Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 13: The Importance of Land

Zhong Cang was completely unaware of the Vice President's admiration for him and his intention to train him.

At this time, he was quietly absorbing the spiritual energy from nature, allowing the sapling in his sea of ​​consciousness to grow.

What makes Zhong Cang sigh is that the druid profession is so compatible with the way of cultivating immortals, especially the way of cultivating spiritual plants in the immortal cultivation.

With its affinity with nature and plant language, the ginkgo tree he relies on not only helps him in visualization, but also in spiritual practice.

It is known that Zhong Cang's best spiritual root is the wood spiritual root, and the spiritual energy it absorbs most efficiently is also wood-type spiritual energy.

And in this world, what thing has the most abundant wood-type spiritual energy?

The answer is naturally the big tree.

As one of the "long-lived" tree species in the world, the ginkgo tree behind Zhong Cang has survived for eight hundred years. Although it has not become a monster and cannot practice cultivation because it is difficult for trees to awaken their spiritual intelligence, its long lifespan still allows it to accumulate a large amount of vibrant wood-type spiritual energy in its body.

Now, when Zhong Cang was practicing, the spiritually simple ginkgo tree discovered that Zhong Cang, the "little man" who made it feel close, needed wood-type spiritual energy, so it slowly transmitted the wood-type spiritual energy it had stored into Zhong Cang's body.

This help allowed Zhong Cang's practice progress to change directly from walking with big strides to running on horseback, and his speed was more than doubled.

Such a scene made Zhong Cang unable to contain the joy on his face, and he was extremely grateful to the ginkgo tree.

"You helped me complete the condensation of the visualization diagram, and now you are also helping me practice. Brother Ginkgo, I, Zhong Cang, will remember this favor. Wait, when I become rich, I will never forget you!"

Zhong Cang was not just saying this when he sighed in his heart.

As a guardian of nature, and a guardian who is prepared to walk the path of harmony, nature and balance, Zhong Cang cannot just take from nature without giving anything in return.

Indeed, the ginkgo tree has a simple nature and can be easily deceived by Zhong Cang.

But it is easy to deceive others, but difficult to deceive yourself.

Cultivation is about cultivating one's true self. He does not trust the correct path of cultivation that he has planned, let alone follow it. For a person like Zhong Cang, what is the point of cultivating the truth and practicing the Tao?

"I will definitely repay Brother Ginkgo in the future!"

With sincere gratitude to the ginkgo tree, Zhong Cang entered into practice again, "inhale... inhale...", with each breath he took, the wood-type spiritual energy in nature was absorbed into his body. Behind him, the spiritual energy transmission from the ginkgo tree allowed Zhong Cang to change his single-lane lane into a four-lane lane.

The ginkgo tree has accumulated a large amount of spiritual energy, and the wood spiritual energy it transmits to Zhong Cang is three times as much as what Zhong Cang himself absorbs.

The four times faster practice also made the spring tree seeds in Zhong Cang's sea of ​​consciousness grow extremely fast.

An hour later, when the first day of classes ended and Zhong Cang woke up from his practice, the spring tree species in his sea of ​​consciousness had changed from a thin and straight sapling to a slender small tree. Even the sapling had grown several emerald green leaves.

"Okay, the class is over. Go back to your respective branches and take your major courses."

After hearing this, even though Zhong Cang and the others were reluctant to leave, they still bowed to Qin Xiuye, and walked out of Yunmo Heart Lake and headed towards their own branch.

Practicing can improve magic power, make the body stronger, and strengthen the soul. The comfortable feeling of physical evolution makes Zhong Cang somewhat addicted to it.

Therefore, on the way back, Zhong Cang ignored everyone else and closed his eyes, quietly absorbing the spiritual energy.

This absorption continued all the way, and only when he returned to Huangni Village did Zhong Cang open his eyes.

However, at this moment, his face looked a little unhappy.

"The amount of spiritual energy isn't right. After leaving Yunmo Heart Lake and the ginkgo tree, my cultivation speed didn't decrease from four times to one, but from four times to 0.3!"

A disparity of over thirteen times naturally made Zhong Cang frown. "Why on earth is it that the spiritual energy outside is different from that of Yunmo's Heart Lake..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhong Cang reacted and gave a wry smile:
"It's not that there's something unusual outside, but that there's something unusual in Yunmo's heart lake."

"As a small Taoist temple carefully built by the Snow Lake Taoist Academy, it is normal that the spiritual energy inside the Yunmo Heart Lake is richer than outside."

Although he knew the reason, Zhong Cang, who had seen the world before and was advancing at a high speed, was unwilling to practice at such a slow pace.

Therefore, the first thing he thought about was whether he could set up a small temple.

But soon, this idea was rejected by Zhong Cang, as he simply didn't have the money to do these things.

"Wealth, companions, Dharma, and land. The dojo belongs to the category of land. Although it is ranked last among the four elements of cultivation, it does not mean that it is unimportant. It's just that the first three are too strong."

The lack of geographical advantage made Zhong Cang feel a little regretful.

But he soon gained confidence and found other ways.

"I don't have a temple, but I still have the trees. There are many trees on the barren hills. If these trees are willing to share their spiritual energy with me, my cultivation speed won't necessarily be much slower."

Thinking of this, Zhong Cang immediately prepared to take action.

However, as soon as Zhong Cang turned around after waking up from his thoughts, he was startled.

Of the group of spiritual students who went to the Taoist temple and got off the ox cart, few left. They all looked at Zhong Cang respectfully with a flattering expression.

This scene also made Zhong Cang a little confused.

"Why don't you leave? What's wrong?"

Upon hearing this, without waiting for the spiritual plant students to speak, the fat boy Li Yan, who had been busy with Zhong Cang for half a day yesterday afternoon and had guarded Zhong Cang all the way while he was practicing today, spoke.

"Boss, hey, these fence-sitters see your outstanding talent and want to follow you."

This remark made Zhong Cang raise his eyebrows, but he was not surprised. Cultivators are also human beings, and most human beings like to gather together for warmth.

Not to mention, today's experience has made them understand that Ling Zhifu is under the status of Xuehu Taoist Academy, and if they don't find a strong person to rely on, they will really be bullied.

But other strong men may not be willing to accept him. In this case, Zhong Cang, a fellow spiritual plant cultivator who has shown excellent talent, is regarded by them as a backer.

And Zhong Cang...he did not refuse. Protecting the natural environment is not an easy task. He really needs some manpower to help him.
Therefore, he said the same thing as before.

"Since you want to join me, you need to obey my orders. Will you obey? And..." Zhong Cang glanced at the few Taoist children who joined him yesterday but eventually left. He said quietly: "You haven't seen my ability before, so you left then. I don't blame you. But now, if you leave again, don't blame me."

"Brother Zhong, we understand and will not be indecisive."

"Thank you, Senior Brother Zhong, for giving me a chance."

After hearing Zhong Cang's words, all the Taoist children who stayed here agreed to obey his orders.

Among this batch of cultivators, there were twenty or thirty Daoist boys who were "selected" to be spiritual plant husbands. They all joined him, which made Zhong Cang feel that he had more strength in numbers.

Without hesitation, upon seeing their expressions, Zhong Cang waved his hand and instructed Li Yan and Yan Yanyan, "Divide those who are willing to follow me into two teams. Once the teams are formed, each of you will lead one team. Then bring your tools and come plant trees with me."

(End of this chapter)