Venus Taibai rode a cloud to Mount Huaguo.
He saw the Monkey King standing at the port. A group of humans were holding books in their hands and carefully handing them to the Monkey King. Then, they bowed repeatedly and turned to board the ship.
This scene made Taibai Jinxing click his tongue in wonder.
He transformed into a human and landed on the ground.
The Monkey King immediately noticed him. "Distinguished guest, what's the matter?"
He did not reveal Venus Taibai's identity, and Venus Taibai did not expose him. He smiled and said, "I heard that a Bear Demon King came to Mount Huaguo. I'm here to remind the Monkey King not to take in any more demons from the North Continent."
The Monkey King thought for a while and knew that Venus Taibai meant well.
The Zhenwu Emperor led the Heavenly Army to attack the Demon Kingdom. If any Demon King escaped to Mount Huaguo, the Monkey King would inevitably get into trouble.
"I will give the order not to let those demons enter Mount Huaguo."
The Monkey King replied.
Although this order would offend the demons outside, he did not want to be led into a trap by those fools.
Venus Taibai nodded in satisfaction, then bowed and left.
Not long after he left, Zhen Yuan Daisen flew over.
"Was that Venus Taibai just now?"
Zhen Yuan Daisen felt the aura of an immortal. "What is he doing here?"
The Monkey King turned and walked towards the Water Curtain Cave. "He told me not to take in any demons from the North Continent."
"He meant well."
Zhen Yuan Daisen followed him with a smile. "I heard that Venus Taibai has always wanted to recruit you to the Heavenly Palace. Of course, he does not want you to offend the Heavenly Palace."
The Monkey King nodded. He had a good impression of Venus Taibai. If possible, he did not want to fall out with the Heavenly Palace.
Zhen Yuan Daisen continued to ask, "The Demon Kingdom of the North Continent is powerful. How long do you think they can last?"
The Monkey King shook his head. "It won't last more than a few days."
Although he hoped that the Yao Kingdom would be able to hold out for a few years, since the Zhenwu Emperor was personally taking action, it was clearly impossible.
The demons of the Demon Kingdom were all scattered demons that had been gathered in recent years. They were not very cohesive, and the six Great Sage did not establish a consistent relationship with the demons.
Once the demons realized that the situation was hopeless and that their lives were in danger, it was easy for them to escape.
This was also the reason why Venus Taibai reminded Monkey King.
"The six Great Sage couldn't defeat Zhenwu Emperor."
Monkey King said. No matter what, Bull Demon and the rest were not smart enough.
If they couldn't even hide their weaknesses properly, how could they build a Yao Kingdom?
Back at the Water Curtain Cave, the Monkey King handed the books to the boy to organize.
"Those are ancient books on medicinal herbs collected by humans."
Zhen Yuan Daisen stroked his long beard and said, "They are more diligent than you."
Monkey King nodded: "The [Hundred Herb Classic] was written for them in the end"
He sighed softly.
"Why is A Worthy Younger Brother sighing?"
Zhen Yuan Daisen asked curiously: "Is there something wrong with these books?"
"I'm afraid we already know the contents of these books"
Monkey King replied: "In order to bring these useless books here, a few dozen people died on the way"
Zhen Yuan Daisen was a bit surprised, then shook his head.
"That can't be helped"
They were mortals after all. Medicinal herbs that were extremely precious to humans were already known to immortals.
"A Worthy Younger Brother, there is no need to feel sad for them"
Zhen Yuan Daisen said: "If we write more books, more people will be saved"
Monkey King was a bit emotional.
"Those humans placed great trust in me because of the Blood-Staunching Grass"
He continued: "But the Blood-Staunching Grass is only a by-product of my rice breeding process"
These words immediately attracted Zhen Yuan Daisen's attention.
"A Worthy Younger Brother, what did you say you bred?"
Monkey King did not hide anything from Zhen Yuan Daisen.
He brought Zhen Yuan Daisen to the top of the mountain where he bred plants. Zhen Yuan Daisen looked at the crops and immediately knew that Monkey King was telling the truth.
"Rice."
Zhen Yuan Daisen looked at the rice plants in shock: "So you were breeding rice?"
Monkey King nodded.
The significance of rice was greater than any other plant.
He had read about hybrid rice in the Heavenly Book and had been trying to research it ever since he returned to Mount Huaguo.
Rice was a self-pollinating crop. To hybridize, one had to remove the male stamen of one variety and give it the pollen of another variety. The process was very meticulous.
More importantly, there were good and bad results from hybridization. The quality of rice was not as clear as the Blood-Staunching Grass. Even with immortal techniques, it was almost impossible to select the perfect variety. Moreover, it had to be confirmed that they could be hybridized and the seeds produced could reproduce normally.
"I have experimented on hundreds of thousands of rice flowers and this is the final result."
Monkey King looked at the rice plants in front of him and said: "Their yield is higher than normal rice, but it is very difficult to grow and cannot be popularized."
He spent a long time and finally found that the amount of work needed to breed hybrid rice was very large. Without a large amount of experimental data, it was impossible to breed rice that could be popularized.
In the end, Monkey King gave up — — he had a more important job and could not waste too much time on rice.
"Right now, the one researching rice for me is a Flower Fairy."
Monkey King said.
Zhen Yuan Daisen was shocked again: "Flower Fairy?"
"Flower Fairies are sensitive to pollen and can easily complete the work of removing male and pollinating."
Monkey King explained. Among all the monsters, Flower Fairies were the most suitable to breed plants.
"They have been researching in Flower Valley for several years, haven't you noticed?"
Monkey King looked at Zhen Yuan Daisen.
Zhen Yuan Daisen's face was a bit hot. He had been drinking flower dew in Flower Valley, how could he know that the Flower Fairies were doing such an important job.
Rice was not a normal crop.
"A Worthy Younger Brother, if you succeed."
Zhen Yuan Daisen said: "The use of rice is a hundred times better than the Blood-Staunching Grass."
It was not just a hundred times, it was more than a thousand times.
Monkey King understood in his heart that rice was very important to this world — — he could not be too hasty.
The two of them returned the way they came. Monkey King told Zhen Yuan Daisen that he had created a new recording officer to record all the techniques of Flower Fruit Mountain.
"Recording officer?" Zhen Yuan Daisen slightly knit his brows, "Why did you create this position?"
"To prepare for a rainy day."
Monkey King replied.
Zhen Yuan Daisen's footsteps stopped, his gaze became serious.
"A Worthy Younger Brother, isn't this kind of life good?"
"Yes."
Monkey King nodded.
The two of them had known each other for many years and had deep feelings for each other. Zhen Yuan Daisen understood that there were some things that he did not say.
Monkey King naturally knew what Zhen Yuan Daisen was thinking.
"Great Immortal, I will not do evil on my own initiative."
Monkey King smiled and said: "But the matters of the world are not under my control, it is not wrong for me to prepare for a rainy day, right?"
No matter what, he had to be prepared for the worst.
"The only thing I can control is to not lose the techniques that I have already obtained."
Monkey King said to Zhen Yuan Daisen: "As long as the techniques are developed, I will be able to find the answer I want."
His words were filled with treason, but his tone did not have any emotions.