Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 569

Chapter 569: Alien Insects

Qingli Swamp, Fei family.

The Fei family’s land is a continuous stretch of buildings, and no one knows how deep it is.

Anyway, as far as Fang Xing’s perception is concerned, the formations and other protective forces in those courtyards are definitely much stronger than those in the Paper Slave Valley.

After all, Paper Slave Valley nominally belongs to the Blood Shadow Sect, but in reality it is the periphery of the periphery.

He rarely took off his animal skin coat and changed into a normal blue shirt. After a little grooming, he looked elegant and refined. At this time, he followed Old Lu obediently.

“Let’s go see the manager of the medicine garden first—Fei Cai. Manager Fei Cai is a master of the seventh level of Qi sensing.”

Old Lu gave some instructions and turned into a small courtyard first.

Then a beautiful girl came up to him and called him Grandpa. She must be the granddaughter who married into the Fei family.

Immediately, Old Lu’s granddaughter led the way and took Fang Xing and Old Lu into a courtyard.

There was a middle-aged man in the courtyard, practicing Qi.

Dark evil spirits surrounded the area and transformed into a gust of evil wind.

‘The seventh level of Qi Sensing – evil spirit! It is to refine one’s own Qi into a special evil spirit, so that the magic power has a trace of evil spirit… With only one’s own magic power, without using any spells or magic tools, it can easily suppress the cultivators in the initial and middle stages of Qi Sensing.’

Fang Xing’s heart moved.

“It’s Xiao Cui. You brought your grandfather with you. What other gifts do you have?”

Xiao Cui walked up and said a few words, and Fei Cai smiled and accepted the gift that Old Lu brought.

Fang Xing clearly saw that there was a trace of pain on Old Lu’s face.

“These five friends of Fuyun have connections, but they are really poor…”

Thinking of the expression on Old Lu’s face when he was picking and choosing gifts, Fang Xing couldn’t help but smile in his heart.

“Well, Old Lu, if the spiritual plant husband you recommended can rescue the Dragon King Ginseng, the Land Reclamation Order will definitely be indispensable.”

Fei Cai has been very worried about this matter recently and gave a guarantee.

“Well… we don’t know what we can do. We can only wait and see.”

Old Lu didn’t dare to make a guarantee either.

“Your name is Fang Xing?”

Fei Cai looked at Fang Xing, feeling the pressure of a superior.

Unfortunately, in front of Fang Xing, he was like a joke.

“That’s right…”

He answered calmly.

“Are you sure you can save the spiritual plant?”

“I haven’t seen it, so I’m not sure.” Fang Xing told the truth.

“Well, I’m not one to brag. Follow me!”

Fei Cai strode forward and brought Fang Xing and others to the medicine garden.

This medicine garden is not big. It is located in a small valley and has a hot spring.

‘Nature’s creations of multiplication and division are indeed marvelous…’

When Fang Xing saw the terrain of the valley, he couldn’t help but admire it.

There were various patrolling monks along the way, but they all retreated after seeing Fei Cai.

Finally, Fei Cai brought Fang Xing to the depths of the valley, where they saw several old tree stumps in a bamboo fence.

A turquoise green ginseng is faintly visible among the many roots.

There are black spots on its stems and leaves.

“how?”

Fei Cai began to ask.

“Something like fire poison…”

Fang Xing was a gifted person in the field of spiritual plant cultivation. He carefully answered, “But we still need to wait and see how it really works…”

“Um.”

Fei Cai showed no expression of either sadness or joy as he took out a token and shook it.

The bamboo fence automatically opened up, revealing a passage.

Fang Xing walked in and felt the essence of plants and trees which was ten times richer than that in the outside world. He couldn’t help but take a deep breath, and his natural affinity talent started to move.

He stretched out his hand, touched the leaves of the Dragon King Ginseng, communicated with it again, and obtained some vague information.

Then, Fang Xing walked out of the bamboo fence, already looking somewhat confident.

“how?”

Old Lu asked hurriedly, and even Fei Cai tightened his hands behind his back.

“Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission…”

Fang Xing smiled.

“Really? The family has invited several spirit plant masters to take a look…”

Fei Cai was a little suspicious.

“Headache treatment for the head, foot pain treatment for the foot…” Fang Xing did not say much, just said: “They also found that the spiritual plant had fire poison spots, so they prescribed cold medicine, but some can only help temporarily, and some even make the condition worse, right?”

“That’s true.” Fei Cai suddenly had more confidence in Fang Xing.

“Although this Dragon King Ginseng has fire spots, it is not infected with fire poison, but rather it generates fire poison on its own… It is similar to a form of evolution, or in other words, a means of self-protection.”

Fang Xing continued.

“Self-protection? Could it be…” Fei Cai looked towards the medicinal garden: “Are there pests in the garden?”

“Indeed.”

Fang Xing also felt a little lucky in his heart. Druids are good at communicating between plants and animals. Facing this situation, they have more advantages than orthodox spiritual hermits.

“Please help me, my Fei family will definitely reward you generously.”

Fei Cai looked solemn.

“Okay, okay…”

Fang Xing came to an old tree stump. The druid’s perception continued to extend, and he found several extremely weak lives.

