When I Returned to Farming, National-level Big Juniors Flock - Chapter 99



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99. Relics of the Earth

Joo Ji-hye has been famous since her debut.

Since the private sector became active, it has become an era where even promising hunters who know how to hold a spoon are in the spotlight, but that is not the only reason.

A S-class prospect who speaks quickly and is born with the special constitution of ‘psychic movement’.

There was no denying among those in the industry that she would become great thanks to her innate magical power and talents.

However, the popularity she enjoyed from the beginning could not be explained by that.

The element that the public is most enthusiastic about is appearance.

The superior proportions, body shape, and face of a natural awakener.

Even if an Awakened person is born with a good physique, it doesn’t guarantee them a pretty face, but Joo Ji-hye had outstanding talent in that area.

“Huh… what is this?”

But the day after I ate salmon poke.

She looked at her own face and was startled.

“Why am I so pretty?”

Although she was usually confident about her appearance, she didn’t mean to brag about herself in the morning.

You’ve become really pretty.

It’s not like the facial features have been rearranged arbitrarily, but at first glance, it looks like the atmosphere they give off has completely changed.

She touched her face and immediately realized the difference.

It was the skin.

“Crazy, is this my skin?”

Originally, the skin of the Awakened was much better than that of ordinary people.

Because of its excellent immune system, it rarely had any problems, had excellent resilience, and was unaffected by external stimuli such as ultraviolet rays.

The reason why high-level hunters who frequently appear on TV look so different from ordinary people is not because of dramatic differences in facial features, but rather because of their body proportions that rival those of top models and their noticeably good skin.

Because just the skin color can change a person’s impression surprisingly greatly.

But if you’re a hunter, you’re deployed to high-intensity situations, and you get hurt and scarred.

Above all, it is a job that requires continuous exposure to ‘turbid air’, which reduces a person’s healing power.

Because of this, hunters who are actively running around the field tend to have those advantages offset to some extent.

But now, Joo Ji-hye’s skin was so clear that not even the slightest blemish was visible, and her pores were completely invisible.

I just woke up and didn’t even put on any makeup and now I look like this.

It was so amazing that I couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

This is not the time to be doing this.

After confirming her own changes, she thought about it and immediately started to digest her schedule.

The place I found was this very place.

She stood in front of a large crowd of reporters and waved confidently, and the response that followed was explosive.

Gyaaaah!

“Wow… Was Joo Ji-hye originally that pretty?”

“Take a picture quickly! Today is going to be a great day.”

The reporters snapped their shutters half-asleep.

Even reporters from the entertainment and hunter world who have seen her a few times say this, so it goes without saying that the general public’s reaction is the same.

She was originally a top-class actress in Korea with a look that was always a hot topic, but now she was at an unrealistic level, as if she was a doll walking around rather than a person.

“… and.”

Even the male actor next to her was looking at Joo Ji-hye in a daze.

The woman ground her teeth at the sight of his foolish appearance, his cheeks slightly red.

“Hey, what are you doing…”

“Why aren’t you even going in? What are you doing here?”

“Ah, haha. I was waiting to go in together.”

At Joo Ji-hye’s words as she entered the entrance, the man awkwardly smiled belatedly and quickly stood next to her.

I pushed him away slightly, telling him not to stand too close to me, but the man just laughed at my treatment.

The actress frowned at the absurd sight and glared at the two.

Then Joo Ji-hye stood in front of her with a sly smile.

“Why, do you have something to say?”

Her gaze looking down at me.

For a moment, the angry woman tried to say something.

“… no.”

But when she faced Joo Ji-hye, she felt intimidated, so she quietly closed her mouth and turned away.

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While inside the venue, Joo Ji-hye felt a sense of resentment as she recalled the actress’s last expression.

Because he couldn’t help but notice that she usually gossiped about him with great enthusiasm.

They might think they were only muttering in places where they would never be heard, but as a high-ranking hunter, she could hear it so clearly even through a wall or two.

So I couldn’t have good feelings.

From the beginning, I couldn’t sympathize with the reason why he hated himself.

The difference in the treatment the two received was not because of whether they were hunters or not, but because their status as actors was different.

The actress herself felt it clearly just now.

“Haha, I know you’re all pretty.”

Joo Ji-hye, lying on the sofa, was rolling around, stomping her feet while holding her cell phone.

The video of her appearing in front of people spread across the Internet in an instant.

People’s attention was already focused on her sudden decision to return after she was scheduled to take a temporary break following an injury, and this video has become a huge topic of conversation on the Internet.

She already had a huge fandom thanks to the huge hit drama, and when she returned with her unrealistic beauty, she was showered with all kinds of praise.

Thanks to this, Joo Ji-hye was very excited and started to happily carry out her scheduled advertisements and other schedules.

Every time she went to the filming set, people were surprised, and thanks to that, she talked on the phone with Oh Hyun-seong in an even more excited voice.

