Became a salted fish pretend heiress and handed over the system
Chapter 686 - 674: End of the World Dimension 62

Chapter 686: Chapter 674: End of the World Dimension 62

Although they drove more slowly later, it was still faster than before. Xia Yue forgot to bring her motion sickness medication, which caused her and Lin Jingyang to feel unwell.

The two of them returned, both looking terribly pale.

"Just go, we already feel bad, it doesn’t matter if we endure a little more discomfort," Xia Yue said, forcing herself to soldier on.

Lin Jingyang nodded in response, not wanting to miss out on witnessing Ziluo’s shining moment as he had always been curious about her strength.

"Take the lead," Yan Mo instructed Qi Ran, seeing their determination.

Qi Ran had no objections, thus he led the way for them by flying.

About half an hour later, they arrived at a vast expanse of neatly tilled land. It was truly expansive, clean, and orderly.

"There is only one thousand acres here, the rest is elsewhere. Due to the subway and other structures built underneath the city prior to the apocalypse, the area cannot be used for farming. To find open fields, we would have to go to more remote locations," Qi Ran explained to them.

"Understandable, this will do. Corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes yield the highest output, so let’s use corn as our experimental crop," Ziluo suggested, approving of their chosen land which appeared better than she had envisioned.

"Excellent, corn can be turned into cornmeal and can also be used for oil extraction. Its uses are plentiful, so let’s opt for corn first," Xia Yue nodded, taking out a few packets of corn seeds from her system’s backpack.

Ziluo did not touch those seeds, instead, she flew to the tilled land and started deploying her divine gifts. Purple petals started to scatter from her body, settling onto the soil. The dark earth that initially looked uninviting began transforming into its natural colour, appearing rich and fertile.

Once the soil was ready, Ziluo used her spiritual power to scatter the seeds evenly onto the land before gently covering them with soil.

"Your turn," Ziluo turned to Xia Yue.

"Coming up," Xia Yue replied. After glancing at Yan Mo and the others, she took a deep breath and swiftly transformed into a small golden dragon, flying towards Ziluo.

"A dragon? A golden dragon!" Lin Jingyang was astonished by Xia Yue’s transformation.

After all, dragons were considered divine beasts in myths, and now, there was one right before their eyes - a divine creature that was a human just seconds ago.

As experienced as Qi Ran was, he was equally taken aback by Xia Yue’s transformation.

"Are you all not human?" Qi Ran stared blankly at Yan Mo, Xia Xi, and Mo Si.

"Not human? We have simply awakened our bloodline," Yan Mo rolled his eyes at Qi Ran’s comment, unwilling to entertain his flawed logic.

"Does having the blood of a divine dragon not make you a non-human?" Lin Jingyang chimed in.

"Keep quiet and watch," Yan Mo curtly instructed, despite agreeing with Lin Jingyang’s logic.

Xia Yue flew over to Ziluo and, guided by the ancestral memory and techniques imparted by Dragon Lord Ao Ye, she began to conjure clouds and rain to water the farmland.

Within moments, dark clouds appeared over the farmland, and it began to rain.

After ten minutes of light rain, the soil was adequately moistened, and Xia Yue dismissed the clouds and rain.

Ziluo then chanted a growth spell on the newly-planted corn seeds, which then began to germinate, grow, form ears, and mature. The whole process took merely about ten minutes.

Withdrawing her magic, Ziluo then used her spiritual power to pluck a ripe ear of corn, peeling back the husks to reveal plump kernels that were visibly juicy.

"This is fresh corn. If we want to make cornmeal, we have to wait for it to mature a little longer," Xia Yue said, reverting back to her human form and glancing at the corn in Ziluo’s hand.

"Let’s wait a few more days then. In the meantime, we can sow the rest of the land," Ziluo nodded in agreement.

"Sure, let’s pluck a few more ears for now. We can boil them back home and give them a taste," suggested Xia Yue, eyeing the ear of corn in her hand.

"Sounds good," Ziluo agreed and used her spiritual power to pluck a few more ears before returning to Yan Mo and the others with Xia Yue.

"Let’s go home and cook this corn," Xia Yue happily suggested to the others, with an ear of corn in her possession.

"Xia Yue, you’re actually a divine dragon, that’s really cool," Lin Jingyang exclaimed with admiration in his eyes.

"I’m human, I only activated my dragon bloodline. Moreover, I’m not a full dragon," Xia Yue explained, understanding the awe in his eyes.

"But you’re still part-dragon, and dragons are divine beasts. Are you sure you all aren’t immortals?" Lin Jingyang turned to the others, believing his deduction could be accurate.

"Gods don’t eat, but I sure do love food. Life without good food isn’t worth living," Xia Yue assured him seriously.

Lin Jingyang and Qi Ran: "..."

That statement was indisputable.

"Let’s go, we’ll come back for the rest tomorrow. For now, we need to head home and cook this corn," Ziluo urged, holding the freshly plucked corn in her arms.

"All of this corn is mature now, do we just leave it here? Won’t it be stolen?" Lin Jingyang was concerned as he looked at the cornfield.

"Zombies don’t eat corn. Some animals and birds might take a few, however, after Xia Yue’s dragon form flew around here, it’s unlikely they would approach. There’s no need to worry about the corn being eaten," Ziluo tried to reassure him.

"That’s good. When will we start inviting people to buy our crops?" Lin Jingyang asked, excited at the thought of everyone being able to eat to their hearts’ content.

"No rush, once all the land has been sown and we’ve saved some for ourselves, we’ll invite them. It would be even better. You should learn more from your Uncle Qi Ran," Ziluo advised, shaking her head at his overeagerness. "If you behave rashly, you won’t last long as future human leader. You would probably be outwitted and manipulated within a short while."

"Okay," Lin Jingyang conceded, realizing the sense in her point. With more crops, everyone would receive a greater share and be satisfied.

Ziluo leaned closer to Yan Mo and murmured, "This kid is a bit naive. When you teach him how to improve his strength, remember to impart some worldly wisdom as well. As it stands now, he’s no match for cunning Qi Ran, let alone others. He’s likely to be deceived and outmaneuvered sooner rather than later."

"I understand," Yan Mo nodded, having come to the same conclusion earlier himself.

Seeing that Yan Mo was considerate, Ziluo decided not to bring it up any further.

Qi Ran then led them to a villa next to his own.

Knowing that he disliked outsiders and considering Yan Mo’s group most likely felt the same, he designated this villa for their use.

Yan Mo’s group was pleased with his choice. They had been pondering earlier on how to politely refuse living in Qi Ran’s home. But with this arrangement, they knew they were dealing with someone who had indeed been a household head, with an admirable level of tact.