After arranging the work, Tang Yu's daily routine was to cultivate, research, and eat.
With the fire attribute spirit stones, his cultivation progress was fast. A day ago, he broke through to the Eleventh Awakening Stage.
"Unfortunately …"
Tang Yu shook his head.
He couldn't slow down the improvement of his strength. But before entering the Transcendent rank, this progress wouldn't improve the overall strength of the territory.
At present, the territory had two Transcendents. Yan Dingtian wasn't reliable. Although Nancy was strong, it was difficult for her to stand alone.
There were also two airships. One was led by Ma Liguo and could exert 80% of the Voyager's power, comparable to a Transcendent. The other was still in the running-in stage and couldn't play much role. And the last airship was still in the process of being assembled.
They could barely count as three Transcendents. However, there was more and more information about suspected Transcendents in the outside world. Tang Yu couldn't feel at ease with just three Transcendents and a large-scale spell to protect the territory.
"The most important thing now is for Elaine to break through to the Transcendent rank as soon as possible."
Elaine estimated it would take her three to five months to break through to the Transcendent rank.
After the high-purity spirit stones were mined, Tang Yu immediately sent a batch to Elaine. But Elaine, whose talent and profession were ice attribute, couldn't use the fire source power as well as him.
Using Cultivation Room No. 2 as a benchmark, Elaine could achieve 1.3 times the cultivation speed.
The improvement wasn't small, but the consumption of high-purity spirit stones was even greater. If he didn't specifically request it, Elaine wouldn't be willing to use high-purity spirit stones for cultivation. The little girl was used to frugality.
… …
The next day.
Tang Yu walked out of the cultivation room.
The breakfast staple was made from several pounds of high-grade exotic beast meat, paired with milk tea made from alienated cows. It tasted delicious.
He rarely ate ordinary ingredients now. It's not that the taste wasn't good. Ordinary ingredients could also make a lot of delicious food. But as his strength improved, his appetite grew bigger. He needed to consume a lot of energy just to cultivate. The nutrition and energy contained in ordinary ingredients were far inferior to alienated beast meat.
Unless he spent a lot of time gorging himself, Tang Yu naturally didn't want to.
The five grains rarely appeared on the dining table. Occasionally, for the sake of tasting delicacies, they would order people to cook sumptuous dishes.
"Fortunately, fighting in the spiritual space doesn't consume the energy in my body. Otherwise …"
He shuddered at the thought of lying on the table and gorging for an hour or two after a fierce battle.
The consumption of ingredients could not be underestimated.
It was nothing to him, but other awakened ones might not be able to afford it.
"The Awakening Stage, the life level climbs up. Each level will increase the consumption of resources. Especially after the Sixth Awakening Stage, the physical strength will increase, and the appetite will increase. Perhaps in the future, without spirit stones, they won't be able to support food consumption. Some hunters may even delay their cultivation?"
The possibility of this was not small.
He divided the consumption into several categories.
Normal consumption, cultivation consumption, battle consumption … Fighting, hunting demonic beasts can also bring a certain amount of benefits, but cultivation is a blatant consumption.
Even if they only ate ordinary ingredients, the amount needed to feed dozens of people wouldn't be that cheap … He also had some guesses. Ordinary ingredients might be able to fill their stomachs, but they might not be able to absorb enough nutrients.
Consuming only ordinary ingredients might affect an Awakened's cultivation speed.
"This is a topic. I should jot it down so that I can find someone to try it out in the future. After conducting multiple experiments and coming to a conclusion... I might even be able to write a book on 'Nutrition Cultivation'?"
After breakfast.
Tang Yu planned to start with the amount of exotic beast meat he consumed every day. Then he would compare it with Elaine, Roger, and the others.
At this time, Chen Haiping hurried to the castle and brought him a surprising news.
"The rice mutated?"
"Yes, this matter was only discovered this morning. Since the rice is planted without human care, it's impossible to determine how long it has mutated.
After the Ministry of Agriculture discovered the mutated rice, several experts immediately checked the mutated rice. They couldn't come up with a specific conclusion in a short time. But this mutation is a benign mutation. The mutated rice is very unusual and should have a relatively high value. "
Without delay.
Tang Yu walked out of the castle and headed to the crop planting area at the foot of the mountain.
The shelter currently had three planting areas.
One was located in the valley behind the mountain, about 30 acres of land planted with various medicinal herbs. It was the earliest and most important planting area in the territory.
The second area was located at the foot of the mountain, mostly planted with ordinary crops such as rice, wheat, and corn.
Later, Tang Yu wasn't satisfied with the shelter's food production. He had to satisfy the growing number of survivors and sell them to earn spirit stones.
Just outside the city wall, on the vast and flat land, hundreds of acres of land were reclaimed to plant food. With the system farmland's growth rate increased by more than ten times, the Tree Shade was not disturbed by demonic beasts. The food was harvested every season and sold to several large shelters in the surrounding area, bringing a lot of income to the territory.
"Do things like crop mutations happen a lot?"
Tang Yu asked.
He suddenly remembered the medicinal herbs planted in the valley behind the mountain. Many of them were varieties never seen before the doomsday. Strictly speaking, they were also mutated.
For example, the main ingredient of the Body Hardening Potion, Fishy Herb. It's just that it's not clear which plant mutated.
But it's not ruled out the emergence of new plants with the emergence of the source energy.
