CHAPTER 456: CHAPTER 444: THE SURPRISE BROUGHT BY ANIMALS

A few minutes later, under Han Qiwu’s tempting culinary bribe, Little Electric obediently munched on river shrimp while watching bird-taming videos.

As it watched, it couldn’t resist complaining.

"Is this it?"

At first, Little Electric thought it would be tasked with dangerous activities like circus animals, such as jumping through flaming hoops.

But looking at it now, it was just hopping, stretching its paws at most.

Too easy!

After arranging Little Electric’s tasks, Han Qiwu finished his burrito and walked outside the house.

No TV watching today.

Outside, Han Qiwu first collected the eggs from Wutong.

Recently, egg production had surged significantly—they could produce a big egg every other day.

The turkeys in Wutong No.2 had also grown fast, and it seemed like it wouldn’t take long before they could lay eggs as well.

As for the Blue Firebird, its growth had been rather slow.

But it was understandable.

It’s a Mage, after all.

What’s wrong with a slow growth rate?!

Leaving Wutong, Han Qiwu then squeezed some milk from Jilei Mountain. As he milked, he didn’t forget to nag Kui Niu.

"Eating all that feed every day for free? Not even shouting a bit louder!"

A helpless Kui Niu could only nod at Han Qiwu and bellow twice with its worn-out throat.

[Kui Niu Special Effect - Voice like Thunder Triggered: Current farm crop yield increased by 9%]

"9%, that’s progress! Keep giving it your best," Han Qiwu said as he patted Kui Niu’s head and tossed a bag of purple alfalfa feed to it.

After leaving Jilei Mountain, Han Qiwu entered Hongyan Tower to gather some duck eggs. Along with the few collected in the last two days, it seemed like today he could make another batch of salted duck eggs.

When summer comes, and when he doesn’t feel like cooking, he could just whip up some pickled cucumbers and salted duck eggs to pair with his homemade rice porridge. The flavor would definitely be excellent!

Upon entering, Han Qiwu first collected the duck eggs from the female Fire Ducks, Spot-Billed Ducks, and Mottled Ducks.

As for this batch of salted duck eggs, he planned to use the double-yolked Fire Duck eggs he had saved earlier.

Double-yolk salted duck eggs—bound to be a heavenly treat.

After collecting these eggs, Han Qiwu noticed a few glowing spots.

Could it be?

Han Qiwu quickly walked to the nest of the Gaoyou Ducks and pulled out two blue-green Gaoyou Duck eggs.

[Gaoyou Duck Egg]

[Stamina +50]

[Health +45]

[Note: The taste of Gaoyou Duck eggs is exceptional.]

The attribute description was simple, but Han Qiwu reckoned the taste of these Gaoyou Duck eggs wouldn’t be so plain.

Since ancient times, the salted duck eggs of Gaoyou were famous far and wide—it was said, "Before knowing Gaoyou’s people, you’ll know Gaoyou’s eggs first."

Once he made them, he’d know for sure how good they were.

But today’s surprises didn’t end there.

After finding the Gaoyou eggs, Han Qiwu discovered three to four grey fluffy feathers in the Spot-Billed Ducks’ nest.

The texture of these feathers felt excellent—soft, clean, and comfortable to touch.

[Spot-Billed Duck Feather]

[Usage: Material]

[Special Effect - Warmth: Spot-Billed Duck feathers offer superior insulation.]

[Note: It’s said that a single down jacket requires hundreds of feathers.]

"Hundreds of feathers? That’d take a while to accumulate." Han Qiwu chuckled as he stored them away, deciding not to dwell on it for now.

After all, winter was still a long way off, and by then, he’d surely have enough.

Having gathered his finds, Han Qiwu didn’t hold back—he made several bags of insect-infused feed and fed the young ducks generously. "Great job today! Here’s a bonus meal for you all—keep it up!"

After leaving Hongyan Tower, Han Qiwu turned toward Heavenly Ascension Pavilion.

As expected, he wasn’t wrong.

The two goats had already climbed to the very top of the hillside. They stood there with their beards swaying in the wind, staring at Han Qiwu.

"What are you looking at? Be careful coming down! You climb so high; aren’t you worried you might fall? Let me warn you now—if you break any bones, I’ll chop them off immediately, got it?" Han Qiwu deliberately said fiercely to them.

Upon hearing his words, the two goats obediently climbed down the hillside.

They’d already heard stories from a chubby meat chicken at the farm.

Never get injured at home.

Why? Because bone-chopping translates to roasted lamb legs in Han Qiwu’s dictionary!

Unaware of the true reason for their obedient behavior, Han Qiwu simply felt pleased seeing the goats so well-behaved. He grabbed a few handfuls of purple alfalfa and fed them.

"It started with just four calves, but now we’ve got goats and horses. Our supply of purple alfalfa is becoming insufficient—I’ll have to figure out a way to boost its production." Han Qiwu silently noted to himself as he quickly finished feeding the goats and hurried to the stables to take care of the young horse.

No milk-producing goats yet—they could wait for now.

As their master walked away, the goats bumped heads, thinking to themselves: It seems that the meat chicken was right—no milk, no attention from the master.

As for the meat chicken’s repeated claim about being a phoenix, the four goats showed tacit agreement not to mention it.

Meat chicken was just meat chicken—what connection does it have to a phoenix?

At most, its feathers were a little more vibrant, that’s all!

Opening the stable door, Han Qiwu saw the young horse wide awake and standing by the feeding trough, gazing at the distant morning sunlight.

Its pale golden feathers shimmered under the sunlight.

"Our little horse is so handsome," Han Qiwu said as he grinned, carrying over a huge bundle of fodder to the trough.

Can’t let the kid go hungry!

Eat all you want!

The young horse nuzzled Han Qiwu’s neck before lowering its head to devour the fodder hungrily.

After feeding the horse, Han Qiwu led it out of the stable, letting it stretch its legs a bit to digest.

Looking at the lush trees around his home, Han Qiwu thought: If only the horse could eat leaves.

Leaves probably had decent nutrition too.

As he pondered, Han Qiwu suddenly noticed something unusual.

Where did all these rows of saplings come from???

Did Little Prince unlock a new skill?

While walking over to investigate, Han Qiwu pulled up Little Prince’s skill panel to check.

[Basic Skills: Foraging Wild Fruits (Mastered), Foraging Wild Vegetables (Mastered), Foraging Honey (Mastered), Logging (Mastered), Digging Cellars (Mastered)]

"... Digging cellars? What kind of skill is that?? Why would you even learn something like this?"

Anyway, ignoring that, Little Prince hadn’t mastered any skill for planting trees.

So where did these saplings come from?

Could it have been a tree spirit?

Still puzzled, Han Qiwu stepped closer to the woods.

"Clatter-clatter."

"Clatter-clatter."

As he approached, Han Qiwu heard faint sounds of wings fluttering. Looking up attentively, he spotted dozens of gray Mist Butterflies flitting around the maple and osmanthus trees. There were still some undigested cocoons hanging on the branches.

"So that’s how it is." Han Qiwu suddenly understood.

Case closed.

It turned out that the Mist Caterpillars placed on the trees ten-odd days ago had now cocooned and transformed into Butterflies.

Mist Butterflies have a special effect called Pollination, which causes mature trees nearby to spawn corresponding saplings.

This explained where the saplings came from.

"Mist Butterflies’ effect is ridiculously good—I’ll have to collect more next time," Han Qiwu thought, excitement bubbling in his heart.