one year later.
"How's it going now? Is everything going well?"
Zhang Changkong asked a middle-aged man in a palace called Xinpingfeng in the Lost Forest.
This middle-aged man's name is Kong Cheng, and he is a commander of the exploration army.
Miaoshan's expedition teams formed a total of fifty legions of about 30,000 people. These legions were human beings, and more were aliens. Each legion had a commander, and Kong Chengcheng was one of them.
"No problem. The maps left over from that time can still be used. There are already legions passing through the Lost Forest," Kong Cheng said, "I believe that the resource points in the Hundred Thousand Forest will be found soon."
"Very good, no matter whether it is immortal plants or ores, we must not let go. How about the engineering teams such as the Wild Boar and the Horse-faced Man follow up?"
"We have already entered the Lost Forest, and strongholds have been established in the Lost Forest. After entering the Lost Forest, our team will set off in three directions. Wherever we pass, we will collect all valuable plants that can be collected. and minerals”.
"How about forming a reserve corps?"
"The formation has been completed. As long as the frontline legion is damaged, it can be replenished quickly. Fortunately for our human race, there are some alien races that have grown up in a generation in less than ten years. At present, with the foundation of Miao Mountain, even if there are casualties If they are large, there will be no problems within a hundred years, and the number of various alien races may even increase. After all, we in Miao Mountain have given them a lot of materials as rewards."
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After Kong Cheng went out, Zhang Changkong looked at an elder named Shizhang. This elder was one of the top ten directors of the research laboratory. Now there is no so-called general manager in the research laboratory. The top ten directors have replaced the general manager. position.
"Master Immortal, these are the jade crystal rice and white corn that we have improved many times. We in Miao Mountain have lacked vitality stones in recent years. Qi practitioners must have these two staple foods containing vitality in order to persevere." Shizhang Na The grains on the two jade plates looked like rice, but the grains were much larger than corn.
Zhang Changkong had seen such things as jade crystal rice in Miaoshan in his early years, but at that time, this kind of jade crystal rice did not contain so much vitality.
Zhang Changkong felt that the vitality contained in this small plate of corn crystal rice was equivalent to one-tenth of a low-grade vitality stone, and the amount of vitality contained in the white corn was even more exaggerated, half as much as a low-grade vitality stone.
"The vitality in this kind of food is easier to absorb than the vitality stone. However, the satiety is also high, so you can't eat too much. If the output is not high now, we are planning to get the Seven Star Sect in exchange for the vitality stone. After all, we have When the vitality stone is combined with this kind of food, we can practice faster," Shizhang said.
"What's the use of your Qi cultivators' cultivation? It seems like you can't break through the realm like us immortal cultivators." Zhang Changkong took a handful of white corn and looked at it, and asked casually.
Shizhang thought for a moment and replied: "Although we qigong practitioners cannot break through to the realm of mages like immortal cultivators, as the energy in our bodies becomes more and more, our life span will be extended accordingly. You humans will live the longest." A long-standing Qi practitioner, the latest record is one hundred and thirty years old. If you are not a Qi practitioner, and you are still suffering from diseases when you are old, it would be good to live to sixty years old. The situation of our elder clan is similar, and the more you practice, the better. The more profound, the stronger the power.”
The qi practiced by qi masters flows in the body, and it may actually have the effect of improving the physical body.
Zhang Changkong glanced at Shizhang. No wonder he took out the vitality stone as an exchange item. The Qi refiners in Miaoshan were so excited. With their higher cultivation level, not only were they stronger, but they could also live longer.
“What are the conditions needed to grow this white corn?”
Zhang Changkong didn't bother with the issue of Qi Refiners. To him, Qi Refiners were just like strong men and not worthy of his care.
Although this white corn does not meet the standards of Xianzhi and cannot be the target for him to refine elixirs, it is still beneficial even for ordinary people to eat it. If it is promoted, it would be good to improve the human genes of Miaoshan. , Moreover, this kind of thing is similar to the vitality stone. It is hard currency and will never depreciate in value. There is no telling when Zhang Changkong will be useful. Of course, he himself does not eat it. He has not eaten it for a long time. When it came to food, he was taking elixirs. He was so extravagant that he had so many immortal plants that he couldn't use them all. There was no need to eat ordinary food.
"Jade crystal rice is okay. It can be planted in places with a higher concentration of vitality. But white corn, even if we control a huge area in Miao Mountain, there are only a few places suitable for growing this kind of plant." said the husband.
"It seems that white corn is only suitable for planting at vitality nodes," Zhang Changkong secretly thought. However, where there are vitality nodes, it is not good to plant fairy plants. Why plant such unpopular things?
After thinking for a while, Zhang Changkong took out eighteen earth spirit beads.
"This is a treasure with special effects. Burying it underground may be beneficial to growing white corn. You can use it first." Zhang Changkong's research on the Earth Spirit Pearl has not yielded any results for the time being. What he wants to do is There are many things to do. He has not had time to deal with the slate seal when he placed it on the empty island. Moreover, there are also the formation records of the Sky Pattern Master to study. The essence of heaven and earth in the Flowing Light Domain has not yet been revealed. He does not have much time, so why not Leave something as unimportant as the Earth Spirit Pearl to Miao Shan for research, just in case they find something.
"Oh, thank you, Master Immortal." Shizhang solemnly took the Earth Spirit Bead.
"Okay, have the information I asked for been sorted out?"
