Chapter 265: Emerging Breeding Ideas

Kuangsha City Lord's Residence.

Outside, the sky is azure and a gentle breeze blows; the vast Lord's study is bathed in bright sunlight.

Lin Manzhi and Mo Lie sit side by side behind the desk.

She holds a feather pen, lowers her head, and writes on thin parchment, while Mo Lie lowers his eyes and flips through the documents presented before him.

The hall's atmosphere is quiet and harmonious; after a while, she puts down the feather pen, looks up at the brightly colored garden beyond the colonnade.

The weather outside is truly wonderful.

Lin Manzhi pinches her slightly sore bridge of the nose, puts her hand down, stands, looks down at Mo Lie beside her, and says, "My eyes are getting blurry from reading; shall we go out for a walk?"

Mo Lie lifts his gaze from the parchment to Lin Manzhi, a hint of tenderness in his eyes, and softly replies, "Mm."

He puts down the documents, rises, and together with Lin Manzhi turns away from the desk, walking toward the colonnade.

This area connecting the rear courtyard colonnade resembles a forest of massive stones.

Each column requires five people to embrace; its shaft is engraved with imposing images of the Beast God and ancient ancestor beasts in battle, casting bronze‑like shadows under the blazing sun. At the top, a ten‑meter‑tall crown of moon‑glow grass blossoms, its stone‑carved leaves detailed and vivid, as if they might sway in the wind at any moment.

Lin Manzhi looks up; the stone columns are arranged in absolute order stretching to the horizon, as neatly aligned as dominoes measured with a ruler, silently supporting the tall, deep, magnificent dome.

She and Mo Lie walk among them, the wind humming softly as it passes through the colonnade; from the height they gaze outward, and the Planting Base across the riverbank lies fully before their eyes.

A river mouth here leads directly to the Planting Base; at this moment several massive sailing ships traverse the river, and she looks down to see people on board moving like tiny ants, the whole scene resembling a beautiful, bustling exotic scroll.

Lin Manzhi's gaze sweeps across the vast open ground beside the opposite Planting Base, as large as a deserted desert city, while the few Planting Bases with high walls appear comparable to small neighborhoods within a city.

Transforming such a huge stretch of sand into a Planting Base, even with her manpower, would take at least five to ten years.

Lin Manzhi thinks of something, turns to Mo Lie, and says, "A land this vast left empty is just empty; why don't we try to set up a breeding farm like the Beast Continent does?"

Mo Lie's gaze falls on the opposite riverbank, specks of waterlight glimmering in his eyes: "A breeding farm?"

Lin Manzhi, a little excited, nods, "Yes."

After all, food relies entirely on imports; that's not ideal, right?

She hadn't initially considered trying breeding; she was busy planting crops, assuming the pasture in the space was useless without animals, and now realizes her perspective was somewhat narrow.

The space may not allow breeding, but that doesn't mean it can't be done in reality; the pasture grass in her space works wonders for Beastfolk, cattle, and horses, and feeding it to prey would be delicious!

"On the Beast Continent, the small fluffy Exotic Beast and the grazing Exotic Beast survive on grass alone; we have land, and I have seeds for desert‑suitable fodder…"

Lin Manzhi continues, feeling the plan should have been implemented earlier: "The Beast Continent has sent over grazing Exotic Beasts this time; you're specifically raising a thousand plus of them so I can have fresh meat, right? Either way, raising a thousand heads is still raising them, and tens of thousands can be free‑grazed the same way! If the Beast Continent can breed its own prey, we can do it here too."

Mo Lie's eyes flicker slightly, "You want to grow fodder to feed the prey?"

Lin Manzhi hums affirmatively.

Mo Lie: "……"

The Beast Continent's grass that no one can eat, his female has already thought of planting it to feed prey.

He nods, "If you want to do it, you can."

Lin Manzhi: "Great!"

The breeding mall in her space can now be put to use!

She originally thought the mall sold no farm animals, only earning Beast Coin by selling fodder, but expanding her outlook shows that anything is possible!

Mo Lie's initiative remains strong; when Lin Manzhi mentioned the breeding idea, he immediately had someone bring the matter forward.

Even with Mo Lie arranging manpower, some tasks still require Lin Manzhi herself, such as personally surveying the terrain to plan the breeding farm.

The next day, Xiang Sa arrives at dawn with two hundred planters waiting outside the base.

He doesn't know what prompted the Lord's Wife's sudden summons, but it isn't his first day serving under Lin Manzhi, and he feels excited and thrilled to be here.

When Lin Manzhi arrives at the Planting Base, she looks ahead and sees, not far away, the sand area where watermelons are being cultivated; the massive beasts along the fence are bustling busily yet orderly.

Seeing Xiang Sa anxiously watching her, Lin Manzhi doesn't delay further and says, "The surrounding desert is empty as it is; I plan to improve the sand a bit and raise some grass‑eating prey as a trial."

Xiang Sa exclaims, "Raise prey!"

Although Xiang Sa has never tended prey in the desert, having seen the Beast Continent rush a massive herd of fresh prey into Kuangsha City, he is no longer inexperienced.

Others might mock him, but since this breeding comes from Lord Lin, he feels very hopeful.

After his surprise, Xiang Sa quickly regains composure and says, "This place is all barren yellow sand; are you ordering us to bring in grass and trees from elsewhere and cover the sand entirely?"

The group of burly men behind him, previously puzzled about how sand could feed prey, instantly grasp the idea after hearing Xiang Sa's words.

Indeed! Just like the soil they imported to their Planting Base, yellow sand can't sustain prey, but grass and trees can.

It doesn't matter if we lack it; others' territories have plenty!

It just requires extra effort to lay grass over the land; once the soil is brought in, it becomes a Planting Base, and we can breed prey!

Hearing Xiang Sa's remark, Lin Manzhi gives a faint smile and says, "I'm pleased you can think analogously, but it's unnecessary; we'll grow it ourselves."

She had examined the goods in her space's mall yesterday, finding fodder suitable for arid regions, and directly ordered Xiang Sa and the others, "Now lead everyone to carve a small river through the middle of the barren sand to solve the problem of fetching water from afar."

"Yes!" Xiang Sa instinctively replies, then asks curiously, "Lord's Wife, if we grow it ourselves, is it to plant foods like watermelons or Holy Maiden Fruit for the prey to eat?"

She prepared several seed types, chiefly alfalfa, mixed with a small amount of Sudan grass and elephant grass.

Lin Manzhi gives no further answer, "Just consider it so."

The crowd erupts with "Wow!" in unison, stunned by such a lavish breeding method, thinking that the meat from these prey would be incredibly fresh and tasty…

Lin Manzhi turns back into the carriage on the back of a sand wolf, racing toward the desert beside the Planting Base, while Xiang Sa and the others each undergo Beast Transformation, trailing behind Lin Manzhi's carriage.

Soon, Lin Manzhi selects a spot, and Xiang Sa and the others, using Beast Form and human‑shaped companions, divide the work and begin digging a channel.