At this moment, Chu Yuan was presented with two intriguing and strange options.
The first was to devour it himself.
The second was to use it to cultivate spiritual Yuan rice.
"Even if I consumed a Semi-Divine Entity, it would not lead to a breakthrough in my realm. It would just accumulate more power. Instead, I could use it to cultivate spiritual Yuan rice, which may lead to some unimaginable miraculous effect."
Without much thought, Chu Yuan chose the latter.
"Ding! The host chose option two and gained three hundred Destiny Points."
At this moment, the Prince's flesh was disintegrated by Chu Yuan and absorbed into the soil where the spiritual Yuan rice was being planted. It emitted a sinister scarlet glow.
An incredible transformation rapidly unfolded before Chu Yuan's eyes.
The spiritual Yuan rice, which usually took several days to mature, completed its seed formation in just a few breaths after being nourished by the Prince's flesh. The rice was filled with crystal-like grains, each plump and full.
A scent of rice filled his nose!
Just by inhaling the aroma of the spiritual Yuan rice a few times, Chu Yuan felt his spirit becoming invigoratingly refreshed!
The flesh of a powerful being contains a more intense spiritual energy and the precious divine law of illumination. It is perfect for cultivating spiritual Yuan rice.
"I was worried about the lengthy time needed to cultivate a large amount of rice. But now, this Prince has given me such a great gift!"
Chu Yuan was in high spirits!
After harvesting the grains, he continued to cultivate them with the spiritual energy derived from the flesh. The speed was simply astonishing!
"Ding! The host has completed this event and has gained four thousand Destiny Points, one Spirit Seed Converter, and one high-grade Divine Artifact Upgrade Card."
"The current surplus of Destiny Points is six thousand seven hundred and fifty."
Spirit Seed Converter: a special magical treasure with two transformation powers.
Transformation One: Accelerates the growth of any seeds using abundant spiritual energy.
Transformation Two: Changes the properties of any seeds using abundant spiritual energy. Any seed can only be planted once, after which it becomes obsolete.
"Spirit Seed Converter?"
At this moment, a large, square pool appeared in the System Space, divided into two sections, clearly representing the two transformation effects.
Chu Yuan was stunned at the effects of the Spirit Seed Converter.
The two transformation powers, especially the second one, delighted Chu Yuan greatly.
He knew that the rice seeds were important for the empire and implicated billions of citizens.
Moreover, if everyone in Dawu consumed spiritual Yuan rice and learned of the miraculous rice seeds, it would be impossible to keep it a secret. Those with intentions would inevitably find out.
It was crucial that the rice seeds did not spread. The ancient and powerful Imperial Dynasty was strictly guarding this point. They had researched many variant methods to prevent their enemies from obtaining the seeds, but their methods were all tedious and time-consuming.
Chu Yuan was still worried that the spiritual Yuan rice seeds would be stolen.
However, with the Spirit Seed Converter, his worries were laid to rest.
He could first cultivate a large amount of rice seeds, keep some for continued cultivation, use them as original seeds, and then alter the properties of the rest using the Spirit Seed Converter. This way, he would not have to fear the theft of his spiritual Yuan rice.
The area where the original rice seeds were planted would be kept in a location unknown to others.
Originally, it would have taken a long time to cultivate most of the rice seeds. However, with the help of the Spirit Seed Converter and the Prince's flesh, he was able to harvest a large amount of rice seeds in just half a month.
Chu Yuan now stored the original rice seeds in the System Space, and then spread the transformed seeds throughout the immense vein!
"Great Devouring Technique, Infinite Spiritual Energy!"
Centered around Chu Yuan, infinite spiritual energy converged towards him, then dispersed in all directions. The dense spiritual energy seemed to have turned into liquid.
He was accelerating the maturation of the spiritual Yuan rice without worrying about energy consumption.
The normal growth cycle of the spiritual Yuan rice is four months, with different growth acceleration based on the level of spiritual energy density.
But Chu Yuan had harvested the first batch of spiritual Yuan rice in just ten days.
"Duke of Loyalty and Courage, please taste."
Chu Yuan handed a stem of spiritual Yuan rice to Lu Qianfu.
Although the spiritual Yuan rice was raw, it looked like a bunch of grapes.
After eating a grain, Lu Qianfu felt that every pore in his body was opening, filled with the rich spiritual energy, facial expressions showing utter shock.
He is at the realm of divinity insight, this kind of rice could even make him feel the effect.
