The sound of water from the showerhead echoed in the room before dawn. Any filth clogging blood vessels and muscles was blasted out through pores. The stinking black blood turned to grime, washed clean by the stream of water. Emerald green eyes looked up, staring at the ceiling with a glazed gaze. His body felt like it had been reborn after going through the bloodline improvement.
Ryse... said she died from a genetic disease. Tomorrow I need to try talking to Rina. Jinyo planned to take Ryse for a major health checkup at the hospital. Including Gretel, who was his other child. Some genetic diseases, if caught early, would be easier to deal with.
What he could do now was find ways to use the system to its fullest. The system probably wasn't designed to let Jinyo glimpse the future without reason. At the end of the tunnel, there must be light.
After finishing getting dressed, Jinyo went to grab a wooden sword and left the house late at night. The nighttime wind was biting cold, but it didn't make him flinch. Behind the estate was a mountain that had been inherited by the Southerncross clan for many generations. It covered 5,000 acres, but only one-fifth was usable land.
Jinyo had to shoulder a huge debt burden from property taxes that he still hadn't finished paying off. He looked for a suitable spot for growing rice. Rice was a plant that grew in different environmental conditions from other crops. Not suitable for sloped areas without uniform topsoil. It needed to be flat with convenient water drainage systems. The soil also had to retain water well.
Having grown up here since childhood, Jinyo knew every nook and cranny of this mountain. The soil here had a loose texture with gravel contamination, making it easy to erode. The steep slopes weren't suitable for growing rice. He needed to find flat, open land where sunlight shone. With air currents flowing through and connected to water channels.
"Heading east, not blocked by the mountain's shadow. Soil quality... not good, not bad." Jinyo poured water from his canteen onto the ground. The water seeped into the ground in the blink of an eye. It hadn't rained here for a while, making the surrounding rocks quite dry and rough. Until the last drop from the canteen disappeared—the soil that absorbed as fast as sand changed into muddy slush.
Jinyo opened the system window to select and designate the area.
[Confirm installation of Anonymous God's Sword Garden. Unlocking farm garden management feature.]
[Anonymous God's Sword Garden]
[Area Size: 10 acres] Agricultural land for growing the forgotten Anonymous God's produce. Grow miraculous vegetables, wondrous herbs, and magical fruits. Chance to drop produce with special stat values.
[Money: 0 Soul Coins] Currency used to exchange goods with wandering merchants, shops, equipment upgrade shops, and construct buildings. Obtained from selling produce and valuable ores.
[Buildings: 1] Special buildings that provide convenience to the landowner.
[Bonus: None] This land has not received any blessings. Cannot grow miraculous plants.
[Livestock: None] You can raise magical animals by building pens. Some magical animals increase the chance of rare produce drops.
[Crops: None] You can grow miraculous vegetables, wondrous herbs, and magical fruits to increase the amount of Spirit Essence.
[Spirit Essence: 1] Spirit Essence helps flora grow faster. Affects cultivation efficiency and increases elemental concentration.
In the blink of an eye, the rough, sloped ground was leveled smooth throughout. The loose, coarse soil was tilled finely and evenly until the difference was visible to the naked eye. A supernatural phenomenon as if a fairy godmother cast a spell made Jinyo, who believed in scientific principles, stand stunned.
Could the system's power do this much? Jinyo opened a water bottle and poured liquid onto the soil again. The seepage speed slowed down significantly. From dry soil, it became clay soil that retained water well.
"Excellent. I was just thinking about how to get a tractor in here. The road isn't paved, the path is narrow, and it's in the middle of the forest. Or did I choose a terrible location?" Jinyo questioned himself. He wasn't sure if this was a smart choice after already going through with it. The system probably wouldn't allow him to change locations either. He turned to look at an old wooden cottage attached to a large tree. Next to it was an open wooden crate with large letters written: [Buy].
It reminded him of a game he loved playing as a child. A farming game where you threw radishes and watermelons into a barrel. The next day, an old man wearing a hat would come take the items along with money that popped up. He walked in to survey the buy box first. There was a small description written on the front of the box.
[The system will buy agricultural produce, processed goods, animal meat, and valuable ores every morning at 5 AM. Box capacity is 100 kilograms. Payment is only in Soul Coin currency.]
"A farming game or what! This is clearly a farming game."
Could this system really make him stronger!?
Jinyo slapped his face to bring himself back to reality.
