Chapter 176 - Is this for real?

As the two of them were talking, Xi Rui and the others who had gone out to hunt also returned.

Shi Qingluo took the remnant of the corn cobs and invited them to the main hall.

Because a lot of people are aware of the old immortal’s reputation, coupled with his manifestation last time, an endless stream of people came to offer incense every day.

Now, there were more than twenty people waiting to offer incense in the main hall.

Not only did they come from the county town, but also from other places.

After Shi Qingluo entered, many people who were offering incense recognised her.

“Mdm Shi is here.”

“Mdm Shi, are you here to offer incense to your master?”

Shi Qingluo smiled and said, “Yes, I’m here to offer incense to my master.”

Those who were originally offering incense stepped aside.

“Mdm Shi, you go first.”

Shi Qingluo did not stand on ceremony. “Then I won’t stand on ceremony. Thank you!”

Then, she went forward and placed the corn cob on the table and took out three sticks of incense.

As she lit the incense in front of the burning candle on the table, she spoke.

“Master, the thing you asked me to plant has already matured.”

“You said that this thing called corn is edible.

“I’m not sure now, so I want to ask you again.

“Can this really be used as food? If it’s possible, I’ll have to trouble you to show your spirit again and instruct me, your disciple.”

After she finished speaking, she used her hand to touch a switch on the innermost side of the table.

She could not touch the incense burner every time to show his spirit.

After all, the ancients were not stupid.

If she touched it a few times more, a smart person would be able to realise that there was something wrong with the incense burner.

After she finished speaking, she inserted the incense into the incense burner and bowed three times.

Just as she bowed, a gust of wind suddenly blew around her.

The old priest’s tablet was enveloped by a pale golden halo, making it look extremely sacred.

Changing the technique to show his spirit was her trump card.

She could not always make the wind blow and let it emit halos above her head every time.

This time, the principle of refracting light was also used.

However, the refracted light ray shone on the tablet.

Although the halo was very faint, it still shocked everyone around her.

Fei Yuzhe had seen the old immortal’s manifestation once.

Although he was shocked again, he could already accept it calmly.

However, this was the first time Xi Rui and the others had seen it.

They all widened their eyes in unison.

Xi Rui’s mouth was so big that it could fit an egg. “The old immortal really exists.”

Xi Rong also looked at him in disbelief. “Luoluo’s master is really an old immortal?”

Last time, when Liang Youxiao came back to the capital, he was stunned by it. “I thought Fei Yuzhe lied to me.”

After he came back, Fei Yuzhe kept saying that he had missed the manifestation of the old immortal.

He did not believe it. How is it possible?

Now, the face-smacking happened so quickly…

Then, Fei Yuzhe nudged him. “Don’t talk nonsense in front of the old immortal.”

He had never believed in the old immortal’s existence before, but after seeing it with his own eyes twice, he could only believe in it.

Liang Youxiao immediately stretched out his hand and smacked his own mouth.

Then, he bowed to the tablet. “Yes, yes, please forgive me who is still a child. I hope you will forgive me, old immortal!”

The others looked at him, this was the first time they had seen such a big child.

Xi Rui and the others looked at Liang Youxiao in disgust and stood a few steps away.

They did not know this big fool.

After Shi Qingluo finished offering the incense, the few of them also rushed to offer the incense.

The other people who came to offer the incense witnessed the old immortal’s manifestation and became even more devout.

Then, Shi Qingluo took the corn cob back and hugged it.

After all, Fei Yuzhe was going towards his career path as an official, so his reaction was the fastest.

After coming out of the hall, he pointed at the corn that Shi Qingluo was hugging and asked, “Shi Qingluo, did you just say that this thing is edible?”

Shi Qingluo nodded. “Yes, my master left his last words in a letter saying that the current emperor is the chosen one. After he left, he asked me to plant the seed that he left behind in July this year.

“If we manage to harvest golden corn cobs, this means that the seeds are heavenly-bestowed.”

“And the yield per mu of this thing is very high.”

Liang Youxiao could not help but ask hurriedly, “How much harvest can it produce?”

Shi Qingluo replied, “About a thousand catties every mu.”

This corn was harvested from high-quality seeds cultivated in her space in a constant environment.

The yield was high and the corn tasted good.

The key point was that it did not require a very specific environment to grow.

Liang Youxiao and Fei Yuzhe both asked in disbelief, “What? So High? Is this for real?”

Both of them weren’t dandies who could not differentiate between the different kinds of grains.

At the very least, they knew how much rice and wheat could be produced per mu of land in their family’s manors.

Only Xi Rui and Xi Rong were dumbfounded because they really did not know.

But when they heard that the harvest weighed more than 1,000 catties, they also felt that it was a lot.

Shi Qingluo shrugged. “We planted this corn in the backyard. Do I have to lie to you guys?”

Seeing Shi Qingluo’s indifferent look, Liang Youxiao and Fei Yuzhe were speechless.

“Let’s go, let’s go take a look at the corn again.” The two of them were extremely excited.

Thus, all of them returned to the backyard.

Shi Qingluo handed the corn to Xiao Hanzheng and continued to pluck them at the field.

Liang Youxiao saw that she was actually breaking the corn into smaller pieces again and hurriedly stopped her. “What are you doing?”

Shi Qingluo looked at him inexplicably. “Breaking them into smaller pieces. Let’s try this when we bring it back tonight.”

Fei Yuzhe asked, “Isn’t this a little wasteful?”

Shi Qingluo paused for a moment and asked, “Don’t you all want to try the taste of corn? To see if it is edible?”

Liang Youxiao and Fei Yuzhe thought for a moment and said in unison, “We want to try.”

Liang Youxiao added, “The old immortal is so amazing. If he says it is edible, then we definitely can eat it.”

Shi Qingluo thought to herself, am I the disciple of the old immortal, or are you the disciple?

She said, “Then let’s break it into smaller pieces to taste it. After we confirm that it’s edible, we’ll offer it to the emperor.”

The few people present nodded frantically. “Of course.”

As Shi Qingluo plucked the corn, others beside her looked at her attentively.

It made her feel guilty as she plucked them.

She believed that tonight would probably only be the only day she could eat the corn for the year, so she plucked a few more.

Sigh, she didn’t expect that eating a few corn would become a luxury.

After picking the corn and going down the mountain, Xiao Hanzheng said, “I’ll go to the county town and invite Magistrate Mo and my teacher over to taste this corn.”

He also felt that there was a 90% chance that the corn would only be eaten tonight.

Shi Qingluo especially nodded in agreement. “Alright, please come.

“Let’s cook the corn cobs and make a corn tortilla to eat.”

Xiao Hanzheng nodded. “Alright!”

Liang Youxiao and the others couldn’t object to them from inviting Mo Qingling and Mr Hou.

They knew very well that if this thing could really be eaten, had a good taste and such a high yield, they would definitely get a lot of credits for it.

The key was that the people of Daliang would no longer have to suffer hunger in the future.

Upon thinking about this, even Xi Rui, who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun, couldn’t help but become excited.

They had witnessed the manifestation of the old immortal with their own eyes, and they were the first batch of people to taste corn.

Just thinking about it made them excited.