Chapter 266: A Group of Lazy Players Start a New Life

Su Tianji glanced through the shop to find not only elixir recipes, but also music scores such as the "Cleansing Song of the Mortal Dust" and the "Song of the Blue Sea's Tide." There were even many strange and unfamiliar objects, like some sort of joystick peripheral featuring a lever on the left and four buttons on the right.

More than that, she discovered that the shop actually sold clothes.

Looking down at her own coarse hemp garment, then at the devastatingly beautiful attire in the shop, and finally at the long string of zeroes in the prices behind them, Su Tianji muttered, "...So expensive."

And yet, gold coins were used here?

Still needing to maintain the dignity of a grand cultivator, she adopted a cold, indifferent tone and said, "Boss, this Star Dust Powder recipe costs fifty thousand gold coins. Does that mean it only takes fifty spiritual crystals to buy? That is quite cheap!"

She eagerly prepared to draw her money; being able to buy such a powerful recipe for a mere fifty spiritual crystals was an absolute steal.

"You wish," Fang Qi rolled his eyes at her. "You can only buy things using the money earned within this space."

"Ah?" Su Tianji checked her pockets, only to find her gold coins stood at zero.

Somewhat embarrassed, she confessed, "...I have no money!"

"Go farm! Farm slowly, and you will have it." Fang Qi turned the soil in his field and suddenly noticed something resembling a peach pit. A prompt from the space appeared: "Spiritual Peach Tree seed discovered. Plant it?"

"Oh?" Fang Qi paused in surprise. "Plant it, of course!"

Even this was possible.

"..."

Ten minutes later.

Fenghua was still slashing away in Legend: "Master, why haven't you come yet?"

Su Tianji gritted her teeth: "Your master is farming!"

"Farming?!" Fenghua and Yuexin turned around, completely dumbfounded, only to see the coarse-clothed Su Tianji on the screen genuinely wielding a shovel and digging into the earth.

Furthermore, because the character in "My Space" possessed no cultivation level, it did not take long before a faint, fragrant sweat gathered on her brow from the exertion.

"Whew..." Inside a lush, verdant forest of pines and bamboos, Su Tianji reached up to wipe the sweat from her forehead. Seeing that her giant white spiritual radishes were finally planted, she at last exhaled a breath of turbid air. She calculated in her mind, "One White Gold Spiritual Radish goes for 275, and over three hundred if it grows well. Selling them means I can buy two seeds... Once this master of yours plants a whole courtyard of big radishes, I should be able to afford the Star Dust Powder recipe..."

"There is also the 'Cleansing Song of the Mortal Dust.' I must buy a copy of that sort of music score, which can elevate one's state of mind! Then I will buy some beautiful clothes; that Celestial Mist Feathery Robe is quite nice, though a bit too expensive... I shall buy that Pure Heart Silk Dress first..."

"And this courtyard is far too dilapidated! It does not suit my style; it must be decorated..."

She began to rapidly work out her own little schemes in her head.

"Master, what are you daydreaming about?" Fenghua and Yuexin were struck with amazement as they looked at the deeply fantasizing expression on Su Tianji's face on the screen.

...

In the fenced plot before Fang Qi's courtyard, there were only five radishes and one spiritual peach.

Fang Qi checked on them and noted that it would take at least two or three hours to mature.

During this period, one could eradicate pests and weeds so that the crops would grow splendidly.

If one did nothing at all, the crops would still grow to fruition, but their value would naturally not be as high as the former.

As for the vast stretch of peach trees surrounding them, there was no point relying on those; they were all ordinary peach trees and could not be sold for money at all.

Farming was inherently a very leisurely affair, requiring only a tiny fraction of one's daily energy to tend to. Even in reality, provided one did not plant too much, it was exactly the same.

Take Fang Qi, for instance; having finished these tasks, he only needed to wait for the crops to ripen. In the meantime, he could do other things, occasionally returning to see if weeding or pest control was required, and finally waiting for the harvest.

Even if he lazily neglected to return and check midway, it would not have an overly drastic effect; the harvest simply would not be as pleasing.

