Chapter 129: Sealed Ability
In the early morning, Xilutiya woke up from the bed.
Probably because she had just arrived at the new place and hadn’t adapted to the unfamiliar environment yet, she slept lightly and didn’t linger in bed, waking up shortly after dawn.
Sitting in front of the simple dressing mirror, she smoothed out the hair that had been bent from sleeping, then got up and rummaged through the suitcase for an early white cloth skirt to change into.
Going downstairs, the tall woolly mammoth horse was still kneeling and lying on the ground resting, with two foals nestled beside it.
Hearing the sound, the draft horse opened its eyes, saw the slender maiden in front of it, slowly propped itself up on all fours, then shook its head, its thick mane swishing through the air, let out a loud snort, and sprayed rough hot breath on the maiden.
Hmm, Xilutiya covered her nose and took a few small steps back before approaching from the side.
According to those patrolling cavalrymen, this draft horse had a gentle temperament, was easy to tame, and just needed to be fed enough hay and clear water every day.
She first carried over several hay blocks and placed them in the manger, then went to the well side.
This well, besides the most traditional method of hanging a bucket to draw water, could also rely on the push rod nearby; when pushed, the water pump would draw out water.
After the water surged out of the ground, there was a large pool below, with two more layers stacked on top, like a multi-layer fountain.
The first water to come out would fill the upper layer, where shadow reducing powder was placed to condense and precipitate the faint twisted nature in the water, then the relatively clear well water would flow into the lower layer, undergo another precipitation with shadow reducing powder, and finally merge into the pool below.
Carrying a wooden barrel, Xilutiya drew a barrel of water from the preliminarily purified pool, carried it to the stable, poured it into the dedicated stone trough, and the draft horse drank it all in one gulp.
“This won’t do, or I’d be busy all day just drawing water for you.” Xilutiya shook her head helplessly.
She moved over a wooden crate and stepped on it to easily reach the horse’s head; she first tried touching its head to let the draft horse get familiar with her aura, then fed it a few carrots as a treat.
Just as that cavalryman said, this draft horse was indeed very gentle; when eating the carrots, it used its lips to roll them into its mouth to chew, avoiding biting Xilutiya’s hand.
After soothing it for a while, Xilutiya saw that the situation was about right, untied the rope, and led the draft horse out.
Walking slowly on the grassland, following Xilutiya to the pool side, the maiden let it drink directly from the water in the pool.
At this moment, the horse lowered its head into the pool and began drinking heartily, letting Xilutiya see the water level gradually dropping.
After a short while, the draft horse was finally full, and the two foals that had been sleeping in the straw pile earlier also ran over, curiously gathering at the pool side.
They also drank some, but in small amounts.
After the horses were full, Xilutiya led the big horse across the newly turned land in the valley, where the weeds in the soil gradually dried out and turned yellow under the sunlight after being uprooted.
Walking to the center of this newly reclaimed field, the maiden squatted down, grabbed some soil, carefully distinguished it, felt the moisture and looseness inside, lightly sniffed it, then set it aside.
There was also some pollution from twisted nature in the soil; she stood up.
Although crops could still be planted here, cultivating high-quality produce would indeed be very difficult.
No wonder no gardener had taken over here; they probably knew the local situation and preferred the fields around the fortress, which had long been maturely reclaimed, purified, and cleaned fertile good land.
She led the horse onward and stopped at the edge of a small hillside.
“From now on, you do it here, never in the stable, got it?” She wasn’t sure if the draft horse could understand, but decided to try training it first.
Afterward, Xilutiya made some hand gestures to assist in teaching the tall draft horse; finally, after a bout of confusion, the draft horse understood the maiden’s meaning and turned around directly, releasing the digested food waste residue down the hillside edge.
The maiden covered her nose and stood at a distance waiting, thinking that placing the stable 100 meters away from the small house was indeed correct.
The two foals curiously watched for a while and then imitated the mare to do their business here; afterward, Xilutiya led the draft horse back to the stable to continue munching hay.