Don't think negatively. Modern farming games—farm in the morning, dungeon in the afternoon, woo girls in the evening, right? Jinyo pushed open the cottage door to go inside. It wasn't the dilapidated, run-down shack it appeared to be from outside. Inside was clean and tidy. Items were systematically arranged. There was a straw bed, a bookshelf with thick books, a medicine cabinet, a seed storage cabinet, and agricultural equipment placed in the corner of the room. Consisting of a copper hoe, copper sickle, copper axe, and copper watering can.
Jinyo walked over to pick up a book, opened the seed storage cabinet, revealing a heavy brown bag weighing 50 kilograms. He could barely resist the urge to quickly pull it up with his meager arm strength. The young man exerted himself until his face turned red, moving it to the middle of the room. Using a knife, he cut it open and picked up rice seeds to examine.
Golden grains shimmering with vibrant life. Large, round grains resembling other rice varieties. But looking through the eyes of a botanist who studied rice varieties thoroughly, he dared to bet his doctorate degree in plant science that this was the discovery of a new rice variety that had never appeared on this planet.
"You are truly magnificent." Jinyo was captivated by the discovery. His heart became a young boy's again. His emerald green eyes changed to red and saw information he didn't expect to see.
Bloodline Deduction
[Immortal Rice]
Status: None
Planting Conditions: Spirit Essence greater than 1 or higher. Blessing bonus from Spirit rank F or higher.
Habits: Likes clean water. Likes sunlight. Hates drought. Hates cold weather.
Dominant Genes: [Fast Growth 1-star] [Drought Resistant 1-star] [Slow Aging 1-star] [Purify Impurities 1-star]
Recessive Genes: [Low Yield 1 black star] [No Insect Protection 1 black star] [Cold Sensitivity 2 black stars]
"So this is how the Bloodline Deduction skill works. Examining the genes of living things. Knowing both dominant and recessive genes. What truly miraculous power." This was clearly a plant breeder's dream power. With this, it would help select only plants with desired characteristics. If you selected only good varieties, the next generation's produce would only have plants with good traits. Disease resistant. Sun resistant. Increased yield.
Developing each generation of plant varieties took a very long time. But with Bloodline Deduction, it would help reduce breeding time significantly. Botanists and breeders around the world would be green with envy. Jinyo smiled continuously like a child with a new toy.
"If I use it on the kids, will I see genetic diseases?" Jinyo wanted to test it but had to wait until morning. He picked up the hardcover book [God of Agriculture Manual]. It compiled all knowledge about agriculture. Methods for caring for produce. Plant positioning placement. Camp boundary layout. Fertilizer formulas and methods for cultivating rare flora.
"Search for Immortal Rice cultivation method." Jinyo spoke the command. The God of Agriculture Manual flipped to the Immortal Rice cultivation method immediately. The cultivation details weren't difficult, but what was difficult was making the Anonymous God's Sword Garden able to grow miraculous plants like Immortal Rice. There were necessary steps to take.
Namely, receiving blessings from spirits.
The book stated that to receive blessings from spirits, it was necessary to perform rituals to summon spirits to reside in the land. What was needed was [Earth-Dwelling Divine Fertilizer]. Fortunately, this book had fertilizer mixing formulas. Unfortunately, the materials used...
[Earth-Dwelling Divine Fertilizer]
[Raw Materials: Monster core powder 10 kilograms, Monster bone powder 20 kilograms, Fermented monster blood 50 liters, Pure earth weighing 100 kilograms]
"Brutal! Monster core powder. How is an unemployed person like me supposed to find something like that?" The terrible truth slammed straight into Jinyo's face. Only monsters level 5 and up had a chance to drop cores. Guaranteed drops required level 10 and up. Average size was 0.5 to 1 gram.
How much money would Jinyo need to spend to gather a full 10 kilograms of monster cores? The Southerncross estate had no treasures left to exchange for money either. A bankrupt clan drowning in debt had no credit to borrow money from banks. The path to becoming the God of Agriculture wasn't as easy as he thought.
Jinyo folded and put away the God of Agriculture Manual. Picked up the Nature Synthesis Technique scroll to read. Don't think about things you can't do yet. Overthinking was useless. Must do what can be done in the present as best as possible. If he couldn't afford to buy, he just had to go hunt.
Must hurry to restore planar, hurry to get strength back.
