Bringing the farm to another world

“I just received a message. The magic array told us to collect all three types of seeds we have now. Tonight, we will go out of the city to retrieve a new batch of seeds. These seeds cannot be propagated, meaning they cannot produce any more seeds. This way, we won't get any new seeds from others, and this business will be our exclusive right,” Lingfeng said to Songlin.

Upon hearing Lingfeng's words, Songlin frowned and then said in a deep voice, "What about those seeds that were sold before? Those seeds can reproduce."

Lingfeng smiled and said, "It's not that easy. You've planted underground palace flowers before, so you should know that it's almost impossible to propagate them without guidance. The formation is doing this just to prevent any unforeseen circumstances, cutting off the possibility of propagation at its root."

After listening to Lingfeng's words, Songlin nodded and then said, "Indeed, without guidance, it is extremely difficult to breed underground palace flowers. Not to mention that all the underground palace flowers we sold before ended up as spatial equipment, which makes it even more impossible. Should we close up shop earlier today?"

Lingfeng nodded and said, "Indeed, we need to close earlier." Just then, the shop door opened, and a bald man walked in. As soon as he saw the bald man, Lingfeng immediately went up to him with a smile and said, "Is there anything you need, fellow Daoist?" The bald man meant that the person was from Buddha City, and Lingfeng naturally had to be very polite to such a person.

The bald man glanced at Ling Feng, then asked, "Are you the owner of this shop?"

Lingfeng nodded and said, "Indeed, what do you need, friend?"

The bald man glanced at Ling Feng, then said, "Come with me. Our elder wants to see you."

Lingfeng's heart sank, but he immediately said, "Okay, please wait a moment, I'll make the arrangements." He then turned to look at Songlin, who immediately understood and nodded. Lingfeng then said, "You watch the shop carefully, I'll be right back." Songlin responded, and then Lingfeng turned to the bald man and said, "Fellow Daoist, let's go." The bald man nodded and led Lingfeng outside. Just before leaving, a ring fell from Lingfeng's hand, but it didn't fall to the ground. Instead, Songlin caught it, discreetly putting it away. After seeing Lingfeng out, Songlin carefully returned to the shop.

Upon returning to the shop, Song Lin went straight to the small rest room at the back. Once there, he flicked his hand and threw a magic circle on the ground. He then activated the magic circle, and the small rest room instantly expanded into a space of over a hundred square meters.

Then Song Lin took out the spatial ring that Ling Feng had just thrown out, opened it, and released the Azure Leaf Boat inside. The Azure Leaf Boat wasn't very big, but it was enough to fit in this inner space. After doing all this, Song Lin walked to the front and sat behind the counter, his expression calm and revealing nothing.

He understood the meaning behind Lingfeng's winks. Lingfeng was telling him to prepare for the worst, which was actually to retreat back to the Black Sea. That's why Lingfeng left the Azure Leaf Boat with Songlin. The Azure Leaf Boat had a teleportation array, so if necessary, Songlin could use it to leave Buddha City directly. Of course, this was the worst-case scenario. If it really came to that, it would mean that Lingfeng had been captured by the people of Buddha City, and Songlin would have to leave immediately.

Meanwhile, Lingfeng was already following the bald man into the city. There were some restricted areas in the city, places that outsiders were not allowed to go. They were now heading into one of these restricted areas. Soon they arrived at a large courtyard, and the bald man led Lingfeng directly into the courtyard.

The courtyard had many rooms, and several bald men were going in and out of some of them, seemingly working. The bald man didn't stop, leading Lingfeng towards the back courtyard. Soon they arrived at a secluded courtyard. Upon entering, another bald man immediately approached, glanced at Lingfeng, and asked, "Is this him?"

The bald man who led Lingfeng there nodded and said, "That's right, it's him. Fellow Daoist, go with him." Lingfeng nodded and followed the bald man to a room in the courtyard. The bald man said to Lingfeng, "Please wait here for a moment." Lingfeng responded, and then the man knocked on the door and entered the room.

After the bald man entered the room, he came out a moment later and bowed to Ling Feng, saying, "Elder, please come in." Ling Feng responded and then went in. He wasn't too worried, though. The bald man was being polite to him, which meant that the other party wasn't hostile towards him at the moment, so he felt at ease.

