Chapter 32

In all fairness, drilling into the ground in the Herb Garden is indeed a good method. While practicing the "Shrinking Earth" spell, he could also learn about herbs in practice, making up for his lack of knowledge in that area—killing two birds with one stone.

The Senior Sister was thinking of him.

The Senior Sister was thinking of him.

The Senior Sister was thinking of him.

Lu Yang hypnotized himself that the Senior Sister had good intentions. After truly accepting the task of replacing the earthworm to drill into the ground, he remembered one thing: earthworms shouldn't have genders.

"Why would earthworms have spouses?"

Old Man Ba explained: "Earthworms in the mortal world indeed don't distinguish between male and female; that's a manifestation of low-level life. Oh, I don't mean that in a derogatory way. Earthworms that have spiritual intelligence and can transform are divided. Especially the Silver Ring Heavenly King Earthworms, which are the king clan among earthworms and have bloodline suppression over all other earthworms."

"I understand, please continue."

Old Man Ba continued: "Originally, with the Silver Ring Heavenly King Earthworm couple there, loosening the soil was no problem. But it's all my fault for being a busybody that day. I asked the wife of the Silver Ring Heavenly King Earthworm, 'They say that if an earthworm is cut in two, it can still live. If you also cut yourself in two, wouldn't you be able to work one day and rest the next, with the new you taking turns working?'"

"The other party was moved by what I said and immediately cut herself in two, becoming two people."

"They were exactly the same, just like twin sisters. No, it was just like a clone technique. I watched with my own eyes as one person turned into two, and I couldn't even tell who the original one was."

"Fortunately, they could tell themselves."

"After the husband came back and saw the two wives, he was completely stunned. The two people then asked the husband, who did he like more?"

"The husband was also a straightforward person; he didn't even try to hide it and said directly that he liked the pair of sisters."

"Then a domestic civil war broke out, and the three of them staged a series of love-hate entanglements, and to this day, they have no heart for work." Old Man Ba was very self-reproachful in his words.

Lu Yang: "..."

Damn, are they crazy?

"What exactly should I do?" After complaining, Lu Yang quickly calmed his mind and gradually adapted to the cultivator's way of thinking.

It's all a small matter.

Old Man Ba stroked his white beard and smiled: "You go in, someone will guide you. But I want to remind you, you are entering the Herb Garden to loosen the soil. If you dare to steal herbs, the Law Enforcement Peak will definitely hold you accountable!"

The Law Enforcement Peak, the mountain peak managed by the First Elder, is fair, strict, and impartial.

Lu Yang thanked Old Man Ba and walked into the Herb Garden.

As soon as he entered, Lu Yang smelled a medicinal fragrance dozens of times stronger than before.

With only a few steps, the smell couldn't be that different.

Lu Yang immediately realized that although it seemed like only Old Man Ba was guarding the Herb Garden, there was actually a whole set of arrays protecting it, preventing outsiders from entering.

This array locked in the aura of the Herb Garden, but the medicinal fragrance was too rich, and the array couldn't lock it all in, so a trace leaked out.

Even this trace of medicinal fragrance could allow mortals to prolong their lives, so one could imagine what kind of miraculous effects the fragrance inside the Herb Garden must have!

Besides the medicinal fragrance, the biggest feeling was the spiritual energy; it was truly too rich. Lu Yang suspected that what was on the leaves of the herbs wasn't dew, but water droplets condensed from spiritual energy, each one no less than a low-grade spirit stone!

As far as Lu Yang's eyes could see, it was lush and green, with all kinds of herbs he had never seen or heard of spread out before him.

The herbs were planted neatly in rows, divided into different areas according to the variety, making Lu Yang dazzled.

He didn't even dare to move his feet easily, for fear of stepping on some precious variety.

Lu Yang squatted down and looked at several kinds of herbs in a row, finally seeing one he recognized. That plant had three leaves with clear veins, as if condensed from ice, emitting a faint chill.

"Ice Soul Grass, remember that this flower is helpful for cultivating ice-attribute techniques and increases the speed of absorbing spiritual energy."

Each Ice Soul Flower was far apart, for fear that the chill emitted by the flowers would connect and freeze themselves.

Lu Yang had once fought a puppet and was beaten to a pulp; afterward, the puppet used Ice Soul Flowers to apply to his wounds, a memory still fresh in his mind.

He really didn't recognize the other flowers and plants.

"Hey, who are you?" A voice that couldn't be called polite came, and Lu Yang turned his head subconsciously, but didn't see anyone.

"Who's talking?"

"Hey, look down." The voice reminded him.

Lu Yang looked down, and a three-inch-tall ginseng doll was jumping around at his feet, seemingly dissatisfied that Lu Yang had discovered it so late and that it had to remind him loudly.

"You are so stupid, why didn't you look down, and you still needed me to remind you!"

The ginseng doll had thick legs and was chubby, running around Lu Yang. Its two roots served as arms, rising and falling as it ran, and the lines on its body formed facial features, with expressions as rich as a human's.

"Youngster, who are you?" the ginseng doll asked in an old-fashioned tone.

A ginseng that has become a spirit must be quite old. Lu Yang didn't dare to be disrespectful and bowed: "I am Lu Yang, here to take on the mission of loosening the soil for the Herb Garden."

"So you're just a soil-loosener." The ginseng doll breathed a sigh of relief; it thought it was another hateful human coming to pick them.

The herbs in the Herb Garden were all cultivated by it.

"Since you can come in, you must have obtained Old Ba's permission. Come to think of it, except for Old Ba and that female demon, I haven't seen an outsider for some time."

To the ginseng doll, the elderly Old Man Ba was just a junior.

What's the use of high cultivation? For herbs, it's about who lives longer.

In this Seeking Dao Sect, it looked down on everyone.

Lu Yang had heard of the rules of the Herb Garden: the herbs are precious, and if one wants to take medicine, one must ask the person guarding the Herb Garden to pick it. No one except the person guarding the Herb Garden is allowed to enter.

If Lu Yang didn't have this mission, he wouldn't be able to enter either.

He didn't know who the "female demon" the ginseng doll mentioned was; was it the other person guarding the Herb Garden?

The ginseng doll put its two roots on its hips and said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you humans all so tall?"

Lu Yang also felt that it was tiring to look down and talk, so he used the spell "to an Inch" to shrink to the same three-inch height as the ginseng doll.

"Eh, you youngster are sensible, much better than Old Ba." The ginseng doll was surprised at first, then happy. It was rare for a human to be as tall as it was; it was never happy when it had to look up at humans.

The ginseng doll's head and torso were one piece, with no neck.

"From now on in this Herb Garden, you can just hang out with me!" the ginseng doll said heroically, patting Lu Yang's shoulder with its ginseng roots, which counted as a form of recognition.

"I still have some things to do. You follow me, and after I'm done, I'll take you to see the other Herb Kings."

Herbs that have become spirits are the kings of herbs and are the most precious.

Even extremely powerful sects might not have one; if they obtained a Herb King, they could worship it like an ancestor.

Listening to the ginseng doll, it seemed that there were quite a few Herb Kings like it in the Herb Garden.

Lu Yang secretly clicked his tongue; the foundation of the Seeking Dao Sect was truly terrifying.