Chapter 198: There Are Quite a Lot of Those

Chapter 198: There Are Quite a Lot of Those

“The Soul Beans were a bit too strong.” Kong Shijin scratched his head. “I’m at Soul Power Level 11, and even my body couldn’t handle them.”

“Is your Martial Soul a Tool Martial Soul?” Tian Xiaoyu asked.

“Yes, my Martial Soul is Iron Vine Grass,” Kong Shijin nodded.

Iron Vine Grass was a special type of rope, not a plant, and had no life.

The so-called Martial Soul Iron Vine Grass was a Tool Martial Soul.

“It’s hard for Tool Martial Souls to improve a Soul Master’s physical strength during cultivation. If it were a Spirit Martial Soul, once your Soul Power Level exceeds 10, the Spirit Martial Soul would boost your physical strength a lot. Then, this wouldn’t happen.”

“Also, if the grade of your Life Soul Pact with your Soul Pet reaches S-rank, the Life Soul Pact would also greatly enhance your physical strength.”

Tian Xiaoyu said, “Even though this Cold Spirit Powder has strong effects, it won’t do much for you.”

The freshmen nodded.

Kong Shijin suddenly looked at Wang Che. “Hey, are you okay?”

Wang Che said, “My physique is quite strong. I’m fine for now.”

Kong Shijin felt that it wasn’t that simple.

“Is your Martial Soul also a Tool Martial Soul?” Kong Shijin asked.

“Yes, it is,” Wang Che nodded.

“Then, has the grade of your Life Soul Pact with Green Caterpillar reached S-rank?” Kong Shijin couldn’t help asking.

“Almost,” Wang Che replied calmly.

His words immediately made many freshmen exclaim in surprise.

Improving the Life Soul Pact with a Soul Pet was very difficult!

Tian Xiaoyu thought to herself:

‘This year’s freshmen are a bit wild… With such strong nurturing talent, why didn’t he choose a Soul Pet Nurturing school? To reach this level of Life Soul Pact with his first Soul Pet while still in high school… I haven’t even achieved that yet, and I’m already a sophomore…’

Tian Xiaoyu vaguely understood why Professor Yun had given special instructions.

This student was very unusual.

He came from Xiyue Continent…

Tian Xiaoyu wanted to search for more information about him, but seeing that time was tight, she decided against it.

“Alright, everyone, come up. We’ll reach our major’s location soon.”

They set off again. After flying for about five minutes, they stopped in mid-air about ten meters up and looked down.

Immediately, everyone gasped in genuine admiration.

The suburbs of Forest Capital were very beautiful.

The wilderness was filled with patches of farmland, rising and falling, emitting a faint, refreshing fragrance.

They were already far from the main city of Forest Capital.

There were no extra buildings around, only simple farmhouses and, further back, a large grain base guarded by the defense army.

“Now, let me introduce the little test our major has prepared for you.”

Tian Xiaoyu said with a smile, “Look down below. Do you see a lot of farmland? Some of these fields are cultivated by students from our Agricultural Planting Major. The rest are mostly cultivated by professional Agricultural Soul Masters.”

“The first test is: Can you tell which fields were cultivated by students from our major?”

The freshmen all looked down.

They immediately felt dizzy.

There were too many crops in the fields below.

This small patch of land was not ordinary farmland.

It was planted with a great variety of crops and plants.

It wasn’t like the large-scale, single-crop farming Wang Che had seen on the way.

One section had plump, sky-blue rice grains, another had a patch of dark green bamboo forest, and next to that was a field of light-yellow sweet potatoes. Beyond that, there was a plot of green medicinal herbs, and then a grove of light-red fruit trees bearing tempting fruits…

It was very mixed, like an experimental field.

Normally, planting different crops and plants together could easily cause various problems.

But this small area of farmland seemed surprisingly harmonious.

A special energy faintly flowed in the air.

‘It’s a Soul Guiding Diagram.’

