansion or renovation.

Beside her, Yi Shennv Yuan listened to the conversation between the two, and a smile quietly crept onto her lips.

She was the one who brought this on.

With her gaze fixed on Xia Xun, Shion felt a surge of excitement: "Mr. Xia Xun, there's no need to worry. The Night Sparrow Diner is indeed doing very well right now."

"However, the Night Sparrow Diner has recently encountered some problems that it cannot solve."

"We've already consumed most of our Stardew Valley crops, and Master Mistya has asked me to remind Mr. Xia Xun to ship them out again."

"Oh, this." Xia Xun suddenly realized and nodded, "Nv Yuan, tell Mistya when you go to work today."

"Reassure her that the crops at Stardew Valley Farm are about to double."

"That's so reassuring." Yi Shennvyuan's lips curled up happily, her eyes looking at Xia Xun as if she were looking at Mistya.

Finally, under her instigation, the two of them spent a large sum of money.

It's a pity that even so, Xia Xun's money won't be completely depleted, but it's a different story for Mistya.

After breakfast, everyone got busy with their own work.

Xia Xun also received the fruits of Qiu Rongzi's hard work from the excited Qiu Rongzi, a total of more than 19,000 seeds.

On 28 mu of vacant farmland, a total of 8000 portions of potatoes, 2000 portions of sweet potatoes, 1500 portions of strawberries, 3000 portions of cucumbers, 2000 portions of soybeans, 2000 portions of peanuts, 100 portions of parsnips and 70 portions of cauliflower were planted.

After sowing was completed, Xia Xun began preparing high-grade fertilizer in preparation for fertilization.

The six thousand fish he ordered from Junmi Ushizaki were delivered when he went down into the mine the day before yesterday.

Adding the ordinary tree sap collected from cutting down trees yesterday morning, Xia Xun can synthesize a total of 1,200 portions of advanced fertilizer.

After a moment's consideration, he directly applied fertilizer to six different crops planted over large areas, using two hundred portions as a unit.

Then came the long-awaited full-scale watering.

By the time Xia Xun finished sowing all the seeds for the day, a whole morning had passed.

"It will take quite a while to irrigate 30 mu of land in one go."

Waving away the rain clouds in the sky, Xia Xun rubbed his shoulders and looked at the vast farmland, thinking that he should install the sprinklers as soon as possible.

However, I have some free time this afternoon. Should I go mining or fulfill my promise to Mokou?

Chapter 235 Let's Build an Industrial Base

Xia Xun decided to go mining.

It turns out that building Stardew Valley was more important than teaching Fujiwara no Mokou how to use electrical appliances.

Ding.

With a crisp beep, the elevator doors opened on the fifth basement level of Honglong Cave.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Carrying his pickaxe, Xia Xun greeted the kappa and tengu who were working, and headed deeper into the mine.

Occasionally, large insects will come out and attack on the road, but their numbers are much fewer than at the beginning.

"This amount of experience points is completely insufficient to increase my combat level."

Xia Xun smashed a large insect with a pickaxe, then looked at his almost stagnant combat experience bar and felt a headache coming on.

Unlike other skills, combat skills can only gain levels after defeating a target.

Xia Xun was already thinking that if things really didn't work out, he would just take off the Brilliant Ring and then kill the endless stream of vengeful spirits from the ground.

Following the familiar road, we ventured deeper and deeper into the mine.

Xia Xun stopped thirteen stories underground, scratching his head as he looked at the collapsed mine shaft.

The mine was blasted before, and this is where it was accidentally destroyed.

"Heave-ho~"

Wielding a pickaxe, Xia Xun cleared the blocked mine tunnel, revealing the cratered mine shaft behind it.

He then took the bomb out of his backpack and began his enjoyable mining adventure again.

The deafening explosions echoed throughout the room.

Xia Xun's steps continued upwards through the mine as time passed, and as he ascended through the mineral layers, the ores he collected underwent different changes.

Gold and dragon pearl mines became scarcer, while iron and copper mines became more abundant, and large quantities of coal were discovered.

Because of his previous experience with the mine collapse, Xia Xun dared not be too reckless and only mined the ore near the mine tunnel.