When Lingfeng entered the room, he saw a study that wasn't very big. The study was only about fifty square meters. There were three bookshelves, one on each side and the other on the inner wall. In front of the inner wall was a desk, and behind the desk was a grand chair. In front of the desk were two official's hat chairs. Apart from that, there was no other decoration in the room.

Behind the desk sat a man who looked to be in his forties. He was bald, but had a large beard and was very fat. He looked like a mountain of flesh when he sat there.

The bearded man was sitting there, looking at Lingfeng with a smile. The moment Lingfeng saw the bearded man, he couldn't help but feel a chill, because he could tell that this bearded man was also a god, and his strength was definitely no less than his own, and might even be stronger.

One of the figures, a bald man, was clearly a subordinate of the Golden Light Buddha. The fact that the Golden Light Buddha had deities among his subordinates was proof enough of his power. However, upon further reflection, Lingfeng understood. The Golden Light Buddha's strength was undeniable; he was likely already a Primordial God-level deity, so it was normal for him to have several deities under his command. The bearded man smiled at Lingfeng and said, "Fellow Daoist Lingfeng, please sit." Lingfeng clasped his hands in thanks to the bearded man and said, "Thank you, Elder." He then walked to the desk, sat down in the official's chair, and calmly looked at the bearded man.

The bearded man did not get up. He looked at Lingfeng and said, "The reason I invited Fellow Daoist Lingfeng here this time is that there is something I want to discuss with you."

Lingfeng quickly replied, "Elder, please speak. As long as it is within my power, I will do my utmost."

The bearded elder smiled slightly and said, "Fellow Daoist Lingfeng, you are too kind. We only recently learned that you have opened a shop in our city. To be honest, we are quite interested in the things you sell. We wonder where they come from?"

Lingfeng immediately said, "Those things were all refined by an elder in our alliance. After he ascended from the lower realm, he brought some plant seeds with him. After many years of research, he finally refined these seeds. However, because that elder offended someone, he dared not leave the Black Sea, so he asked us to open this shop in your area. We would like to thank you all for your patronage."

The bearded elder nodded in agreement with Lingfeng's words. Lingfeng's words had revealed enough information: they were an alliance, and one of the elders in this alliance had refined the seeds of these plants, but this person could only stay in the Black Sea.

The bearded man looked at Lingfeng and said, "I see. We greatly admire someone with such abilities. How about we invite him to Buddha City? We can guarantee his safety. I believe that no one in the God Realm would dare to cause trouble in Buddha City."

Lingfeng quickly replied, "Of course we believe that, but that ally has lived in the Black Sea for many years and is already used to it. He doesn't want to come out anymore, so he won't come to Buddha City."

The bearded man's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Ling Feng's refusal surprised him somewhat. He then said, "Alright, but recently some shop owners have complained to us that your products are sold too cheaply, so we can't ignore it."

Lingfeng knew what he was talking about as soon as he heard it, and he asked, "I wonder what the elder is referring to?" Although he knew what the elder was talking about, he could not say it out loud, so he asked this question.

Hearing Ling Feng's words, the bearded man still smiled and said, "I heard you're selling some kind of spatial equipment? And it's only the price of a dozen cubic meters of soil. Isn't that price too low?"

Lingfeng said, "Our spatial equipment is crafted by ourselves, so we only charge a crafting fee. They buy the combat plants from us first, then do some simple processing themselves, and finally we craft them. We only charge a crafting fee; they provide the materials themselves. The crafting fee alone is already quite high."

The bearded man nodded and said, "While you're right, your spatial equipment is indeed very cheap, which will disrupt the entire market. You can't do this."

Lingfeng spoke up, "Then what are your thoughts, Elder?"

The bearded man looked at Lingfeng and said, "There are two options. First, stop selling spatial equipment. Second, hand over your spatial equipment so we can manage it and adjust the prices to the same level as everyone else. What do you think?"

Ling Feng frowned upon hearing the bearded man's words. The bearded man had given him no option to continue operating the space equipment business. He was told to either stop doing space equipment business altogether or hand it over. It seemed that they had no choice but to hand it over.

Thinking of this, Lingfeng spoke up, "Elder, we are now counting on this shop to store up some materials we can use to build our divine kingdom. The best item in this shop is actually this kind of spatial equipment. If we hand it over, we won't be able to survive. Please, Elder, show us a way to live." (End of Chapter)