Half an hour later, Li Yan's face looked extremely ugly.
Looking at a patch of thin bamboos half a person's height in front of me, each bamboo looked listless. From time to time, a few drops of sparkling rain weakly dripped from the branches and leaves, and after a while, they fell to the ground with a plop.
Li Yan's heart couldn't help but twitch with the sound.
"Are you still going to continue? Now, including the loss of the 'Xue Xi Crystal', you already owe the sect six low-grade spirit stones."
A voice came from behind him, and Li Yan's already twitching heart beat violently again. This cold voice had been heard four times in half an hour, and each time it was like another stab in his already bleeding heart.
In half an hour, not only did he not earn a single spirit stone, he even lost six low-grade spirit stones.
After the newcomer accepts the task, the person in charge here needs to be on the side to guide the steps. The sixth sister looked at everything in front of her with some horror.
After Li Yan failed twice, she reminded him. This was not because she looked down on Li Yan. For any novice who came to perform a task, she would give him instructions and then see the effect of his spell. If it didn't work, she would still remind him.
However, this was the first time she had seen a novice like Li Yan. Those who had come here to carry out missions in the past all had some experience in cultivating spiritual plants. How could they only succeed once or twice in half an hour
Gong Chenying stood at the edge of a large field of mature Mowang bamboos a few dozen steps away, with his hands folded in front of his chest and leaning against a Mowang bamboo, which made his chest even more spectacular.
When Li Yan failed again, she hesitated for a moment, and finally asked a question, then pointed to the thin bamboo again.
"Do you want to harvest these damaged ones yourself, or do you need to issue a task to have others harvest them for you? But you have to take out the spirit stones for issuing the task yourself!"
"I, myself, harvest!"
Li Yan spoke almost word by word, gritting his 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 level two or three, which was generally acceptable for making simple spiritual weapon materials.
The spiritual plant garden cultivates first-level Mo Wang bamboo, which is the material used to refine high-level spiritual tools. The courtyard where Li Yan lives is built with this kind of first-level adult Mo Wang bamboo.
The black bamboos that are everywhere on the mountains outside come from here. They are the first-class black bamboos that failed to be cultivated here, harvested and transplanted out, and then they reproduce themselves outside and grow small bamboo shoots.
These small bamboo shoots will grow into level three Black King Bamboo, but level three Black King Bamboo will no longer grow bamboo shoots, which means that there will be no lower level Black King Bamboos appearing.
The ones that Li Yan damaged on the platform are third-level Mo Wang bamboos. The reason why they can regenerate after being damaged on the surface is that they are actually just growing again from the original roots. Once the bamboo takes root, it will grow into a large area underground and can only be destroyed by uprooting it.
The first-grade Black King Bamboo that was damaged in the spiritual plant garden was mainly because the root system of the spiritual stem was damaged, and it could not produce a first-grade adult Black King Bamboo, and its grade had already dropped.
Harvesting is not a simple harvest; the roots must be removed together, and it requires a monk who has at least achieved a small level of success in the "Quicksand Technique" to perform the technique.
They must first use the "quicksand technique" to soften the soil around the roots, then remove the plants with their roots and send them to a designated place in the spiritual garden for unified storage. They will then be handed over to the disciples doing odd jobs in the mountains to plant in sections according to the extent of the damage.
The vacant space here will be used to plant first-level Mowang bamboo seeds. They will be naturally nurtured by the spiritual energy here and will become as thick as a thumb as they are now in three days.
At this time, it must be watered with "Xue Xi Jing" to continue growing, otherwise after a month, level one will become level two, and then drop to level three.
The harvesting of Mowang Bamboo mentioned above naturally requires a cultivator who knows the "Quicksand Technique", and it must be at the minor level or above.
Therefore, there must be special people to harvest the bamboos, and they are also responsible for delivering the damaged Mo Wang bamboos to the designated area. This kind of thing cannot be free. Usually, one low-level spirit stone is charged for ten acres of land, and one low-level spirit stone is also charged for less than ten acres. The fee is not low.
