Hua Kai sent three to four thousand citizens of Hua Xia to Eastern Deity Island. After two years, the island had completely changed.
One-third of the island's land had already been reclaimed as farmland. Xu Hua was in the process of organizing and building a 100,000-acre spiritual field area. A large number of spiritual trees were planted in the spiritual fields. Thousands of students from the School of Agriculture were following Xu Hua to improve the soil.
More than seven million acres of farmland had been reclaimed. This was all thanks to a large number of advanced farming equipment. To facilitate the management of Eastern Deity Island, Hua Zihuan divided all the farmland into ten areas. All the farmland in each area was planted at three different time periods. At the beginning of every month, they would be able to harvest the grain that was planted three months ago at the end of the month. This made everyone on the island extremely busy.
Although they were busy, everyone was quite happy. This was because all the grain that they planted could be sold to the government. One acre of land was planted three times a year. Each time, one acre would yield about eight stones. That was 24 stones a year.
If a family of ten people planted more than 400 acres of farmland, they would be able to harvest 10,000 stones of grain. Each stone was 120 bone coins. That was an income of more than 120 gold coins a year.
The Sky Blue Whale meat on Eastern Deity Island was cheap. It only cost one gold coin. There were many kinds of spiritual fruits. The price was also very cheap. Ordinary people could live a life that only the aristocratic families of Hua Xia could live here.
Their hard work could increase the cultivation of the outstanding members of the family. They worked hard to increase their strength. This way, their family would slowly be upgraded to a family or even an aristocratic family. Here, they could see the light of their future.
Hua Kai stayed on Eastern Deity Island for three days. He seriously followed his Fourth Uncle, Hua Zihuan, to see the Eastern Deity Island's grain farming and spiritual field construction. Eastern Deity Island's infrastructure was still in a backward stage. The schools, colleges, and medical centers still needed to be improved.
Moreover, Hua Kai discovered that the women who worked in the fields of Eastern Deity Island were all carrying children or pregnant. The environment here was comfortable, and there was no need to worry about making a living. In just two years, more than 30,000 children had been born. This made Hua Kai believe that this was a blessed land.
He asked his Fourth Uncle, Hua Zihuan, to continue lowering the prices of Eastern Deity Island, especially the prices of spiritual rice and spiritual beasts. As a special prefecture in Hua Xia, the prices of Sky Blue Whale meat did not have to be linked to those of the Central Plains. The Sky Blue Whale meat could be sold at the price of ordinary savage beast meat for only ten taels of silver per pound. This way, they could quickly digest the Sky Blue Whale meat that the Hua family had accumulated. After selling it all, Hua Kai could just go and catch another one. After all, in such a vast sea region, there were countless Sky Blue Whales.
Sitting in the Sky Chariot with Wuren Tuya, Hua Kai arrived in the territory of Wu Nation. He planned to take advantage of the time he had to go to Ryukyu Island to see if it was possible to go to the legendary Java Island.
However, Lian Po sent news that when the Hua Xia masters began to clear out the demonic beasts in the Nanyue Mountain Range, they encountered a large number of demonic beasts. The demonic beasts in the Nanyue Mountain Range were not like the Dongling Mountain Range of the past. Not only was the density of demonic beasts high, but many of them were also quite intelligent. When they were attacked, they would look for help.
A large number of the demonic beasts in the Nanyue Mountain Range had intelligence close to that of spiritual beasts. Thus, they could continue to live here.
When Hua Kai heard this, he hurriedly went to Nanyue Nation with Wuren Tuya. He saw that a large city was being built outside the Nanyue Mountain Range. Countless tents were set up in the city. Not far from this newly built city, there were a few camps that were about to be built. It was obvious that Hua Xia was going to fight a protracted war here.
According to the location given by Lian Po, Hua Kai found a valley 300 miles to the south. More than 100 Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators under the leadership of six Golden Core Realm cultivators from Hua Xia stopped here to rest.
