Chapter 78 It's That Fast
Half an hour later, Li Yan looked extremely embarrassed. He looked at the half-man-high bamboo in front of him, which looked listless. From time to time, a few drops of sparkling raindrops dripped from the branches and leaves, and fell to the ground with a thud. His heart couldn't help but twitch with the sound.
"Are you still going to continue? Now, with the loss of the 'Xue Xi Jing', you already owe the sect six lower-level spirit stones." A voice came from behind him, and Li Yan's twitching heart beat violently again. This cold voice came four times in half an hour, and each time it stabbed his heart, which was already bleeding.
In half an hour, he not only didn't earn a spirit stone, but also lost six lower-level spirit stones.
After the newcomers accept the task, the person in charge here needs to guide the steps. The sixth sister looked at it with some pity. When Li Yan failed twice, she reminded Li Yan. This is not because she treats Li Yan differently. She will guide all the newcomers who come to perform tasks and see the effect of the other party's spell. If it doesn't work, she still reminds them. It's just that this is the first time she has seen a newcomer like Li Yan. Those who came here to do tasks before have more or less experience in cultivating spiritual plants. How can they succeed once or twice in half an hour?
She stood at the edge of a large field of adult Mowang bamboo dozens of steps away, with her hands folded in front of her chest and leaning against a Mowang bamboo, which made her chest more spectacular.
When Li Yan failed again, she hesitated for a while, and finally asked a question, and then pointed to the thin bamboo.
"These damaged ones, do you harvest them yourself, or do you need to issue a task for others to harvest them for you?"
"I, harvest them myself," Li Yan said almost word by word with gritted teeth.
He now understood the difference between these Mo Wang bamboos and the bamboos outside. The bamboos all over the mountains outside were also Mo Wang bamboos, but the quality of the bamboos there was second or third grade, which was generally good for making simple spiritual tools. However, the ones cultivated in the spiritual garden were first-grade Mo Wang bamboos, which were used to refine high-level spiritual tools. The courtyard where Li Yan lived was built after refining this first-grade adult Mo Wang bamboo.
The Mo Wang bamboos all over the mountains outside came from the first-grade Mo Wang bamboos that failed to be cultivated here, which were harvested and transplanted out, and then reproduced outside by themselves, and small bamboo shoots would grow again. These small bamboo shoots would grow into third-grade Mo Wang bamboos, but third-grade Mo Wang bamboos would not grow bamboo shoots again, which means that there would be no lower-grade Mo Wang bamboos. The ones that Li Yan damaged on the platform were third-grade Mo Wang bamboos. The reason why they could regenerate after being damaged on the surface was that they were just growing again from the original root system. They could only be eliminated by uprooting them.
The first-grade Mowang bamboo that was damaged in the spiritual garden was mainly because the spiritual stems of the rhizome system were damaged, and it could not produce the first-grade adult Mowang bamboo, and the grade would drop. Therefore, harvesting is not a simple harvest, but it needs to be removed with the roots. It requires at least a cultivator with a minor success in the "Quick Sand Technique". First, use the "Quick Sand Technique" to soften the soil of the root system, and then remove the roots and send them to the designated place in the spiritual garden for unified storage. At that time, it will be handed over to the mountain servants to plant in sections according to the damage. The vacant area here will be replanted with first-grade Mowang bamboo seeds. The spiritual energy here will naturally breed, and it will become the current thumb thickness in three days. At this time, it must be watered with "Xue Xi Jing" to continue to grow, otherwise after a month, the first level will become the second level, and then drop to the third level. The harvesting of the Mowang bamboo mentioned above naturally requires a cultivator who knows the "Lisand Technique", and must be at least a minor success, so there must be a special person to harvest it, and also responsible for sending these harvested damaged Mowang bamboo to the designated area. This kind of thing is not free. Usually, one low-level spiritual stone is charged for ten acres of land, and one low-level spiritual stone is also charged for less than ten acres. The fee is not low.
As for transplanting, bamboo plants are very easy to reproduce and grow by themselves. As long as it is not for special purposes, those chores can be completed, and there is no need to collect spiritual stones. There is no charge for sowing in this area. You only need to cast a simple spell to evenly spread the seeds and let them grow freely for three days.
