Chapter 157 - 155: New Mission

Chapter 157: Chapter 155: New Mission

He took a sip of tea to calm himself. Although the quest rewards included things he wanted, the difficulty had also clearly increased.

It wouldn’t be easy to complete these quests in a short amount of time, especially the last few.

[Quest 1: A new specialty has been obtained. Harvest the Lin Xian Tea once.

Quest Reward: Lin Xian Tea processing method.

Quest 2: A bountiful harvest brings joy. Achieve a great harvest from the Farmland, completing the harvest of one hundred mu of Farmland.

Quest Reward: A type of improved crop seed.

Quest 3: The village roads are constrained. Open up a new road into the village to alleviate traffic pressure.

Quest Reward: One-time improved roadside tree mutation.

Quest 4: Due to geographical limitations, tourist reception is restricted. Develop a new area to increase tourist capacity to over 30,000 people.

Quest Reward: A unique natural wonder.

Quest 5: The lack of functional buildings has led to incomplete village development. Construct a Woodworking Workshop, Stone Workshop, Blacksmith’s Shop, and Wharf.

Quest Reward: A lost woodworking technique, the Stone Dragon Carving Skill, a Special Forging Technique, and a mutated fish species.

Quest 6: The village’s development requires the support of special buildings. Complete the construction of the special buildings: Academy, Mountain God Temple, Folk Workshop, and Research Institute.

Quest Reward: A special papermaking craft, the Body Strengthening Technique, a lost ceramics craft, and an alloy formula.]

The Cultivation Technique Lin Feng had been dreaming of had finally appeared. It was just that the name didn’t sound very impressive.

"Body Strengthening Technique... that name doesn’t sound badass at all. Give me a Cultivation Technique, or even a True Qi Cultivation Technique from a wuxia story would be fine!"

Unfortunately, the system panel wouldn’t respond to him. He could only passively accept it, which was a bit frustrating.

’Looks like I won’t get the chance to pursue Cultivation or learn Qinggong after all.’

Lin Feng dreamed of being able to fly, or of having Qinggong, flitting through the forests and mountains, leaping down from high peaks.

He looked at the other rewards. The first quest was straightforward enough, but he hadn’t expected that Lin Xian Tea would require a special processing method.

If the system didn’t reward him with the method, any Lin Xian Tea produced using traditional techniques would probably lose some of its effects.

As for the second quest’s reward, based on the previous fruit improvement reward, he understood it was a chance to choose and obtain a common crop specialty.

’This seems pretty good, too. Some crops can’t be grown on a large scale, so I can use this method to get them as a specialty.’

Compared to Quest 3, the reward for Quest 2 was better. The improved roadside tree mutation might be like the Mint mutation—too much uncertainty.

’But Lin Xian Village doesn’t seem to have any roadside trees planted. I’ll need to look into that and find some good-looking ones.

The roads in Lin Xian Village really do need to be redone. And I need a new road specifically for vehicles, separate from the tourist paths.’

After trending online several times, a huge number of tourists had flooded into Lin Xian Village, delaying all sorts of construction projects.

Otherwise, the pace of construction in Lin Xian Village would have been a bit faster.

’I could build a road out from the North Mountain side. That would work well with building the water plant, since I’ll need to lay water pipes down that way anyway.’

Although the road wouldn’t be easy to build, he had money now and wasn’t concerned about the cost.

’My thanks to the generous overseas medical organizations. Thank you for your support!’

Starting from Quest 4, the rewards began to change. He was rather curious: what kind of "unique natural wonder" would it be?

Unfortunately, the quest reward had no description. He would only find out what the natural wonder was after completing the quest.

’This quest is going to be a bit tough to complete!’

Hu Xia’s side had already figured out how many tourists Lin Xian Village could handle: between 10,000 and 12,000 people. Any more than that and they would be overwhelmed.

To complete this quest, his only option was to develop the valley over by South Mountain. That way, accommodating 30,000 tourists would definitely be no problem.

