Wandao long distance

Li Qi and Chang Qiao strolled on the terraced fields.

Li Qi has seen many different kinds of automated equipment, such as large automatic seeding machines, or small cultivation arrays or seedling transplanters.

However, none of these work in this place.

The land here is very strange. Almost every inch of the land has a different nature. Coupled with the various monsters that are bred and the surging of the earth veins, ordinary automated facilities are ineffective.

It is necessary to have 'intelligent' automated facilities to operate properly here.

Because of its "intelligence", it is able to judge these complex options and decide what to do. Ordinary automated facilities will only cause trouble or be damaged.

Therefore, 'smart' farming is also being used around here.

It seems that the wealthier ones use artificial intelligence, similar to the spirit of the formation like strong AI, while the poorer ones naturally use the intelligent life itself.

After all, intelligent life itself is actually the cheapest "strong intelligence".

But by the same token, intelligent life is also the most precious treasure of the universe, it just depends on the perspective.

Just like a tree.

In this universe, the reserves of trees are far lower than those of gold. Trees are the truly precious wealth of this universe, while gold is just an element.

But on Earth, one gram of gold can buy a lot of wood, all because of the difference in angles.

Li Qi and Changqiao walked for a while and saw that these terraces were shrinking, widening, sinking and rising along with the slope of the mountain and the boundaries of reclamation.

Many different crops are planted on these small terraces, and the crops never stop growing all year round. The people here have long ago discovered a set of techniques for year-round farming in order to feed so many people in the city.

This naturally requires very complex techniques, such as how to regulate the earth's energy, how to control nutrients, and which plants to plant with lower risks. These all require special research. If you don't study and just plant them randomly, the plants will die in front of you. It's a waste of work, but the most difficult thing is that if they die, there will be nothing to eat, and many people will starve to death.

As one of the means of production, agriculture occupies a considerable proportion in any civilization. After all, agriculture represents a civilization's ability to control life and species.

The agricultural families, one of the hundreds of schools of thought in the human world, specialize in these things. The seeds, planting methods, and geomancy conditioning methods they developed are well-known throughout the world. The magical rice commonly eaten in the world is also their masterpiece.

This kind of magical rice is almost not picky about the location and can grow in Baiyue. It has a yield of more than 3,000 kilograms per mu and has an incredibly high energy density. It can even support warriors practicing martial arts by eating only rice.

If the quantity is large enough, there is no problem in eating up to the eighth grade, but if you want to go higher you will need to switch to other high-end varieties.

"It seems that the diet here is quite rich." Li Qi watched the growth of crops and made a judgment.

It can be seen that gray branches are growing faintly on the edge of the field. It is a plant similar to olives. It does not take up land and is grown for pickling and then used as a supplementary food.

There were some racks built against the wall, with many fruit vines hanging on them, which should be things like cucumbers or grapes.

One can see some 'intelligent machines' and 'tamed beasts' moving forward step by step. These things with a certain intelligence are the automated facilities here, and only they can plow this narrow field.

A narrow edge was left for them on the edge of the field, with grass growing on it. These grasses would block the path, but there was no other way. It was hard to control what would grow in this place. Managing the fields was already troublesome, and there was probably no energy to manage these paths. The terraces were very narrow, and even monsters could not withstand many places, so many farmers were seen using hoes to dig, and the soil dug out was piled up to build walls, which helped to protect the terraces from being washed away when it rained.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that everyone here had some cultivation skills, Li Qi would have thought he had come to an agricultural society outside the domain.

"Very interesting, right? High technology, low performance. Obviously, the technical content of these things is not low, and some of them are even top-level techniques developed by the fifth grade, but they are performed like this." Changqiao, as a tour guide, introduced the situation here to Li Qi with great interest.

"It's really interesting." Li Qi said, and then stepped on the grass at the edge of the field.

On the edges of the terraces and in the stone corners of the terraces, numerous weeds and flowers sprouted.

No one came to disturb Changqiao and Li Qi because Li Qi had the wooden sign hanging around his waist.

