Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 121 - 118 Moonlight Small Barbecue (Two in One)

At the trading post, Han Qiwu poured all the black seabream into the water.

He earned another 1950 gold.

The selling price of black seabream was just as he expected: slightly higher than regular fish but slightly lower than fish from the mines.

For standard quality, it was about 180 gold.

However, fishing for black seabream had one unique perk — finding treasure chests.

Fish from the mines were valuable, yes, but when fishing there, Han Qiwu never encountered a single treasure chest. In contrast, while fishing for black seabream today, he managed to haul in five treasure chests.

The treasure chest rewards weren’t bad: three regular crystal spheres, one metallic crystal sphere he had never seen before, and an ancient artifact.

[Broken Porcelain Spoon]: The spoon’s cracks look natural.

Clearly, this broken spoon was another item for Zack. With just two more ancient artifacts, Han Qiwu could meet Zack again.

Too hard.

As for these crystal spheres, it meant another trip to the blacksmith’s. Counting this one, it would be his third visit to the blacksmith’s today.

At the blacksmith’s, as soon as Master Shuzi saw Han Qiwu, he let out a helpless sigh.

"Can’t you let this old man rest for a moment?"

"I’ll let you, I’ll let you—should I come back tomorrow then?" Han Qiwu took out a metallic crystal sphere and a regular crystal sphere, idly fiddling with them as he spoke.

"Swish, swish..."

"Get out of here—what kind of crystal spheres are these? Fished them up again?" Master Shuzi chuckled. "You little rascal, go play with some walnuts if you’re so free."

"Hehe." Han Qiwu grinned mischievously, placing the metallic crystal sphere on the counter. "Metallic crystal sphere. Its shell seems to be a thin layer of metal. Pretty heavy."

"A metallic crystal sphere?" Master Shuzi casually placed it on the forging table and picked up his hammer, slamming it down in one go.

"Bang!"

Sparks flew as a crack appeared on the metallic crystal sphere.

Following the crack, Master Shuzi began to carefully chip away with a smaller hammer.

Small hammer for precision? Big hammer for finishing?

"Master, are we doing a ’forty small hammers, eighty big hammers’ kind of deal here?" Han Qiwu asked with a hint of concern.

Don’t give me some "Eighty! Eighty! Eighty!" nonsense, alright?

"What nonsense are you spouting? I charge by package deals! Today, with all the trips you’ve made here, I’ll charge you 200 gold for the four spheres." Master Shuzi waved dismissively, continuing to chip at the crack.

Fine—200 gold, it is.

Let’s just say it’s for two big hammers and one small hammer.

Three minutes later, Master Shuzi finally pried open the metallic crystal sphere, painstakingly extracting the metal material inside.

[Mother Copper]

[Use: Material]

[Special Effect: Weight of Mother Copper]

[Note: It is said that there are nine types of Mother Metal.]

"Mother Copper?" Han Qiwu found the name a bit odd. But since it had a special effect, it must be better than regular copper.

"It’s actually Mother Copper!" Master Shuzi seemed moved, staring at the Mother Copper in awe for a long time. Despite its significant weight and awkwardness in handling, he held onto it delightedly.

"Master, how about..." Han Qiwu began talking about upgrading his tools but was cut off after just a few words.

"Do you have enough money? Aren’t you planning to upgrade your tools? This piece of Mother Copper can be used in your tools." Master Shuzi spoke hurriedly. "I won’t charge you the 200 gold for the spheres anymore. Do you have enough money?"

"I have, I have, I definitely have!" Han Qiwu nodded eagerly and quickly placed his pickaxe, axe, and hoe on the counter.

"Which tool is best for upgrading with this?"

Although Han Qiwu didn’t understand Master Shuzi’s fervor, he could sense from the blacksmith’s itch to work that this piece of Mother Copper must be extraordinarily rare.

And hey, 200 gold saved!

That 200 gold could get me some juicy pork shoulder... Yum!

"The pickaxe! With this, you’d only need to bring me three copper ingots." Master Shuzi spoke with urgency.

Han Qiwu quickly fished out three copper ingots and handed them over, choosing to upgrade his pickaxe at the counter.

When 5000 gold vanished, a system notification popped up:

[Pickaxe upgrade in progress. Please return in 72 hours to collect it.]

With all the materials in hand, Master Shuzi dashed straight into the forge to get started.

"Looks like this Mother Copper really is something special—it’s going to take three whole days." Han Qiwu thoughtfully shut the forge door for him and left the blacksmith’s.

The moon was bright, and the stars sparse as Han Qiwu hurriedly pedaled his bike homeward.

He was starving.

At home, there was still a slab of pork belly waiting for him.

"Hoot~"

"Woo~"

A long-absent Eurasian scops owl’s call reached him from afar.

"When will I get a flying pet to mess around with?" Han Qiwu daydreamed as he rode.

Sure, he had a terror bird at home, but that thing couldn’t fly either—its wings had devolved into nothingness.

And not only could it not fly, but it hadn’t even laid a single egg yet!

When he got home, Han Qiwu was greeted by the sight of the Little Prince juggling balls for fun.

[Pet: Little Prince has returned from foraging. Fullness increased by 70.]

[Foraging gains: Phoenix Snail ×4, Scallops ×2, Purslane ×4]

[The Little Prince is in a great mood after a successful forage.]

The harvest wasn’t bad. Han Qiwu planned to treat himself to grilled scallops and grilled phoenix snails later.

After a whole day of work, a little moonlit barbecue was surely a justified indulgence!

Speaking of which, the Little Prince’s juggling skills were genuinely impressive. The three balls flew into the air in a rhythmic dance.

Wait.

Where did it get those balls??

Stepping closer, Han Qiwu finally realized that the Little Prince was using Xiao Lai and two round stones as juggling balls.

"Boop boop!"

"Boop boop!"

Every time Xiao Lai was flung into the air, it let out a delighted "boop boop!"