Chapter 125
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Chapter 125: The Village on the Path to Destruction
“Is that really possible? Does that mean if I plant just one Spiritual Herb, it will grow at lightning speed?”
Yun Ye was shocked.
A growth acceleration of thirty thousand times is an incredibly terrifying speed!
One year of growth would equal thirty thousand years; this would produce an extraordinary herbal medicine!
“Hmm… that’s not very likely, right? This is just the accelerated growth ability of a Wood Spiritual Root practitioner. Regular crops can grow quickly, but for Spiritual Herbs, the spirit energy is only sufficient for a few plants,” Ming Ri explained.
“What do you mean? Can’t Spiritual Herbs be accelerated tenfold?”
Yun Ye quickly asked.
“They can, but both Spiritual Herbs and ordinary crops have their own growth spaces. You can’t just cram them all together.”
“Spiritual Herbs need more growing space; otherwise, they can’t absorb enough nutrients, so the acceleration won’t reach the level of ordinary crops.”
“However, compared to regular crops, once a Spiritual Herb reaches its growth limit, it will continuously generate spirit energy until it hits its life limit. This is the biggest difference between Spiritual Herbs and ordinary crops, so it’s best not to harvest them immediately once they mature.”
Since the Moon Ring and the Secret Realm were part of her, Ming Ri spoke clearly and understood a lot about the uses of her power.
Yun Ye was very pleased with this outcome; as long as he could accelerate growth, it was good news.
He had not focused on this issue before and had not realized that a portion of the spirit energy in this world was actually produced by Spiritual Herbs, making it the second way to obtain spirit energy besides spiritual veins.
However, for a Spiritual Herb to reach its growth limit takes an incredibly long time, at least several hundred years, which is hard to achieve in areas with low spirit energy concentration.
“Alright, since that’s the case, let’s take root in the Secret Realm and cultivate diligently to accelerate growth!”
After understanding the situation, Yun Ye made his decision.
As long as there was no one around, he would stay in the Secret Realm, planting rice while accelerating his growth in this life!
In this Secret Realm, he could grow at a speed far beyond normal, and thanks to the Wood Element Spiritual Law, he wouldn’t need extra nutrients; he just needed to eat normally!
In one year, he could look like a ten-year-old!
Even if the effect was a bit less effective for humans, he would at least appear to be seven or eight!
In just two years, he could start walking in the world, establish a base for Ming Ri, and challenge Baishi Town!
……
After three days, the Secret Realm was already filled with rice plants, but the growth speed had slowed to ten times.
Since the sunlight in the Secret Realm can be adjusted freely, and the water supply wouldn’t run out, a batch of rice would mature in about four months. With ten times reduction, that would be 12 days, which was still quite fast compared to the outside world.
Unfortunately, with his small area, Yun Ye could yield a maximum of only fifty pounds, and processing it into rice would further reduce that by 30%. Clearly, it wasn’t enough to maintain high-speed growth; he needed to obtain resources from the outside.
In these three days, Yun Ye had managed to grow a considerable distance and could now walk normally, making going outside no problem.
However, behind these gains lay the weight of reality.
His parents in this life hadn’t returned; they had left their child unattended for three whole days.
What does that represent? The meaning was already quite clear.
They probably wouldn’t come back.
“Let’s go out and take a look.”
Yun Ye wrapped the burlap around himself and stepped outside his home for the first time, his feet bare, while his tool shrank and hid under the burlap.
“Great!”
Ming Ri was quite excited, floating around to help Yun Ye find a way, “There’s no one outside!”
Upon hearing this, Yun Ye peeked out from the wooden railing.
Indeed, it was true.
The village was spacious and empty, with no sounds of people or even chickens and dogs.
As they walked further out, Yun Ye became increasingly puzzled.
Though this was just a small village with a thatched hut every so often, there were far too few people. No wonder he hadn’t heard any noise from the village in these past few days; had everyone left?
Suddenly, Ming Ri, who was flitting about, stopped. She stepped into a house, her expression showing reluctance.
“Master, this family…”
Yun Ye followed her inside, and as soon as he entered, a horrible stench hit him, causing his expression to change.
When he pushed open the door, he was met with a horrific scene: a family of four, all dead. Three of them had been stabbed, and the murderer… had also taken his own life.
It was clear that the man had given his family a quick end, following through with his own.
“What happened to this family? Why did they commit suicide?”
Ming Ri asked, confused.
Being a new path full of hope, she couldn’t understand such evasion.
Yun Ye paused for a moment and said, “It seems that their food was truly all taken away; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so desperate to commit suicide!”
“Took away?… Even if they were to take it, why didn’t they leave anything behind? Wouldn’t that drive them to their deaths? Who would farm the land for them then?” Ming Ri’s delicate face showed anger.
