Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 471: Chapter 188: Origins of the Knight’s Bloodline · Bloody Wheat Waves and the Triumphant Army (Part 2)

”These are scales of Aeliria. The bombardment from the Dragon-Hunting Crossbow and cannons caused them to fall off and our Medical Knights managed to retrieve them.” Dietrich raised the bottle in his hand, letting the majestic scales reflect a dazzling brilliance in the sunlight.

”The Green Dragon is the Dragon of Life, the Forest Dragon. Its immense vitality aligns well with our Shalya Church’s doctrines. As followers of the God of Life and Healing, under Her Majesty Shalya’s guidance, we can perceive these scales more clearly. Even if scattered scales fell into the corners of the sewers, they are as obvious to us as torches in the dark night.”

Su Li asked curiously, ”What use do these scales have?”

”’Bloody Wheat Waves’! With these dragon scale powders, we can artificially create a spectacle of bloody wheat waves.”

Dietrich evidently had some reservations about the term, he glanced sideways at Su Li and asked, ”Lord, have you ever wondered how so many human bloodline abilities originate?”

”Hm?” How did bloodline abilities originate? He had indeed pondered this question, for example, his own Red Dragon Bloodline; he always thought it was because his ancestor forcibly trained with a Red Dragon. Or imprisoned a Red Dragon in the basement, sacrificing a batch of pure maidens to it.

He was rather thick-skinned, directly voicing his guess: ”Probably some kind of forbidden affair between humans and beasts? A result of training?”

The female medical staff nearby instantly blushed, lowered their heads, and quietly retreated a few steps, turning to the side, fearing more scandalous words would reach their ears.

Dietrich, in his younger days, was also a wandering son; naturally, he had no problem facing such exchanges, considering it pathological research.

”When I was young, I thought the same. But do you really believe that in the progeny of the Dragon Race, things like dragonflies are the offspring of a Giant Dragon and those lowly insects?”

”You must know, Giant Dragons are mighty and proud creatures. To them, other species are merely despicable insects; how could they have any association with insects?”

”In fact, most Dragon Race subspecies are infected by the Giant Dragon’s Qi. Our church’s research on Knight bloodlines might go even deeper than the Dawn Church’s.”

”’Bloody Wheat Waves’ are precisely what we have created using dragon scale powder to transform normal wheat into one-time Dragon Blood Wheat, each stock producing three times as much.”

Su Li didn’t understand and asked, ”Isn’t this a good thing? What’s the connection to Knight bloodlines?”

”It’s deeply connected! This wheat is very coarse. When harvesting, utmost care is needed; should some fool get pierced by the sharp Dragon Blood Wheat stalks, scales will directly grow on their wounds.”

”And consuming this Dragon Blood Wheat also means humans re-enter the primitive era at the Empire’s inception, with many unable to control the aberration of bloodline power, becoming twisted monsters.”

Su Li shivered upon hearing this, unconsciously rubbing the new Vibranium Ring on his right hand, a commemorative gift from Oliver after their victory, engraved with the Prime Minister’s advice: ’To build a throne, first pave a path of corpses.’

At this moment, this phrase was vividly enacted!

This Dragon Blood Wheat evidently contains a strong Dragon Qi, and the commoners who consume it will emulate their human ancestors, retracing the path to awaken bloodline power.

If they withstand the dominant Dragon Qi, the consumers will directly acquire the Giant Dragon Bloodline, even inheriting certain abilities from the genetic sequence like a dragon. The difference is that dragons gain many bloodline abilities through sleep, while humans need persistent practice to awaken each Blazing Blood ability.

But if unable to withstand the Dragon Blood Wheat’s dire transformation, the consuming commoners will directly die in twisted agony, or even violently explode to death.

This truly is a ’Bloody Wheat Wave’ in every sense, with batches of commoners falling like wheat being harvested, leaving behind a few commoners with Apprentice Knight qualifications.

Under the enhancement of bloodline abilities, whether in work or practice, they will evidently have an advantage.

The coldness of the ring quickly calmed Su Li’s mind. He looked at Dietrich and asked, ”How many acres of this Dragon Blood Wheat can be planted?”

Dietrich lowered his head and looked at the dragon scales in his hand, saying, ”After grinding them all, they can probably be spread over 3 acres. But due to the influence of Dragon Qi, each wheat stalk yields three times as much.”

Dietrich wasn’t clear about the territory’s yield per acre, but Su Li remembered distinctly: one acre can yield 290 pounds of wheat.

Transformed into a ’Bloody Wheat Wave’, this means the yield per acre reaches 870 pounds; three acres would yield about 2600 pounds, enough to feed hundreds of slaves and commoners for a cycle!

Su Li hesitated for a moment and looked at Dietrich, asking, ”How many times can this Dragon Blood Wheat be grown?”

”Only once! After harvesting, the Bloody Wheat Wave loses its effect.”

This means just this one Bloody Wheat Wave can provide the territory with dozens or even hundreds of Knights with extremely pure bloodlines.

But equally, some will be mercilessly eliminated.

Su Li pondered for a long time, then raised his head, eyes bright, looking at Dietrich, and said: ”Transfer this enhancement plan to the Provincial Affairs Council. Let’s grow the Dragon Blood Wheat first, and as for whether to use it, I’ll leave that decision to the Provincial Affairs Council and the people themselves.”