The Black Flame Quasi-Emperor shook his head. "There's no need. Although the Southern Wastes has plenty of resources now, we already have enough talent of our own. As time passes, our population will grow, and our talents will grow stronger. I don't know why, but ever since the Spiritual Qi Revival, children born in the Southern Wastes have shown greater and greater Talent. In recent years, thirty percent of our newborns have had Spiritual Roots!"
"Thirty percent?"
Shock crossed Fang Chen's face. In the past, the Southern Wastes had been lucky if one person in ten thousand possessed a Spiritual Root. Even the lowest-grade Mixed Spiritual Root had been exceedingly rare.
But now, three out of every ten newborns had Spiritual Roots. The proportion was astonishing.
The Black Flame Quasi-Emperor nodded. "Yes. It may be due to the environment. Children born in the Southern Wastes generally have greater Talent than those born elsewhere. Newborns in other regions have also improved since the Spiritual Qi Revival, but the proportion with Spiritual Roots there struggles to reach ten percent. Even in the better regions, it only reaches five or six percent!"
"Only five or six percent?"
Fang Chen was surprised. He had not expected the proportion of newborns with Spiritual Roots elsewhere among the Human Race to be so much lower than in the Southern Wastes.
The Southern Wastes could now cultivate powerful talents of its own. If it developed for several hundred more years, or even a thousand, Fang Chen could not imagine how strong the Glazed Sword Sect would become.
The Green Grass Great Array now covered two-thirds of the Southern Wastes.
Fang Chen had originally built it on a stretch of wilderness in the central region of the Southern Wastes. At the time, he had only wanted to create