Su Tianji also felt this atmosphere—one of peaceful leisure. Compounded by her choice of a pine and bamboo forest, where pines and bamboos intertwined, tree shadows danced gracefully, streams murmured softly, and birds flew back and forth, the environment here appeared far more detached from the mortal world compared to the grand magnificence of the Liuyun Daoist Palace. Even though she was in a rural field, a strange elegance and freshness permeated everywhere.

Being in such an environment, even one's entire mood and state of mind improved significantly.

Su Tianji suddenly felt that she did not want to leave this place anymore. Planting vegetables every day, savoring fragrant tea, perhaps playing the zither when idle to perform a few of her favorite melodies, or even casually plucking the strings to tune a few elegant, clear notes—all of it was perfectly delightful.

Then she would sit and wait for her dearly beloved giant white radishes to mature, and then buy, buy, buy! Such a life could truly be called exceedingly cozy.

Resolutely unsatisfied with playing alone, she dragged her two disciples over: "Fenghua, Yuexin, come quickly! Farm vegetables with your master!"

"Master! What fun could there possibly be in farming?" Having never played it, Fenghua and Yuexin were utterly perplexed.

"Exactly, we can get equipment drops and even increase our cultivation by playing Legend; that is so interesting. What can farming do?"

"It does not waste much time anyway!" Su Tianji demonstrated as she spoke. "Spend ten or twenty minutes a day putting these radishes into the ground and watering them. They are very easy to raise!"

If these were the rare spiritual herbs of the sect, raising them like this would have surely killed them long ago. Su Tianji found this rather marvelous; these White Gold Radishes were simply too easy to keep alive.

She then added: "Once you are done planting, you can go off and play on your own. Just remember to come back and harvest them in a while when the radishes are ripe."

"That simple?" The two felt that since it was so simple, planting some would not hurt. Soon, two more vegetable farmers were added to "My Space."

"Senior Sister Fenghua, Senior Sister Yuexin, what are you playing?" Several passing disciples of the Liuyun Daoist Palace saw the two hoeing the earth with great enthusiasm and instinctively crowded around.

"Farming vegetables!"

Soon, the passing disciples also caught wind that this farming did not cost much gaming time and carried considerable benefits, prompting them all to open up their own vegetable gardens.

"Boss!" Song Qingfeng, who was slashing away in Legend at the moment, also happened to hear someone mention that one could farm vegetables. He hurriedly sent a message to Fang Qi: "What is the use of this farming? Have you planted anything?"

"Farming (funny face)!" Fang Qi, who was browsing the shop at that moment, casually replied in an instant.

"Huh? The boss is farming too?" Song Qingfeng hurriedly called out to his companions, "Young Master Lin, Young Master Xu, let us go try out this 'My Space' thing. Word has it the boss is farming in there too!"

"It won't interfere with our gaming, right?" Lin Shao had managed to reach level twenty-five with great difficulty and was clearly terrified of being overtaken by others.

"It won't!" Song Qingfeng said. "I heard from others that you just go plant them and then remember to harvest them later!"

"Then let's go! We shall plant some too!"

Soon, Fang Qi saw that among his Penguin friends, one after another had activated "My Space" and planted their crops.

By this time, Su Tianji, who was the earliest to play, had already harvested her first batch of radishes. After planting another batch, and having no permission to clear new land yet, she had quite a few gold coins left over. She simply bought herself the cheapest guqin, obtained an authentic music score for "The Wind into the Pines," and set a pot of Longjing tea to boil on the stove before her house, looking exceptionally comfortable.

"Fenghua, Yuexin! Come listen to how your master plays 'The Wind into the Pines.' It is said to be beneficial to one's state of mind!"

The two who were busy slashing away in Legend were once again forcibly dragged over.

"Tink, clink, clang..." Tears streaming down their faces, they listened to Su Tianji play the half-baked melody...

Beneficial to the state of mind?!

Apologies, but our states of mind have already collapsed!

Meanwhile, Boss Fang had spent ten gold coins to purchase Wong Ka Kui's "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies."

"Today I see snow drift through the cold night..."

He hummed along while playing the song, his shovel digging into the earth to the rhythm, clearly having a wild, joyful time.