Chapter 282: The Last Seeds of the Fool's Village Secret Realm

After hanging up the phone, I let out a slight sigh of relief.

Sofili was at the plantation right now.

When I got through, she was still busy with the delicate cultivation of transcendent plants.

After answering the call, she immediately greeted me.

Upon learning that I had new seeds brought from a secret realm, she immediately agreed to meet me.

And she sent me the location of her plantation.

“The location is here… it’s quite far. I didn’t expect this place to be a plantation? I remember plantations are supposed to take up a lot of land, is this small area really enough?”

I opened the location, looked at the map of the Witch Academy on my phone, and finally complained to Big Sis Bai.

“This is one of the concentrated plantation planning areas in the Witch Academy. Don't be fooled by its small size, okay… that place really doesn't take up much land, but the plantations there are all indoor plantations made of all glass, like sunrooms. They are enchanted with indoor space solidification spells, so the internal space is much, much larger than it looks from the outside. I had the privilege of visiting and collecting materials there once for a Potion-making course practical.”

Bai Yu leaned over to take a look and explained to me.

“Big Sis Bai, your daily life is so rich.”

“Not at all. Little Han, you have course exemptions. Theoretically, your daily life should be much richer than someone like me who studies step by step.”

“Alright Big Sis Bai, don’t take every opportunity to lecture me, it feels weird. I’ll also try my best to adapt to other aspects of life, but I don’t know why, just now when I said I was going to see another senior, you seemed to get jealous.”

“I… You, Little Han, are you asking for a beating?”

Bai Yu was a little flustered by my teasing words and said to me in feigned anger.

“Aiya Just kidding. You always interact with others when you go out more often, right? I actually think that Senior Sofili is a nice person, with a rather introverted personality. Last time I met her, there was another senior with her. I feel like their relationship is quite unusual.”

“Is… is that so?”

Hearing this response, Bai Yu was clearly relieved.

“Of course. Big Sis Bai, do you think… the sexual orientation of the seniors in the Witch Academy is very abnormal?”

“Well, after being suppressed for a long time, plus their own emotional needs, and the situation at the Witch Academy, it's actually normal for things to be abnormal.”

“What about you, Big Sis Bai?”

I continued to ask.

“Me… Me?”

Being asked so suddenly by me, Bai Yu didn't know how to respond for a moment.

“If you don't want to say, then don't. I don't care if you're normal or not, Big Sis Bai. Anyway, no matter what you're like, Big Sis Bai, I will still hang out with you.”

Seeing Big Sis Bai's attitude towards this question, I had no choice but to forcefully end the topic, while also sighing inwardly.

I can't flirt with her!

This kind of Big Sis Bai is really impossible to flirt with!

When we arrived at the plantation area, it was my first time here.

Just as Big Sis Bai said, this place was filled with glass houses as if they were copy-pasted.

And I don't know if it was an illusion, but as soon as I got here, I felt that even the sun was much hotter.

Through the glass, I could see another world inside, as if in miniature.

Some plantations were growing wild like a primeval forest, while others were planned in an orderly manner, as if entering a high-tech, standardized greenhouse.

Inside, various equipment and pipes I didn't recognize crisscrossed, forming a kind of orderly beauty.

The plantations here were distinguished by numbers, and you could also customize the name of the plantation, but the number would not change.

Many plantations had their own names or the names of special cultivated plants added to the front, which was very simple and clear.

And the name of the plantation Sofili sent us the location of was called "Kelly Elliot Plantation."

Judging from the name, it seems that it's not really Sofili's plantation?

When I arrived, Sofili was already waiting for me at the entrance.

When she saw us, she was waving and greeting me.

“Here… over here.”

Sofili's voice was not very loud.

She was happy to see the familiar me, but then she saw Big Sis Bai next to me.

“Um… I’m very happy that you would come to my plantation. Um… you said you got new seeds from a secret realm, is that true?”

Sofili asked somewhat awkwardly at this moment.

As she spoke, her gaze would occasionally drift to Bai Yu next to her.

“Yes, so I immediately thought of you. Um… this is Bai Yu, she's like my older sister. Don't worry about her, she just came along with me to have a look.”

“Oh, okay. This… Senior Bai, hello.”

At this moment, Sofili still politely greeted Bai Yu.

