Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Prize list

1000 pieces of real jade (each person can only exchange one piece, and it cannot be transferred. The pieces that have been exchanged cannot be exchanged again!)

900 Fruits of Power (limited to 1 per person, non-transferable, and already redeemed fruits cannot be redeemed again!)

Perfume 150 pieces

100 pieces of premium lipstick

Premium facial cream 100 sheets

Clothing blind box 50 pieces

42 facial masks

Lotion 35 sheets

30 sheets of sunscreen

Necklace 20 pieces

18 brooches

14 pieces of rough diamonds

10 pieces of Matsutake

4 pieces of rough diamond

It takes 9 pieces of the Jade of Truth to be useful, but only one can be exchanged here, which is of no use to Sister Juan and the others, so Lin Xia exchanged it. Together with the ones she already had, she now has a total of 6 pieces. She still needs 3 pieces, and she doesn't know where to get them.

A long way to go!

Sister Juan and the others were very interested in the Fruit of Power, but Lin Xia could not redeem it this time as she had already redeemed it once during the Spring Horse Racing Festival.

In addition to the Fruit of Power, Sister Juan and the others were completely immersed in various blind boxes of cosmetics and clothing.

Among the few people, Sasha had the least medals. After exchanging the Fruit of Power, she had 4100 medals left. She was not interested in other cosmetics and only exchanged 1 bottle of high-end face cream, 2 bottles of sunscreen, and 60 facial masks. She then exchanged the remaining medals for Matsutake mushrooms, which are not easy to buy outside. Even if they are sold, they are usually very expensive. At the horse racing festival, only 10 medals can be exchanged for one. Sasha was very happy and exchanged 142 mushrooms at once, which she would take back to make soup for her parents.

Sister Juan and Lili both had more than ten thousand medals, and they spent money lavishly. Not only did they exchange more than one copy of various cosmetics, but they also enthusiastically exchanged for a number of blind boxes of clothing, preparing to go back and try their luck. As for necklaces and brooches, the two did not exchange them at Lin Xia's request, as Lin Xia would give them to them.

Lin Xia spent 1000 medals to exchange for the real jade, and exchanged 10 of each cosmetic product (some for her own use, and some for gifts), which cost 4570. She also exchanged 10 blind boxes of clothing (purely for entertainment when she goes back, as she has no shortage of clothes with small town characteristics), which cost 500. She exchanged 4 necklaces (one for each of the four of them as a souvenir), which cost 4. She also exchanged 80 brooches in total (four of them, one for each of the four people as a souvenir, and the rest were used to ship and make money). Finally, all the remaining medals were exchanged for Matsutake mushrooms, which can be exchanged for 850 trees. She will never lack ingredients for making soup or cooking in the future.

Lin Xia did not redeem many facial masks this time, only 10 pieces. Autumn is about to end and winter will come soon. There is no need to apply facial masks all the time. Summer and autumn are the peak seasons for applying facial masks, but she can wait until the horse racing festival next spring to redeem them.

After they generously spent all the medals they had won, they happily prepared to leave. They were no longer eligible to buy horse racing tickets, and they were not happy just to watch the horse race, so they decided to go back.

I had lunch while watching the horse racing. It was all sandwiches, sushi, etc. that Lin Xia had prepared early in the morning, so I wasn't very hungry now.

It was around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the four of them left the exchange office chatting and laughing.

"Where are we going next?" asked Sister Juan.

"Let's go to the Goddess Spring. The environment there is great, and there are hot springs to soak in." Lin Xia suggested. At the same time, after what happened with the Kappa in the morning, Lin Xia also wanted to let a few people try to see if they could see the goddess.

"Okay, okay, I can just relax for a while." Sasha agreed.

So, the group walked towards the Goddess Spring. This time, Lin Xia led a few people out from the north exit of the square. When passing by the secret park of the town, Lin Xia took them in for a walk and introduced: "This is a park in the center of the town. People say it is the 'secret park'. Look, there is a small lake here. I occasionally go fishing here. I often catch some fish that are not common in the back mountains and the sea."

