Dragon Tooth Rice

The answer to this question came three months ago.

Wang Pan had seen it with his own eyes: a Strange Bird with a wingspan of twenty to thirty meters had swooped down from the sky and carried off two oxen plowing the fields.

From then on, Wang Pan knew that this world was far from ordinary. Demons existed! And there had to be people who wielded Supernatural Power!

It was simple—if humans could not wield Supernatural Power, they would likely have been exterminated long ago when faced with these demonic beasts!

Over the following half year, Wang Pan's body developed rapidly. Compared to calves his age, he was already twice their size, and his horns had grown more than ten centimeters long.

Bolstered by his many talents, Wang Pan's physical strength was terrifying. Every muscle seemed to have been forged from molten iron.

Over those six months, Wang Pan wreaked havoc on the small animals around him.

He ate whatever he caught.

After half a year, enhanced by his mutated talent, Wang Pan had grown accustomed to eating meat. Even his teeth had begun to sharpen.

It could be said that aside from being wrapped in cowhide, Wang Pan and an ordinary cow were practically two different species.

Besides that, Wang Pan had not missed a single opportunity to breathe in Moon Essence each night, all while considering how he could increase the speed at which he absorbed it.

At present, Wang Pan could only absorb Moon Essence passively. Even so, half a year of nightly absorption had benefited him greatly.

If he could absorb Moon Essence actively, his strength would improve even faster!

Still too slow. Looks like I'll have to take a risk.

Dissatisfied with his current strength, Wang Pan turned his gaze toward the mountain range stretching endlessly into the distance.

From the Tenant Farmers' idle chatter in the fields, Wang Pan learned that it was the Tongtian Mountain Range. It contained countless great demons, as well as an immense abundance of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

The Dugu Family had guarded the Tongtian Mountain Range for generations, preventing the demonic beasts within from rushing out of the mountains.

Every year, countless experts of the Dugu Family led teams into the Tongtian Mountain Range to clear out the demonic beasts along its outskirts.

"Daoist Priest, we'll have to trouble you to act this time."

In the distance, a group of Dugu Family experts surrounded an elderly man with white hair and a youthful face as he surveyed the fields.

"It is indeed troublesome. You'll have to pay more!"

The Dugu Family members had merely been polite, yet the Old Daoist Priest nodded seriously.

"Why do you say that, Daoist Priest?"

Dugu Sheng feigned confusion as he asked, though inwardly he cursed the Old Thing for his enormous appetite.

"You've nurtured this land for thirty years, but unfortunately, its soil strength is still just a little lacking.

It is not enough to grow Dragon Tooth Rice. The payment I received only covers setting up the formation and gathering the earth energy.

If you want me to solve the problem of insufficient soil strength, then you'll have to pay more!"

The Old Daoist Priest smiled happily, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

"How is that possible? For the past thirty years, our Dugu Family has watered these fields with demonic beast blood every day. The soil strength we cultivated should be enough to support the growth of Dragon Tooth Rice, shouldn't it?"

A Clan Elder of the Dugu Family could not help questioning him.

"Hehe, it originally would have been enough, but you haven't let these fields lie fallow for the past two years, have you?"

The Old Daoist Priest pointed at the lush seedlings before him.

"Fortunately, the Dugu Family only planted grain without spiritual properties, and fortunately, you only started planting it these past two years.

Otherwise, these fields would have been ruined."

The Old Daoist Priest also marveled at the Dugu Family's good fortune.

"Daoist Priest, name your price."

Dugu Sheng resigned himself to it.

They had originally thought that since the land was sitting idle anyway, planting some ordinary rice would do no harm.

After all, this was land the Dugu Family had painstakingly cultivated through countless efforts. Even the rice grown here had mutated.

Regular consumption was highly beneficial even to ordinary cultivators.

Yet because of this, the soil strength was now insufficient. Dugu Sheng glared viciously at Dugu Lin of the Third Branch. What a rotten idea he had come up with.

