Sea Cultivation: Giant Ships and Heavy Artillery Knock on the Door to All Races

Chapter 134 Division of Labor, Planning and Design of the Secret Realm

The entrance to the secret realm is on the seabed in the northern part of Fengling Island, so it is named Fengling Secret Realm.

The formation originally set up by the Ji family has been destroyed and dismantled, and is now being replaced by the Lin family's own camouflage/defense formation.

The level of the formation cannot be as high as you want. The energy supply intensity of the Fengling Secret Realm is limited, so the entrance formation can only reach the second level limit. It is meaningless to make it the third level.

Under the guidance of the fourth elder, Lin Qianfan successfully crossed the seemingly barren coral reef and entered the secret realm.

"Such a balanced and rich spiritual energy!"

As soon as he entered the secret realm, Lin Qianfan's first feeling was that the concentration of spiritual energy inside the secret realm was much higher than outside.

"The secret space will automatically absorb external spiritual energy to maintain its own balance. This is why the area outside is more barren than the surrounding areas."

The overall area of Fengling Secret Realm is not large, only slightly larger than Fengling Island. The concentration of spiritual energy in nearly a quarter of the area in the secret realm has reached the second level, and the rest has also reached the first level. It is enough to meet everyone's needs for cultivation, and the environment is considered superior.

"It's a shame that so many established industries have been destroyed."

The Fengling Secret Realm had been run by the Ji family for such a long time. It was originally a relatively mature secret realm, but when they saw that the matter was exposed and they could not protect the secret realm, they chose to destroy it.

All the workshops that were once in good condition have collapsed, all the mature spiritual fruit trees have been destroyed, and large areas of mulberry fields and houses have been burned by the foundation-building true fire and need to be demolished and rebuilt.

"But it doesn't matter if it's destroyed. We won't follow their path."

"Oh? What new ideas do you have?"

"This Wind Spirit Secret Realm is too small, and the environment here is obviously most suitable for the growth and development of various spiritual plants. Therefore, I plan to make it a relatively pure production base, rather than a mixed bag that wants to capture everything but can't capture anything."

The Ji family originally planned to have a wide range of industries in an attempt to be self-sufficient, but the secret land was not large enough and the resources were not abundant enough, so it was always difficult to achieve internal circulation and required interaction with the outside world.

Lin Qianfan's idea is to treat it as a high-quality production base, which can not only solve a large number of employment problems, but also stably produce high-quality first- and second-level resources, and even greatly increase the number of spiritual root cultivators in the Lin family.

"Don't you plan to make it a retreat for your family like the Ji family did?"

"It's right to prepare for a rainy day. After all, there has never been an immortal dynasty that has never fallen. However, this secret realm is within the Yulong Islands. If that day really comes, hiding in this secret realm will still be difficult to change the outcome."

If this secret realm is an independent secret realm isolated overseas and does not belong to any force, then it can be made into a family retreat. If that day really comes, some of the manpower can be retained to plan for the future.

But the Fengling Secret Realm obviously won't work. It's located inside the Ichthyosaur Islands and legally belongs to them. Since it exists, there must be traces of it. No matter how secret it is kept, it's only temporary and will eventually be discovered.

Rather than giving up its strengths and making things awkward, it is better to give full play to its advantages and bring substantial benefits to the Lin family.

"I will report this matter to the Council of Elders and consult the ancestor at the same time."

What Lin Qianfan said made sense, and the Fourth Elder also took it seriously. Moreover, the Lin family is still very young, so it is a bit early to consider retreat.

"Well, please give me an answer as soon as possible."

Since Lin Qianfan has become the manager of this secret realm, he needs the family to give him the greatest authority so that he can make drastic changes to the secret realm and avoid being restricted.

Three days later,
The formation at the entrance to the secret realm has been preliminarily arranged, and the first batch of Lin family cultivators who will participate in the development of the secret realm have also arrived.

"We meet again so soon."

After three and a half years, Lin Qianfan, Lin Qianxue, Lin Qiansuo and Lin Qianyu reunited, and everyone has matured a lot.

"Brother Qianfan." x2
Lin Qianfan, who seemed to be a flash in the pan at the beginning, has successfully proved that he is not a fluke, but a real talent. Now Lin Qianxue and Lin Qiansuo both acknowledge Lin Qianfan's identity as a clan brother.

