#138 - Chapter 138 The Third Talent Stone

After all the little monsters were eliminated, Shen Xingyan had his clone continue with the farm maintenance, while he began harvesting the strawberries for the day.

He walked cheerfully to the strawberry field marked as ready for harvest, subconsciously rubbing his hands together, a smile on his face as he looked at the ripe strawberries, his eyes gleaming with an unusual light.

It just so happened that he was facing a field of crops, and not something else.

If it had been a pretty young girl instead, upon seeing Shen Xingyan, who was admittedly a bit handsome, displaying such an expression, she would probably have screamed "Pervert!" while fleeing in terror.

But Shen Xingyan was completely unaware of his current state. He just happily muttered to himself, "Let's get started! I wonder what kind of surprise the Star Origin World's reward will bring me this time!"

Shen Xingyan murmured expectantly, while simultaneously starting to take action.

To speed up the harvest, he even activated 'Windwalk' to help himself, which boosted his speed from 35 to 45 points, a significant increase in efficiency.

After Shen Xingyan's somewhat rough but meticulous 'uprooting' action, the strawberries were successfully harvested without any mishaps, and the entire field became clean and empty, without a trace of any plants.

At that moment, just as Shen Xingyan straightened his back, the Star Origin's harvest notification sounded in his ears as expected:

"Congratulations, you have harvested 1000 kilograms of strawberries from 600 square meters of land, earning 6000 points of Farmer profession experience."

Shen Xingyan simply nodded slightly at the notification.

Having already known that the yield would reach a new high, he remained calm, as if a leader inspecting work was expressing satisfaction with the expected results.

He wasn't surprised that the yield increase was even more than the previous 35 kilograms.

After all, from the last harvest, he had roughly guessed the pattern: the longer the time exceeding the natural growth cycle, the faster the yield increase.

The harvest notification slowly disappeared, but Shen Xingyan didn't immediately turn to other tasks. Instead, he looked up at the sky, waiting for the main event.

The Star Origin World didn't disappoint him. After making him wait for a dozen seconds as usual, the record-breaking notification arrived:

"Congratulations, you have once again broken your previous record of 960 kilograms of strawberries per acre, successfully reaching 1000 kilograms!

You are specially rewarded with a Talent Skill Growth Stone. Star Origin will make a server-wide announcement. Do you want to disclose the information?"

Seeing that the Talent Stone reward had appeared again after many days, the smile on Shen Xingyan's face instantly broadened.

The infectiousness of his emotions also increased exponentially.

"This time the reward is actually the lovely Talent Stone again! The Star Origin World is really treating me well! Every reward is so pleasant and comforting!"

Shen Xingyan couldn't help but exclaimed softly, but his hands didn't stop moving.

He immediately and consciously paid 100 silver coins to cancel the world announcement, then put the Talent Stone, coveted by everyone in the world, into his pocket.

"It's just that the rewards for the farmland have been a bit scarce recently, which means my well-researched '薅羊毛' (hāo yáng máo - 'plucking wool' which means exploiting loopholes for profit) plan 2.0 has no place to be used for the time being, which feels a bit of a pity!"

Shen Xingyan looked at the touch of black in his inventory space, and while happy, he couldn't help but think with slight regret.

However, this thought disappeared in an instant.

"Being able to have such a reward, whether or not there's farmland isn't that important anymore. At worst, I'll just buy more farmland when I have money in the future!"

Shen Xingyan smiled and shook his head, feeling that he was being a bit ungrateful.

For other Farmer profession players, buying an acre of farmland might require several or even more than a dozen years of hard work to save up enough money, but for him, it wasn't that big of a problem.

After all, even in this early stage, he could earn a gold coin every day, and in the future, it would definitely be even more.

Even the value of the crops he harvests in a single day in the future could be enough to buy an acre of farmland, and that was just a matter of time.

Shen Xingyan thought confidently, his eyes carefully examining the charming exterior of the Talent Stone.

Then, he forcibly suppressed his impulse to use it immediately and carefully put it back into his inventory space.

Previous experience had told him that every time he used a 'Talent Stone,' he would be forced back to the real world, and he still had some things to finish in the Star Origin World.

Shen Xingyan summoned his clone, and together they tilled the field for a while, then quickly planted the strawberry seeds.

By this time, it was almost 12:30 at night. Shen Xingyan recorded the time so he could control the harvest time in the future.

Then, he had his clone continue to help deal with the Star Origin's maintenance notifications, while he paused for a moment, separated the agricultural products in his inventory space, and sold them all to the Star Origin Mall, eventually getting 1 gold, 205 silver, and 500 copper coins.

With today's earnings in hand, his total assets reached nearly 6 gold coins.

Looking at the solid, shimmering gold numbers in his wallet, Shen Xingyan couldn't help but smile.

This feeling of having enough supplies and not panicking made him feel very grounded.

After dealing with the agricultural products, Shen Xingyan looked at the experience bar in his attribute panel.

He had gained 6000 profession experience points from this strawberry harvest, bringing his total experience points to over 10,000 again, which was enough to meet the requirements for leveling up at this stage.

Without delay, he directly moved his mind and raised his level to 16:

"Congratulations, your profession level has been raised to level 16, rewarding you with +2 to all attributes, +4 to free attribute points, and -2% to profession skill cooldown time. I hope you will continue to work hard and strive to improve!"

Shen Xingyan enjoyed the comprehensive improvement of his attributes after leveling up to level 16, then casually added 4 free attribute points to Origin Energy, bringing his Origin Energy limit in the Star Origin World to 60 points.

"I guess I'll be able to perform my first attribute extraction before the trial begins. Looking at so many attribute points and not extracting them to the real world always feels like a loss!"