Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse - Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Another Piece of Fertile Soil

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“It’s fertile soil!” Xu Xin was immediately excited. After such a long time, other than the patch of soil where he had planted the treehouse seed, this was the second time he had seen fertile soil (blue). With such soil, he could cultivate blue-grade plants himself!

Picking up the ax, he first chopped down the high-grade white poplar and obtained five pieces of wood (blue).

[Wood (blue): Using just one when making tools that need wood will greatly increase the durability of the tools. When making furniture, using just one will increase the grade of the furniture.]

To think blue-grade wood was something that could improve the durability of tools and the grade of furniture!

No wonder he could not find any high-grade furniture on the production list other than those for white-grade furniture. It turned out that to make high-grade furniture, he needed high-grade materials!

Xu Xin looked at the improved stone ax (green) in his hand and saw that only half of its durability was left. He suddenly felt a little sad about the stone (blue) that he had used on it.

He shook his head and put this matter to the back of his mind. He picked up the improved stone shovel and started digging.

[Obtained fertile soil (blue)*1, wood (blue)*1, poplar seed *1]

The seeds dug out from the blue-grade wooden stump were still ordinary seeds, which confirmed Xu Xin’s previous guess.

He made a few trips to move the food, wood, and soil back. Then, he found a piece of barren soil around the treehouse, dug out the barren soil, and filled it with fertile soil.

Looking at the fertile soil on the ground, Xu Xin nodded his head in satisfaction. This was the biggest harvest of the day. With this piece of soil, he could produce blue-grade wood and food.

“What should I plant first…”

Xu Xin then remembered that he had found another high-grade white poplar. He quickly cut that tree down and dug out its stump too. Now, he had 12 logs of wood (blue).

“If I plant an apple tree, harvest the apples, and cut the tree down, will I be able to get blue-grade food and wood?” Xu Ke thought about it. He didn’t have any apple tree seeds on hand, but there were plenty of apple trees (green) in this resource area. He could go and dig for seeds.

Besides, he had never come across a blue-grade apple before. It was definitely a food with new functions.

The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. So Xu Xin tried to cut down an apple tree first, and as expected, obtained wood (green)*5. He then dug out the stump of the apple tree. This time, the goddess of luck wasn’t on his side, so he didn’t get any apple seeds. He had no choice but to cut down another apple tree.

[Apple Tree Seed: Can be planted in soil. It only takes five days to grow into an apple tree, and another five days to bear fruit.]

Xu Xin had tried to obtain seeds from the apples he had eaten before, but there was no system prompt. In other words, the seed obtained from the fruit was just an ordinary seed. It might be able to grow into a tree, but how long would it take for an ordinary apple tree to grow and bear fruit? Xu Xin did not have that much time to leisurely plant an ordinary apple tree.

In contrast, the dug-out seeds that were “blessed” by the system only needed ten days to bear fruit.

Xu Xin planted the apple seed into the fertile soil (blue), and the seed slowly broke out of the soil at a speed visible to the naked eye.

[Apple Tree Sapling (blue): It will take another five days to grow into an apple tree. Before that, it will be very fragile, so do not trample on it!]

Success! He should just let it grow slowly.

Xu Xin brought the supplies back to the treehouse and placed the wood supplies on the first floor. The food supplies were placed on the table on the third floor. Xu Xin then tried to put the barren soil that he had just dug up on the Trading Platform. However, the Platform prompted that the soil was a private bound resource and could not be traded.

It was a pity. When he had dug out the blue-grade soil just now, Xu Xin had a sudden idea of whether he could dig out heaps of green soil and sell them. There was plenty of it around him anyway, but it turned out that he couldn’t do so.

Forget it, he would see what blue-grade resources he had now.

[Red berry big (blue)], an ingredient that could give him two hours of night vision. Xu Xin had already experienced its use. It was different from items with lighting functions. This night vision ability allowed him to see at night as clearly as he did during the day.

[Top-grade shiitake mushroom (blue)], an ingredient that could permanently increase one’s intelligence by a small margin. Mushrooms couldn’t be eaten raw. Once the grill was ready, Xu Xin planned to roast and eat the 20 mushrooms first. After all, the more items that could increase permanent attributes, the better.

[Orange (blue)], a treasure that can raise one’s spirit without any side effects. It can keep one’s spirit in a very excited state for an hour, and after the state, one’s spirit will be as refreshed as if one had been in deep sleep for an hour.

[Stone (blue)], a treasure that can greatly improve the efficiency of tools.

[Wood (blue)], a treasure that can greatly increase the durability of tools, and can also improve the grade of furniture.

[Iron ore (blue)], something Xu Xin did not have but had seen from Li Wenxi. It was a treasure that could be smelted into iron (blue).

So far, blue-grade food provided a temporary or permanent enhancement effect on the body, while blue-grade material provided a large improvement to the tools made.

Without further ado, he should first make the things that he could with the Synthesis Station.

Xu Xin tapped on the screen and made a video call to Li Wenxi.

The call was picked up within a few seconds. Li Wenxi in the video looked much cleaner than before. Xu Xin could even see the fireplace on the wall behind her.

“You’re done with your work?” The beautiful girl sat on the bed, her face full of joy.

“You’ve made a fireplace?” Xu Xin was a little surprised. This probably wasn’t high on the priority list.

“Not just the fireplace, I’ve also made a furnace and grill! There were too many materials and it was uncomfortable to look at, so I used some. ”

“Did you keep my share?”

“How could I forget about you? I have a lot of stones, okay? I only used a small portion. And even if it’s not enough, I can still go down and dig for more!” Seeing that Xu Xin was doubting her, the beautiful girl was quite displeased. She placed her hands on her waist.

Good Lord, she’s a rich lady!

“Look at this,” Xu Xin raised the wood (blue) before himself so that Li Wenxi could see it.

“What is this?” The beautiful girl was confused.

Only then did Xu Xin remember that she couldn’t see the grade of the item before it was appraised, so he sent her the description of the wood (blue).

“This! This is! A blue-grade material that can upgrade furniture!” Li Wenxi’s eyes widened, and her body bounced forward. As she moved, the bed under her also made creaking sounds.

“That’s right. I still have a lot of green-grade wood. You should have a lot of stones, right? Let’s trade quickly. I need to make those things quickly too.”

“Oh, oh, okay!”

With that, Xu Xin used 200 pieces of wood (green) to exchange for 200 pieces of stone (green) from Li Wenxi. He first built the basic furnace and placed it on the second floor of the treehouse.

During production, Xu Xin tried to add a stone (blue) to increase the furnace’s efficiency, but unfortunately, it didn’t work. Thinking about it, it was a bit too much to ask if he thought that adding a stone (blue) to a furnace that required 100 stones would increase its efficiency.