Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 792 - 754: Eating Melon

"Crack! Crack! Crack crack!"

The ticking of the countdown’s second hand was crisp, making Jiang Yuan’s heart tighten.

Fortunately, the Clear Wind Bright Moon Sword was very powerful, moving forward rapidly while leaving marks. About five minutes later, a message arrived—the Amber Lake is located southwest of the sand castle.

There were nineteen and a half minutes left on the countdown when he finally saw a patch of deep blue lake water after crossing numerous sand dunes!

[Amber Lake: A breathtakingly beautiful lake like blue tears in the desert, but don’t be fooled by its appearance. The lake water is one of the array hubs, gathering pure fire energy, with extremely high temperatures. Be careful not to get burned.]

[Golden Amber Stone: A superior refining material that has disappeared from the outside world, purified and condensed from the lake water. Can be used for refining. Note: Do not fish for all the water; the fewer the Golden Amber Stones, the harder it is for new stones to condense. Take an appropriate amount.]

Seeing the details, Jiang Yuan’s eyes lit up instantly!

During a side quest to find a cure for the Elder Dragon, he received an armor blueprint which required a Level Six Treasure Forging Workshop to craft.

After much effort upgrading the workshop to Level Six, he discovered the system’s material requirements were too high, and none of the refining materials on hand could be used to craft the armor. So, he could only let the blueprint gather dust after clicking to use it.

At the time, he thought the system’s products were just more troublesome, as it wouldn’t accept slightly inferior materials.

Now the discovered Golden Amber Stone was very suitable. He thought, I’m not greedy; besides the quest requirement, I’ll take three more pieces to forge a set of armor.

Once the finished product is tested, if it’s good, he might consider equipping all the small courtyard members over time!

-400!

Thinking this, Jiang Yuan used the Fire Wings to endure the high temperature and reached out to grab a handful. His health bar flashed and lost some health. However, his hand showed no injury or pain, just a sense of warm water temperature.

"As expected, demon cultivators have thick skin, and their initial values are much higher." He applied a layer of Earth Spirit Flame to his hand, then reached in to retrieve the stones.

He sighed to himself, "Song Zhi said that the lucky Mist Cloud Hunter’s realm wasn’t very high, with limited abilities. He went to great lengths just to pick up a stone from the lake bottom and sell it for a fortune.

With my Fire Wings and abnormal fire protection, I still lose health by reaching in, so if he withstood it without a Fire Element Magical Treasure, that’s quite impressive."

Saying he would take three more, Jiang Yuan took precisely eighteen Golden Amber Stones, and flew with the sword towards the sand castle, with time still ample.

So it’s either Song Zhi’s relay was mistaken or Chu Huai’an and that demon cultivator were deliberately circling around to prevent him from remembering the desert’s positions and map.

Hastily using the Teleportation Array, he arrived at the Vermilion Bird Tower to submit the task.

"Great, with Golden Amber Stone and Blazing Fire Crystal, I can forge a simple container with my own Flame." Flame spat out a flame, wrapping around the crystal and stones, reminding, "The entire forging process will take an hour, during which the tower’s temperature will be extremely high and may cause accidental injury, so please wait patiently outside and protect me."

[Patiently wait for one hour, then check the situation in the tower. 00:59:59]

He nodded in agreement, exited the Vermilion Bird Tower, and closed the stone door in passing.

It was already ten thirty in the morning, and the small courtyard had yet to be tended. Just as well, he opened the courtyard communicator. An hour’s time was enough to settle the fields and workshops in the courtyard.

Upon obtaining the farming acceleration item last time, he used the saved automatic harvesting and planting device, which can be used for three months continuously.

So now with so many farmlands, there’s not much worry needed. Every morning at six, the automatic sprinkler waters, and the automatic harvester and planter sow seeds and harvest, and looking at the endless green fields gives a sense of satisfaction.

Growing his own fields without needing to personally dig in, only someone truly from the countryside understands the worth!

The poultry house and livestock shed have automatic feeders, capable of storing a lot of feed. Even if left unattended for a few days, the animals won’t go hungry;

The fish in the fish pond, however, need to be fed daily. He took out fish feed from the storage bag and put it in, and the various fish swam over merrily to eat. Harvestable fish were collected from the harvest field, adding over twenty fish to the storage bag.

"If only there were crawfish." Jiang Yuan thought as he collected finished products from the workshop and added raw materials, "Garlic crawfish, spicy crawfish, both are delicious!"

It must be the desert’s hot weather that triggered cravings for spicy food.

He suddenly remembered the ancient teleportation array could reach that beach where he had placed crab traps in the seawater.

Busy every day with the small courtyard farming and side quests, without disciples around clamoring to stroll by the sea, he’d forgotten to see if there’s a catch, so he’ll have to find time to check.

After tonight, tomorrow officially enters autumn.

The crops in the fields need to switch from summer to autumn crops, especially regular fields most affected by seasons. In summer, mainly wheat is grown for flour, as staple food for charity orders is primarily flour-based;

In summer, the main staple crops become corn, and vegetables will also undergo a change, even the staple menu for charity orders needs adjusting. Who knows what scene the wilderness will transform into at night, whether folding the Level Seven courtyard will attract dangerous areas...

After finishing the trivialities in the courtyard, Jiang Yuan casually took out a big watermelon, split it in half, and handed one half to Yuan Man, "The desert heat is too much, have some watermelon to unwind."

Eating regular crops doesn’t increase stats, but you can’t beat the enjoyment of watermelon on a sweltering day; it’s delicious!