Chapter 47: Breeding, Planting!

Outside Hutou Gou, beside a field, under a large tree.

Liu Dongzhu found a shady spot, set down the basket on her back, first held Wang Ping'an in her arms, then took a piece of burlap from the basket, spread it on the ground, and then placed Wang Ping'an on it.

"Ping'an, stay here, watch Mom work, and definitely don't run around!"

Liu Dongzhu gave that instruction, although she knew Wang Ping'an was too young to understand her words, but these days of contact let her clearly know that their Ping'an was different from the other children in Hutou Gou.

Aside from crying and fussing over eating, drinking, urinating, and defecating, he was otherwise quiet.

Lying in bed, he never crawls about!

That's why she puts Wang Ping'an on the burlap, so she doesn't have to worry about him crawling.

Otherwise.

She would use a quilt to tie Ping'an to her back, but that would be very inconvenient.

"Dongzhu, putting Ping'an here, won't it be unsafe?"

Zhang Guihua picked up a hoe, set down the basket, and was about to head to the field when she saw Liu Dongzhu place Wang Ping'an on the burlap, still somewhat worried, and said:

"Why don't you stay here and keep Ping'an company while I and your father work? That would be enough!"

Wang Lin chimed in: "Yes, Dongzhu, just this bit of work, me and your mom two people are enough!"

"Dad, Mom, rest assured, Ping'an you know as well, since birth he's been very quiet; leaving him here won't cause any trouble!"

Liu Dongzhu offered reassurance, seeing Zhang Guihua's face still showing some worry, seeing her open her mouth about to say something, she spoke first:

"Mom, mainly I've been lying around at home these days, you won't let me do any work, I'm about to rust, just let me dig a few hoe strokes, loosen up my muscles and bones, then I'll come back to watch Ping'an!"

"That works!"

Zhang Guihua nodded and said: "Just dig a few hoe strokes, but don't overdo it!"

As Mother, Grandfather, and Grandmother picked up their farm tools and headed together to the field, Wang Ping'an lay on the burlap and finally had the mind to notice his surroundings: clear mountains, beautiful water, and even the air was exceptionally fresh.

He faintly felt that even the spiritual qi was much richer than at home.

Afterwards.

Wang Ping'an immediately employed the technique Purple Qi Classic; the spiritual qi wandering between heaven and earth instantly gave him a sense of an indescribable attraction, surging from all directions and seeping into his body through his pores.

It made his eyes light up!

This wasn't his first time cultivating the Purple Qi Classic, but this time the attracted heaven-and-earth spiritual qi was, frankly, twice as dense as before.

He could clearly feel his body receiving noticeable strengthening.

Originally.

The little black that had followed their family here, seeing the unfamiliar surroundings, wanting to frolic and run about, suddenly came and lay down beside him.

Absorbing the heaven-and-earth spiritual qi gathering around him!

Previously.

At home, when he cultivated the Purple Qi Classic, unless the Black Cat Captain wasn't nearby, any attempt to approach and leech off his benefits would almost always be chased away by the Black Cat Captain, who often bullied him.

Afterwards, Wang Ping'an multitasked: while cultivating the Purple Qi Classic to absorb heaven-and-earth spiritual qi and strengthen his physique, he also kept an eye on his mother, grandfather, and grandmother working in the fields.

In his previous life.

Born an orphan, abandoned at the orphanage's doorstep, with the help of the state and kind-hearted people in society, he gradually grew up; although his childhood wasn't very happy, he had never done any heavy physical labor.

Especially farm work!

Nowadays. It's not that he's never seen people do farm work before, but whether it's his mother or his grandfather and grandmother, when they do farm work, however you look at it, it's pleasing to the eye.

"Ding! You earnestly observed your mother Liu Dongzhu, your father Wang Lin, and your grandmother Zhang Guihua doing farm work, gained some insight, congratulations on obtaining the skill: Breeding 【Entry Level】, skill: Planting 【Entry Level】!"

A mechanical, cold voice echoed in his mind; Wang Ping'an's little face instantly showed a hint of surprise—receiving skill rewards wasn't new, but getting two skills in a row could be considered a first.

Although both are agricultural skills, no one can guarantee he won't have use for them later.

Unfortunately.

By the time he can actually use them, he'll be at least five or six years old, when he'll have the strength for farm work.

Nevertheless, he quickly spent Merit to raise the levels of the two skills he just obtained.

Who let him, during this period, drive the Black Cat Captain to hunt rats in the granary, earning plenty of Merit; upgrading to proficient level for the skills didn't meet the requirements, but upgrading to Entry Level was more than sufficient.

The talents of the acquired skills had already been raised by him from Entry Level to Proficient!

"Ding! You spent 10 Merit to upgrade the skill: Breeding, Entry → Proficient!"

"Ding! You spent 10 Merit to upgrade the skill: Planting, Entry → Proficient!"

Two consecutive mechanical, cold voices sounded in his mind; Wang Ping'an's face showed no change, as he was about to finish cultivating the Purple Qi Classic and switch to cultivating the Sword Nurturing Secret, when suddenly the hairs on his back stood on end, a sense of unease welled up in his heart like a tide.

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He knew that nine times out of ten, it was the talent Danger Sense taking effect!

Wang Ping'an's mind moved, and he immediately drove that strand of Sword Qi within his body.

During this period, under the nourishment of the Sword Nurturing Secret, the originally damaged Sword Qi not only recovered to its former state, but even improved further.

The next second.

Wang Ping'an's gaze wandered the surroundings, seeking the source of danger, and from an inconspicuous patch of grass he discovered the danger: a snake almost blending with the environment, variegated, obviously a venomous creature.

It was slowly approaching him!

Seeing this, Wang Ping'an's heart filled with panic; his fear of this thing was almost ingrained in his genes, but fortunately he had a strand of Sword Qi inside him, which kept him from being scared stiff by this poisonous snake.

He just didn't know whether this poisonous snake had come close by chance or been drawn by the spiritual qi he attracted.

No matter which possibility, and regardless of whether this poisonous snake had merely passed by unintentionally, Wang Ping'an wasn't going to let it go, preparing to strike first when a loud eagle cry rang out.

"Cry!"

The next moment, a black shadow swooped down from the sky; not to mention the poisonous snake in the grass being frightened into stopping its crawling, even Liu Dongzhu, Zhang Guihua, Wang Lin, and the others were startled, hastily ceasing their farm work.

At top speed, they grabbed their hoes and ran toward Wang Ping'an's location.

Although.

They had never heard of an eagle snatching away a child's corpse.

Liu Dongzhu ran and blamed herself, saying: "It's my fault, my fault; if I had known earlier, I shouldn't have left Ping'an under the tree!"

Just that.

Before she could finish speaking, they saw the eagle that had swooped down from the sky snatch a poisonous snake from the grass beside Wang Ping'an, kill it with its beak, and then feast on it right beside Wang Ping'an.

Zhang Guihua exclaimed in astonishment: "Did this eagle swoop down just to catch and eat snakes?"

(End of chapter)