Farming Suits Me Best

He had gained just enough experience to level up. He did not need to kill his opponent; making them surrender would also earn him experience. There was plenty of room for maneuvering here.

Perhaps in the future, he could make entire armies surrender in droves and harvest experience directly.

Yang Yu was not happy for long after learning this. Especially after seeing those pitiful stat gains, he could not laugh at all.

At this rate, even if everything went smoothly and he trained all the way to level 20, he still might not be able to beat a lv5 Slime.

"Just as expected of a commoner. Growing stronger is incredibly difficult."

Even at the same level, each race had different attributes. Even within the same race, some people were simply born gifted.

Still, defeating those who thought themselves naturally gifted through his own efforts had its own unique satisfaction.

After that little incident, Yang Yu returned home. Lisa rushed out from behind the counter and fussed over him. Only after confirming that her son was unharmed did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness you weren't hurt. I told you long ago that you weren't cut out for this. Just come back obediently and inherit the family business."

The lean Kari stood stiffly in front of the counter without saying a word, glancing at Yang Yu.

The scene of Yang Yu arguing with them that morning was still vivid in his mind. To keep things from becoming even more awkward, he had proposed the challenge of defeating a Slime, hoping Yang Yu would give up.

But now, seeing the unyielding look in Yang Yu's eyes, he knew his son's earlier words had been serious.

Failure was inevitable. Kari shook his head and was about to offer his son a few words of encouragement when Yang Yu spoke first.

"Father, I hope you can give me a field."

To defeat a Slime, Four-leaf Clover was an indispensable item. Wild Four-leaf Clover was too scarce, and considering the risk of failing the strategy, he needed a large, stable supply of it.

With the passive skill Farming, Yang Yu naturally thought of obtaining huge amounts of Four-leaf Clover through cultivation.

Four-leaf Clover was a rare variation of Three-leaf Clover.

For most variations, their traits could be inherited. Just like black roses and white roses among roses, or white Bengal tigers among animals, the Four-leaf Clover trait could probably be inherited as well. With proper seedling selection and cultivation, he could grow an inexhaustible supply of Four-leaf Clover.

The problem was that, whether in this game or in his own world, Three-leaf Clover and Four-leaf Clover were weeds. Only someone with a screw loose would use vast stretches of good farmland to grow Four-leaf Clover.

Growing Four-leaf Clover would undoubtedly earn him other people's scorn.

But as a true player, strategy came first. Yang Yu did not care what NPCs thought.

Although Kari did not know what exactly his son was thinking, he knew how determined he was.

Perhaps farming was merely a means for him to improve himself. Once he felt strong enough, that would be the time to part ways. In the meantime, Kari could also work on persuading Lisa, since that morning had truly been too sudden.

Without much hesitation, Kari generously gave him a plot of land.

From then on, Yang Yu left early and returned late every day, searching the forest for Four-leaf Clover plants, transplanting them into his field, and diligently tilling the soil with his hoe.

He had played plenty of business simulation games and had naturally encountered many farming simulators. He knew farming inside and out.

To improve efficiency, he often went to work for Kari in exchange for magical items that accelerated herb growth and increased production.

Occasionally, Four-leaf Clover in the field would revert to Three-leaf Clover, or a single plant would grow both Three-leaf Clover and Four-leaf Clover. Whenever that happened, he mercilessly swung his hoe and uprooted them all, preventing those mixed-blood misfits from leading the other little ones astray.

He even cleared out all other Three-leaf Clover around the field, made insect netting, and kept a box of bees for pollination, lest his little darlings be lured away. This ensured the cultivated Four-leaf Clover had pure bloodlines.

And so, he became addicted to farming and could not pull himself free. He grew thinner by the day, and before he knew it, a year had passed.

The field that had once been overgrown with weeds was now covered in vast swaths of Four-leaf Clover.

The legendary Four-leaf Clover, said to be found among Three-leaf Clover only once in a hundred thousand plants, had long become easy to obtain.

Unfortunately, planting Four-leaf Clover, the symbol of luck, every day did not increase Yang Yu's luck. But he had not gained nothing. Both his attributes and experience had improved by leaps and bounds.

[Name:Yang Yu (Rolling Potato) Level:LV2 EXP:48/50

HP:54/54 MP:40/40 Stamina:40/40

Strength 12, Defense 8, Intelligence 11, Special Defense 7, Agility 15, Charm 5, Endurance 7, Luck 1

Free Attribute Points:10]

The constant farming had given him attribute growth equivalent to gaining an entire level. His experience had also increased greatly, leaving him only one step away from lv3.

There were ways to gain experience without fighting, and even without leveling up, he could improve certain attributes. This meant that max level was not the end. Perhaps there were ways to become even stronger in the game.

Perhaps if he did one hundred push-ups, one hundred sit-ups, one hundred squats, and ran ten kilometers every day, he could go bald and become stronger, becoming an existence capable of one-shotting heaven and earth alike.

After a year of farming, Yang Yu's passive skill [Farming] had upgraded to [Farming Suits Me Best], granting him a full 50% increase in yield.

Besides that, his first active skill had quietly blossomed in his hands, proving that effort was worthwhile.

[Four-Leaf Clover Cultivation]: Costs 1 MP. As long as you have a part of a Four-leaf Clover, you can Cultivate Four-leaf Clover anytime, anywhere.

At first glance, it seemed like a completely useless skill. In truth, it was indeed a rather useless skill. Still, thanks to this silly skill, he had been able to grow so much Four-leaf Clover in only one year.

"Mm... come to think of it, why did I grow so much Four-leaf Clover?"

Looking around the Four-leaf Clover garden blooming with white flowers, Yang Yu sat atop the beehive and could not help sinking into thought.

If he had not seen that there was still a task to persuade his parents, he might truly have forgotten that he had grown all this Four-leaf Clover to take down Slimes.

Farming was terrifying.

He had more than enough Four-leaf Clover. Next, it was time to increase his combat power.

Like a tornado tearing through a parking lot, Yang Yu swept across the entire Novice Village. Whether it was a little sister who had only just learned to babble or a tottering old man, everyone in the village had fought him.

Of course, many of those battles consisted of nothing more than symbolically waving two thin wooden sticks at each other. Since he could gain experience as long as the other side surrendered, there was no need to fight people who had no chance of beating him.

Even a mosquito was still meat. Even when the experience reward was only one point, Yang Yu devoured it greedily, taking every bit of experience he could get. His level soared all the way from lv2 to lv5.

[HP:150/150 MP:60/60 Stamina:90

Strength 32, Defense 27, Intelligence 16, Special Defense 11, Agility 21, Charm 8, Endurance 25, Luck 1 (Cannot allocate points)

Free Attribute Points:0]

Yang Yu distributed the 40 free attribute points earned from leveling evenly among Strength, which increased attack; Defense, which reduced physical damage; and Endurance, which increased HP, Stamina, and MP.

But even so, a lv5 commoner's attributes were still painful to look at.

And Luck actually displayed that points could not be allocated to it. This was practically telling Yang Yu outright that his life of escaping bad luck and becoming lucky did not exist.

Originally, once the game reached its later stages, he had wanted to invest a huge number of free attribute points into Luck, land critical hits with every strike, and experience the wonderful life of a lucky emperor.

Now, all he could feel was this game's hostility toward the unlucky.