Zhang Changkong asked. What Zhang Changkong wanted was various insect breeding information, Miaoshan's scientific and technological achievements on steam power, and various infrastructure information. He wanted to bring these things to the Liuguang Domain.
The Flowing Light Domain is countless times larger than the Miao Mountain. If these results are digested, even the Miao Mountain can help Zhang Changkong raise 500 million insects in the Hundred Thousand Forest. If the insect breeding party turns into the White Lotus Empire of the Flowing Light Domain, hundreds of millions of insects will be able to grow. After the next year, it will be okay. By then, I am afraid that even the ordinary alien ancestors in the wilderness will be able to touch them based on the number of insects.
Time flies very fast, and in the blink of an eye, three years later, Zhang Changkong feels that Miaoshan has become "vibrant" from the previous lifelessness. Both humans and aliens are trying to have babies. It's not that they are uncontrolled, but that Miaoshan has become more and more "vibrant" in the past 100,000 years. The casualties in the jungle were too great.
Zhang Changfong flipped through the records of the Exploration Corps.
"Another ferocious beast, the Golden Scarab's wounds are not fully healed yet," Zhang Changkong frowned.
Every time a ferocious beast is discovered in the Shiwan Jungle, Zhang Changkong will send three golden scarabs as assassins.
It's not that Zhang Changkong is bloodthirsty, but that ferocious beasts never end up in treasureless places. In other words, killing beasts to obtain treasures is a shortcut to conquering the Hundred Thousand Jungles.
As the most powerful warrior under Zhang Changkong, Steel King was originally the best choice as an assassin. However, Steel King had a low-brow look in front of him. When he left his sight, he became distracted. It was thinking about flying back to its old nest, the vein of vitality stone.
The situation of Steel King seems to have always been like this. It seems that he is relatively immune to Zhang Changkong's orders. Zhang Changkong has nothing to do about this. Can he still educate a bug?
"I got a lot of immortal plants in the Shiwan Jungle that are not available in the Flowing Light Domain. Combining the two places, with my alchemy skills, it's time to try out those fantastic ideas. Moreover, the abbreviated version of the realm's grand formation is the rough and crazy type. , has been researched, it’s time to go back to the Flowing Light Domain and give it a try." Zhang Changkong thought that there was nothing going on in Miaoshan now, and the development of the Hundred Thousand Jungle had become an assembly line.
Taking advantage of the effect of the Insect King's Order, Zhang Changkong arranged a continuously running formation called the Symbiosis Formation. It was placed in the Stone Forest. To put it bluntly, it could make a temporary contract with the insects in it without Zhang Changkong having to do it himself.
The Insect King Token is simply the core of Zhang Changkong's enslavement of insects. After successively using the Insect King Token to give temporary contracts to others, Zhang Changkong discovered that the Insect King Token has a new function. He can "baptize" or "bless" the insects under his command. "In addition to enhancing the combat power of insects, if there are too many insects, the power of the Insect King Token can be reversely enhanced. Zhang Changkong doesn't know what power it is. He only knows that the Insect King Token is becoming more and more wonderful. He has I'm a little worried that the last time the Earth God appeared will be the swan song.
The Insect King Token allows Zhang Changjiang to better control the insects. Even when the insects die, a special energy is added to the Insect King Token.
The strange ability of the Insect King Ling reminded Zhang Changkong of some alien evil gods. However, the magic runes used to refine the Insect King Ling are not very normal, so it is expected to have some magical abilities, so Zhang Changkong just likes to see it. The stronger the Insect King Ling is, the better. It would be better if he is strong enough to let Zhang Changkong challenge him.
"In the past few years, more than ten million insects have died in the Hundred Thousand Jungles. These insects are like sacrifices, making the Insect King Token stronger. However, this time I am sent back to the Flowing Light Realm, and I still need to use the Insect King Token to protect me. There won't be any accidents during the shuttle." Zhang Changkong thought for a moment, but he still had no premonition of bad luck or good luck. It seems that the theory of telepathy between heaven and man is pure nonsense. From now on, he must be down-to-earth and do things as a human being.
So, Zhang Changkong began to summon Steel King. He had a high-grade vitality stone, but he wanted to use Steel King's.
"Traveling back and forth between the two places consumes too much vitality stone. After a few trips back and forth, a vein of vitality stone disappears. It seems that nothing is wrong. It's better not to come back to the Seven Star Sect, so as not to bother me with the trivial matters again. Let's arrange for Miao. The mountain thing will go back to the Light Realm."
Flying back to the Sky Island, the Sky Island has become a little different at this time. It was originally a cone-shaped mountain with the tip pointing downward. At this moment, it has become a bit oval. Zhang Changkong refined the huge stone seal into the Sky Island. , the sky island is slowly getting bigger, but the time is still short, and the island area cannot be seen to have greatly improved for the time being.
Zhang Changkong glanced at the three golden scarabs that were recovering from their injuries, and then at the essence tree and golden fruit tree.
The Essence Tree has grown even bigger, and there are no flashes of excitement or strange phenomena. It is just producing the essence of ten thousand trees.
This golden fruit tree has been around for two hundred years, and it is not known whether it has produced fruit or whether the fruit has entered the stomachs of three golden scarabs. However, at this moment, it is blooming.
Zhang Changkong counted with his fingers, but couldn't figure out anything. He didn't know when the golden fruit tree would bear fruit or when the fruit would mature. He could only wait for fate.
"Okay, Miaoshan's affairs are almost settled. In half a year, we will return to the Light Realm."
