The Fantastic Little Farmer

Chapter 211: Chapter 211: Going to Ghost Blows Out the Light?

The first lives Zhang Yun brought in were a turtle and a soft-shelled turtle. The soft-shelled turtle drank the pool water, grew up immediately, and was sold right away. As for the turtle, he had no idea where it hid and never bothered to look for it.

Later, when buying fish fry, he released a few into the pool, unsure if they could withstand it. As it turned out, the fish in the pond that ate the melons and fruits grew rapidly, whereas the fish in this pool stopped growing once they reached the size of a few fingers.

Even later, he brought in a Crow, which he promptly forgot about.

The fish sank to the bottom of the water. Turtles were naturally adept at hiding and laying low, but Crows were noisy creatures. Surprisingly, this guy knew how to hide too. It was likely hiding in the vegetable patch or among the giant, tree-like seedlings.

Zhang Yun now found that he could sense their existence. It seemed to be their souls, appearing like red dots in his consciousness. He could clearly distinguish which was which.

He wondered, ”What is going on? I am the master of this space, so I can manipulate their souls?”

Zhang Yun tried to move his mind, plucking at the souls of the fish with his thoughts.

SPLASH. The sound of water immediately echoed from the pool. The fish that were obediently resting at the bottom leaped up. He could almost feel their panic!

Zhang Yun walked closer for a look and discovered that, just like the seedlings, melons, and fruits, they had also mutated. However, they didn’t become gigantic; instead, they were about the size of typical goldfish.

”One red, one yellow, and one blue... You guys make up the three primary colors,” he muttered.

The batch Zhang Yun originally brought in were all grass carp, but now they had transformed into three solid-colored goldfish.

He mused, ”If I keep raising them, will they turn into three mermaids? If they turn into mermaids, will the turtle turn into the Turtle Minister?”

Zhang Yun felt a slight chill at the thought and shifted his attention to the turtle, using his mind to command it to come out.

Soon, the turtle crawled out, panicked but unable to control itself. It had been hiding under the mysterious plants that were originally there. Now, it was only the size of a palm, nowhere near as huge as the soft-shelled turtle.

”Interesting. Have you watched Spirited Away? Do you know that you’ll get killed if you eat too much and get fat?”

Zhang Yun muttered, then immediately issued a stern warning to the turtle through his mind! It could drink water and eat the melons, fruits, and grain over there, but it was not allowed to eat the fish in the water, nor could it eat any other plants, flowers, or fruits!

The Mysterious Petal had extremely potent medicinal effects, and now there were barely any petals left. As for the fruit in front of it, it had only grown a little and was far from being ripe. If the fish he was observing were eaten, he could raise more. But if the turtle ate the Mysterious Petal and the fruit, even slaughtering it wouldn’t appease Zhang Yun’s anger! Regardless of what it naturally liked to eat, he handed down a strict death order!

The turtle seemed to understand Zhang Yun’s meaning, but it couldn’t respond. It merely stretched and retracted its head, which roughly conveyed a nod.

”Come out!”

After frightening the goldfish and lecturing the turtle, Zhang Yun directly ordered the Crow to come out.

A large mass of pitch-black emerged from behind the giant seedlings, looking at Zhang Yun in terror.

”You’ve definitely gotten fat. You didn’t eat any less of the grain and fruits, did you?”

Zhang Yun had no idea how much it had eaten. Those plants had all mutated; they didn’t wither or wilt. The overly crowded living space prevented them from expanding infinitely, but once picked, they would bear fruit again.

Crows were somewhat aggressive by nature. Now, its size had grown to resemble a falcon, yet it stood there obediently, not daring to pounce on Zhang Yun.

”Spread your wings and let me see.”

Zhang Yun sent a thought over, unsure if it would understand.

Soon, the Crow indeed spread its wings. It didn’t seem to understand why it had to do so, but it simply did it anyway.

”Not bad. You can continue eating and growing. But you are only allowed to eat the grain and fruits over here. You are not allowed to touch anything else, otherwise, I’ll take your life!”

Zhang Yun issued another stern warning, then watched as it hid itself away once more.