It turned out that they had besieged a crane flock yesterday. This crane flock was the largest demonic beast force in this area. It was led by a Golden Core Realm Crane King, more than ten Foundation Establishment Realm white cranes, and thousands of crane flocks above the fifth level.
Several Golden Core Realm cultivators had already surrounded the Crane King. Everyone had more or less cleared out the Foundation Establishment Realm white cranes. At this time, four Golden Core Realm demonic beasts suddenly came to support, disrupting the rhythm of the Hua Xia people's attack. Just as they were in a state of anxiety, demonic beasts kept attacking from afar. Zhao Dan saw that the situation was not good, so he helped the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators retreat with Chinese Ink, Hua Zichen, and the other Golden Core Realm cultivators.
Fortunately, only four people from Hua Xia were injured in this battle. They did not have the combat power to quickly finish off the Golden Core Realm demonic beasts. In this kind of battle, Hua Xia was at a disadvantage.
"You guys rest here for a day. Tomorrow, Wukong and I will clear out all the Golden Core Realm demonic beasts. Then, you guys try to get Chinese Ink to record the terrain into the Mountain River Diagram. Try not to provoke this kind of large demonic beast flock. Let me handle it," Hua Kai said.
The next day, he set off alone and slowly explored the terrain 200 miles to the south. When he encountered a single low-level demonic beast, he tried his best to kill it directly. The self-destruction of low-level demonic beasts was not much of a threat to his Soul Formation Realm body.
When they discovered a mid-level demonic beast, Hua Kai and Wukong cooperated. Wukong specifically attracted the other party's attention, and then he would complete the final blow. With the Night Shocking Spear, he was not afraid of the demonic beast's self-destruction. After killing this mid-level demonic beast, Hua Kai saw the Crane King that Chinese Ink and the others had mentioned.
Hua Kai continued to kill the crane flock and entangled with the Crane King for a long time. However, the other party did not leave its own flock. In the end, Hua Kai could only go forward to support it. In the end, the Crane King was about to self-destruct, scaring Hua Kai and Wukong so much that they quickly retreated.
Demonic beasts with a flock not only had high intelligence, but they also had a strong sense of unity and territory. They would not easily leave the flock's range. When they encountered a fatal crisis, they would immediately choose to self-destruct to protect their flock. This was the most difficult to deal with.
When they returned to the gathering place at night, everyone in the Hua family frowned when they heard Hua Kai's words.
"A few years ago, when Wukong and I cleared out the demonic beasts in the Southern Yue Mountain Range, most of them were also clearing out the demonic beasts that lived alone. It is indeed very troublesome to gather a group of demonic beasts. If we want to clear out the entire Southern Yue Mountain Range, we have a long way to go.
There are no more groups of demonic beasts in this area. Next, you guys record the terrain of this area. I will investigate all the demonic beasts in the area five hundred miles to the south and try to kill as many mid-level demonic beasts as possible. If we encounter a group of demonic beasts, we will deal with it together, "Hua Kai said.
With the existence of Hua Kai and Wukong, the people of the Hua Xia Kingdom cleared out and occupied much faster than before. Hua Kai tried to kill as many mid-level demonic beasts as possible. This way, it would be much easier for Chinese Ink and the others to clear out the demonic beasts.
Within a week, all the demonic beasts in the area of more than two hundred miles were cleared out. Hua Kai also cleared out every demonic beast in the area five hundred miles to the south. In addition to three groups of demonic beasts, he also encountered a group of spirit beasts.
It was definitely impossible to clear out a group of spirit beasts. Spirit beasts would never attack humans for no reason.
When he returned to the gathering point, Hua Kai saw his Fifth Uncle, Hua Zichen, holding the [Mountain River Diagram] and transforming the terrain. Behind him, many Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators with the [Will of Fire] began to burn the mountains. This was the most common method used by the Hua Xia Kingdom after occupying the mountain range.
