Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 40: Summer Prosperity
"嘤嘤......"

The operation failed, which made Tess feel a little embarrassed. Subconsciously, she started the second round of experiments, and then she failed again.

Although she wanted to suppress her instinct to emit spores, it was not easy to do.

Just like humans have ears that can hear many sounds, but if you want humans to be in a busy city, they can only hear a specific and subtle sound, and they have to listen clearly and carefully, which is very difficult.

Tess is still young after all, and she doesn't have strong control over the spores she emits.

It can allow the spores to germinate, or it can make the spores temporarily dormant and not parasitic.

But it is difficult for her to develop parasites while taking into account the life and death of other creatures.

Therefore, after an hour and a half, Zhong Cang's operation was still unsuccessful.

"No, if we want to fuse the spirit-parasitic moss and wheat seeds initially, we either need to find some evolved wheat seeds that are not afraid of the spirit-parasitic spores. Or, we need to make the moss stronger and more capable of control. Only then can we achieve this."

After discovering that the current conditions were not met, Zhong Cang immediately started another experiment.

When the wheat grows to the seedling stage, allow the spores to parasitize.

This was successful. Compared with seeds, wheat in the form of seedlings had stronger vitality and vigor.

Then, he discovered that facing the parasitic moss, the wheat in the seedling stage was resisting with all its might.

Even if Zhong Cang tried his best to comfort her, it was useless.

Faced with the crisis of death, Xiaomai treated his moss as a disease and fought desperately against it.

If Zhong Cang didn't ask, the result of this confrontation would be that the spirit-hosting moss would win. Then, the young wheat seedlings would turn into nutrients and be absorbed by the spirit-hosting moss, and Zhong Cang would have some new mosses.

He helped Xiaomai by eradicating the parasitic moss.

As for maintaining the state of confrontation between the two, and then using magic power to urge them to grow... the final result was that Zhong Cang harvested a sickly seedling - a sickly seedling of wheat that would not even produce ears of wheat.

"...Unable to manipulate on a microscopic scale, gene fusion is a bit difficult for me now."

The huge gap between spiritual plants and ordinary plants makes grafting difficult, and the spiritual moss will only absorb ordinary plants as nutrients.

After some fruitless tinkering, Zhong Cang simply stopped thinking about it and let Tess do as she pleased. He then came to the barren mountain and started planting trees with his followers.

The increase in magic power allowed Zhong Cang to plant trees much faster.

However, as the magic teacher was about to arrive, his followers became anxious.

Even though many Taoist children knew that it was difficult to meditate outside, they still did so. Their busy practice also reduced the labor required of Zhong Cang.

And because this concerns their own cultivation, Zhong Cang not only cannot stop them, but has to encourage them instead.

Even if he joined in, the speed at which he gained experience points was still neither fast nor slow.

……

The sun sets and the moon rises, and soon it is midnight. After several hours of "rest", Zhong Cang's meridians have recovered again.

Seeing this, Zhong Cang returned to the spiritual land, connected with Tess, and began his journey of refining spiritual energy again.

Refining spiritual energy, thinking about ways to cultivate cold-resistant and high-yield grains, planting trees, refining spiritual energy again, and resting... Zhong Cang spent the day busy.

The next morning, Zhong Cang's meridians still felt a little swollen and painful because he had refined the spiritual energy again after getting up.

After discovering that he could not practice, he did not stay in Huangni Village to practice as he had thought yesterday, but went to Yunmo Heart Lake with his followers to attend classes.

However, after he went there, he did not stay in Yunmo Heart Lake for long. Instead, he looked around and took a closer look. He constantly used meditation to communicate with the flowers, plants and trees in the Taoist temple, gaining experience from their growth.

Zhong Cang felt a sense of contentment when communicating with flowers, plants and trees, and because the Taoist temple really cultivated some rare flowers and plants, Zhong Cang also gained a lot.

Just like he saw the Epiphyllum in the Taoist temple.

Its flowering period is very short, blooming for only a few hours, and it only blooms once a year. Therefore, it is also known as the ephemeral flower.

Such a night-blooming cereus is rare to others, but after Zhong Cang communicated with it through meditation, he felt the ultimate "prosperity".