"It's very peaceful. Is there no competition for this place? Or is it just because we can't see it?" Li Qi said as he sat on the edge of the field.

"I don't know. We're just traveling, why bother about that?" Changqiao didn't really care: "By the way, you said you were here to eat, why are you still sitting by the field? I'm hungry!"

She urged with her hands on her hips.

Li Qi smiled and said, "Okay, let's go eat first."

Thinking of this, Li Qi and Changqiao left the farmland, entered the city, found a shop and sat down.

"It's interesting that there is business in a place like this." Li Qi sat on a chair and looked at the city.

Changqiao said: "There are many tourists here, and they are all here to serve people like you and me. As for the locals, they don't need these."

As a local tycoon, Changqiao is very familiar with these places.

Li Qi watched the restaurant owner serve the menu, order food, and eat.

The taste was actually quite good, Changqiao ate it with gusto, and driven by hunger, Li Qi also thought it was delicious.

Then, finish eating.

then……

What else can be done?

Li Qi asked Changqiao: "What happens next?"

"After that? There's nothing after that. This place is just useful for this purpose, right? The selling point is to experience the five senses more deeply, don't you understand?" Changqiao said.

Li Qi frowned.

But nothing more was said.

After that, Li Qi and Changqiao started traveling in the Arctic again.

They went from city to city, from place to place.

The natural scenery changes again and again.

There are flower fields, forests, canyons, bays, snowfields, and glaciers.

The various landscapes make the Arctic particularly beautiful.

but……

The people living around here are pretty much the same.

These stowaways rarely cause trouble. They are rational, quiet, and like to practice cultivation. They put down roots here and work quietly for their own future without any major conflicts.

Their habits are really a little too docile.

Of course, this may also be because this place is really too difficult.

The suppression of the natural environment and the fact that even practitioners who have reached the fifth level must rush for their daily food, coupled with the fact that there is nothing to enjoy here, even the time here seems to have slowed down.

The plows moved slowly among the remaining tree roots. Li Qi had only been here for less than twenty years, but it felt like a long, long time had passed.

It's hard to imagine that there is such a place in the world. Changqiao didn't feel bored, but it was mainly because of Li Qi. She was fiddling with her mirage pearl every day and filming her travel life with Li Qi.

Li Qi also looked at it out of curiosity. Through their interconnected formation, he could easily log into their network. Li Qi was surprised to find that his popularity was not low.

Perhaps it was because the gimmick was too big. After all, the title of the long bridge was: "Challenge the world's first tour with Erpin, the 26th year!"

Although Li Qi usually doesn't use these popular Internet forums, it is obvious that everyone is very curious about the daily life of a second-rank official.

For many things, the feeling will be different if you look at them from a different perspective. In Li Qi's view, his past was just a puppet, always at the mercy of fate, displaced for a long time, encountering obstacles everywhere, and suffering many disasters. However, in the eyes of others, he lived a standard Long Aotian life.

Many people were very interested in this, and the things Changqiao took satisfied their curiosity. For this reason, she even took Li Qi to several question-and-answer sessions.

Logically speaking, if you find a second-grade master, then asking him questions about cultivation is definitely the most important thing, just like if you invite an academician, you must ask him questions about academic matters.

But what surprised Li Qi was that most of the questions he was asked were about trivial matters in life, and some even asked about his concept of love.

I really don't understand the young people of today.

We invited the Second Rank Official to talk, but all he cared about was gossip.

But since Li Qi was there, he naturally had to bite the bullet and answer the questions they had chosen. Unexpectedly, this made Li Qi even more popular, and also raised the fame of Changqiao City.

Some people even said that Changqiao and Li Qi were a perfect match, which made Li Qi repeatedly emphasize that he already had a wife and even a daughter, and that his daughter was about the same level as Changqiao, and his son-in-law's cultivation was about the same as Changqiao's. He told Li Qi not to spread such groundless rumors anymore.

