This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous
Chapter 82 Farmhouse Divine Brew _1

Chapter 82: Chapter 82 Farmhouse Divine Brew _1

Shaking his head, Mu You took advantage of Little Ya’s absence to pull out his Magic Wand from his pocket, quietly casting a ’Animal Speech’ on the Thunder Mantis.

"You can follow Little Ya from now on, but unless she is in danger, do not harm others at will, do you understand? Otherwise, not only will you get into trouble, but it will also bring lots of trouble for your master..."

After Mu You finished speaking, he reached out his hand towards it, wanting to test the result.

The little mantis tilted its head to look at him. It seemed to understand his meaning. After hesitating for a while, it slowly retracted its knives and showed no resistance to Mu You touching its head.

"Well done."

Mu You was very satisfied. Even though this little creature had low intelligence, it was very sensitive to kindness and hostility. What he had just said was for its and Little Ya’s benefit. The mantis recognized this and did not become hostile towards him.

"Ding Dong!"

At this moment, the wind chimes at the entrance chimed again, and another figure pushed the door and walked in.

Mu You looked up and was stunned. The person entering was Lin Xue.

"Uh, didn’t I tell you guys that we’re not open today? Why did everyone come?"

Mu You didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Were all his employees so dedicated? He, as the boss, didn’t even want to open the shop, but his employees were eager to come to work.

As soon as Lin Xue stepped into the shop, she immediately frowned.

"A smell of Chinese medicine... Angelica, Goji berries, and Caohezi?"

"You...have a keen sense of smell..."

Mu You was taken aback as he looked at Lin Xue. The three herbs she had just mentioned were precisely the ones he had used for making the healing ointment, not a single one was off!

"It’s nothing, just basic knowledge for a medical student."

Lin Xue nonchalantly walked further into the shop, carrying her bag.

"Sister Xue, you came just in time!"

At this moment, Little Ya had just found the wooden box and came over. Seeing Lin Xue, she quickly grabbed the mantis on the table and ran over to her.

"Sister Xue, you studied biology, can you quickly tell me what kind of mantis this is?"

Little Ya eagerly showed Lin Xue the mantis in her hand.

Lin Xue didn’t seem to be afraid at all. She took a pair of thin rubber gloves from her bag, put them on, and directly grasped the mantis.

However, she was very careful about where she grabbed it, pinching it precisely on the middle lower part of its outer wings, where the mantis’s knives couldn’t reach.

Thankfully, the Thunder Mantis had just been placated by Mu You, and so it didn’t immediately release electricity to attack, enduring the human’s fiddling.

After observing the mantis closely for a while, Lin Xue frowned slightly, her eyebrows raising in surprise: "This...doesn’t seem to belong to any known species on Earth..."

"What?"

Little Ya, hearing this, was even more surprised than her: "Are you serious? Even Sister Xue doesn’t recognize it... Could it really be as the boss said, that this is a magical creature?"

"Magical creature?" Lin Xue looked at Little Ya curiously, then at Mu You, waiting for an explanation.

"Ah, I was just making things up... By the way, there’s a new game that’s about to be released. It’s causing quite a stir. Have you two heard of it?" Mu You quickly changed the subject.

"What game?" Little Ya very cooperatively let the topic shifted.

"A mobile game called ’Fool’."

"A mobile game? I don’t play those, you need to recharge for such games, it’s a waste..." Little Ya let out a dry laugh and waved her hands. She’s a firm believer in the ’Never Pay to Win in Games’ principle.

"I don’t play either."

Lin Xue also shook her head. She wasn’t interested in it, but she still looked at Mu You and asked, "Is there any issue with that game?"

She felt that the reason why Mu You mentioned a game at this time must have something to do with it.

"Not really, I just noticed that this game had a lot of pre-registrations. I thought it might become popular in the future... You two could pre-register when you’re free, who knows, you might want to play it later on." Mu You sneakily hinted.

He had originally thought that the country would widely promote it recently, but so far, he hadn’t seen any media coverage at all. Mu You decided to let the two of them sign up ahead of time, just in case something happened later, like the website suddenly being blocked.

"Oh, then I’ll have a look..."

Lin Xue didn’t respond, but Little Ya, intrigued by Mu You’s words, ran to the front desk computer, opened the web page, and searched for ’Fool’.

Soon, a surprised shout came from the front desk.

