Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 198 Soul Coral
He turned to look at You Zheng and asked, "What exactly is going on? What's the reason for the insufficient spiritual energy supply?"

You Wei explained, "Chief, as you know, Bibo Rice, as a spiritual plant, has a very high demand for spiritual energy. Although burying spiritual stones can provide some spiritual energy, as the rice fields expand, especially in the marginal areas, the supply of spiritual energy becomes somewhat stretched. Therefore, in order to make Bibo Rice grow better, more spiritual stones need to be buried. Since the planting of Bibo Rice, the territory has consumed over 100,000 spiritual stones, including those of various types such as earth, wood, water, and sea."

Meng Zheng's expression grew serious after hearing this. One hundred thousand spirit stones was a considerable expense, even for Canghai Village, which boasted abundant resources. Furthermore, as the Bibo Rice Field continued to expand, this expenditure would continue to increase.

"You Zheng, you did a great job identifying the problem and proposing a solution promptly." Meng Zheng first praised You Zheng's work, then continued, "However, we can't rely solely on burying spirit stones to solve the spiritual energy supply problem. This will not only consume a large amount of resources, but it's also not a long-term solution."

Upon hearing this, You Zheng smiled bitterly. He certainly understood this truth, but he had not found a better solution yet.

Meng Zheng also frowned. There is no need to say more about the importance of spiritual energy to the Bi Bo rice.

He also understood that You Zheng's concerns were not unnecessary. The insufficient spiritual energy supply in the marginal areas would not only affect the growth rate and quality of the Bibo rice, but would also likely lead to a decline in yield in the future, thus affecting the food reserves of the entire Canghai Village.

"What do you think?" Meng Zheng asked directly.

Since You Zheng dared to bring it up, he must have had his own plan.

Upon hearing this, You Zheng nodded slightly and slowly began to unpack his thoughts. "Chief, I've considered several possible solutions. First, we could try to set up a spirit gathering array in the peripheral areas. Using the power of the array, we could more efficiently gather the surrounding spiritual energy near the roots of the Bibo rice. This way, even in areas with low spiritual energy concentration, we could ensure that the Bibo rice receives an adequate supply of spiritual energy."

After hearing this, Meng Zheng nodded, but this method had certain limitations. The concentration of spiritual energy in the Canghai Village area was insufficient. Even if the spiritual gathering array was increased, it would be difficult to extract the amount of spiritual energy needed to meet the needs of the Bi Bo Rice.

However, adding a spirit gathering array is indeed a feasible solution, which can not only improve the efficiency of spiritual energy utilization, but also reduce dependence on spirit stones.

Meng Zheng did not refute and gestured for You Zheng to continue.

"Secondly," You Qi continued, "we can consider building a spiritual energy pipeline between the spring space and Canghai Village, using the pipeline to transport the purer and richer spiritual energy in the spring space directly to the clear rice fields."

When Meng Zheng heard this plan, his eyes lit up.

Building a spiritual energy transmission pipeline is indeed a good idea.

There is very little spiritual energy escaping from the spring space, but there is a lot of spiritual energy in the spring space. Now it is raining spiritual energy, and it has gathered into a small lake of spiritual water.

As the spring space stays in Canghai Village for a longer time, more spirit stones are produced in it, meeting all the spirit stone needs of the entire Canghai Village.

However, this kind of spiritual water cannot be used casually.

Ordinary yellow-level beings would need a long time to digest a drop of spiritual water. If they directly irrigated the blue rice with spiritual water, they would be drowned to death.

As a highly aggregated form of spiritual energy, spiritual water is extremely stable. Unless someone specifically splits the spiritual water and transforms it back into spiritual energy, even if it were poured across Tianyu Lake, it would remain in a single mass and not disperse. You Qi's idea of ​​using pipelines to transport spiritual energy gave Meng Zheng a lot of inspiration.

After some thought, there are several ways to construct this kind of pipeline, whether it is a coral weaver, a membrane maker, or even a crustacean.

Meng Zheng pondered for a moment, then said to You Zheng, "Both of your proposals are very creative, especially the idea of ​​constructing a spiritual energy transmission system. I think it has great feasibility. We need to further explore the implementation details of this idea."

Seeing Meng Zheng's interest in his proposal, You Qie perked up and continued, "Clan leader, I've discussed this with Lord Cangmu. He believes we can use a type of coral polyp called Soul-Enriching Coral to construct a transmission pipeline. This will ensure the efficient transmission of spiritual energy while preventing it from escaping during the transmission process."

"Spirit Coral?" This was a term Meng Zheng had never heard of before, and he gestured for You Zheng to continue explaining.

Seeing this, You Zheng was secretly delighted, knowing that his proposal had attracted the attention of the clan leader.

He cleared his throat and elaborated, "Yes, Patriarch. Spirit-enriched coral is an extremely rare type of coral polyp that is naturally endowed with the ability to absorb, store, and slowly release spiritual energy. These coral polyps grow slowly, but each one holds an astonishing amount of spiritual energy, acting as a natural spiritual energy storage device. More importantly, they are able to form a special structure that allows for almost no loss of spiritual energy as it passes through."

"Oh? There is such a magical thing?" Meng Zheng couldn't help but nodded, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

In the vast underwater world, there are countless unknowns and mysteries hidden, and the spiritual coral is undoubtedly one of them.

You Qi continued, "Lord Cangmu mentioned that if we could find soul-enriching coral polyps, he would use the skills of coral weavers to cultivate soul-enriching coral polyps in large quantities.

This way, we can easily weave it into a complete spiritual energy pipeline, ensuring that the spiritual energy transported from the spring space can reach the blue rice fields without loss. In this way, we can completely solve the problem of insufficient spiritual energy supply in the marginal areas."

Meng Zheng couldn't help but feel excited.

If this plan can be successfully implemented, it will undoubtedly be a huge leap forward for Canghai Village.

He looked at You Zheng with a sharp gaze and asked, "So, where can we find the Soul-Enriched Coral?"

It was obvious that You Zheng had specifically come to him to say this, and that he was definitely not someone who could be easily found.

Upon hearing this, You Zheng's expression grew solemn. He slowly said, "Clan leader, Soul-Bearing Coral is indeed not something that can be easily found. According to Lord Cangmu's description, this type of coral polyp usually grows near the abyss a thousand meters below. You might find Soul-Bearing Coral in places with extremely rich spiritual energy. However, these places are often accompanied by unknown dangers, so collecting Soul-Bearing Coral is not an easy task."

Meng Zheng nodded. In the underwater world, the more precious something is, the harder it is to obtain.

(End of this chapter)