Eat, eat, eat in the primordial world

These words created an awkward atmosphere, and everyone felt embarrassed by Jiang Yuan's statement.

After all, theft is something that can't be discussed openly. It's one thing if no one knows about it in private, but to be ridiculed in public is embarrassing for most people.

Despite the awkwardness, who were the attendees? They were all Great Luo Golden Immortals, with skins as thick as mountains. They quickly composed themselves, acting as if nothing had happened, and curiously asked Jiang Yuan:

"From what I'm saying, fellow Daoist, you mean to lift the restrictions on Xuanhuang Millet and allow us to cultivate it?"

This is a crucial question. As Jiang Yuan said, they know perfectly well what the Xuanhuang Millet is used for; it's a rare and precious herb that can be used to refine Xuanhuang Qi. If there's an opportunity to cultivate it, they certainly can't let it pass them by.

"Indeed!"

Jiang Yuan nodded, confirming their guess.

"I wonder what price you're planning to offer?"

Upon hearing this, everyone became excited, and those who were impatient even asked directly about the price of the Xuanhuangji seeds.

After discovering that the stolen seeds could not survive outside the human territory, they had essentially given up on the idea of ​​cultivating Xuanhuangji.

But to their utter surprise, things took a dramatic turn. Just as they were about to give up, Jiang Yuan changed his mind and prepared to lift the restrictions on the Xuanhuangji seeds.

"One-tenth!"

Jiang Yuan remained silent for a long time, until everyone was about to lose patience and was about to urge him on, before he finally spoke slowly.

"One-tenth?"

"What, one-tenth?"

Jiang Yuan's offer left everyone puzzled.

"One-tenth of the harvest!"

"I will lend you the seeds of millet, and next year when they mature, you will repay me with one-tenth of the harvest."

Seeing that the crowd didn't understand, Jiang Yuan explained. This is the tithe, one-tenth of every ten seeds. How much money can you make selling seeds? By collecting the tithe directly, he makes far more money than selling seeds.

"Ten percent? That's way too much!"

Someone complained that they wanted to negotiate the price, but before they could even open their mouth, another person asked the most crucial question:

"How many times can borrowed seeds mature?"

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly understood. If the borrowed seeds could mature indefinitely, then even a ten percent would not be much, in fact, it could be considered quite small.

But is that even possible?

As expected, to their expectant gaze, Jiang Yuan gave them a disappointing answer: "Once!"

"The seeds I lent you can only ripen once after you leave the human race, and their fruit cannot be used as new seeds to be planted again."

"After this, if you want to obtain new seeds, you will have to exchange them for Xuanhuang millet. A thousand Xuanhuang millet grains will be exchanged for one seed."

One seed of millet can produce ten thousand fruits after it matures. A thousand seeds can be exchanged for one seed, no more, no less, exactly one-tenth.

"That's way too much!"

The crowd was very dissatisfied and began to shout.

Jiang Yuan ignored them until their voices gradually subsided before speaking, "One-tenth is already a favor from the Sage; otherwise, I would have required fifty percent."

"Fifty percent?!"

Someone couldn't help but exclaim.

They couldn't even accept 10%, let alone 50%.

They did nothing but provide seeds, and now they want to take half of their harvest? How is that possible? Do they think they don't have a knife to their throat?

"You all know the purpose of Xuanhuangji. If the Wu and Yao tribes possessed this substance, would they share it with you? Even if they did, what percentage do you think they would take?"

"Leaving you even a tenth would be too much. More likely, we'll capture you and enslave you, forcing you to cultivate millet for them day and night."

"Compared to the Lich and Demon races, is taking 50% too much?"

"This is a creation related to a saint. I could have kept it all to myself, but I am willing to share it with you."

"In this situation, I only took half of the harvest and left you with the other half, which is already quite merciful, isn't it?"

Seeing their dissatisfaction, Jiang Yuan spoke angrily, even bringing up the Sage.

"Since you can take 50%, why did you change it to 10%?"

Although Jiang Yuan's words made a lot of sense, these old foxes didn't buy it at all and instead asked him a question in return.

"That was my teacher's compassion. He didn't want you to suffer too much, so he specially bestowed his grace and ordered me to change 50% to 10%."

"Otherwise, would I let you take such a big advantage?"

Jiang Yuan said irritably, his expression as if it were really true.

"So that's what the sage meant. Fellow Daoist, you should have said so earlier. Then we have no objections."

Upon hearing that this was the will of the Goddess Nuwa, everyone immediately changed their attitude, and no one dared to object anymore, all agreeing.

In truth, they suspected that Jiang Yuan had fabricated this story. But so what? Could they possibly confront the Goddess Nuwa?

Besides, Jiang Yuan is right. One-tenth is actually very little; at least they can still retain nine-tenths. If it were the Witch and Demon races, they probably wouldn't even have retained one-tenth.

And don't say that humans are inferior to the witches and demons; that's a misconception. Of course, you can't make that comparison, but the problem is, Jiang Yuan is currently representing the goddess Nuwa, not the human race.

Humans are inferior to the witch and demon races, but what about the Goddess Nuwa? Whether she is superior or inferior is unknown, but she is certainly enough to make them bow down.

"Very well, it's settled then."

Seeing everyone's performance, Jiang Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

They're all smart people; no one was stupid enough to ask, "If the sage wants to bestow favors, why doesn't he just give them away for free instead of taking a tenth of the harvest?"

If there really is such an idiot, then Jiang Yuan has no choice but to kick him out.

Fortunately, no, but that's normal; idiots can't become Great Immortals. Those who can become Great Immortals are all intelligent people.

"Please, fellow Daoist, bestow upon us the method of cultivation. As a disciple of a sage, you surely know more about this than we do."

The group pleaded again, saying that seeds alone were not enough; they would prefer to receive the accompanying planting instructions, which would undoubtedly save them a lot of trouble.

"This is simple; someone will provide guidance during the handover."

Jiang Yuan nodded, indicating that it was no problem. Then, everyone thanked him.

The matter should have ended there, but remembering the teleportation system he had previously conceived, Jiang Yuan became interested and continued speaking to the crowd:

"Now that we've finished discussing the important matters, I can talk to you about the things I mentioned earlier that will benefit us."

Before anyone could speak, he said to himself, "The primordial world is vast and boundless, but it is not peaceful; danger lurks everywhere."

"This made it extremely dangerous for each tribe to travel and communicate, even though they each held a strong position in their own territory. A slight mistake could cost them their lives. And even if they successfully arrived, the long journey would waste a lot of time."

"In response to this matter, I intend to set up teleportation arrays among the various races. In this way, if the races wish to communicate with each other, they will no longer need to risk traveling; they can simply use the corresponding teleportation arrays to quickly reach their destinations."