However, everyone said that they knew, but what did it matter? The Li Qi they wrote about was not Li Qi, and Changqiao was not Changqiao.

It was impossible for Li Qi to rush to the other party's house and beat them up because of such a thing, although he could do it, but he would not do it to this extent.

So, over the past twenty years, Changqiao has been very enthusiastic, while Li Qi has remained as calm as ever.

However, Li Qi began to feel...

It's a bit 'boring'.

This doesn't mean that Li Qi has lost his patience. It's only been twenty years, not that serious.

He felt bored because he began to realize that there was nothing new in the Arctic.

The journey itself could no longer bring him any more information, and he felt that he was just going around in circles in the Arctic.

This made Li Qi finally choose to open his eyes, scan the situation of the entire Arctic, and start making calculations.

If you can't experience something, then you can only watch it yourself.

However, something happened that surprised Li Qi.

The whole Arctic...exactly, that's what he experienced.

There are no high-quality existences, no special arrangements, and the North Pole is empty. It is said to be the place where the spiritual path is, but in fact, no spiritual practitioner has been seen there.

Without the spread of Taoism, human "peace" occupies the vast majority. In such a vast area of ​​​​the Arctic, there are countless archipelagos, many continents, and ocean systems interspersed among them, but almost all places are more or less the same.

"Tsk." Li Qi smacked his lips in displeasure.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" asked Changqiao, who was fiddling with the mirage lens next to him.

"Nothing. I feel that my journey in the Arctic is coming to an end. I will stay in seclusion and keep observing for a while. Let's stop traveling for the time being." Li Qi said.

"Oh..." Changqiao seemed a little frustrated, but he didn't say much. He just asked, "Starting now?"

"Well, I'm going to start from now on. As for you, you can find something to do by yourself, or you can just leave." Li Qi said.

Changqiao felt a little regretful, but he still packed up his things and left obediently.

Li Qi began to expand his perception.

Since Lingdao doesn't want people to experience it personally, then he will just start long-term observation.

Li Qi began to quietly observe the entire Arctic.

Every person, every gust of wind, every cloud, every blade of grass, and even every speck of dust is now under his surveillance.

If you can't experience it in person, then take in all the information.

Soon, Li Qi's observation lasted for more than three hundred years.

During this period, Li Qi focused his attention on one person.

Northern Jia.

This was the little boy that Li Qi had taught when he first arrived.

In fact, Li Qi didn't give any advice. He just told him some common sense of cultivation and some breathing techniques. It was nothing special. A fifth-grade cultivator could do the same thing as Li Qi.

For the answer to multiplication formulas at this level, it makes no difference whether you are told by an academician or by an elementary school teacher.

So Li Qi didn't take it seriously.

However, during these three hundred years, Li Qi saw that Beijia seemed to have been looking for Li Qi's trace.

Unlike everyone else in the Arctic, the Beiga are not 'peaceful'.

He has a very clear purpose and is willing to take action for it. He looks everywhere for traces of Li Qi's travels, trekking hard all the way, looking for Li Qi in the dangerous Arctic wilderness.

Li Qi has been traveling in the Arctic for twenty years because he and Changqiao can easily cross the dangerous wilderness of the Arctic, but Beijia cannot do it. Every time he crosses these uninhabited areas, it is a huge adventure.

To this end, he made great efforts. Every time he arrived at a place, he asked the locals for records, searched for historical materials, constantly improved his own cultivation, and used every method he could think of to track down Li Qi's whereabouts.

In this process, his knowledge gradually broadened and his age gradually increased.

To date, more than three hundred years have passed.

He is still following Li Qi's footsteps.

However, his mood seemed to gradually calm down.

Maybe... Li Qi has already left the Arctic?

Thinking of this, Beijia couldn't help but look at his own mess and scars.

What exactly is he chasing?

There were many clues about Li Qi in his backpack, including many legendary records about him, for example, the dragon named Changqiao had been following Li Qi.

Beijia not only began to examine his own heart. (End of this chapter)