Chapter 340: Chapter 340

After the pinky promise, Han Qiwu continued coaxing Xiao Shu, "So, Xiao Shu, since you’ve already had the mulberries brought by your big brother today, shouldn’t you start doing your homework now?"

Hearing this, Xiao Shu nodded, picked up his little bowl, ran to the kitchen to wash it clean, and then obediently went back to his room to start his homework.

Watching this series of actions, Yang Yangyang was stunned.

"You can teach kids ?"

"Of course, kids are reasonable too. You just have to explain things clearly," Han Qiwu replied with a smile, sitting down and using the chance of drinking water to tap on his checklist.

Sure enough, after obtaining the Jade Rabbit Transfer Box, the corresponding rabbit shelter appeared here as well.

[Beginner Rabbit Shelter]

[Can accommodate rabbits: 6]

[Material required: Wood (0/300), Stone (0/200), Money (2997/5000)]

[Attached Facility: Rabbit Fur Collector]

[Note: Rabbit fur is highly valuable]

Perhaps because of the small size of the rabbits, the material cost for building the rabbit shelter was not much.

"It’s a pity that the rabbit breeds can only be checked after the rabbit shelter is built," Han Qiwu said, somewhat helplessly.

After pondering for a moment, he thought, "Might as well build the rabbit shelter first. In two days, after completing the persuasion quest, I’ll use the half-price construction reward to upgrade the chicken coop to an intermediate one."

With the Mist Forest and the Miniature Forest of All Trees, the house’s timber crisis was finally mitigated.

After reviewing the attributes of the rabbit shelter, Han Qiwu had a general idea and chatted a bit with Yang Yangyang before leaving.

It was time to head to the mines.

Of course, before heading to the mines, he went back home to take Xiao Dian and Xiao Lai along.

They were the main force for mining.

"If only there were something like a Poké Ball to store them inside," Han Qiwu thought with some exasperation. This constant running back and forth was really tiring.

Xiao Dian was manageable, but the main issue was Xiao Lai. Its appearance was so drastically different from other species that it was awkward to bring it around when meeting people.

With the two companions in tow, Han Qiwu dashed toward the mine entrance on his bicycle.

On the way, he kept glancing at the small slopes on either side, hoping to spot some nuts.

It wasn’t because he was feeling peckish.

It was because the freeze potion recipe he had obtained from Sister Jin Tu last time required nuts.

"It’s a pity that no pine nuts fell while chopping the pine trees today," Han Qiwu muttered softly, continuing to scan the surroundings in hopes of spotting a hickory tree.

Perhaps due to the limitations of hickory tree growth environments, he couldn’t find one along the roadside.

Arriving at the first level of the mine, Han Qiwu set them down and instructed, "Xiao Dian, Xiao Lai, gather some coal here for a while. I’ll be back later."

Hearing that it could gather coal again, Xiao Dian happily flew toward a few spots it remembered from before.

In its eyes, coal was now equivalent to Thunderlight Fish.

With Thunderlight Fish, it could better suppress that disdainful dame at home!

Sooner or later, I’ll make you understand that I’m the true master of electricity!

Meanwhile, Han Qiwu turned and headed into the Explorer Guild, glancing at the ceiling as he went straight to the counter.

Hmm, Egger wasn’t on the ceiling today. It seemed like nothing crazy had happened.

The counter was cluttered with peculiar items that Han Qiwu couldn’t understand, and Egger was focused on carefully plucking feathers from a Flame Bird’s wing with a pair of tweezers.

Han Qiwu stood nearby without interrupting, waiting quietly for a few minutes. He noticed that Egger was wearing thick gloves while handling the tweezers, and the parts contacting the feathers were nearly glowing red-hot.

When Egger successfully plucked a feather, Han Qiwu finally spoke, "Egger, how’s it going?"

Egger, who’d been completely absorbed, was startled, and the tweezers in his hand almost flew away. "You scared me to death! Why do you walk like a ghost without making any sound?"

"You were just too focused," Han Qiwu replied with a chuckle.

After taking a moment to calm himself, Egger proudly pointed to an ice container nearby and said to Han Qiwu, "The feathers are almost all plucked. Tomorrow, I can start sewing. Unfortunately, I lack suitable ice-type materials here, so I don’t dare craft recklessly."

"Ice-type materials? To suppress the flames on the Flame Bird’s feathers?" Han Qiwu asked. He could see that the feathers in the ice container occasionally emitted golden flames. Fortunately, the container sealed them in, and the flames dissipated slowly after a few seconds.

Egger nodded. "Exactly. I do have some ordinary ice-type materials, but those aren’t suitable for making cloaks. Using them would result in poor effects."

Han Qiwu smiled slightly. It seemed the Ice Bird feathers he brought were just what was needed.

"Egger, what do you think of this?" Han Qiwu grinned and placed the Ice Bird feather, resembling a delicate ice sculpture, on the counter.

"Hammer me! Where did you get this?!" Egger exclaimed, leaping up like he’d been electrocuted, his entire body trembling.

"You okay?" Han Qiwu quickly steadied Egger. The material shouldn’t have been *that* shocking to him, right?

Egger broke free from Han Qiwu’s grip and swiftly grabbed a wide-mouth glass, poured in half a cup of tequila, and used a small rasp to scrape a sliver of ice from the Ice Bird feather, sprinkling it into the liquor.

Before Han Qiwu could even see what changed with the liquor, Egger downed it in one go.

After drinking, Egger’s eyebrows and hair tips were instantly covered in frost, and he began shivering uncontrollably.

After a few dozen seconds, he finally recovered, laughing heartily, "Hahaha! At last, I’ve tasted it! Ice Feather Tequila! So refreshing!"

Seeing him , Han Qiwu smirked mischievously, raised his hand to retrieve the Ice Bird feather, and turned as if to leave.

Since you so much, I won’t be polite about it.

"Hey! Where are you going? This Ice Bird feather can perfectly suppress the Flame Bird feather’s fire. I’m sure I can forge the most suitable cloak for you!" Egger quickly ran out to stop Han Qiwu.

"I can’t bear to see you working so hard. I’d better keep this for myself," Han Qiwu shook his head with a look of kind-hearted consideration.

Egger was stunned and quickly grabbed Han Qiwu. Who needed your concern?!

He hastily retrieved several materials radiating magical glows from a hidden drawer under the counter, placing them on the countertop, and anxiously said, "What would you even use it for?! By the Hammer, hand it to me, and I’ll embed all these treasures into your cloak!"

"I’ll think about it," Han Qiwu said, feigning indifference, while secretly feeling delighted. He turned and leisurely examined the radiant items on the counter.

[Starlight Iron Jade (Gold-Star Quality ⭐)]

[Shadow Dust (Silver-Star Quality)]

[Abyss Bone Fragment (Normal Quality)]

These were all exceptional items.

Now Han Qiwu somewhat understood why Egger was so desperate for the Ice Bird feather.

Probably because these things couldn’t be made into cocktails.