Chapter 57: People of the Immortal Sect

The more the vegetable garden lacked rainwater, the more it seemed to pour down specifically on this spot.

Lin Yao could swear that in the entire Great Yan, this vegetable garden had the most abundant moisture. No matter how drought-stricken it had been in the past, it had been irrigated repeatedly since yesterday—what more water could it possibly need?!

It was only right that the Consort was unreliable at controlling water; if her ability to summon rain was this potent, her water control would be truly formidable.

Furthermore, her control over the water was inconsistent; she never knew when she would stop the rain.

Once she started, it just wouldn't stop.

"Consort, shall we not head back for lunch?" Lin Yao saw that it was midday and began making arrangements for a meal. Reclaiming farmland was a major undertaking, and Lin Yao, from the bottom of his heart, did not want to keep running back and forth. He consulted, "What would you like to eat? I'll go fetch some food."

Qin Bi was also eager to reclaim more fields for Rong Yang. It wasn't as if she had never farmed before; she wasn't that delicate. She said, "Didn't we bring dried meat? There's no need to fetch food."

That was even better. Lin Yao had foresightously brought a bag of cabbage seeds that could cover half a mu of land. With monster dried meat for meals, there was no harm in staying. Monster dried meat was a fine thing to have.

"Eh?" Lin Yao turned around and caught a glimpse of green in the vegetable garden.

What was this? Lin Yao stepped into the garden.

Squatting down to look, Lin Yao's eyes widened in disbelief. "They've sprouted????"

It shouldn't be possible! They were only planted yesterday. Lin Yao felt a sense of bewilderment mixed with anticipation. He stood up urgently and scanned the ground row by row; the radishes had indeed sprouted.

One by one, the radish seedlings were growing quite uniformly.

Having walked several meters, Lin Yao checked the surrounding ridges. Very few failed to sprout, so even if a few didn't germinate, they were almost negligible.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Yao suppressed his excitement and went to look at the cabbage patch.

"Oh my god!" Lin Yao cried out. They had sprouted too.

Qin Bi looked over while holding her teacup. As Lin Yao poked at the soil, guessing at the cause, Qin Bi controlled the rain to walk over. When she saw that both the cabbages and radishes had germinated, she was also stunned.

Can cabbages and radishes sprout in a single day?

The guards, curious about what was happening, walked over to look and stood frozen on the spot. One guard even rubbed his eyes; looking again, there was still that small patch of green. The cabbages and radishes had sprouted.

The guards hurriedly looked at their feet, terrified they might step on the seedlings.

Guard Yan blinked, and blinked again, asking in confusion, "They were just planted yesterday?"

And they sprouted today????

"Exactly," Qin Bi said, dropping her formalities to chat casually with the guards. "It should take several days at least to sprout. To plant them yesterday and have them sprout today—how does anyone work like that?"

That wasn't quite right. Lin Yao quickly interjected, "Sprouting is a good thing! It's because there's plenty of rain. The farmland has never been irrigated this thoroughly before. Since there's no lack of water, they sprout faster."

The guards walked along the vegetable garden out of novelty, returning with faces full of joy. "They've all sprouted."

Hearing this, the other guards also went to check. Everyone gathered around the cabbage and radish patches, finding them incredibly fascinating. The seedlings looked robust, not like those thin, weak, yellowing little sprouts.

Seeing the seedlings made Qin Bi happy. With a wave of her hand, the wind swept the rain over again. Fine, dense drizzle fell onto the seedlings. As the misty rain fell on them, everyone snapped out of their daze.

Lin Yao's mouth moved, wanting to say to stop the rain.

But thinking of the benefits of abundant water, Lin Yao shut his mouth.

As Qin Bi became busy, Guard Yan and the others hurried back to reclaim the fields. Qin Bi also returned; while the rain was being blown over here, it was still raining over at the reclaimed fields.

"Consort, I'm going back to get some food," Lin Yao said to Qin Bi.

"Aren't we eating dried meat?" Qin Bi asked, puzzled, as they had already agreed.

"No more dried meat," Lin Yao said excitedly. "I'm going back to stir-fry a few dishes."

Seeing Qin Bi's confusion, Lin Yao explained, "The seedlings have sprouted; we should eat a bit better."

Fine then. Qin Bi had forgotten that in this fictional cultivation world, farming was the most important thing. Since they were planted yesterday and the cabbages and radishes sprouted today, they truly deserved a reward.

Qin Bi nodded, and Lin Yao left.

Returning to the Prince's Mansion, Lin Yao first went to the main kitchen to order a few stir-fried dishes, then rushed to Spirit Plant Street to buy another bag of radish seeds and a bag of coriander seeds. Once finished, he headed back.

Half an hour later, Lin Yao returned to the fief with a food box.

With steamed cakes and vegetable fillings, Qin Bi ate a cake, while Guard Yan and the others ate quickly before continuing to reclaim the fields. Lin Yao was responsible for sowing the seeds—radishes, cabbages, and coriander were all sown.

It rained before the seeds were sown, and it rained after.

Normally, Qin Bi only rained on the reclaimed fields, but she couldn't stop the wind from blowing the rain along, spreading it evenly across the vegetable garden. Both the sprouted and unsprouted areas were thoroughly irrigated.

Was it lacking rain and snow? Qin Bi made sure the land was thoroughly saturated.

By the end of the day, everyone was exhausted. Before activating the teleportation array to go back, Lin Yao and Guard Yan's group were still worried about the vegetable garden; they took a stroll around before finally entering the array.

Back at the Rong Prince's Mansion, Qin Bi hurried to the charcoal brazier to warm herself. Reclaiming fields in winter was freezing.

Rong Jun brought Rong Yang back, and Qin Bi stepped forward to take the child. "Rong Yang, guess how much land Mother reclaimed today?"

"How much?" The child's eyes brightened.

"We reclaimed half a mu today," Qin Bi said without teasing.

"That much??!!!?" The child was delighted.

"Impressive, right?"

"Impressive."

Rong Jun laughed in exasperation and walked toward the study. Lin Yao and Guard Yan reported on the vegetable garden in the fief. Rong Jun was surprised—they had reclaimed an entire mu in two days, and it was all fertile land.

Rong Jun didn't mind; he had plenty of fertile land and didn't lack this one mu.

Qin Lang came by, and from him, Qin Bi learned that people from the Immortal Sect had come today to select disciples. Fu Bao's fortune value was high, so he was chosen and taken under their wing. In the future, Qin He's child would also be a member of the Immortal Sect.

Qin He had long been a disciple of the Immortal Sect and lacked for nothing in terms of resources; her child would not lack cultivation resources either.

There was no helping it. Ever since she had transmigrated, Qin He's life had been smooth sailing, aided by two powerful ministers and heirs. Qin Bi just listened and didn't take it to heart.

Previously, Qin Bi hadn't cared, but because Qin He had interfered in her marriage with He Yan, Qin Bi had become mindful of her.

The next day, when Qin Bi, Lin Yao, and the others used the teleportation array to go to Rong Jun's fief, they were stunned at the sight. The cabbages that had sprouted yesterday already had quite large leaves today.

And the cabbages and radishes planted yesterday had also sprouted.

The coriander had even formed a layer. Lin Yao, the composed scholar, now had wide, staring eyes. "This grows too fast. Looking at them, they can be eaten in a couple of days."

The leaves were already the size of palms. Qin Bi said, "They can be eaten today."

As soon as she said this, Lin Yao and the others all turned to look at Qin Bi, their eyes looking as if she were someone who didn't know how to live properly.

Qin Bi: "..."

She wasn't lying; the cabbage leaves really were edible.