“Oh, oh. I saw that video too. The internet was really noisy, wasn’t it? Changyeong-ri is quiet as usual though.”

“This is totally awesome. I still can’t believe how one bowl of salmon poke could have such great effects.”

Joo Ji-hye said, touching her skin.

It looked like that from the outside, but when I touched it, I felt that it was elastic and incredibly soft.

It felt like all the money many people had spent on skin care had suddenly become foolish.

“If you can achieve this effect with just one fish… why don’t you start a cosmetics business? It would be a huge hit, and you would rake in money from people all over the world.”

Joo Ji-hye said with sparkling eyes.

But Oh Hyun-seong shook his head.

“There’s no way I’ll be able to get that much material to even mention business.”

This time, the salmon she found effective was obtained through fishing, not farming.

But the salmon at that time was not ordinary salmon.

According to the information that only Oh Hyun-seong could see, it was a rare grade salmon, and the glowing fish was something he had only caught once while fishing.

Even in the spirit reservoir where the turbid energy was completely excluded, the ordinary salmon that did not emit light was simply very tasty.

“Hmm… That’s too bad. If it were mass-produced, I could aim for the title of the richest man in the country. Oh, but how effective will this be?”

“As for the duration of the effect, I don’t know the exact time. But I don’t think it will last for several weeks. Maybe a few days…”

“Oh, no!”

A scream was heard over the phone.

Oh Hyun-seong flinched in surprise for a moment, but then he heard the sound of busy footsteps.

“Jeong Seok-ah? Team leader? Please confirm all the advertisements that came in! Film them all first! I have to go on a variety show too, so hurry up and grab one!”

Her busy voice can be heard from beyond.

Oh Hyun-seong burst into laughter at the urgent voice.

I don’t know what he was planning, but he seemed determined to do a year’s worth of work all at once.

Meanwhile, after hanging up the phone, he was lost in thought for a moment.

‘The cosmetics business. It’ll definitely be a huge hit.’

Of course, it was impossible to catch that many high-grade salmon in the first place, so realistically, it was a meaningless story.

However, in the case of special crops grown in fields, mass production may be possible if done well.

Even if it doesn’t necessarily have the effect of improving skin, there are plenty of special crops that have effects that are in high demand.

‘I have enough money to live here anyway, and I’m not that greedy for money… but if I secure that much money, wouldn’t it be easier to acquire several relics that would be helpful for farming?’

According to Noya, it is possible to use relics as materials, not just monster corpses, to create other relics in the desired direction.

Of course, there is a disadvantage in that it is quite inefficient because losses are bound to occur compared to the materials that go in, but if money rots away and you can get it as much as you want, you can do whatever you need.

‘I guess I need to think about it seriously.’

Albert, Meltz, Blea.

Although he had already reunited with the three higher spirits, he had not yet returned to his contracts with all of them.

There was a spirit whose life or death could not yet be confirmed.

All I could think about was meeting that ‘guy’ again, the strongest spirit and the first spirit that he had made a contract with in the past.

Even for him, who has already retired from being a hunter, it is a goal that is just as important as protecting a peaceful life.

But to do that, they needed help from crops.

For some reason, the concentration of turbid energy in his body was not dropping below a certain level, and because of that, he was not yet able to use all the magical power that was sealed within his body.

Special crops were likely to be the answer, either increasing absolute specs as a solution or somehow lowering the stagnant turbidity concentration.

In particular, if a crop of a higher grade than Rare or Unique appeared, it could act as a strong variable.

However, special crops have still appeared in small quantities, like soybeans sprouting in a drought.

The area has been expanded, the growing period has become longer, and the amount of special crops produced has increased somewhat, but it is still not enough to do anything.

It is time to expand the ‘agricultural relics’ to create a slightly better environment for special crops to grow well.

‘I guess… I have to go there one more time.’

One of my recently acquired harvesting tools.

And since he had added the relic that served as a sprinkler that spurted water imbued with the spirit’s energy, his field equipment had not been properly added.

I feel like I need to find some more new relics.

However, it seems that the effect is a little more outstanding.

‘In times like these, it seems like the relics related to the land would be the real deal.’

If there was a way to infuse fertility into the land you farm through artifacts, the effects would be quite dramatic.

It was only common sense that more fertile fields would produce crops that taste better or are of better quality.

In that case, you had to kill an earth attribute monster and take its corpse as the material for the relic.

Only then would he have a higher chance of obtaining a relic with the desired effect.

‘Oh, wait…’

At that moment, he paused.

‘Come to think of it, there was already an artifact that could have that effect without having to create it from scratch.’

One relic flashed into his mind.

It is a powerful relic that is equivalent to a national treasure and is not in the hands of any domestic or foreign government agency.

After being lost in thought for a moment, he nodded and picked up the phone.

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