Elixir! Gray Rice Mutation!

Chapter 85 Elixir! Gray Rice Mutation!

Having a strong killing instinct is not necessarily a bad thing.

For so long, he knew that the Shen siblings had not intentionally slaughtered innocent and kind villagers.

The majority of the villagers actually perished in the monster horde; the siblings only killed a small fraction of them.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, it'll only cause us trouble."

Shen Yi then spoke.

"If there is anything you need, please let me know, and I will do my best to help."

"What else do I need? I'll live out my days here with you, and that's how my life will end."

Mo Guanhai smiled calmly, then asked, "The villagers will be in your hands from now on. What are your plans?"

"Let's focus on building up the territory first. We're just getting started. We haven't even finished building the residential area yet, let alone warehouses and workshops."

Shen Yi pondered for a moment.

"Actually, we are no longer considered people of Black Mountain Village, but people of your territory. If you want to change your name, you can. We won't be called Black Mountain Village anymore; we can use a name you like."

The saying "Don't look at the sea with your heart" has been uttered.

The people present stopped eating in silence and all turned their attention to Shen Yi.

indeed.

Heishan Village no longer exists.

This place is now Shen Yi's territory, and they have been incorporated into Shen Yi's command.

Although everyone is now calling Shen Yi the village chief, they are actually discussing this issue, not knowing what to call Shen Yi. They will just use the title of village chief, the highest authority in the village, as they understand it.

Shen Kun was the first to excitedly suggest, "How about we call ourselves the Shen Yi Gang, brother? What do you say?"

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"I think it's good!"

Huang Dahu's eyes lit up. "That way, everyone who hears this will immediately understand that the boss is our leader."

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Shen Yi glanced at the two of them helplessly and said casually, "Let's just keep the original names for now. I can't think of any suitable names to change to for the time being."

He didn't actually care what the territory was called.

Naming is just a small matter.

The most important thing is to get his territory up and running as quickly as possible and grow stronger.

It not only requires agricultural planting, but also the construction of various types of production workshops, the building of defensive fortifications, and so on.

So that he could better establish himself and survive in this strange and dangerous world.

Upon learning of his thoughts, Mo Guanhai smiled and said, "If you need it, this old man can offer some advice."

"If Fifth Master could offer some guidance, that would be wonderful."

Shen Yi listened attentively.

He had been inside Mo Guanhai's residence, and it was just like being in the city. The bricks used were of the highest quality, arranged neatly and orderly, and the ground was paved with tiles.

Their land here is still all muddy.

The contrast is quite striking.

"Ayi, our current situation is that we don't have enough people, so we need to maximize the role of each person."

"There is still a large amount of resources that we don't know where to put. We must build warehouses, otherwise the hunting teams will have nowhere to put what they collect in the future."

"Here, even a 7-year-old child can fully contribute as long as they get the nutrition they need. They don't need to do any heavy work; they can just be responsible for tasks like watering!"

"Building the reservoir isn't the most critical thing right now. The live fish you caught earlier are already ready for aquaculture, and the residential area can be developed gradually. We need to first allocate a large number of people to set up the warehouse."

Upon hearing that Mo Guanhai planned to get even 7-year-old children moving around, everyone looked at him with varying expressions.

However, Mo Guanhai remained unmoved.

So what? In the early days of building their village, when things were really tough, even five- or six-year-old children had to work.

He continued, "The warehouse is of paramount importance. We can build a temporary warehouse first, but we must have a large warehouse later."

"The defensive fortifications also need to be improved. Have someone build arrow towers like the ones here behind the walls, so that archers can deal with the monsters more easily."

"The rest of us are intensifying our training. Currently, the wall is usable at 3 meters. We can thicken the wall and build steps to make it easier for people to climb over the wall to deal with monsters. We're letting everyone get used to using the wall to deal with monsters that attack."

"So that when an accident happens in the future, everyone won't be caught off guard and in a complete mess."

"Also, our territory cannot be without apothecaries."

At this point, Mo Guanhai paused for a moment, then looked at Shen Yi and said, "Sun Wen's family has a lineage of alchemists. We can send people to search for them; there should be some related pharmacology books left behind."

Shen Yi nodded slightly. "I've already received it and am currently studying it."

Upon hearing this...

Mo Guanhai smiled and said, "If you can figure it out, our territory will be able to fill the vacancy of pharmacists, and it will be easier to treat everyone's illnesses in the future."

