A Stardew Valley farmer came to Gensokyo.

Xia Xun looked at the excited monsters with a puzzled expression, feeling completely confused.

Apart from the Rainbow Dragon Cave, which he bought, it seems that the only thing of value in Weitianpeng is its scenery; there's not much else to see.

Without giving it much thought, Xia Xun headed towards Rainbow Dragon Cave under the watchful eyes of the other monsters.

As he passed by the Koma Casino, the proprietress was greeting customers at the entrance. Seeing him pass by, she smiled and bowed slightly.

"I have met Lord Natsuki and thank you for your kindness. I will definitely go to the shrine to give thanks."

May your divine path be vast and your divine power boundless.

Thanks to this person, Komakusayama has made a fortune in the past few days thanks to the spread of the fame of the Cucumber God and the news about the Tengu Clan.

With the news that the fake yurt would become an industrial base for the cooperation between kappa and tengu, the land price here skyrocketed. As the original inhabitant of this place, Komakusayama felt as if he were sitting at home and wealth came from the sky.

Furthermore, as the news spread, the influx of monsters made her casino even more prosperous. In the eyes of Komakusayama, Xia Xun instantly transformed from a walking nuisance into a god of wealth.

If the kappa hadn't disagreed, she would have wanted to bring back a shrine to put in the casino.

Upon hearing this, Xia Xun glanced at the increasingly bustling Komazusa Casino and understood the meaning of the other party's gratitude.

"It's nothing, just a coincidence." Xia Xun waved and replied with a smile before continuing on her way.

To reiterate, he hates gambling, and he hates the people who run casinos even more.

Although Xia Xun had a good impression of the female owner of the Komazu restaurant, all he could do was try to keep things peaceful.

"Oh dear, I really am disliked."

Scratching his head, Komakusayama sensed the distance in Natsumi's attitude naturally. Although he had noticed it during their previous two encounters, it was only this time that he understood it completely.

However, judging from observation, this person doesn't hate themselves, but simply hates gambling, which is understandable.

As a casino owner, Komayama Yuko is well aware of how despicable gambling addicts are, which is why she established rules in her casino that the only chips for gambling are items available in the casino.

Even so, there are still monsters that can't resist, and even humans who sneak away.

Exhaling smoke, Komakusayama watched Xia Xun's departing figure and sighed softly.

I had originally planned to collaborate with this person to open a casino among humans, so that they would no longer take risks. But it seems I need to think of other ways.

"I have met Lord Xia Xun."

Outside Rainbow Dragon Cave, a patrol of white wolf-like tengu saw Xia Xun and immediately bowed in greeting.

Nodding to signal the others to stand up, Xia Xun inquired about the current construction status of the mine.

The outer camp is now largely complete. The main work at present is the installation of facilities inside the mine. The elevator can now reach the third underground level.

Because of Xia Xun's requirements, the construction of Rainbow Dragon Cave was much faster than that of a normal mine, since there was no need to lay iron tracks or roof beams; all that was needed was to build elevators connecting the upper and lower levels.

"Thank you all for your hard work. Please accept this small gift."

Xia Xun took out the bags of fruits and vegetables and handed them to the White Wolf Tengu team one by one, telling them to give each of them a portion and asking them to distribute them on his behalf.

Then, Xia Xun went to the Kappa construction site again and distributed all the cucumbers she had prepared.

After a flurry of activity, which took almost half an hour, he finally carried the hoe into the elevator of Honglong Cave and pressed the button for the third floor.

Hey~

The prompt sounded, the elevator doors opened, and Xia Xun had arrived at the third floor of the mine.

"As expected, it still has to be an elevator."

With a sigh, Xia Xun waved to the kappa and tengu working outside and put on the newly made radiant ring.

A bright light then emanated from Xia Xun's body, startling the kappa and tengu who were looking at him.

In their eyes, Xia Xun was radiating a dazzling divine light, the light falling on him as warm as the sun's rays, clearly a blessing from the God of Cucumber.

So the kappa and tengu all respectfully prayed to him, and some even knelt down.

Seeing this, Xia Xun quickly quickened his pace and headed down to the lower level. The dark tunnel was illuminated by his footsteps.

Four floors, five floors, six floors, seven floors, eight floors.

