25: Black octopus eggs!

Early morning,

A ray of sunlight shone through the window onto Wei Zhou's face!

In his sleep, Wei Zhou suddenly felt a dazzling light appear before his eyes.

Immediately, he opened his eyes and woke up.

Upon waking, he habitually scanned his surroundings!

He got up from the bed, rubbed his messy hair, and let out an almost imperceptible sigh.

Last night, he hadn't slept well at all!

The aura released by the Golden Core Stage and Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators who flew across the sky last night.

Made him sleep restlessly last night!

He got up briskly, found a set of clothes in the wardrobe, and quickly changed!

He walked to the door,

With a "creak"! He pushed open the door.

Facing the morning sun, he came into the courtyard, closed his eyes, and sat cross-legged.

He silently began to circulate the Cultivation Technique within his body!

Slowly, he began to absorb the Spiritual Qi freely floating between heaven and earth around him and draw the Spiritual Qi from the Spiritual Vein underground!

After Cultivating for a while, Wei Zhou felt the Spiritual Qi in his body had increased again and nodded in satisfaction.

Afterward, Wei Zhou practiced some martial arts several times in the courtyard, then went to the kitchen to eat breakfast with Li Yawei!

After eating,

He greeted Li Yawei and headed out towards the medicine field.

Upon arriving at the medicine field,

As usual, Wei Zhou performed the Little Cloud Rain Technique several times.

Then he entered the medicine field and carefully inspected the medicine herbs in the field.

After checking a few plants, Wei Zhou discovered that the veins of one medicine herb's leaves were covered with dense, black insect eggs.

He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise,

"Black Chapter Worm eggs!"

The so-called Black Chapter Worm eggs are the larvae laid by the Black Chapter Worm.

The Black Chapter Worm is a pest that feeds on medicine herbs. It resembles a cockroach with two horns on its head, but its size is more than 5 times that of a normal cockroach. The mouthparts of the Black Chapter Worm are extremely sharp and can easily cut through the skin of a Qi Refinement Early Stage Cultivator.

Typically, the female Black Chapter Worm uses its mouthparts to cut a small slit in the veins of the medicine herb's leaves and then inserts all the insect eggs into it.

After the eggs hatch, they will devour the medicine herb from the inside.

Once the entire medicine herb is consumed, they can successfully mature!

An adult Black Chapter Worm's strength is comparable to a Qi Refining First Level Cultivator.

Coupled with its mouthparts, it can even contend with a Qi Refining Second Level Cultivator.

Wei Zhou lifted the leaf of that medicine herb and carefully observed the veins inside.

To be precise, he was looking at the Black Chapter Worm eggs next to the veins.

He murmured to himself,

"This won't be easy to solve!"

"They're all parasitic next to the veins!"

"With my amateur technique! While removing the Black Chapter Worm eggs, I might also cut the veins."

"Then the entire medicine herb will be ruined!"

"If it doesn't work, I'll have to find a professional! But the cost is quite high, I don't think I can afford it!"

"Forget it, I'll worry about it later! Let's see if there are any more similarly infested ones!"

With that, Wei Zhou continued to carefully inspect each plant.

After half an incense stick's time,

Wei Zhou had basically finished inspecting, and there were about two or three plants infested with Black Chapter Worm eggs.

There was basically no damage, but if they could be saved, they should be, but he had to save them himself!

Hiring a professional to save these few medicine herbs would be too much of a loss!

A few hundred Spirit Stones to save a few medicine herbs worth less than 10 Spirit Stones!

No matter how you look at it, it's a loss!

Afterward, he didn't pay much attention to these few medicine herbs!

He simply used an isolation Spell to separate these few medicine herbs from the healthy ones nearby, to prevent infection!

He then cast another Spell to seal the soil where those few medicine herbs were located.

To prevent the Black Chapter Worm eggs from burrowing and escaping once they grew larger in the future.

