Changes in Holy Soul Village

Because Jerry had taught everyone how to use fertilizer, crop yields increased dramatically that year.

The village, which had once been lush with greenery and wild grass, was now completely bare.

Some families had once eaten only one meal a day, while those slightly better off ate two.

Now, basically every household had enough food. They ate three meals a day and even had grain left over.

To develop a village, Jerry felt that both farming and animal husbandry were necessary.

Farming could only provide food crops, which meant vegetarian food, but people could not live on vegetables alone.

So livestock raising had to be developed as well.

But an unexpected incident made Jerry give up on animal husbandry.

Jerry began raising livestock, starting with a few chickens as an experiment.

There was no one in the village raising animals, so Jerry went alone to the Back Mountain. After seven or eight days, he found Soul Beasts similar to chickens.

They really were wild chickens, laying eggs everywhere. He secretly collected twenty eggs.

Then he found a nest of chicks that looked like they had only recently hatched. Their mother was nowhere to be seen, so Jerry took advantage of the opportunity and carried off the whole nest.

Afraid the mother hen would return and settle accounts with him, he did not dare linger and went straight back to the village.

He made a chicken coop for the chicks at home, and his animal husbandry venture officially began.

He had originally intended to hatch the twenty eggs, but conditions did not allow it. Without an incubator, he could only eat them with tears in his eyes.

They smelled amazing!

At first, everything was normal. With plenty of food, the chicks grew quickly.

At that rate, they would be ready to eat in thirty days.

But after fifteen days, the chickens suddenly became Ten-Year Soul Beasts.

Their temperaments turned violent as well, and they even began hurting people.

Grandpa Jack kindly fed them, but they did not appreciate it and tried to peck him.

Fortunately, Xiao Wu and Jerry arrived in time. These little chicks had gotten completely out of hand—how dared they hurt people when they were so small? Without another word, they dealt with the chickens.

Fifteen-day-old chickens were not very big and had little meat. Throwing them away would have been a waste, but there was barely any meat to eat.

Following the principle that wasting food was shameful, the chickens ended up on the dinner table that night, treated like little sparrows.

The chickens in this world were highly aggressive. The moment anyone approached, they would peck.

The villagers were all ordinary people now. If they got serious, dealing with fifteen-day-old chickens would not be a problem, but raising them simply was not worth it.

At this point, Jerry recalled the information he had read before. Chicken Type Soul Beasts could fly once grown and were a type of Bird Type Soul Beast.

Their beaks were sharp, their claws were keen, they were incredibly fast, lived in groups, were highly dangerous, and difficult to capture.

Chickens, you sure had become Combat Chickens!

After that, he did not dare raise animals again.

That year, Jerry had not neglected his cultivation either. With Ten-Year Soul Beast Fertilizer, his Soul Power Level had reached level 22.

The farther he progressed, the slower it became, yet Jerry still had not added a Soul Ring.

Perhaps because Jerry's Spiritual Power was high, he could sense that his Soul Power was at level 22.

In truth, Jerry had not gone for testing. If he did, it would still show level ten at most.

Others without Soul Rings would be fortunate to advance another two or three levels through continued cultivation, but Jerry was different. He relied entirely on consuming fertilizer.

Jerry had tried cultivating without fertilizer, but he could barely feel any improvement, so he abandoned traditional cultivation methods.

Xiao Wu had cultivated beside Jerry that year. She ate well and drank well, and her Soul Power had reached level 19.

She had gained three levels in a year, but once Xiao Wu learned Jerry's Soul Power Level, she was instantly dissatisfied with improving by only three levels that year.

She knew Jerry's cultivation method, but she could not use it.

As for Jerry's cultivation results, if he had been at the academy, they probably would have dropped everyone's jaws long ago.

Tang San returned during the holiday again. His Soul Power was level 17, and without Xiao Wu around, he had become the boss at the academy.

His personality had not changed much. He was still quiet and taciturn. He would exchange a few words with Jerry when they met, but never much.

He felt that he and Jerry were not the same kind of people and would not have much interaction in the future.

He would become a lofty Soul Master in the future, while Jerry would probably be nothing more than a farmer for the rest of his life.

He could now collect one Gold Soul Coin from Spirit Hall every month, which was far more profitable than farming.

Jerry had previously considered telling the villagers about Animal Fertilizer, but none of them had Soul Power. Even Ten-Year Soul Beast Fish would be difficult for them to catch, so he gave up on the idea.

He used Animal Fertilizer in his own carrot field, and before long, all the carrots had grown into Ten-Year Soul Beasts.

Carrot Plant Type Soul Beasts were not particularly dangerous, so he called Grandpa Jack and Xiao Wu over to dig up carrots.

Xiao Wu was delighted to see the Ten-Year Soul Beast carrots covering the ground. She dug them up while eating them.

These ten-year-old carrots all had Soul Rings. Grandpa Jack was greatly astonished that Jerry could cultivate Soul Beasts in batches.

Afterward, he told Jerry not to cultivate any more. If someone set their sights on him, he might even lose his life.

Grandpa Jack truly deserved to be someone who had lived so many years. He was exceedingly shrewd.

After bringing the carrots home, Grandpa Jack secretly sold a batch in Nuoding City for ten Gold Soul Coins each.

He sold them separately to many different households. After selling one thousand Gold Soul Coins' worth, he quietly returned, unnoticed.

Jerry knew why Grandpa Jack had risked selling those carrots. It was not because he coveted money, but because he intended to use it to improve the village.

Jerry suddenly realized that since he could cultivate Soul Beasts, he could obtain Soul Rings this way. Previously, he had lacked Soul Rings and had low combat strength, while Xiao Wu was only a Soul Master, so they had not dared hunt Soul Beasts.

Without an elder to lead them, hiring others to hunt Soul Rings was not feasible either.

First, it was expensive, and Jerry had no Gold Soul Coins. Second, Jerry was a child without combat strength. If they encountered danger, the Soul Beast hunting party would certainly abandon him.

Jerry also wanted a Hundred-Year Soul Ring. Hundred-Year Soul Beasts were extremely dangerous even to Soul Masters in their teens, but now he could cultivate harmless plants. Would that not give him Soul Rings?

He immediately got to work. Jerry found a Blue Silver Grass, a Sunflower, a Wild Chrysanthemum, and, quite fortunately, a Ginseng plant.

There was Ginseng in this world. Wild Ginseng was usually sensed by animals due to its Soul Power, dug up, and eaten, so it was rarely seen.

He planted these plants in the courtyard and began cultivating them. Plants grew into Ten-Year Soul Beasts quickly; with sufficient Animal Fertilizer, they had already become Ten-Year Soul Beasts within a month.

Plant Soul Beasts were gentle and caused no trouble in the courtyard.

But cultivating them into Hundred-Year Soul Beasts was much slower.

Half a year later, with Jerry supplying ample fertilizer, the four plants finally reached a hundred years. The four plants radiated yellow Soul Power, and it was now very clear that they could cultivate on their own.

It was time to act. Jerry had considered these four plants for a long time before choosing them.

Jerry could not wait for them to grow for several more hundred years. He desperately wanted Soul Rings, because his Soul Power had risen by only one level over the past half year.

Ten-Year Soul Beast Fertilizer could no longer sustain his Martial Soul's absorption, so he had to absorb Soul Rings and grow stronger as soon as possible. Only then could he obtain Hundred-Year Soul Beast Fertilizer.

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