Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 24 Pet Partner, Mana Sharing

As a moss, its body is nourished and grown by spiritual energy, not like a tree, which grows taller and stronger.

Instead, spores were released by the parasitic moss, and these spores floated in the wind and landed everywhere.

Relying on Zhong Cang's natural power and magic power, the spores spread by the soul-parasitic moss will have sufficient energy and will grow rapidly on the spot.

Grow, release spores, grow again... In a short time, through Zhong Cang's catalysis, his room was covered with moss.

Some parasitic mosses even fell on Zhong Cang, trying to parasitize his body.

Fortunately, after the contract with the soul-hosting moss, the two have become in tune with each other, and the latter completely obeys his orders.

Zhong Cang moved his mind and made the spirit-parasitic moss give up its plan to parasitize him.

After giving the order again, Zhong Cang also made the parasitic moss, which was growing randomly, grow in a regular manner.

……

The contract between the two brought countless benefits to the spirit moss. Its spirituality was enhanced, and its 'body' grew several times stronger due to the stimulation of the power of nature and the magic power of spring.

And if it gains something, Zhong Cang will naturally gain something too.

The contract between the druid and the pet is based on the druid, and because of this, Zhong Cang has gained an obedient helper.

At the same time, Zhong Cang also discovered that he could transfer his magic power to the soul-hosting moss, and the latter... could also transfer the wood-type spiritual energy it had accumulated to himself.

"I succeeded!"

After realizing this talent, endless surprise emerged from Zhong Cang's body and mind.

Zhong Cang was so excited that his heart began to beat like a drum.

It's not his fault. The soul-hosting moss obeys him and can transmit magic power to him. This is a huge benefit.

——If you contract other pets, the exchange of mana is actually nothing.

After all, pets also need to practice if they want to grow, and they are not very efficient in absorbing spiritual energy.

Therefore, they are unable to transfer large amounts of mana to themselves.

The parasitic moss is different. It can plunder spiritual energy on a large scale through parasitism, which allows it to accumulate spiritual energy very quickly, many times faster than Zhong Cang.

In this situation, Zhong Cang's magic power is interconnected with the soul-hosting moss, and it is like he is carrying a gas station with him. In this situation, how could he not be excited.

【Pet Partner】

[Race: Spirit-Bearing Moss]

[Level: Level 3 (Demon Soldier)]

[Innate Abilities: Parasitism, Soul Devouring]

[Parasite: Parasitic moss can release spores, parasitize others, and absorb their blood and nutrients to grow.]

[Soul Devourer: A mutation allows the parasitic moss to gain the ability to devour spiritual energy.]

"Parasitism, soul devouring, these abilities are good, but they give off a villain vibe."

Shaking his head and throwing this idea out of his mind, Zhong Cang felt it quietly, and then he found that although parasitism and soul-devouring seemed powerful, as if they could parasitize and devour souls infinitely, they were not invincible.

"If it had no natural enemies, the spirit-hosting moss would indeed have had a chance to grow to this point. I remember in my previous life, 23 billion years ago during the Proterozoic Era, moss's close relative, cyanobacteria, had no natural enemies and could grow and reproduce infinitely through photosynthesis. They dominated the planet's ecosystem and caused the Great Oxidation Event, which directly wiped out 80%, or even 99.5%, of all life on the planet at the time. It was the largest extinction event in the planet's history, and humans haven't yet wiped out that many species."

The annihilation of the world by blue algae wasn't a fantasy in a previous life, but a reality. Soul-hosting moss was stronger than blue algae and had greater potential for development. Logically, it should be even more terrifying than blue algae.

But this is not the case.

Through the communication after the connection, Zhong Cang discovered that the soul-parasitic moss was not weak, but there were more powerful creatures in this world, which made the soul-parasitic moss only able to survive with difficulty and could not develop and reproduce on a large scale at all.

"Spiritual mosses can only slowly drain a small amount of spiritual energy from ordinary creatures. However, powerful creatures have various abilities, some of which are covered in flames. Forget about parasitic mosses. Just passing by a creature can kill many of them and their spores."

"Some have bodies as hard as iron, or are covered in a thick layer of mud armor. Even the spirit-parasitic moss can do nothing about them."

"Some monsters, such as sheep-like monsters, can even feed on spirit-hosting moss..."

It’s a bit miserable, this is Zhong Cang’s evaluation.

Of course, there are some monsters that the parasitic moss cannot deal with, but there are also some monsters that it can parasitize.

Therefore, the parasitic moss can still survive in nature, but it can only survive in a small way. It cannot become the overlord of nature or the top predator, but instead becomes a part of the natural ecology.

"But that was when there were natural enemies. Now, with my protection and the abundant resources it can grow, the growth of the Soul-Parking Moss will definitely explode."

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

However, he soon discovered that he did not have enough space for the spirit-hosting moss to reproduce and develop.

Moss also needs land to grow, especially spiritual moss, which is best grown on spiritual land.

In this way, even if there are no spiritual creatures or monsters to parasitize the moss, it can still grow and reproduce rapidly by absorbing the spiritual energy in the spiritual land.

"Shuang Lingxue will come over tomorrow, and I'm going to ask her to help me rent a larger piece of spiritual land. That way, in addition to experiments, I can also set aside a piece of spiritual land for the spirit-hosting moss to grow."

"And the faster it grows, the more mana it accumulates, and the speed at which I accumulate mana will also increase."

……

Zhong Cang of Xuehu Taoist Academy was thinking about Shuang Lingxue, while the latter was also busy.

After returning to the mansion in Snow Lake City, Shuang Lingxue immediately ran back to her boudoir to check her property.

——Zhong Cang felt that he wanted a lot of things, but for Shuang Lingxue, what he wanted was not worth alarming the family at all. The pocket money she had left over from previous years was enough to meet Zhong Cang's needs.

Therefore, she didn't want to alarm her family by telling them that she was supporting Zhong Cang.

However, she didn't want to alarm anyone, but Zuo He was afraid of punishment. Therefore, after returning to the Frost and Snow Clan's mansion, Zuo He immediately ran to another room and reported Zhong Cang's matter to her brother, Shuang Lingxuan.

He was a rather feminine and handsome man with a slightly cold expression. When he heard that his sister had a male friend, his expression did not change at first.

But when he heard that the two of them had talked for less than a cup of tea, and his sister had handed all the money in her hand to Zhong Cang, and was even preparing to go home to get the money, his face finally changed.

She became stunned and full of doubt: "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong? Ling Xue is just kind, not... stupid. On the contrary, she is very smart. No matter what, she won't be deceived so easily..."

Shuang Lingxuan, who knew his sister very well, was reluctant to believe this outrageous thing.

Shuang Lingxuan's suspicion almost made Zuo He cry.

"Master, I originally had the same idea as you. That's why when the Second Miss wanted to talk to Zhong Cang alone, I only warned him and didn't stop him. I never thought that Zhong Cang would be so deceitful. They only talked for a short while, and the Young Miss handed all her money to him!"

"Even this time when she returned home, the eldest lady came to get money."

"..."

(End of this chapter)