tkworld Chapter 138 Spiritual Energy Transformation
Chapter 138 Spiritual Energy Transformation
Chapter 138: Spiritual Energy Transformation
In the floating land of the void, below the Zheying Mountain.
A cloud-shaped flying Law Weapon, with a diameter of twenty zhang, floated slowly in mid-air. Qin Muling sat on it, with a table full of various delicacies and spirit wines in front of him, for him to enjoy at will. More than twenty beautiful women, dressed in thin and translucent clothes, surrounded him, charmingly pleasing and entertaining him.
Not far below on the ground, there were vast fields of spiritual crops, covering an area of over twenty thousand hectares. This was the core industry of the sect, which had taken more than three hundred years and a great deal of manpower and resources to develop.
At this moment, in the midst of these spiritual fields, tens of thousands of slaves were working. Ninety-five percent of them were ordinary young adults, while the remaining were low-level Independent Cultivator slaves, with their cultivation mostly in the Qi Refining Realm and Profound Comprehension Realm. They came from various sources.
Unlike medicinal gardens, spiritual fields did not have such strict requirements for underground spiritual veins and spiritual energy. However, they still required more than ordinary fertile land, so the places that could be developed as spiritual fields on a floating land were quite limited.
Moreover, a considerable number of people were needed to take care of these spiritual fields. Ordinary people alone were not enough, and a small number of them had to possess a certain level of cultivation. For these small sects and families, this was considered a significant investment.
The spiritual fields produced various types of spiritual rice, spiritual wheat, and ordinary spiritual fruits and flowers. They were mainly used for the daily consumption and cultivation of lower-level cultivators. They could also be used to brew various types of spirit wines and nectars, but their quality was not comparable to those in the Supreme Daoist territories.
However, even such resources were considered rare and valuable for a large number of low-level Independent Cultivators. In some remote areas, with just a few dozen stones of spiritual rice, one could hire a Profound Comprehension Realm Independent Cultivator to work for them.
"It feels pretty good to play the role of a local emperor in this place, doesn't it?"
Qin Muling finished the spirit wine in his jade cup and exhaled contentedly. The beautiful woman beside him immediately refilled his cup.
It had been a month since he took over the Yang family. Including the four small forces, including Zheying Mountain, they had all been brought under Qin Muling's control. All the cultivators above the Profound Comprehension Realm had powerful restrictions planted deep in their souls, making it impossible for them to have any thoughts of rebellion.
Therefore, this floating land, with a radius of over thirty thousand li, and more than four hundred towns and villages, with a population of over two hundred and fifty million mortals, had all become Qin Muling's subjects.
In the previous life, such a territory and population would have been enough to support a very large empire. Of course, in this vast world where cultivators and the power of heaven and earth belonged to oneself, it was not worth mentioning.
"Have you all completed the tasks I assigned to you last time?"
Qin Muling looked at the four men and one woman standing beside him. The leader was naturally Yang Cong, the former head of the Yang family, and the other four were the heads of the four small forces who had now followed Qin Muling, their only master.
Yang Cong quickly took out a jade slip and presented it: "Master, please have a look. All the counted and suitable mining sites, spiritual veins, and spiritual fields are listed here."
Qin Muling took it and carefully read through it, remaining silent.
In the past, the four small forces acted independently, frequently attacking and causing damage to each other. It was common for one family to destroy another family's martial arts hall or restaurant today, and for the other family to destroy their mining sites and forests tomorrow. There was never any peace.
There were many mining veins and spiritual fields suitable for exploitation, but because they were located in the border areas between the forces, the ownership was unclear. For the sake of safety, each force could only choose to leave them idle.
Furthermore, certain mines and spiritual fields located on the outskirts of desert areas are ignored due to their relatively high development costs and limited profits.
Only about one-third of the entire floating land can be considered good, suitable for a large number of ordinary people to live and reproduce. The remaining areas are abandoned dead zones that cannot be developed or utilized.
"Well, let's go and see first," Qin Muling said. Yang Song quickly turned his head and ordered the cultivator in charge of controlling the flying cloud platform to immediately activate the spiritual technique and drive the flying cloud platform to fly rapidly towards the distance.
Before long, the greenery on the ground began to decrease, and a gray-black color gradually filled the field of vision.
These abandoned dead zones also have mountains, hills, lakes, and rivers, but there is no sign of life. Not to mention that humans cannot survive here, even plants and insects cannot be seen. The entire area of tens of thousands of miles is silent.
The spiritual energy in the dead zones is chaotic and violent, and the geomagnetic feng shui is complex and ever-changing. Ordinary people who enter here recklessly can only survive for two or three hours before they die. Low-level cultivators below the Profound Comprehension Realm cannot stay here for long either.
All of this is caused by the calamity in the ancient times. During that dark and bloody era, many powerful beings made their moves, using various devastating divine abilities, forbidden law treasures, and horrifying curses and sorceries, shattering the vast and boundless world, causing the sun to fall and the stars to extinguish, and leading the entire Great World to the brink of destruction.
Although after a long unimaginable time, the Dao's intelligence began to repair itself, and the concentration of spiritual energy in the world gradually increased, many floating land masses reappeared with vitality. However, most areas still show no signs of recovery.
Qin Muling stood up and gracefully descended with the wind, stepping onto the ground. The cultivators on the flying cloud platform quickly followed.
He squatted down and touched the ground with his hand, his divine sense penetrated into the depths of the earth, easily sensing the restless spiritual energy inside and certain negative energies with different attributes. However, the destructive power and corrosiveness were not as exaggerated as he had imagined, still within his tolerance.
Expanding the range of perception, Qin Muling discovered that there are spiritual veins in these dead zones, but they have all been contaminated and cannot be utilized.
Qin Muling silently operated the Heavenly Calculation Secret Technique and quickly concluded that if there is no human intervention, perhaps in a few thousand or tens of thousands of years, the destructive energy in this dead zone will naturally dissipate, giving birth to vitality once again. After all, the revival of the world is an inevitable trend.
However, at present, there are also solutions.
Qin Muling attempted to input mana into the ground while communicating with the Innate Primordial Spirit Seed in his sea of consciousness. The spiderweb-like chaotic light and shadow faintly appeared. Starting from his feet, it silently spread in all directions along the ground beneath him. Wherever it passed, the violent and chaotic spiritual energy began to calm down and be assimilated by Qin Muling's mana.
The chaotic light and shadow stabilized when it spread to a radius of three thousand zhang, then gradually penetrated into the deep soil until it stopped at a depth of a thousand zhang.
Under the incredulous gazes of the surrounding cultivators, the gray-black soil on all sides began to visibly change at a speed visible to the naked eye, returning to the color of normal soil.
"This... how is this possible?"
Yang Song's face was full of disbelief. Everything that was happening in front of him completely overturned his previous understanding.
There will be an update before dawn. Can I ask for a monthly ticket?
(End of this chapter)