Li Yan had started the irrigation work half an hour ago, and the Sixth Senior Sister gave him 400 pieces of "Xue Xi Jing" and watched him cast the spell. Li Yan's nightmare began from then on. He either cast the Cloud and Rain Spell too early, and the "Xue Xi Jing" in his other hand had not been deployed in time, or the "Xue Xi Jing" was deployed too early and melted before it hit the ground. A lot of it had evaporated during the descent, and the medicinal power was dispersed in the air.
Just like that, looking at the damaged bamboos in front of him, and the dozen pieces of "Xue Xi Jing" that had disappeared and had no effect, Li Yan's face was already livid. He didn't have much spiritual stones in stock, but he went out so quickly. Then, he heard that "harvesting" this piece of bamboo also required a task to collect spiritual stones. These spiritual stones were paid by himself, which made him dizzy. How could he be willing to issue a task, and naturally asked himself to "harvest".
But then he thought about how his magic power was depleted after he used the "Cloud Rain Water" and "Quicksand Technique" two or three times in succession. He would not be willing to use spirit stones to recover at that time. He could only rely on long-term meditation to restore his magic power. Now time is even tighter. He might have to stay here for a while. What's the point of practicing? He couldn't help but feel very depressed.
An hour later, "Junior brother, why don't you consider this? Even if you deduct the harvesting fee, you have to take out eleven lower-level spirit stones." At this time, even the usually indifferent voice had a slight fluctuation, and the posture of arms folded became a normal standing position.
"Hehe... Hehe, hehe, Sixth Senior Sister, I'll try again. I still have some spirit stones, but I didn't expect to lose them so quickly." Li Yan's face was a little pale, and his tone was dry and laughed, but his eyes were faintly blood-red.
He had saved more than a dozen spirit stones with great difficulty in the past few years, and now he didn't expect that more than half of them would disappear from his storage bag so quickly in an hour.
But Li Yan's fierceness at this time was also aroused, but to be more precise, it should be like a gambler who lost red eyes.
He was fierce in his heart, "There are still six lower-level spirit stones, and I must succeed."
Just now he didn't do it blindly, he had been constantly adjusting his casting time, techniques, etc., and now he feels at least much better.
Seeing Li Yan's persistence, the short-haired cold beauty stopped talking, released the magic weapon and flew away.
Li Yan did not notice the departure of this senior sister. At this moment, his mind was full of the cooperation between the immortal arts and the "Xue Xi Jing". He kept making empty gestures in the air, thinking carefully about every wrong node and the time of his own action.
After a cup of tea, he destroyed about half an acre of bamboo forest. This was the result of his three shots. He can now control the casting of spells in a smaller range, but this "Xue Xi Jing" must be used up in at least a large bamboo forest, otherwise he can control the experiment in a smaller range. ??
Looking at the damaged half-acre bamboo forest in front of him, Li Yan's blood-red eyes began to shine. The bamboo forest in front of him, starting from where he stood forward, the color of the bamboo leaves was obviously from light to dark, which shows that the absorption effect of "Xue Xi Jing" is getting better and better, which is why it is like this.
But at this time, Li Yan couldn't help but sigh, because he needed to meditate. At this moment, the spiritual energy in his body had been wasted to the edge. He felt extremely tired. He looked up at the darkening sky. It seemed that without the help of spiritual stones, it would take until dawn to replenish the spiritual energy in his body. He didn't think about it anymore and found an open space at the edge of the field and sat cross-legged.
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Twenty days later, looking at the dark green bamboo in front of him, Li Yan smiled. After twenty days of watering, he finally achieved the current results. Except for the thin bamboo that was damaged before the harvesting by using the "Quicksand Technique" on the second day, he only needed to do sixty-three more waterings, that is, sixty-three days, and the fifty acres would be considered completed. However, after calculation, he could get eight low-level spiritual stones by then, but he lost twenty-one low-level spiritual stones. He lost thirteen spiritual stones for this mission.
