Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 10 Spell: Every Tree and Grass Sees an Enemy · Six Heavenly Generals!
Shuang Lingxue actually gave up the reward on her own initiative, which was something neither Zhong Cang nor Qin Xiuye ​​had expected.

"you sure?"

Qin Xiuye ​​was asking Zhong Cang on the other side. He thought that he also relied on cheating to get second place, which made Zhong Cang feel embarrassed.

"Ahem, no need for that. No matter what, this is all your ability. You deserve the first place."

"No, no, no, the first place this time should belong to you, Senior Brother Zhong Cang..." Before she finished her words, she smiled slyly and elegantly: "Although it may be a bit arrogant to say this, Senior Brother Zhong Cang, for you, this reward is very important, but for me, such a reward is not even the icing on the cake."

"..."

Thinking that the latter was the little princess of the Frost and Snow Clan, and that nearly one-third of the entire Frost and Snow City's industries belonged to their family, in this case, the reward from the Snow Lake Taoist Academy... she really didn't need to take it seriously.

After realizing this, Zhong Cang and Qin Xiuye ​​were speechless. Zhong Cang no longer refused her proposal to change the reward.

"Thank you. I'll remember this favor."

After discovering that Zhong Cang had reached an agreement with Shuang Lingxue, Qin Xiuye ​​did not refuse the matter, whether it was to save Shuang Lingxue's face or because he wanted to help Zhong Cang.

Just like that, after entering the Sutra Library of the Snow Lake Taoist Temple, the rewards that Zhong Cang could choose changed from a Xuan-level technique and a mid-level Earth-level spell to a technique that could be chosen at will and a Earth-level spell.

——For ordinary students, their choice should be a yellow-level skill or a mid-level earth-level spell (the classification of heaven and earth).

The reason why Zhong Cang was able to choose the Xuan-level martial arts right from the start was because of the deal between Shen Tingting, or the Shen family, and himself.

After their spiritual roots were detected, people like Zhong Cang were no less capable than the scholars who had passed the imperial examinations in their previous lives.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the issue of catching a son-in-law from under the list occurred.

And Zhong Cang has a second-class spiritual root. With such talent, he can attract more people.

In order to avoid trouble and have a better start, Zhong Cang signed a contract with the Shen family.

They paid money to help Zhong Cang accumulate merits and improve the level of his skills, and Zhong Cang would repay the Shen family after he became strong.

As for Shen Tingting, she will follow Zhong Cang as a bodyguard.

Of course, they were called guards, but both knew exactly what they were.

Because of this transaction, the Shen family became involved with Zhong Cang, and they had already made arrangements in advance to upgrade the level of their skills. This could be considered as a deposit from Zhong Cang for their cooperation - even if the contract was invalidated, the deposit would not be refunded.

But they obviously didn't expect that Zhong Cang would choose spiritual plant husband as his major profession, which is why Shen Tingting suddenly came to him.

"It's a bit troublesome, but it's not a big problem. The Shen family doesn't dare to take action against the students of the Taoist Academy."

"As long as I'm fine in the early stages and give myself some time to develop, they won't dare to become hostile to me."

……

Originally, Zhong Cang could only choose the Xuan-level martial arts, but since Shuang Lingxue's reward was replaced, Zhong Cang would naturally use her reward to designate a high-level martial arts technique.

At this time, Zhong Cang's choice became: an opportunity to freely choose a martial art in the Sutra Library, a mysterious-level martial art.

Also, because skills are more valuable than spells, a place for a Xuan-level skill can be exchanged for a low-level Earth-level spell.

While thinking about the bargaining chips in his hand, Zhong Cang spoke to Qin Xiuye ​​who followed him in:

"Master Dean, I wonder where the best techniques of the academy are kept?"

"It's on the fourth floor. Wait a moment. I need to get the key to open the seal from the dean before I can take you up... You can choose your spell here first."

"Excuse me, Mr. Dean."

After Qin Xiuye ​​left, Zhong Cang nodded to Shuang Lingxue again, and then he started to choose the low-level earth-level spells he needed on the third floor.

Because it is supported by the king of Xue Ye Kingdom, and the skills can be copied at will without requiring too much money, there are quite a lot of earth-level spells on the third floor.

However, Zhong Cang's best spiritual root is the wood spiritual root. In order to match the attributes of the spiritual root, he has few spells to choose from.

In the end, the spell that Zhong Cang chose, or the secret spell, was called [Every Tree and Grass is an Enemy: Six Heavenly Gods]

"Are you sure you want to select it?"

