Longzang

Chapter 944 is meaningless.

Wei Yuan took a deep breath, barely managing to suppress his intense, boiling emotions.

Having spent a long time in the Desolate Realm and strengthened his physical body, Wei Yuan increasingly preferred to solve problems with his muscles. However, the problem was that the muscles of the Witch Clan were not the same as those of the Bright King Palace; they only provided emotions and lacked the ability to think.

Wei Yuan stopped looking at Xiao Yu and instead looked at the Farmer, asking what difficulties were involved in opening up the fields.

Without me, the world is inactive, life is stagnant, and the heavens lack vitality, making it easy for things to go wrong when cultivating fields and planting crops.

Master Chuhe sighed and said, "Recently, not much land has been cultivated; only two million mu."

Wei Yuan's spirits lifted immediately. It had been more than half a year and only two million mu had been cultivated. The progress was far behind in the past! When he left, there were already thirty million mu of fertile land. If they didn't cultivate seven or eight million mu in a year, how could that be acceptable?

Wei Yuan immediately asked with a serious expression, "What is the reason?"

Master Chuhe sighed, "It's all my fault. When I was picking rice, I had nothing to do, so I looked through the information about the outer world and came across a wonderful thing called fertilizer. Although the information was vague, it wasn't difficult to make. So I gathered my fellow disciples Sun Yu, Xu Henshui, and Yu Zhizhuo, and we studied it together for a few days. We discovered that by processing certain minerals with Yin-cold Dao power, we could obtain something similar to fertilizer."

So I selected a thousand Dao Foundation Apprentices with suitable affinity and opened a [Cultivation Immortal Workshop] to specialize in producing fertilizer. Each Dao Foundation Apprentice can produce several hundred catties of fertilizer every day. The matter itself is not difficult; the difficulty lies in keeping the fire burning in the processing tanks. But as long as the shift rotation is arranged properly, there will be no problem. After the fertilizer was introduced, the grain yield that season increased dramatically, and the yield of the last season was somewhat exaggerated because of the large amount and prolonged use of fertilizer, with a yield of over 500 catties per mu, directly doubling.

"Qingming currently has too much grain stored up, and we're considering converting some abandoned mine shafts into storage areas. Therefore, we haven't dared to cultivate any new fields for the past two months; the grain is simply too abundant to store, and cultivating more fields would only be a waste of manpower."

Wei Yuan felt a lump in his throat, but could only nod and smile, praising the old man's competence.

The problem is that only a small portion of the information in the Azure Sky Outer World is from Xu Wenwu; the majority was written by Wei Yuan himself. How could he have overlooked the fertilizer back then? Was he really unqualified for his position as a researcher at the Umbrella Corporation?
Wei Yuan had a vague feeling that things were going a bit strange, so he prepared to find something that only he could do to lay the groundwork and regain his prestige.

Wei Yuan continued, following the words of the old Daoist Chu He: "Since fertilizer requires so many Foundation Establishment cultivators, has the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the realm increased during this period?"

This time, Feng Tingyu continued, saying, "A Dao Foundation Ceremony was just held a month ago, which added five thousand Dao Foundations."

"Oh, the Foundation Establishment Ceremony... What did you say? Another Foundation Establishment Ceremony is being held so soon!? Isn't the interval a bit short?" Wei Yuan was quite surprised. He had just held a Foundation Establishment Ceremony before he left, and that one was an unprecedented success.

Feng Tingyu said, "The main reason is that everyone's body forging progress has accelerated, and we have accumulated more than 20,000 cultivators waiting for advancement. After discussing it, we decided to hold a Dao Foundation Ceremony."

Wei Yuan said, "Wait! Twenty thousand people have become five thousand Dao Foundation cultivators... How many is over twenty thousand, nine thousand?"

"Eight hundred."

Fortunately, Feng Tingyu wasn't as cunning as Xiaoyu. Instead of keeping her in suspense, she directly revealed the answer: "This time, we have a new template: Moonlit Sky, specializing in Yin energy. This template is very easy to learn and allows you to work in the latest Immortal Cultivation Workshop, so there are a lot of people choosing it. In the end, out of 15,000 candidates, 4,500 were selected. The remaining 5,000 were selected as 500."

"Let's see what this template looks like."