As for transplanting, there is no need to collect spirit stones.
Bamboo plants are naturally very easy to reproduce and grow on their own, so as long as they are not for special purposes, they can complete those chores.
Li Yan started watering the plants half an hour ago, and after the Sixth Senior Sister gave him a detailed explanation, she gave him four hundred pieces of "Xue Xi Crystal".
Then he stood behind and watched Li Yan cast the spell.
And Li Yan's nightmare began from then on. Either he cast the "Cloud and Rain Technique" too early and did not have time to place the "Snow Xi Crystal" in his other hand, or he placed the "Snow Xi Crystal" too early and it melted before it hit the ground.
A lot of it has evaporated during the descent, and the medicinal power has dissipated into the air.
Just like that, looking at the damaged bamboos in front of him and the dozen or so pieces of "Xue Xi Crystal" that had disappeared and had no effect at all, Li Yan's face turned ashen.
The few spirit stones he had left on him were actually "returned" to the sect so quickly.
At this time, he heard that "harvesting" this piece of thin bamboo also required issuing tasks to collect spirit stones. These spirit stones had to be paid by himself, which made him dizzy. He was not willing to issue tasks and naturally asked himself to "harvest".
But then he thought about how after using the "Cloud and Rain Technique" and "Quicksand Technique" two or three times in succession, he seemed to be running out of mana. At that time, he would not be willing to use spirit stones to recover, and could only rely on long-term meditation to restore his mana. Now the time for cultivation was even tighter.
I might have to stay here for a while, so what's the point of practicing? I couldn't help but feel depressed.
An hour later...
"Junior brother, do you want to consider... taking a break? Even after deducting the harvesting fee, you'll have to pay eleven low-grade spirit stones!"
At this moment, even the usually indifferent voice had a slight fluctuation, and the original posture of hugging arms turned into 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 pale and he laughed dryly with a hoarse tone, but a hint of blood red could be seen in his eyes.
More than half of the dozen or so spirit stones he had saved with great difficulty over the past few years disappeared from his storage bag in just one hour.
But Li Yan's ruthlessness was also aroused at this time, but to be more precise, he was like a gambler who had lost all his money and became very ruthless.
"There are still six lower-grade spirit stones left. We must succeed."
He didn't just act recklessly just now. He had been constantly adjusting his casting time, techniques, etc. Now he felt at least much better.
Seeing that Li Yan was so stubborn, the short-haired cold beauty stopped trying to persuade him. After releasing her magic weapon, she flew away on her own.
Li Yan did not notice the departure of his senior sister. At this moment, his mind was full of the coordination between magic and "Xue Xi Jing". He kept pointing in the air, thinking carefully about every wrong point and the time for him to take action.
After a cup of tea, he had destroyed about half an acre of bamboo forest. This was the result of his three attacks. He was now able to control the range of his spells to a smaller space.
However, a piece of "Xue Xi Crystal" would require at least a large bamboo forest to use up, otherwise he could control the experiment in a smaller area.
Looking at the damaged half-acre bamboo forest in front of him, Li Yan's bloodshot eyes began to brighten.
In the bamboo forest before him, starting from where he was standing and moving forward, it was obvious that the color of the bamboo leaves was changing from light to dark, which meant that the absorption effect of "Xue Xi Jing" was getting better and better.
But at this time Li Yan couldn't help but sigh, because he needed to meditate. At this moment, the magic power in his body had been exhausted to the edge, and he felt extremely tired all over.
Looking up at the sky which was gradually getting dark, he thought that without the help of spiritual stones, it would probably take until dawn to replenish the spiritual energy in his body. Without giving it any more thought, he found an open space at the edge of the field and sat cross-legged.
… …
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.
Excluding the time taken to damage the thin bamboos before the two days of harvest, he now only needs to water the area sixty-three times, or sixty-three days, to complete the task of watering the fifty acres.
