Da Zaojun

Chapter 213 Consuming the Immortal-Grade Seven Treasures Life Essence Soup

After handling government affairs for two or three days, Song Wuji used up all the remaining fragments of the Golden Body of Luck.

A fragment of a thousand golden bodies was used, part of which was used to cast the Enlightenment Decree, to indoctrinate the humans who emerged from the secret realm: loyalty! Loyalty! And more loyalty!

Fortunately, it only needed to educate a few highly skilled individuals, and each person only consumed the energy of five people. In this way, only 200 craftsmen, painters, and musicians were educated...

Ordinary starving people don't need to be cared for. Just give them some food, let them live in the refugee camp outside the city for a month, and they will automatically become ordinary refugees like before the Great Cataclysm.

The remaining fragments of the Golden Body of Fortune were all used to transform the Spirit Field Law, as the prerequisite for large-scale infrastructure construction was sufficient food.

Previously, there were nine fragments of the Golden Body of Ten Thousand People and thirty fragments of the Golden Body of One Thousand People remaining.

Previously, the cultivation method for one acre of land required the luck of 20 people. Now that Song Wuji has become a seventh-rank official, his cultivation method covers a radius of fifty miles. With the addition of luck to strengthen the foundation of the land, only the luck of 10 people is needed to transform one acre of land.

However, such fields still need to be cultivated three times by the Five Elements to prevent wild monsters from growing, and they also need to be carefully tended to grow things like blood rice.

According to the current cultivation order, this kind of spiritual field can only be considered a non-grade spiritual field.

The fields in the Qionghua Garden Secret Realm or the Luohu Water Mansion Secret Realm where flower fairies and precious treasure trees can grow are considered to be of the eighth or even seventh grade level.

However, now that he is the complete ruler of the realm, Song Wuji also used the law to consume the fortune of 100 people to transform a mediocre spiritual field into a ninth-grade spiritual field.

However, it would be best to improve the quality in other ways. Song Wuji estimated that if the Five Elements Minister of Agriculture carefully tended a spiritual field, such as the spiritual field in the Cangzhong Secret Realm, and it was carefully cared for by the Ninth-Rank Minister of Agriculture, it would definitely reach the level of a Ninth-Rank spiritual field.

It could be some kind of "spirit-gathering array" or a blessing from the local earth god.

The Spirit Gathering Array is a feng shui formation. Lin Fajing knows it, but he certainly won't use it for spirit fields. The rest is the local earth god. As the lord of the region, Song Wuji can also bestow titles upon the earth gods. However, a village earth god needs the fortune of 10,000 people, as well as suitable candidates, materials, shrines, and protective objects.

Of course, those with accumulated merit will consume less energy, like the old doctor Li before, who didn't consume much of his luck.

Moreover, if he were to bestow land titles, Song Wuji would definitely first fill the four lands in the West City, South City, and North City to assist Tian Chenghuang in governing the people's livelihood.

After a moment's thought, Song Wuji added another 12,000 mu to the original 12,000 mu of spiritual fields. This time, however, all of them were located outside the city, without any scattered plots. After all, with the authority of the local ruler, the amount of luck consumed within a 50-mile radius was halved.

In this way, not only were all the fragments of the Golden Body of Fortune used up, but the fortune accumulated in the Fortune Pool over the past few days was also used up for a thousand people.

However, once the harvest begins, these spiritual fields will replenish the fortune.

Next, Song Wuji decided to provide free training to the Five Elements Agricultural Ministers. After all, it was an agrarian civilization. Although it was best not to cultivate land in chaotic times, but to use war to sustain war, only by cultivating these 12,000 acres of land could they have the capital to sustain war.

When humane laws and regulations are applied, the land is cultivated after the third plowing.

The first method of cultivation was slash-and-burn agriculture, which involved cutting down weeds and burning the soil on the spot. This was quick; you just needed to fence off the land and set it on fire.

Song Wuji can personally take action, using his fire magic. The fire in the stove can burn all evil spirits to death, and the warm energy can dispel the gloom. Even the evil spirits in the earth will be driven away.

The second step is to cultivate the land, turning the soil and tilling it shallowly. This requires manpower to remove stones, tree roots, and all the other debris, and to loosen the hard soil.

The third stage of plowing is deep plowing, at which point animal power can be used to pull the plow.

In fact, the Five Elements' agricultural officials only exert their labor during the third plowing; during the second plowing, women and children can be mobilized.

As an incentive, Song Wuji ordered the land to be leveled, and the work points earned by children would be calculated according to the standards for women, while the work points earned by the elderly and women would be calculated according to the standards for men, with men receiving 1.5 times the usual work points.

This was combined with the previous allocation of homesteads based on work points, the exchange of building materials, and the exchange of vegetable field usage rights to incentivize the entire city's residents.

This method is indeed crude and effective. At least most people still hope to own their own house and have their own little home. Moreover, nowadays almost everyone practices martial arts, and everyone will choose a set of rituals and ceremonies to at least complete the less mainstream parts in order to improve their lives.

Some people even know several rituals. For example, a man might complete the unorthodox ritual of offering his skull to a martial artist, thus beginning his martial arts career. Then he might complete the unorthodox ritual of the Five Elements Agriculture, which doesn't conflict with the other two and allows him to farm better. Finally, he might complete the unorthodox ritual of the Craftsman, which allows him to make furniture and repair tools at home.

Women would also perform the rituals for the Minister of Agriculture and the God of War. Other rituals might include the Weaver Girl ritual or the Kitchen God ritual, which would make their weaving and sewing more skillful and their cooking more delicious.

These were the most normal things in ancient rural society. If you could do something without spending money, you would do it yourself. Moreover, these were originally family skills passed down through generations. Now, if you want to, you only need simple rituals and spend a little effort.

