Chapter 334: Chapter 334

Stepping outside, Han Qiwu felt like he was seeing the light of day again, his eyes stinging just a little.

The sunlight is wonderful.

Han Qiwu took out a snowfruit, nibbling on it as he pedaled his bike toward the blacksmith’s shop.

First, I’ll check on the magnet situation at the blacksmith’s, and then I’ll head to the breeding farm to look into the rabbit prices and the conditions for building a rabbit hutch.

With wood in my pocket, I feel confident about everything!

After riding for just ten meters, Han Qiwu thought it over, turned his bike around, and decided to head home first.

On one hand, he wanted to drop off the Mist Mushroom parent body and the Mist Butterfly eggs; on the other hand, he planned to grab four or five crystal orbs to give Master Shuzi for fun.

After saving for so long, there was still a decent reserve of crystal orbs at home.

Even though it wasn’t exactly a treasure-opening day, taking a few out to amuse Master Shuzi wasn’t much of a burden.

Once back home, Han Qiwu put down Xiao Dian and Xiao Lai, then went straight to the spot where the young maple tree was planted. After observing it for a while, he took out the Mist Mushroom parent body and planted it nearby.

[Mist Mushroom parent body planted successfully]

A system notification formed of mist gradually appeared.

At the same time, thick mist from the cap of the Mist Mushroom parent body began to spread outward, engulfing the surrounding 3×3 area.

It looked somewhat similar to the diffusion of dry ice, though the color was darker than dry ice.

Soon, a dense mist shrouded the maple sapling, continuously supplying it with life-giving mist.

Han Qiwu wondered whether it was an illusion, but he thought he could actually see the leaves of the maple sapling growing larger with his own eyes.

The Mist Forest really is a great place.

As for the remaining eight spots, he planned to use them to grow special saplings obtained from the Miniature Forest, fully maximizing the effects of the Mist Mushroom.

As for the thirty Mist Butterfly eggs, he intended to place them on the sweet osmanthus saplings that had already grown for a while.

In the best-case scenario, the Mist Caterpillars could promote sapling growth, and once the saplings matured, the Mist Caterpillars would have transformed into butterflies, cultivating new young saplings.

Standing by the sweet osmanthus saplings, Han Qiwu raised his hand to control the branches to stretch downward. Carefully, he placed one Mist Butterfly egg on each leaf.

After setting down all the Mist Butterfly eggs, Han Qiwu finally sighed in relief.

Thankfully, the hatching environment for Mist Butterfly eggs only required a mist-covered area within 20×20 range.

After taking a short break, Han Qiwu grabbed his axe and headed into the Miniature Forest.

Time to chop trees again!

The trees that refreshed today included twenty maple trees and ten welcoming pine trees.

"Pine trees? Even if they’re welcoming pines, they might drop pine nuts, right?" Han Qiwu’s eyes lit up, and he raised his axe to chop down the ten welcoming pines first.

Hmm, the results were disappointing.

The ten welcoming pines did not yield frozen tree sap or the pine nuts he had hoped for.

Fortunately, one welcoming pine sapling dropped.

"Forget it, maples are still better." Han Qiwu shrugged and moved on to chopping the maple trees.

Twenty minutes later, Han Qiwu leisurely chewed on the sweet maple sap, walking over to the storage chest to retrieve his crystal orbs.

Once done, he happened to spot a qilin statue. He smiled and clasped his hands in prayer, saying, "Qilin, bless me with a compass, won’t you?"

After saying this, he thought he saw a flash of light on the redwood qilin statue, but since it was so quick, he couldn’t be sure if it was just his eyes playing tricks.

After glancing at the statue a few more times, he turned and rode off directly to the blacksmith’s shop.

Time to visit Master Shuzi.

Passing by the town’s seed store, Han Qiwu grew curious and decided to step inside to check if there were any new help tasks available.

As it turned out, he really did find one.

[Help Task - Traditional Double Skin Milk]

[Task Description: The restaurant owner wants to prepare traditional double skin milk for his daughter himself.]

[Task Objective: Teach restaurant owner Tian Guangpan how to make traditional double skin milk.]

[Task Reward: 500 gold + 5 kitchen ingredients of your choice]

[Task Deadline: 2 days]

"Double skin milk? I know how to make that," Han Qiwu chuckled and raised his hand to accept the task.

While the 500 gold wasn’t much, the five kitchen ingredients he could choose were very tempting to Han Qiwu.

Say what you will, the store must have flour, right?

With flour, he could finally attempt making layered strawberry cake and the pancake recipe he’d gotten a long time ago.

"Anyway, there’s a two-day deadline, so let’s deal with the compass situation first."

Arriving at the blacksmith’s shop, Han Qiwu held three common crystal orbs, one frozen crystal orb, and one blazing crystal orb as he walked inside.

"You kid finally decided to crack open some crystal orbs, huh?" Master Shuzi teased with laughter, "Alright, tell me, what do you want done today?"

Feeling slightly embarrassed, Han Qiwu cleared his throat, "Master, your insight truly sees through everything."

After offering a few compliments, Han Qiwu explained his idea.

"Magnets, huh? They’re rare when they want to be rare, and common when they want to be common. I’ve had quite a few before, but I used them all up. I don’t have any at the moment," Master Shuzi frowned, "But the iron ores you brought last time contain some. If you’re willing to use thirty of those iron ores, I could probably refine some magnets for you."

Han Qiwu looked distressed.

Thirty pieces of Frozen Iron Ore?

He only had 41 pieces of this precious material in total.

Every piece used was one less to treasure.

Seeing Han Qiwu deep in thought, Master Shuzi remained silent. Instead, he called out, "Alright, let me crack open these crystal orbs first," and began hammering away at the orbs.

With three consecutive strikes, the three common crystal orbs were cracked open one by one.

"A gold ore, eh? That’s pretty lucky," Master Shuzi smiled and then swung his hammer at the frozen crystal orb.

The frozen crystal orb shattered, releasing waves of icy mist that instantly lowered the room’s temperature.

"This one’s interesting," Master Shuzi said, using his hammer to gently pry out a long rectangular black stone with a "川" pattern raised on its surface from the broken frozen crystal orb.

As soon as the stone was removed, the room’s temperature dropped even further.

"Let me check this out," Han Qiwu said, stepping forward curiously to examine its properties.

[Ancient Glacier Stone]

[Usage: Material/Decoration]

[Special Effect - Low Temperature: The Ancient Glacier Stone will constantly emit a stable cold aura.]

[Note: This is an ancient stone from the glacial era.]

After reading the description, a thought popped into Han Qiwu’s mind: "Now I’ve got air conditioning."

Indeed—stable cold aura.

If he found the right spot, his house and courtyard would both stay nice and cool!

After taking a good look at the Ancient Glacier Stone, Master Shuzi continued hammering away at the last blazing crystal orb.

The blazing crystal orb’s outer shell was warm with blackened, scorched patterns etched across its surface.

With one hammer strike, the crystal orb shattered.

At the same time, a pair of iron shears on the counter seemed to be summoned by some unseen force and, with a "whoosh," flew straight toward the blazing crystal orb.