I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 673: Chapter 413: Red Cherry Blossoms Hold White Snow, Singing of the Yang Pass in the Sound of a Broken Heart (8k)_4

After dinner, Chen Mobai brought up the matter of the Spirit Field.

Last year, Meng Hong coordinated various departments to give him 500 acres of land, all of which had been converted into Spirit Fields, and estimated that by the end of the year, they would be able to witness fire spirit rice all over Giant Tree Ridge.

This proves that Chen Mobai’s approach was not wrong. According to his idea, it was possible to fill the entire Giant Tree Ridge with spirit rice, allowing the disciples of the Divine Wood Sect to feast on it every day.

“What are you thinking, boy?”

“Could you give me another 500 acres of land, so it adds up to a total of 1,000 acres?”

Chen Mobai spoke honestly, the improved Fire Spirit Rice could be harvested twice a year, so 1,000 acres of Spirit Field could yield 300,000 catties annually.

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Although it only amounted to 100 catties per Qi Cultivation disciple, it could at least ensure their continuous intake of Spirit Rice.

With a robust body and abundant Qi, their breakthrough in cultivation would become much easier.

What Chen Mobai wanted to do was to enhance the overall strength of the Divine Wood Sect.

Naturally, Meng Hong supported him.

After dining on spirit rice and spiritual wine, Meng Hong had Mu Yuan help to tidy up the fishing rod, while he and Chen Mobai went to Divine Wood City to negotiate with the departments of Spirit Plant and Spirit Beasts.

Upon hearing that Chen Mobai wanted to expand the farming of spirit rice, the face of Shi Fengping and others from the Spirit Plant department was bitter.

Even if they purchased it at the market price, due to the high yield of Fire Spirit Rice, it would also be a huge burden on their Spirit Plant department.

And the more spirit fields they have, the more hassle it would be to harvest, after all, most of the disciples within the Spirit Plant department were more skilled in nurturing medicinal fields, not spirit fields.

However, the Spirit Plant Department couldn’t afford to offend Chen Mobai and Meng Hong, so they pushed the problem to the side.

In the end, after running through several departments, the relevant personnel were invited to Shenmu Hall.

Chu Zuoshu, the Sect Leader, sat on the main seat with a troubled face, with the heads of the Spirit Plant Department, Formation Department, Spirit Beast Department, and Spirit Vein Department standing below.

For the matter of Chen Mobai wanting to expand the planting of Spirit Rice, these four departments held different opinions.

The Spirit Beast Department was the most vehemently opposed among them.

The uncultivated forests and fields of Giant Tree Ridge were their grazing lands. They had released some apes in Miao Mountain, white monkeys in Court Mountain, spirit snakes in Wing Mountain, and in the north of Shuyang Mountain, there was a strange river that bred a lot of whirling turtles.

The shell of a whirling turtle was a rare medicinal ingredient, its meat was also delicious, loved by the disciples of the Body Forging Department.

Not to mention the gallbladder of Spirit Snakes, which cleared the mind and was also a medicinal ingredient.

But because Chen Mobai wanted to farm, the Spirit Beast Department had sent people to relocate all these, and had to find another suitable site again; the disciples in the department were full of complaints.

They could tolerate this once, after all, they had to consider the prestige of both Chen Mobai, the number one Sword Cultivator, and former Sect Leader, Meng Hong.

But if they allowed it for the second time, then obviously there would be third and fourth times.

So, this time, the head of the Spirit Beast Department, Ma Wuniang, was absolutely reluctant.

Once the Spirit Beast Department took the lead in opposition, Shi Fengping, the head of the Spirit Plant Department, just sat back and watched, reluctantly revealing his position. In principle, he wasn’t opposed as long as the Sect was willing to allocate more Spirit Stones for it annually.

On the other hand, the Spirit Vein Department and Formation Department stated that if they dissipated the Spirit Vein for farming, then the power of the Mountain Protection Array of Giant Tree Ridge will be weakened. The more farmland they open, the greater the impact, so it’s best to maintain the status quo.

This was clearly a sign of opposition.

Although Chu Zuoshu was the Sect Leader, he was somewhat hesitate on this matter as well.

Planting more Spirit Rice was definitely beneficial for the Sect, but a yearly expenditure of tens of thousands of Spirit Stones did seem to be a bit too much.

Moreover, they couldn’t neglect the Sect formation defense. There was likely to be major conflict in the next few years.

Of course, deep down, Chu Zuoshu was actually inclined to support Chen Mobai. After all, he was his own direct disciple, and the expenditure was from the resource of the Sect, not out of his own pocket.

As Sect Leader, however, it wasn’t worth suppressing remarkable departments such as the Spirit Beast over this matter.

In the end, Chu Zuoshu decided to convene the three halls and twelve departments to hold a voting resolution on this matter.

As he expected, the Divine Wood Transmission Department and Witchcraft Department, being Meng Hong’s direct lineage, directly voted in favor. Zeng Woyou of the Alchemy Department and An Jinghui of the Puppet Department owed favors to Chen Mobai, and voted in favor without hesitation.

The Spirit Beast Department, Formation Department, and Spirit Vein Department expressed clear opposition.

Shi Fengping, of Spirit Plant Department, observing four votes in favor from the other side, stopped pretending and joined the opposition.

Thus, it was four votes to four votes.

The remaining departments; Sword Training Department, Artifact Refining Department, Symbol Making Department, and Body Forging Department, all voted to abstain from the decision in order to avoid offending both sides.

With votes equally split into four, four, and four, the situation was perfectly balanced.

At this juncture, it was the turn of the three Halls to express their opinions.

“In favor.”

Luo Xue’er, the deputy hall master of Reward Virtue Hall was Meng Hong’s direct lineage and Chen Mobai was considered under her charge. She supported both in terms of sentiment and reason.

Everyone looked towards Quan Shanlin of the Penalty Evil Hall. Because the Spirit Beast Department was directly overseen by the Penalty Evil Hall, everyone at the scene assumed that Quan Shanlin would oppose it.

“Abstain.”

However, under the incredulous gaze of Ma Wuniang, Quan Shanlin calmly uttered these two words.

“Well, my vote doesn’t matter then, let’s call it abstaining as well. You four departments should cooperate well and relinquish another 500 acres of land.”

After hearing Quan Shanlin’s decision to abstain, Chu Zuoshu chuckled and stood out, concluding this voting decision of three halls and twelve departments.