However, this increased food consumption, since land reclamation is a form of heavy physical labor.

If it weren't for the abundance of demon flesh and blood, leaves of small plant spirits, and grain confiscated from the temples in the secret realm of vegetarian monks, we would probably have run out of food in less than half a month.

Even so, Song Wuji still sent out the Cat Constable: "Now the city doesn't need you to patrol and maintain order for the time being. I need your Cat Brigade to assist the Beggar Clan elders and disciples in forming a hunting team."

The Beggars' Sect possesses the art of creating animals, allowing them to disguise themselves as dogs. Besides gathering intelligence, they are also skilled at scouting and hunting small animals.

"You will patrol the encircled fifty-mile perimeter, hunt down all the wild demons, explore any possible secret realms, drive away the recently born evil spirits, and ensure that the reclamation goes smoothly!" Cat Cat Head originally wanted to refuse, but Song Wuji took out a Yellow Spring Dragon Loach, which could increase a wisp of innate royal aura, and royal aura could be transformed into destiny.

If the Cat Catcher obtains the aura of royalty, he will become the king of cats, with a king-shaped mark on his head, resembling a tiger. Although he is currently a ninth-rank [Kitchen Cat and Wax Tiger], it is unknown how to advance to the eighth rank.

However, eating this stuff will definitely bring benefits.

"Okay meow!"

It's only a fifty-mile round trip! My legs will probably ache from all that walking!
Song Wuji fed one directly to Cat Catcher. This thing was only simply cooked over a stove fire, but Cat Catcher still ate it whole, making gurgling sounds of enjoyment.

After eating the Yellow Springs Dragon Loach, not only did a king-shaped mark grow on his head, but his bloodline also began to change. After a while, the Cat Constable excitedly exclaimed, "I have received the inheritance! Meow! Human! I have received the inheritance, meow!"

Song Wuji asked in surprise, "Cat Detective, what kind of inheritance did you receive?"

Cat Constable said, "So my ancestor was the Enlightened Beast who guarded Kunlun Mountain! Meow! The one who guarded the gate for the Heavenly Emperor!"

"The Enlightened Beast?" Song Wuji checked the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It had the body of a tiger, the face of a human, and nine heads.

Song Wuji imagined it for a moment and found it too terrifying. He shook his head and said seriously, "You'd better not grow nine heads!"

"Meow! Cats only have a bloodline, they're not real enlightened beasts!"

The Enlightened Beast is a beast belonging to the categories of light, justice, and fire. As a bodyguard of the Heavenly Emperor, the Enlightened Beast also has the authority of a door god and the authority of a guardian.

The eighth-rank ritual of the Cat Catcher was passed down in this inheritance.

[Eighth Rank. Stove Cat and Earthenware Tiger]

On the roof ridge of the house, a cat-shaped ridge beast is erected, and with this, a thousand demons and monsters that want to invade the house are repelled.

The stove cat and the wax tiger are cat-like beasts that protect agriculture, while the stove cat and the tile tiger are more inclined to protect the house and ward off evil spirits and impurities.

After all, most of Cat Catcher's power came from Song Wuji's stove fire and from when he killed the ninth-rank rat demon.

"Humans! Make my image into tiles, place them on the houses, facing east, meow!"

Song Wuji nodded: "Alright, there are houses under construction right now, and there are brick kilns, but I don't know if there are any bricklayers. We can install them for you in the old town first. But with me here in this city, with the presence of the Brightness Star, I'm afraid no evil spirits will dare to enter the house."

"That's not necessarily true. What about in dreams? I, Cat Cat, can protect dreams! Like that annoying evil god before, the black aura he emitted could give people nightmares."

"Even after you leave, the cats can still protect everyone!"

Song Wuji affectionately patted the head of the cat constable, but then said, "Alright, you've rested enough. Go on your hunting trip. The villages that are being built outside will also need your protection."

"How annoying! Meow! Even cats need a day off!"

Song Wuji ignored this.

Even I have to work overtime, let alone Cat Detective!

After dismissing the cat constable, Song Wuji planned to venture into the Huang family compound, also known as the Weaver Girl's Secret Realm. But before that, Song Wuji made himself a bowl of soup.

[Seven Treasures Life Essence Soup. Celestial Delicacy]

After Meng Po drank the soup, she fell into a thousand-year illusion, as if undergoing a tribulation.

Song Wuji didn't want to be lost for a thousand years. His lifespan in both his two lifetimes was less than fifty years. If he were lost for a thousand years, he might not be able to distinguish between reality and illusion, and his memories of which side were dominant might be reversed.

Therefore, Song Wuji directly activated the Kitchen God's Heart Method because he was afraid of becoming addicted to the illusion. He then consumed the [Three Talents Extraordinary Yuan Soup (Medium Grade)] and [Five Elements Mixed Yuan Soup (Superior Grade)] made from the three-colored flowers in turn.

First, build up your resistance.

The Three Talents Miraculous Soup can increase the cultivation talent of the three attributes of "Earth's Three Treasures: Water, Fire, and Wind," and slightly increase the Qi and Spirit of the Three Treasures.

However, consuming this soup will lead to experiencing the Three Wonders Realm. In the Three Wonders Realm, you need to defeat the Water Demon Beast, the Wind Beast, and the Fire Qilin to receive the blessing. If you fail to defeat them, you will not receive the blessing.

The Five Elements Primordial Soup can increase one's understanding of the Five Elements and strengthen the "Primordial Primordial Qi" within the Golden Core. However, one must experience the Five Elements Illusionary Realm, which contains five spirits: Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Soaring Serpent. Only by defeating them can one gain the understanding of the Five Elements. Only when the understanding of the Five Elements is unified can the "Primordial True Meaning" be evolved.

(End of this chapter)