The amount of work involved was significant; it was probably the most difficult of all these quests.

’Maybe I can think of another way.’

He could only set this quest aside for now and make a decision after studying the area around Lin Xian Village.

Quests 5 and 6 were similar to the final quest from the previous set, and the rewards were comparable as well.

The woodworking technique, Stone Dragon Carving Skill, and Forging Technique were all pretty normal, but the final reward of a mutated fish species left him a bit puzzled.

He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and pondered the reason for this reward.

’Does it want me to raise fish?’

He checked the system panel. There were indeed no resource buildings related to fish, which was very strange.

Land animals and flying creatures could both be raised in the Livestock Shed, but aquatic life certainly couldn’t.

’Maybe aquatic resources are related to the Wharf. I’ll just have to wait until the Wharf is built to find out.’

However, when he thought about the place in Lin Xian Village where the Wharf would be built—the valley lake formed by the underground river—he realized its area wasn’t very large.

It wasn’t really big enough for fish farming, and he couldn’t just count on another highly suspicious topographical change, could he?

Lin Feng recalled the surroundings of Lin Xian Village. It seemed the only suitable place for aquaculture was inside South Mountain, above the waterfall.

There was a long, narrow natural reservoir there; the waterfall’s water flowed out from it.

Two mountains formed a pincer-like shape, creating an inverted "V" at the waterfall area that prevented water from flowing through directly.

The water source that flowed over the waterfall then drained away through an underground river. Only during the high-water season would a stream appear at the bottom of the South Mountain valley.

Future construction plans included creating a backwater area at the bottom of the South Mountain valley to turn it into a river-rafting attraction.

’Once the South Mountain valley is developed, I’ll check the conditions inside and see if it’s suitable for aquaculture.’

Looking at the rewards for Quest 6, he’d only be able to figure out the deal with the Cultivation Technique and other things after he obtained them.

As for the paper and ceramics crafts, Lin Feng was a little curious. What kind of techniques were they exactly?

However, thinking of the clothing manufacturing technique, he had some expectations for these two rewards. They couldn’t be too bad.

As for the final reward from the Research Institute, an alloy formula, it left him completely bewildered.

In fact, the Research Institute was the building he understood the least. It was just plain weird for a village to have a Research Institute.

The village had a somewhat mythological feel to it, but now this Research Institute was pushing him into scientific research. It felt a bit out of place.

’No matter what, as long as it’s a special building, it’s bound to have some kind of magical quality.’

The situation with the Land God Temple had already proven that he couldn’t underestimate any special building; they always had some kind of wondrous function.

Moreover, Lin Feng had discovered that among all the buildings, only the Lord’s Mansion and the special buildings were unique. It was completely impossible to construct a second one.

Other buildings could be constructed in greater numbers as the village leveled up and its area expanded.

Also, the land he was currently leasing was less than a tenth of the village’s total covered area.

As the village’s covered area grew, he could even establish branches of Lin Xian Village by constructing buildings in the covered zones.

It was just that there was no need for that at the moment. If such a need arose in the future, it was certainly an option.

’I just wonder how far Lin Xian Village’s coverage area can ultimately expand. It would be amazing if it could cover the entire Earth.’

He agonized over his choice when he first established the village. If it could cover the whole planet, he could build branches of Lin Xian Village in so many different places.

For example, he could build one on the coast, one in the desert, one on the Loess Plateau, and one in the desolate regions of the great northwest.

Then, using the village’s special properties, he could completely change the Earth’s environment and ecosystem. Just thinking about it was exciting.

’If that’s really the case, the properties gained from village upgrades would be terrifying.’

There would be even more village properties in the future. When stacked together, their influence would be immeasurable.

He shook his head. Unless the later village upgrade quests were easy to complete, obtaining a large number of village properties would be no simple feat.

Besides, he had no idea how many levels the village could even gain.

After reviewing all the quests and rewards, he prepared to go test the flavor and effects of that Medicinal Cuisine recipe, as well as check on the mutated Mint.