I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 625: Chapter 399: Spirit Rice Planning (6k) _4

“Indeed, the variety of rice is key. If you truly managed to improve and develop a Rank-2 variant of Spiritual Rice that matures every three years, in perhaps ten years, every Foundation Establishment cultivator in our sect might be able to partake in consuming Rank-2 Spiritual Rice on a monthly basis,” Meng Hong said with a sigh.

At present, the Divine Wood Sect has 78 Foundation Establishment cultivators, while there are only one hundred acres dedicated to Rank-2 Jade Bamboo Spirit Rice.

This hundred acres of Spirit Rice are set aside specifically for this purpose without any rotation. Only after the harvest does the cycle reset and rejuvenation begins.

That means every ten years, the Divine Wood Sect only harvests one hundred acres of Jade Bamboo Spirit Rice.

Each acre yields approximately three hundred jin on average.

If we distribute it evenly among all members, each person receives roughly forty jin per year.

Such a yield is far from sufficient to last a Foundation Establishment cultivator ten years. For an average Body Refining Cultivator, it would likely only last a month.

However, once a cultivator reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, they become aware of the benefits that Spirit Rice brings to their bodies. Consequently, given the chance, they will include Spirit Rice in their meals whenever possible.

Once the sect issued Rank-2 Spirit Rice ran out, they would buy more from the market or trading houses outside, switching to Rank-1 Spirit Rice if they couldn’t afford the Rank-2 variety. Cultivators at least wouldn’t find it necessary to resort to skimping by with Fasting Pills like Qi Practitioners do.

Therefore, companies like the Star Heaven Co. are able to amass copious amounts of spirit stones in the Eastern Wasteland each year, all through selling Rank-2 Spirit Rice.

As for Rank-3 Spirit Rice, there’s no need to mention it, even Gold Core elders don’t scrimp on their consumption. Even if the sect as a whole is in dire straits, the portions for the elders would not be reduced.

Firms and companies have taken away most superior-grade Spirit Stones from the Eastern Wasteland through the sales of Rank-3 Spirit Rice.

One jin of Rank-1 Spirit Rice costs one low-grade Spirit Stone, Rank-2 Spirit Rice costs one mid-grade Spirit Stone per jin, while Rank-3 Spirit Rice costs one high-grade Spirit Stone per jin.

“Let’s conquer the challenge of Rank-2 Spirit Rice first. As long as we cultivate more new rice species, individual varieties may evolve into Rank-3, followed by large-scale cultivation of these varieties. This could potentially lead to Rank-3 Spirit Rice infesting the entire Giant Tree Ridge,” said Chen Mobai. As a top-tier scholar in the field of agricultural studies at the Dance Tool Dao Academy, Chen Mo Bai is confident of making breakthroughs in cultivating the Rank-3 Spirit Rice at Giant Tree Ridge, a place brimming with Spiritual Energy.

However, before running, one must learn to walk. The Divine Wood sect does not even produce enough Rank-2 Spiritual Rice at the moment.

“We don’t have enough land for growing Spirit Rice. The majority of the Rank-2 and Rank-3 Spirit Land on Giant Tree Ridge is used to cultivate medicinal plants. The sect wouldn’t give up this vast market solely to plant more Spirit Rice,” Meng Hong sighed with resignation.

People can go without Spirit Rice and sustain themselves on Fasting Pills, but if medicinal herbs become unavailable, many people’s cultivation will stagnate, which would result in turmoil in the sect.

“Doesn’t the sect possess huge swathes of wasteland? If it can be cultivated, it could potentially add thousands of acres of Spirit Fields,” said Chen Mobai. Having served in the Spirit Plant Department for two years, he was well-aware that Giant Tree Ridge was sparsely populated. Apart from the medicine fields in the plains, a lot of Spirit Land was left to waste due to the lack of manpower. When Chen Mobai first joined the sect, he even reclaimed ten acres of Spirit Field by himself.

A good example would be the land of Xiao Nanshan. If he hadn’t occupied that place, it would still be a wasteland.

“We don’t have enough manpower. Even if the sect ordered people to reclaim the wasteland, maintaining and managing the land afterwards would require a Spirit Plant Master. For a few thousand acres of Spirit Fields, we would need at least hundreds of entry-level Spirit Plant Masters. The combined strength of the entire Spirit Plant Department wouldn’t suffice,” said Meng Hong, shaking his head. He agreed with Chen Mobai’s idea, but saw this obstacle as insurmountable, making the plan merely a pipe dream.

“Instead of relying on manpower, why don’t we use puppets?” Chen Mobai suggested, leaving Meng Hong puzzled.

On the fairy side, they have long ago mechanized their entire spirit-plant management system. Manual planting and cultivating on a large scale have already become a rare practice.

The fairy’s Spirit Plant Masters mainly focus their efforts on cultivating and farming new plant species, like Wen Ren Snow Vei’s new form of tea, or Chen Mobai’s hybrid Spirit Rice through agricultural studies.

Chen Mobai believed it was necessary to apply the successful methods of farming from the fairy side to benefit the Divine Wood Sect.

Meng Hong, who felt refreshed after hearing Chen Mobai’s proposal, was fascinated by the future he had depicted.

“Tell me more!”