Chapter 176: with translation of chapter title

Many people soaked the seeds, and there were also many people; Lin Manzhi, at nightfall, led these fifty planters to completely sow the two fields.

She straightened her back, swept out two empty large water basins; this is the spirit spring water in the space that has a remarkable effect on crops, not to be wasted, she secretly added some water and then directly scattered it onto the two seed fields.

After finishing these, Lin Manzhi still couldn't rest immediately; she had people bring the prepared thin leather film, and as people pulled it open to cover the two rectangular arrays where seeds had been sown, until the two seed fields were covered.

Only after this step was today's sowing completely finished; Lin Manzhi followed the one who came to pick her up, Mo Lie, and returned.

Today she was busy for an afternoon, first tilling the soil then sowing; finally there were still eight plots unsown, the fields in greenhouse No. 2, which relate to the entire planting of greenhouse No. 2's planting base.

When Lin Manzhi went to sleep, she first poured the seeds into a water tray to soak; at night the temperature is low, so germination takes longer than in daytime, soaking overnight is just right.

This time it wasn't just cherry tomato seeds; she also added a fast-growing cherry radish seed and a watermelon seed that tastes delicious in hot weather.

For these two—cherry radish and watermelon—she only planned to trial-plant each in one planting greenhouse first; the rest would still be all cherry tomatoes, which are already a sold product, so she keeps priority planting them.

Thus, the next day, Lin Manzhi woke up early together with Mo Lie, bringing the seeds, waiting for him to send her to the planting base, and then she saw him off as he left.

During sowing it was very busy; she estimated that she would have no free time all day.

She arrived relatively early; Xiang Sa and the others knew the sowing wasn't finished yet, and they had arrived even earlier than her, waiting outside the greenhouse; everyone already had sowing experience, so when Lin Manzhi gave the word, they picked up their planting tools and began working.

After a night passed, Lin Manzhi was very curious how the cherry tomatoes sown the previous night were growing, but now the leather film covering made it inconvenient to lift frequently, so she could only restrain herself.

This isn't her own spiritual field in the space; the seeds were only sown yesterday, so they absolutely couldn't have grown that fast.

"Today we have three different kinds of seeds; the two lesser kinds we will first plant in one plot." Lin Manzhi explained the sowing situation to the fifty planters behind her.

In the early morning the sun wasn't yet fierce; the tops of greenhouse No. 1 and No. 2, which have crops, were opened for ventilation, and a scorching wind blew over her cheeks; Lin Manzhi lifted the cape on her head, simply too lazy to put it back on.

She gathered her black long hair behind her head with both hands, took out a slender gold hairpin from the leather pouch at her waist, casually twisted her black long hair behind her head, a few strands falling beside her ears, adding a touch of languid charm to her beautiful features.

Xiang Sa and the others, seeing the beautiful female appear in the planting greenhouse, hurriedly lowered their heads to focus on sowing, fearing that their gaze would cause the chief to misunderstand, thinking they dared to have designs on the chief's wife master, and then they'd lose their heads.

Lin Manzhi saw that they were sowing without mistake, so she entrusted this place to Xiang Sa and the others with peace of mind.

She turned her head to the neighboring greenhouse No. 1 and took a look; greenhouse No. 1 was planted with several-meter-high agave that unfurled like a hedgehog, making the cherry tomatoes beside it look like tiny specimens.

There were many planted cherry tomatoes, plus some that had been transplanted the day before, so there were mature fruits every day.

She went to the several ridges where cherry tomatoes were planted, looking at the fruit seedlings with many fruits turning red, which could be picked later and sent to Yuequan Lou.

She had the wolf one following behind her fetch the scissors and grass basket, then picked the mature cherry tomatoes.

This planting base can be said to be the place with the strongest defensive force, with high walls on all sides and a garrison of up to a thousand beastfolk warriors at any time.

Lin Manzhi moving around in the planting base was just like strolling leisurely in her own backyard.

She held the scissors and snip-snip-snipped at the cherry tomatoes; soon the grass basket at her feet was piled full, so someone brought another empty basket over.

Hua Zheng arrived just then; he watched as Wolf One and the others carried away the holy maiden fruit, and saw Lin Manzhi, holding scissors, swiftly cut a string of holy maiden fruit and casually toss it into the grass basket, his heart aching as well.

He came from the Wushen Temple, and had long seen a large queue forming outside Yuequan Lou waiting for the holy maiden fruit; moreover, the people in his own legion also could hardly obtain the holy maiden fruit.

Who would have thought that after he delivered the lettuce and came to find Lin Manzhi, he would see the grand scene of harvesting holy maiden fruit actually so haphazard and casual.

Hua Zheng's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help saying, "No way… such a precious holy maiden fruit, just put in a grass basket?"

Lin Manzhi glanced at him with a smile, handing over the cherry tomatoes she had just picked, "What's wrong with the basket? The bottom is lined with dry grass stalks, which can protect the holy maiden fruit from breaking during transport."

Hua Zheng's expression suddenly enlightened, he nodded and reached out to take the string of cherry tomatoes Lin Manzhi handed over; this whole string was fully mature, bearing a dozen or so bright red holy maiden fruits.

He felt delighted, lifted the stem of the holy maiden fruit to his mouth, leaned forward and bit off one; the sweet‑sour juice burst in his mouth, as if dispelling the heat from his hurried dash.

Hua Zheng exhaled comfortably, not forgetting that his purpose in coming was to deliver the proceeds from the lettuce to Lin Manzhi; later he still had to go to the legion and follow his master to quell the rebellion.

Thus, he held a string of holy maiden fruit in his mouth, turned around, and went to fetch the money box of gold coins strapped behind his back.

Lin Manzhi continued picking the ripe fruit, lifting the grass basket and moving forward a few cherry tomatoes' distance.

Suddenly, a huge shadow fell over the top of the planting base's sky, like thick storm clouds of a rainstorm swooping in and abruptly blocking the sun, plunging the field of view into darkness.

As the shadow came over, Hua Zheng was the first to notice something amiss.

The shadow above his head darkened, as if some huge creature were approaching from above.

Immediately, a terrifying sense of pressure surged, making the hairs on his body stand on end.

He shuddered in shock, instantly realizing the situation—this was clearly the mighty aura of a male beast far stronger than his own bloodline race!

The opponent was extremely strong, even able to slip into the planting base guarded by over a thousand sentries without being detected beforehand.

To have such ability to infiltrate right before his eyes, there could only be…

"It's over! The master isn't here! The opponent is coming for the medicine plants of Kuangsha City!"

Hua Zheng's pupils contracted violently.

He suddenly recalled something off—when he had just delivered the lettuce to the Wushen Temple, Wen Jing's pallid forced smile and stiff body.

"We're doomed!"

"Lord Lin is in the planting base—ahhh……"

Hua Zheng forcibly straightened his body, about to reach out and take Lin Manzhi away.

But when he turned his head, his vision only caught a black shadow flashing before him; there was no one in front, and the cherry tomato leaves were still swaying in the wind.

"……The Lord Lin who had just been standing opposite him is gone!!"

Fury broke through fear, turning into a thunder‑like roar that echoed inside the planting base: "Roar—roar—roar——"