"Brother Jiang Yi!"
Huo Yutong called softly.
Then she walked over and sat beside Jiang Yi, gazing at the rice seedlings in the fields ahead as they swayed with the breeze.
They had planted every one of these seedlings bit by bit using the new Farmland Soul Tools developed by Jiang Yi.
Yes, Farmland Soul Tools.
In the past, it would have been difficult for her to put those words together.
"You want to ask too?"
Jiang Yi suddenly took off his straw hat and looked at Huo Yutong beside him with a smile.
"Yes."
Huo Yutong nodded.
In this era of war, with all sorts of nobles carving up territories among themselves, did what they were doing really have any meaning?
"Everyone has different standards for what is right and wrong. To me, this is right. But for you..."
Jiang Yi shook his head, then raised a hand and pointed toward the distant village.
"You need to see it for yourself."
Smoke curled up from cooking fires over there, peaceful and beautiful, while farther away stood the towering, prosperous Shrek City.
Huo Yutong followed his gesture. Looking at the contrast between the city and the village, a flash of inspiration seemed to arise within her.
"I'll try..."
She nodded as though she understood, then walked toward the distant village.
Jiang Yi watched Huo Yutong leave before lying back down on Xu Jiujiu's lap and enjoying the princess's shoulder massage.
"Are you really giving us these technologies for free?"
Xu Jiujiu asked expectantly as she kneaded Jiang Yi's shoulders.
Unlike idealistic Huo Yutong, as a princess of the Star Luo Empire, she was a feudal noble who had been tempered by reality.
The only thing she cared about was whether these Soul Tools could bring profits.
From her observations, these