After obtaining the "Herbal Remedy Manual" from Sun Wen's family, Shen Yi has gained a lot in the past few days and has taken some time to learn about the effects of various medicinal herbs.

However, without the secrets of alchemy, he was unable to refine pills. He could only try to see if he could make a healing pill like Sun Wen.

Sun Wen had quite a few notes on his experiences, including the method for making healing pills. It wasn't too difficult, and Shen Yi planned to try it out later.

Warehouses and such are easy to arrange.

However, thickening the Yin Wood wall would require spending a considerable amount of Yin Soul Wood.

He already has twenty acres of land in his territory, supported by 69 people, so there's no need to expand further.

We'll complete the construction in this small area first, and then consider expanding it.

"I remember that you had a martial arts training ground at your house, Fifth Master, it was quite large."

Shen Yi suddenly said.

"That's right. It was built a few years after the village was established. After all, those of us who practiced the Wild Bull Kung Fu often sparred. To avoid getting covered in mud after sparring, we specially built a training ground."

Master Mo nodded and looked over. "You're thinking of setting up a martial arts training ground?"

"I plan to build a training ground nearby for the hunting teams to use for training."

Shen Yi said.

The hunting team is now his dedicated team for fieldwork, and necessary training is still required.

When the opportunity arises, he will arrange for a batch of level 1 Bloodfiend Wooden Dummy training dummies to be placed in the training ground to improve the strength of these people as soon as possible.

Mo Guanhai agreed: "Okay, I'll arrange it."

The group quickly filled their stomachs.

Huang Dahu and the others immediately got up, took their equipment, and went hunting in the Black Mountain.

Shen Yi handed over most of the project planning tasks to Mo Guanhai, letting him handle the work.

With more people available, the four of them could focus on their cultivation in the courtyard.

"Ayi, another mutated red tomato has ripened today."

"Pick them all, and give three to each person."

"OK."

After tending to the vegetable garden, Guan Yue discovered that three of the mutated red eggplant plants had matured.

She no longer hesitates or makes excuses like before.

Since Shen Yi regards her as a core member, she will use all the resources he has poured into her to accomplish the tasks he has assigned her!

With strength, one can accomplish things better.

Otherwise, if everyone else grows up while she remains stagnant, she won't be able to help Shen Yi and the others even if she wants to.

A day has passed.

The four of them continuously practiced the Savage Bull Technique in front of the Blood Fiend Wooden Dummy, and their strength increased significantly.

Shen Kun and Shen Yuan have completely consolidated their cultivation levels.

Guan Yue, on the other hand, had vaguely reached the bottleneck of the fifth level of the Qi and Blood Realm.

She was very surprised by her own speed of cultivation.

After nearly twenty years of arduous cultivation, he had only managed to break through to the third level of the Qi and Blood Realm.

Now, Shen Yi has a chance to break through to the fifth level of the Qi and Blood Realm in a short period of time.

Not only because of abundant resources, but also because of the wooden dummy training aid, Guan Yue kept her time very tight, allowing her to achieve in one day the effect of eight or nine days for others!

Guan Yue always felt an invisible sense of urgency.

She kept thinking about what Shen Yi had said unintentionally that night; she was already quite old.

That's why we should race against time.

At dusk.

Liao Ning and the other three members of the hunting team have all returned.

They reaped even more this time than yesterday.

The monster meat alone weighed 240 jin.

They also hunted a wild boar weighing 400 jin (approximately 200 kg).

"We'll continue to give the others extra food today, two ounces of demon beast meat each."

"As for this wild boar—we can't eat it, let's divide it up."

Shen Yi gave the order.

Wild boars are just ordinary monsters, and they are not very effective against them. They only use them to fill their stomachs when they have no other choice.

"Unfortunately, we encountered a wild boar demon on the outskirts this time. If it weren't for a terrifying demon tiger suddenly appearing along the way, our harvest would have been even greater!"

Huang Dahu said with a frustrated expression.

"The outer area is still a bit dangerous for you; there are quite a few high-level Tier 1 demonic beasts there."

"It's alright, we're experienced. We're following the routes that previous hunting teams have taken," Liu Feng immediately explained.

"By the way, we found a medicinal herb in the mountains. It looks like a Chinese ginseng, but its plant emits a faint glow. Shen Yi, take a look."

