Chapter 98: The Grass God's Personal Instruction

Duoli's four conditions are actually not that strict.

At least Luo De thinks so.

Don't look at how many of her proposed collaborations are compulsory; A Ru Cun can still make a lot from these trades and provide many job opportunities for the villagers who scrape a living everywhere.

I said that before.

Twenty years ago, A Ru Cun was basically no different from the desert tribes.

Although with Ka Wei's father's help the village gradually moved past its former ignorance, those tribal bad habits still persist in the village to this day.

Likewise.

The village's means of making money are still very scarce.

Even if trade has been opened, not everyone is suited for it, so many people's lives still hover around the poverty line.

Just like Li Shi Di's son.

If it weren't for making money, would he go become a blade‑licking mercenary?

In the end he met a miserable fate, dying in the yellow sands without leaving a single relic.

Now Duoli's investment.

Can greatly ease the villagers' employment pressure.

This is just like Luo De's past‑life big factories investing and building plants in certain regions; the improvement such operations bring to people's lives is obvious.

Moreover, Duoli is a businessman; if she didn't reap enough profit from these investments, she wouldn't be willing to spend the money.

This isn't a transaction with Luo De.

Luo De at least holds genuine, effective technology—cutting‑edge science from the gods—that is sure not to lose money.

And when trading with A Ru Cun, the factors she needs to consider are all‑encompassing, so having this bunch of restrictions is perfectly reasonable.

So.

Luo De isn't the slightest bit worried that Kantisi and Uncle Anpu will reject these conditions.

For this reason he specially told Ka Wei to have Ka Wei go to the village early when free to make plans, so that once Duoli's funds are in place they can prepare to break ground.

Ka Wei's matters are settled.

A Ru Cun's matters are also settled.

Next Luo De will attend to his own affairs.

So what is his business?

Naturally it's still farming.

Speaking of which, that's also strange.

In his previous life he liked to mess around with flowers and grasses, but basically he only played with potted ornamental plants; a life of daily hoeing the fields, though it was his first time doing so, immersed Luo De completely.

«Could it really be that the genes in his bones are at work? »

With such mutterings, Luo De began the second round of test planting in the experimental field.

Unlike when he first came to this plot of land.

Under the transformation of the Grass Slime, the soil quality and fertility of this experimental field improve day by day.

It's still a bit short of matching the fertile soil of the rainforest region.

But looking at the desert, this place definitely counts as good land.

Knowing that Luo De is going to start work again today.

Kantisi came early in the morning.

But this time she didn't come to talk about cooperating with Duoli; she came to help with the farming.

Dixiya and Ke Lai also wore bamboo hats and followed along digging pits and pulling weeds; before long they were all drenched in sweat.

A De Ba Yi, whose hands are inconvenient, fiddled with the recording device on the side, preparing to film the upcoming planting process in full so as to leave visual data for the next experiment's records.

This idea was told to him by Luo De.

«With a recording device that can keep images, why insist on hand‑writing a huge pile of indecipherable stuff? »

This remark made A De Ba Yi suddenly enlightened.

He even exclaimed how he had never thought of this before.

In the experimental field.

After carefully inspecting the pits that Ke Lai and the others had dug, Luo De gently sowed the seeds he had brought back from Sumeru Cheng.

This time.

He is preparing to work with the hybrid experimental results obtained by Nadixa.

This necessitates mentioning again the marvelous nature of Nadixa's dream‑world.

You should know that hybrid breeding is not a simple matter.

Just the complicated, lengthy breeding cycle is enough to make many people give up.

Moreover, the superior offspring produced by hybrid breeding may exhibit trait segregation, making them unsuitable for seed retention.

This further increases the difficulty of the experiment and the time needed to obtain results.

Even though A De Ba Yi has researched for so long, he still hasn't gotten the ideal results; moreover, because the experiment is too difficult and the cycle too long, the Academy is unwilling to allocate funding for this project.

But Nadixa's dream‑world acceleration simulation function can directly bypass this lengthy breeding process.

Using her obtained experimental results.

Luo De easily bought suitable seeds from Sumeru Cheng and can carry out a targeted sowing experiment.

Of course.

These seeds are only the first‑generation parents; according to Nadixa's data, at least two more generations must be cultivated before the most suitable plants can be obtained.

Therefore, to quickly achieve mature plants, Luo De deliberately applied some Fertility Blessing in the field to speed up the growth of these first‑generation plants, so as to obtain experimental results swiftly.

"By the way, what exactly is the principle behind the Fertility Blessing? Why does it have such a good effect."

When applying the Fertility Blessing, Luo De casually asked Nadixa a question.

