I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 627: Chapter 400: Ten Thousand Acres of Spirit Field_2

By then, all the spirit fields could be connected to form a continuous stretch, possibly breaking through the ten thousand acres mark.

If all these spirit fields were to cultivate spirit rice, not to mention Foundation Establishment Cultivators, even if there were three thousand Qi Practitioners from the Divine Wood Sect, Chen Mobai could allow them to have five meals of spirit rice a day and still be plentiful.

“That’s a good plan, but the creation of these three types of puppets also requires talented puppet masters. I’m not sure if our sect’s Puppet Department, which is more style than substance, could produce satisfactory puppets.”

Although the Puppet Department is one of the twelve divisions, the Divine Wood Sect’s puppetry inheritance only has one complete system which is the combat type puppet based on the Immortality Sutra.

From the rank-1 Red Sun Puppets to the rank-2 Blue Sun Puppets, and then to the rank-3 Golden Sun Puppets, all use spiritual wood from Giant Tree Ridge as raw materials.

If Fu Zongjue hadn’t once been the head of the Puppet Department and had a soft spot for it, Meng Hong would have scrapped this lowest ranking department among the twelve a few decades ago.

“It doesn’t matter. As long as the Puppet Department is willing to provide some people to assist, I have a bit of knowledge on puppet creation.”

If Chen Mobai wanted to convert the entire hilly region in the south of Giant Tree Ridge into terraces, he would certainly require a considerable amount of agricultural puppets.

He alone would definitely be unable to achieve it.

Luckily, the force behind him is a rather powerful sect.

Even if the Puppet Department has been lagging behind yearly, at least there are still dozens of puppet masters available.

Chen Mobai gave advice to Li Yixian and thus owes a favor to the Puppet Department. However, if he wanted to mobilize all the top experts from the Puppet Department to assist in creating puppets, that favor would not be enough.

Moreover, the task of opening up the whole southern part of the Giant Tree Ridge is a massive one. Despite being the future of the sect, Chen Mobai is still too young and not considered dependable enough in the eyes of the two elder ancestors.

If he could get Meng Hong to help, things would certainly work out smoothly.

“You should just concentrate on your cultivation, and strive to achieve Core Formation as soon as possible. That’s the greatest contribution to the sect. Why must you put in all this hard work?”

At this point, Mu Yuan had steamed the Jade Bamboo spirit rice that Chen Mobai brought. Meng Hong picked up a chopstick full, split it and ate while expressing his feelings.

“Even with individual strength, if one reaches Nascent Soul Formation, at most it would elevate the Divine Wood Sect to the peak of the Five Elements Sect. However, if an endless stream of people like me and Hong He step forward in the future of our sect, then the Divine Wood Sect could forever rule the Eastern Wilderness, bringing permanent governance and peace to this vast land.”

Chen Mobai will never forget the awkwardness he felt when he first came into contact with the Eastern Wilderness, where the worldview shaped by his upbringing within the immortal gate conflicted with the customs of the cultivators here. His wish to transform this vast region of Eastern Wilderness always remained in his heart.

Previously, if he had said these words, people would only have laughed it off.

But now he felt, it’s time to take action.

Starting by improving and changing the sect.

“I hope I can live to see that day.”

Although Meng Hong knew that Chen Mobai’s grand ambition is very hard to achieve in the Eastern Wilderness, for some unknown reason, his heart, which had been desolate because of his failed Core Formation, felt a long-lost excitement and anticipation after hearing these words.

It’s as if he’s found a target and gained motivation.

The next day, Meng Hong went with Chen Mobai to meet An Jinghui, the head of the Puppet Department.

“Without directives from Shenmu Hall and Penalty Evil Hall, it’s hard for me, as the head of the department, to command the disciples.”

After hearing Chen Mobai’s plan, An Jinghui revealed an uneasy expression.

Because the Puppet Department has the least number of people among the twelve departments, every puppet master is basically very busy. Apart from maintaining their own puppets, they are busy collecting various materials for puppet creation.

Whenever there’s a task, An Jinghui needs to inform them a month in advance, so that the disciples have enough time to arrange their work.

“Consider it as me hiring them. The spirit stones can be distributed through the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.”

After hearing An Jinghui’s difficulties, Chen Mobai blamed himself for not inquiring in advance. He didn’t expect the puppet masters of the Divine Wood Sect to be so busy.

“I’ll try to arrange it, but regular spirit stone payment may not be enticing enough.”

