Starting To Grow

Song Tian browsing through the websites on his PC and looked at the greenhouse.

He didn't expect there are a lot of variety. In one website, it said that there are three types of greenhouses which is ridge and furrow, gutter connected, lean-to and detached.

And another website said there is a dome type of greenhouse, pit greenhouse, house hoop, and more.

Song Tian felt that his brain can't process all of it and decided to types the keyword "best greenhouse" in the search engine website.

Now Song Tian becomes overwhelmed with a lot of beautiful greenhouses. From a simple tunnel greenhouse to a castle-like greenhouse.

Song Tian smiled bitterly, "It's too much, I will just finish my quest first," he thought.

This time, he looked at stuff related to plants, he saw the pest section and how to prevent it.

He looked at it carefully and bookmarked the websites just in case he encounters the troubles in the future while also noting the critical stuff like preventing rat with peppermint oil and such.

Song Tian stretched his body, "Now, I can look at the chicken section. I need to know how to take care of it," he thought.

After done with the research, Song Tian went to the dining tables to have dinner with his family.

In the dining tables, Song Chen looked at his son, "Xiao Tian, how is the progress? Did you already plant the seeds you bought?" he asked.

Song Tian answered, "Yes, I already plant cabbages and strawberries. All I need is to take care of it and wait for it to grow. I also just looked at how to prevent pest problems on the internet," he said.

Song Chen nodded, "Good, now it seems that you're not just testing the water. I will come with you tomorrow to see it," he said.

Song Tian eyes lit up as he can't wait to show off his hoe technique to his dad, "Great timing, I will let you see new martial art technique I applied to my farm tools, hehe," he said.

Song Chen chuckled, "Hoho, now I'm anticipated more for tomorrow," he said.

Zhu Mei heard her husband and son's conversation, shook her head, "Xiao Tian, I will also come tomorrow to see the new cabin," she said.

Song Tian just remembered that he had to ask his mom about the furniture and stuff, "Oh yes, I almost forgot about it, mom. I want to ask your opinion on furniture and decorating in the cabin," he said.

Zhu Mei smiled, "Sure, now eat your food," she said.

After finishes the dinner with his family, Song Tian went to the training area to train his body.

Although he doesn't want to inherit Martial Hall, Song Tian always trains his body.

Several moments later, Song Tian was drenched in sweat, he went to take a shower and sleep.

In the morning, he got messages from Wang Hai that his workers will start to work on the gazebo today.

After having breakfast, Song Tian went inside the car and waiting for his parents to come.

After all of them already inside the vehicle, Song Tian drives the car to his farm.

Arrived at the farm, Song Tian shocked to see the cabbages and strawberry he planted already in seedling stages.

He takes a closer look and makes sure there's nothing wrong with it.

Song Yi already knew what her master was thinking, "Don't be surprised master, our system tools are different. The growth rate is definitely different from compared to the normal plants," she said.

Song Tian sighed in relief, "It just too bad I can't see estimated time with my low level," he said.

Song Chen went outside to see his son inspecting the soil after he's talked for a while with his wife.

Song Chen surprised to see the little green already sprouting in the soil, "Is that what you've been planting? It's already showing its growth," he said.

Song Tian nodded, "Yes dad, this here is the strawberry seedling," he said as he led his father to show around the farm area.

Song Chen looked at the tilled soil which perfectly round and aligned to each other and asked curiously, "Xiao Tian, the soil is perfectly round and aligned to each other. Are you using a machine to till it?" he said.

Song Tian laughed, "Of course not, I'm only using traditional tools. Dad, remember what I want to show you? Let's go somewhere and see how I tilled the soil," he said.

Song Tian and his dad goes to the some empty planted area, he picks the Basic Hoe, "Dad, watch me, just don't be surprised later, hehe" he said smugly.

Song Chen looked at how smug his son is, laughed, "Just do it, I'm watching," he said.

Song Tian performed the one round, vertical, horizontal technique and 3x3 technique on the soil.

Song Chen eyes lit up, and his gaze became sharp as he watches his son fast movement. He can see the movement clearly.