Returning to the bedroom, Xilutiya went to the windowsill, where three glass cover cages held potted plants: fire cloud orchid, ice cup flower, and swan orchid.
She took down the fire cloud orchid, carefully moved it into the lantern, then held the lantern and went downstairs.
The turned soil still had weed residues, and considering the need to remove insects, Xilutiya decided to first burn this field at high temperature.
When she walked onto the field ridge, emerald honey power infused into the lantern, the star-point flower stamen in the fire cloud orchid swayed, emitting waves of light halo ripples.
Then, invisible fire waves spread outward from the lantern, igniting the dry grass on the ground and quickly sweeping to the distance.
After the yellowed weeds ignited, they emitted puffs of blue smoke, then flames rose with slight crackling sounds, followed by the spread of heat waves.
Standing at the field edge, Xilutiya watched the scene of blue smoke and wildfire spreading before her, patiently observing and waiting.
She occasionally added a few more fire wave ripples, striving to thoroughly bake this field and kill the insect eggs and viruses in the soil.
Around noon, the big fire in the field gradually extinguished, leaving only some blue smoke and charred residual heat.
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The next day, Xilutiya scattered the seeds, then had the draft horse pull a water tank full of clear water, walking along the field paths; during this, the maiden opened the plug at the bottom of the water tank, and a thin water column sprayed out, irrigating the soil and seeds along the way.
After busying like this for nearly ten days, she finally completed the initial sowing of this newly reclaimed fifty mu of land.
Afterward, Xilutiya lay on the bed, not wanting to move at all, just occasionally turning over, with her skirt and hair tangled together, continuing to sleep; although farm work was far less intense than battle, it lasted a long time.
That evening, Xilutiya specially heated water for herself to take a bath, sitting in the warm wooden barrel and resting well for a while.
After finishing the sowing, she finally had some free time and began to focus on her own cultivation improvement issue.
First, she wanted to test whether she could temporarily seal an ability from her fate plate and free up the slot.
Sitting in the meditation room, Xilutiya closed her eyes, carefully sensing the fate plate in her soul consciousness, then activated her talent ability, switching herself from【emerald honey】 to【alien star】.
A wondrous feeling reemerged in her mind, as if she could see many different places in this world.
In the alien star state, her perception was further enhanced; not only could she detect faint space-time rifts, but she could also easily traverse them using the power of the alien star.
At this moment, Xilutiya slowly opened her eyes; her originally light blue eyes now seemed to have faint starlight emerging and fading within, profoundly mysterious.
Then, with light steps, she passed directly through the wall from the meditation room to the adjacent study room.
The entire process was as simple as breathing, without consuming much power.
This discovery gave Xilutiya a clearer understanding of her talent cognition.
After finishing the exploration of the space-time rift traversal ability, she continued with her previous plan, beginning to try sealing the newly learned【aromatherapy Lv.1】.
On the fate plate, the fate card【Girl Under the Starry Sky】（First Order·Alien Star） emitted waves of light halos, then spread along the fate plate to the bottom right card【Aromatherapy Lv.1】, step by step enveloping and covering it with ‘alien star’ power.
After a few breaths, a flash of light passed over【Aromatherapy Lv.1】, the flowing starlight power instantly froze and condensed, like plating a film on the card to isolate it from others.
Soon, this card surrounded by dotted flowers slowly detached from the fate plate and finally landed on Xilutiya’s fingertip.
The intangible card with a faint aura was held between the maiden’s fingers; she realized that without any measures, the【emerald honey】 nature power of this card would slowly dissipate.
But as an intangible conceptual card, it could not be stored like a physical object.
After several trials, Xilutiya finally found a place to temporarily store it.
The central fate card on the fate plate【Girl Under the Starry Sky】 glowed again, drawing in the sealed card, which then fell into the image on the card face.
On the card face, the silver-haired maiden was still sleeping, and on the grassland beside her, there was now a small card; upon closer inspection, there was also a white-based silver-edged book hidden under her sleeve cuff.
『Melelan Ke Praying in the Lake』
After finishing the seal, Xilutiya’s fate plate had another empty ability slot, allowing her to begin learning a new ability.
