Chapter 153: Chapter 116: Spiritual Fields, Getting on the Right Track

Li Chang’an wasn’t worried about being scammed.

After all, his small order was a drop in the bucket to a true military-industrial behemoth.

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After completing the transaction, Li Chang’an closed his Rebirth Mark.

He then stood up and called for Zhao Xi, who was busy outside, and asked, “How are things in the city lately?”

Seeing that the important figures in the reception hall had all left, Zhao Xi couldn’t help but let out a heavy sigh of relief. She reported, “My Lord, I’ve had all the damage on the city walls from the Exotic Beast Tide repaired. The mess left behind by the previous City Lord has also been cleaned up. Would you like to inspect it?”

Li Chang’an shook his head. He trusted Zhao Xi’s abilities.

Besides, he wasn’t in the mood to inspect anything right now. After a moment’s thought, he said, “Go to the recruitment office and hire one hundred skilled hands who have experience farming Spiritual Fields, and one thousand well-educated, nimble-fingered young people!”

Receiving the new order, Zhao Xi blinked, a hint of bewilderment on her face.

Recruiting skilled hands experienced with Spiritual Fields was easy to understand.

After all, many rewards from the Rebirth Mark included Spiritual Fields, and Reincarnators obviously couldn’t farm them themselves. In this situation, ordinary people who knew how to cultivate Spiritual Fields and had relevant experience became a hot commodity.

’But my Lord only just became a Reincarnator not long ago, right?’

’Is it necessary to recruit a hundred people?’

’And what’s the plan for recruiting a thousand well-educated, nimble-fingered young people?’

Zhao Xi didn’t understand, but she had already learned to obey and execute orders.

But as she reached the door, she couldn’t help but confirm one more time, “Lord City Lord, one hundred skilled hands can farm fifty mu of Spiritual Fields. Do we really need to recruit that many?”

Normally, she wouldn’t have asked this question.

But she knew Li Chang’an wasn’t born into a prominent family and didn’t have a deep understanding of the Rebirth World, which was why she ventured to ask.

Li Chang’an nodded. “Go.”

Spiritual Fields awarded by the Rebirth Mark were another source of income for Reincarnators, aside from the taxes from their territories.

The fruits and vegetables grown in Spiritual Fields were not only sweet, crisp, and delicious, but also contained a large amount of Spiritual Qi. Regular consumption could nourish the body and even enhance one’s Cultivation.

The higher the Level of the Spiritual Field, the better the effects of the Spiritual Food grown in it.

When Li Chang’an had first arrived in Cangxuan City, Su Ruobing had given him a large cart of fruits and vegetables as a gift.

At first, Li Chang’an didn’t think much of it.

But after eating it for a while, he found he couldn’t get enough of the taste of Spiritual Food. Now, ordinary fruits and food no longer appealed to him at all; he could only stomach Spiritual Food at every meal.

As the saying goes, it’s easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but hard to go from extravagant to frugal.

Even Li Chang’an couldn’t resist the allure of Spiritual Food, which just went to show how delicious it truly was.

Of course, squandering his fortune was not part of Li Chang’an’s personal code.

After all, behind the extreme temptation of this high-grade Spiritual Food was a price tag of nearly one hundred Rebirth Points per jin.

Even veteran Reincarnators couldn’t necessarily afford the expense of eating only Upper-Grade Spiritual Food every day.

To put it simply,

if a Reincarnator ate only Upper-Grade Spiritual Food every day, the monthly expense would be almost equivalent to buying a Low-Tier Energy Core directly from the Rebirth Mark.

And the Energy contained in Spiritual Food was clearly less than that of an Energy Core; it was more for satisfying one’s palate.

From this, it was clear that…

Upper-Grade Spiritual Food was the very definition of a luxury item.

Normally, unless they were from a filthy rich family or buying it as a gift, Reincarnators would not purchase Upper-Grade Spiritual Food for their own consumption.

They relied on farming their own Spiritual Fields obtained from the Rebirth Mark to satisfy their cravings, and even then, they were usually only willing to eat the Spiritual Food produced from Middle-Grade or even Lower-Grade Spiritual Fields.

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Li Chang’an had Spiritual Fields, and quite a few of them at that.

Previously, because Cangxuan City was in a state of disarray with countless things needing to be rebuilt, Li Chang’an couldn’t spare the time to recruit people for farming.

Now that the messy, deep-seated issues in Cangxuan City had been resolved, and the number of Spiritual Fields he possessed was steadily increasing as he completed more rebirths, it was time for his farming plan to get on track.

Cangxuan City would not only achieve freedom with guns and cannons, but also freedom with fruits and vegetables!

With this thought in mind, Li Chang’an’s mood improved greatly. He hummed a little tune all the way back to his residence, sat down cross-legged, and began his Cultivation.

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「Ten days passed quickly.」

By the third day, Zhao Xi had completed the recruitment task.

Li Chang’an arranged for the one thousand-plus well-educated young people to rest in rooms outside the City Lord’s Mansion, then gathered the one hundred skilled Spiritual Field farmers in an open space beside the mansion.

Once all the skilled farmers had arrived,

Li Chang’an immediately designated an open area outside the City Lord’s Mansion and took out all of his Spiritual Fields from his Rebirth Mark: 25 mu of Upper-Grade Spiritual Fields, 14 mu of Middle-Grade Spiritual Fields, and 6 mu of Lower-Grade Spiritual Fields.

He arranged them in neat rows in the open space.

Gazing at such a vast number of Spiritual Fields, most of which seemed to be Upper-Grade Spiritual Fields with rich, dark soil, Zhao Xi almost thought she was hallucinating. Her face was a mask of disbelief.

One had to understand that in her former Zhao Family, the Spiritual Fields accumulated over several decades by three generations of Reincarnators, from grandfather to grandson, only amounted to the number Li Chang’an had just produced.

And most of those were Lower-Grade and Middle-Grade Spiritual Fields.

They had less than ten mu of Upper-Grade Spiritual Fields.

Who else was like Li Chang’an, possessing more Upper-Grade Spiritual Fields than Middle-Grade and Lower-Grade ones combined?

It was simply Reversed Celestial Spirits!

Staring at the neatly arranged Spiritual Fields, Zhao Xi looked dazed for a moment, then, as if suddenly realizing something, she looked up at Li Chang’an with wide eyes.

Her eyes sparkled, shimmering with deep admiration and astonishment!

Never before had she been so glad about the decision she had made, so glad that she had stood her ground and chosen to follow Li Chang’an against all odds!

Now, the talent and power Li Chang’an had displayed, even if it was just the tip of the iceberg, were enough to make her worship him in absolute awe.

For a former failure like her, being able to follow such a Lord was an outcome she wouldn’t have dared to dream of!

Nearby, the group of recruited farmers were also all wearing expressions of shock.

No wonder their Lord had recruited so many people at once. He possessed nearly thirty mu of Upper-Grade Spiritual Fields!

One of them exclaimed in amazement, “Let’s all work hard, everyone! From now on, our Cangxuan City will be able to produce Upper-Grade Spiritual Food too! If those guys from Fire Lion City and Donglan City dare to call us miners who can only dig ore, we’ll give them a piece of our minds!”

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