Several people followed Lin Xia, listening to her introduction as they walked. "Also, the dwarves said that there are rare flowers here!"

"Really? What kind of rare flower?" Upon hearing the legend and the rarity of the flower, they immediately became excited.

"I don't know about that. I haven't seen it yet!" Lin Xia spread his hands helplessly.

The Secret Park is not very big, and the group finished visiting it quickly. Because of the legendary atmosphere, even though the park is small, it still inspires awe.

Lin Xia led a few people to continue walking towards the back of the mountain. Soon, they arrived at the Goddess Spring. It was just as Lin Xia said. The water came from the waterfall formed on the top of the mountain. The spring water was clear and surrounded by green trees. The air was fresh and pleasant. It was indeed a good place to relax.

Next to the waterfall is a mine cave, and opposite the Goddess Spring is the hot spring pool. Next to it is a hot spring hut with changing rooms and other places.

Sasha immediately wanted to try it out: "Let's go take a hot spring bath now!"

"Don't be impatient!" Lin Xia immediately stopped them. "Before we go to the hot spring, let's give flowers to the goddess in the Goddess Spring. You can take out the flowers you picked this morning!"

“Is there really a goddess in the spring?”

"Wouldn't you know if you try it?"

This time, Lin Xia did not emphasize that sending flowers would definitely lead to the goddess appearing. After what happened in the morning, she was not sure.

This time, Lin Xia asked the three people to throw flowers into the spring first. The three people threw the flowers into the spring with half-belief. At this moment, a miracle happened. A layer of ripples appeared on the clear water, and a beautiful figure slowly emerged.

The goddess in a blue dress, a crown on her head, and holding a fairy wand really appeared, smiling at everyone. Lin Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hello, guests from Mineral Town." The goddess' voice was clear and pleasant, like the sound of nature.

Everyone was so surprised that they were speechless, especially Sasha, who opened her eyes wide and her mouth opened wide.

The goddess went on to say: "Welcome to Mineral Town. Thank you for your flowers, which are a sign of respect for me. In return, I will bless you on behalf of Mineral Town." As she spoke, she waved her wand, and rays of light fell on everyone.

Lin Xia felt a warm force surrounding them, and at the same time, relaxed and happy expressions appeared on their faces.

"This is the blessing of the goddess. It will bring you good luck and strength." The goddess explained.

Sasha jumped up excitedly: "That's great! Thank you, goddess!"

Others also expressed their gratitude.

The goddess nodded slightly, then slowly disappeared into the spring.

"So this is true!" Sister Juan exclaimed, "It's amazing!"

"It seems that we are really lucky today." Lin Xia said with a smile!

"Hey, Xia Xia." Lili carefully discovered the problem, "You didn't give the goddess flowers just now, so did you get the goddess' blessing?"

Lin Xia shook her head and said, "I have a guess, do you want to hear it?"

Several people nodded repeatedly, and Lin Xia said slowly: "Just now the goddess said that you are guests. After you give her gifts, she will bless you on behalf of Mineral Town."

"Hmm, what next?"

"As for me, I shouldn't be considered a guest. I'm a permanent resident of Mineral Town. In other words, I'm the owner of Mineral Town." Lin Xia continued, "As the owner, when I give gifts to the goddess, the gifts I get in return are different from yours."

Several people suddenly realized: "So that's how it is!"

"Yes, I didn't receive any blessing when I first gave flowers to the goddess. It was not until I gave flowers to her for the tenth time that the goddess gave me a gift in return."

"It seems that as guests, we received gifts in return immediately after giving gifts. This can only mean one thing." Sister Juan said thoughtfully.

"What's the problem?" Shasha asked immediately, "Do guests get more than hosts?"

"No!" Sister Juan rolled her eyes at Sasha like a queen and said, "It means that the return gift the guest received is a one-time gift. They will not receive other return gifts in the future. They are not even sure whether they can see the goddess again. As a permanent resident, Lin Xia can see the goddess frequently and receive gifts from the goddess in return."