Star Sky Professional-Chapter 670 - 568: Alien Insect

A few days later.

Qingli Swamp, Fei Family.

The Fei Family estate is an expanse of continuous buildings, with an unknown depth.

As far as Fang Xing’s perception was concerned, the arrays and other defensive measures within those courtyards were certainly much stronger than those of the Paper Slave Valley.

After all, Paper Slave Valley nominally belonged to the Blood Shadow Sect, but in reality, it was on the outer fringes of the organization.

For once, he shed his animal skin clothes and changed into a regular green robe. After tidying himself up slightly, he appeared elegant and otherworldly, obediently following behind Old Lü.

"Let’s first go see the steward of the medicine garden — Fei Cai. Steward Fei Cai is a master at the seventh level of Qi Sensing."

Old Lü reminded as he turned into a small courtyard.

A young woman, delicate as a jade, greeted them, calling out to her grandfather. She seemed to be Old Lü’s granddaughter who married into the Fei family.

Immediately, guided by Old Lü’s granddaughter, Fang Xing and Old Lü entered another courtyard.

In the courtyard was a middle-aged man, refining Qi.

Dark strands of Evil Qi circled around, forming a gust of evil wind.

’Seventh level of Qi Sensing — Evil Qi! This involves sacrificing one’s own aura to forge special Evil Qi, infusing mana with a hint of evil... Just by relying on his own mana, without utilizing any spells or magic artifacts, he can easily suppress cultivators at the initial and middle realms of Qi Sensing.’

Fang Xing’s heart stirred.

"Oh, it’s Xiaocui, bringing your grandfather, and carrying a gift as well."

After Xiaocui said a few words, Fei Cai accepted the gift brought by Old Lü with a smile.

Fang Xing clearly noticed a hint of pain on Old Lü’s face.

’These five friends of the Floating Cloud have a network, but they are truly poor...’

Thinking of Old Lü’s expression while picking and choosing gifts earlier, Fang Xing couldn’t help but smile inwardly.

"Alright, Old Lü, if the spirit plant cultivator you recommended can save the Dragon King Ginseng, a Land Reclamation Order is definitely promised."

Fei Cai, troubled by this matter recently, assured them.

"Well... We also don’t know for sure what can be done, it’s best to take a look first."

Old Lü didn’t dare to make any guarantees.

"You are Fang Xing?"

Fei Cai looked at Fang Xing with the pressure of a superior.

Unfortunately, it was like a joke to Fang Xing.

"I am."

He replied calmly.

"Do you have the confidence to heal the spirit plant?"

"I haven’t seen it yet, so I can’t be sure." Fang Xing spoke truthfully.

"Hmm, at least you’re not one to boast. Follow me!"

Fei Cai strode ahead, leading Fang Xing and the others to the medicine garden.

This medicine garden wasn’t large, situated in a small valley with a hot spring.

’Nature’s creation is truly marvelous...’

Seeing the valley’s terrain, Fang Xing couldn’t help but praise inwardly.

Along the way, there were numerous patrolling cultivators, but they withdrew upon seeing Fei Cai.

Finally, Fei Cai led Fang Xing to the depths of the valley, where inside a bamboo fence, there were several ancient tree stumps.

A verdant green ginseng was faintly visible among many root tendrils.

Its stems and leaves bore specks of black.

"How is it?"

Fei Cai asked.

"It seems somewhat like Fire Poison..."

Talented as he was in the path of the Spirit Plant Cultivator, at this time Fang Xing carefully responded, "But to know for sure, I still need to examine it further..."

"Hmm."

Fei Cai showed no emotion, taking out a token and giving it a shake.

The bamboo fence parted automatically, revealing a passage.

Fang Xing stepped inside, feeling the plant essence qi ten times denser than outside. He couldn’t help but take a deep breath, activating his natural affinity talent.

He reached out and touched the Dragon King Ginseng’s leaves, communicating with it, and received a vague piece of information.

Subsequently, Fang Xing walked out of the bamboo fence with a look of confidence.

"How is it?"

Old Lü hurriedly asked, even the hand Fei Cai had behind his back clenched slightly.

"Fortunately, I will not fail you..."

Fang Xing smiled.

"Really? The family invited several spirit plant cultivators to look at it before..."

Fei Cai was somewhat skeptical.

"They were just treating the symptoms individually..." Fang Xing didn’t elaborate, only saying, "They saw the spirit plant had fire poison spots, and thus prescribed cold attribute medicine, but some only provided temporary relief, while others worsened the situation, am I right?"

"Indeed, that’s the case." Fei Cai suddenly had a bit more faith in Fang Xing.

"Though the Dragon King Ginseng developed fire spots, it wasn’t affected by Fire Poison; rather, it generated its own fire poison... similar to an evolution, or, a means of self-preservation."

Fang Xing continued.

"Self-preservation? Could it be..." Fei Cai looked towards the medicine garden: "Are there pests in the garden?"

"That’s indeed true."

Fang Xing also felt a bit lucky in his heart. Druids, skilled in communicating with plants and animals, actually had an advantage in such a situation over traditional spirit plant cultivators.

"Please lend your help, young friend, and my Fei Family will surely reward you generously."

Fei Cai’s expression turned solemn.

"No worries, no worries..."

Fang Xing arrived in front of an ancient tree stump, and the druid’s perception continued to extend, finding a few extremely weak lives.

