Eat, eat, eat in the primordial world

When Jiang Yuan tasted the foxtail grass seeds before, he discovered that the greatest effect of this plant was not to dispel evil spirits, but rather, like the meat of ferocious beasts, to enhance one's cultivation level.

Although the growth was very small, almost negligible, it was because Jiang Yuan ate only two or three pills.

If he were to consume 20,000 to 30,000 pills, or even 2 to 3 million pills, the increase in his cultivation level would not be insignificant, but rather quite substantial.

Moreover, there is another advantage to improving cultivation by eating foxtail grass seeds: it is safer than eating the meat of ferocious beasts. No matter how much you eat, you don't have to worry about being poisoned by evil energy.

"These grass seeds are less like grass seeds and more like naturally occurring spiritual stones, crystallizations of innate spiritual energy."

This is Jiang Yuan's evaluation of foxtail grass seeds: they are natural spiritual crystals that can be used as spirit stones and can be directly absorbed and refined by people.

If they could be cultivated on a large scale, the harvest of their seeds each year would bring a huge benefit to humankind.

Moreover, this is just foxtail grass. If it can be domesticated and cultivated into better millet, that is, millet, not only will the yield be greatly increased, but the innate spiritual energy contained in each seed will also be enhanced.

In this way, planting this plant would be very profitable, and could even become a major source of income for the human race.

Who says that ancient beings didn't need to eat and therefore didn't need food? This kind of food, which contains pure innate spiritual energy and can improve cultivation, is exactly what ancient beings needed most.

Even ancient creatures could develop good eating habits for their sake.

Moreover, foxtail grass seeds have a mild effect in warding off evil spirits. It is conceivable that after being tamed and cultivated into better millet, its effect in warding off evil spirits will be enhanced.

The meat of a ferocious beast, cooked with spices, already has 70-80% of its malevolent energy neutralized. When consumed with millet rice, which can also neutralize malevolent energy, it will undoubtedly completely neutralize the malevolent energy.

In this way, no matter how much ferocious beast meat one eats, there is no need to worry about being poisoned by evil energy anymore, thus completely resolving the issue.

With the threat of ferocious beast meat completely eliminated, the creatures of the primordial world no longer have any concerns, and their desire to slaughter ferocious beasts will only grow stronger in the future.

This move will undoubtedly effectively reduce the number of ferocious beasts, thereby mitigating their destruction of the prehistoric world.

If this isn't a great achievement, then what is it? So, following this logic, Jiang Yuan deserves a great merit for cultivating foxtail grass into Ji Hou.

Moreover, this merit is different from the merits Jiang Yuan has received in the past. This is not the merit of teaching and enlightening, but the merit of saving the primordial world, which is of greater value, and therefore the merit he should receive should be more.

In addition, it should be noted that since Ji is equivalent to a naturally occurring spiritual stone, it means that it has certain monetary attributes.

At the same time, not only humans can cultivate millet, but all races can also cultivate it.

With these two factors combined, isn't the millet a natural form of currency? Its emergence perfectly filled the void of the prehistoric world where there was no currency.

A unified currency is essential for developing trade. Among the many treasures, Ji may not be the most perfect, but it is currently the most suitable.

If Ji could truly become the legal tender of the primordial world, wouldn't that grant even more merit—the merit of driving the development of the primordial world?

The emergence of currency undoubtedly facilitated communication among all races, thereby promoting the development of the primordial world. This was a contribution to heaven and earth, and thus deserved to be rewarded.

And this is not the end, but a new beginning. Following this line of thought, the next step to improve is the metrology system.

After all, once the millet matures, it always needs to be weighed; otherwise, how can it be counted grain by grain? Since it needs to be weighed, a standardized measurement system is essential.

And perfecting the measurement system can also promote the development of the prehistoric world. Shouldn't we also give him some merit for this?

It was after these thoughts that Jiang Yuan shifted his attention from the meat in the earthenware jar to the foxtail grass in his hand.

Compared to what he envisioned, merely inventing the earthenware pot and pioneering the cooking method of boiling was nothing.

Even if he perfected his culinary skills, the benefits he would gain would be far less than he had imagined.

This is truly an unparalleled achievement!

"The millet is of great importance, and we must find a way to cultivate it. Only by cultivating millet can we verify whether my ideas are feasible."

Clutching the foxtail grass in his hand, Jiang Yuan silently made up his mind. His main task from now on, besides cultivation, was to cultivate the millet as soon as possible.

Later generations used "sheji" to refer to the entire world, where "she" refers to the earth and "ji" refers to millet grown from foxtail grass. This shows how important this crop was, equivalent to half the world.

Jiang Yuan wasn't worried about not being able to do it. If later generations could cultivate foxtail grass into better millet, he certainly could too. After all, he was different from them; he had a cheat code.

Just as Jiang Yuan was envisioning the future, Tao arrived with his clansmen poisoned by evil energy—not just one or two, but hundreds.

"Come on, line up, one bowl each, don't fight or grab."

Jiang Yuan came to his senses and didn't say anything. He simply picked up the spoons and bowls that had been prepared in advance and served each of them a bowl of rich meat soup.

Just smelling the aroma relieved their symptoms considerably, making them quite eager for the effects of the broth.

So, as soon as they got their hands on the broth, they drank it all in one go, not caring that it was too hot.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Yuan immediately released his divine sense to carefully observe the changes in their bodies, wanting to understand the effectiveness of the meat soup in dispelling evil.

The result was obviously not good, because the broth neutralized the evil energy of the ferocious beast meat in the soup, while the evil energy in everyone's bodies was not in the soup, so it was no wonder that the effect of neutralizing evil was not good.

However, while the broth's ability to ward off evil spirits is not strong, its effect on improving physical strength is immediate.

Jiang Yuan could clearly feel that after drinking the meat soup, the physical fitness of these clansmen who were at the Acquired Realm had significantly improved.

This allowed them to endure the erosion of the evil energy for a few more days.

"It was my mistake. I shouldn't have added meat. I should have stewed these spices into a soup for them to drink."

Realizing he had made a fool of himself, Jiang Yuan quickly corrected himself. And just as he finished speaking, merit descended from the heavens.

It was not a merit of teaching and civilizing, but a merit of saving the primordial world. Firing pottery itself has no merit, but the popularization of boiling as a cooking method with the advent of pottery is a considerable merit.

After being stewed for a long time, the meat of ferocious beasts not only has a reduced content of malevolent energy, but also its innate essence becomes easier to absorb.

This action undoubtedly intensified the desire of the primordial creatures to hunt ferocious beasts, causing considerable harm to the beast race.

Ferocious beasts are a great scourge of the primordial world; to kill them is not only without fault, but also meritorious. The more you kill, the more merit you accumulate.

This cooking method can cause continuous damage to the ferocious beast race. Jiang Yuan, who invented and popularized it, can naturally gain some merit.