Yun Shu saw that things were developing according to her expectations.
She turned off the surveillance screen and began to think about how to spend her one million Shock Value.
The system suddenly spoke up. “Host, the cooldown for the Nine-Ear Grain has finished. You can obtain a new crop.”
Hearing this, Yun Shu immediately took out the Nine-Ear Grain.
Because the cooldowns for the Nine-Ear Grain and the Casket of a Hundred Crafts were so long, she had been having the system keep an eye on them so she wouldn't forget.
The day before yesterday, she had used the Casket of a Hundred Crafts to get the curved-shaft plow, which provided a key item for the blessing she had just bestowed.
Today, she wondered what the Nine-Ear Grain would yield.
She gripped the Nine-Ear Grain and gave it a gentle wave.
In the next second, golden light poured down from the tip of the grain, covering the open ground silently like scattered gold.
Once the light dissipated, a pile of unhusked rice appeared on the ground.
The grains were plump and golden, sitting quietly in a pile like a small hill.
“Wow, Host, it's fragrant white rice!” the system said excitedly. “We can finally change our staple food!”
It was sick to death of eating sweet potato congee...
Yun Shu carefully scooped up a handful of the rice grains, her eyes turning red before she even realized it.
Although sweet potatoes had a high yield, eating too many caused bloating.
Even in the eyes of those who were starving enough to eat Guanyin clay, mere bloating was nothing.
As long as they could stay alive, they would eat anything.
They had no choice.
But the arrival of rice was to give them a choice.
The rice produced by the system was incomparable to any seeds of this era; it yielded at least eight hundred jin per mu.
Once this rice was introduced and double-cropping with wheat was implemented, the people's quality of life would rise to a whole new level.
She didn't just want them to survive.
She wanted them to live well, to live with choices.
Gripping the Nine-Ear Grain, Yun Shu murmured to herself, “If I have such good luck every time a cooldown finishes, it wouldn't be so bad even if my luck with the prize pool is terrible...”
Speaking of which, she suddenly remembered she still had to use the prize pool.
“Pah, pah, pah! Disregard that! Just pretend I was talking nonsense! My words are like passing wind!” She pressed her hands together and bowed repeatedly to the empty air. “Ancestors protect me, let me get lucky just this once and draw some good things!”
The system stared at its host, who was acting up again.
...
After paying respects to her ancestors, Yun Shu opened the limited-time prize pool, intending to win the Rainbow and Feather Garment set in one go.
A severe drought threatening several prefectures would occur in the future, and the rainmaking skill of the system's Rain Master skin wouldn't be enough to handle it. She had to obtain this set, whose skill was rainmaking.
Without hesitation, she went ahead with three hundred pulls.
【Congratulations Host for obtaining the Rainbow and Feather Garment Set - Hair Accessory Component (2/4): Spiritual Sparrow Hairpin.】
【Component Description: The sparrow feathers tremble slightly, sensing the heavenly secrets. Allows weather forecasting in advance (Cooldown: 48 hours).】
【...】
【Congratulations Host for obtaining the Rainbow and Feather Garment Set - Emote Component (3/4): Rain Prayer Dance.】
【Component Description: Pray for rain through a specific dance. Upon completion, triggers rain over a small area of eight hundred meters (Cooldown: 120 hours).】
【...】
【Congratulations Host for obtaining the Rainbow and Feather Garment Set - Robe Component (4/4): Flowing Cloud Celestial Gown.】
【Component Description: Woven from cloud silk, as light as mist. Can alter local weather (Cooldown: 120 hours).】
【...】
【Current Shock Value: 919,500】
Perhaps because she had been battered by the prize pool so many times, seeing that she had collected the entire Rainbow and Feather Garment set in just three hundred pulls made her feel that maybe her ancestors really were protecting her.
After a moment's thought, she spent 390,000 Shock Value to upgrade the Rainbow and Feather Garment from Level 0 to Level 4.
