Bringing the farm to another world

"Everyone, please sit down. It just so happens that I have a jar of wine that I brought up from the lower realm. Since we're in a good mood today, let's drink this jar of wine together." In the living room of the Sky-Supporting Tree, Zhao Hai said to Song Lin and the others with a smile.

The group sat down with excited expressions. Zhao Hai then took out a seemingly ordinary wine jar with a mud seal on it. He broke the mud seal and opened the lid. With a flick of his wrist, a bowl appeared in front of each person. The bowl was also very ordinary, just a coarse porcelain bowl.

Zhao Hai then waved his hand, and the wine in the jar flew out, landing precisely in each bowl without a single drop spilling. Only then did the rich aroma of the wine waft into everyone's noses.

Everyone looked at the wine in the bowl. The wine was a pale green color and looked very beautiful. Zhao Hai picked up the bowl and said, "Come on, everyone, drink this bowl."

Everyone laughed and picked up their wine bowls. Although the bowls were quite rough, they didn't care at all because they were so happy today.

Everyone downed their bowls of wine in one gulp, then exhaled a breath of alcohol and exclaimed in unison, "Old wine!" The wine was indeed excellent, smooth on the palate, even with a slightly cool sensation, but then it seemed to transform into a ball of fire, burning from their mouths all the way to their stomachs, and then spreading throughout their entire bodies, as if giving them a baptism. The feeling was truly wonderful.

Everyone placed the bowls on the table. Zhao Hai glanced at everyone and then said with a smile, "This kind of wine is best enjoyed with this kind of bowl. What kind of wine should be served with what kind of cup? This kind of wine must be drunk from a large, coarse porcelain bowl like this."

Upon hearing his words, everyone chuckled softly. They didn't actually care about such enjoyment, but at this joyful time, being able to drink such a bowl of good wine made them truly happy.

Zhao Hai continued, "Today's experiment was a success, which is great news for us. However, I hope that no one will tell anyone about this. Only the people in our alliance should know. What do you all think?"

When everyone heard him say this, they were taken aback at first, and then they all nodded. Zhao Hai was right. It was best not to let others know about this matter. This was the secret of their alliance.

Seeing that everyone nodded, Zhao Hai then spoke: "We are an alliance, and I hope we will always be allies. However, our alliance has only been lip service so far. But now that we have a shared secret, I hope we can all write a covenant. From today onwards, we will become true allies. What do you all think?"

Everyone was taken aback when they heard him say that. Then they looked at each other and nodded. Lingzhu said, "I agree. Only by becoming true allies can we keep secrets from each other. Moreover, I think our alliance must have some strict rules. Only in this way will our alliance be more solid."

Everyone nodded, and no one objected. Zhao Hai looked at them and then smiled slightly, saying, "Alright, it's good that everyone agrees. Then I will write this covenant. After I finish writing it, everyone can take a look and see if there is anything that needs to be added. Then we will sign this covenant."

Everyone nodded. They were well aware that forming an alliance in the realm of gods would definitely be beneficial to them.

Zhao Hai quickly drafted the alliance agreement, which stipulated that no one could betray the alliance, nor could they reveal the alliance's secrets to others. All allies must help each other, and there were other rules as well. In short, it was very strict.

After Zhao Hai finished writing, he handed it to Ling Zhu and the others to review. After reading it, Ling Zhu and the others felt that the covenant was written in great detail and there was nothing to add. Then, everyone wrote their names and spiritual imprints on the covenant.

Just as they finished signing the alliance, it suddenly burst into flames without any wind, then turned into a golden light and disappeared. No one was surprised, because this meant that the alliance was complete.

Seeing that the alliance was established, Zhao Hai breathed a sigh of relief. He then looked at everyone and said, "Alright, from now on, we are truly one family. So I have nothing to hide anymore. What I'm going to talk about next is the matter of the underground palace flower and the soil being fused together. I know everyone is very happy and thinking that as soon as you get back, you will immediately fuse all the soil you have saved with the underground palace flower. But I want to say that everyone should not be in a hurry. Listen to me. I will give you a new option." Upon hearing his words, everyone looked at him with some confusion, unsure of Zhao Hai's meaning. Zhao Hai glanced at them and continued, "I actually lied to everyone before. I told you that I didn't have any more seeds of the Sky-Supporting Tree, but that's not true. I have all the seeds of the Sky-Supporting Tree, the Underground Palace Flower, and the Heavenly Vine I used to set up the magic array. In fact, I have many of them. The Underground Palace Flower can fuse with soil, which means that the Sky-Supporting Tree and the Heavenly Vine can also do so. And that's exactly what I wanted to say. Do you want an Underground Palace Flower, a Sky-Supporting Tree, or a Heavenly Vine?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all looked at Zhao Hai in shock. Zhao Hai glanced at them and said, "Let me tell you about the characteristics of these three plants first. The first is the underground palace flower. Everyone knows about this, so I won't go into details. You could say that the underground palace flower has no other characteristics besides making people live more comfortable."