Before long, Xia Xun arrived at the lowest level of the mine, familiar with the layout, but he still had no intention of mining there.

"Let's go down a few more floors in one go today."

With a light breath, Xia Xun took a staircase directly from his backpack, placed it on the ground, and instantly the solid ground collapsed into a downward staircase.

Seeing this, he smiled and thought that the deeper you go in the mine, the better the mineral deposits become.

Xia Xun originally planned to mine little by little, without wasting any resources, but now the farm lacks a lot of mineral deposits, and there's no time to dawdle.

Today he brought all the stones he currently possessed, intending to descend twenty or thirty floors in one go, and then excavate minerals even deeper underground. This would also make it easier to build a mine elevator.

Walking down the stairs to the ninth underground floor, under the light of the jewel ring, Xia Xun found himself in a well-organized mine hall, blocked off on all sides, like a hole suddenly formed underground.

"As expected, there's no mine tunnel."

Xia Xun glanced around, not finding it strange. After all, although Rainbow Dragon Cave was also an abandoned mine, it couldn't compare to Stardew Valley Mine, which was almost dug through the earth's core.

With a wave of his hand, he manipulated the earth and stones, leaving the words "nine floors" at the top of the stairs. Xia Xun then took out a staircase from his backpack.

Tenth floor, eleventh floor, twelfth floor, thirteenth floor, fourteenth floor, fifteenth floor, sixteenth floor, seventeenth floor.

As Xia Xun descended rapidly, the ladder in her hand finally ran out completely.

"Phew, why does it get colder the deeper we go underground?"

Exhaling a puff of white mist, Xia Xun rubbed his slightly cold arms and looked at the large number of ghosts floating in the darkness.

Or, is this depth enough for now?

Xia Xun felt a chill run down his spine. The further he went, the more ghostly things he encountered. He was genuinely worried that if he continued down there, he might end up in hell.

Although from his observations of the Sanzu River, he knew that hell was actually an alternate dimension, and that simply digging down to enter hell was just a pipe dream.

However, haha.

With a dry laugh, Xia Xun watched as the ghosts that kept popping up from beneath his feet, howling in pain from the scorching light, and then darting into the darkness, decided that this time he would follow his heart.

This breakthrough should stop here. The current number of mine layers is enough for him to mine for a long time.

Chapter 222 Stepping on Back

As evening fell, the sunset painted the sky.

"Hehe, come and catch me~"

Holding a plate of golden fried tofu in her little hands, Sunny ran quickly out of the courtyard gate, followed by three little friends.

Swish.

The space trembled, and Xia Xun's figure suddenly appeared, colliding with Sunny with a bang.

A cloud of dust fell, blinding Sunny who had fallen into Xia Xun's arms, causing her to drop the plate from her hand.

"Wow~" "Catch it quickly!" "Master, you're back!"

Amidst the different voices, Xia Xun subconsciously embraced Sunny in his arms, and watched Star, who flew up to catch the fried tofu, and Luna and Tatara Xiaosan, who ran happily to his side. A smile appeared on his tired face.

"Yes, I'm back."

He then looked down at Sunny in his arms, who was now as dusty as he was and still shedding tiny pearls, and smiled helplessly.

He knelt down, pressed down on Sunny's small hand that was rubbing her eyes, and whispered, "Don't rub them, it will hurt more the more you rub them."

While comforting Sunny, Xia Xun stepped forward, pried open the little guy's blindfolded right eye, blew a few times, and successfully blew the sand out.

"Um, thank you, Xia Xun."

Feeling her eyes finally comfortable, Sunny raised her little hand and rubbed them again, then raised her face, which was now covered in pudding, and happily thanked Xia Xun.

"You're welcome."

Seeing this, Xia Xun couldn't help but happily rub Sunny's soft little face.

"Xia Xun, you're back. Your bathwater is ready."

Okunoda Miyo's gentle voice rang out, and Natsumi looked up at the girl who was tying on her apron, feeling a warmth in her heart: "Yes, thank you, Miyo."

As she twirled the ladle in her hand, Okunoda Miyo looked at Natsumi, who was covered in dust, and shook her head with a touch of heartache: "This wasn't prepared by me; Miss Shion prepared it for you in advance."