Liao Ning quickly took out two white and tender ginseng roots from the large basket and handed them to Shen Yi.

Shen Yi's heart stirred, and he picked them up to examine them closely.

Ginseng, as recorded in the "Compendium of Herbal Remedies," is a rare medicinal herb.

If they grow in places with abundant spiritual energy, they have a chance to become first-tier spiritual plants!

It's in the recipe for making the Qi-Strengthening Pill!

Did they manage to pick some medicinal plants?

Shen Yi was overjoyed.

"This is not even a first-tier spiritual plant."

But soon, he realized something was amiss.

Although there was a faint spiritual light on the roots of these two ginseng plants, the spiritual light could not fully penetrate into the ginseng.

It can only be considered a semi-finished product.

If given a few more years, it might be able to transform into a true first-tier spiritual plant.

"Boss, is this a spiritual plant?"

Huang Dahu asked curiously, "My father often brings back spiritual plants, and those plants all emit light. These two also emit light."

"They have a tendency to evolve into spirit plants, but they are not quite there yet." Shen Yi shook his head.

"Oh? Then all our work has been for nothing."

Upon hearing this, Huang Dahu was immediately disappointed. "We risked our lives to dig up these two ginseng roots while that demon tiger was hunting the wild boar demon, only to find that they aren't even spiritual plants."

"Is this being watched by the demon tiger?" Shen Yi was taken aback.

"It should be."

Liao Ning thought back for a moment, "That wild boar demon was probably also after the ginseng, but it didn't expect to be targeted and hunted down by the demon tiger."

"No wonder, spiritual plants are usually guarded by exotic beasts, waiting to be eaten as soon as they mature."

Shen Yi continued, "How many more of these ginseng roots are there over there?"

"That's all. While the demon tiger was chasing the wild boar demon, we picked all the ginseng that had a faint glow. There are only these two left."

"But there's no point in picking them, they're not spiritual plants."

Huang Dahu looked dejected.

Shen Yi smiled faintly.

These two ginseng plants are not yet considered spiritual plants, but they will be different in a while.

"Guan Yue, take this and deal with it."

Shen Yi turned and handed it to Guan Yue.

Having followed him for a while, Guan Yue naturally understood Shen Yi's meaning. After receiving it, she immediately went to the backyard.

If you plant it in a level 7 vegetable patch, try ripening it a few times and see how it goes.

If it succeeds, this will be a miracle cure!

Another type of spiritual plant will grow in his vegetable garden!

Shen Yi was in a great mood.

"Village chief, village chief, come with me quickly! It seems like one of the gray rice plants in the field has changed!"

At this time.

Cao Minghui ran over breathlessly and hurriedly said to him.

Shen Yi immediately asked, "What changes?"

He's been paying attention to Graymi for a long time.

It's not just the eight acres of land planted outside.

He also used both vegetable plots in his backyard to grow gray rice.

But there was no movement at all.

"That's it—it glows!"

"It glows?"

"Yes, a faint light, very faint, almost invisible."

Cao Minghui tried to explain, "Everyone else says they can't tell, but I think it's different from other gray rice plants. You said before that if there were any changes in the crops in the field, I would come and notify you immediately. I'm not sure if there have been any changes, so why don't you go and take a look?"

She spoke rather cautiously.

Worried that he might have misread the text and made Shen Yi's trip in vain.

"Walk!"

Shen Yi did not hesitate at all.

Tell Cao Minghui to lead the way immediately.

Behind them, Shen Kun and Shen Yuan quickly followed.

Huang Dahu and the others followed without hesitation, all curious about what changes might have occurred in the fields.

After a while.

Guan Yue walked out of the backyard and, seeing no one in sight, was immediately stunned: "Where is everyone?"

"This is the one!"

Cao Minghui hurried to the vegetable garden and led Shen Yi to a gray rice plant.

Shen Yi looked over and immediately saw golden threads intertwining to form characters.

[Mutated Gray Rice - Tier 1 Spirit Plant]

Maturity period: 12%

[Effect: Enhances vital energy]

It really has mutated!

First-tier spiritual plant!

Shen Yi's eyes lit up.

After so long, the gray rice he had been longing for had finally mutated!

However, it wasn't the gray rice planted in his backyard vegetable garden that mutated first; instead, it was the gray rice planted in the level 1 vegetable garden outside that mutated first.

What is this?

Is there an advantage to having a large base?