Everyone nodded, and Zhao Hai continued, "The second type of plant is the Sky-Supporting Tree, the kind of tree I live in. The one I'm using now is a small Sky-Supporting Tree. Sky-Supporting Trees can actually grow very large. The largest Sky-Supporting Trees can be so large that they can form an entire country. The trunk can be a hundred meters thick, and the tree can be ten thousand meters tall. You can dig holes in the branches to live in, and you can build houses on the leaves. Of course, this tree is a growing tree. That is to say, as long as it is given enough spiritual energy, the tree can keep growing and growing. I don't know how big it can grow yet, because when we were there, these trees always grew continuously."

Upon hearing Zhao Hai's words, everyone gasped in surprise. They had already placed great hopes on the Sky-Supporting Tree, but they hadn't expected it to be even more formidable than they had imagined, which took them all by surprise.

Zhao Hai continued, "Moreover, once the Sky-Supporting Tree grows to a certain size, some magic arrays can grow inside it. These magic arrays have defensive capabilities, and they are naturally generated, perfectly matching the tree, and their power is even greater. Moreover, the Sky-Supporting Tree can fly, but its speed is not too fast, after all, it is a tree."

Everyone's eyes lit up. This towering tree was practically a natural divine kingdom. If they really made the towering tree their own divine kingdom, it would save them a lot of trouble.

Zhao Hai looked at them and smiled slightly before saying, "Of course, the Sky-Supporting Tree is not without its flaws. Once you choose the Sky-Supporting Tree as your divine kingdom, your divine kingdom can only be tree-shaped, which will cause a lot of trouble."

Everyone nodded in agreement with Zhao Hai's statement. Although the Sky-Supporting Tree was excellent in many ways, its shape made it difficult to make it a good magical artifact. Therefore, whether or not to use the Sky-Supporting Tree as their divine kingdom was something that needed careful consideration.

Zhao Hai continued, "Finally, there's the Heavenly Vine. You've all seen me use it to build magic arrays, but the Heavenly Vine has more uses than that. It can transform into anything you can imagine. That is to say, it can become a ship, a room, or even grow countless branches that can form a city. Most importantly, it can also grow leaves and bear fruit. Both the leaves and fruit are edible, and the Heavenly Vine can attack enemies at any time. You could say that if you use the Heavenly Vine well, it can definitely become a top-tier magic weapon that can be used for both offense and defense, and for both ranged and melee combat."

Hearing Zhao Hai's words, Ling Zhu and the others were all stunned again. They hadn't expected that the Heavenly Vine could be used in this way, and with so many uses. This really surprised them.

Looking at their expressions, Zhao Hai continued, "These three plants each have their own characteristics. The Palace Flower has no potential and can only be used temporarily. The Sky-Reaching Tree will grow a bit slower, but once it matures, it will have some defensive capabilities, although it won't grow very fast. However, it will be the largest and will likely house the most people in the future. As for the Heavenly Vine, it has great growth potential and strong combat power, but it requires a high level of skill from the user because the magic arrays inside the Heavenly Vine must be set up by the user themselves."

Upon hearing Zhao Hai's words, everyone fell into deep thought. Only Song Lin's expression was not good, since he was currently using the Underground Palace Flower, which had the least potential.

Zhao Hai looked at him and then smiled slightly, saying, "Song Lin, don't worry. The potential of the underground palace flower is small, but we should be able to extract the soil. The underground palace flower is afraid of fire. As long as we burn the underground palace flower, the soil should be extracted again, so there's no need to worry."

Upon hearing Zhao Hai's words, Song Lin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao Hai glanced at the others and then said, "There's one more thing I need to tell you all. We haven't calculated the soil absorption ratio of the Sky-Supporting Tree and the Heavenly Vine yet. I think we should wait until we conduct an experiment before making a decision."

Lingzhu was taken aback, then asked with some confusion, "What absorption ratio?"

Zhao Hai said, "I just thought of this term myself. Look at the Palace Flower; it absorbs three cubic meters of soil to meet the standard for becoming the foundation of a divine kingdom. Next, we'll test how much soil the Sky-Reaching Tree and the Heavenly Vine would need to absorb in the same area. That way, we can calculate which plant is the most cost-effective. This is something I just thought of. Let's wait until we've tested it before making a decision." (End of Chapter)