The Herbal Scents of Farm Life
Chapter 138 - 138 138 Coercion

Chapter 138: Chapter 138: Coercion Chapter 138: Chapter 138: Coercion She knew that a failure of her mission would result in punishment, but she didn’t really know what that punishment would be. The instructions on the Jinzhu token hadn’t specified.

Could failure actually enable her to access those ancient scrolls that were currently beyond her level?

But professionals have a heart of compassion – who would hope for their own mission to fail? A failure represents death, not just for oneself, but potentially for many others. She was not so callous as to risk others’ lives just to improve her own skills.

“What kind of punishment results from mission failure?”

Although she wished with all her heart to succeed, who knew if some unforeseen illness could lead to her objective remaining unaccomplished?

‘Jinzhu Extreme Territory – Ice Seal.’

“Ice Seal?!”

The thought of being sealed in ice made her gasp cold air, shivering at the mere idea.

“How can I continue to study poison techniques after being sealed in ice?”

‘Jinzhu Extreme Territory – Ice Seal – duration of the seal depends on the level of the mission. You may choose which ancient scrolls to study, must study for more than eight hours a day until de-sealed.’ New lines of text appeared on the jade mirror.

Lin Caisang: “…”

Did the Jinzhu think she was too weak? Was it forcing her to learn more at an accelerated pace?

She would certainly learn many things, but why did it all seem so terrifying? She prayed for her missions to never fail. She didn’t want to shiver while reading those ancient scrolls. It was definitely a lot more than just ‘suffering’.

“I should take my time.”

‘Haste makes waste’ indeed speaks the truth.

…

The next morning, Lin Caisang presented a stack of papers to Lin Changhong.

“These need to be created,” she said casually.

Lin Changhong, who had been eating and preparing to go work on the mountain, set his chopsticks aside and took those papers. He began reading slowly but gradually picked up the pace.

“Caisang, you’re a genius. How did you come up with these?”

When he finished, Lin Changhong’s eyes were shimmering brightly as he looked at his sister, as if he was looking at a great treasure.

“Of course I thought of it with my mind.” Lin Caisang shrugged her shoulders casually.

The mechanical techniques in the Jinzhu were behind the poison techniques. She could only see a bit, but even this little bit was enough for her to come up with these drawings.

Small dams made of iron, windmills, water wheels, drying rooms, storage rooms; these were just a few ideas that she came up with.

“Brother, can you understand what these are?”

“Yes, of course.” Lin Changhong nodded repeatedly.

“With these, our farmland need not fear drought anymore. No wonder you wanted to dig such a big pond. Turns out it will be extremely useful.”

Lin Caisang: “…”

As she expected, Lin Changhong is really suitable for studying mechanical techniques.

“Brother, after Manghuang Mountain is reclaimed, why don’t you go to school?” she suggested.

She wanted to show the jade book to her brother directly, but she suspected he wouldn’t understand the characters in it. He first needed to learn the language well. She couldn’t rely on the jade capital since the jade mirror couldn’t talk, it could only display text.

“Sure, fine.”

Lin Changhong didn’t think much, naturally, what his sister said is what matters.

…

In the following days, Lin Changhong stayed busy on Manghuang Mountain, while Lin Caisang fully reclaimed the family’s original land, buying lots of seeds.