An Jinghui looked apologetic. However, he assured that his disciple Li Yixian will definitely follow Chen Mobai’s command. Though he failed in Foundation Establishment, the favor of the advice is significant and needs to be repaid.

“Thank you, Minister An.”

As he departed, Chen Mobai took along with him three puppet masters, including Li Yixian. This was a testament to the influence of An Jinghui, the Minister. If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn’t have been able to secure even a single person.

“You begin with the puppet production, I will go and coordinate with the Spirit Plant, Spirit Vein, Formation, and Spirit Beast departments.”

Chen Mobai’s plan involved incorporating the entire southern slope of the Giant Tree Ridge, which belonged to the Spirit Vein Department and also had formations set up by the Formation Department, along with various spirit beasts raised and spirit plants grown.

If he were to coordinate with these four major departments individually, not to mention whether they would cooperate, even if they did, it would likely cause a lot of time-wasting back-and-forth.

However, if Meng Hong were willing to act as a mediator, things would be different. All twelve departments of the three halls were old subordinates of his, plus, despite his failed Core Formation, Meng Hong was still the second most powerful pseudo-core cultivator in the sect, his influence considerably greater than Chen Mobai’s.

With Meng Hong’s help in liaising with the three departments, Chen Mobai, along with Li Yixian and the other two, began to produce the puppets worry-free.

Among them, Li Yixian surprisingly turned out to be a Rank-2 Puppet Master.

With An Jinghui’s help, he had exchanged quite a few pieces of Qingyang Spiritual Wood from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, which he used to build his Rank-2 puppet, and thus, according to the local rules, he was considered a Rank-2 Puppet Master.

But in Chen Mobai’s view, he was barely a Rank-1 Puppet Master.

As for the other two, it’s needless to say that in the Immortal World, they would only be considered hobbyists, not even formally initiated puppet makers.

However, even these puppet masters were only willing to take on the assignment because the Minister of the Puppet Department, An Jinghui, had personally stepped in.

Chen Mobai, with Li Yixian and the other two in tow, arrived at his courtyard, which he had converted into a puppet workshop. After all, the Spirit Treasure Pavilion was located within Divine Wood City, so if anything was needed, it was easier to buy.

“I can’t believe Uncle Chen has a whole intact piece of Qingyang Spiritual Wood. I wonder if we could hypothetically use the leftover scraps from its usage as a replacement for Spirit Stones as our payment.”

As soon as Li Yixian and the others entered, they saw a piece of Green-Sun Spiritual Wood in the corner and instantly their eyes shone. They rushed to the wood, seemingly wanting to touch it, but they didn’t dare.

“Oh, are you lacking Qingyang spiritual wood?”

Chen Mobai nodded and then asked his own question.

“Of course, we are. The sect has only got a limited number of Qingyang Spirit Trees, all of which are closely watched by the Foundation Establishment elders. Apart from using them to make Rank-2 tree seeds, many are waiting for the Spirit Trees to transform and produce Qingyang Fire Seeds. We Qi Practitioners can’t wait for the day when they are available at the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.”

One of the puppet masters, Sui Kun, lamented. Their combat puppets, if they were to be upgraded to Rank-2, would require Qingyang Spiritual Wood to replace all their components.

But under the entire Puppet Department, it was only Li Yixian who, due to An Jinghui’s influence, managed to exchange enough Green-Sun Spiritual Wood from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion.

The other puppet masters had mostly only replaced a palm or half a leg.

Seeing a complete piece of Qingyang Spiritual Wood in the corner of Chen Mobai’s courtyard made even Li Yixian, who already had a complete Rank-2 puppet, green with envy.

“If I were to pay the compensation with Qingyang spiritual wood, how many people in the Puppet Department would be willing to come and help?”

After hearing this, Chen Mobai asked a question.

“Not a single person would refuse!”

Sui Kun definitively remarked. If puppet masters of their department knew they could get Qingyang Spiritual Wood scraps as a reward, they would presumably come out in droves.

“I see.”

Chen Mobai nodded in acknowledgment, however, he didn’t immediately use Qingyang Spiritual Wood to recruit people. Instead, he planned to first lead Li Yixian and the others in creating the three basic models of agricultural puppets.

This Qingyang Spiritual Wood was what he had attempted to synthesize using Jia Wood Jue, and it had taken him half a month to complete the process.

If he recruited too many people, he wouldn’t be able to provide enough Qingyang Spiritual Wood.

He hoped that his spider puppets exploring the Divine Tree Secret Realm could find an actual Qingyang Spirit Tree quickly.