Chapter 1199 – 1199 659 Rank
Chapter 1199: Chapter 659: Rank-4 Heavenly Calculation Bead_2 Chapter 1199: Chapter 659: Rank-4 Heavenly Calculation Bead_2 But after thinking it over carefully, as long as Zhou Shengqing completed his Nascent Soul Formation, the Divine Wood Sect could dominate the Eastern Wilderness, which essentially meant there would be no significant external pressures, so there was no need to rush things. Long-term development would be better.
However, he had discussed with Fu Zongjue and Zhou Shengqing that in the future, if a cultivator in the sect made a great contribution, they could be rewarded with the opportunity to interact with the three Divine Trees of the Longevity Sect as a reward for their merit.
Regarding this matter, Chen Mobai had conducted a questionnaire survey and found that the members of the Divine Wood Sect were very enthusiastic about it, with some even suggesting they would be willing to exchange sect contributions for this opportunity.
After all, more than two-thirds of the Foundation Establishment practitioners in the Divine Wood Sect had not succeeded with just one Foundation Building Pill, which indicated that they have the chance to gain good things from within the three Divine Trees.
Moreover, there were rumors in the Divine Wood Sect that Sect Leader Chen had progressed so rapidly not only because of his exceptional talent but also because he obtained the Longevity Sect’s heritage in the secret realm of the three Divine Trees.
So after this rumor surfaced, many Foundation Establishment practitioners frequently visited the Spirit Treasure Pavilion to take on tasks, hoping to accumulate sect contributions. When the time came to implement this benefit, they could be the first to enjoy it.
However, this matter involved various aspects, so Chen Mobai held off on it, planning to wait until the unification of the Eastern Wilderness and the revival of the abandoned projects before using a large number of tasks to get the sect’s cultivators involved.
Last year, when he started the puppet factory, he needed a group of Sect Disciples from the Puppet Division to come over, so he had Yi Shaoqing from the Formation Division set up a Large Formation around the locations of the Great Dao Tree, Talent Tree, and Magic Treasure Tree to prevent them from entering and encountering danger.
Of course, the main reason was that Chen Mobai often anchored these three locations, using the Turtle Treasure to travel between two realms. Sealing off these areas could eliminate the risk of being discovered.
Beyond these three locations in the Divine Tree Secret Realm lay an expansive forest.
It was the source of materials for the production of talisman paper in the puppet factory.
Besides the heavily protected Golden Sun Spirit Tree and Qingyang Spirit Tree, Li Yixian had almost finished cutting down the Red-sun Spirit Trees near the puppet factory this year.
When Chen Mobai visited, he saw that the originally bare area had expanded in size.
Considering the need for more Spirit Wood resources in the future, Chen Mobai also began to think about sustainable development.
He posted a tree-planting task in the Spirit Treasure Pavilion, allowing Disciples from the Spirit Plant Department to come in and replant seedlings in the cleared areas.
Seeing rows of fresh green seedlings, he nodded in satisfaction.
By his side was Sun Gaochang, the inspector of the Spirit Plant Department and one of Chen Mobai’s friends.
Chen Mobai tended to trust his own people, so he entrusted Sun Gaochang with the task of planting the trees.
“Sect Leader, we have discovered a total of six Golden Sun Spirit Trees and seventy-six Qingyang Spirit Trees within this secret realm. However, since most of the Spirit Vein Aura here is concentrated around the Longevity Wood, it might be better to transplant them to the Eastern Wilderness for continued growth,” Sun Gaochang reported.
This past year, Sun Gaochang and the Disciples of the Spirit Plant Department did more than just plant trees in the secret realm.
Their main task was to survey the Spirit Wood resources within the secret realm.
“Does Elder Sun mean to suggest transplanting them to Giant Tree Ridge?” Chen Mobai asked after hearing this, to which Sun Gaochang hesitated slightly but still shared his own opinion.
“Reporting to the Sect Leader, Giant Tree Ridge is already sustaining quite a few Golden Sun Spirit Trees and Qingyang Spirit Trees. Along with the nearly ten thousand mu of Spirit Fields planted with Spirit Rice over the years, the carrying capacity of the Spirit Vein is almost at its limit. I believe it would be better to transplant them to a different courtyard or to directly make them into Tree Seeds,” explained Sun Gaochang.
Giant Tree Ridge, despite being one of the most superior Rank-4 Spirit Veins of the Eastern Wilderness, had been under the guidance of Zhuo Ming for the past twenty or thirty years, with all the unused and deserted Spiritual Lands turned into Spirit Fields, pushing the usage of the Spirit Vein to its limit.
As the supervisor of the Spirit Plant Department, Sun Gaochang was well aware of this situation.
