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Chapter 307 - 65 It must be the effect of the Divine Pattern

Chapter 307: Chapter 65 It must be the effect of the Divine Pattern

Compared to the undercurrents at the Silver Moon Church, the Double Rest Sect was developing vigorously during this period.

The first Green Field Open Mic Missionary event had successfully concluded, and the top ten finalists were contacted by a special person after the match to measure the sizes of their feet.

A few days later, they received the prizes, which, apart from the more common flour, honey wine, and sausages, included two items that caught their attention. The first was a pair of oddly shaped boots.

Both the upper part and the sole were made of materials they had never seen before, but once they put them on, they were warm and comfortable, especially the soles, which were covered with peculiar patterns.

Although Li Yu did not explicitly say so, those who wore the boots unanimously believed that it was a kind of quite mystical Divine Pattern.

It was precisely because of this Divine Pattern that these seemingly thin boots kept them so warm, and walking in them, they no longer felt the stones on the ground.

According to the description in "Game Sunglasses," it was as if the movement speed increased by 20%.

The fit of the shoes was also unprecedented, feeling almost like they were stuck to the feet. For those Sabbath from the Weiting Family, it wasn’t too surprising—they had people to tailor and make shoes for them when they were nobles.

For others, especially farmers like Fabre, who had lived more than forty years without ever wearing new shoes, let alone ones that fit so well, he only tried them on briefly before quickly taking them off, holding them in his arms, not daring to wear them again.

In fact, even those former nobles from the Weiting Family had never worn such comfortable shoes.

They excitedly ran and jumped around after putting them on, as if they had relearned how to walk, and they also learned from each other how to tie shoelaces.

Li Yu bought this batch of hiking shoes on 1688 for 65 yuan a pair, ten pairs totaling 650 yuan, shipping included. The soles were made of rubber, the upper was made of artificial PU, and it was additionally lined with man-made short plush.

They were unbranded, the place where a logo would typically be bore the word "fashion."

However, to most city dwellers, these shoes had little to do with fashion and were just considered wearable, but in Bratis, as the only ten pairs of hiking shoes, they couldn’t help but be fashionable.

As long as they were worn, the wearer would be the brightest kid wherever they went.

Li Yu didn’t just randomly decide to use hiking boots as a prize; these Sabbath were going to be missionaries and would inevitably have to walk around, so having a comfortable pair of shoes was more important than anything.

Beyond the hiking boots, Li Yu also distributed Divine Country points to the ten according to their final ranks, but unlike the hiking boots, which were immediately usable, the utility of Divine Country points was not yet apparent.

However, once the upgrading system was completed by Seadog, those Divine Country points would soon become something everyone dreamt of.

Moreover, Li Yu offered additional rewards for the top three. The third-place finalist received a thermal mug, the runner-up received a down jacket, and for the champion, Li Yu directly gifted a set of brick houses.

Anton himself could not have imagined that by simply participating in a missionary event, he would even end up with a place to live.

And it wasn’t just any house, but the signature red brick house of the Double Rest Sect. The Universal Language teacher, while further studying the doctrines and precepts in the territory of the Double Rest Sect these days, was staying in the house of a family of lizard people.

The two blankets he had prepared in advance turned out to be completely unnecessary, as he hadn’t expected the homes of ordinary peasants to be so warm in the winter. Not a hint of a draft in the room, and the bed he was lying on was still toasty.

This environment felt even better than Teacup Castle.

Teacup Castle, as majestic as it was with its massive stones piled high, might have been sturdier than brick houses, but it wasn’t as comfortable to live in.

Especially in winter, even though firewood was constantly burning in the castle, as soon as you moved slightly away from the fire, you could still feel the bone-chilling cold, which made Anton not want to leave his bed at all.

If he had known how pleasant it was to join the Double Rest Church, he would have regretted not coming to serve Li Yu sooner.

The two had known each other for quite some time, with Anton even teaching Li Yu the Universal Language for a while. Unfortunately, back then, Anton was deceived by the sweet words of the Silver Moon Church and was dead set on opposing the Sabbath.

Now looking back on those actions, the Universal Language teacher could only laugh at his own naiveté.

After distributing the rewards, Li Yu found Miss Rabbit, who had also been busy recently. Besides enjoying her role as an occasional judge and getting a taste of giving scores, she was also occupied with training troops and taking a census of the population increase in her territory.

Li Yu’s visit this time was to discuss matters related to spring plowing with the young lady.

The main issue was the promotion of new farming tools, including the moldboard plow, long-handled scythe, and single-wheel seed drill. These items were now being expertly crafted by the ironworkers of the Double Rest Church, and the lizard people had also generally been fully equipped.

However, farmers in other areas were still using traditional tools, and outfitting them with the new ones would be a considerable project. The ironworkers in the Double Rest Church’s territory would be too few, and the cost would be significant.

There was also the matter of promoting four-field crop rotation and the use of compost.

Ireya pondered and then said, "As for the agricultural tools, I can gather all the ironworkers from my territory, but even so, we won’t be able to manufacture all the tools before the spring plowing. Perhaps we could order a batch from outside... But convincing those farmers to use them is another issue."

"The matter of persuasion can be handled by our Double Rest Church. In the meantime, I will have my Sabaaths focus on promoting the new tools and planting methods. In fact, I’ve already had people start on that."

Having said that, Li Yu saw Miss Rabbit on the other side looking as if she wanted to say more and prompted, "If you have any questions, just ask."

"That thing you mentioned, four-field crop rotation, is it really effective? When I was studying at the Temple, the teachers always told us that people should not be too greedy, otherwise they would anger the goddess... um, Pisya, causing once fertile land to become barren.

"They weren’t just fearmongering. I’ve heard of some Lords who planted crops all over their land to earn more money. Indeed, they reaped a good harvest the first and second years, but after that, it was worse year by year, and soon the land could no longer be farmed."

"That has nothing to do with the goddess’s anger, it’s just that the fertility of the land had been exhausted," Li Yu explained. "The four-field rotation isn’t about planting whatever you want, you need to plant beans to replenish nitrogen, and it must be paired with fertilization."

In Li Yu’s original plan, he wanted the lizard people to first demonstrate, to prove the practicality of the new tools and methods to everyone, attracting people from the surrounding areas to join.

But the growth of the Double Rest Church had indeed surpassed Li Yu’s expectations. Slaying the dragon served as a wave of publicity, and the Silver Moon Church, their rival, wasn’t as strong as imagined—in fact, they were quite disappointing.

So Li Yu had moved up some plans accordingly.