Chapter 96: Successful Transplant
"Young Master, although this Cloud Brew Bamboo is nourished by the essence of plants, it is very delicate and needs a lot of sunlight and water. Underground conditions may not be sufficient," Lin Yu hesitated for a moment before suggesting to Shi Lin.
"Haha, Sister Yu, don't worry, I've already thought of everything. The sunlight is ready, and the soil and water are no problem at all." Shi Lin laughed heartily, without telling Lin Yu the specifics.
Seeing Shi Lin's confident expression, Lin Yu knew that she couldn't persuade him. Since she couldn't persuade him, she might as well just listen to him obediently.
"Brother An, find a few more young laborers and take them to the back mountain to dig up some fertile soil for me. I need it," Shi Lin said, turning to Shi An.
"Yes, young master!" Shi An replied, and then went to call for people.
Communicating with Shi An is quite simple. Shi An does whatever Shi Lin says without needing to explain anything.
"Sister Yu, Brother An is busy, we should do something too. The seedlings of Cloud Brew Bamboo are still quite tender, let's be careful to dig them out." After watching Shi An leave, Shi Lin turned his gaze to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu nodded, and then together with Shi Lin carefully dug the Cloud Brew Bamboo out of the soil and transferred it to flowerpots.
It took Shi Lin and Lin Yu a full half hour to dig out all of the dozen or so mutated Cloud Brew Bamboo plants.
With a wave of his hand, Shi Lin sent the Cloud Brew Bamboo into his personal space.
Then, Shi Lin and Lin Yu went to the chairs on the side and sat down to wait for Shi An to return.
Half an hour later, Shi An, along with a dozen strong men, pushed ten horse-drawn carts filled with black soil back into the bamboo forest.
"Young Master, we dug up ten cartloads of black soil from the back mountain. This black soil should be the most fertile soil in the vicinity," Shi An reported to Shi Lin.
"Well done," Shi Lin said to Shi An with satisfaction.
Next, Shi Lin came to the ten carts of black soil and, with a wave of his hand, loaded all the soil into his soul tool.
After being repaired by the Pocket Gu, Shi Lin's soul tool had a very large internal space, which could easily hold ten cartloads of black soil.
"Brother An, Sister Yu, let's go down to the fields and farm," Shi Lin invited the two people in front of him.
"We will obey your orders, young master!" The two quickly bowed to Shi Lin.
Although the Shi family manor had many servants, Shi Lin could only trust two people: Shi An and Lin Yu.
Next, Shi Lin led the two people into the underground secret room and into the granary.
Using the power of his soul tool, Shi Lin spread soil on the ground as he walked.
It took Shi Lin and his two companions half an hour to lay a meter-deep layer of soil, enough for the bamboo to grow.
After the soil was prepared, Lin Yu frowned and came to Shi Lin's side.
"Young Master, there's only the light from the fluorite here. I'm worried it might not be enough for the Cloud Brew Bamboo to grow," Lin Yu asked Shi Lin in a low voice, frowning.
"Hehe, of course we can't use this as a light source." Shi Lin laughed heartily, then opened his personal space and took out the crystal bottle containing the Light Orb Gu.
The moment the crystal bottle appeared, the entire space was instantly illuminated with soft, warm golden light.
"Is this bright enough?" Shi Lin asked Lin Yu with a smile.
"That should be enough." Lin Yu hadn't expected that Shi Lin would actually solve the problem of the light source.
"Brother An, tie a rope to it. That way it will be easier to take it down, since we need to feed it regularly," Shi Lin said to Shi An.
"Yes, young master!" Shi An replied, then took out a finger-thick hemp rope from his personal space and threw it out.
Shi An was quite skilled; the rope was wrapped around the roof beam and hung down.
Shi Lin hung the crystal bottle on the rope, and then Shi An pulled the rope to fix the crystal bottle at the highest point of the dome.
At this moment, the inside of the granary was just as bright as the outside!
"Come on, let's move the Cloud Brew Bamboo out of the flowerpot." Shi Lin called to the two of them, and then took the flowerpots containing the Cloud Brew Bamboo out of his personal space.
Next, the three of them carefully planted more than a dozen mutated Cloud Brew Bamboo plants in the soil.
After planting the Cloud Brew Bamboo, Lin Yu took out a small porcelain bottle from her pocket and used her soul power to control the plant essence inside to infuse it into the Cloud Brew Bamboo, preventing it from being damaged or killed during the transplant.
Seeing Lin Yu busy, Shi Lin didn't sit idle either. He took out a pile of bricks and laid a small platform on the ground before taking out the crystal jar containing the Heavenly Crystal Lotus and placing it on the platform.
The Heavenly Crystal Lotuses cultivated from the seeds that Shi Lin obtained are now living in this crystal tank.
It looks very crowded.
So Shi Lin took out several more water vats and separated all the Heavenly Crystal Lotus plants, one plant in each vat.
Looking at the settled plants in front of them, Shi Lin and the other two breathed a long sigh of relief. After a busy morning, they had finally finished the job.
The three of them found a place to sit down and began to rest.
"Let's go back to the ground and rest. Sister Yu, I'm afraid you'll have to work hard here from now on. I won't be able to take full care of these plants." Shi Lin smiled at Lin Yu and said.
Shi Lin had no choice; his energy was limited, so someone needed to take care of these plants. Lin Yu, being a girl, was thoughtful and suitable for cultivating them.
"Don't worry, young master, I will take good care of these plants!" Lin Yu bowed respectfully to Shi Lin and solemnly assured him.
"Let's not stand on ceremony. There aren't that many plants in the botanical garden yet. Sister Yu, you must seize the time to cultivate and improve your cultivation level as soon as possible. If there are more plants in the future, I'm afraid it will affect your cultivation." Shi Lin earnestly advised Lin Yu.
Cultivation is fundamental; without cultivation, nothing can be accomplished.
Lin Yu responded but didn't say anything more.
Shi Lin led the two people through the secret passage back to the surface.
At this time, Ma Hongjun and Oscar had also returned after taking a stroll around the Shi Family Manor.
"Brother Lin, where have you three been?" Ma Hongjun asked Shi Lin curiously.
"Tidying up the bamboo in the backyard. It's been too long since I've been home, and it's gotten all messy," Shi Lin said with a smile to Ma Hongjun.
"By the way, Brother Lin, Dean Flanders said that although the academy is not yet completed, our training cannot stop. Dean Flanders has decided that we will train in your yard first. We will get up at six o'clock sharp tomorrow morning to start training." Oscar said to Shi Lin in a serious tone.
"I understand." Shi Lin sighed and nodded helplessly.
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