Chapter 432: First Circle Perfection, Northwest Barley No. 2 Seed

Before taking Longqin Xuejun, Gao De still had one very important thing to do:

Take off the spores at the tail of Longqin Xuejun as seeds for later planting.

For Gao De, this was just a small matter that was easy to handle.

As a First-Rank rune constructor, his hand is a "Master's Hand"; taking spores looks delicate, but compared to drawing runes, it can only be said to be nothing.

After taking off the spores in two or three strokes, Gao De "pulled" Flora from Valar Bay through the classic two-combo of canceling the spell and casting it again, and handed the spores to her for safekeeping.

Other things are hard to say, but in terms of planting, handing it to Flora is completely worry-free.

In this field, she is even more stable than the senior brother.

Everything is done.

Gao De, with the help of the Dharma-Endurance Body, quickly dispelled all distracting thoughts.

No matter how many things there are, wait until he is in the late First Circle before talking.

He picked up Longqin Xuejun, which was covered with silver patterns, and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

Longqin Xuejun, as a precious magical plant, besides having supernatural effects, also has a great advantage, that is, it is extremely pure, almost no impurities, can be taken directly without pain, and does not need extra special treatment.

Of course, Gao De is not afraid of drug poison; even if there are impurities, it makes no difference to him.

As soon as it entered his mouth, Longqin Xuejun melted rapidly on the tip of his tongue like ice and snow, and the taste was somewhat like the ice cream of his past life.

A sweet taste permeated his mouth, sliding slowly into his abdomen along his throat, without any feeling of obstruction.

With the entry of Longqin Xuejun, a burst of heat erupted in his body instantly, flowing to his whole body.

This is the effect of Longqin Xuejun's ability to improve personal physique and lifespan starting to exert effect.

Gao De could clearly feel that every inch of his skin and every bone were cheering under this heat, like seeds meeting sweet rain after a long drought, absorbing the energy in it crazily.

With the absorption of energy, his blood energy slowly surged, and there was a sense of satisfaction from being full.

A mysterious piece of information surged into his heart.

Gao De sensed that his lifespan had increased from 335 to 340.

According to Deacon York, in terms of lifespan, a thirty-year-old Longqin Xuejun can increase it by about 3-5 years, depending on the individual's absorption.

In other words, his absorption situation had reached the extreme.

It was not in vain that he claimed to be a medicine-taking holy body.

Of course, whether it is magical plants or potions, the first time taking them has the best effect.

So even if he obtains higher-year Longqin Xuejun in the future, it certainly won't have this medicinal effect.

The heat gradually dissipated, replaced by extremely rich magic power erupting in Gao De's body.

This is the most important effect of Longqin Xuejun on Gao De: helping to condense magic power and improve magic user rank!

Longqin Xuejun directly provides a large amount of magic power to the taker.

Gao De sat cross-legged in the meditation room, started to run the 《Qingmu Changsheng Jing》 in an extremely focused state, and refined and absorbed the magic power released by Longqin Xuejun to improve his own magic power.

At this moment, the magic power from Longqin Xuejun in his body had already formed a huge funnel, gathering toward the lower abdomen where liquid magic power was stored.

Every time the funnel rotated more than a hundred times, at the very bottom position, a drop of crystal clear and exceptionally pure liquid magic power would drip down, merging into the "magic power pool" that was already very full.

54 drops... 55 drops...

Gao De's total magic power, with the help of Longqin Xuejun's medicinal power, was rushing toward the 60 drops of liquid magic power of the late First Circle at a stable speed.

With the continuous accumulation of magic power, he could feel his mental strength also moving...

58 drops... 59 drops...

The 60th drop of liquid magic power also fell quietly and entered the magic power pool.

At this time, the medicinal power of Longqin Xuejun actually had more than half remaining.

But Gao De's magic power pool was already saturated and could no longer refine to obtain new liquid magic power.

That rich magic power funnel turned dozens of times by inertia, and finally slowly dissipated, settling down in every corner of Gao De's body.

Subsequently, a powerful force exploded in Gao De's mind.

This is the sign of mental strength improvement.

The condensation of the 60th drop of liquid magic power represents the improvement of Gao De's magic user rank from the mid-First Circle to the late First Circle.

And every small stage improvement will bring about an improvement in mental strength.

Gao De's mental strength had already broken limits under the feedback of Yujia Te Xila, and would not be stuck like before, so it naturally obtained corresponding growth.

But also because his mental strength had broken limits early and was too powerful, the improvement he could obtain was also relatively limited.

For a normal First Circle magic user, the improvement of magic user rank from the mid-First Circle to the late First Circle can increase mental strength by up to 33 points.