But Li Yan began to gain something. First, it would be no problem for him to accept such tasks in the future. Second, his actual application of magic skills has been greatly improved. He used to only improve the speed of practicing magic skills, spiritual power, and fragmented poisons, but never really used them. But through this mission, he has a holistic understanding of the application of magic skills, spiritual power, and fragmented poisons. Although he is not fighting with others, he has made great progress in the operation of spiritual power, when to be fast, when to be slow, when to be more, and when to be less.
He even risked being punished by using a kind of fragmented toxin with an attached paralytic effect in the Cloud and Rain Technique. He thought that even if the "Snow Crystal" was completely melted, it might still lose some of its medicinal effect after falling into the soil. So he suddenly had an idea, whether it was possible to increase the adhesion of rainwater. As long as the rainwater did not contain highly toxic ingredients, could it increase the effectiveness of the "Snow Crystal"? Once this idea came up, he could no longer suppress it. He had an urge to give it a try. After thinking it over again and again, he was sure that he could now control the rainwater in a very small area and it would not spread. He gritted his teeth and tried it. He first carefully controlled a tiny black cloud to cover the air between a dozen thin bamboos, and then manipulated one of the twelve fragmented toxins in his body, attaching a paralysis toxin. This toxin is not highly toxic and can be attached to water and mist. Once attached, it will immediately penetrate into the body through the pores of the human body and the epidermis of plants, and instantly make the opponent numb from the local to the whole body and unable to move at all. He has taken a few living creatures from the chores to experiment with this. The larger the object, the shorter the paralysis time. The largest experiment he has ever conducted is a wild tooth pig, which weighed seven or eight hundred kilograms and fell to the ground for about two hours. When he sent this wild tooth pig back to the chores to cook and slaughter, the awakened monster jumped directly to the slaughter room of the chores and never came out again. When he saw Li Yan stretched his head to look at him, he couldn't help but howl to the sky, his teeth and hair were sticking out, and he looked desperate. This made the chores puzzled. How could the monster that was taken away by this junior master in the morning run to the slaughter room by itself when he came back in the afternoon?
When the rain from the dark cloud fell together with the "Xue Xi Crystal", Li Yanxin's heart was in his throat again. First, he might lose another spirit stone this time. Oh, it couldn't be more spirit stones, because he couldn't predict whether this fragmented toxin would spread through the underground rhizomes. Although he tried his best to control the range and released only a trace of this toxin, the result was unknown.
When he finished casting the spell, he was stunned. The dozen or so bamboos that had been growing tall and straight suddenly became like eggplants hit by frost. The branches and leaves danced wildly, and after a dozen breaths, all the branches and leaves fell down. It was obvious that they were dead. The appearance of this phenomenon made Li Yan speechless. Then he carefully observed the state of the Mo Wang bamboo next to the bamboo forest. After looking around, he was relieved that the surrounding Mo Wang bamboos were not affected.
Helplessly, he quickly cast the Quicksand Spell to harvest the small piece of damaged Mo Wang bamboo to avoid any abnormal changes, and then sat on the ground to meditate and recover his magic power.
After more than ten hours, his mana had been fully restored. Thinking about that pile of Mo Wang bamboos gave him a headache. The spiritual stones were going to be less again. Fortunately, he had gotten used to it recently. He just felt a little pain. Then he stood up and walked to the edge of the field, ready to take away those Mo Wang bamboos. Although these Mo Wang bamboos were spiritual objects, they could be placed in a place with spiritual energy for ten days or half a month even if they were not placed in the soil. But it would be better to send them away as soon as possible.
But when he walked to the end of the field, the scene in front of him surprised him. Those Mo Wang bamboos really changed. The dozen thin bamboos he harvested last night were obviously exhausted, but now the thin bamboos that fell horizontally were lush and leafy. The strong bamboo branches were not even a little sluggish. They were strong enough to support the ground, and the main trunks were several inches high. The bamboo leaves were green and flowing in the ink color, which was clearly a manifestation of vitality.
This made Li Yan close his eyes and stand there thinking. I didn't expect that in addition to the spiritual stones disappearing quickly, the bamboo is also growing so fast. It's an unexpected harvest.