Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!

"Courtyard Communicator? What's that?" Jiang Yuan was momentarily confused by the rewards for the new main quest, but anything produced by the system is definitely not bad.

It was probably similar to a communication base station, placed in the courtyard to allow everyone to conveniently "make phone calls" at any time.

Since upgrading to a Level Six haven was still a distant future, he didn't worry about the communicator issue. Instead, he turned his attention to the new building that appeared as the progress bar finished and the grey mist dispersed—a greenhouse!

The system's traditional style was still present, taking up a small area that occupied nine grid spaces on the haven thumbnail, just like the house, Floating Market, and Treasure Forging Workshop.

The overall image matched the quaint and antique charm of the courtyard. Even if it was more modern like a greenhouse, the supporting framework was made of wood, aside from the plastic feeling smooth "windows," which whether glass or crystal was unknown.

Even though the primary greenhouse seemed quite basic, Jiang Yuan was still thrilled. Having a greenhouse meant cross-seasonal crops could be grown!

The Spring Long Rice that often appeared in charity orders was one such item, and now there was no need to worry about stock running short!

Unable to contain his excitement, he pushed the door open and stepped inside.

What greeted him was a simple farm scene that somewhat resembled an acre of Spirit Field, but the area inside the primary greenhouse was ridiculously small compared to it.

An acre of Spirit Field was a 30X30 square grid and could cultivate a total of nine hundred Spirit Medicines.

The primary greenhouse had only a 9X9 grid, but fortunately, upgrading it was much simpler than the Spirit Field, requiring fewer and more common materials. Once the newly unlocked area was cleared, the basic materials obtained would be more than sufficient for upgrading the greenhouse.

The Level Two greenhouse equated to Level Two farmland, with no need for efficient fertilizers to upgrade the land.

Deciding to get to work, he exited the greenhouse enthusiastically and headed to the newly unlocked area's row of dilapidated wooden fences, then stopped—he realized all the clearing tools were over at Bluebird's place, so... maybe he could just call his sister back and clear the land together since the other courtyard members were absent!

"Hey? How can you just enter and exit here?" Bluebird, looking baffled, stared with wide, round eyes at the heap of tattered debris in the newly unlocked area.

After officially forming a sibling relationship and becoming a courtyard member, she had toured the Spirit Energy-filled courtyard under Wan Mingchuan's guidance.

Bluebird remembered quite clearly how an invisible barrier had blocked the overgrown forest and ruins behind the fields growing crops with faint Spiritual Energy, embodying a power she couldn't comprehend.

Yet now, unexpectedly, the enchanting barrier vanished, allowing free passage, which was utterly bizarre!

"Yes, starting today, this whole area is our turf!" Not bothering with explanations, Jiang Yuan handed her a sickle, saying, "Let me handle the tree-cutting and ruin-clearing tasks, you just help by cutting down the wild grass."

"Brother, are you one of those legendary disciples of the Shennong Sect scattered outside?" Bluebird looked bewildered, finding it increasingly difficult to understand her freshly met "brother," marveling at what he might be.

He smiled, motioning for her to hurry up, "Let's get to work quickly; I aim to clear a plot before it gets dark, as I need it for something."

With questions dodged and farm tasks thrown her way, Bluebird pouted but refrained from further inquiries.

She knew it was unwise to persist once she had benefitted from staying at the courtyard since leaving confinement—eating, using their resources—one must remain considerate of boundaries.

However, she kept an eye out, observing his every action stealthily while tidying up the grass.

"Clink clink clink!" After upgrading the Treasure Forging Workshop into a Glowing Golden Axe, Jiang Yuan could now take down a regular large tree by chopping its trunk four times, causing the wide tree to snap at the root and vanish as it fell, transforming into countless green glowing fragments.

Then, after hacking twice at the stump, the sizable root embedded in the soil turned into glowing fragments and disappeared, leaving no deep pits or any root residuals.

After swiftly chopping several large trees, Jiang Yuan picked up the Glowing Gold Shovel and shoveled six or seven times on a massive pile of bric-a-brac—stuff like straw and cloth sacks, leaving no trace behind.

"This doesn't seem to be the Shennong Sect's methods either." Bluebird grew increasingly puzzled.

She rummaged through her sparse past life memories for a long while but couldn't pinpoint anything.

The Shennong Sect, said to have existed since Ancient Times, specialized in cultivating Earth Treasures but was never heard of excelling in tree-chopping or ruin-clearing. Moreover, she hadn't sensed any Spiritual Energy usage during the entire process—how did such a large tree simply vanish?

Unable to comprehend, she had no option but to work hard while secretly feeling lucky to have embraced a strong ally; the more power and skills he had, the better for her!

As for how it was done... Bluebird sighed softly, considering how vast and mysterious the world is, perhaps he had the fortuity to practice peculiar cultivation techniques.

"Brother! There's an orchard here!" Cleaning the wild grass at a quick pace, she called out to Jiang Yuan with increasing fondness in her address, "Come quick and see, so many ripe Spirit Fruits! Wow, they smell amazing!"

[Planting trees for successors to enjoy, an orchard of Spirit Fruits undoubtedly planted by someone in unknown times, filled with mature fruit trees.]

[Orchard wall: Requires repair, protecting Spirit Fruits from birds once restored.]

Upon hearing her delighted summons, Jiang Yuan bypassed the ruins to view the system-generated details, simultaneously catching a strong fruity aroma—excellent stuff, indeed!

Sure enough, the ramshackle walls encircled a Spirit Orchard, interspersed with many miscellaneous trees whose lush branches obscured much of the vision as dusk approached, making it hard to gauge the orchard's size at a glance.

[Purple Smoke Fruit: Summer Spirit Fruit, matures every three days. Can be eaten raw to replenish dense Spiritual Energy; can be used at the stove for cooking; can be processed into juice or jam at the Juicing Workshop.]

"Spirit Fruits made into gourmet food?" Jiang Yuan was mildly startled, recalling he had yet to utilize the advanced recipe reward from building the greenhouse—a new recipe would surely accompany appropriate dishes!

The harvest bliss was truly fulfilling!

He stepped forward and shook the fruit tree, causing deep-purple, berry-like fruits surrounded by delicate Spiritual Energy mist to fall en masse.

"Wow, we're rich!" Bluebird eager to assist in picking the fruits hurried forward, hoping to taste them first being next to the orchard; she had never eaten such fine-looking, richly Spiritual Energy-infused fruit since her reincarnation!

However, upon scampering under the tree with her short legs, she found not a single fruit.

She lowered her head to examine the grass, then raised her head to the tree barren of fruits, disappointedly remarked, "Brother, please stop shaking them. We should pick them one by one; you see, once they drop to the ground, they vanish!"

Auto-pickup that Jiang Yuan had never turned off: ...

"Here, take these; wash them clean and enjoy eating." Amidst retrieving thirty-six Purple Smoke Fruits from his Storage Bag, he handed two over, "I'll first collect all the fruits in the orchard, they're absent today and miss out, let's make some delicacies!"

More mysterious means!

Bluebird's large, round eyes instantly widened!