Although insects have low intelligence, they are at least a bit higher than plants.

Simple commands like ’come’ and ’eat’ can still be understood.

Rustle, rustle!

Rustle, rustle!

Not long after, Fei Cai saw peculiar ants emerging from the ground.

Upon examination, he found that he did not recognize this type of ant at all.

"It seems to be ’Spirit-eating Ant,’ the most common pest in the Spirit Field, but somewhat mutated..."

Old Lu muttered to himself.

Fang Xing took out a bamboo tube, drilled a small hole in it, and collected some of these mutated Spirit-eating Ants inside.

"Alright... These ants like to nibble on the roots of Spirit Plants. The Dragon King Ginseng has long developed spirituality, and added a fire poison mutation to protect itself... Now that the stimulus is removed, and with the use of some cold attribute medicine, results can be seen after a while."

He stood up, clapped his hands, and said.

"How many days will this take?"

Fei Cai was somewhat skeptical.

"Just seven days..." Fang Xing slightly sensed the state of the Dragon King Ginseng, communicated with it for a moment, and made a judgment.

Without stimulation, whether for people or plants, they prefer to follow the original path, this is path dependence, no one would mutate without reason.

"In that case, why not stay with the Fei Family for a while longer?"

Fei Cai appeared very enthusiastic: "Old Lu, you can spend more time with your granddaughter..."

Old Lu seemed tempted, but Fang Xing directly refused: "I have other matters to attend to."

"Fine, if that’s the case, I won’t insist you stay. Seven days later, if the Dragon King Ginseng is unharmed... the Land Reclamation Order will naturally be sent to you. If there’s any deceit..." Fei Cai’s voice turned cold: "You should be aware of the consequences."

"Of course."

Fang Xing agreed readily.

...

"Alas... Fang, my brother, why do you have to? That last sentence greatly offended Steward Fei Cai."

After leaving the Fei Family, Old Lu expressed some resentment.

After all, it’s just waiting a few more days.

"I prefer the wilderness and nature... Besides, although these mutated Spirit-eating Ants are highly harmful to Spirit Plants, they are not strong in themselves. How did they appear in the heavily guarded ginseng garden?"

Fang Xing played with the bamboo tube containing the mutated ants and asked a question in return.

"Are you saying... there’s an insider? But why?"

Old Lu seemed puzzled, suddenly thought of something, shuddered, and became secretive, refusing to speak no matter how Fang Xing pressed.

Seeing this, Fang Xing said no more, but merely smiled coldly to himself:

’It seems this decade’s worth of Dragon King Ginseng liquid, exchanged for treasures, is likely related to breaking through the Dao Foundation... This is a fundamental matter.’

’Old Lu obviously thought of something but doesn’t dare speak... Perhaps he even regrets getting involved.’

’But now that he’s already in the game, retreating would be difficult...’

...

After parting with Old Lu, Fang Xing walked to a secluded place, suddenly spread his arms, and transformed into an owl, clutching the bamboo tube and clothes, flapping his wings to take off.

This was the latest shape he had learned from[Wilderness Transformation]!

In truth, when one is weak, flying ability is very crucial.

Among cultivators at the Ninth Stage of Qi Sensing, without relying on Magic Artifacts or Talismans... only those at the Eighth Stage of Qi Sensing who have refined Gang Qi can fly by lifting themselves with their Gang Qi.

Even so, it cannot be sustained for long.

To truly achieve body flight, one must break through the Dao Foundation!

...

In the wilderness, a simple wooden hut.

The owl landed and transformed back into the form of Fang Xing.

He donned his leather clothing, first approaching to inspect the germinating acorn seeds, nodding in approval, then casually picked up a gourd filled with Monkey Wine and took a swig.

"Druidism is all about nature..."

Surveying the surroundings, he couldn’t help but smile: "Indeed, nature makes me feel more at home..."

After a brief rest, eating some berries and cured meat, Fang Xing then turned his attention to his spoils from this adventure.

"Mutated Spirit-eating Ants, huh?"

He smirked slightly: "They really resemble them... But the life energy I sense in them is something ordinary pests can’t compare to... Little fellows, I can sense the wildness and ferocity hidden deep in your bloodline... That belongs to the wilderness, to the strength of the primeval bloodline..."

Druids possess an animal Domain, so learning Beast Taming and Insect Control happens swiftly.

Nowadays, it’s rare to get a group of mutant insects, and Fang Xing contemplated purchasing a few books on Insect Control to see what he could learn.

After communicating with the little ants for a while and feeding them something they liked, Fang Xing settled these mutated ants in place and began to read and cultivate...

Unknowingly, another seven days passed.

...

Cloud Coming Square.

Fang Xing did not immediately reunite with the Five Friends of Floating Cloud but instead found the stallholder who had sold him the oak seeds last time.

"Daoist came? How about this stalk of ’Green Spirit Bamboo’?"

The grey-robed stallholder smiled upon seeing Fang Xing and opened a Jade Box.

Inside the box was a section of bamboo, with roots still attached and fresh soil clinging to it.

Fang Xing sensed it for a moment, confirmed the bamboo was full of life, and couldn’t help but nod: "Not bad..."

This Green Spirit Bamboo was exactly what he had been searching for, finding it most suitable for planting in the Qingli Swamp within the Outer World.

He had casually mentioned it last time, not expecting the stallholder to find it for him.

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