Soon he started working on his plans, since there was dark everywhere and he didn't know about the surrounding topography he started digging the ice right below where he was sitting.
After digging with the shovel for a few seconds he found something odd with the ice, even after digging for some time there were just small scratches on the surface, one should know that he was using a fire elemental rare quality tool and yet the ice has not directly melted down.
This piqued his interest and he started digging again with even more strength and intensity. After hitting the surface more than 50 times there was a small piece of around 20cm was broken from the surface, seeing this there was a victorious smile on his face as he carefully picked up the ice piece and observed it carefully, it had a diamond-like smooth surface without any impurities which meant that the water obtained from it can be drinkable.
When he looked at the ice piece there was a system notification which shocked him,
{Yin Ice
Description: Contains a very high concentration of Yin energy and can help to boost Yin energy cultivation. It is also very helpful for females if consumed for a prolonged period of time.
Note: This type of Ice can only be formed by an ancient marine monster named 'Knucker', according to the system knowledge the host might get a huge surprise below the Ice.}
"Hohoho, looks like I'm standing on a huge treasure.", looking at the name of the ice itself gave him happy vibes.
After a little excitement he calmed down and read the system description and note carefully. After properly knowing the properties of these things he was over-excited.
According to the knowledge he had it was common to find such elemental resources in the Star Space, but even so mutated elements were rare. There are various types of mutated elements. All of these elements are considered as resources with great values and these are also the reason for the current wars among the races. Star Space is the place where one can find such things and every race needs them to grow.
And now a novice like James has got a huge amount of this wealth in his hands, his heart was a bit sad since if he can take all this ice to the earth he will become rich overnight.
After calming down his mood he opened the chat panel to find anything he can trade this piece of ice for. He didn't want to disclose his wealth to everyone and hence he has decided to trade in private chat for some time until he establishes enough power here.
"Man, while searching around this small woods I, unfortunately, encountered a cave more than two people high, when I came to its entrance there is odd-looking huge bear sleeping soundly inside, it had blood-red dense fur on its body and strong muscles. Looking at its size it must have a huge amount of fat. If anyone is interested in forming a team to hunt this thing you are welcome, this ae my coordinate xx xx."
"Woah, be careful man bears have a very sensitive nose and are good hunters. Make sure it doesn't follow you back to your safe house."
"Guys is there anyone willing to lend me some water? I am dying of thirst!"
"A beautiful female with good moves for 1l of water and some food."
"Trade: Common Blueprint. If interested in trading pm me. If traded for water and food will be the best. Only sincere people."
While scrolling down a certain trade attracted James's attention, not even one day has passed, and there was already someone ready to trade for blueprint. Though it was the lowest quality of blueprint it was still useful. Anyways James had a large amount of ice with him, he wanted to use this time when no one dared to go out on exploration and hunting to make some profits. Since not very soon others will also find out ways to get water.
He sent a trade request to the person in private chat.
"Trade: Common Blueprint.
For A small piece of Ice which can be melted into 500ml of water.",
Soon the person accepted the request without any bargain, seeing James had a sad feeling thinking that he might have offered a bit more than required.
He then opened the storage where there was a light blue colored blueprint, taking it out he directly selected to learn. The blueprint paper turned into tiny specs of light and dispersed while a new item was added in the Workshop option.
He then opened it to check what he had traded it for and was surprised since it was a blueprint for ordinary 2* 2-meter indoor farm. No doubt this guy traded it off directly since this thing required a huge amount of water and time to grow anything.
While James was lamenting on how he has fooled an idea struck him, considering that he was currently in an enclosed ice cellar-like environment what he might lack in the future was oxygen and without knowing about the surrounding he can't get out of here so he had to find a way to produce oxygen. And there is no better way than plants, once he can grow the plants he can create a small balanced ecosystem inside here and hide here for his beginning development.
With these thoughts, he opened the Ordinary farm blueprint to check on the materials required.
[Farm(Ordinary)
Area: 2*2m
Materials required: Fertile soil 6x, Water 3x, wood 10x]
Being an ordinary quality blueprint it didn't require much material to build, what James needed to sort out now was seeds. Something that can grow rapidly with sunlight and provide oxygen continuously. This was a bit difficult to find but he knew that such a magical world will have this type of plant too. And with billions of people searching it is not impossible to find it easily.
With this thought, he put a trade request on the chat panel.
"Trade: Ice(200ml water)
For 4x fertile soil, 5x wood.
Quantity: 1L water worth Ice.
Fixed price, No bargaining"
"Trade: Ice(500ml water)
For plant seeds that can grow in dark environments.
Fixed price, No bargaining
Note: For other types of seeds PM. The price will be lower than the requested seeds."