Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 32 Shuang Lingxue: I knew that Mr. Zhong Cang must have a deep meaning for doing this
"Wow..."

As the spell was activated, natural spiritual energy poured into the wheat seeds, and the wheat sprouted, grew, and produced ears at a speed visible to the naked eye...

In less than three minutes, the wheat was ripe and ready to be harvested.

Nourished by the magic power of spring and the power of nature, the wheat produced by Zhong Cang was not malnourished, but extremely strong, as tall as a person, and the ears of wheat were extremely full.

However, when Zhou Sheng saw the wheat, he shook his head: "It's useless. It has grown to this extent because of the spiritual energy and your magic power. Without these, it is still an ordinary wheat."

Because they were one of them, Shuang Lingxue had a conversation with Zhou Sheng while they were busy just now. Therefore, at this time, Zhou Sheng, the dean of Lingzhifu, had already understood Zhong Cang's ideals, and knew why he was valued by Shuang Lingxue.

"Cultivating high-yield and cold-resistant crops, saving millions of lives... You actually have such a great ideal, Zhong Cang, you are indeed worthy of respect, but it is not easy to achieve these things."

He was sighing, and Zhong Cang also knew that this step was difficult.

"Everything requires energy as a foundation to drive it. Strictly speaking, the prosperity of the past was built on coal and oil. Without these, it would be difficult for human society to prosper."

"Although this world has spiritual energy that is more useful than coal and oil, those places with rich spiritual energy are all occupied by wealthy families and planted with precious spiritual medicines and spiritual plants. There is no way those powerful families would be willing to change their spiritual medicines into spiritual rice and spiritual food."

Shaking his head, Zhong Cang confirmed again that if he wanted to feed all the people in the world, he could only make use of those uninhabited lands.

However, the reason why the bitter cold land of Xue Ye Country is not utilized is not because the people here are lazy, but because the land here does not have much nutrition, and after planting wheat, the harvest will not be much.

"So, the question comes back to the original question. If I want to make ordinary land fertile... do I need to come up with fertilizer?"

As soon as this idea appeared in Zhong Cang's mind, he shook his head and gave up.

It’s not that I don’t want to, nor is there anything wrong with this path.

In previous lives, the continuous improvement of grain varieties was indeed the key to human society's ability to feed so many people, but as Zhong Cang had said before, everything requires energy, including the growth of rice and wheat.

Because of chemical fertilizers, we can artificially supplement the nutrients needed for wheat and rice growth, which is why we achieved miracle harvests in the past.

However, the fertilizer industry is not ordinary.

Even with the level of technology in previous generations, only a few major countries could achieve self-sufficient production.

Zhong Cang's attempt to produce fertilizer is no less difficult than rebuilding an industrial system in this world. It is too difficult and he simply cannot do it.

"We have to find another way..."

After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Zhong Cang finally locked on two directions and had three ideas.

"The most useful energy in this world is spiritual energy. I cannot achieve my goals without it. Moreover, although the spiritual energy in the outside world is thin, it is not completely non-existent."

"The first path is to continuously optimize and purify the grain, allowing it to absorb the free spiritual energy in the air. In this way, it will grow just like the fertilized grain from the previous life, and will be able to grow extremely well, even better than before."

The first idea is still the original path, there is nothing much to say about it.

The second idea is still related to Reiki and takes the path of chemical fertilizers.

"If the rich and powerful were to use their spiritual land to grow crops, they would absolutely never agree. But if I could create a spiritual fertilizer similar to the one used by the immortal world, so that they could sell it as 'plant fertilizer' to make money, then they might not necessarily be unwilling."

Instead of growing food directly on the spiritual land, Zhong Cang grew "fertilizer" and then sold the fertilizer to others. This was the second way he found.

"After the spiritual plant fertilizer is developed, not only can I complete the task, but the Shuang family can also make a fortune, and it can also enhance their prestige and status..." Thinking of this, Zhong Cang no longer felt uneasy about taking the Shuang family's resources. Instead, he felt that he had taken too little.

……

The first two methods that Zhong Cang thought of were related to spiritual energy, but the third one required the use of another energy source that Zhong Cang had locked onto.

Looking up at the sky and seeing the vast sun illuminating the earth, a sigh emerged from Zhong Cang's heart.

"Spiritual energy is indeed important, but the sun is even more majestic. It has existed for billions of years and is constantly emitting energy. The four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter in this world are caused by the distance of the sun from the world."

"A large portion of the energy required for plant growth comes from absorbing sunlight through photosynthesis."

"If we can harness the sun's energy and increase the efficiency of food in utilizing it, the problem of food energy supply can be easily solved."

"I'll find some sunflowers later and study them slowly..."

The knowledge from his previous life made Zhong Cang's thinking not fall into clichés. Therefore, although this matter was difficult, he actually found several solutions.

Because he had a method, Zhong Cang looked extremely relaxed after hearing the evaluation from Zhou Sheng, the dean of Lingzhifu.

"Dean, you're right. This is a difficult step, but since I dare to bring it up, it means I don't have no solution at all."

"There is free spiritual energy in the world. Although it is rare, it is enough for wheat. The problem now is that ordinary wheat cannot absorb spiritual energy. Therefore, I am trying to find a way to make them evolve and have the ability to devour spirits."

This proposal was very harmonious and reasonable, without many mistakes or omissions. After some thought, both Zhou Sheng and Shuang Lingxue agreed with this.

Then, something happened that Zhong Cang had not expected. Shuang Lingxue, the noble lady who had always regarded herself as a celebrity and sage, gave Zhong Cang a great surprise.

"That's it, I understand."

Frost Lingxue, who was speaking, turned her gaze towards the spirit-hosting moss beside her. Then, she said to Zhong Cang with admiration, "No wonder you planted so many mosses, Mr. Zhong Cang. Originally, I thought you just liked it, but I didn't expect that you had thought of this step so long ago."

'? ? ? '

'What did I think of?'

Although his face was expressionless, Zhong Cang kept muttering in his heart. He really didn't understand what he had done.

Fortunately, Zhong Cang was not the only one who didn’t understand, Zuo He didn’t understand either.

"Miss? These mosses aren't just planted by Zhong Cang for fun. Are they really useful?"

Facing Zuo He's suspicious face, Shuang Lingxue smiled and said, "Mr. Zhong Cang's actions are naturally well-reasoned. You just can't figure it out because you lack Mr. Zhong Cang's wisdom... The problem with ordinary wheat is that it can't absorb the free spiritual energy in the air, while the spirit-hosting moss possesses the ability to parasitize and devour spirits... Mr. Zhong Cang, you want the spirit-hosting moss to merge with the wheat, so that's why you planted so much moss."

Although the last sentence was a question, Shuang Lingxue's tone was extremely certain.

At the same time, she looked at Zhong Cang with more admiration and worship.

"Mr. Zhong, whether you chose the profession of Spirit Plant Husband with a second-class spiritual root or purchased the Spirit Moss, all of this happened before our collaboration. So, sir, were you originally planning to research all of this on your own?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)