Jinyo controlled his breathing in and out. Opened his senses to perceive through his pores. Capturing natural energy flowing throughout all directions. The Spirit Essence of the Anonymous God's Sword Garden helped Jinyo sense natural energy more easily.
When at home, Jinyo barely felt the natural power written in the manual. Here was different. Perception of natural energy increased 10-fold. The young man closed his eyes and meditated, not letting himself be distracted by stimuli. For the first time in 13 years, he could sense planar deeply. He savored the nostalgic feeling. It was as sweet as honey and bitterly deep like roasted coffee.
Don't be happy. It's too early to be happy. Jinyo wouldn't let his consciousness drift away easily. He had been an ordinary person for too long. The excitement of getting to hold a sword again would only break his meditation.
Time flowed by slowly. One second equaled one day. Feeling neither hunger nor thoughts. Like a tree with roots deep in the earth receiving sunlight from the sky. Receiving nutrients from the earth. Capturing carbon drifting with the air. Nerve cells throughout his body were being torn apart and destroyed over and over again.
The blood in his body was boiling. Like when undergoing bloodline improvement. But this wasn't that. What was changing wasn't his bloodline but his body. His body was adapting to his bloodline and Nature Synthesis Technique.
He had to overcome this pain. This was a good sign indicating that Jinyo was undergoing a major transformation.
One hour passed like a year. When Jinyo opened his eyes, nerve cells throughout his body opened to receive light and natural energy flowing from the air, earth, and trees. Jinyo exhaled white breath. His flushed face drifted into a trance of happiness. The energy received from sunlight was as delicate as silk thread.
This cultivation technique couldn't compare at all to other cultivation techniques. But it changed one piece of trash who couldn't train to become valuable again.
[Body improvement complete.]
[You have received Flora Body. Strength +10, Mana Quality +10, Response +10, Intelligence +10, Mental Power +10, Charm +10]
[Flora Body (Beginner): Receives energy from absorbing sunlight through the skin. Strengthens bones and muscles through consumption and breathing. Breathes by receiving both oxygen and carbon dioxide. Protein reception efficiency from plants increased by 100%.]
[Mana (Common Level 1): 20/20]
The number that was once zero moved up to 20. The young man's eyes widened. Tears welled up and overflowed from his eyes.
"I can feel it... I... finally I can use planar." Jinyo shed a man's tears. No matter who spat or criticized him, he didn't care. The pain and humiliation from being powerless for over 13 years—it was over. Though late, he had a chance to fight again. The young man clenched his fist so tight that veins bulged. He raised his arm to declare victory.
We've been preparing all along for this day.
Throughout the past 13 years, though powerless, Jinyo had never missed training his body and mind even for a single day. The young man reached out to grab the wooden sword. Controlling just a tiny bit of planar forming in his body. Refining it, spreading it into the blunt wooden sword.
Intense deep pink aura burst forth more violently than should be the level of someone using planar for just the first day.
"AWOOOO!" The howl of wild beasts echoed into the cottage. A golden window popped up, interrupting the celebration.
[Intruders detected. Please expel unauthorized living beings.]
"Just got my powers back less than a minute and you're sending monsters to fight? Isn't this script placement a bit terrible?" Jinyo sighed. He pushed open the cottage door to look at the barren, empty land. A pack of wolves running rampant across the land. Surrounding the cottage and Jinyo at the center point. The bloodthirsty beasts' eyes had their consciousness seized by greed, wanting to possess what they could never reach.
The young man who hadn't used power for over 13 years stood facing the wolf pack. Without fear of fighting them.
As Jinyo had said.
He had been preparing for 13 years without stopping to rest.
Even if he couldn't use planar, he had fought all along. In the manner of worthless trash.
The pink aura covering the sword intensified until it formed a blade edge covering the wooden sword, making it sharp as steel.
[Sword Spirit (Basic) Level 1: Uses 1 planar unit per 1 second. Increases damage according to Mana Quality + Mental Power X 0.1 of this skill's proficiency]
Jinyo's Mana Quality was 60. His Mental Power was 521.
"6 of them, 20 seconds." Jinyo's gaze changed. The gentle, relaxed atmosphere disappeared, replaced by killing intent and a threatening atmosphere that swallowed the enemies' courage. Eyes sharp as blades about to slaughter those being stared at. A completely different person from the one Ryse and Gretel knew.
The thirst for battle after getting power back once more was painted and colored on the empty brown ground, turning it bright red.