Chapter 140: Chapter 140

It didn’t seem that she required them to answer, and she continued, "These foods are to be delivered to various marketplaces as gifts for the autumn harvest."

As she walked, she pointed to the Bean Soldiers beside her, who were placing pills, magical artifacts, array plates, spiritual materials... and other items into the food boxes.

Li Ye observed clearly that inside were some very common pills for treating injuries and enhancing mana cultivation, but there were also Foundation Establishment Pills, Beauty Pills, exquisite Spiritual Artifacts, and Spirit Plant seeds.

It’s obvious that if an ordinary cultivator could obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill or an exquisite Spiritual Artifact, it would greatly aid their cultivation journey.

And what’s more terrifying is that such mountains of food boxes were stacked in the distance.

"Our sect is truly generous."

Seeing those food boxes reminded Li Ye of some unpleasant memories—watching others win prizes while he could only hold a "thanks for participating" note, feeling disheartened.

This also caused his steps to slow down a bit.

"What on earth are you thinking about?" Shen Xue True Man stopped walking and couldn’t help but tap Li Ye’s forehead with her knuckle.

"Uh... Nephew was thinking that before entering the marketplace, I seemed to have bought some luck boxes, and the contents I drew were all useless junk."

Su Ya was very surprised, "Junior Brother, you had such bad luck too? Are you sure the shopkeeper placed good items in those boxes? Perhaps there weren’t any good things to begin with."

Li Ye strongly agreed, "Surely, it was because the merchant didn’t put anything good inside, or else how could I not draw any?" Get full chapters from 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⟡𝘧𝙞𝙧𝙚⟡𝘯𝘦𝘵

Shen Xue True Man helplessly shook her head.

She actually also doubted that with Li Ye’s Qi Fortune, he wouldn’t get anything.

It must be those unscrupulous merchants who didn’t put anything in, just like when she drew treasures in Central State’s poor vision array.

However, she is at least a Nascent Soul True Man and can’t express the same dissatisfaction as the two Foundation Establishment nephews.

"Every year, the sect releases a batch of resources to be distributed. You’ve come at the right time, so take something and put it into a food box."

"Perhaps you two can help a struggling cultivator solve their problems."

Upon hearing this, Li Ye and Su Ya exchanged a glance.

The latter, being an alchemist, was carrying many pills and without hesitation offered an entire set of Spirit Pills usable from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.

Items like Replenishing Essence Pill, Spirit Enhancing Pill, Recovery Pill.

Whatever could be used was brought out, along with an additional storage pouch.

If a low-tier cultivator could obtain these, it would definitely be a huge treasure.

"Not bad," Shen Xue True Man nodded, looking at Li Ye, "And what about you? What treasure do you plan to offer?"

This question truly stumped Li Ye. He did have numerous treasures, various spiritual materials, spiritual objects, and spirit pills, but what would be suitable to give?

After pondering deeply, a flash of inspiration struck his mind.

He simply placed honey, two types of pearls, Lotus Pill, Potato Flood Dragon meat, gourd oil, Moonlight Pearl, and a flint fire seed... all into the box.

Su Ya, observing from the side, was dumbfounded.

Are you putting too much in there?

"Let’s see who has the luck to receive this gift pack," Li Ye chuckled proudly, "Anyway, they’re just homemade specialties, nothing too valuable."

He resisted the urge to comment.

Shen Xue True Man, on the side, couldn’t help but laugh, "Specialties, huh? Your specialties are indeed interesting.

I know you have Potato Flood Dragon meat, how about making it a dish to add to these food boxes?

By your standards, how do you prepare Potato Flood Dragon meat to taste delicious?"

Li Ye immediately answered, "Of course, by slicing it into strips, frying it in oil, and pairing it with a sauce made from Red Persimmon Fruit, it tastes fantastic!"

—The so-called Red Persimmon Fruit is a type of sweet and sour spirit fruit.

He had once tried this preparation method when experimenting with recipes, and the taste was indeed very delicious. Just talking about it made him crave it again.

"Su Ya, lend a hand here too."

Shen Xue True Man directly recruited the two of them, but she didn’t treat them poorly, with all sorts of delicious dishes from the Bean Soldiers continuously served, like an endless feast.

Thus, piece by piece, Potato Flood Dragon meat was continuously delivered by beavers in storage pouches, then skillfully sliced into strips by the Bean Soldiers.

Finally, they were fried in hot oil.

Once they were removed, Li Ye impatiently took one strip and dipped it in the Red Persimmon Fruit sauce, finding this simple Potato Flood Dragon strip to have an indescribable flavor.

Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, the sweet taste of Kansheng Potato neutralizes the slight fishiness from the Flood Dragon blood, merging perfectly.

Additionally, the frying done with East Sun Welcoming Sunflower oil added a unique taste due to the ingredients, despite the simplicity of the method.

"This food is decent," Shen Xue True Man commented after tasting, "The ingredients are excellent, the preparation method is simple, and the oiliness is balanced by the sauce."

Waving her sleeve, she sent all the fried Potato Flood Dragon strips into every food box, then commanded the Bean Soldiers to deliver the food boxes.

But this was just the beginning.

In the following period, Shen Xue True Man’s Bean Soldiers tried various ways to make Potato Flood Dragon meat, even testing its compatibility as a meat substitute in dishes.

The more they tested, the more satisfied Shen Xue True Man’s expression became.

Once Li Ye could successfully cultivate this Potato Flood Dragon to maturity, they could include it in the Four Seasons Sect’s records and start promoting it externally.

As people depend on food, it’s easy to see how much Qi Fortune this new, easy-to-raised, meaty, and delicious food could bring to the sect.

After staying with Shen Xue True Man for a while, Li Ye and Su Ya finally got up to attend the sect’s autumn harvest festival.

The festival venue connected to hundreds of Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands specifically for growing various crops, and nearly all the cultivators who came here would personally enter to harvest.

Then transport all kinds of crops to the huge granary at the center of the festival.

The granary’s surface appeared mottled and faded but was exceptionally grand, akin to a divine pillar piercing the heavenly dome surrounded by countless Grotto Heaven Blessed Land portals.

The surrounding Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands featured endless wheat and rice fields, some were fruit trees and greens, and others raised spirit beasts.

Many cultivators were busy inside, their small figures like ants.

Upon arriving, Li Ye discreetly joined the ranks of a group of disciples.

Here, there were no restrictions on inner and outer disciples, even the person beside you, wielding magic to reap wheat and rice, could be a Golden Core True Man.

There was only the fellowship of the Four Seasons Sect.

He collaborated with several Spirit Plant Masters, utilizing the Spirit Cutting Technique to harvest crops like rice and wheat while listening to their discussion:

"This granary is the Four Seasons Divine Granary."

"It’s said to be personally constructed by our ancestor, with ten percent of the annual crop production stored for tens of thousands of years."

"How much grain must it hold?"

"Who knows? It could probably feed half of the Cultivation Realm!"

Li Ye listened in awe, and as he transported the goods into the granary, he wanted to take a good look at this largest granary in the Cultivation Realm.

What he saw... was a series of grotto world!

—Countless grotto worlds were like stars scattered within the granary, and within those worlds’ illusions, mountains of food were piled, with hills of flour and seas of rice being common sights.

At the very center of these star-like grotto worlds.

Perhaps due to Jianmu’s influence, Li Ye could faintly see that in those countless small grotto worlds, there seemed to be golden auras being suppressed by the bronze ruler.

He was all too familiar with that aura.

Just a few glances, and he felt immense divine sense pressure, quickly leaving the granary amidst the crowd.