Chapter 23: Finally Returned to the Shelter

It was already past 5 o'clock; although the time still looked early, outside was pitch black.

That really is darker than night!

Lin Yifan sighed, and then didn't dwell on it further; after all, things had come to this, so he could only follow the rules of this world.

After resting enough, he then took out the wolf carcass from his Space Ring.

Indeed, aside from a wound on the neck, there was only a slash on the abdomen.

That slash was actually quite shallow, but the flesh had turned black; this wolf had died from poison.

This made Lin Yifan slightly worried; can one still eat the meat of a wolf that died from poison?

Forget it; preserving one's life is more important than wanting to eat meat.

However, although the meat cannot be eaten, the materials are still useful.

Lin Yifan carefully peeled off the wolf skin; the remaining flesh, he had originally planned to just throw away.

But after thinking it over, he decided to temporarily keep it.

This wolf meat already contains deadly poison; perhaps it could be useful in certain situations.

Then Lin Yifan placed the mutton on the fire, roasting it slightly over an open flame until it was half-cooked, so that it wasn't bloody, and then put it into his Ring Space for storage.

He had tried before; time inside the Ring Space is stagnant, so after placing something inside, it won't rot as time passes.

Otherwise, he really wouldn't dare to keep this stuff.

After dealing with the wolf carcass, Lin Yifan then began to sort today's harvest.

Actually, his haul today wasn't much; aside from three Treasure Chests, he only dug up some medicinal herbs while clearing the path.

However, thanks to the Harvest Critical buff, the quantity of herbs wasn't small; he originally wanted to plant them, but he had no extra Cultivation Soil left, so he could only temporarily keep them in the space.

And what remained was that Golden Eagle Egg, as well as the three Treasure Chests.

The Golden Eagle Egg currently lacks hatching materials, so it can only be left as is for now; thus he took out the three Treasure Chests.

The three Treasure Chests were white, green, and blue respectively; the white one came from the Bird Nest, and the blue one came from the mosquito swarm.

And this last green one was obtained from killing the Wild Wolf.

Lin Yifan looked at this green Treasure Chest, secretly guessing that the Treasure Chest dropped from slain beasts was at least a green Treasure Chest.

This is indeed a good way to obtain high-quality Treasure Chests, only the danger is too high.

Whether it was yesterday's Spectacled King Cobra or today's Wild Wolf, if Lin Yifan hadn't had a weapon and his reactions weren't quick, he wouldn't have taken them down so easily—he might even have lost his life.

However, a Wild Wolf actually appeared nearby; there must be a wolf pack, so he'll have to be careful from now on.

After setting aside his random thoughts, Lin Yifan began to open the Treasure Chests.

White Treasure Chest, opened.

"Talent Activation, gained 8x Critical Hit Reward!"

【Meat Buns】×18

【Chocolate】×8

Lin Yifan looked at the fist-sized meat buns inside the box, and the chocolate pieces each at least 45 grams, his eyes instantly lit up.

These are all great stuff!

Since he arrived here, although he hasn't starved himself, due to his limited cooking skills and lack of ingredients, he couldn't have anything particularly tasty.

Even the toast he ate during the day was just the most ordinary toast; how could it compare to meat buns?

As for the chocolate, needless to say, it's a solid energy bar—small, easy to store, high in energy, tasty, perfect for emergency rations.

Lin Yifan took a meat bun and took a satisfying bite; it was utterly delightful.

The only pity is that the meat bun has cooled down.

However, it's fine; he still had a Flat Pan, poured water into its pan, then he used an axe to split a few finger-thick wooden sticks.

Then he propped the sticks on the flat pan to form a simple rack, and took out four buns to place on the rack for slow steaming.

The remaining 13 buns and the chocolate were placed into the space for storage; he was reluctant to trade these two foods for supplies, so he had to keep them for himself.

Next, he began to open the second Treasure Chest.

Green Treasure Chest, opened.

"Talent Activation, gained 9x Critical Hit Reward!"

【Universal Cultivation Soil】×9

【Primary Pig Iron】×45

【Fine Silk Quilt】×9

As soon as the Treasure Chest opened, supplies burst out all over the ground.

Especially those nine quilts—what a huge pile!

When they burst out, if Lin Yifan weren't quick-eyed and quick-handed, he would have almost knocked into the fire.

He hurriedly stuffed the quilts into his Space Ring, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, he then turned his gaze to the Cultivation Soil, extremely delighted, unable to contain his excitement.

Name: 【Universal Cultivation Soil】

Grade: Ordinary

Review: Can be used to cultivate any plant, increasing the plant's growth speed; the higher the grade, the greater the boost to the plant's growth speed—it's a beloved tool for farmers!

That's nine pieces of Universal Cultivation Soil!

Even if it's ordinary-grade Cultivation Soil, it's still top-notch!

If he had food seeds, he might even be able to sustain himself by planting.

He moved all the newly obtained Cultivation Soil to the side of the previous plot of Cultivation Soil.

Then he planted the blueberry tree that he had dug up for growing mint onto one of the Cultivation Soil plots.

These cultivation soils are the same; each piece of cultivation soil can only grow two kinds of plants.

Besides the medicinal herbs he currently has, he also has yesterday's ci pao fruit seeds and that half piece of ginger.

These two things were also buried in yesterday's good quality cultivation soil, but due to the planting limit of the cultivation soil, they did not sprout.

Lin Yifan dug out the ci pao fruit seeds and the half piece of ginger, then planted them separately in a piece of cultivation soil; anyway, he now has a lot of cultivation soil, but the food plants he can grow are relatively few.

As for those medicinal herbs, having enough is fine.

Unless a large amount is needed, there is basically no need to plant.

However…… thinking about the current weather outside, with rain and cooling, if this continues, many people will probably catch a cold.

Lin Yifan thought for a moment, then dug out the mugwort from the good quality cultivation soil and planted it in ordinary cultivation soil.

Then he planted that piece of ginger in the good quality cultivation soil.

Although many herbs can treat colds, colds also come in many types; this kind caused by weather cooling and rain belongs to wind-cold.

To treat wind-cold, what is needed is to expel the cold from within the body, so warming herbs should be used.

Although ginger is a food ingredient and a spice, it is also the most suitable warming herb.

Therefore, planting ginger is most suitable.

Besides ginger, he also planted some other heat-clearing and fever-reducing medicinal herbs; anyway, the cultivation soil being empty is still empty, so it's better to be prepared.

After finishing planting, Lin Yifan also harvested mugwort and mint by the way.

【Mugwort】 ×632

【Mint】 ×465

Possibly because the planted items cannot produce harvest critical effects, these two did not generate critical hits when harvested.

Lin Yifan was a bit disappointed, but there was nothing he could do; he put both medicinal herbs into the space, planning to make them all into strong mosquito repellent when he had time later.

Next, he took out a primitive iron block, examined it carefully, and then discovered it was just an ordinary iron block.

Each iron block is about the size of an egg.

After playing with it for a moment, Lin Yifan threw the iron block into the ring space.

He needs 100 primitive iron blocks to upgrade the shelter, but he now only has 45, still missing more than half!

However, being able to open 45 at once is also extremely lucky.

If it weren't for the harvest critical buff, this treasure chest would only yield five or six iron blocks.

After calculating like this, Lin Yifan felt he had struck it rich!

Satisfied, he began with the last treasure chest.

This is also the blue treasure chest he most looked forward to!