Song Chen can see that his son is tilling the soil carefully to makes it round, and the movement is swift.

Song Tian looked at his father, "How is it, dad? Cool, right?" he said.

Song Chen laughed, "Lend your hoe to me, I can already get the gist of it," he said.

Song Tian asked, "Are you sure, dad? Here you go," he said as he handed his Basic Hoe to his dad because he's the only one who can trigger the system tool's function.

Song Chen taking a closer look at the Basic Hoe, "Hmm, the material seems different from the normal hoe, and it's much lighter," he thought.

Song Chen raised his arm and focusing his qi on his arm.

Song Chen started to imitate his son's movement.

From one round all the way to the 3x3 techniques in a swift motion, even faster than Song Tian's movement.

Song Tian startled to see his father doing what he exactly does a while ago with a swift motion.

The difference between him and his dad is while he's only raising the hoe and swing it down until the round magically appeared, his dad is doing the legit version of it with a swift motion.

Song Tian looked at the fast movement of his dad, "Damn, I never thought that a hoe really can be applied with the martial art," he thought.

Song Chen looked at his son, laughed, "How is it Xiao Tian? I also can do your stuff, easy," he said smugly.

Song Chen continued, "From the technique I saw, I can improve it. Take a look," he said.

Song Chen started to apply his qi on his legs and arms. He swung the hoe with movement faster than before, and 6x6 rounds appeared before him.

Song Tian jaw widened, he's shocked to see his father can go all the way to 6x6.

Song Yi voice could be heard, "Master, your dad is amazing. He did it without the system's power and only rely on pure fast and precise movement. It's even faster than you," he said.

Song Tian pondered for a moment, "If I'm going to apply the martial art to the Basic Hoe. Is the system going to restrict my movement and only let me do the 3x3 technique on it?" he asked.

Song Yi answered, "Who knows, you have to try it for yourself, master," she said.

Song Tian smiled bitterly, he looked at his dad, "Dad, let me try your technique," he said as he took the Basic Hoe from Song Chen.

Song Chen handed the hoe back to his son, he's happy to see when his son eager to improve himself.

Song Tian tries the 3x3 with only martial art for a while to get used to it.

After he's already used to it, Song Tian immediately tries to increase the range, and he can till the soil until 5x5, but once he tries the 6x6 range, he failed.

Song Tian feels the burden his legs and arms once he's attempting to do it with the body strength alone.

He applies his qi on his legs and arms, and he tries to do 6x6. At first, he's still failed, after several trials and errors, he finally succeeds.

Song Yi voice suddenly rang on his mind, "Congratulations on completing your first hidden quest, since you're not the first to realize the way to do it. I will only give you 1 EXP point, be creative next time, so you're not going to encounter this kind of situation master, hehe," he said.

Song Tian was speechless to hear that he only gets 1 EXP point, he suddenly feels his body become energized.

Song Yi voice could be heard again, "Congratulation for reaching level 2, now master can see your own stats," she said.

Scrolls appeared in front of him.

"Stats: You can see your own stats below."

- Name: Song Tian (Level 2)

- HP: 10800.

- MP: 6500.

- Strength: level 12.

- Agility: level 16.

- Endurance: level 25.

- Mental Strength: level 6.

- Equipment: Basic Hoe and Basic Watering Can.

- Farm Ability: See the Stats of The Plants.

- Another hidden stats required to be level 5 to unlock it.

- EXP: 0/250.

Song Tian eyes lit up, "Xiao Yi, is the MP related to my qi?" he asked.

Song Yi answered, "Yes, master, it's related to your qi," she said.

Song Chen looked at his son trying his best to do what exactly he did, laughed, "Haha, that is my son. Now you can do 6x6, but be careful with it. It can strain your mind, you need to train your mental strength more if you want to use this for more often," he said.

Song Tian nodded, "Yes, I didn't expect it to be affecting my mental too. It seems I still need to train more," he said.

Song Chen smiled, "That's the way, don't just focus on your body and qi. You also need to train more on mental strength. Alright, I'm going back to your cabin," he said as he went to the cabin.

Song Tian picks the Basic Watering Can and started to water all of the planted soil.

