Chapter 1143 - 612: Reflections on the "Human Nature" of Subjects and Accepting Unclaimed Territory

Several dozen sweet potato seedlings were planted here.

Due to the large coverage area of the High-Level Fertile Land, it’s likely placed outside the fortress.

This is all to ensure the sweet potato enterprise can proceed smoothly without issue.

In the entire territory, if anywhere is deemed the safest, it’s undoubtedly the Lord’s Fortress.

"Salome, you did a great job!"

Zong Shen’s face broke into a smile.

For him, this is indeed big news.

"As a high-level agriculturalist, cultivating crops is part of my duty."

"Actually, sweet potatoes are inherently easy to plant."

"The sweet potato vine you gave me had four bud mouths, so I cut it into four pieces and cultivated them simultaneously."

"With the nourishment granted by the Moon God Spring, combined with the growth support of fertile land soil."

"Successful cultivation was inevitable."

"Finally, natural magic was used to hasten maturity."

"This resulted in four large tubers and two small sprout tubers."

"Through cultivating these tubers, we obtained more bud sprouts."

Salome Lin Yu spoke with some pride.

"Then at this rate of cultivation, large-scale planting will be possible quickly, won’t it?"

Zong Shen was overjoyed; his baked sweet potato, sweet potato roast, sweet potato bombs...

seemed almost within reach!

Upon hearing this, Salome Lin Yu shook her head.

"No, my lord."

"Continuously hastened cultivation can result in the possibility of degeneration in plants."

"After degeneration, both yield and quality will be greatly affected."

"Therefore, after one cycle of sped-up cultivation, it’s best to naturally reproduce a batch before speeding up the next batch."

"You needn’t worry, even without using natural magic, with fertile land and the Moon God Spring as guarantees, this batch of sweet potatoes should mature in 7 to 9 days, after which they’ll produce more plants."

Salome’s tone was gentle, as if comforting Zong Shen.

Zong Shen nodded to show his understanding.

The 7 to 9-day cycle, although not as fast as a single day, is still impressively quick.

At this speed and trend, achieving sweet potato independence is only a matter of time.

Now Zong Shen’s task is to ensure Salome Lin Yu takes good care of these sweet potato vines.

"I have other matters to attend to."

"For anything else, you can still contact Marie."

After a brief farewell, Zong Shen headed towards the fortress stairs.

Upon opening the heavy fortress door, he had a strange sense that time had passed a long while.

Currently, Intermediate Spatial Mage Reese Ulysses was hunched over on the couch in the living room, awaiting his arrival, with nearly half a bucket of Magic Spring placed on the round table before her.

This was also something Zong Shen previously instructed.

When he entered the Lord’s Fortress, Reese immediately stood up shakily.

Her appearance remained as aged as ever, with slow movements and weak breath.

However, in battle, given her teammates’ cooperation, her combat capability was not weak at all.

Besides, the powerful traits of the space system made her an excellent battle support partner.

"Your speed is quite fast."

"I need you, Reese Ulysses."

Zong Shen smiled as he spoke.

Only to see Reese Ulysses standing still, nodding slightly without saying much else.

Zong Shen was accustomed to her response.

Her silence stemmed from the decay of her body.

Unlike Rasama, who purely disdain conversations.

Speaking of Rasama, she’s still in the Sealing Spirit Altar (Orange).

At that time, she had already transformed into a shadow state, possessing soul body traits, thus being suppressed by the Sealing Spirit Altar, akin to a clever maneuver, akin to the saying ’one item subdues another’.

Zong Shen hadn’t decided how to deal with Rasama yet.

If released, preparation for combat with her would be necessary.

She is a Tier Six Grand Mage and a Necromancer Divine Favorer.

Once she goes rampant, wouldn’t be much weaker than a berserk Little Black Dragon.

Especially in the territory, potentially causing serious casualties among farmers and low-tier warriors.

However, one thing surprised Zong Shen, which is Rasama’s loyalty didn’t decrease after being sealed, remaining as before.

There might be some deeper secrets worth investigating.

Unfortunately, pressed for time, Zong Shen temporarily couldn’t address Rasama, so he put it aside for later.

Grabbing at the hair on his head, Zong Shen quickly approached Reese Ulysses.

Grabbing her wrist, which resembled shriveled tree branches.

Compared to Zong Shen with his blood-filled, stable body temperature, Reese’s body was absurdly weak.

Her body temperature wasn’t noticeable, colder than ordinary people.

Originally, she was a rare talent, an unusual Spatial Magic Talent.

But pursued the forbidden, integrating her body into space, otherwise wouldn’t have ended up like this.

Zong Shen felt a moment of reflection.

These sealed warriors from Recruitment Scrolls had their own stories and personalities before sealing, though sealing granted them second chances at life, it seemed to have stifled part of their ’humanity’ and personal desires.

Zong Shen noticed this early on.

Especially among farmers, except for a few with more agility, many are sluggish, lacking normal human emotions and desires.

They wouldn’t cause any trouble as long as they had enough food daily.