Primordial Era: Exceptional Comprehension, Destroying Buzhou Mountain at the Start

Chapter 329 New grain grows like trees, providing shade under the crops; new farming tools are in place, and famine will be a thing of the past.

However, the two types that were bred, when replanted, returned to their original state. They did not inherit the drought-resistant characteristics of the poplar tree.

Di Xiao had long anticipated such a change. Or rather, he had reached this point by following the path taken by the ancient sages of the agricultural school.

However, Di Xiao then used an array to isolate the spiritual energy of the field before him. This transformed the field into a land of declining spiritual energy, where not only innate spiritual energy but also acquired spiritual energy completely dissipated. It became a special field, much like Earth in later generations.

The five grains planted there, as well as the sacred plants such as the poplar trees, gradually degenerated, transforming from acquired sacred plants into ordinary plants.

The birth of the mortal plant filled Di Xiao with joy, but also with caution. He carefully took out a small amount of the mortal plant and left the field. Upon contact with the spiritual energy within the prefectural governor's mansion, it was instantly regarded as filth and annihilated into nothingness.

Seeing this scene, Bai Suzhen said, "Sure enough, I knew something was wrong. This land of the Nine Provinces is filled with spiritual energy. Although the spiritual energy in the Nine Provinces is all acquired, these things that have degenerated from their spiritual state and become mortal will be annihilated by the spiritual energy as filth when they suddenly enter this environment."

"This is similar to how ordinary humans, due to the impurities within their bodies, find it difficult to draw spiritual energy into them. After all, spiritual energy is a relatively pure substance with the property of purifying impurities. If it were to enter the human body indiscriminately, it would purify the impure body and subsequently severely damage the human."

Di Xiao naturally understood this principle: "I understand all of this. However, when mortal plants lose their spiritual energy and the Dao essence they contain, they can better integrate with the environment. After they integrate, we can then find a way to transform the mortal plants into spiritual plants, allowing them to adapt to an environment filled with acquired spiritual energy."

As he said this, Di Xiao began to do the same. He fused the degenerated mortal plants together to create five grains that possessed the drought-resistant properties of poplars, cacti, and other plants.

Then, using the method of grafting creation, he adorned these new grains. Unfortunately, the method of grafting creation was also activated by magic power, instantly turning these grains into ashes.

But Di Xiao didn't care. Instead, he made adjustments time and time again, using the Grafting Technique of Creation or the Transformation Technique of Life to continuously turn batches of grain seeds into ashes.

Bai Suzhen looked puzzled, while Xiaoqing shook her head: "What's the point of repeatedly planting them and letting spiritual energy turn them to ashes?"

"Because of adaptation. No matter what race, there will always be some special cases. These cases will also drive changes in the entire race. Just like a race that was originally very mediocre, suddenly a genius appears, and then this genius grows up, which will inevitably drive the growth of the race."

"What I need to do now is to hope that among these newly created mortal plants, there will be a special case. A case that can pass through the supernatural power and spiritual energy that I use from the mortal plant. And this case will also drive the transformation of the entire race." Di Xiao said, tirelessly putting his plan into practice.

Failure after failure, planting after planting, grafting after grafting. This continued for more than ten years.

Over the past ten years, Di Xiao has performed countless plantings and spells.

Over the past decade, the drought in the outside world has gradually spread to the inside. Now, in Yuhang County, although it cannot be said that corpses are strewn everywhere, countless people have starved to death.

Bai Suzhen and the others have also left and begun to save the starving humans in their own way.

Wu Meiniang then came again: "My lord, the number of people starving to death in Yuhang County is increasing daily. Including those who starved to death before, a full one-tenth of the population of Yuhang County has starved to death. If this continues, even more people will starve to death."

"Under these circumstances, order in Yuhang County has collapsed. Should we use the last reserves from the granaries...?"

"No, the granary's final reserves are for the next calamity. Do not act rashly." Di Xiao continued to tirelessly use his supernatural powers and plant the crops.

Suddenly, after Di Xiao had instinctively cast the spell, nine of the grain seeds, which should have turned to ashes upon contact with spiritual energy, remained, each shimmering with a faint light.

At that moment, Di Xiao's eyes widened, his heart filled with excitement, and he burst into laughter: "Haha... It's done, it's done..."

"It's done, it's done..."

Overjoyed, Di Xiao instinctively pulled Wu Meiniang close, his eyes filled with an indescribable excitement, and gave her a deep, earnest hug.

At the same time, for some unknown reason, Bai Suzhen and Zhao Ling'er suddenly arrived at the prefect's mansion, where they heard Di Xiao's loud laughter and saw his ecstatic expression.

Confused, they wanted to say something, but were immediately overwhelmed by Di Xiao's ecstatic state.

Then, Bai Suzhen, Zhao Ling'er, and the alluring Xiao Qing were all successively pulled into Di Xiao's arms, where they were intimately and freely embraced.

This sudden action caught Bai Suzhen and the others completely off guard, especially when Di Xiao got close to them; their minds were momentarily stunned. When they came to their senses, their faces were flushed with anger, yet also tinged with shyness, as they glared fiercely at Di Xiao, wanting to voice their doubts.

However, Di Xiao was completely unaware of the changes in Bai Suzhen and the others. Instead, he exclaimed with immense joy, "It's a success! I've successfully created a new type of grain!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Suzhen and the others, who were about to get angry, instantly lost their anger and were replaced by disbelief.

A stunned look swept across Di Xiao's face and then fell upon the isolated, special field.

At this moment, nine seeds, shimmering with a special light, stood tall before me.

With Bai Suzhen and her companions' cultivation levels, they could clearly see that the nine grain seeds before them were quite special. Although these grain seeds resembled those of the Five Grains, they were a level lower. However, these grain seeds actually contained characteristics of drought-resistant crops such as poplar trees and cacti.

Especially that kind of perfect fusion, which is definitely not something that can be emitted by temporarily fused grains.

Di Xiao was thrilled and his blood was boiling. He walked over and said, "Look, this is the new grain variety I created after countless experiments and failures. Although it is also a grain of five grains, it is different from the grains of the past. This new grain variety combines drought resistance with the high-yield characteristics of some crops. I estimate that the yield of grain grown from this new variety will far exceed that of the past."

"Is this...is this true?" Bai Suzhen asked anxiously, disregarding everything else. After all, if it were true, the drought affecting the human race could be resolved. The merit involved would be immense.

With a confident gaze, Di Xiao pointed his fingertip, revealing endless mysteries: "Whether it's true or not, we'll know once we try."

Immediately, Di Xiao placed nine grain seeds into the field in front of him, which had been specially maintained in a state of drought.

Immediately, the seeds took root and sprouted, and then, as time passed, they gradually grew and evolved into mature grains.

(End of this chapter)