Chapter 19

The potatoes in the firewood were finally edible.

The Fox Clan chieftain became the first person to taste the potato.

As the Holy Maiden, the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling represented the gods and could not eat in public.

The Fox Clan chieftain bit off a small piece.

Then, her eyes suddenly flew wide open.

The surrounding fox-folk all watched her with rapt attention.

"This texture is amazing!"

The Fox Clan chieftain cried out in astonishment!

Yes, she had only been thinking about the problem of filling their stomachs, and had never once considered the matter of texture.

She had never imagined that the potato's texture could be this good!

Far beyond anything she had imagined.

Right after that, the potatoes roasted in the fire were dug out as well, and the Fox Clan chieftain was still the first to taste them.

Once again, to her surprise, the texture of the roasted potato was actually better than that of the boiled potato!

The Fox Clan chieftain finished an entire roasted potato in one go.

"It's too delicious!"

The Fox Clan chieftain acted as if she had never tasted such a delicacy before, praising it nonstop as she ate.

Beside her, the fox-folk caught the aroma of the roasted potatoes, and one by one were drooling with greedy anticipation.

"Take them away and distribute them. The rest of the divine beans must be kept as seed to expand the planting scale. Once all the divine beans are produced, they must be distributed uniformly; no one is allowed to secretly keep any for themselves. Also, send people to gather all the divine beans scattered throughout the forest."

The fox-woman Sister Qing Ling said.

She had already begun to take on the dignity of a Holy Maiden.

The reason for the uniform distribution was that Lin Yan currently had no divine power.

The Continent of Gods was not without gods who had improved crops.

But after improving them, these gods would often use divine power to leave a mark at the genetic level.

This way, apart from the "seed stock" kept by the church, even if others bought crops from outside, they had no way to use those crops to reproduce.

And ordinary people who wanted to plant had to obtain seeds from the church — this was one of the church's means of expanding its influence!

This was essentially the equivalent of a patent from a previous life, only more absolute. A patent forbids outright copying, but here, you couldn't even secretly imitate it!

Potatoes were easy to plant and simple to cultivate; Lin Yan certainly didn't want this thing that could make his fortune to be stolen and learned by the churches of other gods!

Right now only the Fox Clan was involved, which made things easy to control. Once the number of believers grew in the future, he would still have to adopt the methods of other gods.

Use a divine-power mark to control the potato's "seed"!

Hearing the words of the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling, the surrounding fox-folk began to divide up those dozen-plus potatoes among themselves.

Every fox-person who ate one showed a look of satisfaction!

"Not only is the texture excellent, but after eating it, it's also very filling! A gift from the gods is truly extraordinary!"

A fox-person said, a devout expression on his face.

"The grace of the gods is vast indeed!"

Another fox-person said.

Every fox-person could feel that vast, sweeping divine grace.

Every fox-person present began to offer the most devout faith to that supreme God of Flames.

Faith, when spoken of, sounds very abstract.

But this thing is sometimes tied to the needs of life itself.

If a god gives his believers no protection, no blessings, on what basis would they worship you?

So, though it sounds abstract, it is actually very concrete — especially when it comes to the Continent of Gods!

Spurred on by this faith, all the fox-folk began to work with a thousand percent of their usual vigor. A new temple began to be built, and right after that, the tribe's clansmen scattered abroad gradually began to return one after another.

Another day passed. After two days of continuous blazing sun, the moisture content in the forest had already dropped considerably.

After spending two days in the pile of firewood the fox-folk had lit, Lin Yan was finally ready to set out for the Misty Mountains!

GLOSSARY:

【Lin Yan, Sister Qing Ling, Fox Clan, Holy Maiden, Continent of Gods, God of Flames, Misty Mountains】