Chapter 691

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

"Indeed!"

"But is there an even better method?"

"What do you mean?"

Seeing Xu Zhangqing speak like this, everyone nodded in agreement, yet they were also quite doubtful.

As things stand, the method they could think of was already the best at present.

As long as they integrated it a bit, they could both save spirit stones and be very efficient.

Xu Zhangqing pointed at the cracked earth beneath his feet and said with a smile: "The spiritual energy here has been chaotic for a hundred years; the corruption has long since seeped underground.

Rather than exhausting schemes to purify, set up arrays, and plant spirit plants, it's better to just dig it out directly."

"Dig... dig it out?"

Zhang Su's eyes widened, and she said with a face full of disbelief: "Digging it out and backfilling — this project scale is not small at all!"

He had only thought of repairing and improving, never imagining such a simple and crude solution.

For a moment he could not understand, even finding it a bit hard to accept.

Li Sancai looked thoughtful: "Digging it out is indeed a permanent solution, but the subsequent backfilling of spirit soil, and the nurturing of earth qi — these are all matters of utmost importance."

Backfilling after digging it out, this way the efficiency is indeed faster.

But the problem is, it similarly requires time to recover.

Miao Huayu's eyes were full of surprise; this method completely exceeded his understanding.

But for some reason, he also felt it was quite reasonable.

After all, with the time to cultivate spirit plants, it would be enough to dig this place clean.

Lin Xiaoman agreed in a low voice: "If we dig it out, we only need to backfill with spirit soil.

And we can cultivate spirit plants very quickly, it's just... just too subversive."

Xu Linshan rubbed his hands excitedly: "In my view, we don't even need to find an Earth Spirit Root; our group can do it ourselves, and dig it just as clean."

Xu Zhangqing looked at everyone's shocked appearances, the corner of his mouth twitching upward: "After becoming the He Zhu, I learned a cultivation method called the Jiahe Record.

One of its effects is to consume a rare spirit plant to repair spirit fields and spiritual veins."

Special Effect 4:

If a spirit field encounters disaster and the spiritual vein breaks, one may sacrifice a rare-or-higher spirit plant as a Dao guide, and consume one's own magic power, to summon heaven and earth spirit qi, repairing the damaged spirit field and spiritual vein, restoring them to their original state.

Everyone suddenly realized: "So that's how it is!"

No helping it; they haven't reached the He Zhu level, so they had no qualification to know.

But now they know.

Xu Zhangqing continued: "I heard that Junior Brother Han Su has already reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, only one step away from Golden Core; it is precisely the critical stage where he needs cultivation resources."

Among all the people he knew, the other party's cultivation advanced the slowest.

No helping it; this is one of the common ailments of Earth Spirit Root disciples.

Low talent and comprehension, one can only turn to body cultivation.

High talent and comprehension, one can become an Array Master.

The two had known each other since the Spirit Field Periphery.

Later they cooperated many times, counting as one of the trustworthy people.

Although these years they haven't had much contact or exchange, they ultimately count as one's own people.

As the saying goes, fertile water doesn't flow to outsiders' fields; when one should lend a hand, one must lend a hand.

What's more, there is actually another reason.

Xu Zhangqing wants to secretly take away the dug-out earth for himself.

If he found an outsider, it would definitely be inconvenient, and prone to trouble.

Li Sancai frowned: "I heard Junior Brother Han went to the Central Region with Xiang Lin; unknown if they've returned?"

Although he himself didn't have much contact with the clan, he also knew Han Su and Xiang Lin's relationship wasn't very good.

Major conflicts not few, minor conflicts never stopped.

If not for having a child, the two would probably have separated long ago.

Xu Zhangqing waved his hand: "This matter, I will handle personally.

Let's go to the second location now, and see how the situation is there."

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Just arriving at the second location, they smelled a thick rotten stench.

Looking from afar, a stretch of black mud glistened with a greasy sheen under the sunlight, bubbling gurgle-gurgle; occasionally a black leech flashed through the mud.

Their bodies were several times larger than ordinary spirit leeches, their surfaces shimmering with oil.

This once spirit field had long been covered by mud.

Not a trace of spirit plants could be seen, only thick death qi and miasma.

Obviously, this group of Spirit-Absorbing Leeches not only devoured the spirit plants' vitality, but even the underground spiritual veins were sucked dry to a miserable state.

Xu Zhangqing looked at the surging swamp below, his expression sinking slightly: "The trouble here is far more thorny than the last one."

"This place is indeed troublesome!"

"The corpses of dead Spirit-Leech Leeches rot in the soil, mixing with spirit soil to form mud, which then breeds countless small leech worms—a perfect closed loop!"

"Spirit-Leech Leeches fear fire; perhaps we can burn them all together?"

"No!"

"Earth Qi and spirit veins are both very weak here; the slash-and-burn fire seeding method doesn't apply here, and doing so would completely ruin it!"

Miao Huayu shook her head: "Purifying Spirit Grass can't handle this deathly aura and these leech worms..."

Lin Xiaoman suddenly said: "When I returned to my hometown before, I heard my mother and people nearby say that in Fengrao Commandery there is a type of Mother Worm that seems able to control other worms."

Xu Zhangqing raised an eyebrow: "What you're saying wouldn't be Bai Zu Niang Niang, would it?"

Bai Zu Niang Niang is both the Wu Sheng Chong Mu and a legendary Immortal Shedding Immortal.

The last time contact was made, the terror of the other party was already known.

If it were drawn to the Spirit Field, something major would definitely happen.

Lin Xiaoman shook her head: "No, no, no, that Mother Worm and Bai Zu Niang Niang aren't comparable, but it does exist, just very rare."

Previously, the commandery office collected some; we can contact them."

If I hadn't come here, I really wouldn't have remembered.

Although I've never seen that kind of Mother Worm, it sounds very mysterious.

What's more, since learning Xu Zhangqing is a Spirit Insect Cultivator, Lin Xiaoman also wants to try.

Xu Zhangqing narrowed his eyes: "Fengrao Commandery, if I remember correctly, the Sect High Level agent there is Wang Han."

Zhang Su nodded: "Right, now that you say it, I really remember."

Back then, Xu Zhangqing first accepted an external task.

The first destination was Fengrao Commandery in Dongyu, Great Yue Dynasty.

Then he met that Wang Han, who was smooth, cunning, and wise all in one.

This man was fat-headed and big-eared, had over a dozen concubines, and knew how to enjoy life even more than himself.

Even after so many years, he still had a deep impression of this person.

"Fine."

Xu Zhangqing nodded: "Next time during resource docking, I'll talk to him personally."

Then he squatted down, and his fingertip touched a bit of mud.

Rubbing it while carefully observing.

Seeing this, others followed suit one by one.

Everyone carefully sensed and found that the mud contained not only leech worm corpses.

But also the mucus secreted by Spirit-Leech Leeches, and the viscosity was extremely strong.

It even contained corrosive toxins; even Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators couldn't quite handle it.

Xu Zhangqing thought to himself: "This place isn't easy to dig; there's an extremely high probability of failure."

"It seems not every disaster remnant can be used."

"What I can think of, others can't?"

"No wonder, from the Sect High Level and master down to Senior Brother Zhu and Hua Lao."

"Every single one never dealt with it, preferring to just leave it like this."

"The feeling is not that it can't be dealt with, but that dealing with it is too troublesome!"