335 Yellow Grain Rice (1/2)

Within the Golden Sun Prosperous Land.

A protective array rose up into the skies, enveloping the entire 6 hectares of private farmland.

Elemental energy started to fall towards the farm in the form of spiritual rain, nourishing the ground.

This was the Spiritual Gathering Array, personally cast by Fang Yuan. He had only cast this array over his own private farmland, but since he was the guardian of the prosperous land, no one could say anything.

Of course, Fang Yuan knew the reality.

Although the array might seem like it was gathering spiritual energy, it had a hidden effect of sealing the area as well. After all, he was preparing the farm to sow the seeds of the Yellow Grain Rice and therefore, it had to receive different treatment from the other farms.

”With this array, if any of my servants dare to trespass my private farm, I shall kill them instantly. This is only reasonable, for I had already given all of them a warning!”

Fang Yuan thought to himself silently. ”This farm is dedicated to collected the plants which would evolve special traits. When I obtain the complete plot of spiritual land, I'll then attempt to plant it in large scales.

”At my current stage, it is sufficient to eat Yellow Grain Rice alone!”

Although he had given up most of his Yellow Grain Rice to the alliance, he had nothing to worry about for he still had the seeds!

”The remaining Yellow Grain Rice that I have now can be used to sow in the 6 hectares of the farm as well as provide for a few of my meals! This way, I can try them first!”

As Fang Yuan arrived at the kitchen, he ordered for the servants to leave before cooking an entire pot of Yellow Grain Rice for himself.

Once the rice had been thoroughly cooked, the fragrance of it made him twitch his nose uncontrollably.

”It is recorded in : The Yellow Grain Rice is large and thicker than usual rice. Harvest is little and it cannot withstand dry conditions. Therefore, it is extremely rare. It is fragrant when cooked as is regarded as food for the deities! In reality, since it has dream properties, it is best suited for dream masters to consume!”

He filled his entire jade bowl with the rice, used his chopsticks and at a mouthful of it.

”Fragrant and of good texture!”

Considering all that he had gone through before, Fang Yuan had already tried most delicacies! Therefore, his palate was not something that could be easily satisfied!

But now, as he swallowed the Yellow Grain Rice, an indescribable soothing feeling started to rise from his stomach, making its way to his heart.

”This rice is soothing and is perfect for me to replenish my elemental energy...”

Fang Yun silently allowed himself to experience the warm and soothing feeling in his dantian. As the warmth gathered, it was like a stream of hot spring water flowing through his entire body. Finally, it became a stream of energy which flowed along his spine all the way up, entering a whole new dimension in his body which he had never known about.

”It is indeed rare to come across spiritual objects which would aid in the increase in magical energy... Most importantly, it is neither of Heaven Grade or Earth Grade, which would allow me to produce them in large quantities. This makes it even more valuable!”

In his actualised dream world, streaks of yellow glow appeared. It was as though something had triggered within the actualised dream world. His magical energy was swiftly restored and mighty force within started to calm down.

In the yellow glow, his magical energy started to combine with his mighty force, resulting in a mercury-like dream elemental force which quickly started to fill up in the actualised dream world.

”Mmm... If I can consume Yellow Grain Rice every day, I can restore my dream elemental force 3 times quicker than before!”

As his True Spirit witnessed the restoration of his dream elemental force, he was relieved and nodded his head. ”Needless to say, there is still the benefit of absorbing hints of dream property from the rice. It will be rather significant if I absorb large quantities of dream property... this is great!”

In the outside world, he did not hold back. The appetite of a 4th Meridian Wu Zong was huge. Instantly, he cleared the entire pot of spiritual rice before rubbing his tummy in satisfaction. He was now prepared to head to the farm and move about to aid in the digestion of the rice he just ate.

Once he had left, his spiritual will shook. He realised that 2 servants were rushing into the kitchen. They were greedily sniffing the air and fighting over the metal pot.

”Are they really fighting over the water used to wash the pot...'

With that thought, his mind shook. He looked away and arrived at the farm.

”Mmm... The ground is nourished enough. This is much better than any plots of spiritual land in the mainland!”

He grabbed a fistful of soil. The soil was black and loose. It was shimmering as though one would be able to squeeze oil out of it if they decided to do so. Furthermore, there was a thin white layer above the black soil.

This was not a white layer of snow frozen from liquid water. Instead, it was actualised from elemental force. This was comparable to fragments of elemental crystals and was formed from his very own Spiritual Gathering Array.

”This soil might just be comparable to that in the hollow...”

Thinking about the environment in this prosperous land, he started to think about the environment in Changli Mountain Hollow and shook his head. ”Even after the passing of the Sage, the environment there is still much more superior compared to the outside world.”

Considering the well-nourished soil in the Golden Sun Prosperous Land, it was possible to plant the Yellow Grain Rice. However, it was inevitable that he would use more resources to produce the harvest of Yellow Grain Rice, much more than he could have harvested. Therefore, a loss was inevitable.

”Taking into consideration the current environmental conditions, I must produce a variant of Yellow Grain Rice which has the least requirements to grow.”

Fang Yuan's idea was simple. This 6 hectares of the farm was an experimental farm. He would surely be able to produce Yellow Grain Rice. However, he was gambling on the chances that such a variant would be evolved.

If he could create an evolved variant with a higher grade, that would be even better. However, it was not a must to create it. All that he would look for was variant which could adapt to the current environment.

Once he had the seeds of this variant, he would be able to produce the rice in large quantities in the future when he would obtain the entire plot of his private farm.