Honghuang Town Yuanzi.

Chapter 104 Millet (Please Subscribe)

The Undying Body of Chaos!

"If that's the case, then we can bestow upon you a drop of Ancestral Witch's essence blood!" Houtu pondered for a moment, then said, "As for the essence of the Five Elements, you'll need to wait a few days while I inquire with my elder brothers!"

Although the essence and blood of the Ancestral Witch are precious, they are not irreplaceable. As long as Houtu rests for a period of time, she can slowly recover.

A burst of light suddenly emanated from Houtu's body, and she actually forced out a drop of Ancestral Witch Blood Essence and sent it to Zhen Yuanzi.

At this moment, Houtu's face turned slightly pale, and she said, "Master, this matter concerns the lives of countless people in my Wu clan. I hope you will lead us to see it!"

Seeing this, Zhen Yuanzi carefully put away the Ancestral Witch's essence blood that Houtu handed him, and said with a slight apology, "This item is still in Wanshou Mountain. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble the Ancestral Witch and this humble Taoist to make the trip!"

"Please lead the way, Master!" Houtu said to Zhen Yuanzi without even taking a break.

"Then I will take my leave first!" Zhen Yuanzi transformed into a beam of black and white light and flew out of the Houtu tribe.

Houtu and Xingtian flew into the air together and followed Zhen Yuanzi toward Wanshou Mountain.

In just one day, the three of them arrived at Longevity Mountain. Zhen Yuanzi led Houtu and Xingtian to a hillside.

On the hillside, which was several hundred feet in size, grew a kind of grass that looked like weeds. It was a yellowish-brown patch and was growing very vigorously.

These plants are quite strange. They are about six feet tall, with a large spike hanging from the top, nearly a foot long, covered with countless grains of rice.

"This is the millet I mentioned!" Zhen Yuanzi pointed to the vegetation below and said to Houtu and Xingtian, "Why don't the Ancestral Witches go down and take a look?"

After saying that, Zhen Yuanzi descended on auspicious clouds and came to the hillside. Looking at the cultivated vegetation in front of him, he felt as if he were in a farmland in his previous life. Everywhere he looked, there were crops that were about to ripen, as if a harvest season was about to arrive.

The plants grown here are a type of millet, which can be husked and eaten. It is called millet, also known as white millet, indica millet, or hard millet, and is one of the earliest foods cultivated by humankind.

However, in the previous life, millet had become a coarse grain, and few people cultivated it on a large scale.

When Houtu came to the millet, he bent down and picked a bunch of ears of millet. He rubbed them in his hand to reveal the golden grains of millet. He put them in his mouth and chewed them. They had a slightly sweet taste and were indeed enough to fill his stomach.

At this moment, Xing Tian followed Hou Tu's example, picked a large handful of ears of grain, and without even rubbing them, put them in his mouth and chewed them, exclaiming, "Indeed, this is a rare and delicious food."

"Although it doesn't taste as good as meat, as long as it can be grown in the ground, it's the best food."

Corn doesn't taste as good as meat.

But its advantage lies in its ability to be cultivated, which alone makes it far superior to meat.

Hearing Xing Tian's loud shouts, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Great Shaman, could you please fetch some clean water?"

"Please wait a moment, Master." Although Xing Tian had some doubts, he still walked towards the stream not far away.

"Ancestral Witch, could you please harvest some more millet?" Zhen Yuanzi said to Houtu.

Houtu also showed a hint of doubt, but still picked some ears of grain and rubbed them in her hands.

At this moment, Zhen Yuanzi reached out and took out a bronze cauldron, placed it on a wooden frame, lit a campfire, poured the clear water that Xing Tian had brought into the cauldron, and when the water boiled, put the millet that Hou Tu had rubbed into the cauldron and stirred it gently.

In just a short while, a fragrant aroma wafted from the cauldron.

"Why don't you two try it and see how it tastes!" Zhen Yuanzi took out three jade bowls, filled each with some millet porridge, and invited Houtu and Xingtian to taste it.

Cook in boiling water!

Houtu's eyes lit up. She reached out and picked up a bowl of millet porridge, put it in her mouth, and savored it carefully. The taste was sweet and soft, several times more delicious than before.

Xing Tian also picked up a bowl of millet porridge, put it in his mouth, and exclaimed in surprise, "It's so delicious!"

"You are truly a man of great talent, Xing Tian is filled with admiration," Xing Tian said sincerely.

"We, the Wu tribe, will never forget your great kindness!" Houtu suddenly bowed deeply to Zhen Yuanzi.

Zhen Yuanzi had only come for a transaction, and never expected Houtu to offer such a grand gesture. He quickly stepped aside, saying, "This humble Taoist has only come to exchange for the essence blood of the Ancestral Witch; how can I accept such a grand gesture from her!"

Houtu knew that Zhen Yuanzi did not want to be entangled in the karma between the Wu and Yao races, so she did not insist. Instead, she asked, "May I ask, Master, how do I plant this thing?"

Now that it has been determined that millet is not only edible but also delicious, making it an excellent food.

So now the most crucial thing is the land reclamation and cultivation that Zhen Yuanzi mentioned.

Although the Wu tribe has Jumang, the ancestor of wood in the East, who is skilled in cultivating and planting various plants.

However, they were unclear about the habits of millet, let alone what land reclamation and cultivation meant.

"This is simple. Millet is very easy to grow; it can grow in both clay loam and sandy loam soils," Zhen Yuanzi said with a smile. "Just control the planting season and avoid flooding."