Next, Hua Kai and the people of the Hua Xia Kingdom began to deal with the group of demonic beasts. With Hua Kai, it was not difficult for the Hua Xia Kingdom to kill these low-level demonic beasts, which did not exceed 30. What everyone was most worried about was that if the group of demonic beasts suffered heavy casualties, they would collectively self-destruct. The Hua Xia Kingdom would not be able to withstand such a loss.
Therefore, they came up with a solution. First, they got people to separate and entangle the mid-level demonic beasts in the group of demonic beasts while Hua Kai quietly killed the low-level demonic beasts.
When the low-level demonic beasts were almost dead, he would take the opportunity to kill the low-level demonic beasts before the mid-level demonic beasts could react.
Then, everyone quickly retreated, leaving the mid-level demonic beasts for Hua Kai and Wukong to deal with.
Hua Kai and Wukong were not afraid of the self-destruction of the mid-level demonic beasts. The Golden Core Realm cultivators could also resist the self-destruction of the mid-level demonic beasts if they wore spirit armor. Chinese Ink and the other Golden Core Realm cultivators could deal with the scattered low-level demonic beasts that had escaped. In just one morning, the largest group of demonic beasts was wiped out by the people of the Hua Xia Kingdom. In the end, only one person from the Hua Xia Kingdom was lightly injured.
If they continued to use this method, even if there were two mid-level demonic beasts in a group of demonic beasts, the people of the Hua family could easily deal with them.
In two days, the three groups of demonic beasts were easily dealt with, and no other demonic beasts were attracted.
Hua Kai continued to head south, leaving the areas that had been cleared out for Chinese Ink and the others to clean up. He continued to head south to clear out the demonic beasts.
The further south they went, the more abundant the Spirit Qi was. Many mountain spiritual objects formed a natural array, and Hua Kai fell into it several times.
If an ordinary Golden Core Realm cultivator came here, it would not be easy for them to survive. Thousands of miles into the Nanyue Mountain Range, this was an area that was difficult for the human race to reach. It had to be known that all the tribes of the Southshine Nation were within 300 miles of the Nanyue Mountain Range, and no hunters of the Southshine Nation dared to come here.
Hua Kai also felt that it would not be easy to open up a path to Ryukyu Island because the density of demonic beasts here was increasing. Sometimes, there would be two demonic beasts in a ten-mile area, and the proportion of demonic beasts in groups had also greatly increased.
Fortunately, he did not sense the aura of a Great Demon. The two Great Demons that Hua Kai had marked last time were located in the southwest of the Nanyue Mountain Range, where the demonic beasts of the Eastern Divine Continent were the most numerous.
Without a Great Demon, everything was easy. Hua Kai had the [Startling Night Spear] and the [Cloud-Sweeping Robe], as well as Wukong's assistance. Wuren Tuya controlled the [Sky Chariot] to investigate the situation ahead. Hua Kai killed demonic beasts every day. If he was injured, he would retreat to recuperate, and the next day, he would come back full of energy.
Three months passed like this. It was September, and winter was about to arrive. Hua Kai stopped what he was doing and looked back at the road behind him.
In three months, they had traveled more than 2,000 miles from north to south. The result of these three months was a plain that was more than 400 miles wide. The road was now scorched black, and countless refugees from Chu Province were searching for something on the scorched ground. If they could find a strange stone, they would be richly rewarded.
The Nanyue Mountain Range was 3,000 miles wide from north to south and 5,000 miles from east to west. In other words, Hua Kai was still about 1,000 miles away from the Ryukyu Strait. The entire Nanyue Mountain Range covered an area of about 6 million square kilometers, and their result this year was more than 200,000 square kilometers. At this speed, it would take them about 30 years to complete their goal of flattening the Nanyue Mountain Range.
Hua Kai came to a group of tents in a valley and entered the largest tent. Many core members of the Hua family were waiting here. Today, they were going to end their year-long clean-up mission and discuss what to do next in winter.