Chapter 71: Monster? The Fish Child's Mutation

The next morning, Chen Chuyang as usual glanced at the Dragon Tooth Rice seeds, which had been soaked overnight; these seeds had already sprouted, and he could see some seeds pushing out. Seeing this, Chen Chuyang examined them carefully, scrutinizing them closely, for fear of ruining these precious seeds.

Each grain is very precious; he is not yet a tycoon, and if they are gone, they are truly gone.

After checking them, he reached a conclusion: these Dragon Tooth Rice seeds can be planted in the Spirit Field to speed up their germination and root growth; in water they cannot support rapid germination and rooting, only after they have grown rootlets can they better take root in the Spirit Field and better absorb nutrients from the soil.

Chen Chuyang went to the Spirit Field, cleared a plot, leveled it, and let the spring water soak the surroundings to retain moisture; this step is very important and crucial. He then began scattering the Dragon Tooth Rice seeds evenly, ensuring they were not too dense and not piled together, which would affect the seeds' germination and root growth.

After finishing this step, he casually set up a formation to ensure the temperature of this Spirit Field patch was higher than outside, keeping the temperature within a specific range; the Spirit Qi was likewise drawn in and gathered here. Finding it insufficient, Chen Chuyang took out several Spirit Stones and arranged a Gathering Spirit Formation to increase the Spirit Qi concentration, thereby accelerating the growth of these Dragon Tooth Rice seeds.

The treatment is indeed high, surpassing other Spirit Medicines and Spirit Trees, and there is no way around it. Chen Chuyang wanted to speed things up, to have all the Dragon Tooth Rice seeds germinate and take root; this step cannot be skipped, after all he lacks experience and does not want to wait too long.

"All done. Next, we need to wait until the Dragon Tooth Rice seedlings grow to palm height, then we can transplant them into the Spirit Field; after that, I won't need to watch them all day."

"Farming is truly tiring, yet also fulfilling."

"Compared to planting Spirit Fruits, it is much more arduous, and it also tempers my body."

"The Hunyuan Dao Scripture is constantly in operation; the farming process is also a cultivation process."

"His body is continually tempered during the farming process, growing at every moment."

"His body has risen to another stage; Chen Chuyang is satisfied with this achievement, the whole Longshe Mountain is changing, and it will soon become a true blessed land."

"That spring of Spirit Water keeps gushing out Spirit Water, ensuring an uninterrupted flow; it is a bit slow, but it will not run dry."

"First it flows into the Fish Pond, then slowly overflows, nourishing the Spirit Fields below the mountain."

"Afterward, the spiritual water is drawn by the formation into mist, nourishing the Spirit Fruits on the mountain."

"It can be said that every drop of water source on the mountain has been utilized, without waste, and without…… consumption."

"Having reached this perfect degree, it also guarantees that Longshe Mountain will not be depleted."

"The spirit veins of Longshe Mountain are still too weak; even if I continually use Spirit Stones to draw in heavenly and earthly Spirit Qi to nourish them, I cannot make the veins grow."

"The growth of the spirit veins is too slow; at least tens of millions of years are needed to nurture them. To speed up the increase, one would have to draw the spirit veins from other peaks and merge them with Longshe Mountain's veins to accelerate their growth, but spirit veins all have owners, and those of the Great Qi Dynasty are fixed, making it difficult to act."

"Ownerless spirit veins are even more dangerous than those with owners, often accompanied by peril. The Chen Clan's possession of this Spirit Mountain and its nurturing of spirit veins is also due to my having altered the structure of this place, giving birth to them."

"If others were to discover traces of spirit veins here, this place would likely not be peaceful."

"Chen Chuyang pondered, temporarily deciding to first protect Longshe Mountain, preventing others from coveting its spirit veins."

"The most important thing is strength; his strength can for now protect this spirit vein."

"But it is still not enough; his strength is still too weak."

"At the very least, without absolute strength, one cannot guarantee safety."

"Chen Chuyang clearly understands that in this world, it's all about whose fist is bigger; therefore he has been silently developing and improving himself."

"The Hunyuan Dao Scripture is quite different from other cultivation methods; it cannot be improved merely through bitter practice. One must first elevate one's state of mind, then raise one's cultivation level; when the mind is ready, everything proceeds naturally."

"Having only just broken through not long ago, attempting to raise one's cultivation again would instead destabilize the foundation."

"For now he is accumulating; Chen Chuyang surveys Longshe Mountain, inspecting every place."

"After ensuring Longshe Mountain's safety, as usual, and finding no problems, Chen Chuyang checked those Spirit Fruit seeds; they had sprouted, all reaching palm height, growing quickly—after all, they are only low-grade Spirit Fruit trees, so sprouting fast is natural."

"The Spirit Qi of Longshe Mountain is very rich; Chen Chuyang poured a large sum of Spirit Stones into it, but to no avail—it was truly a waste."

"Once these Spirit Fruit trees have fully grown, the formation will naturally be complete; then Longshe Mountain's safety will be assured, and even if I am absent, there will be no need to worry."

"Those little rats of the Yin Gui Sect either do nothing, or they are secretly scheming; we must be careful."

"Moreover, the Monster Race watches with tiger-like intensity; they have remained motionless, very quiet."

"It is overly quiet, which is actually not a good thing."

"Chen Chuyang is somewhat worried, but for now nothing affects Longshe Mountain, so he continues his life as usual."

"Providing resources to the Chen Clan so that its strength increases would allow better protection of Longshe City."

"The Longshe Mountain where he resides also becomes very safe."

"His gaze swept over to the Fish Pond."

"Chen Chuyang was slightly surprised."

"Huh?"

"This fish?"

"Chen Chuyang flickered his body, appearing at the edge of the Fish Pond, and reached out."

"A fish in the Fish Pond sensed danger and swiftly fled."

"It got away?"

"Interesting."

"Chen Chuyang looked at his empty palm; that fish actually managed to escape his grasp, which is strange."

"Likewise, a hint of curiosity appeared on Chen Chuyang's face."

"This is what makes it interesting; if it were caught, it would be bad instead."

"He reached out again and made a scoop."

"The other fish in the Fish Pond panicked and fled, but they are not Chen Chuyang's target; his true target is that white fish."

"Its body is entirely white, like white jade."

"It swims at the bottom of the Fish Pond, like a glowing luminous pearl, excessively dazzling."

"The second attempt to scoop fish came up empty."

"The fish moves quickly; at the moment it was about to be caught, it flicked its tail and escaped Chen Chuyang's True Qi."

"Chen Chuyang witnessed this scene; this time he collected everything."

"So that's how it is? Does it possess some kind of ability?"

"Divine ability?"

"It doesn't seem like it."

"Rather, it resembles some kind of ability, a weakened version of divine ability."

This kind of ability cannot be possessed by the fish in Yu Tang.

The fish in Yu Tang, Chen Chuyang knows them very well and is also very familiar with them; this fish has never appeared before, and he has never seen it.

Is it a mutation? Or...?

Has it been hiding all along, evading his Spiritual Sense?

This is quite interesting.

"Little fish, little fish, come quickly, I mean you no harm."

"Come on, you can't escape."

Chen Chuyang comforted the fish, reached out, continued to scoop; the fish was uncooperative, flicked its tail again to shake free, being toyed with for the third time, Chen Chuyang not angry but amused.

"What impressive water control ability."

"No, it should be called divine ability."

He can confirm, that is divine ability.

Only divine ability could allow such a swift escape from his capture.