Chapter 234: Chapter 232: Cultivation Craze
Apart from extraterrestrial mining, many other crucial industries could also benefit from such large-scale construction.
For example, heavy industry.
Building cities of this scale naturally involved various large-scale machinery. Human civilization was digesting the Desert Tower civilization’s technology and industry while continually learning the advanced technology from the Chosen One Mall for city construction. Growing continuously in this manner was essentially killing two birds with one stone.
Moreover, unlike the Trial Period, the construction did not need to be completed within a short time; in fact, taking it slower could even be better.
A slower pace allowed for more perfected technology, resulting in better-constructed cities without affecting people’s cultivation.
After all, it only needed to be completed within five and a half years.
In the following two months, several other key projects gradually began to take shape.
For example, the spirit field.
Although the rest period lacked commodity plugins, after the VIP Mall upgraded to VIP3, the quantity and probability of items increased. During these two months, Shen Hao paid particular attention to a type of Level 22 Purple Epic Spirit Rice named “Purple Spirit Rice.”
Unlike the regular high-quality, high-level spiritual medicines which are difficult to cultivate, the special aspect of “Purple Spirit Rice” was its ease of cultivation.
Besides needing a certain demand for Spiritual Energy and special magic for management by cultivators, this rice was very easy to plant.
It was almost to the point where it could be easily cultivated on a large scale.
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Moreover, the stronger the cultivator planting it, and the more abundant the Spiritual Energy, the better the quality.
After harvesting this powerful rice, it was immediately decided to plant it on a large scale.
Furthermore, after planting, there was a huge surprise—the enhancing effect of the World Tree and the Life Mother Tree.
Nowadays, although there were quite a number of cultivators in human civilization, the average level of cultivation was not very high. Cultivating high-quality Purple Spirit Rice was not so easy, but the power of the Life Mother Tree and the World Tree was more effective than the magic displayed by cultivators.
Not only was the quality high, but the growth rate was fast, too.
Even now, the first batch of scarce, accelerated-grown Purple Spirit Rice was already being produced, and part of it naturally arrived in front of Shen Hao.
“Paired with special water sources, the rice produced is not inferior to a Level 17 Blue Quality elixir,” concluded Shen Hao, naturally surprised and pleased.
A Level 17 Blue Quality elixir, with the production capabilities of today’s Elixir Workshop, was not so easy to mass-produce.
In contrast, this quality of Purple Spirit Rice was easier to cultivate and grow.
“The normal cultivation speed is about one harvest per year, but with the aid of cultivators’ magic, as well as the World Tree and Life Mother Tree, we can achieve one harvest every half year,” Dong Gong reported with an unmistakably joyful tone, “We have already decided to plant on a large scale. We are now speeding up the cultivation of spirit fields, especially the lands near the Dragon Vein. Within one year at most, everyone within the civilization will be able to use Purple Spirit Rice for daily consumption.”
After that, it was naturally sold.
Even for practitioners on the Magic Road, such spiritual medicine had many benefits.
Although Magic Power and Spiritual Power were hard to convert, the enhancement to the body was genuine.
Moreover, there were quite a few magic potions being cultivated and grown on the Magic Side, some of which were also Purple Epic, but they were not as easy to cultivate on a large scale like Purple Spirit Rice.
However, this also made Shen Hao think of the education industry.
“What is the current ratio of people who choose the Cultivation Path and the Magic Road in our civilization?” he asked aloud.
“Sixty-eight to thirty-two,” answered Fiora.
Almost a seven to three ratio.
This result did not surprise Shen Hao.
Nowadays, the various foundations obtained by human civilization leaned towards cultivation; it was quite normal that there were many who chose the Cultivation Path, since some individuals ultimately were not suited for it, thus a considerable number also chose the Magic Road.
“It’s December now, and the cultivation of the new generation of practitioners is about to begin,” Shen Hao pondered, seemingly having made a decision, “I will release three hundred slots of my direct subordinates to the new generation, no, don’t use the name direct subordinates, call them Registered Disciples, all of which will be granted the Chosen One positions.”
Upon hearing this, Dong Gong was genuinely surprised.
Direct subordinates!
Currently, Shen Hao’s “direct subordinates” were not just any casual title; they almost represented the apex of the pyramid of Transcendent status in human civilization!
Although the number had been gradually increasing, even now, it had not surpassed fourteen hundred, and each of them was a Chosen One! Even if they were not previously, after Shen Hao acquired six thousand Chosen One slots, they were now.
You should know, the first thing after becoming a direct subordinate was to receive at least one Golden Legendary Ability!
Not to mention the other high-quality resources, many of which only Shen Hao could provide.
The benefits were imaginable.
Moreover, the selection depended not just on Talent but also on character. Whether someone could be selected depended only on Shen Hao’s will, and no one else could influence it.
All these factors combined to exemplify the significance of this group, which could even be said to be an extension of Shen Hao’s power and status.