68: Heavy losses!

Immediately, Wei Zhou retracted his Divine Sense like a receding tide!

He suddenly slapped his head, regretting, "It's over, it's over! I haven't checked on the medicinal plants in the medicinal field for three days!"

"I wonder if there are any problems with the medicinal plants in the medicinal field?"

With that said, Wei Zhou released his Divine Sense again! He extended it towards the medicinal field to investigate!

It wasn't a problem not to investigate, but once he did, he was shocked! Several medicinal plants in the medicinal field had been almost completely eaten! Only their root bases remained!

It was almost too horrible to look at!

Wei Zhou's Divine Sense swept back and forth across the medicinal field dozens of times, finally finding the culprit!

"Leaf Blight Worms!"

A ranked insect Yao Beast! It specializes in feeding on various medicinal plants within medicinal fields!

It is incredibly cunning and extremely difficult to kill!

It often only comes out to forage when the owner of the medicinal field is far away or has not returned!

Its cultivation Realm is only comparable to a Cultivator at the third level of the Qi Refinement Stage! In terms of strength, it can't even defeat a Cultivator at the second level of the Qi Refinement Stage!

It can be said to be a relatively useless Yao Beast!

......

Wei Zhou, witnessing this scene, felt extremely angry and directly released his Divine Sense to suppress those "Leaf Blight Worms"!

Then, he used his Divine Sense to control several nearby leaves to shoot out, instantly severing the heads of those "Leaf Blight Worms"!

Black blood mixed with brain matter immediately burst out! It splattered all over the nearby medicinal plants!

A sizzling corrosive sound emanated!

"Sizzle—sizzle—sizzle—!"

Wei Zhou's heart ached at the sight! In his momentary anger, he had forgotten that the blood of the "Leaf Blight Worms" had a corrosive effect!

And the corrosive effect was extremely strong! As long as one's Realm did not exceed it by two or three minor Realms, one could potentially be corroded into a puddle of pus in a very short time!

He slapped his head in annoyance and said,

"This is a disaster! I'll lose at least five or six medicinal plants! These are all precious Spirit Stones!"

With that said, Wei Zhou wished he could slap himself a few times; he had already lost several medicinal plants, and now he wouldn't be able to avoid losing a dozen or more!

The Spirit Seeds for these medicinal plants were all purchased by him at a high price! All in all, he only had about a hundred medicinal plants!

This time, he had lost a full tenth, and possibly even more!

Thinking of this, Wei Zhou hated those "Leaf Blight Worms" even more! They died, but then they had to harm him, ruining so many medicinal plants!

"Bah—! They truly deserve to die!"

"They made me lose so many medicinal plants for nothing!"

He couldn't help but curse a few times!

However, in the end, he could only let out a long sigh, as what had happened could not be undone! He could only hope that the final losses would not be too great!

"Whew—!"

After a long exhale, Wei Zhou slowly got up!

These events had only transpired within a dozen breaths!

He cast a movement art, and in an instant, he appeared at the hidden door's wall!

He stomped his foot, and the stone wall slowly opened from the middle!

Before the stone wall had fully opened, Wei Zhou's figure appeared outside like a ghost!

He fully activated his movement art! In an instant, he appeared outside the pavilion!

Without slowing down, he sped towards the medicinal field!

A few breaths later, Wei Zhou saw the medicinal field from afar! He took a step, and in an instant, he appeared beside the medicinal field!

What he displayed was precisely the art of Shrinking the Ground into an Inch!

He looked at the large medicinal field he had painstakingly cultivated! It was now a scene of desolation!

Wei Zhou's face was as calm as an ancient well, without any expression showing!

His fists in his sleeves had already clenched tightly, then slowly loosened!

As if resigned to his fate, he pulled out a medicinal hoe from his Storage Pouch!

He walked into the medicinal field and dug out the medicinal plants that had been eaten by the Leaf Blight Worms and splattered with their blood, one by one!

Then, he filled the small pits with soil! He patted them down with the medicinal hoe!

Finally, he placed the damaged medicinal plants one by one beside the medicinal field!

He quickly scanned them and knew the number of damaged plants this time!

11 plants!

A full 11 plants, all close to maturity, were destroyed by those "Leaf Blight Worms"! But he had no choice but to accept reality!

Wei Zhou tried his best to calm himself, gently letting out a long sigh and saying,

"Whew—!"

"It seems I need to find a way to set up a Formation here! The rank doesn't need to be too high, at least enough to resist those insect Yao Beasts that feed on medicinal plants!"

"And I can also raise a few Spirit Beasts! In the future, they can become a great help to me, or they can guard the house, or guard the medicinal field, all of which are good choices!"

In just a few words, Wei Zhou had already made up his mind!

He was going to set up a Formation here that could resist those insect Yao Beasts that fed on medicinal plants!

And also raise a few Spirit Beasts, which would be good choices for guarding the house and the medicinal field in the future!

If he could encounter Spirit Beasts with high Bloodline quality! With some cultivation, they might even become a great help to him!

Wei Zhou stacked these medicinal plants together and cast a Fireball spell! He burned them to ashes!

A gentle breeze blew, gradually dissipating them into the world!

Immediately, he formed hand seals!

A large expanse of thunderclouds instantly gathered in the sky above the medicinal field, with rumbling sounds occasionally emanating from within!

"Rumble, rumble—!"

"Rumble, rumble—!"

"......"

Following that, a drizzling Spiritual Rain began to fall!

Wei Zhou stood beside the medicinal field, extending his hand into the range of the Spiritual Rain, letting the raindrops pat his hand one by one!

It made him feel a bit chilly! However, it was fleeting!

The Spiritual Rain fell drop by drop from the thunderclouds! This Spiritual Rain lasted for a full two hours before it gradually showed signs of stopping!

Finally, after another half an hour, the rain gradually subsided until it stopped completely!

The thunderclouds in the sky above the medicinal field also gradually dissipated!

After a Spiritual Rain, the air in the medicinal field was filled with the damp smell of earth after a clear sky!

Mixed with a faint trace of Spiritual Qi! An ordinary person would feel refreshed after smelling it for a while!

Wei Zhou, however, felt nothing much, as he was already a Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage! At most, he would feel that the air between heaven and earth had become much fresher after this rain!

Then, Wei Zhou rummaged through his Storage Pouch!

He pulled out a Formation Plate and four Formation Flags!

Holding the four Formation Flags in one hand, he flicked his sleeve! The four Formation Flags accurately landed at the east, south, west, and north positions of the medicinal field, forming a surrounding enclosure around the medicinal field!

Wei Zhou infused Spiritual Power into the Formation Plate in his hand, then pulled out several Spirit Stones from his Storage Pouch and inlaid them!

A translucent barrier slowly rose around the medicinal field, encompassing everything within the four Formation Flags!

(A Formation Plate is used in conjunction with Formation Flags! It is similar to a type of Formation! When in use, one only needs to insert the Formation Flags in four directions, controlling the desired range! By infusing Spirit Stones or one's own Spiritual Power into the Formation Plate, it can be activated!)