"determine."

After discovering that Zhong Cang had chosen his cultivation method, the steward guarding the Sutra Library didn't say much. After using his authority to open the seal, he took out the jade slip containing the Six Heavenly Generals, "Every Tree and Grass Sees Enemies" and said to Zhong Cang, "You have passed the first stage of cultivation, the induction. Use this method to sense the jade slip, and you will be able to obtain the cultivation method information within." "..."

At this moment, Zhong Cang finally understood why the Taoist temple did not let Zhong Cang and the others choose a technique, but instead taught them how to sense things first.

Obviously, they could not read the information in the jade slips, but could only read paper books.

But soon, he found that wanting to learn Taoism with paper books was a complete dream. Every technique and spell contained too much information.

"hiss!"

A huge amount of information flooded into Zhong Cang's mind, causing his head to hurt and he gasped.

It took a long, long time for all the information to be transmitted. At this time, Zhong Cang's eyes were already spinning, and the world in his eyes was spinning even more.

"Well……"

After sitting on the ground with his hands covering his head for almost a cup of tea, Zhong Cang's headache was slightly relieved.

Then, he discovered another benefit of passing on skills through jade slips - for Xuehu Taoist Academy.

As the jade slip's message came into his mind, Zhong Cang also signed a contract, a contract that prohibited the martial arts techniques from being passed on to outsiders.

"It really doesn't give any loopholes at all."

Since he had no intention of teaching others the skills, this restriction was not a big deal for Zhong Cang.

Closing his eyes, Zhong Cang read the message of "Every Tree and Grass Sees Enemies: The Six Heavenly Generals", wanting to know how to practice it.

However, the more he looked, the uglier Zhong Cang's expression became. In the end, his expression turned ashen.

Just when he looked unhappy, Shuang Lingxue had chosen her technique and walked over.

After noticing Zhong Cang's expression, she asked with concern: "Brother Zhong Cang, what's wrong with you? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"No." Shaking his head, Zhong Cang said with a bitter face: "I just feel that the spell I chose is wrong?"

"Huh? Is it because the power of the technique doesn't meet your expectations?"

"No, it's too difficult to practice. There are too many things involved, materials, talismans, refining, formation knowledge... I didn't expect that a small thing like Grass and Trees Seeking Soldiers would require so much knowledge!"

After hearing Zhong Cang's words, Shuang Lingxue shook her head and laughed, "That's where you got it wrong, Senior Brother. Any Earth-level technique or spell is extremely difficult. The Ice Divine Guard that I chose also requires knowledge of talismans and formations, and even more so, some special materials to practice."

Speaking of this, she also told Zhong Cang about the courses in the Taoist academy.

"After we split up, the reason we still had to come to the Taoist Academy for classes was because all aspects of Daoist cultivation are interconnected. Talismans and spells are almost inseparable, and refining equipment and formations are no different. And any advanced spells mostly involve formations."

"That's why the Taoist Academy holds large classes."

"We don't have much mana yet, so our main duties are sensing, guiding energy, and nurturing spirit seeds. Once the spirit seeds are nurtured, we will begin classes on spells, talismans, formations, and alchemy."

“We don’t need to be proficient in those courses, but a rough understanding is still necessary.”

After hearing that all earth-level spells were so difficult and hard to understand, Zhong Cang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After thanking Shuang Lingxue, he began to study his spells carefully. However, the more he looked, the more difficult it became.

"Every Tree and Grass Sees Enemies: The Six Heavenly Gods' Generals" is simply the secret method of weaving a scarecrow.

"It's very simple to use it. I just need to weave straw into the shape of a scarecrow, and then bury two talismans inside the scarecrow's body. Then I can control it to fight the enemy."

"But a straw man like this might be somewhat effective against ordinary people, but if it wants to fight against a cultivator, it's simply unbearable to watch."

"If you want a stronger scarecrow, you need to replace the straw with better quality, or weave it with willow branches or spiritual tree branches, and then engrave more talismans into the scarecrow. With more scarecrows, you can even form a formation to fight the enemy."

After careful study, Zhong Cang discovered that the upper limit of the Six Heavenly Generals of the Grass and Trees is very high.

Although it is of the low earth level, if the talismans used are good, the materials used are good, and the formations used are good, its power can rise to the high earth level.

However, its upper limit is high and its lower limit is also low. Without good talismans and good formations, it will be useless.

"Forget it, it's just formations and talismans, let's learn!"

(End of this chapter)