"After a year of accumulation and growth, it bloomed for only a moment. Is this what prosperity means...extreme brilliance..."

This experience caused some changes in Zhong Cang's practice. Originally, Zhong Cang's practice philosophy was to grow in the spring, and after the summer, he was ready to continue growing.

But after seeing the Epiphyllum, Zhong Cang understood that the prosperity in summer does not take a long time, but only a short moment. The prosperity is about the extreme - he wants to fully bloom the power he has accumulated in the shortest time.

The soul seed is the sum of a person's mind, spirit, body, magic power, will, etc. Zhong Cang's thoughts and ideas have changed, and his soul seed has also changed accordingly.

Closing his eyes, Zhong Cang already had a premonition that after his spirit seed passed the spring growth stage, its flourishing in the summer would only last for a few short hours.

After everything blooms completely, it needs to bear fruit quickly and enter the harvest stage in autumn.

"If Xia only lasts a moment, I will miss a stage of cultivation. I must quickly seek a bountiful harvest and the realization of nirvana and rebirth..."

One of the four seasons is missing, which makes Zhong Cang's time a little tight.

However, this also has its advantages. One less season means Zhong Cang's "reincarnation" will be shortened for a period of time.

Zhong Cang also had a premonition that blooming with the Epiphyllum to the utmost and most brilliant splendor would be of great benefit to his future.

Even now, Zhong Cang had an inexplicable premonition that something was growing in his spiritual seed.

"My current understanding is ultimately insufficient. If I want the contents of the spirit seed to fully develop, it may take until the end of my spring training and the beginning of midsummer."

……

The Epiphyllum moved Zhong Cang, but there were more things in the Taoist temple that moved Zhong Cang.

When communicating with a banyan tree, Zhong Cang realized the importance of "roots".

"The most important thing about a tree is not just its trunk, leaves or branches, but its roots. Only with a long root system can a tree grow tall and flourish..."

With this realization, the spirit tree seeds that Zhong Cang nurtured within the sea of ​​his consciousness also underwent corresponding changes.

A well-developed root system emerged from the bottom of the spirit tree seed and spread all over Zhong Cang's body.

These tree roots speed up the speed at which the spirit tree seed absorbs energy. If Zhong Cang absorbs spiritual energy again at this time, the speed at which he refines spiritual energy will probably double again, and the growth of the spirit tree seed will also be the same.

"Yes, but I can do more than that..."

At this time, Zhong Cang once again thought of the human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum.

Originally, Zhong Cang had given up the idea of ​​transforming into He Shouwu, even though it might open up his own physical divine storage.

But the appearance of the roots of the spiritual tree seeds made it impossible for Zhong Cang to ignore it.

He had a hunch that if his roots took on the meaning and shape of a human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum, he would likely gain some benefits.

"It's a bit troublesome. Human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum is not cheap... Do I still need to trouble Shuang Lingxue? But I haven't made any progress yet, and I owe her too much..."

After frowning and thinking for a while, Zhong Cang suddenly relaxed his brow.

He thought of one thing. He needed a human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum, not for eating or making medicine.

He just wanted to gain insights from the human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum, and therefore, he didn't need to buy it, he just needed to communicate with it.

"If it's just a one-time meeting, I only need to pay the owner of the elixir a sum of money. It won't be much, and I can afford it myself. There's no need to bother Miss Shuang at all."

"call……"

After knowing that he didn't need to trouble others, Zhong Cang breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he continued to communicate with the exotic flowers and plants in the Taoist temple and once again comprehended a lot of knowledge.

For example, we learned from cacti how to lock in moisture—"from this, we can extend the knowledge to lock in vitality."

From some fragrant trees, I learned how to emit a fresh fragrance. "Fragrance is not necessary, but fragrance can give rise to poisonous gas and miasma... Forget it, let's focus on growth for now and not touch these things for now."

Although not all of Zhong Cang's characteristics were absorbed into the sapling spirit seeds, the exotic flowers and plants in the Taoist temple also opened Zhong Cang's eyes.

There are spirit trees that can actively hunt and suck blood, spirit trees that use fruits and fragrance to drive birds and beasts, and trees that grow explosive fruits...

"There will be no shortage of attack methods in the future..."

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(End of this chapter)