"You must be very tired today. Go take a shower and get some rest."

"I understand." Xia Xun nodded, stood up from the ground, looked down at Sunny who had turned into a little gray cat because of him, and reached out to take her little hand: "Let's go to the bathroom together, and let Ziyuan give you a good wash later."

"Is Xia Xun going to take a bath with me?" Sunny asked, looking at Xia Xun expectantly.

"No~" Xia Xun raised his hand and ruffled Sunny's orange hair, adding a few more gray streaks to it.

"Ugh, why?" Sunny's face instantly puffed up with anger as she protested, "Xia Xun, you took a bath with Sister Suika and Sister Miyo."

"I don't care, we have to shower together, shower together, shower together!"

Shaking off Xia Xun's hand, Sunny flew straight up to the bathroom. As a fairy, she was very agile.

"This little guy..."

Xia Xun watched Sunny fly away, smiled helplessly, and walked upstairs.

Behind them, Tatara Kouu, with a piece of fried tofu in her mouth, carried an empty plate and walked towards the kitchen with Okunoda Miyo.

Star and Luna, their cheeks puffed out, looked quickly at each other, their little hands covered in oil stains.

"Hey~" "Hey~"

The two little ones smiled mischievously and placed their little hands on each other's bodies, leaving several clear little handprints: "Ah, we've gotten dirty by accident, time for a bath."

"Yes, yes, we love cleanliness."

After a dry, monotonous exchange of lines, Star and Luna quietly flew towards the bathroom on the third floor.

Third floor, bathroom entrance.

"Wait, Sunny, you need to wash yourself clean before you get into the bath!"

As soon as Xia Xun reached the door, he heard a somewhat flustered voice coming from inside.

After thinking for a moment, he went to the door and knocked: "Ziyuan, may I come in?"

Xia Xun didn't really mind taking a bath with Sunny. He had nothing to hide, and if the little guy was willing, he was naturally willing too.

He knocked on the door because he was worried that he might see something that Ziyuan shouldn't see, which would make their relationship awkward. After all, Ziyuan wasn't like Sunny and the others who could be treated like a child.

"Master, my master!"

Shion Ikami's voice trembled slightly in the bathroom, then she said in a trembling voice, "Well, it's okay."

"Well, excuse me."

Upon hearing this, Xia Xun gently turned the door latch and pushed open the bathroom door.

hiss~!

He gasped slightly, sensing that the House of Representatives was about to rebel.

Wearing a white dress, Shion's pretty face was flushed, and she glanced at Xia Xun with somewhat evasive eyes, while holding Sunny, whose clothes were mostly off, in her hand.

"Um, please wait a moment, Master, while I undress you a little."

Hearing this, Xia Xun felt incredibly moved. He really wanted to just be a landlord and wait for the maid to finish her work and come back to serve him with her delicate hands.

Sigh, if only I could sell my integrity.

Xia Xun thought with some heartache, then shook her head at Yi Shen Ziyuan: "No need to go to so much trouble, Ziyuan, you can help Sunny take a bath."

Upon hearing this, a hint of disappointment flashed across Shion's face, but she still followed Xia Xun's instructions, helped Sunny get ready, and led her into the bathroom first.

Seeing this, Xia Xun quickly took off her dirty clothes and threw them into the basket, then grabbed a towel, tied it around her body, and went into the bathroom.

Amidst the sound of rushing water, he saw Shion Ikami gently washing Sunny's hair in the shower area. Her white dress, damp with steam, subtly revealed her skin.

Taking a deep breath, Xia Xun tried to control his brother in the House of Commons, quickly walked to the side, turned on the shower, and rinsed himself off with cold water.

Shion, who was giving Sunny a bath nearby, blushed and couldn't help but look towards Natsumi. She cheered for the operation, which was a fierce attack launched by her and her sister.

Thinking of this, Shion Ishigami mustered her courage and was about to speak when she offered to rub Xia Xun's back.

Unfortunately, Xia Xun, who was trying his best to suppress the lower house, directly controlled the cold water to quickly circulate around his body to wash himself, and then turned around and walked to the bathtub to immerse himself in it.

Instantly, the warm water enveloped Xia Xun's tired body, causing her to let out a comfortable sigh.