He had always been doubtful about this matter.

This otherworldly fertilizer is really easy to use.

It was so useful that he kept suspecting that something related to Nadixa had been added to it.

Nadixa's answer also confirmed this.

"The Fertility Blessing is related to the Gnosis, so only the Academy can produce it."

Gnosis.

Luo De smacked his lips and made no comment on it.

This item is a symbol of Nadixa as one of the Seven Archons; it has now been confiscated by the Academy and is used to maintain the void.

It turns out the Fertility Blessing is made using the power from within the Gnosis, no wonder it has such a strong effect.

After finishing talking about the Fertility Blessing.

Nadixa then proactively asked, "Is there anything else I need to do?"

"Huh?"

"What do you want to do?"

Luo De hesitated, asking doubtfully.

Nadixa answered seriously: "Turning my knowledge into a tool for productivity, as you said."

"Oh, this thing."

Hearing that, Luo De laughed: "Don't rush, I'll definitely tell you when needed."

"Alright."

After responding, Nadixa stopped speaking.

After finishing the matters in the test field.

Dixiya took Ke Lai to harvest jujube coconuts, while Luo De continued to check the sand where the quicksand eels are farmed.

After waiting three months, the breeding period of the quicksand eels finally arrived.

Luo De checked each of their nests one by one, calculated the molting time according to the breeding cycle, and then left happily.

Just like that.

Busy all day.

When night fell.

Everyone went to sleep early.

Only Luo De was still in the test field researching that Grass Element Divine Eye.

No matter how you say it.

This is ultimately a Vision.

Since I've obtained it, not using it properly would be too wasteful.

Just as when he previously sensed Ice Elemental Power and Fire Elemental Power, Luo De effortlessly made contact with the free-floating grass elemental energy in the air.

And he had just activated the Gnosis.

The grass slimes in the field became excited, each one bumping the iron cages, making a clattering sound.

When the grass elemental energy was withdrawn.

They then calmed down again.

Luo De found it fun, played back and forth several times before speaking up.

"How do you use grass elemental energy?"

With such a ready-made teacher, Luo De didn't bother to figure it out himself.

Just as his words fell.

A faint green light then covered Luo De's body, appearing especially holy in the deep night.

Nadixa did not teach Luo De with words.

Instead, she directly demonstrated it through action.

Unlike Luo De's imagination of grass elemental energy's characteristic of taking root upon landing, in Nadixa's hands, the power of grass elemental energy not only can cause all things to grow, but also displays abilities similar to Ice Elemental Power and Fire Elemental Power.

"Don't treat the characteristic of elemental energy as if it's the only one they have."

Without Luo De needing to control it, as Nadixa's words fell, the grass elemental energy spontaneously generated a half-round emerald shield that condensed in front of Luo De.

"Ice Elemental Power can use its cold quality for defense and control."

"Fire Elemental Power can use its scorching explosive quality for attack and counterattack."

"And grass elemental energy."

"It can be used to cycle back and forth with its endless quality."

Saying that, the shield that had just been glowing with green light suddenly became blurry, and Nadixa added: "Try throwing a punch."

Luo De did as he was told.

Boom—

Just as imagined, this shield almost instantly exploded.

But unlike what was imagined,

after the shield shattered, it instantly generated a new layer of shield.

Luo De raised his eyebrows and increased his force.

Crackle—

The shield formed from elemental energy gave off a crisp sound like shattering glass, but no matter how hard he tried, a thin shield of grass elemental energy always condensed before him.

Compared to the ice shield he had created by consuming a large amount of elemental energy while fighting the missionary.

The consumption of this layer of grass elemental energy was almost negligible.

"Is this what endless vitality means?"

Luo De, having gained some insight, whispered softly.

Then.

Then Nadixa spoke again.

"Defense is like this."

"Attack is the same."

Under her control, the grass elemental energy in Luo De's hand condensed again.

This time the grass elemental energy directly solidified into a tangible form, forming a short dagger; with a flick of his wrist, the dagger suddenly split into several blades, which flew freely according to Luo De's will.

Such consumption was also not great.

Yet its offensive and deceptive power was fully potent, suffering no reduction in strength despite the small amount of elemental energy used.

After teaching these grass elemental usage methods akin to common knowledge.

Nadixa then began to teach Luo De how to utilize the characteristic of grass elemental energy taking root upon landing.

Under the hazy moonlight.

Luo De's hand intermittently flashed emerald light, while vines and grasses repeatedly sprouted beneath his feet; under Nadixa's unreserved personal guidance, he swiftly mastered this new elemental energy.

(End of chapter)