Wang Che looked down and was slightly stunned.

Hidden in the fields below were different Soul Guiding Diagrams, causing the auras from this patch of farmland to circulate in a unique way, maintaining a harmonious state of growth.

In terms of the Cultivation World, it meant that special formations had been set up in the fields to speed up the growth of various herbs and spirit plants.

Being very familiar with farming, Wang Che recognized it at a glance.

In some fields, there were a few simply dressed elders who looked like farmers, seemingly inspecting different plots.

“So, any ideas?”

Tian Xiaoyu asked with a smile.

The freshmen looked for a while and then shook their heads.

The small area below had over forty different fields, and it was overwhelming to look at.

Seeing everyone shake their heads, Tian Xiaoyu wasn’t surprised.

It was normal. Among previous batches of freshmen, only one or two had identified one or two fields.

“Has no one figured it out?”

Tian Xiaoyu asked again.

At that moment, Wang Che asked:

“Senior, what’s the reward?”

Tian Xiaoyu laughed and said:

“You’re asking about the reward first? Alright, I’ll tell you. For each field you identify, the reward is a small bag of rare plant seeds. Have you heard of Water Orchid? It’s a plant containing water spirit Life Energy, used to make main food for water-type Soul Pets. You usually can’t buy these seeds outside.”

The reason they couldn’t be bought was that they were quite rare and somewhat difficult to cultivate.

The main food made from them was of very high quality.

The twenty freshmen who chose the Agricultural Planting Major were clearly knowledgeable about these things.

“Great stuff!” Kong Shijin’s eyes lit up, but then he looked down regretfully.

He honestly couldn’t tell.

Then, the quiet girl with long, straight black hair, who had been silent most of the time, spoke up:

“I can identify two.”

After saying that, she pointed downward:

“In the northeast, that patch of Dark Bamboo, and the patch of Cloud Root Grass nearby below. The color of the Dark Bamboo is too dark—normal Dark Bamboo isn’t that dark, and the Cloud Root Grass is too long. Since they were cultivated by students, there must be issues… So I think it’s these two patches…”

The other freshmen immediately understood.

If there was a problem, it was because the students cultivated them—that was the key point of this test.

But even if they grasped this key point, without knowledge in this area, it was difficult to tell exactly what was wrong.

Tian Xiaoyu’s eyes lit up, and she nodded with satisfaction:

“That’s right. Congratulations, you got it correct. You’re quite knowledgeable in this area, did you do some preparation?”

“Yes, my family also does planting,” the quiet girl nodded. “I have some understanding and have tried planting some crops.”

Hearing this, Tian Xiaoyu felt something was off and couldn’t help but ask:

“Junior, what is your Martial Soul?”

This junior was named Shui Qingling. Her Soul Pet, Tian Xiaoyu knew, was a Water Fairy.

In the Plant-Type, there are Flower Fairies.

Similarly, in the Water-Type, there is a type of Soul Pet called Water Fairy.

Its form and appearance are similar to the Flower Fairy.

The difference is that the Water Fairy has stronger supportive abilities, especially in planting crops.

The spiritual water sprayed by the Water Fairy speeds up the growth of crops.

“It is a medicine field,” Shui Qingling said.

“A medicine field?” Tian Xiaoyu was slightly stunned.

This was a rare type of architectural Martial Soul, even rarer than a farmland.

The soil after the two types of Martial Souls materialize is different.

So the crops that can be planted are also different.

Tian Xiaoyu roughly sensed that this junior probably had an unusual background and came from a good family.

Those with this kind of Martial Soul mostly came from well-off families.

This kind of architectural Martial Soul that can plant resources can even grow various top-grade medicinal herbs in the later stages, continuously providing high-grade resources.

She’s a talent.

Many freshmen immediately felt admiration.

“Can anyone else see anything?”

Tian Xiaoyu asked again.

Wang Che said:

“I noticed some things.”