“Aren’t you my ‘Path’? … Don’t you understand this?” Yun Ye’s focus was different.
“But Master, you haven’t started walking yet, have you? A path is something you create as you walk it, right? If it doesn’t form a resonance, then it’s false; I can’t naturally comprehend it.” Ming Ri replied.
“…”
Yun Ye was taken aback; he hadn’t expected Ming Ri to make such an insightful statement.
He nodded, “You’re right; that is indeed the case. My path is still in the stage of dreams; there’s no proof of what kind of resonance it will create. Since that’s the case, there’s no need for further words; let’s observe with our eyes and explore with our hands.”
Though he spoke with grand principles, Yun Ye and Ming Ri still rushed in to search for supplies.
Driven by necessity.
In this family, aside from food and clothing, they had a small amount of salt left. Although it was very little, it was a great help to Yun Ye, who hadn’t had any salt for three days; any amount was better than none.
And so, Yun Ye searched house by house.
Most of the houses were empty, but they had also left no supplies behind; everything had been taken.
Only those families that had desperately committed suicide had some food left, amounting to a total of about ten pounds.
During this process, with Ming Ri’s help in eavesdropping on those few who remained, Yun Ye gradually figured out the situation.
It was actually a very simple matter: the landlord of the village felt unsafe, so he forcibly took away all the grain and moved his entire family to Baishi Town, leaving the remaining farmers with nothing to survive on.
The environment of this world was bleak. The landlord’s family had "experts" practicing the Qi Cultivation Technique, and one person with a blade could easily kill a dozen weak, powerless farmers, breaking their psychological defenses.
This despair ran deeper than the feudal dynasty, with no hope of resistance. Many farmers preferred to commit suicide as a family rather than engage in futile struggles.
Some chose to kill themselves directly with a knife, while others jumped from cliffs, seeking a painless end.
Yun Ye shook his head. After bowing in tribute to these unfortunate farmers and the world’s parents, he left.
Though he wanted to create order, he understood human nature; he would wait until he was two years old and could walk before opening the Secret Realm, showcasing his power and establishing Tomorrow’s Meeting on the outskirts of Baishi Town!
Otherwise, any mistake would only invite deeper despair!
…
The small village where Yun Ye was born this time was called Qicai Village.
It was named for a type of weed called Qicai grass, which served only to feed cattle and sheep. However, for various reasons, fewer and fewer cattle and sheep were being raised in Qicai Village, reducing the Qicai grass to mere weeds.
The village was relatively close to Hongshan, so as Yun Ye walked toward the back mountain, the concentration of spirit energy slowly increased.
The testing method was simple: he opened the Moon Disk, allowed the spirit energy to flow, and then observed the changes in crop growth over time.
The faster the growth, the richer the spirit energy in the environment.
This was a new method; as long as the external spirit energy concentration was higher than that of the Secret Realm, it could further enhance the growth acceleration in the Secret Realm.
“However, if that’s the case, I should do my best to increase the spirit energy concentration, right? As long as the spirit energy is high, the acceleration will naturally increase?”
Yun Ye walked one or two hundred meters but felt unusually tired, so he returned to the Secret Realm to rest.
This was a question he had raised during this time; since he was idle anyway, he might as well ask any thoughts he had and clarify the situation.
“No, no, the law of wood is fundamental. The higher the foundation, the stronger the effect of the same amount of spirit energy.”
“The proper approach should be to fully enhance the law of wood and completely borrow the external spirit energy… but that would come with many inconveniences, needing to keep the spatial passage open continually. The current situation for the master is already quite good!”
Ming Ri quickly said in his mind.
“Now I see… It seems I need to find a Spirit Land as soon as possible so that the Secret Realm can accelerate early and I can complete the initial accumulation!”
Yun Ye replied.
In this life, he would surpass his past life quickly.
In his second life, he had nearly penetrated the judge’s skull and almost killed Ji Xuan and Ji Yan; in this life, he would directly suppress them and not give them a chance to resist.
But all of this depended on growing steadily and, ideally, surpassing all judges, achieving victory with overwhelming force. Otherwise, being weak and isolated would surely lead to problems.
“Master, don’t be careless. Those judges have many tricks they haven’t used; their magical artifacts and treasures have hardly been called upon.”
After reminding him, Ming Ri fell silent; once she activated, she would consume Yun Ye’s mental energy.
Right now, Yun Ye was too weak; even a mental conversation was a burden!
Yun Ye closed his eyes to rest, running the Imagining Method to quickly restore his strength.
“Qi Cultivation Technique cultivation level: mid-level beginner!”
Three days passed.