Then he would be able to get eight low-grade spirit stones, but he had lost twenty-one low-grade spirit stones. He spent thirteen spirit stones on this mission.
But Li Yan also gained something. First, it would be no problem for him to take on such tasks in the future; second, the practical application of magic had been greatly improved.
In the past, he was only concerned with improving his magic, mana, and the speed of practicing the fragmentation poison, but had never actually used them.
But through this mission, he gained a comprehensive understanding of the use of magic, magic power, and fragmentation poison. Although he was not fighting with others, his magic power operation became more and more precise.
He even risked being punished by using a fragmentation poison with an attached paralyzing effect in the Cloud and Rain Technique. He believed that even if the "Snow Crystal" was completely melted, it might still lose some of its efficacy after falling into the soil.
So Li Yan suddenly had an idea, whether it is possible to increase the adhesion of rainwater? As long as the rainwater does not contain highly toxic components, can the effectiveness of "Xue Xi Jing" be increased
Once this idea came to him, he could no longer suppress it. He had an urge to give it a try. After considering it over and over again, he gritted his teeth and gave it a try.
He first carefully controlled a tiny dark cloud, covering the air above a dozen thin bamboos, and then manipulated one of the twelve fragmented toxins in his body, attaching a paralyzing toxin.
This toxin is not highly toxic and can attach 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, instantly causing numbness from localized symptoms to the entire body, making the victim unable to move at all.
He had also experimented with this kind of toxin before, by taking a few living creatures from the servants' department. The larger the target's body, the shorter the paralysis duration.
The biggest experiment he had conducted was on a wild-toothed pig, where he made the pig, weighing seven or eight hundred kilograms, lie on the ground for about an hour after being poisoned.
When he sent the wild-toothed pig back to the menial service office, the awakened monster jumped directly into the slaughtering room of the menial service office and refused to come out again. When it saw Li Yan stretching his head to look at him, it couldn't help but howl to the sky, baring its teeth and fur, looking like it was fighting for its life.
This made the servants puzzled. How come the monster that was taken away by the junior master in the morning ran to the slaughter room by itself when it came back in the afternoon
When the rain from the dark cloud and the "Xue Xi Jing" fell, Li Yan's heart was in his throat again. First, he might lose another spiritual stone this time. Oh, maybe more spiritual stones...
Because he couldn't predict whether this fragmented toxin would spread through the underground rhizomes. Although he tried his best to control the scope and released only a trace of the toxin, the result was unknown.
When he finished casting the spell, he was stunned. The dozen or so thin bamboos that had been growing tall and straight suddenly became like eggplants hit by frost. The branches and leaves danced wildly like cramps. After more than ten breaths, the branches and leaves all drooped down, and it was obvious that they were dead.
This made Li Yan speechless for a while, and then he carefully observed the condition of the Mo Wang Bamboo next to the bamboo forest. After looking around, he was slightly relieved that the surrounding Mo Wang Bamboo was not affected.
Helpless, he quickly used the Quicksand Technique to harvest the small piece of damaged Mowang Bamboo to prevent any further trouble and any unusual changes. Then he sat on the ground to meditate and recover his magic power.
After more than ten hours, Li Yan's magic power had been fully restored. Just thinking about that pile of Mowang bamboo gave him a headache. The spirit stones would be less again. Fortunately, he had gotten used to it recently, so it was just a temporary pain.
Afterwards, 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, even if they were not placed in the soil, they could be placed in a place with spiritual energy for ten days or half a month, but it would be better to send them away early.
But when he reached the end of the field, he was shocked by the scene he saw.
The dozen or so thin bamboos he harvested last night had clearly lost all their vitality, but now they were lying on the ground with lush branches and leaves.
The strong bamboo branches do not show any signs of lethargy. They are strong enough to support the ground, with the main trunk several inches above the ground. The bamboo leaves are glowing green in the ink-black color, 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 fast disappearance of the spiritual stones, the bamboo is also growing so fast now. What an unexpected harvest.