I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 321, Growing As Tall As Your Waist

Translator: Silavin

Su Bai left the wooden house and walked towards the greenhouse. He wanted to check on the wheat he had planted.

He had planted the wheat seeds some time ago. He had done so the day he drew them from the System.

He had also planted tomato seeds near the wheat seed. After all, tomatoes were valuable, not just for eating but also for other uses.

He had already planned on a multitude of food he wanted to make once the tomatoes ripened.

However, so far the tomatoes had yet to sprout, so he mainly wanted to see how tall the wheat had grown.

A few minutes later, Su Bai arrived at the greenhouse with the fox eared girl tagging along.

“Shaman, what does this thing called tomato taste like?” Yu Ying curiously asked. When she first heard about tomatoes, she was taken aback. This word was completely unfamiliar to her.

“It’s sweet and sour. I believe you’ll like it. Ah’Hua and the others will surely enjoy it too.” Su Bai smiled.

In his mind, girls generally liked sweet and sour things, especially those in the Primitive Tribe, where food variety was awfully limited. Furthermore, they had never eaten tomatoes before, and tomatoes’ unique flavor was sure to fascinate them.

“I believe you, Shaman.” Yu Ying softly replied. She had become completely devoted to Su Bai now, firmly believing everything he said.

Su Bai entered the greenhouse. By this time, the greenhouse had been completed, and the roof had been made, sealed from the outside environment.

Building the greenhouse was not that difficult. Not when they had such wonderful material like the Smooth Skin Lizard Hide, which hardly needed processing. The Totem Warriors could complete it in just a few days. The most complex part was actually sealing the roof.

After all, it needed to be both rainproof and windproof, extra care was required, and no gaps were allowed.

The greenhouse was very large, with a spacious interior room equivalent to three of Earth’s basketball courts.

Of course, the area planted with wheat, garlic, tomatoes, and other new crops did not take up much space. So, there was still plenty of room left.

This was intentionally requested by Su Bai, because there was still some time before the snow season arrived. He could not guarantee the System would not produce more crops before then.

Moreover, they had brought back many herb seeds from the Hunting Ground that also needed to be planted.

“The growth rate is still so slow…” Su Bai muttered with furrowed brows.

The planted wheat had only sprouted tiny tips. At their previous location, they would have grown much taller by now.

“Shaman, is this wheat?” Yu Ying tilted her head examining the tender yellow sprouts that had emerged.

The fox eared girl was seeing wheat for the first time, so she was especially curious, particularly after hearing it was edible.

“Yes, it’s just sprouting now. It will take a long time before it’s ready to be eaten.” Su Bai said.

At this growth rate, it probably would not be ready to eat by the time the snow season arrived.

“Shaman, don’t you know that Shaman Technique? Can’t you use it to make them grow?” Yu Ying asked innocently.

“Let’s try and see what effect it has on them.” Su Bai pondered.

Previously, he had used his Growth Acceleration Skill on sweet potatoes. After one harvest, he used it on the second planting.

He was worried that due to the slow growth rate of this land, the newly planted sweet potatoes might not survive, so he used it on them.

The results after using it were quite good. The sweet potatoes that were originally withering immediately perked up after the Growth Acceleration Skill was used.

Two days had passed since then, and those sweet potatoes were growing better and better, as Su Bai had observed.

Plants treated with Growth Acceleration Skill would grow faster than usual.

This was something he had not expected, but it was exactly what he wanted. Now, he did not need to use the Growth Acceleration Skill on them every day. He could save his daily uses to apply on other plants.

Su Bai raised his hand and began tracing Shaman Runes in the air. Pale purple light appeared as the runes formed.

The pale purple light quietly slipped from his hand and floated toward the wheat sprouts.

The Growth Acceleration Skill’s light was different from Healing Shaman Technique and unlike the Taming Shaman Technique. The Healing Shaman Technique’s light covered wounds like a cloud.

The Taming Shaman Technique’s light appeared in streams, beginning to wrap around the creature until fully covering them.

The Growth Acceleration Skill’s light was like fine mist, gently drifting around – quite beautiful to look at.

“How beautiful!” Yu Ying watched entranced from the side, her pink eyes forgetting to blink.

The pale purple light quietly spread over the newly sprouted wheat tips, enveloping them like a thin fog. Within the purple mist, the wheat sprouts began visibly growing. Though the speed was slow, they were definitely getting bigger.

“Shaman, they’re growing!” Yu Ying exclaimed.

The fox eared girl’s pink fox tail kept swishing, and her pink fox ears twitched along with it.

Whether seeing it for the first or second time, this sight was still shocking. No one expected a Shaman Technique could be so beautiful and amazing.

“Indeed.” Su Bai nodded. Though he was not entirely satisfied with the wheat sprouts’ growth speed, they were growing nonetheless.

After more than a minute, the pale purple light quietly dissipated. The originally tender yellow sprouts had grown considerably.

From their original height of one small finger joint, they had grown to the height of an adult’s thumb. Their colour had changed from yellow to light green rather than an extremely healthy dark green.

“Shaman, they’ve grown so much!” Yu Ying exclaimed. Such visible change was astonishing.

“Hahaha… This is nothing, we’re just getting started.” Su Bai laughed heartily. [I guess she will always be a little girl at heart, so innocent. But, this little growth is far from enough for the Tribe’s development.]

“Shaman, how tall does the wheat need to grow before we can eat it?” Yu Ying curiously asked, having no concept of this.

“About as tall as your waist, only then can we harvest them.” Su Bai explained.

Yu Ying looked down at her waist, then at the wheat sprouts, her pink eyes widening in shock. “It needs to grow that tall?”

“Yes, it does,” Su Bai solemnly nodded.

Yu Ying instinctively covered her mouth and exclaimed. “In that case, it will take quite a while to grow. Looking at it this way, the wheat’s growth rate is indeed too slow.”

Without comparison there would be no perspective. It was only with comparison that everything became clear. A thumb-high wheat compared to waist-high one was like Heaven and Earth.

“Yeah.” Su Bai smiled.