After all the crops watered, Song Tian immediately taking a closer look to the planted soil, and he can see the small scroll floating beside with something written on it.

[Plant Stats]

- Name Strawberry.

- Status: Seedling.

- Condition: Healthy.

- Fertilized: None.

- Watered: Yes.

- Estimated Time: 6 days.

And Song Tian takes a look at cabbages he plants to see the stats.

[Plant Stats]

- Name: Cabbage.

- Status: Seedling.

- Condition: Healthy.

- Fertilized: None.

- Watered: Yes.

- Estimated Time: 8 days.

Song Tian was excited to see that he can finally see the estimated times, "Strawberry 6 days and Cabbage 8 days, huh. Now it's becoming more game-like," he thought.

Several moments later, Song Tian already cleaned himself.

Song Tian looked at Song Chen, "Dad wanna come with me? There's a small restaurant nearby, which is really delicious and cheap. Mom, what are you doing? Are you coming with us?" he said as he looked at Zhu Mei who's measuring something around the cabin with her tools.

Zhu Mei shook her head, "I still measure the cabin for the furniture and decoration, both of you can go without me. Bring some food for me," she said.

Song Tian and his dad goes to the small restaurant.

Song Chen looked at woman seems to be around his age, he could see a powerful aura emanating from her.

From the aura he saw on the woman, this woman is definitely stronger than him.

Gao Zhao already can see two people coming, "Why do I feel a familiar aura from the older man familiar," she thought.

Gao Zhao looked at Song Tian and the older man beside him, laughed, "Xiao Tian, welcome. Is this your dad?" she asked.

Song Chen immediately cupped his hands, "Song Chen from Martial Hall 4th Generation patriarch greets the Elder," he said.

Gao Zhao surprised, she nodded, "No wonder your aura is so familiar to me, you're Old Lian's son, huh?" she said.

Song Chen answered politely, "Yes, elder, I'm the son of Song Lian and Gao Ning. May I know the name of esteemed elder?" he asked.

Gao Zhao amused at Song Chen behavior and laughed, "You brat doesn't even know your own aunt, huh? Well, it's to be expected since the last time I met with them is at their wedding ceremony," she said.

Song Chen shocked to hear the woman in front of him turns out to be his own aunt, "Aunty Zhao? My mother has been looking for you everywhere. Aunty, why don't you come with me later?" he said.

Song Tian jaw widened after hearing their conversation, "Does that mean you're my grandma?" he asked.

Gao Zhao laughed, "Yes, from now on, you can call me Grandma Zhao. No wonder I can see a lot of qi around you," she said.

After that, she looked at Song Chen, "Yes I will come with you, I can't find your parents since I can't sense their qi and their old house is already replaced with a commercial building," she said.

Song Chen smiled bitterly, "My parents just got the spiritual artifact, which can hide the aura 20 years ago," he said.

Gao Zhao shook her head, "No wonder I can't find their whereabouts. I was settling down here 15 years ago. Now, let's set that aside. What are you gonna eat?" she said.

Song Tian and Song Chen ordered the menu and waiting for it.

Song Tian looked at his dad, asked, "Dad, is Aunty Zhao really grandma? Why is she look the same age as you," he said.

Song Chen smiled, "Of course, at the peak of cultivation, you can change how you look to anything you wants. After you reach the peak of Martial Arts, you will have another breakthrough. But for now, just focus on your current training," he said.

Song Tian nodded, "It seems the cultivation world really exists in this world, huh," he thought.

Song Tian furrowed his brows, "Since cultivation really exists in this world. Does that mean there are hidden sects and upper realm? Is there a hidden threat in this world?" he couldn't help but ask.

Song Chen laughed, "There's no hidden sect in this world, only martial art schools like us exist in this world. The upper realm you talked about only exists in the novel. From this universe, it's called Cultivation World, which is located at another galaxy," he said.

Song Chen continued, "Hidden sect only existed in Cultivation World. Even peak cultivator like your grandparents, their strength would be restrained by the law of the universe. They can only change their look and retain their age. You don't have to worry about hidden threats and such, as I said before. Peak cultivator strength will be restrained, and their strength at most will be like your grandpa and grandma," he said.