When Xia Xun came to his senses, he had already arrived at the eighth underground level and was blasting ore along the original mine tunnel.

This mine tunnel is the longest he has ever opened, and it even leads directly to the Nine Heavens Waterfall.

"Cough cough cough, Xia, Xia Xun, wait a minute~!"

Amidst the deafening explosion, a voice came from behind the mine shaft.

"Guoguo?"

Holding a bomb in her hand, Xia Xun turned around in confusion, looking at the Tengu girl who was coughing incessantly.

He quickly controlled the drizzle to suppress the dust and asked curiously, "Is there an interview today?"

"Thank you." Ji Haitangguo said softly, patting the dust off her skirt. She glanced at the bomb in Xia Xun's hand and the mine tunnel behind him, then raised the camera in her hand.

"Actually, it was Lord Ōtengu who asked me to come for the interview, to see how fast the Rainbow Dragon Cave is being built."

"However, Xia Xun is indeed very capable; he has already built the main mine tunnel in just a few days."

With her gaze darting away, Ji Haitang spoke somewhat dryly, as if reading from a script. She tapped her index finger lightly on her chest and said softly with her head down, "What are your plans for the development of Rainbow Dragon Cave?"

"A plan?" Xia Xun thought for a moment upon hearing this, then raised the bomb in his hand: "Does bombing the mine count?"

"No, no!" Ji Haitangguo shook her head quickly, and looked at Xia Xun, who finally told her what had happened: "Actually, Xia Xun, your blasting of the mine today has already caused quite a stir in Monster Mountain."

"Lord Tengu sent me here in the hope that you, Xia Xun, will stop this violent mining method. We Tengu and Kappa actually have very mature mining techniques for future minerals."

"Ah..." Xia Xun was stunned. Was his explosive mining technique about to be sealed away?

"Is the situation really that serious?" Xia Xun asked, somewhat unwilling to give up.

"Mmm~!" Ji Haitang nodded quickly and placed the camera in front of him: "Xia Xun, look."

The photos flashed by, clearly depicting flocks of startled birds and terrified crowds...

Xia Xun flipped through the photos, gazing at the images, and finally sighed helplessly.

"Okay, it looks like I'll have to go back to normal mining methods."

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Xia Xun apologized to Ji Haitangguo, knowing that his blasting of the mine this afternoon must have caused quite a commotion.

"It's alright, as long as you don't mind, Xia Xun." Ji Haitang secretly breathed a sigh of relief and showed a simple smile on her face: "After all, Rainbow Dragon Cave is now your territory, Xia Xun. It's great that you can accept our proposal."

"The specific details of the subsequent mining operations will be discussed between Lord Ootengu and the Kappa, and then you, Natsumi, will be notified."

After finishing her business, Ji Haitangguo's expression immediately relaxed. She looked curiously at the mine tunnel, which looked like it had been bombed, and took several pictures with her camera. "But the commotion you made today was really exaggerated."

"No wonder the area around the fake roof keeps shaking. Xia Xun, how many bombs did you use?"

"Five or six hundred?" Xia Xun replied uncertainly, then a thought suddenly struck him: "Guoguo, did my blasting of the mine cause a commotion on Monster Mountain yesterday?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Haitangguo, who was still surprised by the number of bombs, blinked her big eyes and shook her head: "No."

"Hehe, that's good." Xia Xun chuckled, it seemed his blasting technique was still usable.

However, the location where it is used cannot be close to the surface, but must be deep underground.

Thinking of this, Xia Xun couldn't help but think of the Black Valley Mountain Woman. As a monster living underground, she could definitely give him a lot of suggestions for his mining.

He was also planning to visit the old hell, so he took the opportunity to continue digging the mine shaft downwards.

"Hehe, that's great~"

Ji Haitang's joyful laughter interrupted Xia Xun's thoughts. He turned his head and saw that the girl was excitedly saying, "My prediction came true. Huaguozi's reading of the newspaper will definitely surpass Wenwen's daily report by a large margin."

With her heart pounding, Ji Haitang felt much more relaxed, her mind, which had been tense for the past few days, begin to unwind.

Her previous reports about Xia Xun and Honglong Cave, in competition with Wenwen, used eye-catching headlines, which led many people to come to the fake Tianpeng to buy houses.