Deities: Rulers of Nature

The 544th year of the Divine Calendar.

When the leaves covering the mountains and fields turned golden again, Ji Xuan withdrew from the state of assisting in the smelting of divine positions.

[Information: The exclusive script for the clan, Yaowen, has been fully implemented.]

[Information: Civilization level has been greatly enhanced, the flame of wisdom is being ignited, and the race has entered the Age of Enlightenment.]

[Information: The Xishan tribe has completed its city-state construction and officially become Xishan City.]

[Information: Faith Points +8979527]

It was precisely because he sensed that Ji Xuan's attention was drawn to the fact that he had gained nearly nine million faith points in one go.

At this point, three years had passed since the miracle of the characters taking flight.

If Ji Xuan's miracles were the spark that ignited civilization, then Qing Dao and Jin Chen were the ones who nurtured that spark into a blazing fire and kept adding fuel to the flame.

Over the past three years, Qingdao and Jinchen have spared no effort in promoting Yaowen, and now it has finally achieved full popularization. Whether it is the snake people, the cherry blossom spirits, or the spider people, they have all begun to use Yaowen.

From the elderly to children running around, everyone can recognize the characters engraved on the altar.

The reason for the sudden increase in faith points is that the population of Ji Xuan's clan has finally exceeded ten thousand.

After years of recuperation, the population of the Xishan Serpent People has exceeded 10,000. Every year, the Cherry Blossom Spirit nourishes the Cherry Blossom Mother Tree with Qingwo Ore, and with Ji Xuan's occasional divine power to nourish it, the population has now reached more than 800.

Thinking back to when he first arrived in the Divine Realm, there were only forty-eight cherry blossom spirits. Now, looking at the cherry blossom spirits fluttering all over the continent, Ji Xuan couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

After ten years of reproduction, the population of the Snow Spider People has also increased significantly, now numbering over 1,300.

In the realm of the gods of mountains and seas, the spider people have a suitable living environment, abundant food, and divine protection, making their lives even better than in the dark caves.

Some of the newborn Spider-Men hatched from eggs brought from their ancestral homeland, while others multiplied from the newly born Spider-Men themselves.

This surge of faith points is a burst, a one-time event, but Ji Xuan's usual faith point gains are not low either.

With the rapid growth of the population, the Xishan tribe could no longer accommodate so many people.

Under the overall planning of green and red, buildings of various shapes and functions rose one by one, and finally it was officially changed to Xishan City.

To alleviate the pressure on the main city and to make more efficient use of the divine resources, three more satellite villages were built.

On the Changhe Plain south of Jinghu Lake, the simple outpost that once guarded the golden wheat has been expanded into Golden Village.

More than a thousand snake people live here. The village chief is Aoki, the former leader. They not only cultivate golden wheat, but also all kinds of fruits and vegetables that they later discovered, as long as the growing environment is suitable, are planted here.

Golden Village has become the most important granary, supplying large quantities of grain to various regions.

Further south, at the mouth of the Changhe River, lies Wanghai Village, near the Jianpengcao Wetland.

More than a thousand snake people also live here, and the village chief is Jin Yan.

The main purpose of Wanghai Village was to acquire various resources in the South China Sea and to use it as a base to conduct exploratory explorations into the East and West Seas. A simple harbor was also built here, and ships would occasionally sail by.

In the center of the Qingling Mountains, east of Xishan, lies Qingling Village, home to only seven hundred snake people, all elites selected by the village chief, Chifeng.

They roam the depths of the Qingling Mountains year-round, hunting wild beasts and exploring unknown areas. This place also serves as a temporary resting point for hunting teams in Xishan City.

All three villages have the potential to develop into new cities, as long as their populations can be increased in the future.

In addition, there is the Cherry Blossom Village built in a sea of ​​flowers, and the Cave Village in a nine-story underground cave.

This main city, two tribes, and three villages together form a prosperous picture of the Mountain and Sea Divine Realm.

In the Xishan Industrial Zone, a newly built workshop is constantly emitting heat and the smell of boiling plants. It's not a canteen, but a paper mill.

After Yaowen was created, Ji Xuan bestowed upon him the art of papermaking, and after many attempts, it has finally yielded results.

In the papermaking workshop, several large stoves were built of bluestone, each with a large iron pot on it. Various plants were being boiled in the pots. These plants were selected by the snake people and cherry blossom spirits and were suitable for papermaking.

A group of snake-men were coiled in front of the stove, each holding a long spoon and stirring the pot from time to time.

Meanwhile, several cherry blossom spirits were flying over pots, constantly throwing various crushed ingredients into them to speed up the cooking process, their movements quite skillful.

"Turn up the heat! Stir it faster!" shouted the elderly snake-man at the head of the group.

Upon hearing the order, all the snake-men sprang into action, and the entire paper mill was bustling with activity.

Once the ingredients were thoroughly cooked, the cherry blossom spirits moved them to another area where dozens of stone mortars were placed. The snake people used huge wooden pestles to pound the ingredients in the mortars again and again.

"Push harder!"

"Push harder!"

"Haven't you all eaten?"

"Push harder!"

Gradually, the plant fibers that were still visible were brutally crushed, eventually turning into pools of flocculent pulp.

If pounding pulp relies on the brute force of the snake people, then papermaking is where the cherry blossom fairies showcase their exquisite skills.

Two cherry blossom spirits worked together, picking up the finely woven bamboo screens and dipping them into the pulp. They shook their wrists in unison, causing the bamboo screens to move a few times in the pulp, allowing the fibers in the water to spread evenly over the screens and settle.

When the bamboo curtain leaves the water, a thin layer of paper film has already adhered to it.

The cherry blossom spirits carefully peeled off the wet paper and stacked it layer by layer on the wooden board. The snake people then moved large stones to weigh down the board, squeezing out as much excess moisture as possible.

The final step needs to be carried out on a fire wall in the paper mill, where Ji Xuan has drawn magma from the ground, keeping the fire wall at a suitable high temperature.

The cherry blossom spirits used small brushes to smoothly apply the semi-dry, damp paper to the fire wall, and the moisture was completely dried in no time.

When the cherry blossom spirit pinched a corner and swiftly peeled it off, a sheet of clean, white, and smooth Shioyama paper, still faintly fragrant, was created.

Don't be fooled by how skilled the snake people and cherry blossom spirits are now; at the beginning, they were all in a chaotic mess, and the paper mill almost turned into a junkyard.

If the materials are not chosen correctly and there are problems with the process, the paper will not take shape at all and will just be a blob of fiber paste. Later, after the proportions and concentrations were adjusted, it was found that the paper produced was dark in color and had many impurities, making it impossible to write on.

Then, the paper produced was either too stiff and torn easily, or too thin or too thick... In short, there were all sorts of problems.

Fortunately, hard work pays off.

With the paper mills operating at full capacity, paper is no longer a rarity in Xishan City; everyone can use it.