Song Chen picks the snack on the table, "On this world, they can't use a higher cultivation technique to harm and kill. Back then, there are a group of cultivators trying to find a loophole with the law of the universe, and their bodies ended up crumbling like ashes," he said.

Song Tian was shocked to hear such a revelation from his dad.

Song Tian looked at Gao Zhao who's putting the foods on the table, asked, "Grandma Zhao, is what my dad said true? If so, I heard both of you are talking about spiritual artifacts earlier. If people can use a spiritual artifact, that means there's some hidden threat from it, right?" he said.

Gao Zhao laughed, "It's true. While there is a spiritual artifact on this world, it can't harm any mortal being. At most, it can only be used as a protective means. I have a lot of offensive spiritual artifact when I bring them here, it's not working anymore. Only the defensive ones are working," she said.

Song Tian relieved after making sure that there's no hidden threat from it and started to eat his foods.

After both of them finished their lunch. Song Chen decided to pay the bill, but Gao Zhao refused and said that it's on her since she already finds a way to meet with her elder sister and there's no way she can take money from her own nephew.

On the way to the farm, Song Tian asked, "Dad, is Grandma Zhong strong?" he said.

Song Chen nodded, "Of course, even when her strength is restrained in this mortal world, she's 10 times stronger than me. She's already reached the peak of the cultivation stage. She's already on the same level as your grandparents," he said.

After both of them arrived on the farm, Song Tian handed the food to his mom. He suddenly heard the truck sound coming over, it seems that Wang Hai workers have arrived.

A minute later, another car arrived, it's Wang Hai's car.

After he stepped out the car, he immediately greets Song Chen and Zhu Mei first, he looked at Song Tian, "Brother, sorry for coming late. I'm still waiting for another material for your gazebo to comes," he said.

Song Tian laughed, "Why would you apologize to me, I'm not rushing it anyway. You can take your time with it," he said.

After all of them chatting for several minutes, they suddenly heard a big truck, which different from before.

Song Tian went outside to see the truck followed by his sister car behind it.

After Song Xue stepped out of the car, she waved over to her little brother, yelled "Xiao Tian, come here," she said.

Song Tian went to his elder sister, asked, "Sister, what is this?" he said.

Song Xue laughed, "Just look at the back of the truck, and you'll see," she said.

The truck driver immediately opened the back door of the trailer, and the loader automatically protruding to the ground.

A few seconds later, a car unloaded from it.

Song Tian surprised to see the car, he knew exactly what the type of car it is.

It's a car manufactured by the American company, and the model is called Gladiator, which just came this year. It's a midsize pickup truck he's been trying to look for.

Song Xue looked at her brother curiously looking at the car, smiled, "What are you looking for? Just go inside, it's your car," she said.

Song Tian surprised, "Really? How come you know what types of car I like sis?" he couldn't help but ask.

Song Xue laughed, "Of course I know, did you forget that I'm the owner of Sphere? If there are any activity on your account, of course, I will get the notification immediately," she said.

Song Xue continued, "Don't even try to reject the car. I've been using my connection to customize your car, and it's already had the highest-grade bulletproof protection," she said.

Song Tian smiled bitterly, "Fine, I'll pay it back to you once I earned enough money," he said.

Song Xue glared at her little brother, "Pay? How come you say that to your own sister. Are you saying that you don't consider me as your elder sister?" she said.

Song Tian looked at her elder sister eyes reddened, "Of course you're my elder sister. Fine, I will just take it. This is the last time, okay," he said.

Song Xue laughed, "That's more like it. Now you don't have to borrow cars from mom, dad, and me anymore. You can just take your own car and bring your girlfriend with it," she said.

Song Tian smiled bitterly at how fast his elder sister changes her expression, "I don't even have a girlfriend," he muttered.

Several moments later, Song Xue farewell to everyone as she still had lots of work to do.

As time goes, the sky is already darkened.

Song Chen, with his wife, immediately goes to pick up Gao Zhao at the restaurant.

And Song Tian went back to his home with his new car.