However, this didn't affect the people of the dynasty from continuing to explore the ancient ruins of Lichuan. These ancient ruins weren't like the desolate valleys of the Taiga Land. It was very likely to be an ancient temple similar to the one in the Cloud Dragon Kingdom. It could allow a dynasty to stand in glory through various eras and maintain its ruling position.
… …
In the Rui Kingdom, this country of grasslands and lakes had changed a lot. It felt like they had become even more prosperous after their defeat. The city walls were tall and towering, the army was orderly, and the cultivators also abided by their own rules. The commoners also took advantage of Lichuan and began to display the lingzhi, spirit fruits, spirit flowers, and spirit beasts that they had collected for many years. They sold as much as they could.
The power of the commoners was very strong, especially when it came to gathering spiritual energy. The rich city-states could even gather more spiritual resources from the commoners every year than those who occupied spirit veins and secret realms.
"Old man, what are you selling?" Zhu Minglang was about to enter the city when he saw a stall outside the city gates. He asked curiously.
"Spiritual sweet potatoes!" the old man said proudly.
"How did you grow such a big sweet potato?" Zhu Minglang asked, puzzled.
"Young man, are you buying? If you do, I'll tell you," the old man said.
"Give me one, I'll feed it to the dragon," Zhu Minglang said.
"Alright, let me tell you. Our Lichuan Country is a land blessed by the gods. One night, the moon was exceptionally round and the moonlight was especially bright. Our crops that were illuminated by the moonlight all grew the next day, and they all contained spiritual energy. It's not an exaggeration to say that my sweet potato is comparable to a three-hundred-year-old lingzhi! "the old man boasted as he weighed Zhu Minglang.
"Old man, there's a problem with your boasting from the very beginning." Zhu Minglang couldn't help but laugh.
"What's the problem?" the old man asked unhappily.
"This is the Rui Kingdom. How did it become your Lichuan Kingdom …" Zhu Minglang said.
These people from the Rui Kingdom were too thick-skinned. In order to gain popularity, they even threw away their kingdom's title.
The old man was even more unhappy. He stood up and pulled Zhu Minglang to the center of the road. Then, he pointed at the city gates and asked Zhu Minglang to look along the main road.
Zhu Minglang looked and suddenly saw a relatively new statue erected on the main road. This statue … Although he could only see the lower half of the statue, why did the skirt and jade feet look so familiar?
"Do you know who that is?" the old man said.
"Could it be Her Highness?" Zhu Minglang asked tentatively. "That's right.
"That's right, the Rui Kingdom is long gone. They were a bunch of incompetent rulers. When they were still around, the people of Rui were so poor that they had to eat grass every day. Now that Her Highness has unified this grassland, it has officially become the Lichuan Kingdom. Look at the grace of the gods, even the soil contains spiritual energy that can't be found anywhere else. Anything that is planted will grow. Just toss a seed and it will sprout the next day. In the past, only one spiritual seedling would appear every few years, but now, we can harvest at least two or three of them. The Rui Kingdom is really unlucky, so we are now also citizens of the Lichuan Kingdom!"
"…" Zhu Minglang was speechless for a long time as he held the extra-large sweet potato in his hand.
Li Yunzi's ambition really couldn't be contained in the tiny Lichuan Kingdom.
The Rui Kingdom was too spineless. Not only did they lose the war, they even changed their kingdom's title. Moreover, they even erected a statue of Her Highness on the city walls!
It turned out that the Rui Kingdom was just another piece of barren land. In the end, they still couldn't escape the fate of being conquered.
No wonder the uniforms of the patrolling soldiers on the city walls looked so familiar. They had all become the Her Highness's guards.
"What did you mean when you said the moon was especially round and the moonlight was especially bright?" Zhu Minglang asked.
Zhu Minglang cracked open the sweet potato. It really did contain some spiritual energy. It would be very effective for young spirits who liked this kind of food. Of course, it was still a bit inferior to the so-called three-hundred-year-old lingzhi.
However, things like sweet potatoes were very easy to grow. They didn't have harsh growing conditions like lingzhi mushrooms. If after experiencing the baptism of moonlight, the soil would contain this kind of spiritual energy. Wouldn't this place be able to nurture countless Deities with high cultivation? Wouldn't it be able to nurture many Dragon Lords and Dragon Monarchs?
Zhu Minglang then went to a few more stalls and realized that the crops sold by these old farmers all had some spiritual energy. Even if the normal fruits did not have any spiritual energy, the size was still two to three times the normal size.
Dragons were all gluttons. The rulers of some places would even take away half of the crops from the civilians to feed the dragons in the army and serve the powerful Dragon Herders on the battlefield.
Dragon food came from the civilians, and so did some spiritual energy. Once a piece of land had this kind of spiritual energy, it would prosper at a remarkable rate!
No wonder the Rui Kingdom seemed to have changed so much even though it had just been conquered.
"Could it be that the rumors of gold and treasures covering the land are real? Did a miracle really happen in Lichuan?" Zhu Minglang murmured to himself.
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As he continued on his way to Lichuan, Zhu Minglang realized that the biggest difference was that the western cliff of Lichuan was like going to a market …
As the lava receded and the fog dissipated, the western cliff had turned into a western cliff city. Stone buildings stood tall, and roads were opened up. There were even some factions overseeing this place!
If it wasn't for the fact that he saw the traces of the earth veins colliding with the land, Zhu Minglang would have thought that he had gone to the wrong place!
After passing by the western cliff, Zhu Minglang saw West Earth. It was originally the territory of Lingxiao City, but it had now become a part of Lichuan Kingdom. The imperial court and Lichuan Kingdom had established order there together.
More than half of the people of West Earth had died in that battle, and the survivors had become slaves. After order was established, the slaves were released and became bitter farmers and laborers. Although their lives were still tough, it was still better than being treated as livestock slaves.
Earth with spiritual energy had also appeared in West Earth, and it was mainly reflected in the sand and green plants. The flowers that grew from the sand and green plants contained dense spiritual energy. If some cultivators absorbed the aura from them, they could increase their cultivation by several years.
As a result, those cultivators who had just entered the Li River were madly searching for these flowers in the sand. However, it wasn't just other cultivators who were fighting over these spiritual flowers. There were also some demons that had inexplicably grown stronger!
West Earth was still in a state of semi-chaos. There were no factions to clean up the demons, and they would even appear near the houses of the people. Similarly, they would sniff out the green plants that emitted spiritual energy and go to them.
Cultivators could increase their cultivation, but these demons that had cultivated for a long time were even more demanding …
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