"Ten hundred thousand....a billion?! Wow, there’s actually over two hundred million pre-registrations! Is this for real?"

Little Ya was dumbstruck as she stared at the long digit behind the reserved number. She counted it several times before confirming that it was indeed a billion.

"Could this be just a random number? Otherwise, this is too exaggerated," she muttered.

Little Ya mumbled, yet she quickly input her own information, while also asking Lin Xue, "Sister Xue, should I register for you too?"

"Alright."

Lin Xue didn’t refuse. The strange reservation number had also piqued her curiosity.

Of course, this was just a small interlude. After all, it was just an obscure game. Once they had swiftly registered, the trio didn’t bother about it anymore.

Back to the main storyline, Mu You planned to take the day off originally, but since they were already here, they might as well continue their business.

As usual, the trio each did their own jobs. Unfortunately, few customers came in that morning, leaving them feeling rather lonely.

Mu You wasn’t bothered by this. He stayed at the counter, thinking about the game’s progression. Was there a Magic Furnace inside the Thatched Cottage? If there was, how could he get it from the old lady... and how to improve the Healing Ointment...

Lost in his thoughts, he barely managed to make it until twelve o’clock. Mu You promptly took out his phone and launched Fool!

Upon logging into the game, he was still in the old man’s house.

[It’s noon. The Old Farmer has prepared lunch for you, who is starving.]

[Once you’ve eaten a bowl of colored rice porridge, your action points are once again fully restored, and you have gained one free attribute point.]

[Now that you’re full, will you leave for the mountain immediately, or will you stay at home for a while?]

"Stay for a while!"

Mu You wasn’t in a hurry to leave. His current concern was to first create a Magic Furnace. Otherwise, his medicine refining operation would be put on hold.

Although it’s just a text-based game, there is a way to find something.

Mu You tried to click on the text ’Old Farmer’.

As expected, an interactive prompt popped up.

[The old man noticed your lingering presence at the Thatched Cottage and kindly asked what you were looking for. You can type the items you need below, and the old man who loves his grandson will try his best to help you find them.]

As the prompt popped up, an input box instantly appeared below.

Mu You typed in ’Magic Fireplace’.

[You said you need a Magic Fireplace.]

[The old man tells you that, of course, there is a Magic Fireplace at home. You used to use it to make the ointment every day. However, it hasn’t been used since you wandered off for a month, causing the Magic Partition inside to rust and clog. You need to find the blacksmith on the south side of Foggy Mountain to fix it... You also received a Healing Ointment formulation.]

[Fortunately, some of the farming tools at home are also damaged. The old man has trouble walking and hasn’t had time to repair them, so he hopes you can take them to be fixed while you’re there.]

[The blacksmith on the southern mountain is a drunkard who loves strong liquor. The old man suggests you take a jar of ’Drunken Spring Breeze’ that he brewed some days ago to the blacksmith as payment for the repairs.]

[You received the ’Rusty Partition’, ’Broken Farming Tools’, and ’Drunken Spring Breeze’. Would you like to accept the old man’s request and go find the blacksmith.]

There really is a furnace here!

Mu You’s eyes lit up.

Even though it’s temporarily broken and needs to be fixed, he also needs to help the old man fix his farming tools on the way.

This kind of job posting is pretty crafty.

Fortunately, the old man was thoughtful and had prepared the payment in advance, so he didn’t need to fork out any money.

Mu You loves this kind of no-cost errand task, so he quickly accepted!

[You accepted the task and rode on the donkey out the door, heading towards the blacksmith in the southern mountain. You are on the move and expected to arrive in half an hour...]

Thankfully, it’s only half an hour away, so it’s not too far.

After accepting the task, Mu You’s game inventory filled with three additional items. At first, he didn’t pay them any mind, while casually reading through the description for the ’Drunken Spring Breeze’.

[Drunken Spring Breeze: A fine country wine brewed from Eight-Treasure Cereals. It can soothe pain and refresh your mind, immediately eliminating all abnormal statuses. It can also be used as a magic potion additive. When added during brewing, it absorbs impurities from magic medicine materials, increases the success rate of refining by 20%, and may also increase the quality of the magic potion produced.]

"Good heavens!"

Mu You was so shocked that he almost dropped his phone.

What kind of magic wine is this?

He’s lucky he looked at it. If he actually gave this to the blacksmith, he’d be heartbroken.