Chapter 590

This model can barely meet the daily needs of a city.

However, Shen Xing's territory was developing too fast, and even more than a hundred advanced blacksmiths were not enough to meet the demand.

As he pondered these thoughts, he arrived at the western district of his territory, the area where troop nests were placed.

At that moment, a huge graveyard appeared ahead.

On the black earth, dozens of tombstones are crookedly stuck in the ground, and the white bones buried among them can still be seen.

This is the burial ground, and also the place used to recruit skeleton archers in large numbers.

It has now been upgraded to the Boss Three Stars, and its area has increased dramatically, reaching more than 500 square meters.

Then, Shen Xing opened his backpack and took out a large number of dragon bones.

"Splash... splash..."

As if a floodgate had been opened, a massive amount of keel bones piled up into a small mountain.

The tremor startled the nearby skeletons, who stood up from the ground, their eyes filled with confusion.

"Come here, everyone, bury these dragon bones," Shen Xing beckoned and gave the order.

Upon hearing this, the little skeletons immediately came running over with their bony legs.

Then each of them squatted down, picked up a dragon bone larger than their own bodies, and ran towards the center of the burial ground.

With the combined efforts of thousands of small skeletons, the mountain of dragon bones was quickly cleared away.

"Not bad, these skeletons are quite efficient."

"Next, all we need to do is wait for the deathly aura to permeate the dragon bones, and one day in the future, a true Bone Dragon will be born."

Thinking about these things, Shen Xing continued to maneuver his wheelchair, leisurely heading towards the North District.

Soon, we arrived at an old-fashioned building.

The two chimneys at the top emitted billowing steam, and the aroma of food wafted out from them.

It's a food processing plant.

As soon as she entered, Shen Xing smelled the refreshing fragrance of lotus seeds and osmanthus blossoms, which stirred her heart.

In the corner of the workbench, several cooks were squatting, washing lotus roots and lotus seeds next to a bucket.

Those perfectly round buttocks, each one as large as a millstone, were astonishing in size.

Nimue, meanwhile, was intently watching the stove, controlling the heat while calculating the time.

Upon seeing Shen Xing at the door, she exclaimed with delight, "Oh, it's the human master!"

"Are you here to inspect our work? Nimue hasn't been slacking off; she's already produced over a thousand Rejuvenation Pill."

"I'm not here to inspect the work; I need to talk to you about something."

Shen Xing cut to the chase. "I want to show you a new ingredient."

"I see." The clam girl nodded in understanding. "But you'll have to wait a moment; my pot of Rejuvenation Pill isn't ready yet."

"If we stop now, everything will be scrapped."

"No rush, take your time," Shen Xing said with a smile, then waited quietly by her side.

After about five minutes, Nimue turned off the fire and took out the batch of Rejuvenation Pill.

"Call..."

A refreshing wave of warm air rose up, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Then, dragging the seashell, she came to the wheelchair. "Alright, human, what ingredients do you want to show me?"

Shen Xing didn't waste any words. He simply waved his right hand and took out a piece of meat as big as a head.

It has a bright color, a thick texture, and a faint red glow on its surface.

Such a unique piece of meat naturally attracted the clam girl.

"Huh? This piece of meat contains such powerful energy," Nimue exclaimed softly. "Human... what kind of meat is this?"

"This is dragon meat," Shen Xing replied casually. "It was taken from those Flame Dragon last time."

"Wow!" Nimue's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this. "I've heard that dragon meat is incredibly delicious, and every type is an excellent ingredient; it tastes good no matter what you cook it with!"

"Could it be... that I'll finally get to eat the legendary dragon meat this time?"

Shen Xing smiled and said, "Don't worry, as much as you want is fine, as long as you can eat it."

The clam girl was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Alright, Nimue, let's see what kind of food we can make from this dragon meat," Shen Xing asked.

Upon hearing this question, Nimue's expression turned serious, and a thoughtful look appeared in her eyes.

After a moment, she slowly said, "Dragon meat is a top-quality ingredient. With simple cooking, it can have an excellent taste and effect."

"You can also add other ingredients and grill them together, such as brushing them with laurel honey to make honey-roasted meat."

"Or you could combine it with lotus seeds to make dragon meat and lotus seed soup, both would be quite delicious."

She paused for a moment, then added, "But these methods are all too Common. I do have a special method."

"A special method?" Shen Xing asked curiously, "What is it?"

Nimue thought for a moment and said, "Because it's flesh from Lava Dragon, containing extremely powerful fire energy."