"It's simple if you want me to act. Once the Dragon Tooth Rice matures, I want ten percent!"

The Old Daoist Priest said with a beaming smile.

"Impossible!"

"Daoist Priest, you're taking advantage of our crisis!"

"Ten percent of the Dragon Tooth Rice? You certainly have quite the appetite. Aren't you afraid you'll choke on it?"

Upon hearing the Old Daoist Priest's condition, the Dugu Family members could no longer remain seated and spoke up one after another.

"Ten percent of the Dragon Tooth Rice, or another thirty years for your Dugu Family to nurture the soil strength. Which will you choose?"

The Old Daoist Priest was in no hurry and spoke leisurely.

As soon as those words were spoken, the Dugu Family members were stunned.

"Daoist Priest, ten percent of the Dragon Tooth Rice is too much. Our Dugu Family cannot accept it. We can simply find someone else to set up the formation and gather the earth energy."

Dugu Sheng spoke in a deep voice.

To grow Dragon Tooth Rice, the Dugu Family had spent thirty years watering the land with demonic beast blood every day. Yet now, with a few words, the Old Daoist Priest wanted to take ten percent of the Dragon Tooth Rice. How could there be such a good deal?

"Hehe, feel free to find someone else. If they can solve the problem with this land, I'll provide the Dragon Tooth Rice seeds your Dugu Family needs!

And you won't need to hand over any of the Dragon Tooth Rice produced from this batch of seeds. Your Dugu Family can keep all of it!"

The Old Daoist Priest was not angered. If he himself had been held hostage like this, he likely would not have been any better than the Dugu Family members before him.

Naturally, the Old Daoist Priest was not afraid of offending the Dugu Family. Setting aside his own strength, his status as the Sect Master of a branch of the Mysterious Heaven Sect was enough to make the Dugu Family wary.

The moment the Old Daoist Priest spoke, Dugu Sheng knew they were in trouble.

Dragon Tooth Rice was incomparably precious. Other than the great sects and the imperial family, anyone or any faction caught privately hoarding Dragon Tooth Rice seeds would be sentenced to death!

Any faction that purchased Dragon Tooth Rice seeds from a great sect or the imperial family not only had to pay a vast sum of money, but also had to hand over seventy percent of the Dragon Tooth Rice they produced!

Furthermore, Dragon Tooth Rice seeds obtained from the imperial family or great sects could only be planted once. Newly harvested Dragon Tooth Rice could not sprout at all.

As someone from the Mysterious Heaven Sect, it did not surprise Dugu Sheng that the Old Daoist Priest possessed Dragon Tooth Rice seeds.

But since the Old Daoist Priest was so confident that he dared to wager Dragon Tooth Rice seeds and the seventy percent of Dragon Tooth Rice that would otherwise need to be handed over, it meant he was certain that no one besides himself could resolve the problem with these fields!

"Please act, Daoist Priest. Our Dugu Family accepts your terms."

After discussing it among themselves, the Dugu Family members could only agree to the Old Daoist Priest's condition.

The Dugu Family members' hearts bled. They already had to hand over seventy percent of the Dragon Tooth Rice to the Mysterious Heaven Sect, and now another ten percent was gone.

After thirty years of hard work, spending both money and effort, they would be left with only twenty percent of the Dragon Tooth Rice.

"Good. Don't look so miserable. I may stand to make a profit by solving this problem with the land, but it won't be much. Just a tiny bit."

Seeing the Dugu Family members all wearing grave expressions as though their parents had died, the Old Daoist Priest could not help consoling them.

The Old Daoist Priest took out a jade bottle containing less than half a bottle of yellowish-brown liquid.

A pained expression appeared on the Old Daoist Priest's face. After carefully pouring out a single drop of the yellowish-brown liquid, he hastily sealed the jade bottle. With a flick of his hand, the jade bottle vanished.

The yellowish-brown liquid was extraordinarily miraculous. It floated in midair, giving off a sweet fragrance that drew Wang Pan closer and closer, drool streaming from the corner of his mouth.