A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 289 Green
The first thing to do when passing through the remote forest is to check the condition of the sap collectors. After Lyon confirms that the three sap collectors are only one-third short of being filled.

He went straight through the remote forest, across the slope of the northern foothills, and found Linus who had gotten up early and was squatting by the fire, mending his clothes.

"Good morning, old man."

As soon as they met, Leon greeted Linus enthusiastically, then sat familiarly on the other side of the fire pit, watching the old man's movements.

Linus felt uncomfortable being looked at by Leon. He put down the needlework and clothes in his hands and said, "Are you so anxious to suffer?"

"I haven't eaten it yet. Who knows if it's a torture? What if it's delicious?"

Leon answered confidently, and felt in his heart that Linus really cared about his affairs.

Before Leon even opened his mouth, Linus knew why he came. It was to discuss how to cook the mutant carp, which they had discussed before.

This can be considered an inexplicable tacit understanding between the two of them.

"Forget it. Young people, if you don't suffer a little loss, you will never know how much trouble your curiosity will bring you. Give me the fish." Linus sighed helplessly, then stretched out his hand to ask Leon for the mutant carp.

Leon immediately took out the deformed Cthulhu-style mutant carp from his backpack and handed it to Linus. After Linus took the fish, anyone with normal vision could see the disgust on his face.

But he still followed his own ideas. He slaughtered the fish, cleaned it, and then brought it into the tent. Not long after, he came out with a pot and placed it on the fire pit.

"You said you could just sell this fish and throw it in the shipping box. The Far Traveling Merchant Guild will naturally find the most suitable buyer for you. With its unique appearance and rarity, this fish should be worth at least 1000G. But you refused to pay and insisted on trying it. I don't know what to say to you."

When the mutant carp was stewed on the fire after the pot was placed on the stove, Linus was not idle either. He kept scolding Leon with a look of disappointment, as if he had a cane in his hand and was about to hit Leon on the butt.

Leon could only listen to Linus's scolding with a smile, his eyes mainly focused on the pot of stewing mutant carp.

Linus also noticed that Leon was basically just trying to brush him off and didn't listen to what he said at all, which made him so angry that he was fuming.

However, there was no way to implement love education for Leon, so in the end he could only focus on the pot, trying to use this pot of mutated carp soup to make Leon realize the dangers of the world.

During the long wait, the lid of the steel pot began to crackle under the steam evaporating from the boiling soup. Lester then extinguished the flames in the fire pit and lifted the lid in front of Leon.

As the lid of the pot was lifted, a dark green smoke gushed out of the pot, bringing a strange smell to the air. It was not smelly, nor was it fragrant, but it was a smell that was difficult to describe in words.

Then Lyon turned his gaze to the pot again. The soup in the pot was also green, but it was light green instead of dark green. The soup was a bit thick and looked quite like matcha jelly.

The color and the indescribable strange taste made Leon feel a little uneasy at the moment, and then he subconsciously said to Linus: "Why don't you taste the saltiness first, old man?" "You have done this yourself, you have to taste it yourself." Linus gave Leon a bowl of fish soup with meat with great disgust, and handed it directly to Leon and replied.

"It shouldn't kill people." Looking at the bowl of potion in front of him, which was no less delicious than the one Lasmodeus handed to him when he activated the forest magic last time, Leon's expression became a little weak.

"Don't worry, you won't die." Linus waved his hand. "Drink it quickly. You wanted to try it yourself, so to satisfy your curiosity, drink it. Don't worry, this full pot belongs to you. No one will take it away from you."

"Okay, drink!" Leon didn't hesitate any longer. Since his life was not in danger, the worst that could happen was that he would just feel uncomfortable for a while.

Leon believed that Linus would not stand by and watch him die. At most, he would let him suffer and learn a lesson, and then he would come to the rescue, so Leon had nothing to be afraid of.

This is the benefit of having a big boss behind you, so arrogant!
Thinking of this, Lyon picked up the bowl and took a big gulp of fish soup. To Lyon's surprise, the soup tasted pretty good. It was full of fish flavor and had a strange sweetness and a slight spiciness.

"Hey, it's delicious." After taking a sip of the fish soup, Leon waited for a moment and found no adverse reactions in his body. He then said to Linus, "Old man, you can try it too. It's really delicious."

"Of course I know it tastes good, but don't you think something is wrong?" Linus complained as he looked at Leon.

"No, I feel fine." Leon looked at Linus puzzledly and asked, "Is there any change in my appearance?"

"See for yourself." Linus sighed, then took out a small mirror from somewhere and showed it to Leon, allowing him to see his current appearance through the reflection in the mirror.

Green, literally means green. At this moment, except for his black hair, Leon's skin and pupils have basically turned green. In the mirror, he looks like The Mask.

But compared to Jim Carrey, Leon's facial features still maintain their original handsome appearance, only the skin color has changed.

Although a little surprised, Leon was not scared because apart from the change in skin color, he did not feel any discomfort. He immediately asked Linus.

"So, besides turning green, there are no other side effects?"

"You have to ask yourself, aren't you worried that this green color will continue and turn you into a little green man?" Linus reminded Leon speechlessly, looking at him without any worry on his face.

"It shouldn't be permanent, otherwise you'd probably be even more anxious than me," Leon replied, adding, "By the way, when did you learn to subtitle your own speech? And in regular script, is that for the deaf?"

"Well, it seems that in addition to the skin turning green, there are also hallucinations, which is pretty much what I guessed." After hearing Leon's description, Linus couldn't help but cover his face. He couldn't bear to look at Leon who was speaking seriously with subtitles, and called out in a low voice.

"Lasmodes, come out and clean up the mess. This kid probably doesn't even know what's going on with him right now."

(End of this chapter)