In fact, even the bearded man had been transferred here from outside. At his age, he was considered young in Jade Dragon Village. He had put in a lot of effort to solve the population problem in the village. Unfortunately, he couldn't even put his skills to use when it came to farming.
Ever since Du Feng interfered with the villagers' farming, the harvest did increase a little, but only a little. It was only because there was an additional young and strong worker, and the refurbished farming tools were easier to use. However, having an additional person to work meant having an additional mouth to feed, so the effect wasn't that obvious.
Now that Du Feng said he could increase the spirit grain yield by thirty percent, a thirty percent increase for the entire village and an additional person's rations were two completely different things. Especially when the spirit grain seed quota was fixed every year, increasing the yield by thirty percent was very difficult. It wasn't a matter of harvesting more, because the number of seeds given was limited to begin with.
The seeds were sent here by the higher-ups, so they wouldn't be given more. The spirit grain harvested could only be eaten and couldn't be used as seeds. Du Feng had already tested this problem in secret. He tried using a few spirit grains, but they wouldn't germinate at all. Over time, they would only rot and not grow.
Although he didn't know what the problem was, it was definitely under some kind of control. He had tried both on the village land and in the necklace, but he couldn't change this. Therefore, the only thing he could do now was to increase the yield by thirty percent with the current amount of seeds.
The deputy village head thought differently from him. Du Feng thought that after harvesting more spiritual grains, he could at least share some with him. The deputy chief, on the other hand, thought that with the surplus spirit grain, he might be able to attract some young female villagers to join Jade Dragon Village.
While the villagers had long lifespans, that didn't mean they were immortal. If no new life forms were to be born, they would die sooner or later after a long time. Moreover, the fewer the villagers, the fewer seeds the higher-ups would distribute. This couldn't go on forever.
Du Feng understood this situation. The villagers basically relied on spirit grain to prolong their lives. They couldn't fight and couldn't leave the village. Moreover, regular food was useless to them. It could only fill their stomachs.
He had once tried to treat Uncle Li to meat. In the end, Uncle Li tasted it and said it was too smelly.
Thinking about it, it made sense. After getting used to eating fragrant spirit food, eating sea beast meat with the smell of blood would definitely cause one to feel disgusted and indigestible. The villagers had already adapted to the life of eating spiritual grains every day. That was why they could live such a comfortable life. However, there were also worries in the comfort.
As the saying goes, people are born in hardship and die in ease. It was because they lived too comfortably that they lost the motivation to move forward. It was like a pool of stagnant water, and Du Feng was just a small stone thrown into this pool of stagnant water. Perhaps it could stir up a thousand ripples with a single stone, or it could quickly sink to the bottom of the water.
In the following days, Du Feng stopped working in the fields and stayed in his house. He still trained at night, and was busy with something during the day, which was making some simple mechanical puppets. These could not even be called mechanical puppets, but agricultural tools.
With these tools, he could achieve regular watering and fertilization. All of them had a standard amount and quota, and were not made based on feelings. Even if the villagers forgot to do it for a while, the mechanical puppets would automatically do the work.
Which spiritual grains liked drought, which spiritual grains liked scorching, and what fertilizer they absorbed the fastest? Some spiritual grains grew faster when they were given potions, some avoided touching dirty water, and some needed to be planted deeper to grow thicker.
With such a smart brain, Du Feng recorded all of these. Now, he mainly made various small mechanical puppets that would be useful during the next busy farming season. He was very busy in the house, and Draconis and the others had already entered the mountain.
Different from what the son of the Half-Sage had imagined, from the back door of the village to the foot of the mountain, they had only encountered one otherworldly demon. They were not surrounded as he had imagined. In other words, the one that attacked him just happened to forget to leave last night.
This was good, and he would not be as afraid as before.
"Wait!"
When everyone was about to enter the mountain, Draconis suddenly stopped. They were about to enter the first forest, and he was very cautious. He walked to a big tree and made some strange marks on it. He walked to another big tree and also made some strange marks.
"Let's go!"
After making these marks, he led the team to officially enter the mountain. The so-called officially entering the mountain was not strolling at the foot of the mountain, but going into the dense forest.
The trees at the back of the mountain were lush, but no one would cut them down here. This was because the trees at the outermost part of the mountain were crooked, and there were many big knots, which were not suitable to be used as wood. Moreover, the small plants that bore wild fruits had not appeared yet.
Therefore, they had to pass through the first forest and go inside to have a look. Although they did not know what Draconis's intention was, they still waited for him to make the marks before following him into the mountain.
Not long after they left, three black-clothed men followed them. They were not wearing pure black tights, but black with a hint of gray. Their clothes were not very tight, and of course, they were not as loose as robes. They were just ordinary long sleeves. It was just that the three of them wore the same color and style, which made people feel that they had a purpose.
They came to the front of the big tree and looked at the marks on it first. Then, they quickly went into the dense forest.
"Fifth Brother, do you think we should cut down trees or collect stones first? Why don't we pick some fruits first? I heard that the fruits are very delicious."
Because they did not encounter any enemies along the way, the son of the Semi-Saint relaxed again. He had a good plan. He would get some wild fruits first, which he heard could strengthen his physique. Then, he would cut down trees and collect stones to bring back to make the house more spacious. Seeing that Du Feng lived in such a big house all day long, he was about to die of anger when he lived in a small shabby house.
"Kill people first!"
Dragon Fifth coldly replied to him, scaring him to the point of quivering. What did he mean? Why did he have to kill people first? Even if there was danger, he should kill the Extraterrestrial Demons first. What did it have to do with humans? Did the Fifth Brother say something wrong? He even said that he wanted to kill a certain team member. Could that team member be him?
When Draconis said that he wanted to kill people, not only the son of the Semi-Saint was scared, but the other team members were also scared. They wondered what was going on. Didn't we enter the back mountain to have adventures? Why did it become killing people?
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