Chapter 64

After the Eighth Elder left, Su Fan settled down on the mountainside of Baiyun Feng and excavated a cave dwelling in the cliff wall. The cave dwelling was right above the spring eye of the spirit vein.

Cultivating here, compared to the cave dwelling Su Fan had at Yunwu Shan, the spirit energy was even more abundant. Although Yunwu Shan was a second-grade low-tier spirit vein, the place where he was located did not have very abundant spirit energy.

On the contrary, it was truly not as good as this cave dwelling of his, which was located at the spirit energy spring eye.

This could also be considered a benefit given to him by the Third Elder.

Every day after finishing his cultivation, he would immediately cast the Spring Breeze Rain Technique at the spirit fields, transforming the surrounding spirit energy into spirit rain that fell into the fields to 'fertilize' them and increase their spirituality.

After more than half a month like this, the spirit fields were almost formed, and Su Fan began to plant the Jade Truth Rice.

For the three acres of spirit fields, Su Fan only used three days to plant all the spirit rice. At this time, Sixteenth Uncle Su Xianhua also brought eight hundred mortals to the canyon at the foot of Baiyun Feng.

That canyon was nearly a hundred square miles and had fertile soil. Not far away, there was also a stream flowing down from another mountain peak.

Nestled against the mountain and by the water, it was absolutely a great place for a small town.

"Xiao Jiu!"

"Sixteenth Uncle."

Sixteenth Uncle Su Xianhua, with four spirit roots, was forty-eight years old now, yet he only had the cultivation of the fifth layer of Qi Refining.

Compared to Su Fan, there was a significant gap.

This was the normal cultivation speed for spirit roots; Su Fan was cheating, plus the accumulation from his previous life.

But having already absorbed the accumulation from his previous life, now even if Su Fan cheated, because of his spirit roots, even if his cultivation speed was faster than ordinary mixed spirit roots, it definitely couldn't compare to those cultivators with three spirit roots.

"Xiao Jiu, I will stay here for a month to help you lead them in building the small town. After that, it will be up to you."

Su Xianhua was willing to stay for a month because he was worried that Su Fan was too young and didn't understand anything. His staying here for a month would be enough for these hundred-plus households of mortals to build the village and town.

In the future, they could manage themselves; they wouldn't even need Su Fan to govern them. After all, the hundred-plus households had village heads to manage them, and Su Fan only needed to pay attention to whether there were any dangers on the perimeter.

"Thank you, Sixteenth Uncle."

Su Fan didn't care whether the other party stayed longer or not. One had to know that in his previous life, he had tens of thousands of people under his command, all of whom he managed in an orderly fashion, let alone these eight hundred people.

However, he didn't insist; after all, with Su Xianhua there, he could also have time to cultivate.

With over eight hundred people and over a hundred households of mortals, they first had to build residences. Fortunately, there was plenty of wood on the mountain.

Moreover, Su Fan personally took action to help them fell trees, and in less than ten days, rows of wooden houses had already been built.

As for clearing the wasteland and opening up the fields, a month passed quickly.

The canyon under Baiyun Feng had also changed its appearance.

After Su Xianhua left, only Su Fan and the eight hundred-plus mortals remained at Baiyun Feng.

Mortals in the cultivation world were no different from mortals in the martial arts world Su Fan had known; their productivity was about the same, and their days were lived much the same way.

After all, you couldn't expect 'high and mighty' cultivators to think for mortals; it was simply impossible, even if they all flowed with the same bloodline.

If you were a direct relative of a cultivator, perhaps you would live a bit better and be arranged to become some kind of manager; for others, there was no difference from ordinary people.

In Su Fan's view, this was quite unreasonable.

It was already a supernatural world, yet the productivity of mortals was still so low. As for the Su family only having a few tens of thousands of mortals, it was really too few.

One had to know how vast the territory controlled by the Su family was, involving a radius of eight or nine thousand miles; it was definitely a case of vast land and sparse population.

Of course, you could say they were afraid of demonic cultivators, which was one reason, but that didn't mean they couldn't let mortals live better.

So after Su Xianhua left, Su Fan also took the time to make simple changes for the hundred-plus households of mortals in the valley.

Some advanced mechanical techniques were taught to them, making it at least easier to clear the wasteland.

At the same time, Su Fan also taught the Five Animal Frolics to the people down the mountain.

When Su Fan first saw the mortals of this world, he couldn't believe it. He had originally thought that the mortals of this cultivation world should have decent physical fitness.

After all, there was heaven and earth spirit energy, and even if they didn't have spirit roots and couldn't absorb it, being deep in a world of spirit energy would always lead to some optimization.

But many mortals were no different from ordinary people in the Smiling Proud Wanderer world.

After thinking for a few days, Su Fan still passed down the Five Animal Frolics; he wanted to see what the Five Animal Frolics could change in this world.

Afterward, Su Fan passed on some medical knowledge and then completely let go; after all, he was cultivating immortality now, not governing a country.

At Baiyun Mountain, there was no great danger. As for wild beasts, the large fierce beasts had all been killed by him these past few days and thrown to them as food.

As for the rest, there were over two hundred strong men, which was enough to face them.

As for monster beasts, as the hinterland of the Su family, every year the Su family would send people to sweep the area within a three-hundred-mile radius around Yunwu Shan, and it was almost impossible for any to slip through the net.

After dealing with these external matters, two months had passed. Having wasted a little time, Su Fan began to organize his own affairs.

Being assigned here to open up spirit fields and guard a mortal town was something Su Fan hadn't originally planned. He had originally intended to become an alchemy apprentice or an artifact refining apprentice, and after learning the craft in a few years, he could refine pills for the family and earn some spirit stones.

But for now, it wasn't too bad here; after all, alchemy and artifact refining consumed a large amount of time, making cultivation time shorter.

And here, guarding the spirit fields, he had plenty of time every day.

Moreover, the output of the spirit fields, even if it couldn't compare to alchemy or artifact refining, would still not be too bad once the spirit fields were up and running.

"But relying solely on the income from these spirit fields is not enough."

Returning to the cave dwelling, Su Fan felt the spirit fields outside and began to ponder. He estimated that the spirit fields would bring him ten spirit stones a year, and with the family salary, it would only be twenty.

It was simply not enough for his cultivation.

"So I need other sources of income. What should I do?"

Su Fan began to think. Alchemy and artifact refining were skipped for the time being; with his low cultivation, alchemy and artifact refining were useless.

First-grade low-tier items were worthless; only by reaching first-grade mid-tier was there a possibility of making money.

However, he couldn't achieve this in the short term; after all, alchemy and artifact refining required materials, and he didn't have many spirit stones on him.

"Wait! I forgot, there are still these few Black Fire Chicken eggs."

Su Fan suddenly remembered the Black Fire Chicken eggs his big brother gave him. These eggs still contained the aura of life; clearly, they weren't dead.

"This Black Fire Chicken is a first-grade monster beast. Although it has no combat power, the meat quality is good. An adult Black Fire Chicken is worth about twenty spirit stones. As for Black Fire Chicken eggs, one spirit stone can buy five eggs."

"If I raise Black Fire Chickens, perhaps it's a good choice."

Su Fan thought about scientific breeding, seeing if he could walk out a unique path of scientific breeding.