And Gao De, in his perception, mental strength only increased from 200 to 211, only one-third of the upper limit.

However, he was also very satisfied.

One step fast, every step fast.

Ordinary magic users can only break the threshold of 199 to reach 200 when advancing to the Second Circle.

In other words, his mental strength intensity now actually surpassed that of a newly advanced Second Circle magic user.

In the magic user supernatural power system where ranks are strict, breaking limits is a quite difficult thing.

Gao De relied on the possibility of breaking limits to be regarded as a seed newcomer by Sea Sentinel magic users.

Longqin Xuejun is worthy of being a magical plant bestowed by a big shot at the level of Marquis Drake, pushing Gao De to the First Circle perfection without any side effects, and there was even some medicinal power remaining.

However, Gao De didn't strike while the iron was hot to try to advance the circle, but stopped the operation of Qingmu Changsheng Jing immediately and stood up.

Advancing the circle is not like ordinary cultivation; one must make full preparations, including external objects and one's own state, and adjust to the best within the range of personal ability.

Just breaking through to the late First Circle and then trying to advance the circle without stopping is reckless, not brave.

Gao De wouldn't take it lightly because of the assistance of top-level rank-advancement potions.

In his expectation, he must spend at least a week to adapt to the surging magic power, familiarize himself with his current power, and then rest well, and try to advance the circle in the most full state.

Only by having awe in one's heart can one go further.

Opening the door of the meditation room, Gao De looked at the sky; the cultivation just now didn't take much time, and it wasn't noon yet.

Flora was no longer in the room; she should have gone out to work again.

As the Minister of Agriculture, plus "outstanding ability," among the busiest people in the entire Phoenix, Flora must have a position.

On the contrary, Gao De, as Flora's "master" and the "King" of Phoenix, was basically in a state of a hands-off shopkeeper, very relaxed and leisurely.

Thinking of this, he felt ashamed.

He shook his head hurriedly, not letting himself think about it anymore.

Su Nai Fa must have received the news of his return.

However, Gao De knew that with Su Nai Fa's sense of boundaries, before he went out, the other party certainly wouldn't come to disturb him.

Rushing for a day and a half, plus the cultivation just now, Gao De also felt slightly tired; thinking about it, he simply put a 【Comfortable Sleep+】 on himself and went to bed to rest first.

When he woke up refreshed, it was already evening.

Gao De didn't slack off again and chose to go out to find Su Nai Fa.

He had many things to do this time, even if he was a hands-off shopkeeper, he had integrity!

Entering the City Hall.

Even though the twilight had dyed the window lattices of the City Hall, Su Nai Fa had not "got off work" yet, and had long been "waiting" for Gao De's arrival.

As soon as Gao De entered his office, a knock on the door sounded.

After the door opened, Su Nai Fa walked in with Miss Aisha, and Miss Aisha was holding a large stack of organized sheepskin paper in her arms.

"My King, here is Phoenix's first-stage construction report, the formation of the Ministry of Construction, the construction report of the Valar Tunnel, the construction report of the Valar Port, the transaction report of the shipping route, the second-stage reclamation report of the Jin Hui Farm, the education report of Phoenix No. 1 Middle School after the shadow class was launched..."

Su Nai Fa, as if she had no breath, said with a calm voice without tone.

And Miss Aisha neatly stacked this large stack of sheepskin scrolls on Gao De's desk and immediately took over the conversation: "And these, this is Phoenix's expansion plan for the next quarter, the adult education development plan, the City Hall recruitment proposal, the Public Security Bureau scale expansion plan, the great integration plan of various tribes..."

"Please look over it, Your Highness." Miss Aisha looked at Gao De with a cold expression in the "Su Nai Fa" style.

Compared to Su Nai Fa's "hard work," Miss Aisha, as the housekeeper of the City Hall, obviously had some "resentment" for Gao De's hands-off shopkeeper behavior.

Gao De looked at the dark circles clearly appearing around Miss Aisha's eyes with some guilt—Miss Aisha is not like Su Nai Fa, a Fourth Circle magic user, whose brain is highly developed; she needs rest, and such high-intensity work, lack of sleep is an inevitable event.

He looked at the thick documents piled on the desk again.

You know, this is only the amount for a month and a half.

It is conceivable how much work Miss Aisha and Su Nai Fa have done during this period.

But it can also show what kind of high-speed development Phoenix is in.

"These are decided by you; as for the reports, I will look at them first." Gao De pointed to the plans and said.

Speaking of which, the concept of "plan" was also proposed by him.

Before this, whether it was Phoenix or the outside kingdoms, deciding on a project was basically the ruler having an idea, then calling the nobles to hold a meeting, and it might be decided so rashly on a major project related to people's livelihood.

