441 Preparations Before Winter


    When he returned to ckstone Vige again, it looked the same as when he left it, except that there were a few more houses and a few warriors had died. Lin Xuan and the two priests talked about what had happened in the past few days. The powerful wild beasts did note again, and the Gods nearby did note to harass them. However, there were many more wild beasts near ckstone Vige lurking.


    Wild beasts were not dire beasts, but when a wild beast bes stronger, it could possibly be a dire beast. To the viges, wild beasts were their only source of meat.


    However, even the weaker wild beasts were still stronger than humans. If they were not careful, one mistake could cause a lot of casualties.


    Lin Xuan nodded to show that he understood, and then introduced the many schrs to them, letting the two priests listen to the arrangements of these schrs.


    Lin Xuan was not good at developing civilization, so these things were naturally handled by the schrs.


    Originally, it was decided that the first thing would be to teach the vigers how to read and write. However, after walking around the entire vige, they changed their minds. The first thing was to teach agriculture and hunting!


    After a sufficient meal, one would have the brains to learn etiquette!


    Of course, agriculture and hunting were not that simple to show. The world rules in Taixia Country were different from that in the wilderness world dungeon. Crops in Taixia Country probably would not be able to survive in the wilderness world dungeon. They needed to find local suitable nts and increase the yield through cross-breeding and other agricultural techniques.


    Hunting was not as simple as hunting wild beasts. It also included fishing and herding. It was going to be a big project. Thankfully, all the schrs knew what to do. With rich knowledge, they adapted to this new world as fast as possible.


    Lin Xuan and the rest naturally began to prepare for war. The first step was to bring the viges they had under their control. Then, they would invade the surrounding areas and kill the gods and wild beasts. After that, they’ll take in arge number of people from other viges as their own.


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    Under the leadership of Lin Xuan and several earth-rank powerhouses, the well-being of the vige began to rapidly progress in the ckstone Vige. The first battle was fought on three sides at the same time, directly targeting the Redstone Vige, Whitestone Vige, and Bluestone Vige. With absolute strength, they subdued the mountain tortoise, killed the white snake, and the Ancestral God of the blue stone vige.


    The mountain tortoise willingly gave up its identity as a god and offered to be the dire beast that protected the viges. Lin Xuan thought about it and finally agreed.


    This was just the beginning. Lin Xuan was about to lead many experts to conquer the rest of the ce. He did not expect that a message from the five viges would immediately make his body shiver.


    They didn’t have enough food!


    Originally, the food reserves of the ckstone Vige were more than enough to get through the winter. However, with the poption of the other vigers moving in, the total poption of the five viges was now close to 10,000. The food reserves would definitely not be enough!


    The amount of meat they consumed would not be able to keep up with the hunting done every day. If the original food reserves of the three viges were added, they could barely survive the winter. This meant that some people would copse and die in the cold.


    In this early stage of entrepreneurship, every poption was crucial. Lin Xuan could not let such a thing happen. Fortunately, some schrs had found suitable crops for farming.


    “What seed is he?”


    “This is a crop that we’ve discovered that should be suitable for farming. We’ll name it the spiritual rice!”


    “What would it be like?”


    “We haven’t carried out cross-breeding experiments, so the yield should be hundred kilograms per acre. However, because of the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual rice, one kilogram of spiritual rice could be enough to feed an adult soldier for a day.”


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    Lin Xuan nodded, and his depressed mood was slightly relieved. “Alright, then let’s start farming.”


    The schr nodded. Although it wasn’t farming season, for a practitioner schr whobined cultivation and technology, this was no problem at all. Greenhouse nting and soilless cultivation were a piece of cake.


    Many schrs worked together. They taught the vigers how to nt the spiritual rice and started the cross-breeding experiment. They worked on two things at the same time. They swore that after the snow season, the five viges would enter an era of freedom for the spiritual rice.


    Lin Xuan and the rest did not idle around. Since they could not attack the other viges now, they could only hunt the deste beasts and use their blood and bones to increase the strength of the children who had not undergone the beast blood baptism. Some of the children were talented and had already undergone the second beast blood baptism.


    In a short time, all the viges were on a path of rapid growth. The spiritual rice fields were opening up, and schrs had found the simplest nting method. Then, they used safe growth-promoting techniques to harvest the spiritual rice in a short ten days.


    After a round of processing, the white spirit rice appeared in front of everyone. Then, a big pot of spirit rice was steamed in a big cauldron. It was fragrant and soft. The priests and warriors ate the spirit rice in big mouthfuls while tears flowed from their eyes. It was delicious, it was really delicious!


    They had never eaten such delicious food that could fill their stomachs… Was it a nt… A fruit?


    No matter what it was, it was edible, filled them up, and contained spiritual energy. That was enough!


    “Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving us food! Thank you, thank you!” In an instant, a few priests led arge group of people to kneel down again. This was the first God that had provided them with food!


    The research and development of new varieties of spiritual rice was still ongoing, but it was no longer the mainstream of schrs that were in charge. They started to set up schools, and Lin Xuan also stipted that children between the ages of four and 16 had to go to school. At the same time, all adults had to go to night sses.


    In order to stimte everyone’s motivation to learn, Lin Xuan proposed a series of reward measures. For a time, the five viges were busy studying.


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    The arrival of the snow season gave Lin Xuan a headache. With five viges having a limited food reserve, they could only barely survive the entire season. With their animal skins and cold stone houses, it would be difficult for them to survive this cold season at all.


    It was time to hire professional workers and architects.


    Lin Xuan went back to Taixia again and asked for a lot of technical experts to make cotton clothes, quilts, and warm brick beds… The vigers epted the ancient craftsmanship of Taixia Country in a daze. Later on, they found that these things were really useful.


    Only when you have enough food and clothing will you know honor and disgrace!


    Out of the four main aspects of the people’s livelihood, Lin Xuan had already solved three of them. Thest one, transportation, was not something that could bepleted in a short time.


    Everything was prepared in a hurry. On this day, the North wind blew, the snow fluttered, and the temperature dropped.


    Winter has arrived!