Permafrost decayed soil

Gu Yue Jiao San’s small group takes a mission to collect permafrost decayed soil. The work is easy but slow, and the group splits up in a small valley that holds large amounts of it. Its colour is around the same as normal frozen earth, especially under accumulated snow, so newbies often dig by luck and may waste effort on ordinary frozen earth. ^{ch. 88}

Fang Yuan recalls academy teaching: permafrost decayed soil is fertilizer created when snow freezes the swamp. It has a tint of purple in the blackness, and is very smelly when not frozen, but snow keeps the smell sealed. It is the Smelly Fart Fatworm’s food, and it is fertile enough to mix into soil for crops, fruits, and vegetables. The clan mission is likely meant to fertilize moon orchid flowers in the underground cave. He returns with a full box; the rest of the group only half-fills theirs. ^{ch. 88}

After the permafrost decayed soil mission is completed, Jiao San accepts a wild deer hunting mission next and presents it as suitable practice for Fang Yuan. ^{ch. 89}

Clan rules allow only one mission at a time. After finishing the permafrost decayed soil mission, Jiao San immediately accepts a catching wild deer mission, which keeps Fang Yuan from applying for the family asset mission. ^{ch. 90}