As for the arrangement of the project progress, the problems that might be encountered in the project, the expected solutions, etc., are all non-existent.

Basically, it relies on the ruler's experience judgment, and then when it is implemented, it mainly focuses on "the boat will naturally be straight when it reaches the

The concept of a "project plan" proposed by Gao De was intended to avoid the situation of such amateurish teams as much as possible, to prevent the arbitrariness of engineering decisions, and to require that projects be precisely divided into various stages, with clear time nodes and acceptance standards set for each stage.

But now, for Gao De, it carried a bit of the meaning of lifting a rock only to drop it on his own feet.

Phoenix at the moment could be described as having many wings flying at once; new engineering projects were proposed every day, and the project plans were too numerous to count.

While thinking, Gao De lowered his head to browse the reports, understanding the current situation in Phoenix.

Being a hands-off manager is one thing, but that does not mean Gao De does nothing at all.

In fact, those truly major decisions and overall construction ideas were still decided by him.

And to make the right decisions, it is not enough to just have the experience and knowledge from a past life.

As the saying goes, "adapt to local conditions"; he must have a thorough grasp of Phoenix's situation to be able to seek truth from facts, otherwise all his ideas would just be armchair strategy.

Therefore, even though the content was somewhat voluminous, Gao De still honestly flipped through the volumes one by one.

Although Miss Aisha carried a hint of "resentment," she still summarized the development of Phoenix over the past month and a half as concisely and succinctly as possible, so that Gao De could grasp the current situation with the least amount of energy.

But even so, by the time Gao De finished reading all the reports, nearly an hour had passed.

The two of them were waiting quietly on the side.

Gao De put down the last volume of the report, rubbed his slightly throbbing temples, thought for a moment, and said to Miss Aisha, "Please invite Minister Fuluola over as well."

"Very well, Your Highness, I will go call Minister Fuluola right away." Miss Aisha stood up nimbly and walked quickly out of Gao De's office.

"Your work pressure is indeed a bit high; you could actually rest a little," seeing Miss Aisha leave, Gao De turned his head to Su Naifa and said: "Development is not a matter of a few days, and besides, Phoenix currently has no pressing external threats; slowing down the pace is not a big problem."

Su Naifa blinked, "My King, this is currently the critical period for Phoenix's construction."

"There is no such thing as a critical period; every day is critical... even if you are a fourth-circle magic user and can go without sleep, your mind cannot always be tense. Besides, you don't need to sleep, but others do." Gao De decisively corrected Su Naifa's "wrong" concept.

"Actually, when it comes down to it," looking at Su Naifa who wanted to say something but stopped, Gao De knew that the other party belonged to the "I heard you" but "I'm not listening" type, so he couldn't help but sigh and say: "There are just too few talents capable of taking on heavy responsibilities."

The administrative structure Gao De envisioned should be complete and efficient.

For "senior leaders" like Su Naifa, core responsibilities should be focused on strategic decision-making, macro-management, and resource coordination.

They should mainly be responsible for formulating long-term development strategies and making overall decisions on major matters involving the whole, grasping the big while letting go of the small.

However, the lack of talent in the northern realm resulted in most matters of various departments being run entirely by the heads, and then all of it being pressed onto Su Naifa alone.

To be honest, Phoenix's current administrative system is already considered very scientific and efficient compared to the management systems of many noble territories, but it is still far from what Gao De wants.

Fortunately, Su Naifa is the strongest combat power in the northern realm, possessing terrifying supernatural power, enough to withstand this intensity of work.

"Just hold on for a while longer. Once adult education is rolled out on a large scale, we can select a group of excellent students to intern in various departments, learn in practice, and cultivate Phoenix's first batch of practical civil servants. You should be able to be much more relaxed then." Gao De shook his head and could only say this.

While speaking, Miss Aisha brought in Fuluola, who also hadn't "gotten off work" yet.

Facing the latter's inquiring big eyes, Gao De simply and neatly took out the cloth bag containing the blood crystal wheat from his bosom, opened it, and poured it onto the table.

The wheat grains, red as blood, scattered just like that, and a strange, clear fragrance instantly permeated the air.

"This is a special wheat seed from the Holy Empire, blood crystal wheat, which has the effect of nourishing Qi and blood; long-term consumption can strengthen the physique."

Under the inquiring gazes of Su Naifa and Miss Aisha, Gao De first introduced the blood crystal wheat, then looked at Fuluola to state his intention: "My idea is to crossbreed blood crystal wheat with cold-resistant wheat, combine the advantages of both, and then cultivate the Northwest Barley No. 2 variety."

(End of chapter)