Chapter 65

Su Fan's personality was one of "act as soon as you think." Once he made a decision, he immediately began to implement it; Su Fan had already started trying his best to hatch the eight Black Fire chicken eggs.

The principle of modern artificial chicken hatching lies in temperature.

In this world, Black Fire chickens are demon beasts, but the fundamental principle remains the same: they still require a specific temperature, as well as spirit energy.

Thus, Su Fan placed the hatching setup deep within his cave dwelling, at the spot closest to the spirit vein spring.

He built a hatching room, and as for the hatching temperature, he could only rely on his own slow experimentation.

If he tried and succeeded, that would be best—that would mean eight Black Fire chickens. Although raising them to adulthood would certainly require some spirit rice, once they grew up and started laying eggs continuously, that would be a fortune.

For the next two months, Su Fan focused all his attention on the hatching room. Every day after finishing his cultivation, he would carefully observe the changes in the eight Black Fire chicken eggs, and sometimes he would even try to channel some spirit power into them.

It was a pity that the Su Family had no beast-taming techniques; otherwise, Su Fan could have tried to use beast-taming methods to hatch these Black Fire chickens directly.

In two months' time, Su Fan's magic power cultivation had actually improved somewhat, and the magic power within his dantian had condensed by nearly one-third. Once it was filled, he could try to break through the barrier and attempt to reach the sixth layer of Qi Refining.

During this period, mortals from below the mountain also came to consult Su Fan. In over three months, the valley below the mountain had changed its appearance.

The village already had a perimeter wall; although it was still just a fence of wooden stakes, it at least provided a layer of protection.

The reclaimed wasteland already totaled more than three thousand mu.

Most importantly, the Five Animal Frolics was indeed effective. Especially for the strong men who had eaten the meat of those fierce beasts, their physical fitness was increasing rapidly one by one after practicing the Five Animal Frolics.

This point made Su Fan nod secretly. As expected, his original guess was correct: the mortals of this world, in modern scientific terms, were definitely stronger than the humans on Earth.

It was just that before, because of food and other reasons, it couldn't be manifested. Now, with sufficient food and the addition of the Five Animal Frolics, those people were starting to show their superior bloodlines.

Some of them had their strength increase extremely quickly, and their arms could lift heavy objects of six or seven hundred jin.

In the mountains, when they encountered some fierce beasts, it was no longer a one-sided affair; instead, they even hunted some fierce beasts like tigers and leopards.

Of course, when facing demon beasts, they were still the ones on the menu.

But even so, it was already very good, and this could also allow the immortal cultivators to be much more at ease.

With a certain ability for self-preservation, they could continue to expand slowly. The valley below Baiyun Mountain could at least support over one hundred thousand people without any problems.

And the mountain hollow outside the valley also had a flat area where they could survive.

With the mortals in the valley having the ability to protect themselves, Su Fan could spend more effort on his own affairs.

When the first Black Fire chicken crawled out of its eggshell, Su Fan was extremely excited; this meant his plan was correct and there was a possibility of success.

In the end, out of the eight eggs, three Black Fire chickens were hatched—one male and two females—which already made Su Fan very satisfied.

Next, he only needed to raise the three chickens to adulthood.

As for the remaining five eggs, he ate them directly; the spirit energy contained within them was even more than the Jade Treasure Rice he usually ate.

Eating them for a long time also had a certain effect on cultivation.

And what was important was that this had no side effects like taking pills; if one took too many pills, a certain amount of pill poison would form in the body.

If it was not refined and removed in time, it would be an obstacle to future breakthroughs to Foundation Establishment.

Fortunately, the Su Family also had methods similar to dissolving pill poison, so he wasn't that worried.

After hatching the Black Fire chickens, Su Fan, apart from checking on them daily, scattering a little spirit rice, or finding some poisonous insects around Baiyun Peak to feed them, left them to their own devices.

Anyway, these Black Fire chickens didn't have much lethality; even if they were adults, to be honest, if a few adult mortals forged some equipment, they could potentially pose a threat to them.

Therefore, raising them was very worry-free, and in the future, he could even let mortals raise them on a large scale without needing cultivators to keep an eye on them all the time.

In the blink of an eye, half a year passed. Every day, apart from tending to the spirit fields and the Black Fire chickens, Su Fan worked hard at his cultivation.

With a first-grade mid-tier spirit vein, excluding the consumption for the spirit fields, he absorbed almost all the remaining spirit energy himself. Coupled with the help of his "cheat," his cultivation speed was not much slower than before.

Feeling the spirit power in his dantian, according to his estimation, in less than two years, he would be able to break through to the sixth layer of Qi Refining, and perhaps even reach the seventh layer of Qi Refining before the age of twenty-five.

The late stage of Qi Refining, placed in the family, could already be considered the backbone.

Every day, Su Fan would check the spirit fields. Planting in the spirit fields was not just a matter of finishing the planting of spirit rice; apart from needing to cast the Spring Breeze Rain Technique, he also had to pay attention often, as there would be some insect pests in the spirit fields that also needed to be targeted.

Otherwise, the harvest of spirit rice would be greatly discounted, and these were all spirit stones, so Su Fan naturally would not be negligent.

Every day, like an old farmer, after finishing his cultivation, he would cast some spells in the spirit fields to target insect pests.

Nowadays, Su Fan had learned over ten types of spells, most of which were first-grade mid-tier, such as the Fireball Technique, Iceball Technique, and other single-target minor spells, as well as two first-grade high-tier ones: the Ice Arrow Technique and the Diamond Technique.

Su Fan was not lacking in means to face enemies, and as for experience in facing enemies, in his previous life, Su Fan was a martial artist; he really hadn't faced enemies as an immortal cultivator.

But the fundamental principle remains the same, so Su Fan was not afraid.

"Ninth Brother!"

On this day, a familiar voice suddenly came from afar, and soon a person arrived riding the wind; looking closely, it was Su Fan's eldest brother, Su Qiren.

"Eldest Brother, why have you come?"

Su Fan was curious. He took the three Black Fire chickens out of the spirit field, stood up, wiped his hands, and said with a smile.

"Haha! I am returning to Liuyun Market, and since it's on the way, I came to see you."

"It seems you are doing well here. I just went to the valley below; the construction down there is quite good. It's only been half a year, and it really has the prototype of a small town. They've even built some fence walls on the perimeter."

"And I saw the newborns; there are quite a few. Almost every household has a newborn. In two years, we can go and test them; maybe we might even produce two or three with spirit roots."

Su Qiren was very happy. Before, when Grandfather assigned this task to Su Fan, he was still a bit worried that the latter might mess it up. Now it seemed that he had misjudged him.

Although they, as immortal cultivators, were high and mighty and didn't look at mortals, they also knew that these mortals containing the Su Family bloodline were also the foundation of their Su Family.

"Those are the results of their own hard work; I only provided them with a little bit of help."

Su Fan shook his head. Ordinary people at the bottom were as tenacious as grass; as long as there was a sliver of a gap, they could all live tenaciously.

Su Fan provided them with high-quality fields, and naturally, they lived more and more comfortably.

As for the newborns, Su Fan naturally knew that in the past half year, the hundred-plus households had increased by more than three hundred infants.

At the beginning, the grain still needed to be transported from Yunshan City, but now it was no longer needed.

With no shortage of grain and no entertainment activities, the population growth was definitely very fast.

According to Su Fan's estimation, in twenty years, the population here could reach over three thousand.

With the medical knowledge he taught, the infant survival rate had also greatly increased.