#226 - Chapter 226: Increased Energy Consumption

Shen Xingyan felt the unique sensation after extracting Star Source, then purchased 15 calves from the Star Source Shop and placed them back in the pasture.

Looking at the lively calves in front of him, Shen Xingyan smiled and muttered to himself:

“With my mutated skills and high luck, these calves are destined to be quickly harvested in the future.

Although the value they create is not comparable to the rewards from breaking a Star Source record in the farmland, at this current stage, having this income can indeed speed up my attribute extraction, which is very useful to me!”

Shen Xingyan analyzed as he left the pasture and returned to the farmland.

Seeing Wangcai and the others leisurely working, he felt satisfied and also a sense of感慨:

“The existence of the skeletons really saves me a lot of trouble. Otherwise, with my current attributes, I would definitely be overwhelmed. Not to mention having time to study how to improve my strength in the real world!”

Afterward, he observed for a while, then walked to the center of the farmland, next to the Longevity Tree, and squatted down to observe it carefully.

He noticed that as the grade increased, the patterns on its leaves seemed to become more compact, and the overall appearance was no longer as unsightly as before, as if it had become somewhat restrained.

At the same time, he also noticed that the maintenance task was much faster than before. In its daily state, it actually required four skeletons to maintain its overall stability.

You should know that his skeletons now have 13 points in all attributes, and their labor ability is not comparable to what it was before. But under such circumstances, the demand is so high, which really surprised him.

But it was just surprise, and he didn't feel any worry because of it.

After all, with the number of small skeletons and the double increase in attributes, their labor force has seriously overflowed, which makes him feel very confident, feeling that Star Source maintenance is no longer a threat to him.

However, the reason is only because this is only one mu of Spirit-Rank farmland. If there were dozens of mu more, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so optimistic.

After checking the Longevity Tree, Shen Xingyan saw that there was still more than an hour before the cooldown time of the first professional skill. After thinking about it, he decided not to stay here any longer. He walked directly to Wangcai and said with a smile:

“Wangcai, I'll leave for a while and come back later. You take good care of this place.”

At this time, Wangcai's height had reached his shoulder. Facing such a tall Wangcai, he didn't pat his straw hat like before, but gently stroked his shoulder.

“Don't worry… Master… Wangcai… is here!” Wangcai's childish voice appeared in Shen Xingyan's mind, and he even patted the bones on his chest in a very human-like manner.

Seeing this, Shen Xingyan laughed heartily, and then with a thought, he instantly disappeared into the professional space.

After his consciousness returned to the real world, he first looked at the original energy points he had just extracted. Seeing that the original energy in the real world attribute panel had become 46/46, a smile appeared on his face.

“Now I have 46 points of original energy. After using the Perception skill tomorrow, the overall comprehension value will reach 31 points. If I exercise according to this value, I should be able to increase 'Power of Balance' to level 11 tomorrow!”

Shen Xingyan calculated as he went to the underground training room and directly started exercising 'Power of Balance'. During this period, he also slightly guided his sister on how to exercise.

Although his sister couldn't learn 'Power of Balance' for some reason, the movements she practiced were dissected from 'Power of Balance', so Shen Xingyan still had a lot to say about it.

And after Shen Xingyan's guidance, Shen Xingying's movements were obviously much smoother, and exercising was not so boring and uncomfortable.

Shen Xingying truly felt this change, and her eyes towards her brother became even more admiring.

In this way, after more than an hour, Shen Xingyan increased the skill progress of 'Power of Balance' to 67%. Seeing that the time had come to 8:00 in the evening, he slowly stopped his movements.

After returning to his room, he first used the Clone Technique and let Assassin No. 17 go to the outer world on his own. At this time, he took out the Star Source Card and returned to the Star Source World.

In the professional space, Shen Xingyan focused his attention on the Longevity Tree as soon as he stood still.

Seeing that the first professional skill had completed its cooldown, he didn't delay and directly took out the Origin Staff, selected the Longevity Tree as the skill target, and then used the professional skill.

As for the other farmlands that were executing the wool-gathering plan, it was not yet time to harvest, so they were not within the scope of this skill application.

As Shen Xingyan used his professional skill, he slightly felt the flow of original energy in his body, and then frowned slightly.

“Why does it take a full 40 points of original energy to use a professional skill on this Tier 2 Longevity Tree, which is twice as much as before.

Is the original energy consumed after the Spirit-Rank is upgraded so terrifying? It doubles directly!

If it continues to increase at this rate, the demand for original energy in the future should also become higher and higher. Fortunately, I am adding all original energy points, otherwise, this would really catch me off guard!”

While Shen Xingyan was shocked, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. This unexpected event made him feel fortunate for his previous choice.

As 40 points of original energy acted on the Longevity Tree, without the factor of breaking a record, the skill application was quite smooth.

A few seconds later, the Star Source skill prompt appeared:

“Congratulations, you have successfully used your professional skill, Farmer professional experience + 1.”

After the Star Source prompt appeared, the Longevity Tree also began to grow rapidly on a small scale, but the small scale made Shen Xingyan feel that it was a bit unworthy of the 20 days of growth time.

If he hadn't been observing by the side and could feel that the Longevity Tree was indeed accelerating its growth, otherwise, just by comparing it before and after, it would be almost impossible to feel any changes in the Longevity Tree.

Seeing this, Shen Xingyan could only shake his head with a wry smile: “My 40 points of original energy are like throwing stones into the water, and there is no big reaction when invested in the second stage of the Longevity Tree!”

However, although the Longevity Tree's reaction was not great, the maintenance prompt of the Star Source World was quite intense.

A dozen seconds later, as the Longevity Tree returned to normal growth, maintenance prompts began to appear continuously like a tide.