After using up her three daily chat messages, she got straight out of bed and went over to the Crafting Table.
She put the ten thousand freshly made Wood Arrows back in her backpack. There was never such a thing as too many.
Next, she took out the Wooden Fence blueprint.
"Materials required: 2 units of wood, one 1×1-meter panel."
There were still more than three thousand units of wood in the Storage Box.
She clicked to craft 1,500 Wooden Fence panels.
[ Ding! 3,000 units of wood deducted. Crafting 1,500 Wooden Fence panels. ]
[ Wooden Fence crafting countdown: 04:09:59 ]
Since there was still time left before bed, Ji Xinghe clicked on the Crafting Table again: craft 50 Wooden Buckets.
[ Wooden Buckets added to the crafting queue... Please prepare 150 units of wood. ]
There was still wood in the Storage Box, so Ji Xinghe didn't worry about it. The Crafting Table would automatically deduct what it needed.
As she lay in bed thinking about how much she could earn tomorrow, her breathing gradually grew steady.
By the entrance to the Shelter, the Vine quietly climbed down from the Dark Spirit Tree. It twisted about sneakily, glancing back as it went. Once it was sure the Dark Spirit Tree hadn't noticed, it nimbly slipped inside.
The Vine came to the bedside and paused for a few seconds. Then it took a Wooden Bucket to the bathroom, rinsed itself clean, and quietly climbed onto the big bed, snuggling close to its master.
The next day, the first pale light of dawn appeared.
Soft, pale-yellow light streamed through the window, falling on Ji Xinghe's dark, silky hair and giving it a faint sheen.
Her thick, curled lashes fluttered. She lazily stretched out her arms and legs, then gave a long, satisfying stretch.
She rubbed her eyes and slowly lifted her heavy eyelids.
"Master, you're awake." A soft, coquettish voice reached her ears.
Hearing Xiao Xi's voice, Ji Xinghe sleepily lowered her head. The Vine wrapped around her fingertips was swaying cheerfully.
"Mm." She gently stroked it. Its tender green leaves, brighter than yesterday, hung obediently at its sides.
She didn't scold it for climbing into bed on its own. Xiao Xi was still a little one, and it was only natural for it to depend on her.
Throwing off the covers, Ji Xinghe put on the clean clothes she'd just finished drying.
Then she went to the Crafting Table and put the finished Wooden Buckets in her backpack, while sending the 1,500 Wooden Fence panels to the Trade Market.
She set the price at one Wooden Fence panel for three units of wood.
If she sold them all, she'd make a net profit of 1,500 units of wood.
Some of the basic materials she'd listed on the market yesterday had sold too. She clicked to collect the 436 Wow Coins waiting in her account.
Listening to the cheerful clink of Wow Coins rolling in, Ji Xinghe's lips curled up. She was going to be rich! (＞y＜)
She closed the panel, washed up, and headed outside.
The moment she opened the Shelter door, she heard the Dark Spirit Tree rustling inside the Wooden Fence.
Ji Xinghe raised a hand and waved. "Good morning, Xiao Sha."
"Rustle, rustle." Good morning, Master.
"Rustle, rustle?" Where did you go last night? Weren't we supposed to guard Master's home together?
The Vine on Ji Xinghe's shoulder shrank back awkwardly and said, "I... last night... I was thinking..."
"Well, you're really strong, so I left guarding the Shelter to you. My job is to protect Master."
"You guard outside, and I guard inside."
"Right, exactly." Once it had finished speaking, Xiao Xi's Vine relaxed, no longer as awkward as before.
"Rustle, rustle." I see! Master and Sister Xi believe in my strength and entrusted me with such an important job. I'll do my best!
If I do well, Master might give me some precious Dark Spirit Source Liquid to eat. (＾Ｏ＾)
Ji Xinghe had no idea what the two little ones were saying, let alone that the tree had its eye on her quest item.
She passed the beach and first filled thirty buckets with seawater, then topped up the Wooden Buckets above the Water Purifier.
She carried the purified water below back to the Shelter and put it in the Storage Box.
Then she took out a Fishing Rod and two buckets of fresh Beast Meat and headed toward the edge of the Island.
She swung the Fishing Rod. The Fishing Line plunked into the sea, sending ripples across the surface. A moment later, they vanished.
As soon as the Fishing Line hit the water, Xiao Xi quickly reached out a Vine. "Sister Xi, let Master rest."
Ji Xinghe smiled and shook her head. "You eat first."
With that, she waved her hand, and two buckets of fresh Beast Meat appeared in front of Xiao Xi.
"Go call Xiao Sha over to eat."
The Vine nodded, bouncing along as it hurried away.
"Sha, come eat."
"Rustle, rustle." The Dark Spirit Tree shifted its roots and followed behind the Vine.
One of them hopped along cheerfully, while the other followed obediently behind, like a big, simpleminded giant.
When they arrived, Ji Xinghe pointed at the Wooden Buckets. "One bucket each."
"Rustle, rustle."
"Master, you eat too." Xiao Xi knew its master ate different food from them, so it didn't say anything more. It plunged a Vine into the bucket and began to gobble down the meat.
Xiao Sha, on the other hand, ate rather daintily for such a big fellow.
But hadn't she seen it wolfing down meat yesterday?
Remembering that they'd eaten nothing but Deformed Monsters yesterday, she tentatively took some Deformed Meat out of her backpack and asked, "Do you want some of this?"
Xiao Xi lifted a Vine to glance at it, clearly uninterested. "Xi has enough to eat here."
"Rustle, rustle." I'll eat it! I'll eat it!
Ji Xinghe looked at Xiao Sha. Its leaves fluttered, and Xiao Xi added, "Sha says it'll eat it."
So she handed the Deformed Meat to Xiao Sha.
Xiao Sha happily took it with one of its branches. It still ate daintily, but it was clearly much faster than when eating fresh Beast Meat.
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