Sixteen-year-old Lin Qianxue has grown into a graceful young lady, with a tall figure and cool temperament that is no different from that of an adult.

Lin Qiansuo, who had also experienced a lot and met a lot of people, had also matured a lot. When he saw Lin Qianfan, he no longer had any hostility, but more admiration and curiosity.

"Brother Qianyu."

Lin Qianyu, who traveled around with the cargo ship, had also become much more mature, and no longer showed any of the ostentatious temperament of a young master.

"The family has promised us to transform this place into a secret production area. Next, I will make the following arrangements."

Lin Qianxue has the best talent and the family has the highest expectations of her. She cannot spend too much time on mundane affairs. In addition, she has previously learned how to manage taxes, so Lin Qianfan arranged for her to be in charge of accounting and take charge of all financial issues in the secret realm.

The secret space is highly independent and simple. Financial issues are actually a relatively simple part. They can serve as a certain training, but it is not a waste of time.

Lin Qiansuo had previously served as the captain of the Xiancheng law enforcement team. He had experience in law enforcement and was able to take action. In addition, the first group of people who came in were somewhat special, so he was arranged to be in charge of legal and law enforcement issues.

What's so special about this group of people?

The first batch of residents of Fengling Secret Realm were the reformed elements who were investigated and punished for corruption by Lin Qianfan and Lin Qiansuo in the previous cross-investigation.

Compared to the mining work that anyone can do, the family arranged them to the secret realm with just a transfer order.

Excluding those sentenced to death and expulsion, there should be about a hundred people mining at the beginning, plus their spouses and those who had committed crimes for various reasons in the past, totaling two hundred people as the advance team.

No matter what their previous identities were, once they got in, it would not be easy to get out.

The Fengling Secret Realm required a certain level of confidentiality, so aside from core members who could enter and exit, ordinary members of the lower-level clansmen would likely remain here for the rest of their lives, unless someone performed exceptionally well and regained their core clansman status. Lin Qianyu originally lacked management experience, so Lin Qianfan kept him by his side as his deputy, believing that running more errands would actually help him grow quickly.

Lin Qianfan’s job is the chief designer of the secret space.

"The Fengling Secret Realm has an excellent environment, with spring-like weather all year round. There's neither the destruction and disruption of the storm season nor the withering and stagnation of the winter snow season. Therefore, our industries should focus on plantations and spiritual medicine gardens."

The plantation produces short-lived spiritual plants, which are used to ensure the daily consumption of the Qi-refining monks.

Don’t think that the world of immortal cultivation is full of immortals who are high and mighty and detached from worldly affairs. In fact, most cultivators have to consider life issues such as food, clothing, housing and transportation before they establish their foundation and completely fast.

Large forces can also control the stability and harmony of a region by regulating basic supplies, which is difficult for ordinary people to resist.

Unlike the outside world, the secret realm has an excellent environment, which allows the cultivation of rare species with the highest economic benefits and the most stringent requirements for growth conditions, and can shorten their growth cycle by more than half.

For example, spiritual plants that originally took three years to grow outside can mature and be harvested in about a year here, and the yield per mu is higher than outside.

"This area is suitable for growing Dragon Tooth Spiritual Rice, which can be exported to the wealthy in Guanlan Fairy City. This area is suitable for growing Jade Pure Lotus Roots, which can be supplied to the initiatory monks of the clan school for physical cultivation. This area is suitable for growing lush bamboo forests for raising spiritual beasts..."

There is a treasure trove in Lin Qianfan's mind. Compared with the relatively primitive Yulong Islands, the Great Qin Dynasty has obvious advantages in industrial clustering, scale, and linkage, so Lin Qianfan will directly use some things within a reasonable range.

Lin Qianfan spoke while the three of them took notes. Although they would raise various questions from time to time, Lin Qianfan was able to convince them with well-reasoned reasons.

"This is the area with the richest spiritual energy. It is most suitable for developing into a spiritual medicine garden to grow precious perennial spiritual medicines. We can even plant some second-level spiritual medicines on a large scale."