He had completed the entry-level stage and progressed through the early phase; with enough food, he would likely soon step into the early foundation phase.
The accumulation from his second life was indeed powerful.
The effect of the Imagining Method at the Major Achievement realm was at least twice that of the full-circle Qi Cultivation Technique, making the efficiency of utilizing spiritual material extremely high.
Eating the same food, Yun Ye gained life energy that was double that of the full-circle Qi Cultivation Technique.
It had taken him three years to reach the foundation-level cultivation before, but now, even with ordinary food, he only needed a month.
Reincarnation meant that Yun Ye could skip the awkward explorations of learning and start directly from a higher position.
"What is this… a gray ferocious pig?"
Suddenly, Yun Ye jumped up, his eyes shining with excitement.
What did he see? A large gray ferocious pig weighing at least five hundred pounds?
This would be a challenge for an ordinary village, but for Yun Ye, it was a feast delivered right to his door!
"Hehehe!"
The gray ferocious pig wandered through the fields, looking for something to eat. The village was nearly empty, so there was no one to stop it.
Unfortunately, the food had long been dug away, and after searching around, the pig found nothing but some root balls to chew on.
This was also a racial talent of the gray ferocious pig; they could eat almost anything and had exceptional adaptability, making them advantageous species.
Even in areas outside human territories, where demons roamed, gray ferocious pigs were not rare. Although they were at the bottom of the food chain and not even considered ordinary demons, they played a crucial role in the ecosystem and had tough skin and meat. Without sharp swords and blades, even seven or eight people would find it difficult to kill one.
Yun Ye emerged from the Secret Realm, summoned his weapon, and the Moon Ring revolved around the hilt, gathering a lot of sunlight to form a blazing sword.
"Hehehe—"
With a sudden stop, the sound ceased, and the gray ferocious pig failed to perceive any danger before its head was chopped off by Yun Ye, who had stepped aside.
As a baby, Yun Ye’s small size made the pig completely oblivious, so it died without struggle.
The Moon Disk expanded and transported Yun Ye back into the Secret Realm.
With such a large harvest, Yun Ye rubbed his hands together and eagerly got to work, wasting not a bit of meat. He even used the bones to make soup before feasting on a hearty meal.
In this world, even an E-level physique was quite strong.
This was only natural, as he inherited the Spiritual Roots and Spirit Sense talents from his ancestors; his physique couldn’t possibly be ordinary.
Perhaps he couldn’t compare to those great beings, but he was definitely stronger than modern people, representing a form of collective evolution.
Because of this, Yun Ye could easily enjoy meat even though he had just been born for a month.
While eating, Yun Ye operated the Imagining Method to absorb spiritual material, allowing his Qi Cultivation Technique level to rise.
The gray ferocious pig, though not a demon, was perfect as it didn’t require converting Demonic Power; it was rich in spiritual material, much more than rice, making Yun Ye feel as if he was enjoying Superior Food and quickly restoring his energy.
After finishing and resting for a moment, Yun Ye set out again.
As a baby, it was clear he couldn’t walk very far, so this journey took a long time.
It took a whole month for Yun Ye to slowly make his way through the rolling hills of Qicai Village and see the distant Hongshan.
In this area, while the spirit energy was still lower than in the Secret Realm, the difference was only slight—he expected it would soon surpass that level, further accelerating the growth of crops in the Secret Realm.
In a month, he had three harvests, each around forty pounds.
Yun Ye was clearly dissatisfied; when converted, the yield was only two hundred pounds per acre, a far cry from the modern yield of eight hundred to a thousand—he needed to improve this for his cultivation!
However, before increasing the yield, Yun Ye was more interested in creating various automatic machines from modern times.
Even with only forty pounds of yield, it was very labor-intensive for a baby to harvest; moreover, there were still cleaning, dehulling, and winnowing processes to turn it into white rice—far too much trouble.
After a quick attempt, Yun Ye decisively gave up and cooked it with the shell, as the texture wasn’t great, but the nutrition was still high.
It must be said that farming was truly a hard job, especially without extraordinary powers or machines. It was only natural for generations of farmers struggling to survive to become mentally numb.
Exhausted from labor, who would have the energy to think of anything else?
"Qi Cultivation early foundation: mid-level!"
Looking at the cultivation level displayed on the panel, Yun Ye let out a long sigh, feeling that his efforts had paid off.
This month, though the journey was slow, the growth was remarkably quick; not only did he grow significantly taller, but his Qi Cultivation level also reached the foundation stage—and it was mid-level.
The increase in physical talent accelerated his cultivation speed far beyond his imagination; achieving the foundation didn’t even take a month!
With the aid of the gray ferocious pig’s meat, Yun Ye had advanced from the early foundation phase straight to mid-level in just one month.