Zhen Yuanzi briefly explained how to cultivate the land, loosen the soil, use wood ash as fertilizer, weed, irrigate, and prevent pests and diseases.

These steps may seem very simple, but they are the crystallization of wisdom accumulated by the human race over thousands of years in the past, and each step is indispensable.

Finally, after the millet matured, Zhen Yuanzi personally harvested it and gave a general explanation of how to store and cultivate it.

After selecting a batch of seeds, Houtu hurriedly returned to the tribe, cleared a large field, carefully planted the millet he had brought back, and tended to it meticulously every day.

However, the Wu tribe is not human. They possess divine powers and magic, which can easily summon dark clouds and bring rain. Weeding is even simpler; as long as they unleash a divine light, not a single weed will remain in the field.

Apart from that, just let it grow freely, at most applying some wood ash.

Several months have passed in the blink of an eye. The more than 100 acres of land reclaimed by the Houtu tribe are now covered with a golden-orange field of millet. Each millet plant produces a large ear of millet, which encloses each grain of millet.

Houtu personally harvested the millet, familiarizing herself with all the procedures for harvesting and hulling.

"This millet prefers warm temperatures and is drought-resistant. It is not demanding in terms of soil and is highly adaptable. The only thing to avoid is overwatering," Zhen Yuanzi instructed Hou Tu after the millet harvest.

"Thank you for your guidance, Master. I have benefited greatly from it." Houtu showed a hint of gratitude.

If Zhen Yuanzi hadn't pointed out that millet shouldn't be watered too much, who would have thought that millet would be afraid of too much rain!

"Haha, there's no need for the Ancestral Witch to do this. I am already more than satisfied with obtaining a drop of her essence blood." Zhen Yuanzi chuckled and said, "Besides, I have also reaped some rewards from cultivating the fields and planting millet."

"Speaking of the essence of the Ancestral Witch, there is something I would like to ask you to accept, True Person." As she spoke, Houtu reached out and took out a palm-sized white jade bottle. It was crystal clear and radiant, exuding a faint innate spiritual light. It was clearly an innate object.

"This spirit-gathering bottle contains four drops of ancestral witch blood essence and a strand of innate Ren water essence. Please accept it, True Person." Houtu handed the spirit-gathering bottle to Zhen Yuanzi and continued, "As for the other types of innate five elements essence, please wait a while longer, True Person."

"There's no need for the Ancestral Witch to do this. I have already obtained a drop of her essence blood." Zhen Yuanzi was born from the essence of the primordial Earth element, while Hou Tu was the Ancestral Witch of the Central Earth. Therefore, her essence blood was perfectly compatible with Zhen Yuanzi.

It can repair physical damage and even allow one to comprehend the bloodline of the Great God Pangu contained within, enhancing the power of the Chaos Undying Body.

"Why don't you open it and take a look, Master?" Houtu said with a smile, pointing to the Spirit Storage Bottle.

Seeing this, Zhen Yuanzi opened the Spirit-Gathering Bottle. Four auras of the Ancestral Witches burst forth, seemingly containing the four great laws of metal, wood, water, and fire. His eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "This is the essence blood of the four Ancestral Witches: Jumang, Zhurong, Rushou, and Gonggong!"

"Although I don't know why the True Person collected the essence of the Five Elements, it must be related to the laws of the Five Elements Dao." Houtu smiled and said, "These four drops of Ancestral Witch blood essence contain the laws of the Five Elements Dao."

Houtu is the ancestral witch of the central earth, Jumang is the ancestral witch of the eastern wood, Zhurong is the ancestral witch of the southern fire, Rushou is the ancestral witch of the western metal, and Gonggong is the ancestral witch of the northern water. The five ancestral witches each hold the innate five elements of the Great Dao of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

"Thank you, Ancestral Witch!" Zhen Yuanzi thanked Houtu, a hint of joy in his voice.

"Our witch clan should be thanking Zhenren this time!"

"With this millet, the Wu tribe will have nothing to worry about, and may even be spared from fighting with the demon tribe." Houtu was extremely grateful to Zhen Yuanzi.

Although Zhen Yuanzi only wanted to exchange the blood essence of the Ancestral Witch and the essence of the Five Elements.

But millet is too important to the Wu tribe.

If millet is widely cultivated, the Wu tribe can solve its food problem simply by cultivating the land, without needing to hunt extensively. This would reduce conflicts with the Yao tribe, and over time, the Wu and Yao tribes might even be able to coexist peacefully.

To this, Zhen Yuanzi could only sigh. The great calamity of the Lich King was not something that a mere millet could change!

The two races, the Lich and the Demon, each exercised restraint and sought to coexist peacefully.

However, you future sages should educate all living beings; how can you allow the witch and demon races to rule over the primordial world?

If the human race doesn't perish, then so be it.

Once Nuwa creates humans and becomes a saint, and the future saints see the potential of the human race, that will be the day when the witch and demon races once again wage a massive war.

"I intend to return to the mountain to cultivate in seclusion and refine the essence of the Ancestral Witch. I will bid farewell to the Ancestral Witch and return to congratulate the Witch Clan on their bountiful harvest when I emerge from seclusion." Zhen Yuanzi said goodbye to Houtu.

In less than a year, having obtained five drops of Ancestral Witch Blood Essence and Innate Ren Water Essence, Zhen Yuanzi could no longer resist the urge to return and create several Five Elements Dharma Bodies.

Zhen Yuanzi then gave Houtu some instructions on how to cultivate millet, and then rode away on auspicious clouds.

(End of this chapter)