There is a complete set of defining lines between spiritual medicines and ordinary spiritual plants. In short, spiritual medicines have a longer growth cycle, a larger total amount of inherent medicinal power/spiritual power, and more stringent requirements for the growth environment.

As a Jindan force, the Lin family naturally needs to stably produce various first- and second-level spiritual medicines/pills to meet various demand scenarios and thus stabilize the local market of the Yulong Islands.

Are the sources of elixirs mainly collected from the wild?

It's complete nonsense!
How much can be collected from the wild? It is impossible to meet the market demand of a stable region, and it is even far from enough.

Take the Soul Gathering Pill, which is the most in-demand item among Qi-refining cultivators, for example. The market demand for this thing is almost infinite, and the most basic supply requirement is that any Qi-refining cultivator can buy the Soul Gathering Pill at any of the Lin family's pill shops.

Otherwise, how could you become the regional overlord? What kind of market would you even be talking about? How could the Lin family collect the surplus value of the labor of the lower-class cultivators?
Therefore, the proportion of wild spiritual medicines collected from the wild is not high, and they mainly rely on artificial cultivation. The Lin family only accounts for a part of it, and other forces have their own spiritual medicine gardens.

Getting back to the point, the importance of the spiritual medicine garden is self-evident. If the output is increased to exceed the local demand, it can be dumped to other third-level forces. As long as there are cost advantages and strength advantages, the land of the neighboring neighbors can also be borrowed for use.

Compared to the spiritual plants that ordinary cultivators can learn and grow immediately, the spiritual medicine garden has certain requirements for spiritual plant husbands, because each spiritual medicine is more valuable and has a lower tolerance rate.

As long as there are requirements, they can be classified. I believe that in the near future this group of first-generation residents will be able to be divided into several high and low levels, thereby stimulating their inner enthusiasm and helping them to reform themselves.

Apart from the plantations and spiritual medicine gardens, there are still many relatively less fertile areas left in the secret space.

"Here we'll build an orchard and plant spiritual peaches; here we'll build a flower garden and plant various spiritual flowers; here we'll build a bee farm and raise a large number of spiritual bees to help with pollination and honey production in the secret realm..."

"We'll plant all first-level spiritual birch trees here. Ten years later, they can be used to build first-level spiritual ships, and a hundred years later, they can even be used to build second-level spiritual ships. We need to build a spiritual bird farm here, and use the surplus spiritual plants to raise spiritual birds. We can build a spiritual fish pond here, and use the surplus spiritual plants and spiritual bird feces to feed spiritual fish..."

Lin Qianfan's ability to be the manager of this secret realm is not just for show, but he is truly capable. The plan he came up with in just three days completely convinced the other three.

"Qianfan, how do you know so much?"

"You can do it even if you absorb the entire library."

Lin Qianfan was not lying. If he could apply the knowledge of the entire library flexibly, he could indeed do this. However, the requirements of "applying knowledge flexibly" were extremely high. This time, the plan was more based on the large number of successful cases in the Great Qin Dynasty.

The conditions in Fengling Secret Realm are good enough, so these cases can be replicated perfectly without any failures. After Fengling Secret Realm is well managed, some industries outside the Lin family with good conditions can come here to learn from the experience and summarize it.

"With this arrangement, once the output stabilizes, I'm afraid the annual income will be terrifying."

"It's no problem to support a dozen people who are fully dedicated to building their foundation."

"Then we definitely don't have enough manpower now. It's difficult for the family to invest in a large number of new people, and most people are unwilling to join. It will take a lot of time to develop to its full potential."

"We can make use of the abilities of mortals!"

"Mortal? What can a mortal do without spiritual power?"

"Then you underestimate mortals! Mortals who have learned the basics of martial arts can actually do a lot of things and can help share most of the simple, repetitive tasks that don't require spiritual power..."

Many monks are direct descendants of monks, or they left the mortal group at a very young age, so they rarely come into contact with mortals and have great prejudice against their abilities.

In fact, this is not the case. Ordinary people are also good at learning, thinking, and have complete emotions. As long as they are given the opportunity, they can also have strong ability to handle things.

"You mean to reuse mortals?"

"Yes! It's no exaggeration to say that the upper limit of the Wind Spirit Secret Realm is closely related to the mortal population."

“How come you see?”

(End of this chapter)