Chapter 32

In all fairness, drilling into the ground in the Herb Garden was indeed a good method. While practicing the 'Shrinking the Earth' spell, he could also learn herb knowledge in practice and make up for his deficiencies in herb knowledge—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 into believing that the Senior Sister had good intentions. After sincerely accepting the mission arrangement that he had to replace the earthworm to drill into the ground, he remembered one thing: earthworms shouldn't be divided into male and female.

"Why would earthworms have a husband and wife?"

Old Man Ba explained: "It is true that earthworms in the mortal world do not distinguish between male and female; that is a manifestation of low-level creatures—oh, I don't mean that in a derogatory sense. Earthworms that have spiritual intelligence and can transform are divided, especially since the Silver Ring Heavenly King Earthworm is a king among earthworms and has bloodline suppression over all 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. As a result, it was all my fault for being too talkative that day. I asked the wife of the Silver Ring Heavenly King Earthworm, 'They say that an earthworm can still live if it's split in two, so if you also split yourself in two, wouldn't you be able to work one day and rest the next, and you and the new you could take turns working?'"

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

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

"Fortunately, they could distinguish it themselves."

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

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

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

Lu Yang: "..."

Damn, are they crazy?

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

It was all a small matter.

Old Man Ba smiled while stroking his white beard: "You just go in, and someone will guide you. However, I must remind you: entering the Herb Garden is for you to loosen the soil. If you dare to steal herbs, the Sili Peak will definitely hold you accountable!"

Sili Peak, the mountain peak managed by the First Elder, was 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.

At a distance of 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 just now, in fact, a whole set of arrays was protecting the Herb Garden to prevent outsiders from entering.

This set of arrays locked the aura of the Herb Garden, but the medicinal fragrance of the Herb Garden was too rich, and the great array couldn't lock it completely, leaking a trace.

It was this trace of medicinal fragrance that could allow mortals to prolong their lives; one could imagine what kind of miraculous effects the fragrance inside the Herb Garden must have!

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

Wherever Lu Yang's eyes could reach, it was lush and green, and all kinds of herbs he had never seen or heard of were spread out before him.

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

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

Lu Yang squatted down and looked at several kinds of herbs one after another, and finally saw one he recognized. That plant had three leaves, and the veins were clear, as if condensed from ice, emitting a faint chill.

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

Each Ice Soul Flower was far apart; this was out of concern that the chill emitted by the flowers would connect into one piece and freeze itself.

Lu Yang had once fought against a puppet and was beaten to a pulp by the puppet. Afterward, the puppet used Ice Soul Flowers to apply to his wounds, and he remembered it vividly.

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

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

"Who is 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, as if dissatisfied that Lu Yang had discovered it too late and needed it to remind him loudly.

"You are so stupid, why don't you know to look down, and you still need me to remind you!"

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

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

A ginseng that had 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 it's just someone to loosen the soil." The ginseng doll breathed a sigh of relief; it thought it was the hateful human race coming to pick them again.

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

"Since you can come in, I suppose you got permission from Little Ba. Speaking of which, apart from Little Ba and that female devil, 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 Congwendao Sect, it looked down on everyone, one by one.

Lu Yang had heard of the rules of the Herb Garden: the herbs in the Herb Garden were precious. If one wanted to take herbs, one had to let the person guarding the Herb Garden pick them. Apart from the person guarding the Herb Garden, no one could enter the Herb Garden.

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

He didn't know who the female devil 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 took the opportunity to use the 'Becoming an Inch' spell, shrinking to the same three-inch height as the ginseng doll.

"Eh, you youngster are sensible, much better than Little 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 whenever it had to look up at humans.

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

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

"I still have some things to be busy with. You follow me, and after I finish, I will take you to see the other Herb Kings."

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

Even extremely powerful sects might not have one; if one obtained a Herb King, one 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 clicked his tongue secretly; the foundation of the Congwendao Sect was truly terrifying.