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

Chapter 330 (Chapter 394): Among the endless human race, cultivators are ultimately too few.

The newly sprouted grains were like a sapling, with lush branches and leaves, and the fruits they produced were countless.

"Is this the new Five Grains? It doesn't look like Five Grains at all. It looks more like a special kind of tree." Xiaoqing suppressed her inner turmoil and was very puzzled.

"Enjoying the shade under the rice plants! Excellent, this is what enjoying the shade under the rice plants is all about!" Emperor Xiao was stunned upon seeing the newly born five grains. A silence fell over him. He had never imagined that the five grains would grow to such a size, transforming into a tree beneath which one could enjoy the shade. This was the legendary "enjoying the shade under the rice plants"—a great achievement, absolutely a great achievement!

Di Xiao sighed in admiration, deeply moved. He thought of the great old man's dream from Earth's memories, a dream that he himself had realized in the primordial world. This filled him with a sense of profound emotion.

Overwhelmed with emotion, Di Xiao flicked his finger, and the ripe grains flew out. The grains were plump and numerous. Just nine seeds had yielded tens of thousands of fruits. And each of these fruits could become a new seed.

Emperor Xiao couldn't wait to plant the new grain seeds again.

Then it was like a cycle of reincarnation. New seeds of grain gave birth to tens of thousands of new grains, and produced even more fruit.

After this process was repeated, the grain in front of Di Xiao had piled up like a mountain.

Seeing this scene, Bai Suzhen and the others were completely moved and came to believe it completely. They were all too excited to speak, and too thrilled to express their feelings.

Wu Meiniang looked at her husband as if he were an immortal or a deity, and she worshipped him deeply.

Di Xiao, however, was not agitated. Instead, he calmly took a grain of rice, put it in his mouth, and savored it.

After a while, he also gave one to Bai Suzhen and the others so they could try it too.

After tasting it, Bai Suzhen frowned slightly: "This newly sprouted grain seems to contain pitifully little spiritual energy."

"Yes. Ordinary acquired spiritual plants, though producing fruits with little spiritual energy, still contain some. And the five grains that humans cultivated before..."

These are acquired spiritual plants, and the grains they produce also contain a small amount of spiritual energy. Moreover, this spiritual energy within the grains is extremely mild and easily digestible. Therefore, humans who regularly consume these grains can reduce the intake of impurities in their bodies, or even purify some of their internal qualities.

"But right now..."

Di Xiao naturally understood what Xiao Qing was saying. Due to their rapid reproduction, the bodies of humans were filled with impurities, making them ineligible to even begin cultivation. However, by relying on the five grains, which contained a small amount of spiritual energy, they could reduce the intake of impurities and purify their bodies.

This resulted in the lifespan of humans generally remaining around two hundred years, and some humans with extremely high aptitude even gradually manifested their aptitude by consuming the five grains.

The new food created by Emperor Xiao contains spiritual energy so faint as to be imperceptible that it can at most satisfy the hunger of humans. However, it cannot prevent the increase of impurities in the body, and may even further weaken the human's physical constitution for cultivation, as well as the number of cultivators born from the human race.

Di Xiao frowned, and after a moment's thought, said, "Forget it, the human race is starving to death right now. What's the point of thinking about cultivation? Let's rely on food first to save the starving human race and clear away the famine."

Nothing is perfect. Both new methods have their advantages and disadvantages. But in the face of the current drought, having enough to eat is the key.

Bai Suzhen and the others understood this principle, and Di Xiao didn't stand on ceremony. He immediately said, "Meiniang, Suzhen... you will come with me, each carrying some new grain seeds, to various places in Yuhang County to plant the new grain. We will strive to completely solve the famine of the human race within a few years."

"Yes!" Bai Suzhen and the others did not refuse at all, but instead went happily.

Immediately afterwards, each of them took a portion of the new grain seeds and went to various parts of Yuhang County.

Everywhere in Yuhang County, there is now a deathly atmosphere and corpses strewn everywhere.

Di Xiao felt heartache and sadness watching this, after all, these were all human beings.

Countless grain seeds were scattered across the parched land, and once they landed, they began to take root and sprout. Even though the drought restricted their growth and the scorching sun baked them, these seeds still stubbornly sprouted.

In just six months, countless dilapidated fields were transformed, yielding abundant crops once more. Each crop stalk grew as tall as a sapling, and each contained a bountiful harvest.

Such a change naturally attracted countless desperate humans. They saw hope, and they saw the future.

"People of Yuhang County. I am Di Xiao, the Prefect of Yuhang County. I am deeply saddened by the drought that has devastated our human race, leaving us starving and with corpses strewn across the land. Therefore, I have stayed in the Prefectural Government to develop new grain varieties that can withstand drought and produce high yields. Now that these new grain varieties have been born, from this day forward, Yuhang County, the Great Tang Dynasty, and our human race will never suffer from famine again." Di Xiao's voice, carried by the special aura surrounding Yuhang County, spread throughout the region, ensuring that all the people of Yuhang County heard it.

Countless humans who were on the verge of starvation or on the verge of despair were also roused. They had initially disbelieved it, but seeing the fields transformed by Emperor Xiao, they became excited and cheered.

Those were new grains, new hope, and new life.

In an instant, countless people from Yuhang County shouted.

"Long live Emperor Xiao!"

"Thank you, Lord Di Xiao, for allowing us to survive."

"No more famine! What a wonderful phrase, 'No more famine!' Lord Dixiao can be considered a sage of the human race!"

Amidst countless shouts, people returned to their homes, reclaimed the land, and began planting again.

It was at this moment that Di Xiao took out the curved plow and various new agricultural tools.

Speaking of which, Di Xiao has been studying agriculture for many years and has only recently discovered that the farming tools used by the human race today are actually quite rudimentary.

Most of the agricultural tools used in the Tang Dynasty today are derived from those created by farmers during the Spring and Autumn Period. These tools are not advanced; they are rather ordinary. This situation is entirely due to the presence of human cultivators.

A human with even a little magical power can easily cultivate wasteland by using agricultural spells created by the ancient sages of agriculture. In addition, there are agricultural treasures or magical artifacts created by these sages. It is precisely because of the existence of agricultural spells and treasures that the development of agricultural tools has slowed down.

On the day of planting, each dynasty would issue a land reclamation order. Then, each state would send students from its academies of literature and martial arts, or military cultivators, to use magic and agricultural magical treasures to cultivate the wasteland. After a long time, the land would be fully cultivated.

But Di Xiao knew that among the endless human race, cultivators were ultimately too few. Even if cultivators cultivated the land, ordinary humans still needed to improve and maintain the fields and plant crops.

Therefore, Di Xiao combined his memories from later generations to create new farming tools. These tools did not require magical power; they could be made simply by human labor.

After all, Di Xiao believed that human will could overcome fate. Sometimes, it was up to the human race to make their own efforts, rather than relying on magic and magical treasures for assistance.

(End of this chapter)