A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 649 Oak Forest

"Approximately where is it?" The coal forest in reality is not small. Without the exact location guidance, Lyon is not sure how long he will have to search along the west side.

"I'll take you there and help you open the passage there. Before this, that area was actually closed, but I think it's time to open it to you."

After Rasmodes finished speaking, he used teleportation to send Leon to the entrance to the area further west of the Coal Forest.

Although it was called an entrance, the front was full of dense forests, bushes and thorns. It didn't look like it would be easy to pass through. However, Leon didn't take out his weapon to clear the way, but waited patiently for ten seconds.

Then I saw that the shrubs and thorns in front of me began to grow in reverse. They began to shrink from a state of lush green leaves and branches, and turned into seedlings. Finally, they sank into the soil.

Without the obstruction of bushes, the distance between the trees was wide enough for Lyon to pass through alone.

After walking for a while and passing through the bushes, the view suddenly opened up. Behind the bushes was a very flat green area. The trees here were growing well, but not densely. It was as vast as a plain.

In terms of area, it is definitely not much smaller than his own farm, and what surprised Lyon even more was that here, the wild collection radar given by his forest magic was frantically reminding Lyon that there were a lot of collectibles growing nearby.

“What a great place.”

After walking less than five or six steps forward, Lyon had already bent down three times and harvested a dandelion and two leeks. In front of him, there were many green spots of light, showing their presence to Lyon.

However, Lyon was not in a hurry to collect these spring items. Instead, he took out his axe and started cutting wood nearby.

This was his main purpose for coming here.

The sound of axes chopping broke the tranquility here. A sharp axe could knock down a thick and tall tree with just dozens of strokes. The fallen trunk began to disintegrate into pieces of wood of uniform size and drops of thick yellow sap that could not be absorbed into the soil.

As long as they are within the coverage of the small magnetic ring, Lyon only needs to think about it, and the wood and sap will obediently enter his system backpack.

After collecting these, in order to ensure that the growth of the next batch of trees would not be hindered, Lyon also cut down the stumps whose main trunks had been cut off. Although the wood produced was not as much as the main trunks, he still harvested 6 pieces.

The only pity is that the seeds were not harvested and I couldn’t cut one and plant one.

But this regret was made up after the second pine tree fell. This pine tree dropped pine cones that could be used to grow pine trees, and there were two of them, which just filled the vacancy of the previous one.

After planting in a nearby open space, Leon rolled up his sleeves and continued swinging the axe. Occasionally, he would dig out spring harvests such as leeks, wasabi, and dandelions growing on the ground. He never had a moment to spare.

Lyon chopped his way westward without stopping his axe, but most of his physical strength was consumed. Continuous felling is a strenuous job. Although an ordinary axe is sharp, it takes more than a dozen full-strength chops to chop down a whole tree.

I took a look at the harvested wood in my backpack. It occupied two grids, totaling 1350 pieces. This means that at least fifty trees had to be cut down. This is no small project.

The trees here are not the small ones as thick as a bowl. They are all big ones with a diameter of 3-40 cm. Moreover, they use axes instead of chainsaws, which is more physically demanding. A normal lumberjack would work this much in a day, and Lyon only took more than 2 hours.

Perhaps he could chop more wood if he rested, but the wood was enough for Leon, so he put away his axe and returned the way he had come. If he remembered correctly, Jody would come to the farm to buy him a fresh cauliflower that afternoon, and Leon couldn't keep Jody waiting any longer.

At the same time, he also had a batch of acorns given by old man Linus, as well as acorns he had just harvested when he was logging, all of which needed to be planted on the farm.

Moreover, the previous batch of thirty oak trees are almost mature, and it is time to install sap collectors on these oak trees, which is what Lyon needs to do.

So after leaving the forest and returning to the coal forest, Lyon quickened his pace and trotted back to the farm.

He first went to the house, took out all the sap in the box, called out the system panel and rubbed it all into primary fertilizer. After a wave of conversion, 340 bags of fertilizer fell into Leon's backpack.

After storing the fertilizers back into the treasure chest, Lyon found a batch of smelted copper ingots and began to make sap collectors with the wood he had just cut down.

Two copper ingots and forty pieces of wood can be used to make a sap collector. Thirty sap collectors require 1200 pieces of wood and 60 copper ingots. There is enough wood, but the copper ingots are in short supply.

It’s not that Lyon didn’t go mining much, but there weren’t many finished copper ingots in the box. Most of them were unsmelted copper ores.

"Oh, I've been lazy."

After silently laughing at himself, Leon hurriedly took the copper ore and coal out the door and walked around to the area where the furnace was placed. He put the copper ore and coal into the furnace. The activated furnace instantly burst into flames, raising the surrounding temperature to a scorching level.

However, five furnaces were still not enough. Lyon had no shortage of copper ores, so he found some stones and made five more furnaces. These furnaces started working as soon as they were put on the ground, instantly raising the surrounding temperature further.

Just standing around, Leon felt a little sweaty.

"It's a natural drying area. Maybe I can hang some vegetables and clothes here in the future."

As long as the furnace is turned on, such high temperature will be emitted during the smelting process. Lyon feels that he should not waste this high temperature environment. It would be great to dry some vegetables and speed up the drying of clothes.

However, there are no such arrangements now, so Lyon consciously stayed away from these furnaces and came to the area where the oak trees were planted before, bringing the 21 sap collectors he had built before.

The oak trees here have grown up, and the towering trees are neatly arranged in front of Lyon like soldiers. Thanks to Lyon's special planning of the area before planting trees, there is such a neat and uniform oak forest.

Interestingly, there are not only thirty oak trees here. There are also additional oak seedlings growing around these oak trees. There are not many of them, only 7, but it is also an unexpected surprise.

It's just that the location is not very good, which destroys the symmetrical beauty of the oak forest. Fortunately, Lyon did not force proof. Being a pragmatist, he did not feel uncomfortable. Instead, he happily accepted it and took out the acorns in his bag to continue expanding the scale of the oak forest.

　I took a break today and overslept, but at least I had a good sleep. I'll go buy some vegetables to prepare lunch first. The remaining two chapters will be published in the afternoon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)