Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton-Chapter 1652 - 1213 I Will Create God Star

"Planting veggies? What do you mean by planting veggies?" The Star Progeny Master asked in confusion upon hearing Anthony’s words.

"Just planting veggies, like scattering seeds, letting them grow, and harvesting them. Do you know how to do it?" Anthony asked.

"What’s there not to understand? Isn’t it just sowing seeds and waiting to harvest? Is this really a test?" The Star Progeny Master said somewhat uncertainly.

"Haha, well then, give it a try. To let you experience what real gardening is, we present our least skilled gardener, the esteemed God of Knowledge, Negris. Please come forward." Anthony stepped aside, letting Negris come forth.

Negris reluctantly floated to the front, muttering, "Least skilled? Clearly, you’re the least skilled, alright?"

"Almost, almost. We’re equally unskilled. But you go plant; I’ll stay here to intimidate him. Or perhaps you plant, and I’ll intimidate him?" Anthony whispered.

"No, you’re less skilled than me. You stay and intimidate him; I’ll go, I’ll go." Negris shook his head quickly, sneaking away. It was fine to let him mumble, but intimidating others was too challenging for him.

Negris, being the God of Knowledge, might not be skilled at planting, but his ’gardening knowledge’ is exceedingly rich. Given hundreds of acres, he might grow a pile of weeds, but when it comes to speaking, he’s an expert.

This is the Consciousness Space, a perfect ’speaking space.’ He muttered, "Level the land."

As he spoke, a vast expanse of flat, black land appeared before him, extending from his center.

Seeing this sight, the Star Progeny Master looked at Anthony in confusion, "Are we really planting?"

Anthony shrugged, "Your previous answer was only out of curiosity. My Lord has no interest in such things. This is your real test, the moment to demonstrate your value. If your value does not surpass a Giant Dragon, occupying the Abyss Bridge would be a huge waste."

The Star Progeny Master’s heart thudded. Right, he thought being imprisoned here was the worst possible outcome, but it wasn’t.

He imprisoned the God Star’s consciousness because he couldn’t do anything about the God Star, but he’s not the God Star; the other party could completely erase his consciousness.

No value means death? The Star Progeny Master shivered and quickly took action, "Level the land."

So a flat stretch of yellow land extended forth.

Anthony snorted, "Okay, that’s not remotely gardening."

The land manifested by Negris and the land manifested by the Star Progeny Master were completely different. The deeper the color of the soil, the more humus it contained, and the more fertile it was. Black soil was so rich it could almost ooze oil.

Whereas the Star Progeny Master’s was just ordinary yellowish soil, the most common soil found across various planes, but not the most fertile. The land he understood was naturally the most common.

Unless he had the skill to modify the soil like Ange, then it couldn’t be judged as barren or fertile by the color. But does the Star Progeny Master have such capability?

As expected, after manifesting the land, he became bewildered, sneaking a glance towards Negris, then saw Negris creating furrows.

Furrowing is an advanced cultivation technique. It may seem like merely raising an elevated section above ground, but it has several advantages: Firstly, it turns over the soil to expose nutrients and kills insect eggs, secondly, it facilitates drainage to prevent root rot, and thirdly, it reduces fallows and enhances land utilization.

Without fertilization, the land must be fallowed every year or few years. Previously tilled land is left fallow, while other plots are farmed until their fertility recovers, only to be tilled again three to five years later.

This drastically reduces land utilization rates, usually rotating three plots, with a land utilization rate of only one-third.

But furrowing is different. For the same plot of land, turning the furrows into trenches allows continuous cultivation, greatly improving land utilization.

This advanced planting technique isn’t familiar to many places, such as the Star Burst Plane, where it’s rarely seen.

On the contrary, in the Master Plane, thanks to the grain competition and the Church of Light, various advanced planting techniques are prevalent and quickly disseminated, mainly because of the Church of Light.

A religious organization spread across the continent naturally requires a stable societal environment and therefore has a strong incentive to increase grain production.

Even if the Divine Light Alliance has advanced cultivation techniques, they wouldn’t reach the Star Progeny Master here, leaving him completely baffled by Negris’ actions of making the land into rows.

Being unable to understand, the Star Progeny Master didn’t follow suit, and manifested some seeds he recognized. He suddenly remembered, "Does it have to be veggies? Is it okay to grow something else?"

"It’s fine, but the requirements are high yield, fast growth, adaptability, and resistance to pests and disasters. You cannot compare planting veggies with planting trees." Anthony said.

The Star Progeny Master, feeling troubled, eventually scattered the seeds. He didn’t recognize many seeds, and those he knew that were edible were mostly the rice he had always planted in the Origin World.

After scattering them, he sneaked another glance at Negris and saw Negris planting crops only on the furrows, leaving the sunken trenches empty, with the crops orderly arrayed between each plant.

The Star Progeny Master thought about it and, with a mind switch, arranged the scattered seeds neatly.

Next, he more or less watched Negris’ steps and copied them. Negris watered, so did he; Negris illuminated, so did he. Anyone unaware might think he had become a disciple of the God of Knowledge.

Until Negris produced lightning, with a broad streak of electricity coursing over the fields. He couldn’t help but ask, "What’s it doing?"

Anthony answered, "It’s fertilizing."

"Fertilizing? How can lightning flashing overhead fertilize? Isn’t fertilizing spreading fertilizer?" The Star Progeny Master looked disbelieving.

"Haha." Anthony chuckled without providing an answer.

The Star Progeny Master lacked even basic agricultural knowledge, and his results were unsurprisingly poor. Negris had already harvested loads of quick-growing vegetables, while he hadn’t produced a single crop.

After Negris harvested over a dozen rounds, he finally harvested his first season of rice. Though they weren’t the same crop, the difference was glaring; Negris’ vegetables yielded tons per acre, whereas his rice yielded only a hundred-something pounds per acre...

"Tsk tsk tsk... In our plane’s grain competition, even the weakest contestants produce over four hundred pounds per acre, even when growing swamp rice in the marsh. Your yield is inferior to the worst farmer." Anthony criticized.

"I... you... this..." The Star Progeny Master stammered, unable to speak. If Negris wasn’t there for comparison, he might have had an excuse, but now there’s no point making excuses. The gap was enormous; he didn’t even hold the value of a dragon, and certainly couldn’t occupy the Abyss Bridge.

Unknowingly, the Star Progeny Master’s thoughts shifted from ’Let me out,’ to ’Not allowing me to occupy the Abyss Bridge.’

"What now?" The Star Progeny Master whispered, feeling Anthony bore no malice towards him, completely forgetting how sly he had seemed when they first met with half of his face hidden.

"You showed your value, asking me what now? Think for yourself; what can you offer that can’t be replaced by others?" Anthony said peeved.

After pondering for quite some time, the Star Progeny Master hesitantly said, "I... I... I can Create God Star."

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