“Mm, I heard from Little Han that you teamed up in a secret realm last time. Thank you for that.”

“No, no, no, Little Han… she’s very strong. We were completely carried by her.”

“I say, you two don't have to be so formal. We still have important things to discuss.”

I nudged Big Sis Bai with my elbow.

At this moment, Big Sis Bai had completely adopted the demeanor of a senior.

“By the way, most of the seeds I brought this time are from a rainforest-like environment. Um, do you think it's convenient?”

“Rainforest? Oh, I’m very confident in my research on transcendent plants in this area. Special circumstances require special treatment. Don't underestimate the capabilities of a plantation. Um… I still want to ask, about this batch of seeds… what do I need to pay? I just recently got the Giant Corrosive Thorn Vine sorted out, and my financial situation is still a bit tight… How about I trade with the transcendent fruits that are about to mature in the plantation?”

“Tight? Huh…? You’ve contracted such a large plantation, it shouldn’t be that bad, right? But… the name of this plantation…”

“Oh, that’s my mentor. My mentor remembered she had a plantation here, so she transferred it to my name… But what I inherited along with it were the huge maintenance fees and so on. I’m really sorry, if it really doesn't work, I can ripen a batch of transcendent fruits and ask the shops that buy them. Because I have no experience in managing a plantation, I’ve really been struggling to make ends meet recently. I can be considered a moonlight clan.”

“Ah, this… is indeed a bit miserable…”

I lamented, but I didn't care about these things.

After all, I came here to get it done for free.

I thought I would have to pay to have her grow the plants…

“But I don’t mind. I came to you mainly because I want you to help me cultivate these plants, mainly for breeding and the like. After all, besides the ones I have, these plants might already be extinct elsewhere…”

“Extinct? Plants from a secret realm shouldn't go extinct… Oh! Wait, are the rumors online true? You, Little Han… right, you are Yang Yuehan, you blew up that secret realm?!”

At this moment, Sofili seemed to have thought of something and immediately reacted.

“Huh? No, wait, I didn't blow it up, but the seeds did come from there. The secret realm is destroyed, so it's more or less equivalent to extinction…”

Hearing Sofili say this, I was speechless.

Why does this kind of thing seem to spread so fast?

Wasn't Sofili just doing delicate cultivation a moment ago?

How did she have time to check the information on the academy network?

“It really was you… Okay, alright, I understand… I didn't expect you to have preserved the last hope of that secret realm. You hope to breed them, right? Of course you can, um… it’s just…”

Sofili said this, understanding my request, but the next moment her tone became a little embarrassed, as if she was asking for my help.

“Um, after the breeding is complete, can you leave some seeds for me? I won't charge any breeding fees at all, and I promise not to plant them on a large scale or spread them. I… I am very interested in many new and strange plants… It's really just for collection purposes!”

“If you don't trust me, we can sign a Witch's Contract!”

Sofili added.

“Huh? That’s not…”

“Okay, signing a contract is fine.”

Just as I was about to speak, Big Sis Bai suddenly interrupted me, “Little Han, you need to learn to fight for your own interests. Don't just take everything for granted.”

“Huh? O… okay…”

Being lectured by Big Sis Bai, I didn't retort.

Actually, I really wanted to say… a lot of things probably don't need to be so clearly defined… after all, my ambition isn't in planting.

I have a request for Sofili, and I just want to recreate the Fool's Dream Drink.

But Big Sis Bai was also right.

If Sofili wasn't a good person, then she could totally take the seeds I have and promote them widely because of my carelessness.

She might be able to gain a lot of benefits, and the source of all this, which is me, wouldn't get any benefit at all.

It's equivalent to damaging my own interests in a roundabout way.

“Um, Senior Bai is right. It's better to make things clear from the beginning, so there won't be many disputes later. Even if your seeds are ordinary, with the gimmick of being extinct from this secret realm, they could indeed create a lot of wealth…”

Sofili also spoke up from the side, seemingly agreeing with Bai Yu's words, but also finding a way to save face for herself.

“Mm, then let's go into your plantation and have a look? We've been talking outside for so long, and you haven't even taken us inside to see.”

“Oh, oh! Right, come in. I’ll show you around.”

Sofili reacted and quickly pushed open the gate of the plantation and invited us in.

