Chapter 195: What Did You Do to the Precious Holy Maiden Fruit Seedlings!

Mo Lie's gaze met the Little Female's jet‑black, bright, smiling eyes, and his heartstrings seemed to be pulled into chaos.

He slightly squinted, lowered his head and leaned in, his hands encircling Lin Manzhi's waist, pulling the teasing Little Female into his embrace, his chin resting on her shoulder, and in a lazy, husky voice he chuckled, "Alright, when the time comes, Zhi Zhi, you'll feed me."

Mo Lie's black hair brushed her cheek, a faint tingling as if it brushed her heart, and Lin Manzhi's legs grew weak: "Alright…"

She raised her hand to touch the curved waist and the back of Mo Lie's neck that he was hugging, his black hair fanned out behind his head, glossy and smooth as silk, cooler than her body temperature, feeling exquisite.

Lin Manzhi bluntly demanded, "You must also agree to one condition."

She actually loves furry animals deep down, and ever since seeing Mo Lie's Beast Form she has been longing to touch that dangerous yet beautiful black panther again.

But she knows the state of Mo Lie's Spirit Core, and how could she let him waste the energy inside his Spirit Core just to become Da Mao Mao for her to pet!

Nevertheless, Mo Lie would certainly be happy to do so.

Lin Manzhi would not agree; her personal preferences are far less important than health, so…

The earlier suggestion to plant watermelons now seemed suitable for the sandy soil, and after telling Mo Lie she mentally added watermelon planting to her schedule.

She also thought that when the watermelons are harvested, if nothing goes wrong with Su Li, the herbal materials for the Soul Cocoon Divine Pill will be gathered and made into medicine, and Mo Lie can finally regain health! Yay!

……

After returning from Central City, Mo Lie sat in the main hall and immediately summoned Xiang Sa and Hei Cheng, who are in charge of the Planting Base, as well as Nian Tie, the head of the Fierce Sand Escort Bureau, and Xi Ze.

Also Xiang Zhuang stood among the crowd in the great hall; because of his good performance and the Fierce Sand Escort Bureau's need to set up a third Deputy Escort Head, he was assigned to work there.

When Xiang Zhuang saw Xiang Sa, he merely exchanged glances before Lord Lin, silently greeting him, with no intention of forming a group.

At this moment he also tasted the sweet reward of following a Supernatural Male Beast, truly convinced both heart and mouth.

Lin Manzhi and Mo Lie sat together, listening to his orders: "Xiang Sa, you are responsible for leading five thousand people to build four more Planting Bases, extending outward along the existing city walls, constructing at four times the current Planting Base scale; I will send others to transport the rocks, and Hei Cheng will be in charge of dispatching the Planting Base guards."

A two‑fold expansion, meaning two hundred mu of land, and four Planting Bases, totaling eight hundred mu, Lin Manzhi calculated in her mind, and now thought it was acceptable.

Just over fifty hectares, still less than a small farm; farming mainly needs manpower, which is no problem for the lord of Kuangsha City.

The beasts here are extremely strong, and doing farm work is like play for them, and with the fifty planters she currently has, she could even contract all the work on these 850 mu of land with ease.

However, considering future expansions of the Planting Bases, Lin Manzhi will definitely continue recruiting planters, passing knowledge from the old to the new for smooth handover.

While Lin Manzhi was lost in thought, Mo Lie had already arranged for the Fierce Sand Escort Bureau to continue bringing soil in from outside.

Xiang Sa and his companions, upon receiving the order, were so excited they wanted to roar, the opposite of their initial hesitation, and they said with a beaming smile, "Lord Lin, Lord's Wife, rest assured, I have experience building walls and can certainly do it faster than before."

Nian Tie, standing nearby, felt a twinge of envy and said, "I will also bring the soil back as quickly as possible."

Now the Planting Base is a place everyone yearns for, because it's said that becoming a planter… actually grants priority access to some Holy Maiden Fruit that the Lord's Wife doesn't want.

Just kidding, those are medicinal plants you can't buy anywhere outside!

Although the Lord's Wife is always generous to her own, each month besides the Beast Coin salary, she also gives an extra Holy Maiden Fruit or a Holy Maiden Fruit medicine liquid as a reward, causing everyone to work with a blood‑thirsty zeal.

But such a good thing, who would ever find it too much?

Like Nian Tie, Xiang Zhuang also feels the urge to do a good job, a competitive spirit rising; when he was the boss of a gang in Xicheng, he never envied anyone, but now he feels envy toward his brother Xiang Sa for the first time.

Heavenly Beast God! Please, make me a planter too.

The expansion of the Planting Bases has been arranged, and Lin Manzhi has been busy these days; the newly launched Agave beer product requires her to carefully monitor the filtering from the barrels each day.

The previously planted Cherry Tomatoes have sprouted rapidly, already producing flower buds.

This is the crop Lin Manzhi prioritizes in the first large‑scale planting: a total of twenty‑two Planting Greenhouses, which she especially values,

Now that the Cherry Tomato seedlings have entered the flowering stage, she cannot tell how to judge their growth quality, but she has comparison seedlings.

Lin Manzhi specifically observed the Cherry Tomato seedlings in her Space Spirit Field, comparing them with the seedlings that are blooming at the same time.

In the Spiritual Field, the Cherry Tomatoes have thick primary roots, well‑developed branches, numerous flower clusters, and all appear to be of uniformly high quality.

The Cherry Tomato seedlings in the Planting Base have roots a notch thinner than those in the Space Field, their branches and leaves are lush and verdant, tied to wooden frames with straight stems, showing vigorous growth, but their flower clusters are far fewer than those in the Space Spirit Field.

The difference is huge; where does the problem lie…

Lin Manzhi frowned and thought of only one issue.

The soil lacks nutrients.

She took a slow, deep breath, turned to Hei Cheng behind her and said, "Call some planters over; I'll teach you how to prune."

Hei Cheng wore a clueless expression, but obediently went to summon people.

In no time, a group of strong men squatted before the Cherry Tomato seedlings; Lin Manzhi cleared her throat and said, "These past few days, trim a few branches off the Holy Maiden Fruit seedlings."

She spoke while holding a pair of bone‑crafted scissors, and with a "Snip!" she cut off a branch growing near the main root, then continued with several swift cuts, turning the once "tall and plump" Holy Maiden Fruit seedling into a much slimmer sapling.

"!!"

The onlookers' pupils trembled, their breathing seemed about to halt.

"Stop! What are you doing to such a precious Holy Maiden Fruit!!"

Hei Cheng's lips trembled; this was the Holy Maiden Fruit seedling he had watched grow from a tiny seed—Lord Lin, why are you so reckless with it?

Lord Lin, the Lord's Wife, no beast present dared to criticize her.

Everyone stared in stunned silence as Lin Manzhi continued, "I'll demonstrate a few more times; you learn along with me."

She quickly extended her magical hand toward another Holy Maiden Fruit sapling, and the surrounding people's faces turned ashen.