One was a Healing Nun with no combat ability, and the other was an Adventurer skilled in reconnaissance. To pass the trial of the Wolf of the North while taking these two burdens along made everyone highly confident in Arkz's combat prowess.
The fact that Fischl and Barbara's Elemental Power was nearly depleted showed the intensity of the battle.
And to be able to protect them both so well under such circumstances clearly meant Arkz had exerted great effort.
Passing the trial of the Wolf of the North and obtaining a precious five-star artifact, with the only cost being the exhaustion of Elemental Power and stamina, was something anyone would be proud of.
Furthermore, since the battle was initiated by the decision to save the passersby, Arkz was not to blame.
Thus, the enthusiasm and concern shown by the two families towards Arkz were naturally considerable.
It was like your child went out to play with friends, accidentally entered an arcane competition, and ended up winning the championship and securing guaranteed postgraduate admission. With your child being carried all the way to victory, how could you not be grateful to the other person?
However, the vigilant Rosaria maintained a lingering doubt in her heart.
Did this level of combat ability truly belong to a former Sumeru Scholar who was now a farmer?
Rosaria looked towards the room where Arkz was resting, pondered for a moment, and then slipped into a secret chamber.
A moment later, a pigeon flew out from the church attic.
... Meanwhile, while Arkz was out Foraging, his Clone was conducting the second sowing on the farm.
Previously, when Arkz used his Giant Bear Form to clear the trees on the farm, he also took the opportunity to clean up all the weeds and gravel. However, after a few days, besides the tilled land that Arkz carefully tended to every morning, the other areas had already grown weeds again.
Clone Lu Ming took out an old scythe from a wooden box and began weeding.
"These scythes were left by the previous farm owner. Although they are a bit old, they work fine for cutting grass."
"Once the main body finds a mine entrance, I'll forge a sharper scythe."
"But wasn't this farm created by the System? Where did the previous farm owner come from! So all these old farm tools were gifted by the System."
"This is too stingy. Couldn't it gift some better farm tools?"
Clone Lu Ming mused to himself while weeding.
The weeds were cut off at the root and appeared as fibers in Arkz's backpack. As Arkz's Clone, he could also use the System's backpack space.
Therefore, although the Clone and the main body could not communicate telepathically, they had successfully devised a method for long-distance communication by utilizing this feature of the System.
[I met Fischl while picking windwheel asters at Windrise. I'll be back later today. — — main body left]
Clone Lu Ming took out the note that the main body Arkz had just placed in the space from the backpack, and after reading it carefully, he couldn't help but complain.
"The main body is out flirting while making me do hard labor here."
"I must work hard, and then when I merge back with the main body, I'll exhaust him to death!"
Because when a Clone is dismissed, all fatigue and memories are inherited by the main body, the Clone, feeling slighted by the main body, decided to work diligently to give the main body a big surprise!
"Hiss!"
With one swing of the hoe, he dug out black soil half a foot deep.
Judging by the color of the soil, the land of Springvale Farm, nourished by Arkz's Dendro Elemental Power, combined with Mondstadt's suitable climate, had absolutely sufficient fertility. The crops grown here would definitely be very nutritious.
Moreover, since these crops were grown without chemical fertilizers or pesticides, they were absolutely pure, natural, pollution-free, green organic food. They would definitely sell well before the transmigration!
"Though I can't label them as 'green vegetables,' I can think of other ways to promote them later."
"The Elemental Power nourishing the farm's vegetables dissipates quickly from the vegetables after harvesting, but this Elemental Power has already integrated into the vegetable cells and won't harm the human body. Even ordinary people eating them can strengthen their bodies."
"If I label them as 'Elemental Vegetables' then, I can definitely sell them at a good price."
"Heh heh heh, I'm too smart."
After finishing the weeding, the survival box on the farm gained several hundred units of fiber. Clone Lu Ming had no intention of resting; he immediately put away the scythe and switched to the hoe.
What made him so diligent? It was the resentment in his heart because as a Clone, he still had to eat the main body's 'dog food' on the Qixi Festival!
Clone Lu Ming raised the hoe high, then drove it heavily into the ground. With a slight exertion, he turned over soil more than a foot deep.
Swish!
Swish!
Under Arkz's continuous sweeping, the heavy black soil was turned over as easily as slicing a cake.
In less than half an hour, he successfully turned over one row of land.
One mu of land was about five rows.
Although Arkz's Giant Bear Form had efficiently cleared the farm earlier, the farm's soil had been compacted and hardened by the bear form's exaggerated weight. If the soil wasn't thoroughly loosened, it would definitely affect the germination rate of the seeds planted.
Arkz dug out large chunks of hard soil with the hoe while simultaneously smashing these hard clumps with the hoe, turning them into a loose state.
This way, when watering, irrigating, and using Elemental Power to promote plant growth, the water and Elemental Power could penetrate the soil better.
At the same time, the crop seedlings could absorb nutrients and moisture from the soil more effectively, increasing the survival rate and improving the harvest.
"Luckily, my stamina is good."
Loosening the soil with a hoe is meticulous work that heavily tests patience and stamina.
It took Arkz a full hour to finish the soil loosening work.
Fine beads of sweat constantly seeped from his forehead, and the soreness in his muscles motivated him even more.
Without taking a break, Clone Lu Ming took out the seed bag and retrieved the seeds inside.
300 portions of carrot seeds, 50 portions each of green beans, cauliflower, and cabbage!
Most importantly, those one hundred portions of strawberry seeds!!!
These one hundred portions of continuously harvestable strawberry seeds were, in Arkz's view, his precious money tree!
They matured in just eight days, and he could harvest once every four days. He wouldn't need to worry about planting new crops until the end of spring.
If strawberry seeds weren't so rare and unavailable for sale on the market, Arkz would have considered converting the entire farm to grow strawberries.
"Plant the strawberries first."
Out of importance for the strawberry seeds, Arkz planted them in the central location of the tilled land to better protect these seeds and reduce the possibility of them being eaten by crows or wild boars.
In a few more days, the potato seeds would mature and be ready for harvest, and there was also a large pile of carrots that had been stored in Arkz's backpack space but not yet sold. Springvale Farm would finally have income.
"Whoosh!"
"Scattering flowers like a celestial maiden!"
Arkz scooped up a handful of strawberry seeds from the seed bag and carefully scattered them into the furrow he had just dug with the hoe.
Under Arkz's precise control of force, the strawberry seeds embedded themselves into the soil like hidden weapons, arranged neatly.
After finishing one row, the strawberry seeds were exactly used up.
Arkz raised the hoe again and covered the seeds in the furrow with soil.
Because Arkz had already loosened the soil beforehand, this step was significantly easier than tilling the land earlier.
Afterward, Arkz also planted the cauliflower, cabbage, and carrots.
Because the hoe had turned up the soil underneath, and the surface soil was relatively moist, the patch of land in front of Arkz, which had been moistened by his sweat, was a deeper color compared to the uncultivated areas.
The farmland, originally occupied by weeds, became neat and tidy, with square plots of land arranged in an orderly manner.
A sense of satisfaction arose at a single glance.
"Just one last step left: watering!"
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