Chapter 2078: Super Wheat

After the Time Acceleration stopped, the original Time Acceleration Zone suddenly became bright, and the winter wheat, which had looked orange-red, became even brighter, nearly orange.

And those heavy, drooping, plump ears of wheat seemed to be trying their best to show off their most attractive qualities to the surrounding crowd.

At this moment, Eriwen walked to the edge of the field, stripped off a handful of wheat ears, rubbed them a few times in his palms, and then threw them forcefully toward the square. As the scattered wheat grains flew toward the crowd from his hands, more wheat ears in the field behind him also broke away from their stalks under the influence of an invisible force and flew toward the crowd.

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Soon, the first person caught a wheat grain; he looked like an ordinary craftsman, and after catching it, he didn't do anything extra and just stuffed it directly into his mouth.

Then, facing the expectant eyes beside him, he said loudly: "It's plumper than ordinary wheat, and it even has a hint of sweetness! What Master Bernumesis said is all true!"

This craftsman was just one of the countless people in the square who had received wheat grains or ears. Some who received ears, while verifying it themselves, also shared the extra wheat grains with their companions around them.

For a moment, countless exclamations rang out in the square, along with the excited and eager shouts of those who hadn't received any wheat grains.

Besides giving them to ordinary people, Eriwen also sent wheat ear samples to several seats in the viewing area. Xia Duo received one separately; in fact, he didn't need to examine it carefully to understand that this stuff had a higher yield than the wheat currently grown in his Territory.

The quality might also be higher!

The most critical point was that the maturation period was shorter than normal winter wheat, only a mere six months, and these six months actually included the entire time from planting to maturation.

Among them, the germination process accounted for nearly half, which was three months; if that could be shortened, the time could be advanced even further.

Given the extreme cold environment just created by the Cormanthor Ambassador, Xia Duo really couldn't imagine the possibility of the other party having water protection; it was impossible to reach that extreme state in a normal climate.

In other words, planting in Reality might not require three months of germination. If it could germinate in four or five days like ordinary wheat, then this cold-resistant wheat produced by Master Eriwen could completely be called "Super Wheat."

As for the yield, Xia Duo estimated that as long as it was cultivated intensively, the yield could at least reach three times that of the wheat in his Territory now, and if it were changed to other territories in Netheril, it might be more than three times.

In other words, this one item alone could allow Netheril to support three times the population of when the climate was normal in the past. If one added the short maturation period, then—

Without a doubt, even if the climate environment worsened further, Netheril was very likely to usher in a wave of population growth.

The lords of Netheril might not be willing to give the high-cost food grown in the Arcane Garden to their subjects, but if the subjects could grow high-yield food themselves, they would definitely not mind obtaining higher taxes.

Even if the proportion left to the subjects was lower than in the past, in the face of high yields, they would still be able to obtain enough food to feed their whole family, and even the newly added population.

At this moment, Xia Duo really couldn't figure out any possibility of Master Eriwen failing, and this made him even more vigilant.

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And in the viewing area, after everyone checked the Reality of the wheat ears one by one, they also expressed their congratulations to Master Eriwen one after another.

And the envoys from the various Northland countries, even the Cormanthor Ambassador who was still standing in the middle, also expressed their congratulations to Master Eriwen with a blank expression.

Although Elves were arrogant and liked to play tricks, to lie in public, in front of countless people, especially in front of envoys from other Elf countries, was almost impossible for them to bring themselves to do.

Subsequently, the Cormanthor Ambassador returned to the viewing area, and Xia Duo prepared to go back with him, but Master Eriwen stopped him: "Lord Xia Duo, I need your help with one more thing."

"That Spell to bless ordinary seeds?"

"Yes."

Master Eriwen nodded, then turned around and said to the crowd in the square: "Just now, the Time Acceleration Spell was used to demonstrate the growth of the new type of wheat, but it still requires time after all.

"Netheril has so much land, and it's impossible to conjure so many seeds instantly, so we need to use a blessing Spell to make the current ordinary seeds also possess the ability to resist harsh climates. Next, I will demonstrate this Spell."

After speaking, Master Eriwen took out a Dimensional Bag, just about to take something out from inside, but then as if he had thought of something, he put the small bag away again, and then shouted to the crowd:

"Is there anyone here who can support me with some unground ordinary wheat grains?"

Asking for wheat grains from people who came to attend the grand meeting—if there really were any, it would be regarded as having been colluded and prepared in advance, but Eriwen still asked like that.

Xia Duo also looked curiously at the crowd in the south, not knowing if they would really pick out someone who carried wheat grains with them. However, the square was noisy now, so he didn't try hard to distinguish.

He just kept an eye on the changes in the Cloud Qi around him, as well as the state of the Order Cycle.

But as the protagonist of this grand meeting, Eriwen naturally wouldn't be like Xia Duo. He quickly picked a target, and then an anxious, excited voice that seemed to be mixed with some kind of accent spread throughout the entire square—

"I opened a bakery in the Port District, there is wheat there, and it's not far from here. Wow, why did my voice become so loud?!"

That person seemed to be frightened by this phenomenon, but immediately realized that he had become the lucky one chosen by Master Bernumesis, so he shouted excitedly a few more times:

"The Master chose me? The Master chose me! The Master chose me!"

"That friend, please go home and get some wheat now."

Eriwen reached out and pointed to one of the dense heads of people in the southwest of the square, and then a person who was struggling with their hands and feet rose into mid-air from the crowd, accompanied by high-pitched screams—

"Ah—I can fly, I can fly!"

After flapping a few times, the person, as if swimming, flapped and rolled, flying crookedly toward the west, which also caused a commotion below.

There were all kinds of whistling, hat-throwing, and even people jumping up to try to grab the other person and fly along.

However, under Eriwen's appeasement, the crowd quickly returned to normal. Before long, the person who went to get the wheat grains flew back crookedly, carrying a medium-sized cloth bag.

He flew all the way to the ceremonial site and handed the cloth bag to Eriwen. Eriwen opened the bag, turned back the opening, and showed the approximately one pound of wheat grains inside to the viewing area and the crowd in the square.

Just at this moment, Xia Duo vaguely heard a sharp female voice appear in the southwest of the square, as if scolding something, accompanied by the heckling of the people next to her. Listening carefully, it was actually—

"Beike! You dead ghost, so stingy, why didn't you bring more!"

Beike at the ceremonial site couldn't hear these words, but the Spellcasters in the viewing area might not necessarily be unable to hear the woman's scolding through some Perception Spells.

Thus, almost simultaneously, many Mages showed expressions of disgust and contempt in their eyes, but there were also many who smiled knowingly, with no obvious bias.