Before his eyes was a stretch of barren gray-white land.
The soil was parched and cracked, forming deep furrows, utterly devoid of fertility — not a single blade of grass could grow.
Fang Tichang surveyed this vast expanse of soil and waved his hand, scattering a handful of Jade Yellow Bean Seeds.
The Bean God Palace had sealed away a considerable number of bean seeds, primarily Jade Yellow Bean Seeds, Jade Green Bean Seeds, Jade Red Bean Seeds, and Jade Black Bean Seeds. In addition, there were also the more unique Blue Color Pea Seeds and White Frost Broad Bean Seeds.
Once these seeds were planted and carefully tended for a period of time, they would grow into various types of Bean God Soldiers.
Therefore, the Bean God Palace's signature technique — the Bean God Soldiers — was not a killer move that could be achieved overnight. It required a relatively lengthy period of accumulation before it could take scale and produce any real effect.
This was precisely why, back when Chen Yi had suppressed Qing Chou and used the Causality Divine Tree killer move to influence the confrontation between the Bean God Palace and the Fang family, he had been unable to deploy this technique. Chen Yi had had to use soul beasts as a temporary substitute.
What Fang Tichang was planting now was the Jade Yellow Bean Seeds.
These were the most basic variety among all the bean seeds. Once grown, they would become Yellow Bean Soldiers.
The Jade Yellow Bean Seeds had already been scattered.
Fang Tichang then activated the Bean God Palace, and immediately a great wind swept through the air. The invisible wind coalesced in midair, forming one pale green hoe after another.
The hoes aimed at the ground and began to till the soil.
After a moment, Fang Tichang waved his hand once more, and rain began to fall from the sky.
The rainfall was carefully measured — it could not be too heavy or too light — its main purpose was to moisten this arid soil.
Once the soil was moistened, the Jade Yellow Bean Seeds began to undergo some mysterious transformation.
But this transformation was exceedingly slow, so Fang Yuan's clone activated yet another killer move.
When this killer move took effect, the entire stretch of land began to shimmer with emerald-green waves of light, rising and falling one after another like tides, like ocean waves, ceaselessly washing over the Jade Yellow Bean Seeds within the soil.
The Jade Yellow Bean Seeds absorbed these emerald-green waves of light, and their growth rate surged dramatically. Visible to the naked eye, they sprouted and broke through the earth, then grew vigorously upward.
"At this rate, Yellow Bean Soldiers will be born after a day and a night." Fang Yuan's clone nodded with satisfaction.
His thoughts shifted, and he suddenly withdrew, returning to the grand hall of the Bean God Palace.
He turned his head to look back and saw that the mural on the wall of the Bean God Palace had changed.
Originally, the mural had depicted a stretch of parched land, but now, on a small section of it, dense clusters of bean sprouts had been born.
"This is the power of the Painting Path. The Bean God Palace contains a Painting Path Immortal Gu — the land within is not mere illusion. This technique is truly marvelous."
"Planting bean sprouts in this mural, growing Bean God Soldiers and cultivating them continuously. Once they are fully grown, these Bean God Soldiers will break free from the mural and enter the grand hall."
"The soil is extremely barren, but that doesn't matter. Growing beans doesn't require much soil fertility. In fact, as I plant beans more and more times in the future, the soil's fertility within the mural can even be raised, eventually transforming it into Immortal material."
"What is consumed in the process, first, is Water Path Immortal material, and second, Wood Path Immortal material."
The former was used to moisten the soil, while the latter accelerated the growth speed of the Jade Yellow Bean seeds.
All the Immortal materials were stored within the Bean God Palace. The two killer moves Fang Yuan had activated earlier were precisely to consume the pre-stored Immortal materials and form the killer moves.
"The effect is indeed excellent, but the cost is far from cheap. Fortunately, I don't need to worry about it — the Fang family will be footing the bill." Fang Tichang chuckled.
The Bean God Palace had long become Fang Yuan's possession, yet the Fang family remained completely in the dark, funding Fang Yuan's expenses and helping him cultivate Bean God Soldiers.
In the depths of the Eastern Sea.
Inside the Ancient clan's stronghold.
"That's enough." Wu Shuai, Fang Yuan's clone, slowly stopped the killer move, his forehead drenched in sweat.
Before him, another batch of new Dragonmen had been born.
However, not all of this new batch of Dragonmen had previously been Beastmen — there was also a group of Sharkmen among them.
"Many thanks for Lord Wu Shuai's assistance. This is a token of our clan's gratitude — please accept it, Senior." A Sharkman Gu Immortal swished his fish tail and drifted slowly up to Wu Shuai, presenting a bundle of Immortal material with both hands.
The Immortal material was a pool of clear water, giving off a pungent odor, constrained into a single mass by the Sharkman Gu Immortal's killer move. Although the Sharkman's hands wavered slightly, the pool of water remained perfectly still, as if frozen solid.
"So it's Unmoving Rot Water — exactly what I need for cultivating Army Ants. I'll take it. You've shown great thoughtfulness." Wu Shuai accepted without the slightest hesitation.
He needed Unmoving Rot Water precisely for cultivating Arrow Ants.