A beam of light shot from Feng Tingyu's shoulder, instantly transforming into a ball of bright moonlight in the air. Wei Yuan immediately understood; this foundation had even skipped the gaseous stage, simply cultivating a ball of light. The threshold was incredibly low, no wonder the success rate was exceptionally high. But even so, it was still a foundation, and it cultivated a Taiyin power of considerable essence, just with a slightly lower concentration.

If Wei Yuan's Taiyin Moon Essence is a vat of strong liquor, then this template is a drop of liquor in a vat of water; in any case, it can still be called liquor.

"Who made this template?" Wei Yuan asked. He had to admit, the sheer absurdity of the low skill level required to achieve this was astounding.

Feng Tingyu said, "Xiaoyu. Originally, he made a Taiyin Moon Blossom Sword, but later he felt that since this Dao Foundation was not for fighting, making it into a sword shape was completely unnecessary and would only increase the difficulty. So he removed the sword shape and made it into its current form."

Even Xiaoyu has come to her senses? Wei Yuan glanced at Xiaoyu again, and this time, using his eyesight, he could see that Xiaoyu had a strong aura of luck, clearly having benefited greatly from the Moonlit Sky Mist.

At this moment, Wei Yuan suddenly felt a restlessness within his mortal realm. He looked inward and found many immortal plants gathered in one place, with Fuyao watering them. Aside from that, there was nothing unusual. Wei Yuan then withdrew his divine sense.

As soon as he sent his divine thought away, the place instantly became lively.

The girl with scarlet eyebrows gritted her teeth and roared, "Don't stop me, I'm going to kill that bitch!"

The immortals scrambled to hold the girl down, pleading, "No, no, let's think this through! Don't be impulsive!" The ice-cold girl also advised, "If we act now, won't we alert the enemy? We should wait until everything is perfectly safe before delivering a decisive blow!"

The girl, however, could not bear it and struggled fiercely. Her clothes were now disheveled, both sleeves were gone, revealing two snow-white arms. And there was still a faint black aura on her shoulders, which was still constantly corroding her. However, she was no match for a dozen hands and a bunch of branches, and was firmly suppressed.

At this moment, in the azure sky, Wei Yuan decided to try his own unique approach as a last-ditch effort, so he asked, "Is there a problem with the issuance of Qingyuan? Why are the managers of the money shops nowhere to be seen?"

Feng Chutang said, "I am temporarily in charge of Qingming Bank. The original six managers have all been arrested for treason. Two of them were executed along with their families, three were executed, and one was detained."

Wei Yuan was stunned. None of the six people he had personally promoted were left.
Feng Chutang continued, "Zhang... your teacher's previous lobbying efforts with various countries were very successful. Currently, the Jin and Zhao countries have issued more than ten kinds of currency, all pegged to the Qingyuan. As a result, the demand for Qingyuan has increased significantly. The total issuance is currently 900 million yuan, of which more than 300 million yuan has been hoarded by other currency issuers. The exchange rate between Qingyuan and immortal silver continues to rise, and it is now 1 to 1.6 taels. At present, a large amount of immortal silver has flowed into Qingming, and the reserves have exceeded 200 million taels."

Wei Yuan asked a few questions and quickly understood the process. He then inwardly berated himself, wondering why he hadn't thought to encourage others to issue their own cryptocurrency.

Originally, the state of Zhao was a monolithic entity, with its common people self-sufficient, and Qingming couldn't sell grain or cloth to them. But now, from the King and Crown Prince down to Li Si and Cui Shutong, everyone in Zhao is issuing currency, which is equivalent to completely opening the door to Qingming on a monetary level.

Now that Qingming has entered the house, the next issue is how to move the things. As for the common people, there's no need to target them specifically. As long as the currency fluctuates and prices soar, their self-sufficiency based on the land will be completely shattered. Qingming doesn't even need to lift a finger; officials at all levels of the Zhao state will handle it.

At this point, Wei Yuan finally understood that in the past few months, without him as a stumbling block, Qingming's development had been incredibly rapid.

Having reluctantly accepted this heartbreaking reality, Wei Yuan prepared to plan his future development carefully, so as not to unintentionally become a stumbling block again.

