Chapter 156 - 154: Magical Reward

Chapter 156: Chapter 154: Magical Reward

After a quick look around the Clothing Workshop, Lin Feng, eager to check his rewards, gave a few instructions and hurried away.

Back home, he closed the door, sat down at the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and began to examine the Clothing Workshop’s attributes.

[Clothing Workshop (Level 2): Increases clothing production efficiency and technical skill learning speed. Produced clothing is more comfortable. Increases clothing production speed by 10% and finished clothing durability by 10%.]

’These Clothing Workshop attributes are pretty good,’ he thought. ’If I can get another comfort attribute later, I won’t need to grind for any other stats.’

Even though it already had a comfort attribute, the higher, the better. The clothes would be that much more comfortable to wear.

’The first two attributes are also very important, especially the one that increases learning speed. I can train skilled workers faster, just like with the Restaurant.’

’This way, as long as I find some skilled workers, I can train them to become masters in the future.’

Lin Feng knew it wasn’t easy to find masters of the textile arts. Some were the kind of experts who preserved intangible cultural heritage.

He was very satisfied with the Clothing Workshop’s attributes, but he was even more curious about the quest rewards—a full five of them.

[Quest Rewards: One Medicinal Cuisine recipe, a fruit improvement reward, a mutated medicinal herb reward, a special clothing manufacturing technique, and one Land Blessing.]

[Matsutake and Bamboo Pith Chicken Soup: Strengthens the body, remedies deficiencies, regulates immune function, and combats fatigue.]

This was the Medicinal Cuisine recipe. Reading its described effects, Lin Feng was delighted.

’This is great stuff. Even though it can only be made at the Restaurant, the effects of this Medicinal Cuisine are truly amazing.’

His past recipe rewards had taught him not to judge a reward by its description alone; the real test was the effect of the finished product.

’Since the description mentions all those effects—strengthening the body, regulating the immune system, and combating fatigue—then it’s guaranteed to deliver.’

’Thinking of the savory matsutake and the delicate bamboo pith, a bowl of this medicinal chicken soup must be delicious.’

Lin Feng wanted to go to the Restaurant right then and there, add the recipe, and have someone make it so he could taste it.

Suppressing the impulse, he moved on to the second reward, which was just as he’d imagined.

[Fruit Improvement: Select one type of fruit to improve, causing it to undergo a positive mutation and become a standard specialty product.]

’I’ll need to set aside some time for this reward. I should research it carefully and pick a fruit with high nutritional value to maximize the profit.’

He realized what made this reward so valuable was the ability to choose the fruit and the guaranteed positive mutation.

It was all upside and no downside.

While fruits could mutate naturally when planted, the ability to choose the fruit and guarantee a positive mutation was clearly far more valuable.

Lin Feng looked at the next reward: a mutated medicinal herb. This one was a bit different from the fruit improvement.

[Mutated Medicinal Herb: Upon use, causes one type of medicinal herb to mutate. The nature of the mutation is uncontrollable, and it will become a standard specialty product.]

’So not only can I not choose the herb, but the mutation is also random. It’s not guaranteed to be a positive one.’

’It’s possible the herb’s negative effects could be amplified, or it could even lose its original properties entirely.’

’This reward is a bit strange. It seems I can use it directly.’

Lin Feng clicked it, and the reward disappeared. He quickly received a message.

[The Mint has mutated. Please go to the Medicinal Herb Garden to inspect the changes.]

’Are you kidding me? So it just randomly picks an herb from the Medicinal Herb Garden to mutate! That means there’s a way to manipulate it, but it’s a shame I already used it.’

’I could have just planted a single type of herb in the Medicinal Herb Garden and then used the reward. That way, I could have essentially chosen which herb would mutate.’

’But that would be too much of a hassle. Under normal circumstances, I’d never do that.’

’The herbs in the Medicinal Herb Garden don’t all mature at once, and I’ll be planting perennial herbs in the future.’

’I could only have pulled something like that off right now, while I only have one Medicinal Herb Garden and not that many types of herbs.’

’I wonder what’s up with the mutated Mint. I can go take a look after I’m done checking the rest of the rewards.’

The next reward, a special clothing manufacturing technique, could be used right away now that the Clothing Workshop was complete.

[Special Clothing Manufacturing Technique: Upon use, you will obtain a special ancient clothing manufacturing technique. Clothing made with this technique will have special effects.]

Lin Feng clicked it curiously. After the reward was used, he quickly received a notification.

[Obtained the improved "Four-Threaded Jiaoluo" manufacturing technique.]

Lin Feng was curious. He didn’t understand the name at all, so he had to use his phone to ask an AI about it.

[Four-Threaded Jiaoluo: A technique where a group of four warp threads are cyclically twisted and interwoven with the weft. In areas where the twisting isn’t required, stable and evenly distributed pores are formed in the fabric. These pores have a chain-like structure, which is why Four-Threaded Jiaoluo is also called "chain-link gauze" or "large-hole gauze." ...]

’It originated in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The process is extremely complex and was almost lost to time. The Jinling Cloud brocade Research Institute and the Modu Museum had to collaborate to develop a new type of loom.’

He searched for this type of clothing and found that the price varied greatly depending on the material used for weaving.

’The technique I got includes both the ancient method and an improved version. The improvement is mainly related to the machinery.’

’Otherwise, with the ancient method, the process is so incredibly complex that it would probably take a single person years to make one garment.’

As for what special effects the clothes made with this technique would have, he would have to actually make a garment to find out, because the effect would vary depending on the materials used.

Finally, there was the last reward, the one Lin Feng was most curious about. He could hardly wait.

[One Land Blessing: Using this blessing grants the "Spring Returns to the Earth, All Things Revive" effect. All plants will enter a state of rapid growth. The effect lasts for 60 days.]

Lin Feng stared at the short description, thinking he must have misread it. He checked it several times just to be sure.

’Holy shit! This blessing is insane! It’s basically Magic.’

He stared at the blessing, lost in thought. It seemed he couldn’t use this thing right now.

If he actually used this blessing in the middle of winter, causing all plants to grow and defy the seasons, it would be so shocking he might end up on the national news.

’It’s a shame. If I weren’t worried about the consequences, I’d plant all sorts of things and use this blessing. Lin Xian Village would be completely transformed.’

He also thought of the Jade Grapes and Lin Xian Tea. If these two specialty products received this effect, their growth speed would be even faster.

Lin Feng tapped his fingers on the table, considering when would be the right time to use the blessing.

’Now is definitely not the right time. The blessing’s area of effect is too large—it would cover a ten-kilometer radius around Lin Xian Village.’

’Besides, if I used it now, winter wouldn’t be over by the time the effect wore off. All that new growth would just die off immediately.’

’I could use it when winter is almost over and the weather starts to warm up, maybe a few days after the New Year. At that point, even if some changes occur around Lin Xian Village, people won’t find it too strange.’

The main reason was that so many strange things had already happened in Lin Xian Village that everyone was mentally prepared. Their tolerance for the bizarre was much higher now.

Looking at this quest’s rewards, he had to admit that while the quest was difficult, the rewards were generous. It wouldn’t be bad to get more quests like this.

Before heading to the Restaurant to make the Medicinal Cuisine or to the Medicinal Herb Garden to check on the mutated Mint, he wanted to see the newly refreshed quests.

’I wonder how many new quests there will be this time.’

Lin Feng glanced at the quest area on his panel and immediately lost his composure.

’I can’t believe it, six new quests! And the rewards look pretty good, too.’

When he saw the reward for the last quest, Lin Feng’s eyes lit up instantly.