NOVEL WEB Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Seeds in Hand
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Seeing that Fang Yun had listened to his words, Fang Lin nodded reassuringly, then consoled him, "However, Clan Leader, you don't need to bear too much pressure. Our Fang Family has developed to this point. Although we have only one cultivator, we do have quite a few martial artists.
"The martial artists of the Postnatal Realm aside, we have as many as ten elders in the Innate Realm in the Fang Family.
"Moreover, with the profound heritage left by generations of cultivators, as long as we don't rashly provoke others, we have a good grasp of holding Spirit Water Island!"
Fang Yun heard the terms of the Postnatal Realm and Innate Realm, and he couldn't help but look at Fang Lin with great astonishment.
"Postnatal Realm, Innate Realm? Elder, besides cultivators, there are martial artists in this world?"
Hearing Fang Yun's puzzled words, Fang Lin smiled and gently stroked his beard.
Clearly, being able to answer questions and clarify doubts for Fang Yun, a cultivator, was an achievement for him.
Then Fang Lin continued, "As a cultivator, it's understandable that you, as the Clan Leader, are unaware of the martial artists among mortals.
"Among mortals, there exists a technique to extract primordial qi from food to cultivate martial arts.
"This can be used to counter the ferocious beasts in nature or the sea beasts in the ocean.
"However, it can only deal with ordinary creatures and hardly compete with those demon beasts containing spiritual energy.
"Martial arts are roughly divided into the Postnatal Realm and the Innate Realm.
"But even the most powerful Innate Realm can hardly contend with cultivators who absorb spiritual energy.
"This is a fundamental gap that can't be bridged!"
As Fang Lin finished speaking, his expression turned somewhat rueful.
After all, he had practiced martial arts all his life, and it was only after much hardship that he broke through to the Innate Realm, yet he could only reign among mortals.
Even when facing a cultivator at the lowest realm, without relying on those spirit talismans passed down from their ancestors, they were utterly powerless.
This was the fundamental difference. Even with Fang Lin's current mental realm, looking at the young Fang Yun before him, he couldn't help but be filled with emotion and helplessness.
*Was this destiny, he wondered? Why didn't he have a Spirit Root?*
*With such thoughts in his heart, Fang Lin's interest in the conversation suddenly diminished significantly.*
Then he bypassed these emotions and spoke with Fang Yun about the Fang Family's financial issues.
Upon hearing the vast difference between the Innate Realm and cultivators, Fang Yun couldn't help but secretly nod.
He had originally thought that the Innate Realm in this world was equivalent to the Qi Cultivation Stage of cultivators.
But now it seemed that even the most powerful Innate Realm couldn't compare to a Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator with a Spirit Root.
This realization reassured him a lot, or else, in his current "disabled" state as a cultivator, facing many Innate Realm elders would indeed be quite pressuring.
Although Fang Yun was still curious about the martial arts realm of the Innate,
seeing that Fang Lin had lost interest in discussing this matter, he felt it was inappropriate to pursue further questions.
The subsequent discussion about the Fang Family's financial issues, Fang Yun listened casually and didn't take it seriously.
Because the island where the Fang Family resided was nearly a hundred miles away from another island.
They seldom interacted with the outside world on a daily basis, not much exchange occurred.
Therefore, there weren't too many complicated financial issues.
Before long, Fang Zhou, who had gone to search for seeds, returned.
Fang Yun immediately perked up and hurriedly approached, quickly taking a large package from Fang Zhou's hands.
He placed it on a table beside him and opened it.
Fang Zhou pointed to the bags inside the cloth sack and introduced the seeds inside one by one.
The types and quantities of seeds on the island weren't rich, and the rice seeds were the most numerous.
In addition, there were soybean seeds and some vegetable seeds.
Besides these common seeds, there were also some medicinal herb seeds common to the island.
As Fang Zhou introduced them, images of the land in the canyon automatically emerged in Fang Yun's mind.
He then made a rough plan based on the types and quantities of these seeds.
After Fang Zhou finished the introduction, Fang Yun looked at the quantity of seeds in the package. Fang Zhou had prepared quite a lot, enough for him to squander.
Fang Yun nodded towards Fang Lin and Fang Zhou, "Alright, then I'll trouble the two of you, elders, this time. I'll take my leave now!"
"Clan Leader, there's no need to be so courteous. We two are here to handle these trivial matters for you.
If you have any needs in the future, feel free to come to us!" Fang Lin said with a hearty laugh.
Fang Yun nodded, lifted the heavy package, and turned to walk up the mountain.
Watching Fang Yun's departing back, Fang Zhou spoke up, "Elder Lin, what do you think of our new Clan Leader?"
Fang Lin pondered for a moment, recalling Fang Yun's performances earlier, then said, "In terms of cultivation, I really can't tell much, but in terms of personality, he seems quite steady.
"He should make a good clan leader!"
Fang Zhou, feeling relieved, exhaled and said, "As long as he's steady. The previous clan leader was too impulsive, disappearing without a trace on his first outing. It was really too dangerous for our Fang Family."
Fang Lin shook his head and said, "As a cultivator, the spiritual energy on our island was too sparse, eventually leading him to venture out to seek opportunities.
"The previous clan leader also had no other choice!"
Fang Zhou shook his head and said no more.
Although what Fang Lin said made sense, he still wished for a steadier clan leader who wouldn't easily leave the island.
Even if he needed to leave the island, a steadier personality could offer a higher chance of survival, preventing the Fang Family from suddenly falling into danger.
Thinking of the recent disturbances outside the island, Fang Zhou's heart couldn't help but grow heavy.
Following the mountain path, Fang Yun quickly returned to the cave, picked up a hoe, and slung the fine iron sword on his back.
He took the package and strode toward the direction of the canyon.
He soon arrived above the canyon, and by using the rope he left earlier, he smoothly entered the canyon.
After placing the package filled with seeds aside, Fang Yun held a hoe, carefully surveying the land in the canyon, and began to plan the planting earnestly.
There was a more than one hundred-acre low-lying area, waterlogged throughout the year, perfect for planting rice.
With the stream providing a water source, there shouldn't be a concern about water scarcity for the rice here.
After arranging the low areas properly, the remaining land was divided into two parts, one part for planting soybeans.
The other part was subdivided into more than a dozen small sections where the medicinal herb seeds could be planted.
There were also some vegetable seeds left, which Fang Yun planned to plant along the banks of the stream in succession.
In this way, the several hundred acres of land could be fully utilized.
After making a detailed plan, Fang Yun spent five days categorizing and dividing the terrain.
Then he began to plant the rice.
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