“Thank you.”

I looked inside through the gate with a curious gaze.

The space inside was huge, a stark contrast to the size outside.

A tall ceiling, excellent lighting, and a lot of equipment I had never seen before.

The only thing I probably recognized was the irrigation system, right?

Then my gaze was attracted by the plants here.

Trees that were tall enough to reach the ceiling, succulents stacked like grapes, tall herbaceous plants that were much taller than me, and giant sunflower-like flowers that spontaneously emitted light elements when facing the sunlight from above.

But most of the fields here seemed to be in a state of disuse.

Sofili hadn't made good use of them.

“Uh… all those plants were left behind by my mentor. When I took over, a large number of them had already died. Just cleaning them up took a long time. These are the only ones left alive. Because transplanting them is too much trouble, I… left them where they are, so it looks a bit messy. Please don’t mind.”

“Oh, I don’t mind.”

I said nonchalantly.

Soon, my gaze fell on a familiar plant, the Giant Corrosive Thorn Vine.

At this moment, Sofili had already transplanted a small patch of common fast-growing trees here, allowing the Giant Corrosive Thorn Vine to grow on them.

It was indeed on the right track, just as Sofili had said.

“By the way, the seeds.”

I immediately thought of this and quickly took out the seeds.

The method of preserving these seeds was also taught to me by the Fool's Dream.

When I expressed my desire to bring some seeds back, those cute Fool's Dream taught me how to preserve them.

After all, those were all transcendent plants, existences containing transcendent power.

Although eating a single one didn't seem to have much effect, who could argue with its large yield?

That was the food of the Fool's Dream.

At this moment, Sofili also took them from me and began to examine them carefully.

“Mm… the preservation state of these seeds seems to be quite good. I feel like I can start trying to germinate them directly…”

After checking them, Sofili looked at me with a bit of surprise.

After all, her perception of me was probably that I was completely clueless about planting.

Could it be that she had learned everything from the notes she had given?

These were unknown seeds.

“Then… how long will the breeding probably take?”

I asked tentatively.

“I'm not sure, but if you're in a hurry, I can help you continuously use spells to ripen them. Also, when the fruits are ripe, I will contact you as soon as possible. After all, some plants, after leaving their original environment, their fruits may experience varying degrees of degradation. If it doesn't meet your expectations, then we don't need to waste more time.”

“Mm, thank you for your trouble, senior.”

I nodded.

After all, I had heard of the saying about southern oranges turning into northern zhi fruits.

I hope these seeds are not so delicate.

“No trouble. New plants are also a new challenge for me. I can also learn and master new knowledge. Although I can't guarantee it, I will do my best.”

“Mm.”

After entrusting these seeds to her, I had completed one step of my plan.

As for whether Sofili, this planter, was reliable… I trusted her quite a bit.

Even in the worst-case scenario, if she destroyed all the seeds I gave her, I still had the last batch of insurance seeds.

And doesn't she have a mentor?

If she couldn't even cultivate this kind of plant, I would really question her ability.

Next up was the matter of drafting the contract.

I had experience in drafting contracts, after all, I had drafted one during the exchange competition.

But this time with Big Sis Bai, the drafting was even more standardized.

When the parchment of the contract was signed and turned into ashes, our purpose for coming here was almost complete.

Before leaving, Sofili also gave us some of the special products from her plantation.

After all, besides these special products, she had nothing else to give, and we gladly accepted.

Before leaving, I also asked Sofili if she needed any odd-job workers or apprentices.

After all, with Sofili managing such a large plantation alone, just looking at so many abandoned fields, you could tell she was overwhelmed.

Of course, the main reason I asked was that I thought of Dongli Yiren.

If she could follow this senior, she might be able to learn a lot of knowledge about planting.

After all, many things can't be learned just by reading books, otherwise, the existence of teachers would lose its meaning.

Of course, the most important thing was to give Dongli Yiren, who had no resources at the moment, a chance to come into contact with more transcendent plants.

And earn some extra money on the side.

But Sofili didn't seem to have this idea for the time being.

After all, her life was very tight.

However, she said that she would definitely hire a helper when she had money.

And I also had to ask for Dongli Yiren's opinion.

Anyway, it's always good to prepare for a rainy day, to help a roommate in need, and to help out more when I still can.