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Chapter 358 This day, this moment, will be etched in history.

Beside the water mirror, the ugly monkey's eyes were fixed on the center of the canal.

On the shimmering water, clusters of tiny, jade-like creatures could be seen growing.

At first glance, these little things don't look like plants, but rather like some kind of exquisitely carved object.

While the ugly monkey was watching these things, right under its nose, at a speed visible to the naked eye, these things grew a lot taller in an instant!

The ugly monkey was startled and, as if it were an ordinary, ignorant monkey, suddenly tilted its head back.

In that instant of looking up and blinking, when the ugly monkey came to his senses and looked at the little creatures in the middle of the canal again, he suddenly discovered that these little creatures had actually grown to be about a foot tall.

At this point, the ugly monkey finally saw clearly what it was.

The stem of this plant is straight, while the tips of its branches are slightly curved.

On the lush green branches hang clusters of grain-like fruits, the heavy fruits causing the green leaves beside them to bend slightly, and when the wind blows, the water ripples.

So these tiny green things rose and fell with the water, as if creating a green wave.

The ugly monkey stared blankly at the delightful expanse of blue waves for a moment, then finally reacted and exclaimed in surprise, "What... what is this? How can it grow directly in water!"

In fact, there are many plants in the world that grow directly in water.

The ugly monkey shouldn't have been so surprised.

Generally speaking, most aquatic plants either grow at the bottom of the water or float on the surface of the water in a flat, duckweed-like manner.

And like these in the middle of the canal right now—

The ugly monkey, which appears to float in mid-air and grows vertically on the water, is something that has never been heard of or seen before.

But there are all kinds of things in this world.

It's one thing for these little creatures in the middle of the canal to look a bit strange, but the ugly monkey isn't the kind of monkey that's ignorant.

Therefore, what truly surprised the ugly monkey was twofold: firstly, the astonishingly fast growth rate of these little creatures, and secondly, the fact that it sensed abundant energy within them through the water mirror.

Of course, this abundance is relative to ordinary people.

Even so, it is just right to deal with the current difficult situation in northern Xinjiang.

In this world riddled with problems, it's not only spiritual objects belonging to cultivators that have value.

There are countless living beings in the mortal world. In some ways, are these aquatic rice plants in the canal not superior to a hundred or so kinds of spiritual objects for cultivating immortality?

The ugly monkey stared wide-eyed and opened its mouth.

For some reason, its eyes, which usually gleamed with ferocity and restlessness, were now filled with a strange, bittersweet feeling.

It blinked its eyes, deliberately gave a "humph," and said to Mr. Zhou:
"Sir, look at these strange things in the canal... I wonder where they came from? They look so weird, they're really disgusting!"

Mr. Zhou smiled slightly, raised his hand, and flicked the ugly monkey on the head again.

However, this time, Mr. Zhou's head didn't hurt at all.

Ugly Monkey still instinctively covered his head, glaring angrily at Mr. Zhou.

Mr. Zhou said with a sigh, "The world's geniuses are always rising like waves, just as the student surpasses the teacher. The younger generation is truly formidable, while I am already old and frail."

The ugly monkey bulged its eyes and said, "Master, what did you say? Where are you old? It's just that you don't want to go out..."

Before he could finish speaking, cheers erupted from the direction of the water mirror.

What is it?
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, the water in the river did not dry up again. Thus, people could finally be sure that the opening of the canal and the diversion of water from south to north had been a preliminary success!

This water originates from the southern border region and flows north along the Grand Canal. Along the way, it passes through more than a dozen prefectures in the southern border region, and then crosses the Jingheng Road, which marks the border between the north and south, before meandering through the Yunshuo Road and Longchuan Road.

Finally, the canal reached Gyeonggi Province.

It stretched straight like a sharp arrow, piercing the vast land of Gyeonggi Province, and finally connecting with the Silver River Ferry of Cheondu Castle and Unhyo Castle.

That Yinhan Ferry Crossing is the very place where a divine tortoise once swam, bringing with it the "Records of the Splendor of Dali".

In fact, just the day before yesterday, on the first day of the seventh lunar month, the divine tortoise carrying the "Records of the Splendor of Dali" once again swam across the Milky Way Ferry.

However, on the first day of July, the list of the Great Li Glory Records was basically unchanged from that on the first day of June.

However, after the sixtieth place on the Xuan Ranking, the rankings of a few prodigies changed slightly.

People often only remember the first, second, and third place. While changes after the sixtieth place may not go unnoticed, they are unlikely to cause significant fluctuations.

Thus, the divine tortoise roams about, appearing without a trace and disappearing without a trace.

The first day of the seventh lunar month happened to be the day when the provincial examinations were held in various places.

It is worth mentioning that the provincial examination in Gyeonggi Province was also held on the first day of the seventh lunar month.

This July is clearly destined to be a month full of turmoil.

On the third day of the seventh lunar month, the North-South Grand Canal was opened to traffic for the first time.

When the magnificent canal was opened to Gyeonggi Province, military and political officials in various prefectures and regions of Gyeonggi Province were actually shocked.

At this moment, the emperor remained unconscious, and Wang Zhen dared not move an inch, nor did the cabinet, headed by Liu Shao—

So how should the officials in various prefectures and regions respond?
Naturally, everyone remained calm and composed.

In short, taking action doesn't necessarily mean you're right, but staying still guarantees you won't make a mistake.

Since there was no imperial edict from above, and the people below remained silent and observed, how could this not be considered a form of loyalty to the emperor's command?

Finally, this Grand Canal connecting the north and south was completed as if by divine intervention.

This is indeed a day that must be recorded in history.

At the same time, what must also be recorded in history is the large area of ​​floating rice that appeared in the middle of a section of the canal in Longchuan Road!

Yes, this is floating rice, and it is floating rice that Chen Xu improved with the All Things Transformation Talisman.

【The alien floating rice is produced by transforming and improving the floating rice seed from the Micro Dust Kingdom through multiple transformations using the Myriad Things Transformation Talisman】.

It thrives in water and needs to grow in paddy fields with a depth of 3 inches until maturity. Water is essential during the growing process, and the yield can reach 500 jin per mu after maturity.

If grown hydroponically throughout, it must absorb the energies of heaven and earth to grow rapidly.

The stronger the calamity energy, the faster it grows, and the maximum yield per mu (a Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.165 acres) can reach 800 jin (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 400 kg) upon maturity.

The original floating rice of the Dust Kingdom was still too small, but after Chen Xu improved it, although the plants were short and could only grow to a foot tall, its yield was by no means small!

At that time, floating rice grew rampantly in the middle of the canal section.

The people and demons who helped build the canal were all astonished.

One of the fox spirits was the most lively. It held the dried flower by its temple, chirped twice, turned its head and opened its big, wet eyes to ask Chen Xu, "Eh, this thing is quite strange. Did you bring it, Master Chen?"

It had seen Chen Xu sow seeds before, hence the question.

Chen Xu explained the function of the floating rice, and then, the moment he finished speaking, a strange tremor suddenly arose between heaven and earth!

(End of this chapter)