abnabooks Chapter 2174 Farewell
Chapter 2174 Farewell
Chapter 2174 Farewell
He couldn't help but praise it: "It's burnt but not dry, nourishing but not greasy, warm but not dry. It's really cooked to perfection. No wonder there's a long queue at his restaurant."
Xin Yi took a sip of wine and said, "This is cooked with fat ducks from Taogan Lake. Taogan Lake ducks are twice as expensive as those produced in other places."
He Lingchuan had just returned from patrolling the border and didn't know the prices at the market, so he asked casually, "Why?"
Taogan Lake is a large lake on the Chiba Plateau with excellent water quality. It was once occupied by a water monster named "Taogan", which often ambushed travelers who came to the shore to get water. Panlong City sent people to negotiate with it several times but to no avail, so they set a trap to kill it.
After the death of the water monster, Taogan Lake gradually became a large fishing and animal husbandry lake. The lake fish, ducks and snails produced here are regular guests on the tables of Panlongcheng people.
"With the revival of spiritual energy, people believe that the water plants, fish, shrimp, snails and locusts that free-range ducks usually eat in plains and lakes are all imbued with spiritual energy. On the contrary, the ducks kept in sheds in the city cannot eat these spiritual foods, so the free-range ducks are sold at a very high price."
He Lingchuan is funny.
The lives of people in Panlong City have improved, and they are now eligible to be picky, but why does the trick of selling ducks at such a high price sound so familiar?
"Whether free-range ducks are more spiritual or not, I can't taste it, but this is definitely the case." He opened the lid of a clay jar, and a warm and sweet fragrance wafted out.
What is stewed in the pot is rice, but it is not the brown rice or polished rice that people usually eat. The rice is round, bright red and transparent, like countless rubies closely arranged together. Even if you don't eat it, it has a pleasing beauty.
As soon as Xin Yi smelled the fragrance, he knew without even looking: "Oh, was the Danruomi trial successful?"
He had personally delivered these seeds to Panlong City, and he had not expected that they could be grown so quickly.
Danruo is another name for pomegranate. After being cooked, this rice looks like pomegranate seeds, hence the name.
It was also the first time for He Lingchuan to try it. He scooped a spoonful of rice and found it full of fragrance, sweetness, softness and rich rice oil.
After eating half a bowl of rice, my mouth begins to salivate and the vital energy in my stomach begins to stir.
Xin Yi also tasted it and nodded, "It's almost the same."
Danruomi is one of the legendary "spiritual rices". It is rich in spiritual energy and is extremely beneficial to the human body when consumed for a long time. It allows practitioners to improve their practice imperceptibly. Even if ordinary people consume it for a long time, they will be healthy and live longer.
As the saying goes, food supplements are worse than medicine supplements, the importance of spiritual rice and spiritual food is self-evident.
There are many benefits of Lingmi, but only one disadvantage:
Not easy to grow.
It has extremely high requirements for the concentration of spiritual energy. If it is slightly lower, it will not grow. If you want to grow Dan Ruo rice, the spiritual energy environment must be restored to at least the middle period of the Middle Ages.
Above it, there is the more precious spiritual rice. Of course, the requirements for planting it are even higher, and Panlong City does not dare to touch it at present.
"Panlong City has opened up spiritual fields on the Chiba Plateau, where spiritual energy is most abundant, for the first trial planting. The yield is 30,000 kilograms, which is more than expected." He Lingchuan looked at the rice in the bowl and sighed, "Ten years ago, the people of Panlong City were still hungry and full, and they had to tighten their belts to survive. Who would have thought that one day, even spiritual rice would be available for consumption."
Even Zhong Shengguang could not have expected that Panlong City, which was originally stretched to the limit and in a difficult situation, would undergo such a huge change in ten years.
"This is what you deserve. From the information I received, the spiritual energy in Panlong City is extraordinary." Xin Yi took a sip of wine, "Even in the wilderness, the spiritual energy is at least four or five times that of Xiluo Country, and it is not much different from Lingxu City. Looking at the world, only the blessed land has such spiritual energy, and other places are far from being so good."
The frequent eruptions of the Emperor's Liquid did indeed lead to a general revival of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
But the recovery speed varies from place to place, and the pace varies from place to place. The spiritual energy in Panlong City is growing unusually fast and abundant.
He Lingchuan nodded, naturally knowing the reason.
Panlong City refused Lingshan's request to place a spirit gathering formation on its territory. It also had a black dragon totem, so its spiritual energy and nightmare energy would not be absorbed by external objects, and it also had the power of bringing good weather and good harvests...
The combination of various factors makes the spiritual energy in Panlong City territory even more abundant.
As for Lingxu City, they have a spirit gathering formation that draws spiritual energy from the outside world into Lingxu City.
The living beings in the human world have to suffer from the double exploitation of immortals and demons, and the spiritual energy they enjoy is greatly reduced.
Therefore, the recovery and development of Panlong City is several steps faster than the outside world.
The appearance of Zhima on the Chiba Plateau and the successful trial planting of spiritual rice at the Shumin Academy are both landmark events that mark the concentration of spiritual energy in the Panlong Territory reaching a new stage - it is accelerating towards the middle of the Middle Ages.
If the area of spiritual fields can be expanded in the next step and spiritual medicines can be planted at low altitudes, then the good days when the Panlong people can strengthen their tendons and marrow and improve their physical fitness will not be far away.
The combat capability of the entire Panlong City will also be greatly improved.
This is also the direction that Zhong Shengguang and others are working hard towards.
Time waits for no one.
"This is certainly a good thing, but with good fortune comes disaster, you still have to be careful." Xin Yi warned He Lingchuan, "Panlong Territory is the only one that stands out, and if we don't let the immortals and demons interfere, it will become such an eyesore."
If it were another Panlong City general, he would probably say, "Let them give it a try."
But He Lingchuan humbly asked: "Mr. Xin, please tell me in detail."
Xin Yi did not respond, but drank two glasses of wine in silence.
"I will leave in three days. I have already said goodbye to Commander Zhong." He said softly, "My hometown, the Shahe River Basin, is being attacked by the Xuluo Demon Nation. I have to rush back to provide support. Here in Panlong City, Lingshan will soon send a new envoy."
The Shura Kingdom was one of the vassal states of Beiga and was still very powerful at this time.
He Lingchuan was slightly moved: "I heard that Beijia has repeatedly invaded the countries and sects under Lingshan in recent years?"
Beijia had been quiet for a while after destroying Yuan, but in the past two years, with the frequent occurrence of Emperor Liujiang, it began to stir up trouble again, either inciting internal strife among countries or teaching small countries and forces in the local area a lesson.
Especially those under the jurisdiction of Lingshan, they are the targets that it has repeatedly attacked.
"Yes, every time the spiritual energy revives, the expansion of the war is inevitable." Xin Yi sighed, "Under the Lingshan Mountain, there has never been a force that can compete head-on with Beijia, and we have always suffered a great loss."
Behind this sentence is actually a long history of struggle.
Has Lingshan ever supported local forces? Yes, it has, and it has never stopped, but in the end they all failed, without exception.
It just can't muster up a force that can thrive on its own flesh and blood and confront Bega head-on.
He Lingchuan deliberately said: "In a few years, Panlong City may not be able to compete with Beijia."
Panlong City was already covered with spikes, and Bejia had tried several times but to no avail. If it continued to develop at the current rate, within ten years, no, five years, perhaps it would have enough power to protect itself.