In Giant Tree Ridge, aside from the Longevity Wood, there were thirty-five Golden Sun Spirit Trees and four hundred ninety-eight Qingyang Spirit Trees, all of which required the support of Rank-2 and Rank-3 Spirit Veins. They also formed the foundation of the Sect’s Array of Ten Thousand Woods, so the supply of Spirit Vein Qi had to be sufficient.
However, due to the large-scale conversion of the scattered Spirit Veins into Spirit Fields over the years, some locations with Spirit Trees were beginning to lack Spiritual Energy.
But this was an order from Chen Mobai, the Sect Leader, and the Spirit Rice planted by the sect was distributed as a benefit to all Sect Members. Any deficiency would also cause dissatisfaction among his own department’s Disciples. Therefore, although the Three Halls and Twelve Divisions discovered this issue, they dared not hinder it.
They dare not mention this matter to Chen Mobai, so they could only consult with Yue Zutao and subsequently decided to reduce the scale of the medicinal fields in Giant Tree Ridge, fallback on cultivation and return the land to forest to ensure the supply of spiritual energy for all the Spirit Trees.
Sun Gaochang knew that if the Golden Sun Spirit Tree and the Qingyang Spirit Tree in the Divine Tree Secret Realm were transplanted out, Giant Tree Ridge would have to redesign some Rank-3 and Rank-2 Spirit Veins. In that case, he estimated that the remaining medicinal fields would be almost completely gone, so he tactfully voiced his admonition.
Chen Mobai was actually unaware of these matters. After hearing about it, he was very surprised and began to inquire further.
“Why didn’t you tell me about this earlier?”
In Shenmu Hall, Chen Mobai spoke with a displeased expression to Yue Zutao.
Indeed, it was his command to plant Spirit Rice, intended to enhance the Qi and physical conditions of the entire Divine Wood Sect’s disciples, but because he had been busy cultivating, he hadn’t paid much attention to this matter afterward.
Zhuo Ming was a straightforward disciple. Following Chen Mobai’s orders, for twenty or thirty years after her Foundation Establishment, she tirelessly turned the entire ten thousand mu of idle barren land in Giant Tree Ridge into Spirit Fields for cultivating Spirit Rice.
She was Chen Mobai’s disciple and was acting on Chen Mobai’s command, so who would dare to stop her?
After Yue Zutao offered a wry smile and admitted his fault, Chen Mobai’s expression eased slightly, and he began to reflect on himself, “I can’t entirely blame you for this, I, as the Sect Leader, also bear responsibility…”
As he spoke, he had the people from the Spirit Vein Division bring over the model map of the entire Giant Tree Ridge. Then, looking over the Spirit Fields scattered across Giant Tree Ridge, he marked various fragmented terraced fields.
“These areas, after this batch of Spirit Rice is harvested, we won’t sow them again…”
If the Eastern Desolation Plateau were to be entirely developed, the Spirit Fields of Giant Tree Ridge would actually become redundant. Therefore, Chen Mobai began to resolutely make new plans for Giant Tree Ridge.
In the future, only Rank-2 Spirit Rice, such as Jade Bamboo Spirit Rice, which was of high quality and required detailed cultivation, would be planted here.
The rest of the various Spirit Rices would be gradually transferred to the families under his command or to the Eastern Desolation Plateau.
After completing this matter, Chen Mobai visited Zhou Shengqing’s Longevity Wood Dojo.
He spoke with the Purple Sun Puppet, Fu Zongjue, who was standing guard outside and learned that no unexpected events had occurred.
It was just the normal fluctuations of spiritual energy. It was at the end of last year that Zhou Shengqing sent a message saying he needed Spirit Stones, so Fu Zongjue sent all two thousand of his accumulated top-grade Spirit Stones into the dojo.
That was a good thing, signifying that Zhou Shengqing was condensing his Nascent Soul and needed a vast amount of spiritual energy to help transform the Rank-5 Soul Nourishing Wood.
To this, Chen Mobai was naturally overjoyed.
Unable to contain his curiosity, he used his fourth rank Echoes in the Void to listen to the fluctuations inside. Sure enough, a terrifying conglomerate of energy was condensing within.
If all went smoothly, in another year and a half, Zhou Shengqing would be able to successfully complete Nascent Soul Formation and leave seclusion.
Feeling pleased, Chen Mobai returned to Danxia Mountain.
He took out a piece of top-grade Spirit Stone, as per his custom after finishing cultivation, brewed a pot of Green Charm Spiritual Tea to drink, and then slowly purified his own Pure Yang Spiritual Power using the Flame Lighting Technique.
This was a slow and steady effort that did not require too much concentration but did demand a considerable amount of time.
As Chen Mobai multitasked, he noticed the fourth stage pinnacle Biyu Wutong tree beside him, and an idea struck him, so he used the Echoes in the Void technique.
The Longevity Sect’s grand spell at the fourth stage allowed him to easily listen to the fluctuations of the Spirit Plant.
But before long, his brows furrowed.