Before Wei Yuan could speak, Xu Henshui said, "There is something we need to plan ahead of time. We are currently short of pills for Body Forging, which is fine. However, there are more and more Dharma Aspect cultivators, but not enough pills to improve their cultivation. Everyone needs to apply to the palace on their own. In addition, there are a huge number of Foundation Establishment cultivators. Although most of them are template Foundation Establishment cultivators, they also need to solidify their foundation. Therefore, the required amount of pills is already enormous, and even the palace is unable to supply them."

Currently, Qingming has nowhere to sell many resources. I think we can significantly increase the purchase price of medicinal herbs, exchanging equipment, brocade, or Qingyuan for Dharma Aspect and Imperial Realm level spiritual herbs. This is profitable, and even from thousands of miles away, people will transport medicinal herbs here.”

Wei Yuan nodded repeatedly, but his heart was heavy. This guy had said what he wanted to say again. Why couldn't he have been a little quicker...?

But at this moment, Xu Henshui added: "Actually, we were discussing this matter two months ago, but we have been busy eliminating foreign enemies. We finally managed to clear out the foreign enemies before this month, so this matter can be put on the agenda."

Wei Yuan felt a strange unease. He was glad he hadn't spoken first; it turned out the cultivators had already considered this matter. But why did they insist on eliminating the external enemies before this month?!

If Wei Yuan himself didn't know when he could return, he probably would have thought that these guys wanted to kill everyone who could fight before he returned, leaving him with no one to fight.

Exchanging mortal resources for cultivation resources for Dao Foundation and Dharma Aspect is naturally feasible. In the past, few people would do this, mainly because mortal resources are in large quantities but low in price, and each country itself doesn't even have enough of steel or grain, so where would there be any surplus to exchange? Therefore, Dao Foundation is exchanged for resources for Dao Foundation, and Dharma Aspect is exchanged for resources for Dharma Aspect.

After suffering repeated setbacks, Wei Yuan could no longer hold back and had to resort to his trump card, saying, "I also gained a great deal from this trip to the Witch Domain. This method can improve the quality of one's Dharma Aspect and broaden one's path. Those below the Immortal Aspect level can all see some improvement."

Upon hearing this, the cultivators of Taichu Palace all had their eyes light up instantly.

After all, many people, though possessing the appearance of a Celestial, are actually somewhere between Celestial and Heavenly; one step further and they become Celestials, one step back and they become Heavenly. Sun Yu, Yu Zhizhuo, and others are all like this; they are not guaranteed to reach the Imperial Realm. They also need to improve the quality of their Dharma Aspect to increase their chances of advancing to the Imperial Realm.

The only exception is Old Daoist Chuhe. He is deeply conflicted. In terms of talent and aptitude, he certainly cannot reach the Imperial Realm, but in terms of luck and fortune, he is more than capable of directly ascending to the Heavenly Realm. Now, Old Daoist Chuhe has formed a karmic bond with the Immortal Rooster. If the Immortal Rooster grows up smoothly and maintains this bond, then Old Daoist's ascension to the Imperial Realm will not be a problem. However, if the Immortal Rooster flies away halfway, Old Daoist will be stuck in place, and may even have to retreat.

Seeing that he had finally succeeded in arousing the interest of the cultivators, Wei Yuan sneered inwardly, then put the topic aside and said instead, "However, I now need to re-examine my own path of cultivation, and then I need to build another Heavenly Tribulation Base to prepare for the tribulation."

The cultivators' expressions changed instantly! Is this guy about to undergo tribulation again?
At this moment, all the cultivators were deep and calculating, while Xiao Yu, who wasn't as calculating, was being led by Shao Yang Xingjun. Feng Tingyu, on the other hand, was completely lacking in cunning, so she didn't understand the meaning behind Wei Yuan's words.

Finally, Wang Hu, being new to the area and unfamiliar with Qingming's ways, asked somewhat bewilderedly, "Are you about to undergo tribulation? Have you already achieved perfect Dharma form?"

Finally, someone asked... Wei Yuan smiled and said, "It's just a little bit more, it won't take much time, so we need to start preparing now."

It was the thirteenth year of the Tianqi reign, and Wei Yuan was not even thirty years old yet, and he was about to enter the Imperial Realm?
At this moment, all the cultivators suddenly felt that all the battle formations and strategic planning had lost their meaning. Even Xiao Yu was disheartened and felt that life was really meaningless.

Wei Yuan smiled and looked around, his Dao heart clear and insightful.

(End of this chapter)