“The rainfall range only expands to two cities?” Her brow furrowed slightly, but when she calculated the skill range of the Level 4 Floating Dream Set, she felt a bit better.
The skill ranges of the two were about the same.
“It looks like I still need to keep upgrading.” After some thought, she opened the set enhancement and upgrade interface. Seeing the numbers displayed on it, a row of question marks popped up over her head.
“Wait, what? Upgrading from Level 4 to Level 5 costs 500,000 Shock Value? And the skill range only expands to a single prefecture?”
“Why don't you just rob me?!”
Every time, she was so angry she wanted to smash the system panel, but her actions always betrayed her words as she tapped the upgrade button anyway.
【Current Shock Value: 29,500】
In an instant, her million Shock Value was completely spent.
“Host, you spent that way too fast!”
The little fox's eyes widened.
Yun Shu pulled the little fox into her arms, pulling a long face as she said weakly, “This set enhancement is pure robbery. I don't even know how many more levels I have to upgrade before the rainfall range can cover the entire north. Sigh, system, we have to get back to work to earn more Shock Value.”
“Host, it's okay. You're so smart, you'll definitely earn even more Shock Value.” The little fox patted Yun Shu's shoulder with its fluffy little paw.
“Oh, right.”
“Host, you still have an unused Jar of Ten Thousand Poisons. I recall it can randomly grant you a rare Gu insect.”
Reminded by the system, Yun Shu also remembered the Miao Holy Maiden Set she had drawn earlier. She rummaged through the system wardrobe and found a plain, ordinary black clay jar tucked away in a corner.
The moment the system saw Yun Shu pull out the black clay jar, it slipped out of her arms and stood far away, watching her suspiciously.
Yun Shu: “...”
She really didn't understand why an artificial intelligence system would be afraid of bugs yet still be such a glutton.
At the moment, she didn't have time to dwell on it.
She opened the Gu jar, and two insects crawled out.
One red and one green, they were completely translucent. They crawled up, intertwining around her fingertips and leaving a cool sensation.
Right after, the insects merged into her palm.
And she received the information about the Gu insects.
“Love Gu?” She looked down at the butterfly-shaped pattern that had appeared on her palm. “The red one is the mother Gu, and the green one is the child Gu. Once placed, the host of the child Gu will fall hopelessly in love with the host of the mother Gu, and both will fall deeply in love with each other?”
“And I can even place multiple pairs of Love Gu at once?”
“That's amazing!”
Animal husbandry in ancient times was underdeveloped. Aside from the lack of surplus grain to feed the animals, another major issue was the difficulty of breeding.
Huh?
She also had a handheld component called the Multi-Jeweled Pomegranate Branch. Its skill seemed to be Granting Children, which promoted thriving offspring and abundant breeding. She wondered if this skill could be used on livestock?
If it could, then combining the skill of the Multi-Jeweled Pomegranate Branch with the Love Gu would make it the ultimate breeding tool!
The little fox, however, thought of a different implication. “Host, don't do anything reckless! We are a respectable romance system. We only romance the male lead. Having a harem is not allowed!”
Yun Shu let it go in one ear and out the other, automatically filtering out the system's pointless chatter, and only asked it one question.
“System, do you want to eat braised pork knuckles?”
“Braised pork knuckles!!!”
The little fox's eyes shone brightly. “Host, are you going to buy me braised pork knuckles?”
Yun Shu began to paint a rosy picture for it.
“I have a plan. As long as the two of us pull it off, I guarantee you'll have endless braised pork knuckles to eat in the future.”
The little fox rubbed its paws together in anticipation.
“Host, just say the word! What do you need me to do?”
For the sake of braised pork knuckles, it wasn't tired at all!
Yun Shu smiled. “System, first help me find a boar and a sow in Yecheng...”
“Why are we looking for pigs?” The system looked completely bewildered.
“Don't worry about that,” Yun Shu said. “If you want to achieve freedom of endless braised pork knuckles, just do as I say.”
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