When the Star Source announcement ended, changes began in Shen Xingyan's professional space: the borders of the four mu of land started to expand, pulling the borders of the entire space along with them.
Shen Xingyan watched this phenomenon without much surprise. After all, after his last record, the Star Source immediately gifted him 1800 square meters of land, and those changes were far more massive than the current 600 square meters.
However, he was glad that the Star Source, although it only added one mu of land, showed some "care" by re-tilling all of his plots, saving him the need to dig up the soil again.
Looking at his expanded domain, Shen Xingyan squinted with satisfaction and smiled!
The increase in land area was permanent—this meant that every future harvest and the experience gained from it would grow accordingly. How could he not be happy about that?
Although one mu of land seemed insignificant compared to the cultivation privilege, if viewed on its own, it was still worth 100 gold coins! This was an amount that the current Shen Xingyan would have to farm for a very long time to earn. For him, it was a truly generous reward!
After his joyful reflections, Shen Xingyan began the harvest.
He walked up to the mountain of wheat collected by the little skeletons and, with a mental effort, moved it from his professional space into his inventory.
Opening his inventory, Shen Xingyan used the Star Source backpack's built-in function to separate the grains from the straw.
Seeing the number 8200 in the wheat grain slot, he smiled with satisfaction.
What other farmer could, in just ten days, collect two wheat harvests with a total volume of about 10,000 kilograms?
The economic benefit of such a harvest might not impress high-level farmers. But Shen Xingyan was only a beginner, barely past the ten-day mark since his Awakening! This result was already a stunning achievement!
Shen Xingyan happily checked the wheat's stats:
Item: Wheat (Excellent)
Value: 10 copper coins
Quantity: 8200
Properties: An excellent material for cooking.
Excellent? How can it be excellent?
The suffix in the wheat's name indicated "Excellent" quality, and the value had reached a shocking 10 copper coins per kilogram. Unprepared for this, Shen Xingyan's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Excellent quality—that's two levels higher than High!" The word "Excellent" echoed in his mind.
He clearly remembered that in his last harvest, the wheat had only been of "High" quality, and that was with him and a large number of skeletons meticulously tending to one mu of land.
The little skeletons had even continued to care for the field after he left, and only then had he managed to achieve "High" quality—a result he had easily accepted.
But this time, the land area had increased, and the number of skeletons, due to time constraints, had not yet reached a sufficient scale. If he hadn't put all his energy into completing the Star Source's tasks in the last few days, he might not have even broken the record.
Under these conditions, he had expected that maintaining the "High" quality of the wheat would have been an excellent result. He had never even dreamed that the wheat would skip two levels at once and reach "Excellent" quality.
However, the facts were right in front of him, and he couldn't help but believe his eyes.
But instead of celebrating this achievement, Shen Xingyan frowned.
His brain began to feverishly analyze the entire cultivation process over the last few days, trying to figure out the reason for such success.
Because if he found the reason, he would be able to deliberately increase the quality of his crops in the future, which would be a major breakthrough and significantly increase his income.
Other farmers relied mostly on luck to get high-quality crops, as a similar randomness mechanism existed in the Star Source world, although the probability, distributed throughout the world, was much lower.
But Shen Xingyan had a hunch that the increase in his wheat's quality was not due to a random choice by the Star Source, but for objective reasons.
Systematically analyzing the entire cultivation process, he finally focused his attention on his professional skill, which was currently on cooldown.
"The only difference this time was that I experimentally applied my professional skill to the field directly before the harvest. The Star Source even confirmed the successful use of the skill."
"But then the ears, which had first swelled up, shrank back, which made me think the experiment had failed. However, looking at the current result—both the broken record and the wheat that skipped two quality levels—everything indicates that the experiment not only didn't fail but achieved extraordinary success!"
The conclusion didn't leave Shen Xingyan's thoughts. After repeated analysis, he was sure: the "Excellent" quality of the wheat and the new record were definitely connected to using his professional skill just before the harvest!
Having realized the success of his experiment, Shen Xingyan's face, which had just been pensive, lit up with joy. This discovery, first forgotten and then rediscovered, brought him a sense of relief after a long period of crisis.
Such a result made him feel as if he had discovered a hidden loophole in the Star Source world, and he even jumped for joy!
Looking at his professional skill on the stats panel, he found it more and more mysterious and delightful!
After calming himself down from the excitement, Shen Xingyan checked the stats of the straw in his inventory:
Item: Straw (Excellent)
Value: 2 copper coins
Quantity: 3600
Properties: An excellent basic material.
When one rises, all rise with them—even the straw became "Excellent," and its value doubled to 2 copper coins per kilogram.
Satisfied with the straw's stats, Shen Xingyan sold all the wheat and straw to the Star Source store, receiving 89,200 copper coins.
Seeing such a huge influx of coins, Shen Xingyan couldn't contain his joy and thought:
"The speed of my earnings is probably on par with most combat professionals now!"
With joy in his heart, Shen Xingyan's gaze shifted to his experience points, which had far exceeded the norm for his level: 912/200!
He excitedly rubbed his hands together: "With this much experience, I'll probably be able to level up several times at once!"