Chapter 8 - 8 Chapter 8 Intermediate Farmer Level Fertilization_1 (2/2)

His increased cultivation allowed him to do this physical labor much faster than before.

“Fertilizing +0.01! Labor Point +0.01!”

He had just collected a small pile of humus and reaped two types of attribute points.

“The improvements in the skills of sowing, watering, weeding, and loosening the soil have brought tremendous benefits. If I enhance my fertilizing skill, could I collect fertilizers more efficiently?”

His eyes brightened involuntarily, as he had now accumulated quite a few labor points.

He tried adding 9.9 labor points to his fertilizing skill, and it advanced from beginner to proficient.

With this skill upgrade, he was delighted to find a significant improvement in his understanding of how to fertilize crops, which fertilizers were more enduring and suitable for corn, and when to apply them, along with many other techniques and experiences.

The humus he collected seemed loose and dark, appearing to be very fertile, but as his fertilizing skill improved, he realized their fertility was actually quite limited.

Most of it had already been washed away by rain.

If he went through the trouble of carrying it back to the field, it would only provide limited help to the crops’ growth.

“Thank goodness I upgraded my fertilizing skill; otherwise, I would have worked hard for over ten days, only to have a poor fertilizing effect.”

Qin Niu, seeing the importance of the fertilizing skill, gritted his teeth and spent another 90 labor points to upgrade it a level.

Fertilizing Slightly Proficiency 100/1000.

To reach the next proficiency level, he would need 900 labor points.

He now had only 170 labor points left, not enough to level up again.

But for just planting corn, having such a high fertilizing skill was completely sufficient.

According to his understanding, the proficiency level of fertilizing skill was equivalent to the top level of a low-tier farmer.

Slightly Proficiency should have already reached the level of a mid-tier farmer.

A mid-tier farmer already had the ability to cultivate some delicate cash crops, not just ordinary grains and vegetables.

A strong mid-tier farmer could even help wealthy families manage those flowers and plants grown in their courtyards.

Most of these flowers and plants are usually very delicate, and to make them blossom beautifully requires a very high cultivation level.

The wealthy families have high demands too; their aesthetic levels, the shaping and layout of the flowers and trees, etc., are all specific.

Not just anyone is qualified for this kind of job.

Of course, if done well, the income is certainly not low, and the rewards from the employer are generous.

And it’s much less strenuous than farming.

So, don’t look down on farming as a lowly profession; as long as you master the skills, you can enjoy the nice things in life and live comfortably.

After Qin Niu’s fertilizing skill reached Slightly Proficiency, he looked at the small pile of humus he had collected before, and it felt completely like a pile of ‘garbage’.

Such fertilizer was simply not worth the effort of carrying down the mountain to spread in the field.

Additionally, there were many weed seeds in the humus, which needed to be deactivated before use.

Otherwise, once spread on the field, the seeds of the weeds would soon sprout; before long, the field would be overrun with weeds competing with the crops for nutrients and water.

Rather than aiding the growth of the crops, it would introduce several ‘powerful opponents’ competing for nutrition, which would harm them.

Concerning how to deactivate these weed seeds, Qin Niu had a powerful weeding skill that could be put to use.

He had at least three methods to deactivate them.

He decisively abandoned the small pile of humus he had previously collected and started looking around in the mountains, quickly making new discoveries.

Furthermore, as he traveled, he found that some soils were naturally superior fertilizers.

Bringing them back, even if just mixing a little at the base of the crops, would preserve moisture and nutrients and also have a natural degrading effect.

The fertilizing technique of a mid-tier farmer is truly outstanding, nothing that a low-tier farmer could compare with.

Qin Niu began to gather the fertilizer that caught his eye.

“Sorghum is currently in the seedling stage, and it requires two types of fertilizer. One is for leaf growth, which needs humus rich in nitrogen. Another is for helping the root system to grow rapidly, which is phosphate fertilizer,” he said.

The humus formed from the rotting leaves and fruits of these dwarf pines perfectly met these two requirements.

Then, considering that the sorghum seedlings needed to grow strong in order to produce larger sorghum heads and increase yield, improving their lodging resistance,

he also chose some humus rich in potassium fertilizer to mix in.

This was already akin to creating his own ‘ancient version of chemical fertilizer’.

He believed that as long as it was applied to the field, those sorghum seedlings would surely grow vigorously.

Potassium fertilizer can promote photosynthesis in plants, help them to form more chlorophyll and make their leaves and branches stronger. It also improves the plants’ resistance to cold and disease.

Qin Niu quickly collected a large pile of humus and carried it down the mountain on his back.

Because he drank wolf blood yesterday, and the meals since then had all been wolf meat, his strength was inexhaustible.

With this high-intensity exercise, the body’s absorption of the nutrients from the wolf meat and wolf blood he had consumed accelerated significantly. Many cells that had been in a semi-dormant state were activated, voraciously absorbing the energy supplied by the stomach and intestines.

His cultivation level seemed to be growing rapidly.

Even he could feel it.

This feeling of getting stronger was just too great.

A basket of humus weighed seventy to eighty catties, which would require a strong, grown man to rest seven or eight times while carrying it down the mountain.

Yet, Qin Niu carried it directly to the field without stopping to rest even once.

He didn’t rush to fertilize, but first carried out a sterilization process.

For this, he needed to use his weeding skill.

He found that each of the five basic planting skills had its own purpose, and they were interconnected with each other.

When a skill reached a minor level of achievement, this interconnection became even more apparent.

Days passed by, one after another.

Wang Haikun had forcibly taken the wolf skin and had not disturbed him since.

This kind of person only gets up early for profit.

Without any benefit that could pique his interest, he couldn’t be bothered to visit Qin Niu’s shabby house.

The sorghum planted in the field grew at an astonishing rate after being fertilized.

Indeed, it was different every day.

The high-level fertilizing skill was genuinely impressive.

Based on the current growth trend of the sorghum, this year’s mid-year harvest would not be inferior to others’ fertile fields.

In the blink of an eye, twenty days had passed.

Qin Niu had finished eating the entire old wolf. He didn’t waste the internal organs and ate them too.

Even the wolf bones were made into bone soup to drink for strengthening sinews and bones.

His cultivation level increased as if it had wings.

From a frail body, he now had a bit of muscle, and his six-pack abs were particularly prominent.