OFR – Chapter 38 Three Treasures.

Around 7 a.m., when the sky was just beginning to lighten, Mu Bai was awakened by the incessant ringing of his phone. Groggily, he opened his eyes, picked up the phone, and answered. After a moment of listening, he realized his packages had arrived—four of them, in fact.

It seemed like not only the jade but also the three rare flower seedlings he had ordered had arrived. He got up and said, “Alright, give me a few minutes.”

Five minutes later, Mu Bai was at the entrance of his community, where he saw a courier waiting. Since all four parcels were insured for over 100,000 yuan each, the courier asked Mu Bai to inspect them in person. Opening them, Mu Bai saw that the three flower seedlings were still in perfect condition, looking fresh and undamaged.

The 200,000-yuan jade was also well-packaged, and included with it was a letter and several small gifts from *Zhizhi’s Star*. This brought a smile to Mu Bai’s face.

After signing for the packages, Mu Bai returned to his basement apartment with the four items. Once back, instead of immediately upgrading his farm or tending to the seedlings, he curiously opened the letter.

“Dear Little Mu,  
Thank you so much for our serendipitous encounter on QQ, and thank you for choosing my small shop out of all the others online. I believe this is what people call fate…”

The letter was handwritten and not brief, spanning nearly 2,000 characters. It conveyed *Zhizhi’s Star*’s heartfelt gratitude, showing just how much care they had put into the transaction.

Mu Bai thought that if the quality of the jade was also satisfactory, he would definitely continue to purchase the materials for upgrading his magical space from her shop in the future.

“Time to upgrade the space.”

After reading the letter, Mu Bai placed it on his desk. He appreciated *Zhizhi’s Star*’s sincerity and recognized how difficult it was for small online sellers to succeed. But there was no time for reflection now; his priority was upgrading his magical space.

Once upgraded, the planting and breeding slots would double, the time flow would accelerate, and his ability to generate wealth would significantly increase. With more money, there would be plenty of time to reflect later.

Putting down the letter, Mu Bai grabbed the jade and the three rare seedlings, and with a thought, he entered his magical space.

The space was as peaceful as ever, and the temperature was as comfortable as always.

Upon entering, a light screen appeared in front of Mu Bai’s eyes.

“Ding! Sufficient jade detected to upgrade the magical space. Would you like to proceed?”

“Upgrade.”

The space had automatically detected the jade, and seeing the prompt, Mu Bai didn’t hesitate. He reached out and clicked “Confirm” on the light screen.

“Ding! Space upgrade has begun. The upgrade will take 30 seconds, during which there will be a brief period of intense light. Please protect your eyes.”

Three seconds after this notification, a blinding white light filled the magical space. During this time, Mu Bai looked down to see the jade in the box quickly depleting.

About ten seconds later, the light faded, and the jade was completely used up.

At this point, Mu Bai could clearly feel that the magical space had expanded significantly. The comforting warmth within the space also intensified. The number of planting and breeding slots had increased from two to four, and even the magical storage area had doubled in size.

“Ding! Magical space upgraded successfully. Current level: 2. You now have four planting and breeding slots, a time flow rate of 20 times the outside world, and the magical warehouse has expanded to two cubic meters. The magical shop has also unlocked a new item: Space Allotment.”

Looking at this new message, Mu Bai felt a surge of joy.

Upgrading the magical space was an all-around enhancement. The doubling of the time flow rate and the number of planting and breeding slots was crucial to significantly increasing his wealth generation capabilities.

“Wait, a new item unlocked? Space Allotment?”

Intrigued by the newly unlocked item, Mu Bai approached the magical shop and clicked to view the details.

**Magical Shop:**  
– Basic Growth Card  
– Intermediate Growth Card  
– Basic Nutrient Solution  
– Magical Spring Water  
– Space Allotment: Priced at 1,000 internet coins per square meter, unlimited purchase available. Space Allotments can only be used to plant crops, not for breeding animals. The time flow rate is half that of the magical space, and crops grown on these allotments cannot undergo mutations but can have their aesthetic, nutritional value, and taste slightly enhanced. (Note: Growth cards cannot be used on Space Allotment crops.)

Mu Bai realized that Space Allotments were a somewhat weaker version of the planting slots, with many limitations. However, the advantage was that they could be purchased without limit. With enough internet coins, he could buy hundreds of square meters, allowing for mass cultivation of valuable medicinal herbs.

For example, growing large batches of valuable herbs like saffron, snow lotus, caterpillar fungus, or wild ginseng could still generate considerable profit.

However, with his current internet coin balance, he could only afford ten square meters.

“I’ll start by cultivating the three seedlings first.”

Without further delay, Mu Bai planted the three rare flower seedlings in the available slots.

“Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully planting a Red-Gold Queen seedling. Cost: 80 internet coins.”  
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully planting a Four-Tailed Tiger Grass. Cost: 90 internet coins.”  
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully planting a Purple-Gold Peony seedling. Cost: 100 internet coins.”

The Purple-Gold Peony required the most coins, indicating it was the most valuable of the three.

After planting, Mu Bai checked the growth time for each seedling and found they would take a little over two months to fully mature.

With the magical space’s time flow rate at 20 times the outside world, two months would only take about four days in real time—just as Mu Bai had expected.

“I’ll need a total of nine Basic Growth Cards to fully cultivate them.”

After calculating the cost, Mu Bai began the cultivation process.

Similar to when he cultivated the dragonfish, the Basic Growth Cards transformed into a soft glow, enveloping the seedlings. In a radiant display, the rare plants began to grow rapidly.

In about ten minutes, Mu Bai had fully cultivated all three seedlings.

The Red-Gold Queen, known as a mutated flower, now stood as a genuine rarity, with its entire body glowing a noble red-gold hue. Its stunning blooms radiated an unparalleled beauty.

The Four-Tailed Tiger Grass had now grown into a Nine-Tailed Tiger Grass, also recognized as a prized flower.

As for the Purple-Gold Peony, its royal purple blooms exuded an air of opulence, though Mu Bai wasn’t certain if it had reached “rare” status since his knowledge of botany was limited. However, given it had required the most internet coins, he felt confident it was also a rare specimen.

Mu Bai hadn’t expected to cultivate three rare flowers in one go, leaving him in awe of the magical space’s incredible power.

In the outside world, achieving a rare flower from 100 seedlings would be considered lucky due to the high mortality rate during cultivation. But in the magical space, there was no risk of plant death.

Not dwelling on this for too long, Mu Bai noticed he still had 10,000 internet coins left. After some thought, he purchased ten square meters of Space Allotment.

His plan was to use these rare flowers as mother plants and propagate a batch of seedlings in the Space Allotment. Once these seedlings matured, he could sell them for profit.

As for the three rare mother plants, Mu Bai decided to hold on to them for now. Like the platinum dragonfish, rare flowers were simply too scarce to part with immediately. He planned to wait for the right moment before selling them.