"Grains that defy heaven, the heavy weapon of the nation, whatever divine artifact of the ancient Shang nation, none can be compared to spiritual rice. Divine artifacts can only strengthen one person, but spiritual rice could benefit the whole nation!"
Lu Qianfu exclaimed: "However, Your Majesty had urged the maturity of spiritual rice regardless of consumption before, the amount of energy crystal consumed was probably the yield of an entire year."
A year's mining of this big vein could yield billions of energy crystals, which means Chu Yuan consumed billions of energy crystals.
"It's just energy crystal consumption, I've been pondering how to strengthen Dawu and benefit the people. The appearance of spiritual rice has solved my urgency."
Chu Yuan said: "This vein will not be mined in the future. Set up a spirit gathering array, plant spiritual rice entirely, and I will let Zhao Kong send people from the southern prosperous clan to manage and cultivate it. Their cultivation of water and wood divine abilities is the most suitable."
"Furthermore, I will issue a holy decree, cultivate spiritual rice within the veins of the entire country, and then distribute it to the citizens nationwide."
Chu Yuan's commands were given and executed like thunderclaps.
The first batch of spiritual rice was quickly distributed to each citizen under the operation of the citizens' department.
Nobody dared to secretly steal spiritual rice for personal gain.
The majesty of Chu Yuan was too intense, no one dared to provoke him, he is a real sovereign, an unrivaled sovereign.
Although it's said that the first batch of spiritual rice was only enough for the nation's people to eat for a few days.
That doesn't matter, Chu Yuan owns a spirit seed transformer, ordering all mining within the veins not to worry about energy crystal consumption, it would only take one to two months to form a cycle for the nation's people to eat every day.
The thirty-first year of Dawu, June.
For the citizens of Dawu, it's the year of the Martial Emperor.
Chu Yuan didn't publicize the era name, but the citizens all defaulted to the year of the Martial Emperor.
Wu State, Qian State, Zhi State, Lv State, Sheng State, Southwest State, Wanxuan State, and Cangnan State, a total of eight states, after more than two months of high-intensity operation, billions of energy crystals were consumed, finally satisfying the situation in which all citizens could eat every day.
Food is the god of the people.
Martial artists not only need to eat but also need to eat well, preferably the kind of food that can be cultivated. The supply of spiritual rice has satisfied the needs of martial artists and the people.
Just after eating for a short period of time, all the citizens of Dawu had several levels of improved physical fitness, and there were countless breakthroughs.
Attributes three seals.
Current progress: (9.3 billion/50 billion).
With the addition of people from the Wanxuan and Cangnan states, the population of Dawu had reached 9.3 billion.
The fate of the nation is flourishing!
The people are boiling!
If there are powerful existences that can have the ability to observe energy, they would see that the fate of Dawu is thriving like a blazing sun, just like the sun shining overhead. In the heart of that sun is the Dawu royal palace where Chu Yuan is, the center of the nation.
The hearts of millions of people are converted, Chu Yuan not only makes them full but also enables them to embark on a stronger cultivation path.
How will they not obey or worship the current emperor.
In the nation's worship altars in each state, millions of people look up in respect, they're all calling the title of Emperor, hoping Dawu will be increasingly prosperous and flourish forever, with eternal legacy.
This has formed a wave of passion and the terrifying destiny transmitted to Chu Yuan when it passes through the altars everywhere forms a horrifying power.
"Tenth Layer of Divine Abilities!"
The cultivation technique that Chu Yuan practiced, the Human Emperor Scripture, the use of human faith power is unmatched by other cultivation techniques.
The power of those people's hearts and minds surged to an extreme after already eating spiritual rice, and finally, it reflected on Chu Yuan.
Why is the Human Emperor so powerful? It is because he represents billions of worlds, all the faith of the people. To fight him is to fight all the races of people.
"National Destiny and Belief!"
Chu Yuan understood the benefits of national destiny.
If spiritual rice had not been used to feed the citizens nationwide well, the national destiny would definitely not be so strong.
He passed the benefits to all living beings, and all living beings passed power to him.
"I provide you with a livelihood, you have gathered to form the eternal destiny of Dawu, the destiny is undying, Dawu is eternal."
In Chu Yuan's gaze, it seemed to take in all eight states, looking at the boiling national destiny of Dawu, his palm seemed to hold the whole world: "This is the way of the world, the way of the Emperor!"