When the group arrived in the area, Minos calmly instructed, "Grandpa Dillian, please try to converge the energy of heaven and earth towards the ground to see what happens."
Converging energy from heaven and earth was a skill that could be gained after reaching the 5th stage of cultivation. And by doing so, the cultivators could strengthen their techniques using the free spiritual energy in nature.
As Dillian was the only one in the group to have reached this stage, Minos asked him to perform the said process.
Minos intended to check whether the spiritual root would absorb this energy. If the energy were absorbed, it would mean that the root is still alive.
Spiritual roots could be considered living beings, similar to plants, but they are practically immortal. In fact, their life expectancy was on par with the planet's, so typically, a spiritual root would never die. However, it could happen if it was intentionally destroyed by someone powerful or by the force of remnants of a high-level battle.
As for the effects of spiritual roots, they were similar to those of arrays that concentrated spiritual energy in certain areas.
However, spiritual roots had a much higher capacity. They could enrich a region of up to hundreds of thousands of square kilometers, while the arrays only do this in the space of hundreds of thousands of square meters.
Moreover, arrays were also not as efficient as a spiritual root. As a result, in the various parts of the world where spiritual roots are more exposed, these regions have high energy concentration as well, which could be considered true cultivation paradises.
However, in addition to not being completely deathless, spiritual roots could also have a 'MALFUNCTION.' This usually resulted in a decrease in the spiritual density of the nearest region. Thus, Minos wanted to know if the spiritual root of the Black Plain region was alive or dead.
After a few seconds, Dillian released a large amount of energy directing it to the soil. Immediately, the energy was swallowed up by the terrain as if something hungry were watching its favorite food pass right in front of its eyes.
Minos then thought. 'The spiritual root is alive, but peculiarly, it seems to suck up any spiritual energy on the ground. From what Grandpa Dillian described, whenever someone plants something on the Black Plain, the plant would wither and turn completely black before finally turning to dust. As for seeds, they would be consumed as soon as they hit the ground...'
He then decided to ask someone who was from this region itself, "Commander Pyke, what was the conclusion reached by the expert who came here last time?"
Pyke answered sincerely, "According to that expert, the spiritual root seemed to have severely weakened, absorbing all the spiritual energy it had to survive."
A smile appeared on Minos' face, 'Well, he wasn't wrong about the problem. But he also couldn't know how to fix it, as it would be extremely expensive for anyone in this world! After all, not everyone would dare to 'WASTE' a Divine-grade medicine to nourish a spiritual root. Such a method would never have much support due to its cost!'
As for the Divine-grade medicines, they were necessary resources for someone who would want to reach level 100!!
Minos then broke the silence. "I have a way that can help prevent this spiritual root from absorbing the energy present in the soil. And along with that, we will also be able to grow crops on the Black Plain.
Of course, we still have to increase the number of nutrients in the soil, but that's the easy part."
After hearing his words, everyone was shocked, especially the two natives of the Black Plain who stared at each other, they had little to no expectations of this truly happening.
Commander Pyke immediately asked with a solemn expression, "And how is the young master planning to do this?"
To Commander Pyke's question, Minos responded vaguely, "Bring a group over here and tell them to dig a hole of at least 100 meters depth. And after the hole is ready, let me know." He would never reveal to the people whom he had just met of what he really intended to do with this hole.
"Let's go back, Grandpa Dillian. Our work here is done." Minos then said, leaving Commander Pyke in utter dismay.
Thus, six men returned to the city, while two of them soon separated to create an excavation group.
...
When they arrived back at the mansion, Dillian finally urged Minos about the details involved in his plan. "Young master, what do you intend to do with that hole?"
Leisurely sitting on the chair, Minos turned to Dillian.
"The problem with the spiritual root is that it lacks spiritual energy. I don't know why this happened, but as long as we are able to deposit a tremendous amount of energy, the spiritual root will no longer need to steal the energy present in the soil. So, this solves the main point," Minos replied without hiding anything.
"As for how I am going to do this, I will put a Divine-grade medicine in that hole. After that, we'll bury it. The spiritual root will then begin to absorb energy only from this medicine, while allowing living organisms to develop in the soil."
The 100-meter depth was just to ensure that the spiritual root wouldn't continue to steal energy from the soil.
"Not only will this stop it from absorbing the energy from the soil, but it will also restore the spiritual root to its glory days, increasing the density of spiritual energy on the Black Plain... But it will take nearly 30 years for this to happen because it's a substantial amount of energy.
However, the effects should start to show in about ten years. At that time, the spiritual concentration of the Black Plain will be equal to that of the Red Valley and will only continue to grow until this region returns to being an area with high spiritual concentration."
"What?? Young master, isn't that too wasteful? Even if the Black Plain recovers, I don't think it's worth it," Dillian gasped, looking pale as if he had lost almost half the blood on his body.
Of course, for him who didn't know about the total wealth of the Spatial Kingdom, what Minos had just said was no different than wanting to burn money for the sake of strangers!
It just didn't make sense to him.
"Hehe, Grandpa Dillian it's alright, don't worry, I have other Divine-grade medicines. Spending just one on this project will definitely be worth it," Minos reassured him. After all, he knew very well that the Spatial Kingdom had almost 30 medicines of this classification.
Every single medicine can push a person of level 99 to reach level 100 after completely absorbing the energy present in it. However, ever since the first human God, millions of years have passed, but so far there were only 42 human Gods in all of history!
This wasn't simply due to the lack of resources, but also because most of them who had the ability to reach level 100 would end up dying before accomplishing it. And Minos had no expectations of helping 28 people reach that level. Therefore, spending a Divine-grade medicine on building his headquarters would be worthwhile for Minos.
Dillian sighed after confirming that Minos was not going to give up on his seemingly absurd idea. Such a thing would never be worth it for him!
Seeing Dillian staring blankly at him, Minos then said.
"Grandpa Dillian, I need you to organize a group of people and build an artificial lake 30 km from the city. My plan is to mix water from the numerous rivers in the region with a large amount of water from the Spatial Kingdom. The water from the Spatial Kingdom is very rich in nutrients and spiritual energy. This should help in improving the quality of the soil and also of the crops that will be planted in the future."
After discussing this and the other matters, Dillian walked away, and Minos was now left alone in the office, so he decided to continue his cultivation in the Spatial Kingdom.
...
After cultivating for three hours within the Spatial Kingdom, the young Stuart finally leveled up to level 3!
He was extremely pleased with his progress since he managed to go from level 0 to level 3 in just a matter of 5 days. Such progress was already very impressive, even the geniuses in the highest-level empires would get envious if information about his speed were to be made public.
...
When he was done cultivating, Minos decided to harvest the Divine-grade medicine that he would use to nourish the spiritual root of this region.
Gathering his equipment from the large house next to the lake, Minos headed towards a vast garden which was filled with some herbs, tubers, and fruit trees.
But if there was someone beside him, they would have been stunned, it was because.
All these were Divine-grade medicines!
Deciding a particular medicine which he wanted to harvest, Minos walked to a rooted medicine in the soil, he then applied a harvesting technique which he had learned from the knowledge acquired through his inheritance.
Finally, after a few minutes, he held what appeared more like a perfectly orange, giant carrot, it looked extremely attractive, with no imperfections.
Keeping it in his spatial ring, Minos then returned to his mansion.
...
Three days passed very quickly, and the 100-meter hole had already been dug on the west side of the city, and as for work on the artificial lake, it was still underway.
Nonetheless, finally, one of the most complicated problems in the Black Plain was about to be solved!