Recaps

As winter brought cold, predators, and new work to Shi Wen’s ranch, he protected his animals, took in a wolf pup, and learned that Yan Kexing was a Yinglong. The stretch ended with Shi Wen helping Sikewell deliver a calf at Deng Yanma’s farm.

• Shi Wen’s tiger cubs and dogs drove crows away from his beehives, and he prepared the ranch for a severe cold wave.
• After finding snow leopard tracks, Shi Wen knocked out a young snow leopard that attacked An Wa, and Zhou Hongzhong’s team took the animal for treatment.
• Zhu Ji tested Shi Wen and found his Divinity was 1,227 and his Abilities were 1,024, then discussed plans to support his growth and ranch.
• Shi Wen adopted six stray sheep, including a purebred local fat-tailed ram, and later had Zhou Hongzhong capture the snow leopard again after it returned to him.
• Shi Wen sold thirty pigeons to local enthusiasts and, with Yan Kexing, took in an injured wolf and later kept a newborn pup named Langwa.
• Shi Wen joined the villagers’ winter fishing and chose a spot where the net caught a huge haul, including a northern pike that injured his knuckles.
• While Yan Kexing bandaged Shi Wen’s hand, Yan Kexing revealed that he was a Yinglong and explained that no other Yinglong remained.
• Shi Wen promised to raise feed animals for divine beasts, then helped Sikewell deliver a calf from one of Deng Yanma’s cows.

Shi Wen cared for the ranch through a blizzard, helped recover a snow leopard and a wounded wolf king, and deepened his relationship with Yan Kexing. After the storm, the group gathered creeping pine and berries in the mountains, while Yan Kexing warned Shi Wen that the others would soon leave for a week-long survey.

• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing cared for their animals and hosted a goose feast, then Shi Wen discovered that a snow leopard had entered the ranch.
• Shi Wen helped Zhou Hongzhong track an escaped brown bear, which charged at the team before they tranquilized it, and later shared his concern for the bear with Yan Kexing.
• Shi Wen arranged to sell sheep to Lin Huaizhuo and prepared to expand his pastures as winter weather approached.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing braved a blizzard to check the livestock, then searched the snowbound area and found a wounded wolf king in a culvert.
• Shi Wen brought the wolf king to the ranch, where Sikewell treated its badly injured leg, and Shi Wen and Yan Kexing shared a bed and kissed.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing took the tiger cubs to gather creeping pine, watched them practice hunting, and collected silverberries and oleaster berries.
• Shi Wen burned creeping pine in the courtyard as Yan Kexing explained the local custom, then learned that the group would soon leave for a week-long survey.

Shi Wen expanded the ranch through new forage plans, livestock purchases, and a major lambing season while working with Yang Yiqing and the Abnormal Affairs Bureau. The arc ended with Shi Wen and Zhu Ji arriving at Red Blossom Ranch to acquire sheep and sainfoin seeds.

• Shi Wen arranged a large order of Purple Star No. 5 alfalfa seed, hired A Sai’s crew to expand the livestock sheds, and brought Yang Yiqing to the ranch to help plan its development.
• Shi Wen sold fat-tailed sheep to Duan Haoying for 135 yuan per jin, earning more than 2.66 million yuan, and celebrated with his helpers and Yan Kexing.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing used animal cameras to discover the Wolf King, tiger cubs, and dogs hunting a marbled polecat outside the ranch.
• Two cows gave birth to healthy heifer calves, and Sikewell later tagged and vaccinated them while encouraging Shi Wen to raise higher-quality cattle.
• Shi Wen chose Simmentals for his cattle plans, bought sixty locally bred heifers, and prepared with Yan Kexing and Aini for the ewes’ births.
• With Sikewell’s help, Shi Wen’s 105 ewes produced 163 lambs, which the ranch staff recorded, vaccinated, and tagged.
• Shi Wen arranged to plow six hundred mu for forage and secured seed supplies, while Zhu Ji’s tests showed his Divinity had risen to 3752 and his Abilities to 3542.
• Zhu Ji helped Shi Wen obtain an eight-million-yuan annual subsidy and took him to Red Blossom Ranch, where Xi Yuxin welcomed them to inspect sheep.

Shi Wen expanded the ranch with new livestock, managed its animals and crops, and agreed with Yan Kexing to foster a fox cub. The arc left Shi Wen and his friends searching the mountains for lingzhi on a spring outing.

• Shi Wen bought thousands of lambs from Red Blossom Ranch, and Yan Kexing surprised him with a platinum-colored Akhal-Teke filly that Shi Wen named Yan Shi.
• Shi Wen and Yan Kexing dealt with crows eating pasture seeds by using the tiger cubs, the Wolf King, and visiting wolves to guard the fields.
• Shi Wen assessed Dolan sheep, bought several for his ranch, and later received a Siberian ibex from the returning Wolf King before arranging for Zhou Hongzhong to take it away.
• Shi Wen traded goslings for Bresse chicks, expanded his poultry plans, and harvested honey from the ranch’s hives.
• Zhu Ji tested Shi Wen’s meat and offered him a tiny Qingqiu Fox cub to foster, and Shi Wen accepted after Yan Kexing reassured him that they would raise it together.
• Shi Wen arranged to install a smart management system and took an outing with Yan Kexing, friends, and animals to gather lingzhi in the mountains.
• Yan Kexing found two lingzhi mushrooms and sent the group searching in pairs, while Shi Wen struggled to identify more among the forest scents.