"There are records. It should have happened five times. However, those few mutations weren't big and didn't have any value. Speaking of which, plants are mutating very frequently nowadays. Animals are also mutating. It seems like we humans are the only ones who haven't mutated … That's not right. Perhaps our awakening and cultivation are a kind of mutation."
Chen Haiping sighed.
As they spoke, the two had arrived at the foot of the mountain.
Many officials of the Ministry of Agriculture were waiting eagerly.
Tang Yu greeted them as usual and followed the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture to the rice planting area.
In front of them was a golden rice field. The wind blew like golden waves, undulating.
Plant mutation didn't necessarily change their appearance. According to Chen Haiping, the rice mutation this time had changed greatly. However, Tang Yu still didn't find any trace of rice at a glance.
After being a lord for so long, he was calm and didn't impatiently ask.
The officials of the Ministry of Agriculture didn't dare to dawdle. They stepped across the path between the rice fields and walked straight for a distance.
They stopped and pointed to a certain spot in the rice field.
"The mutated rice was discovered by chance when Xiao Zhang was patrolling the fields this morning. He also patrolled this area three days ago, but he couldn't be sure if the rice had mutated within three days or if it was accidentally overlooked during the patrol three days ago."
The officials of the Ministry of Agriculture said, their voice gradually lowered.
Tang Yu glanced at them.
He didn't speak.
In addition to sowing seeds and harvesting crops when they were ripe, the Ministry of Agriculture's work only needed to patrol on weekdays.
The work was easy and the benefits were high. The positions were mainly provided to survivors who joined the shelter in the early days. But now it seemed that some people might have forgotten their roots.
Determined to reorganize the Ministry of Agriculture, he temporarily stopped thinking about this problem.
He walked closer and observed.
There weren't many mutated rice plants, only a few.
At this time, it was the rice maturing period. These mutated rice plants had also matured, but compared to the surrounding golden rice fields, they were very different. Its head was slightly longer, and the grains it bore were no longer golden in color, but lustrous white.
The grains were large, plump, and round, the size of a bottle cap.
Tang Yu picked a few and held them in his hand to look at, pinched them, and suddenly froze.
"This is …"
He spread out his perception and stared at the few huge grains in his hand. He felt the fluctuations of source power from them!
Looking at the mutated 'white rice plants,' there was also a faint fluctuation of source power.
It turned out to be a crop containing source power!
Tang Yu was surprised.
He had collected a lot of medicinal herbs, many of which had special effects. For example, the fish-smelling grass. Even if he didn't make a Body Hardening Potion, he could just mash it and soak it in water.
For example, the calming flower, the main ingredient of the Tranquility Potion, could make people's eyes and ears clear when held in the mouth.
The effect was extraordinary.
He used to name this kind of medicinal herb as extraordinary medicinal herb. It could be used as the main ingredient to make a graded potion. But in fact, this kind of medicinal herb itself didn't contain source power!
It was just nourished by the source power, more or less had some special effects.
As he learned more, Tang Yu gradually divided plants into three categories: ordinary plants, higher plants (representing fish-smelling grass, calming flower), and source-source plants.
Since the rice plants in front of him contained source power, they were source-source plants.
Undoubtedly precious.
Source plants in the wild were very rare, almost non-existent. Tang Yu hadn't found any.
Only in the Mirage Mountain Range, there was a relatively clear source plant. The fruit that could awaken people's special abilities was a kind of source plant.
The Awakening Fruit was extremely rare. Once picked, the source power contained in it would continue to be lost. After five or six days, the Awakening Fruit would degenerate into an ordinary higher plant.
He once obtained a few Awakening Fruits through channels and transplanted them in the medicine garden in the back mountain valley, so that the plants could bear new fruits with the help of the farmland.
But it failed.
The high-efficiency farmland could only ensure that the source power contained in the transplanted plants would no longer decrease, but it couldn't make the Awakening Fruit Tree grow again.
"But the mutated rice is different. Since it mutated during the growth process, it means the nutrients in the farmland are suitable for the growth of the white rice."
"Although the source power contained in the rice is far from comparable to the Awakening Fruit, the quantity is more. Once it can be planted on a large scale, its value is even higher than the Awakening Fruit."
His thoughts turned in an instant.
"Rice is not a medicinal herb, so it may not necessarily be used as medicine. But since it's a mutation of rice, maybe it can be eaten directly as an ingredient?"
The possibility was very high. Holding a few crystal clear, round and plump grains, he had the urge to put them in his mouth and taste them.
"These rice plants must be protected and find a way to expand the scale!"
After thinking about it, Tang Yu told Chen Haiping, who was standing on the side, "Tomorrow, no, I'll send someone to supervise later. Don't make any mistakes!"
Chen Haiping nodded.
The official from the Ministry of Agriculture wiped his cold sweat and repeatedly promised that there would be no problems.
… …
In the castle.
Tang Yu brought back a small number of white grains.
After testing, it was confirmed that there were no toxic side effects.
He removed the outer shell, and the grains were more crystal clear. A faint fragrance permeated the nose, making people want to take a bite.
"Although it's a bit big, since it came from rice, it should also be a kind of rice. Let's call it … crystal corn."
A handful of crystal corn, after simple processing, was put into the pot and steamed. Soon, the rich fragrance of rice spread from the kitchen to the dining room.
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