The reward for the test was seeds, and they were Water Orchid seeds.

Wang Che was somewhat interested.

He came here precisely to farm.

Before coming, Wang Che had searched for some seeds he wanted, but most were seeds of ordinary crops and plants.

Some rare seeds couldn’t be bought online at all.

Actually, it wasn’t that they couldn’t be bought.

It was just that they wouldn’t be sold to you.

These seeds were usually only provided to special regions or Soul Pact Masters with planting qualifications.

Selling them randomly to others basically meant they would be wasted.

The War Zone placed great importance on such rare resources and did not allow waste or misuse.

So generally, without certain qualifications, it was impossible to buy these rare resource seeds.

That was why Wang Che chose North River Forest Sea University.

“Huh? You can tell too?”

Tian Xiaoyu was a little surprised.

The other freshmen also looked at Wang Che curiously.

Shui Qingling was also somewhat surprised and couldn’t help but look at Wang Che.

“Go ahead,” Tian Xiaoyu said with a smile.

Wang Che thought for a moment and said:

“Well, there are quite a few.”

Tian Xiaoyu: “…”

Everyone: “…”

Wang Che pointed directly below:

“Let’s start with the bottom… There are three fields in total, planted with Curled Needle Leaf, Cold Fir Tree, and Hot Potato respectively. The Curled Needle Leaf was actually cultivated quite well, but after the Curled Needle Leaf matures, the curled side doesn’t absorb enough sunlight, causing the veins in the leaf to have very low activity. Usually, you need to manually spread out the curled side for sufficient absorption.”

“The leaves of the Cold Fir Tree can be used to make Cold Fir Powder, which is one of the raw materials for Soul Beans. Most of the Cold Fir Trees below are also cultivated well, but a few mature ones have dull leaves and are stunted. Maybe some students were lazy or forgot and missed these two when watering, so they didn’t get enough water.”

“Hot Potato is a crop that both humans and Soul Beasts can eat. It is also one of the raw materials for Soul Beans. It’s sweet and warm, and can speed up the blood circulation of Soul Pets and humans. It’s a very good food ingredient. But the Hot Potatoes below are lighter in color, and some are blocked from the sun by the nearby Cold Fir Trees; the planning wasn’t good. Planting Hot Potatoes in this location was itself a wrong choice.”

Wang Che then pointed to the top:

“Now, let’s talk about the top three fields: Yellow Earth Rice, Wind Merge Root, and Flame Fall Fruit.”

“The Yellow Earth Rice grains are plump and growing well. But the field for Yellow Earth Rice is too small. In the later stages, especially when mature, Yellow Earth Rice will cover the field extensively. In such a small field, planting Yellow Earth Rice requires reducing the quantity. The student who planted it didn’t consider that the mature Yellow Earth Rice would cover the field and affect the growth of other fields.”

“The Wind Merge Root is like this: overly mature Yellow Earth Rice contains rich earth Life Energy. Wind Merge Root is a medicinal herb, and being influenced by some mature Yellow Earth Rice hinders its growth. It’s not obvious now during the growth period, but in another week or two as it gradually matures, it will become very clear…”

“Flame Fall Fruit should also be one of the raw materials for Soul Beans. Flame Fall Fruit tastes very good, and this patch is growing quite well. Unfortunately, the planting density is problematic, causing the Flame Fall Fruit to have a later maturity period. It shouldn’t be planted in a 6×6 pattern. Because Flame Fall Fruit and Yellow Earth Rice complement each other, the left side near the Yellow Earth Rice should be planted in a 5×6 pattern. Having one less row can reduce the growth period by more than two weeks. That would be better.”

“…”

Wang Che pointed out about twelve fields in total.

“That’s all for now,” Wang Che said.

Everyone was stunned…

Tian Xiaoyu was dumbfounded… staring at Wang Che with her mouth open…

Because she knew, out of the twelve fields Wang Che mentioned, only nine were planted by students in their major…