"Common simply cannot withstand it; forcing themselves to eat it could even cause their bodies to explode and die."

"So I was thinking, could we use other foods to neutralize it, like lotus root?"

"Lotus root?" Shen Xing asked in surprise.

"That's right!" Nimue nodded. "Lotus root is of the water element and contains powerful vitality, which can neutralize the fire power in this dragon meat."

However... there is also a certain risk of failure.

"Combining two ingredients with different properties might cancel each other out, causing them to lose their effectiveness."

Upon hearing this, Shen Xing's face also showed a thoughtful expression.

He doesn't know much about food preparation.

But he still understands the principles of water and fire being mutually destructive and conflicting in nature.

Nimue's combination does indeed carry a certain risk of failure.

However, Lord Shen now has a large and powerful family and business empire.

With thousands of tons of dragon meat and countless lotus roots, he didn't feel bad even after multiple failures.

"Then give it a try. If you need anything, contact me immediately," Shen Xing instructed.

After saying that, he took out about a thousand catties of dragon meat and put it in the bucket next to him.

Okay.

Nimue readily agreed.

Then he turned to examine the pieces of meat.

Shen Xing watched them busy themselves and didn't disturb them.

He maneuvered his wheelchair himself and left the food processing area.

At this moment, gazing at the clusters of buildings around him, Shen Xing pondered in a low voice.

"With only one Master Rank chef Nimue in the territory, it's starting to fall behind the pace of development."

"We need to find a way to expand our chef roster, preferably by recruiting a few more Master Rank chefs."

He had considered moving the food processing plant into the Lotus Pond.

With Time Acceleration a thousand times, Nimue would have ample time to refine the [Rejuvenation Pill] and other food items.

But the system clearly wouldn't let him exploit this loophole.

Because both the [Food Processing Plant] and the [Lotus Pond] are territorial buildings, they cannot overlap in the same area.

In addition to these, Shen Xing also discovered some other limitations as the activation Time Acceleration recently.

The Time Acceleration in the Lotus Pond is independent and cannot affect other buildings.

For example, the [Wind Spirit Stone] can automatically condense wind element particles in the air and give birth to Wind Spirit.

Under normal circumstances, two Wind Spirit can be conceived in a week.

Logically speaking, if it were moved into Lotus Pond, with Time Acceleration a thousand times, hundreds of Wind Spirit could be spawned in a single day.

But Shen Xing waited all day and found that the speed at which the stone condensed wind element particles was almost the same as the outside world.

After a brief moment of surprise, he quickly understood the principle behind it.

"Things that need to draw energy from the outside are unaffected by the Time Acceleration within the Lotus Pond."

"Just like Lotus Pond needs to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to maintain its internal vitality."

"If too many plants are planted, the plants inside will wither due to insufficient vitality."

"The Wind Spirit Stone is inside, and it still draws energy from the outside world, so the speed at which the Wind Spirit is formed remains unchanged."

"While we're leveling up inside, we're absorbing energy from the Soul Stone, which increases our energy consumption a thousandfold."

In summary, the Time Acceleration within the Lotus Pond still follows the law of conservation of energy.

As Shen Xing pondered these thoughts, he surveyed his territory.

At this moment, in the western part of the territory, Monday led more than a thousand workers to cultivate fertile fields on the barren black soil.

Hoes flew, and the earth was dug into neat rows of furrows, creating a scene of bustling activity.

In the open space to the east, several Tier Three generals who had reached the maximum level were directing the training of more than 10,000 new recruits.

The other Tier Four generals gathered in the Lotus Pond, focusing all their efforts on absorbing Soul Stone to level up.

The surrounding city walls are still shrouded in blue light, and are Metamorphosis into level five Chaos Arrow Tower.

In the blacksmith's shop in the northern district, the clanging and banging of hammers echoed continuously, accompanied by bursts of dragon-like roars.

Steam rose from the food processing plant, and cooks bustled about carrying basins of water.

The entire territory is in a state of rapid development and full of vitality.

"Excellent, everything is on track. Now we just need to slowly digest this batch of spoils, and the territory's resources will increase dramatically once again."

Shen Xing looked at everything with satisfaction, then returned to the Lotus Pond and restarted the thousandfold acceleration.

"Buzz—"

A dull thud echoed from the depths of the Lotus Pond, and everything outside seemed to slow down dramatically.

He took out tens of thousands of Soul Stone again and slowly absorbed them.

Time flows like water, and years pass by.

Soon, the next day arrived.