Subsequently, Wei Zhou went to the Outer Sect Supervisor's office and requested half an acre of land from him.

The Outer Sect Supervisor readily agreed, allocating the half-acre of empty land next to Wei Zhou's existing medicine fields to him!

Wei Zhou quickly clasped his fists and bowed respectfully.

"Thank you, Supervisor!"

The Outer Sect Supervisor patted his shoulder and said with a smile,

"Xiao Wei! Among the medicine farmers of this generation! To be honest, you're the one I'm most optimistic about!"

"You need to work harder! (ง •̀_•́)ง"

"I hope that in the future, you can work with me! Or even become someone who surpasses me!"

"Back in the day, I also climbed up step by step from a low-level medicine farmer!"

At this point, the Supervisor couldn't help but look up at the sky, as if reminiscing about his youth.

Wei Zhou humbly said,

"Supervisor, you flatter me too much! I am just an ordinary little medicine farmer ʅ(･´‸･｀ )ʃ!"

"Throughout my life, I can only hope to remain in the Qi Refinement Stage!"

"How can I compare to a heaven-blessed genius like you, Supervisor!"

"I am like the light of a firefly under the bright moon, and you, Supervisor, are that bright moon!"

"As the saying goes, the light of a firefly cannot hope to compete with the bright moon!"

Wei Zhou didn't forget to flatter him at the end.

The Supervisor laughed heartily upon hearing this, patted Wei Zhou's shoulder, and smiled meaningfully.

He turned, clasped his hands behind his back, and slowly walked into the distance.

Wei Zhou also turned around and unhurriedly headed towards the half-acre of empty land next to the medicine field.

On the way,

He encountered a few neighbors from the shantytown where he used to live. Their relationship wasn't very good, so they just exchanged lukewarm greetings!

At this moment, he was thinking about what had just happened.

He muttered to himself in his heart,

"Fortunately, I reacted quickly just now! And I even managed to flatter him at the end!"

"But that Supervisor, he's a bit unusual today!"

"Could it be that my becoming a First Grade Medicine Herb Master caught his attention!"

Although this was just Wei Zhou's own guess, he was still very cautious, because he deeply understood a principle.

That is, the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind!

...

Unconsciously, he had already reached his own medicine field.

Wei Zhou, like the farmers of his previous life, rolled up his sleeves and pant legs.

He took out a medicine hoe from his Storage Pouch and began to Cultivate the land.

After cultivating the land for a while, Wei Zhou really couldn't take it anymore and collapsed onto the ground.

He took out a flask of water from his Storage Pouch and drank it with a gurgling sound!

After drinking the water, Wei Zhou habitually wiped the remaining water from the corner of his mouth with his right hand!

He put the flask back into his Storage Pouch, picked up the hoe, and continued to Cultivate the land.

After an incense stick's time,

Wei Zhou, facing the yellow earth with his back to the sky, straightened up and wiped the sweat from his face.

He flung it onto the ground!

He stuck the hoe diagonally into the soil, and he himself stretched his back.

Looking up at the scorching sun high in the sky,

He couldn't help but think to himself,

"It's so hot today! If only there was air conditioning!"

However, there actually exists something similar to air conditioning in this world.

It is called a "Spiritual Qi Furnace"!

In winter, if fire-attribute Spirit Stones are placed inside, the entire house will be warm and cozy!

In summer, if ice-attribute Spirit Stones are placed inside, the entire house will be cool.

It's just that the price is slightly expensive, but not prohibitively so!

It only costs 250 Spirit Stones!

The most expensive part is the attribute-bearing Spirit Stones!

For example, one ice-attribute Spirit Stone can be exchanged for 20 non-attribute Spirit Stones.

And using a "Spiritual Qi Furnace" once!

The consumption of attribute-bearing Spirit Stones is approximately twenty to thirty pieces!

Which is equivalent to four to six hundred Spirit Stones!