After the global announcement from the Star Source concluded, the plot of land in front of Shen Xingyan began to rapidly expand, using the well gifted by the Star Source as its center. The expansion quickly swept past the spot where Shen Xingyan was standing.
His professional space also significantly increased along with the expansion of the arable land. When the process was complete, Shen Xingyan, looking at such vast grounds, was smiling foolishly with joy. This feeling, as if a pie had fallen from the sky and you had accidentally caught it, would make anyone happy for a long time.
The roots of the previous wheat harvest had disappeared after the harvest was completed. Shen Xingyan also noticed that the four mu of land before him looked as though they had been re-tilled and had already reached a standard suitable for direct sowing, without the need for additional plowing.
The color of the soil had become noticeably darker than before. The books had also mentioned this: with an increase in the area of arable land, the quality of the soil improves, making it more fertile.
Shen Xingyan slowly bent down, took a handful of the soil, and silently took it in, gradually accepting this generous gift from the Star Source world.
Approaching the wheat that Wangcai and the other skeletons had gathered, he mentally activated the transfer, and the mountain of wheat instantly disappeared into his inventory.
Separating the grains from the straw, he saw that they appeared in two separate inventory slots. Looking at the harvest, Shen Xingyan checked the wheat's stats with satisfaction:
Item: Wheat (High-Quality)
Value: 6 copper coins
Quantity: 1800
Properties: Cooking Material
Shen Xingyan, who had just wanted to admire the number 1800, froze when he saw the words "High-Quality" after the name of the wheat.
He knew that items with suffixes in their names surpassed the ordinary level. In the Star Source world, materials and equipment were divided into four main quality tiers: Ordinary, High-Quality, Excellent, and Perfect.
Within these categories, there were also intermediate levels: High-Quality-, High-Quality+, Excellent-, Excellent+, and Perfect-, which together made up the Star Source world's quality system.
And now, Shen Xingyan's wheat had reached High-Quality, and its value was three times the normal price — 6 copper coins per kilogram, which he had not expected at all.
"So, for this harvest, I can get a total of 10,800 copper coins!" After calculating the total sum, Shen Xingyan's eyes widened.
"When did making money become so easy?" he thought with a wave of disbelief.
And this was only the initial stage. What would happen when his level increased, his professional skill became stronger, and his army of skeletons grew even larger? Wouldn't the flow of money accelerate even more?
The answer to that question was already in Shen Xingyan's heart. The immense joy made him take a deep breath, calming his internal excitement.
Then he checked the stats for the straw:
Item: Straw (High-Quality)
Value: 1 copper coin
Quantity: 800
Properties: Basic Material
Shen Xingyan was surprised to see that the straw was worth one copper coin. High-quality straw could also bring in money? This he had not expected. Previously, he had only heard that straw was useless and worthless, but he hadn't paid attention to the question of quality. This was another small, pleasant surprise.
Next, Shen Xingyan walked to the warehouse at the edge of the plot and checked its stats:
Item: Warehouse
Size: 8 x 15 slots
A simple but impressive description—120 slots. Shen Xingyan even wondered if he would ever be able to fill such a vast space.
Looking at the empty warehouse, Shen Xingyan separated 100 kg of wheat and placed it in the first slot as a symbol of good fortune.
He then opened the Star Source store and sold the remaining wheat and straw, receiving a total of 11,000 copper coins. Now, the bottom right corner of his inventory displayed "11 silver coins."
Admiring this pleasing number, Shen Xingyan opened his stats panel. He found that his experience had reached 186 points: 180 points for harvesting 1800 kg of wheat, 5 points for using his professional skill five times, and 1 point received during his Awakening.
His current experience significantly exceeded the 100 points required to level up!
To reach the level-up standard after his first harvest—Shen Xingyan hadn't heard of anyone else doing this, and he didn't know if he was the first.
Looking at the level-up icon next to his experience on the stats panel, Shen Xingyan realized that the long-awaited moment had arrived.
Isn't this what many professionals "fight" day and night for?
Shen Xingyan took a deep breath and mentally pressed the level-up button.
[Congratulations! Your professional level has increased to two. Reward: all stats +1, free attribute points +2, professional skill cooldown -1%. We wish you continued success!]
As the message from the Star Source appeared, Shen Xingyan felt his body lightly tremble, and then it quickly returned to normal.
After a light stretch, he heard a faint crunching sound and felt his entire being fill with a sense of lightness.
Opening his stats panel again, he saw a completely different picture:
Name: Spark of the Steppe Fire (Shen Xingyan)
Number: 9527
Profession: Farmer
Professional Skill: 1. By consuming a certain amount of Primal Energy points, increases the growth progress of crops in the specified area by 10%. The larger the area, the greater the energy consumption. 10-hour interval, 24-hour skill cooldown (-1%).
Level: 2
Experience: 86/200
Strength: 11 points
Agility: 11 points
Constitution: 12 points
Spirit: 11 points
Free Attribute Points: 2
Health: 120/120 points
Primal Energy: 18/18 points
Stamina: 12/12 points
Physical Attack: 11 points
Magical Attack: 11 points
Defense: 12 points
Speed: 11 points
Talent: Summon Skeleton—summons a skeleton monster with all characteristics equal to 1 for combat (cooldown time: 24 hours)
Money: 0 gold, 11 silver, 0 copper
With the level-up, all four of his core stats increased by 1 point, except for Primal Energy and his innate talent. Primal Energy could only be increased using free attribute points or after unlocking a heart technique at level 10, while a talent, they said, could only be improved with rare items.
Including the 2 free attribute points, this level-up brought a total of 6 attribute points, which was far faster than training in the real world.
No wonder people are so eager to improve themselves in the Star Source world! Shen Xingyan thought.