Although the IQ of insects is also low, it is at least slightly higher than that of plants.

Simple “come here” and “eat” are still understandable.

rustle!

rustle!

Not long after, Fei Cai saw strange ants crawling out from the ground.

After trying to identify it, he found that he had no idea what kind of ant it was.

“It seems to be the ‘Spirit-eating Ant’, the most common pest in the spiritual field, but it has mutated a bit…”

Old Lu murmured.

Fang Xing took out a bamboo tube, drilled a small hole in it, and collected these mutated soul-eating ants inside.

“Okay… These ants like to gnaw on the roots of spiritual plants. The Dragon King Ginseng has long been spiritual, and in order to protect itself, it has added fire poison mutations… Now that the irritant has been removed, use some cold attribute potions, and you will see the effect after a while.”

He stood up and clapped his hands.

“How many days will this take?”

Fei Cai was a little suspicious.

“Seven days will be enough…” Fang Xing sensed the state of the Dragon King Ginseng slightly, communicated with it, and made a judgment.

Without stimulation, both humans and plants like to follow the original path. This is path dependence. No one will mutate for nothing.

“In that case, how about asking you two to stay in the Fei family for a while?”

Fei Cai seemed very enthusiastic: “Old Lu, you can spend more time with your granddaughter…”

Old Lu was obviously tempted, but Fang Xing refused directly: “I have something else to do.”

“Well, in that case, I won’t keep you here. After seven days, if Dragon King Ginseng is fine… the order to open up the wasteland will naturally be delivered to you. If you have deceived…” Fei Cai’s voice turned cold: “You should know the consequences.”

“That’s natural.”

Fang Xing agreed immediately.

…

“Alas…Brother Fang, why did you bother? The last sentence has greatly offended Manager Fei Cai.”

After leaving the Fei family, Old Lu felt a little resentful.

It’s just a matter of waiting a few more days.

“I prefer the wilderness and nature… Moreover, although these mutant spirit-eating ants are very harmful to spiritual plants, they themselves are not very powerful. How did they appear in the heavily guarded ginseng garden?”

Fang Xing played with the bamboo tube containing the mutant ants and asked a question in return.

“You mean… there’s a traitor? Why?”

Old Lu looked puzzled. Suddenly he thought of something and shuddered all over. He seemed to be keeping secrets and refused to speak no matter how much Fang Xing asked.

Fang Xing saw this and said no more, but sneered in his heart:

“It seems that the treasures exchanged for the Dragon King Ginseng Liquid during this sixty-year period are likely to have something to do with the breakthrough of the Dao Foundation… This is a fundamental matter.”

‘Old Lu obviously had something in mind, but he didn’t dare to say it… He even regretted getting involved.’

“But now that we’re done, it’s hard to withdraw…”

…

After parting with Old Lu, Fang Xing walked to an uninhabited place, suddenly opened his arms, and turned into an owl. He grabbed the bamboo tube and clothes, flapped his wings and flew up.

This is his latest form of [Wild Transformation]!
It turns out that when you are weak, the ability to fly is crucial.

Among the cultivators who have reached the ninth level of Qi Sensing, if they do not rely on magical instruments or talismans… then only the cultivators who have reached the eighth level of Qi Sensing and have cultivated a breath of Qi can fly with the support of their own Qi.

Even so, it cannot last long.

If you want to truly fly in the flesh, you have to break through your foundation!
…

A simple wooden house in the wilderness.

The owl fell down and turned into the shape of Fang Xing.

He put on his animal skin coat, walked to the side, looked at the oak seeds that were beginning to sprout, nodded, picked up a gourd filled with monkey wine, and gulped down a mouthful.

“The way of druids is nature…”

He looked at the surroundings and couldn’t help but smile: “It’s true that nature makes me feel closer…”

After taking a short rest and eating some berries and bacon, Fang Xing looked at his spoils of war.

“Mutated soul-eating ants?”

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly: “It looks very similar… But the life force I feel is not comparable to that of ordinary pests… Little guys, I can feel the savagery and ferocity hidden deep in your blood… That is the powerful blood of the wilderness and the wild…”

Druids have the animal domain and can learn to tame beasts and insects very quickly.

It was a rare opportunity to get a group of exotic insects nowadays. Fang Xing felt that he could buy a few books on insect taming and read them, which should yield some results.

After communicating with the little ants for a while and feeding them some of their favorite food, Fang Xing settled the mutant ants down and started reading and practicing again…

Before I knew it, another seven days had passed.

…

Clouds Place.

Fang Xing did not immediately go to meet up with the Five Friends of Fuyun, but instead found the stall owner who sold him oak seeds last time.

“Fellow Daoist, are you here? Come and take a look at this ‘Green Spirit Bamboo’?”

The gray-robed stall owner smiled when he saw Fang Xing and opened a jade box.

Inside the box was a piece of bamboo with roots still attached and some fresh soil on top.

Fang Xing sensed it and confirmed that the bamboo was full of vitality. He nodded and said, “Not bad…”

This Qingling Bamboo was exactly the plant he had been searching for and discovered to be most suitable for growing in the Qingli Swamp.

I just mentioned it briefly last time, and I didn’t expect the stall owner to come over.

(End of this chapter)