Chapter 131: Forging Gold Hammer
Bright sunlight bathed the valley, Xilutiya wearing a small woven sun hat, walked through the grassland in the valley, with lush grassland undulating in the wind as far as the eye could see.
Since that night, the ‘twisted’ nature in this valley had been dispelled and purified, so for at least three months, there was no need to worry about pollution affecting the surface vegetation and creatures.
A gentle breeze passed through the gaps in her sleeves, brushing over her body, making her feel a wave of refreshing coolness, and her mood improved.
This land in the Shadow World was less affected by the ‘Blazing Sun’ in the sky, which meant that even in summer, it wouldn’t be too hot, quite comfortable.
Over these two days, the green seedlings in the fields grew lush and vibrant, arranged neatly, filling Xilutiya with many expectations.
【Wheat】（Pass-41）: After removing the influence of twisted, the crops can grow smoothly.
Now the foundation is laid, and next it will test true skills.
She took out a small tube of ‘Emerald Pupil’ potion, dripped it into her eyes, then emerald hues dyed her eyes, allowing her to see the more complex and delicate spectra emitted by the plants.
Her steps stopped, Xilutiya lightly pressed her hand on the green seedling in front of her, then took a deep breath, as if invisible ripples spread out, with bits of emerald green appearing in her eyes.
Her perception extended along the trees in front of her, spreading across this land, countless colorful spectra appearing in her eyes, the insects and ants in the grassland, withered grass leaves, and soil crevices all emerged one by one.
【Wheat】（Pass-41）: After removing the influence of twisted, it is preliminarily stable for now, but the growth environment still needs continued improvement.
Germination analysis…
Water transport analysis…
Nutrient analysis…
Ventilation check…
Pest search…
Xilutiya knelt on the field ridge, carefully handling each item one by one, while her other hand held a pen, constantly recording data and conditions.
（’Gardening Skill’ proficiency +15）
（’Gardening Skill’ proficiency +19）
（’Gardening Skill’ proficiency +12）
（’Gardening Skill’ proficiency +25）
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The whole day passed, in the evening, Xilutiya brought the recorded book pages back to her small house, preparing to continue organizing and analyzing them one by one.
Planting crops and cultivating flowers and grass are vastly different; the latter, due to small quantities, can have individual environments created and carefully nurtured, so it’s easy to produce high-quality flowers and grass.
But for large-scale crops, it’s hard to attend to every single plant’s condition, so one can only make improvements based on general averages, and then make detailed adjustments one by one when there’s energy and spare time.
After spending time sorting out solutions, Xilutiya organized and wrote them down.
However, though solutions were found, with her alone tending to nearly 40 acres of land, she would be powerless despite her willingness.
It seems adding manpower is essential; she thought that in a couple of days it would be the beginning-of-month market day, perfect to go to White Stone Fortress to take a look, and she also needed to restock some food and daily necessities.
The next morning, Xilutiya harnessed the tall Lakeside Horse, then used a rope to lead two foals, letting them follow beside the mare to prevent them from getting lost on the road, then sat on the horse carriage, lightly shook the reins, and set off with the draft horse.
Because there was only one road to White Stone Fortress with no forks, after the draft horse started, she didn’t need to constantly adjust direction, so afterward she leaned back in the horse carriage watching the scenery, occasionally dozing off.
Around noon, the horse carriage arrived at White Stone Fortress, Xilutiya led the tall draft horse to a stable rest area in the city, temporarily boarding the three horses there.
“Half a day 50 copper coins, one day one silver coin.” The stable staff told her this, then handed her a small wooden plaque as proof.
“Okay.”
After taking the proof, Xilutiya put it in her pocket, then pulled up the black coat hood, with only a bit of silver hair exposed at her neck.
She first entered the marketplace, because tomorrow was the special market open day, and today many vendors had already come early to set up stalls.
“Fresh apples, 50 copper coins per jin.”
“Clear water, 20 copper coins per pot.” Water could be sold for money too? The maiden was quite surprised.
She walked over, and by now someone ahead was already asking.
“Your water is sold so expensively, on the surface 20 copper coins can buy 20 jin of wheat.”
“You said it yourself, that’s the surface, how can it be the same.” The sturdy man selling water shook a reed fan while explaining.
“This is clear water taken from the sacred spring of White Stone Fortress, with extremely little pollution, can be drunk directly, selling it to you for 20 copper coins is a conscientious price.”
Seeing the other wanted to retort, he continued: “You don’t think this water is just for drinking, do you? You know, whether making potions, alchemy, or learning and practicing water-related secret arts, all require high-purity, pollution-free water. If you see this as a crafting material, doesn’t it seem very cheap?”
“This… seems right.” The audience who originally thought it very expensive now changed their minds somewhat.
“But, can your water really be used as potion material? I remember the distilled pure water sold at the alchemy workshop is one silver coin per pot.”
“That’s for professionals, someone like you who doesn’t even qualify as an apprentice doesn’t need such high-purity purified water, ordinary potion requirements aren’t that high, this water is sufficient.” The water-selling man didn’t spare the other’s face, directly pointing out his identity and situation, telling him not to aim too high.
“Even if you want to better improve yourself, you should save the money from buying water, buy more materials, try more to gain proficiency in alchemy and potion making, raise your rank, that’s the right path.”
The audience who was originally wavering was now fully convinced, many people started pulling out money to buy water, looking at them, most were first order students, still in the early stages of their career path.
Oh, selling clear water can make money too, Xilutiya looked at the stall not far away, thoughtful.
But if she spent energy selling water, it would waste too much time, not only delaying her gardener work, but also hard to gain extra experience from selling water.
Passing this stall, she saw some selling self-made simple crafted items, the sellers mostly students too.
“Red Snow burning powder, 20 silver coins per pack, quick-burning, huge power.” The power probably isn’t that huge, the maiden secretly complained in her heart.
“Hundred-forged steel sword, crafted and reinforced with special process, sharpness and toughness far surpassing other fine steel weapons.” This seems somewhat useful, Xilutiya walked over.
“One sword only one gold coin.” Well, still a bit expensive, the maiden moved her steps away, but from this, crafting is quite profitable.
Before, Agrun had also commissioned her to find a skilled blacksmith here to craft a Golden Gleam Long Saber, now perfect to ask around.
Thinking this, she stopped wandering the marketplace, and went straight to the Blacksmith Street in the city, where Forging Gold Hammer was stationed, inside from first order apprentices to third order professional blacksmiths, a famous organization on Golden Plain, where one could buy handy weapon and equipment at various price points.
Thinking this, Xilutiya entered a side street, walked about 300 meters to a street entrance, where two tall blacksmith statues stood, holding big hammers, with stern faces, distinct muscular outlines, and the towering main gate with hard lines, giving a solid and reliable impression.
〖Forging Gold Hammer〗
‘Hammer iron forge gold, mighty as a hill.’
