NOVEL NEXT Chapter 412 Level 2 World Tree
[First Year, Summer: Weather is sunny, turning cloudy in the afternoon, northwest wind level 2-3; Today's fortune comprehensive index is 86, suitable for mining, and battles (chance for double loot buff); Avoid logging (chance for lower yield).]
Riding a paper crane heading towards the Old Dragon Cave, Jiang Yuan casually tapped on the Bronze Compass, which triggered a compass thumbnail to appear in the upper right corner of his vision, followed by today's fortune prediction popping up.
"Oh? That's interesting!" He immediately perked up, suddenly enlightened.
In the past, whether it was farming, logging, mining, or gathering, occasionally, there would be situations that were different from usual.
For example, on a certain day, mining would go exceptionally well, with abundant and easy-to-extract mineral resources, and sometimes even a critical strike could yield double the amount; but on other days, mining might be particularly unlucky, with very few ores found even after searching for a long time, and sometimes the extracted ones turn out to be defective and unusable.
Jiang Yuan always thought this thing was a random match, now the mystery is finally solved — every day's fortune is different, some are favored, some taboo.
It makes sense to glance at the fortune prediction each morning and prioritize suitable activities to maximize interests!
Very nice, having such a compass is quite practical!
Happily arriving at the World Tree, he presented a Blue Star Flower, "Look, I found the Blue Star Flower you like."
The deep blue flower shimmered with star-like luster, spreading a sprinkling of silver light in the relatively dim large cave, incredibly beautiful with just a little movement.
"Wow!"
You Meng, upon seeing this, flew out from behind the leaves with a face full of surprise, excitedly flying up and down, tracing golden marks in the air, "Jiang Yuan, you are just the best! I knew you are always the nicest to me!"
Rushing to the front of the Blue Star Flower, she stretched out her tiny white arms to embrace the flower branch, then buried her face into the starlight shimmering stamens, inhaling a deep breath of the Blue Star Flower's fragrance, and looked up at him with a sweet smile, "The freshest Blue Star Flower with dewdrops, it's so fragrant, so fragrant! If it's such flowers, I could receive a bundle every day!"
[Elf You Meng's favor +200]
The progress bar for the fourth heart jumped forward by a quarter, and upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan hastily took out the remaining nineteen Blue Star Flowers from the Storage Bag and handed them over, "Look, I have many more here."
Only one Luminous Stone can be gifted per day, increasing 30 favor points, won't be accepted if given more than that.
One Blue Star Flower adds 200 favor, and more can be received, but not sure how many flowers can be in a bundle as she mentioned.
As expected, seeing this, You Meng's beautiful eyes were full of little stars, then flying over to take four from his hand, reluctantly saying, "I can't be too greedy, being able to see you every day, receiving a bundle of Blue Star Flowers, I'm already very happy!"
[Elf You Meng's favor +800]
Instantly reaching four hearts, and moving a bit further on the progress bar, Jiang Yuan felt quite pleased!
"Besides Luminous Stones and Blue Star Flowers, what else do you like? I can find them for you." He wanted to see if four hearts could unlock the next item to increase favor further.
However, the other party, almost burying herself with five Blue Star Flowers, contentedly shook her head, "Being able to receive such a beautiful bundle of flowers from you, I'm already very happy. Thank you, Jiang Yuan!"
Alright, let's wait until reaching five hearts to ask again, surely not unlocked now.
But, gifting five flowers a day increases 1000 favor points, even if unable to unlock other items, shouldn't take long to reach a diamond.
Early this morning completed three system orders, also managed the production of a sufficient amount of efficient fertilizers in the workshop, finally meeting the World Tree upgrade requirements, Jiang Yuan took a deep breath and stepped forward to tap upgrade.
[Side Quest: World Tree — Task 2: Care for the World Tree to grow to Level 2, task completed. Reward: World Tree map fragment issued]
[Task 3: Care for the World Tree to grow to Level 3. Reward: World Tree map fragment +1]
[World Tree map fragment: Two or more fragments can be combined to form an upgraded map, allowing entry to the World Tree branch instance, explore the Unknown World according to the map.]
"Wow! Jiang Yuan, you are amazing!" Little Elf You Meng still holding the bouquet of Blue Star Flowers much larger than herself, flew joyfully back and forth, exclaiming with surprise, "You've let the World Tree grow a bit bigger so quickly! Step back a bit, it's going to grow taller!"
Sure enough, Jiang Yuan retreated to the stone wall edge and felt the ground shake beneath his feet.
The earth was trembling, as if a giant beast was emerging from the underground.
The originally somewhat immature-looking World Tree suddenly emitted a bright glow, illuminating the dark space above and below significantly.
Then there was the sound of plants rapidly growing mixed with the sound of wind breaking, not long after, a thick vine crawled up the gradually thickening trunk, quickly unfurling branches and leaves, climbing upwards to about twenty meters high before stopping.
The Level 2 World Tree obviously became much sturdier, the newly grown and extended branches below looked like natural stairs, leading to an upper mine tunnel.
"Congratulations on stepping one step closer to exploring a new world!" You Meng cleared her throat and said, "But for your safety, I must confirm whether you have the ability to explore the upper-layer mine tunnel."
With full confidence for the upcoming test, Jiang Yuan was already aware that last time she had hinted that reaching Level Six in all basic skills like farming, logging, and battle, would suffice, he even achieved an achievement in Wo Hu Mountain allowing all skills to jump one level, already reaching Level Seven!
As expected, You Meng shed golden characters in mid-air, confirming each requirement just like at the beginning.
"As expected of my best friend, meeting all requirements, you are awesome!" She smiled, erasing the characters with a stretch of her small hand, "Then there's just the last test left: Pay 150,000 Spirit Stones to prove your capability.
Of course, I still won't just take these Spirit Stones from you for nothing. Upon receiving the Spirit Stones, I can build a simple warehouse next to the Teleportation Array for you, where ores and loot, etc., can be stored, and the warehouse will connect to your Storage Bag, allowing you to use them anytime, anywhere.
How about it? Isn't it quite a deal?"
150,000 Spirit Stones for a warehouse is not cheap, but it's a bonus, can't expect to get something for nothing, having it is akin to a free gain.
"I have money" Jiang Yuan readily paid the 150,000, You Meng hinted that a more advanced Mining Pickaxe was needed for the upper-layer mine tunnel, if not available, a temporary one could be rented for 20,000 Spirit Stones.
"A bit of a splurge, better keep an eye on expanding the earning channels on the Netherworld side!" Jiang Yuan bought a temporary Mining Pickaxe, ascended to the Second Layer mine tunnel via the World Tree, while mining, deliberating on where else might need expenses next.
The home upgraded to Level Five also unlocked a new landscape — Linglong Cave, priced at 800,000 Spirit Stones.
It was agreed to arrange an exclusive residence for Hu Zhile, the Linglong Cave was a must-buy. However, they are not here now, buying and arranging it before returning to surprise the contract pet!
"Ding!"
"Thud!"
As he was thinking, he mined a Crystal Stone with his Mining Pickaxe, then some rubble collapsed, revealing a small narrow space behind the rock wall.
[Hundred-Year Fruit: Randomly grows in advanced mine tunnels, a natural Earth Treasure, consuming its mature fruit can increase one year of lifespan.]