Looking at the Peach Blossom Spring Space again, Zhang Yun felt that it had gained a touch more vitality. Perhaps he could try bringing in even more things. He didn’t know if absorbing more Spiritual Energy would cause it to continue expanding.

Ming Tian, I will first go look for the Fufeng Grass, and plant it here until it reaches ten years of age before deciding on the next step.

At the thought of the Fufeng Grass, Zhang Yun immediately exited the Peach Blossom Spring Space and opened WeChat, as he still didn’t know what it looked like. Although he had confidence in the Mysterious Petal, it was better to have double insurance. He couldn’t let his dad endure the agony of migraines again.

Zhang Lifeng hadn’t forgotten about this matter. He took a photo of the Fufeng Grass from a medical book and sent it over, along with a detailed description.

After carefully memorizing the appearance of the Fufeng Grass, Zhang Yun checked his WeChat messages again and saw one from Chen Hui.

”Sorry, I had something to do and left. This is the address to Teacher Cao’s home, you can go take a look yourself.”

Chen Hui was still quite attentive and had immediately helped him ask around about this matter. However, since he had been undecided for a few days, she naturally had to attend to her own business.

Zhang Yun felt a bit ashamed; he simply hadn’t had the time to consider this over the past few days. ”Thanks a lot. I’ll go. I’ll treat you to a meal later.”

”[Smile]” Chen Hui quickly replied, but it was just a smiling emoji. According to current social etiquette, a single [Smile] emoji was often seen as perfunctory, or even akin to a dismissive sneer. This left Zhang Yun at a loss for words, so he didn’t reply any further.

There was another message sent by Zhang Long a few minutes prior.

”Zhang Yun, I heard you’re back?”

”Yes.”

Zhang Yun was somewhat reluctant to reply to him. Last time, they had mentioned wanting him to take them out to find some women. Damn it, what did he know about that!

”Wanna come out and hang?” Zhang Long immediately replied. Perhaps guessing that going out to play at this hour would cause Zhang Yun to misunderstand, Zhang Long quickly sent another text: ”Not going out to party. It’s just our little expedition team going on an adventure.”

An adventure? An adventure like going to Old Tomb Ridge in the middle of the night last time?

Zhang Yun felt completely uninterested. ”I’ve been driving for a long time and I’m very tired, so I won’t go.”

Zhang Long couldn’t type fast enough, so he immediately sent a voice message. ”Jin Lu found what might be an ownerless Ancient Tomb. We don’t know what era it’s from, and our village doesn’t know about it either. It might be very old. We’re planning to dig it up; we might just score something valuable. Don’t you collect these things? Come with us, we’ll give you a share!”

Zhang Yun thought in shock, ”Holy crap! Are these bastards really getting into tomb raiding? Is it really some ownerless Ancient Tomb? Or is it that they don’t dare dig up the ancestral graves of their own clan, so they’re going to dig up someone else’s?”

Zhang Yun would never stoop to digging up other people’s ancestral graves, but he knew he couldn’t persuade them otherwise. Jin Lu had even considered extorting Zhang Youcai. They were already bordering on becoming hooligans. If they continued to slide down this path, they might eventually follow the same road as Li Bing and his lot. But they were merely peers of the same age. They weren’t his cousins, nor were they close childhood friends. Zhang Yun had neither the standing nor the interest to educate others.

”I’m too tired, so I’ll pass. You guys... stay safe. And, you know, light a candle in the corner first or something.”

Zhang Yun originally wanted to say that if they found anything, he could pay to buy it. But wouldn’t that equate to encouraging tomb raiding? It would also make him seem like he disdained doing manual labor with them and was instead just throwing money at them. It wouldn’t end well.

”Alright. No worries, we’ve read Candle in the Tomb!” Zhang Long replied simply and said no more.

Zhang Yun thought worriedly, ”Candle in the Tomb? Damn it... I hope nothing goes wrong!”

Zhang Yun was getting ready for bed, but he couldn’t resist glancing out the window toward Xiuxun’s house. It was still dark. He suddenly remembered something—the jade Protective Talisman that Xiuxun had given him had fallen off at some unknown point during a fight, and he had completely forgotten about it...