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

The pink Carefree Lotus is undeniably beautiful, and its function is reliable, but Jiang Yuan felt that if there were a blue lotus swaying in the Spirit Pool, the scene would be even more magical.

"The Carefree Lotus comes in nine colors; it's only when it blooms that you'll know what color it'll be." The bluebird tilted its head at the pink bud casually saying, "Actually, pink, red, or white are the best; ordinary colors are relatively safer.

Like the blue one I planted before—it's too conspicuous. Beautiful as it is, its danger level rises accordingly. Let's just say, with this Carefree Lotus blending in with the hibiscus flowers, you wouldn't feel out of place, and you could retreat within and feel much more at ease."

Listening to her explanation, Jiang Yuan realized the difference in their thinking.

Including his apprentice Wan Mingchuan, they probably are used to living in an unstable and insecure world, where their first consideration in any situation is safety and having enough to eat and drink. Even Yun Shu had latent fears—afraid of being useless and disposed of.

On the other hand, growing up in a modern world with a stable environment, even in the Wilderness, he rarely had to worry thanks to having system advantages, so comparatively, his sense of crisis was lower.

"Everyone should be back tonight; let's buy the Linglong Cave first, and relocate the greenhouse..." After breakfast, sending the bluebird back to Miasma Ridge to work for him, Jiang Yuan clicked purchase, reducing his account balance by hundreds of thousands of Spirit Stones.

He dragged the purple thumbnail of the cave next to the Tree House and installed it, then moved the greenhouse to the corner of the new area, and the Fish Pond over as well, connecting the area across the river into one large patch. Once the farmland is cultivated and upgraded, setting up automatic harvesters and irrigation will be much easier.

After rearranging the whole courtyard, he clicked save and exited the thumbnail state as a dazzling light floated past the Tree House.

[Linglong Cave Purchase Successful]

The system notification flashed, and beneath the towering Divine Wood appeared a light purple structure resembling a small mountain.

Approaching it, he discovered that the handsome ring-shaped small mountain had a central entrance with natural steps leading down inside.

Stepping into the underground cave, Jiang Yuan, who had only seen pictures on his phone, was completely awestruck—it was so stunningly magnificent!

"Though the scenery is picturesque, I lack the words, and all I can manage is a dumbfounded exclamation." After holding back for a while, Jiang Yuan cracked a joke.

Indeed, words failed him; the key was that the system-sold scenic cave had not just a huge cavern, stalagmites and hanging stone curtains, but deep inside was a clear spring.

Those towering stone pillars were bathed in different colored lights, offering a dazzling array of colors, with water droplets dripping from the layered stone veil and stone flowers onto the foggy spring, creating a prominent quiet and distant sound of water dripping, beautiful as if dreaming.

The light sources were gentle yet bright without being glaring, colorful but not overwhelming, and the cave was not damp. There were even stone tables, benches, beds, and bookshelves formed naturally by stones beside the spring, seamlessly integrating with the cave's beauty, not at all abrupt.

"Zhile will definitely love it!" Jiang Yuan looked around, feeling that the Spirit Stones spent were well worth it.

He opened the System Mall to check the next unlocked scenery—a dark purple mushroom sparkling with starlight—mysterious and beautiful according to the thumbnail. One had to admit that the system always had a firm grasp on aesthetics.

No matter how expensive, a new scenery requiring a million Spirit Stones, he was willing to buy.

The problem was, he still didn't know what use that dark purple mushroom had...

"Today's fortune favors fishing, not mining?" After tidying up the farmland, he checked his fortune and considered whether to take a risk by teleporting to the Wilderness at Spiders Valley to fish during the day.

Although he had cut a large hole and swept through once, reducing many toxins, it should be relatively safe, right?

Considering how potent the poison is, and not seeing signs of Demon Beasts or Cultivators entering during the day, Spiders Valley shouldn't be too dangerous even during the Wilderness's daytime.

Bringing bait and carrying his recently upgraded Glowing Golden Fishing Rod, Jiang Yuan, curious and excited, teleported directly to the Spiders Valley teleportation array from the Ancient Teleportation Array.

"Indeed, the daytime Spiders Valley compared to nighttime..." Upon teleporting over, looking at the quietly familiar surroundings with a white haze blocking most sunlight overhead, he just started marveling at the lack of difference when he heard a low hum.

It sounded like some kind of winged Demon Beast flapping its wings.

"Uh-oh! Could strong Demon Beasts appearing during the day really be impervious to the toxic gas?" He was startled and quickly glanced at the hole he had painstakingly cut open with scissors for his entry and exit.

Though not very large, it was still a hole; if he blocked it with a bit of Poisonous Spider Silk, would it be safer?

Thinking about it, he felt it was prudent not to leave the teleportation array, so he could teleport home at any time.

"Buzz~"

As the buzzing grew louder, he soon saw through the dense spider webs overhead a shadow about two meters long, its huge wings flapping rapidly, flying slowly like a plane.

"Thump! Creak creak~"

Before the shadow could pass smoothly, it was clearly heavily corroded by poison, wobbling until it quickly "crashed" onto the resilient spider web, struggling for a couple of moments before falling still.

Jiang Yuan:...

He thought it was a formidable creature, but was this it?!

Apparently, the passing Demon Beast was so simple-minded that it failed to realize the air here was toxic, and by rashly flying at low altitude, it got poisoned, stuck on the spider web, only to deepen its poisoning, eventually dying.

"If that's the case, maybe I can harvest some 'loot' for free?" Although unsure of the usefulness of a Demon Beast that died of poisoning, after farming for so long, he felt, since here anyway, might as well not let freebies go to waste, so he was eager to try.

Especially when Greater Demon Beasts appearing in daytime Wilderness are more powerful—even if the poisoned meat is inedible, if he can excavate a Demon Core...

Before Jiang Yuan could finish his favorable calculations, he heard a high-pitched bird cry, then a huge bird-like Demon Beast swooped down, its long beak grabbing the poisoned beast, intending to gulp it down.

"Chirp!" Another even higher-pitched bird cry sounded, and Jiang Yuan watched as overhead, two large bird-like Demon Beasts' shadows fought each other, naturally vying for the free meal.

"Tsk tsk, indeed, life finds a way." Watching the two Demon Beasts fighting and flying away, Jiang Yuan sighed, "After all these years of toxins lingering in Spiders Valley, it must have become a hunting ground for some Demon Beasts."

Just like watching natural documentaries of bears preparing for winter by catching big fat fish in the rivers, the Wilderness World, to put it simply, is a more advanced, violent wilderness, still following the food chain.

A moment later, as the sounds of battle completely faded, he glanced up at the shadow that had previously settled on the spider web, and stealthily peeked out from the not-so-large hole.

Initially, Spiders Valley was filled up when spider silk covered the entire valley.

With his poison resistance not high at first, for safety's sake, he mined out an entrance from the most corner, now popping out to stealthily explore, initially looking like a little mole in a whack-a-mole game.

[Poisonous Scale Feather: After the bird species fearless of potent toxins consumes extremely toxic prey, it evenly spreads the toxins onto its feathers to enhance combat ability, gradually forming a special material. Can be used to upgrade buildings, refine toxins in advanced Alchemy Rooms, and forge Weapons in advanced Treasure Forging Workshops]