After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 12 Chewing

The Crimson Demon can't speak, it just chews.

Each mystic herb has four clusters of leaves. The red enchantress picks the tender inner leaf to eat and doesn't eat the outer, less tender leaves.

She didn't pick the Xuancao because new shoots had sprouted next to it, and she was afraid that pulling out the larger one would damage its root system and cause the smaller Xuancao to wither and die. She wanted to stay in the Ten Thousand Demon Forest for at least two years, waiting for the Xuancao to grow.

Anyway, the Xuancao grows by the spiritual spring, so it doesn't lack nutrients.

The Crimson Enchantress completely destroyed the Mystic Herb. How can new leaves grow if it eats it like that? What a waste!

Red Enchantress: Chew, chew, chew.

The words of the Red Enchantress quickly came to mind.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Chew, chew, chew. That's how everyone eats, eat the tender parts first, then the old ones. Chew, chew, chew."

The Crimson Enchantress can grow grass, just like she used to eat Mystic Grass. That's why Mystic Grass takes a very long time to grow new leaves.

As the leaves are constantly being eaten, and the growth of new leaves is extremely time-consuming, the nutrients stored in the roots gradually increase. When they accumulate to a certain level, the creeping fig will not sprout leaves first, but will instead produce small flower buds in the center of the plant.

If a flower bud is destroyed before it can produce seeds, the mystic herb will sense that the environment is unsuitable for growth and will regenerate a flower bud. It will then desperately supply nutrients to the flower bud in order to produce fruit as soon as possible, and then transfer all the remaining nutrients to the fruit so that the fruit can ripen earlier.

Once the fruit ripens, the mystical herb withers and dies. The fragrance of its fruit is highly attractive to Crimson Enchantresses. When a Crimson Enchantress eats the fruit, the seeds inside are protected by a special outer shell and cannot be digested. They will be excreted when the Crimson Enchantress defecates.

The Crimson Demon is a clean-loving beast and would never defecate near its own lair; it would always go elsewhere. That's how the Mystic Grass successfully moved to another location.

The Crimson Demon has specific requirements for its living environment. Once it finds a suitable place to build its nest, it will not move to another location unless the nest is exposed. Therefore, after the Mystic Grass grows fruit, it will spontaneously use its spiritual power to ripen the fruit.

When the fruit ripens, it carefully eats the pulp and sows the seeds nearby. In this way, more and more wild grass will grow around its nest, and it will be able to eat more and more leaves.

Once a Crimson Enchantress has found a mate and has offspring, she will pay extra attention to the ripening of the Mystic Herb Fruit. When the offspring grows a bit older, the Crimson Enchantress will give the Mystic Herb Fruit to the offspring and then drive the offspring away.

The new Crimson Enchantress, carrying fruit, finds a suitable place to build a nest, plants the seeds, and waits for new Mystic Grass to grow. Therefore, the Mystic Grass and the Crimson Enchantress have a unique symbiotic relationship.

While waiting for the new mystic grass to grow, the Crimson Demon will sometimes eat other spiritual plants when it gets hungry, or shamelessly go back to its parents' place to freeload...

There are already about twenty black grass plants here, which shows that the little red enchantress has been building her nest here for quite some time.

She glanced over and saw that five of the Mystic Grass plants were already bare. The Red Enchantress was clearly not full yet. After chewing the leaves in her mouth, she hopped over, stretched out her wicked little hand, and bit off a long, tender leaf with her front teeth.

What kind of habit is this? It's obviously easier to bite the outer leaves first, but it insists on eating the tender inner leaves first.

Red Enchantress: Chew, chew, chew.

At the same time, she also received the words of the Red Enchantress in her mind.

Red Enchantress: "Chewing, chewing, chewing, and staring at me. Do you want some too?"

She quickly said, "I don't want to eat... but you have to leave a few for me, don't let Huo Huo have them all."

Red Enchantress: "Okay, chew, chew." She checked the condition of the Mystic Grass and found that the newly sprouted Mystic Grass was already as tall as a fingernail in just one day.

The area is rich in spiritual energy and has a spiritual spring. The poisonous barriers outside are also isolated, making it very suitable for the growth of mystical herbs. No wonder they are growing so rapidly.

It's important to know that the Mystic Grass is notoriously difficult to cultivate. Don't underestimate it just because it's only a third-grade spiritual plant; it's incredibly hard to grow. Even loosening the soil slightly can kill a seedling in no time.

These newly sprouted mystic herbs are too close to the other mystic herbs, which is not conducive to nutrient absorption and root development.

She harvested them once they grew.

She didn't want to obtain more Xuan Grass, but rather to help it grow better.

"Little rabbit, next time you have new seeds, plant them a little further away from the old mystic grass. Look at these newly sprouted plants, they're too close together, which isn't good for their growth."

The red demon blinked its bright red eyes, chewing as it nodded with its long ears.

After giving her instructions to the Crimson Demon, she turned and entered the spiritual spring to meditate and cultivate. As she absorbed spiritual energy in a whirlwind-like manner, the surrounding spiritual energy converged towards her, forming a vortex.

As she cultivated, the spring water warmed up, and wisps of mist rose from it, swirling and swirling. Her eyes were closed, her mind free of distractions, completely immersed in her cultivation. Spiritual energy circulated smoothly throughout her body without any stagnation.

After an unknown amount of time, she frowned slightly and slowly opened her eyes. She felt that she had reached a bottleneck in her cultivation; no matter how she tried to break through, she could not reach the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

She emerged from the spiritual spring, took out her communication jade disc, and glanced at the time. She had been meditating in the spiritual spring for three days. Compared to her previous breakthrough in two days, her cultivation had slowed considerably.

She put away the jade disc and turned to look at the Crimson Demon's lair, but couldn't find it. Her gaze shifted to the Crimson Spirit Fruit tree, where she saw the Crimson Demon struggling to climb it. The Crimson Demon was in rabbit form; she had never seen a rabbit climb a tree before.

She cast a spell lightly, and in an instant, her body became clean and refreshed. Then, with a light touch of her toes, she flew to the tree like a streak of light and plucked the Crimson Spirit Fruit.

The Crimson Demon watched as the ripe Crimson Spirit Fruits disappeared one by one, until only one remained. Its bloodshot eyes widened in disbelief.

Is this a human?

She gently reached out and patted the Red Enchantress's head, saying with a loving expression, "Good girl, this fruit is very nourishing, one is enough."

Lin Yan put the fruit into her storage bag and landed lightly on the ground. The Red Enchantress quickly picked the last fruit and ate it in small bites with teary eyes.

Seeing the little rabbit like this, she suddenly felt a pang of guilt. But thinking of the spirit stones she would earn after selling the Crimson Spirit Fruit after leaving the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, she couldn't help but smile.

Human happiness is not shared, but the happiness of humans is shared with the monsters they have made a pact with; it's just that the happiness is transferred from the monster's face to their own.

Just then, she sensed a cultivator with Golden Core strength approaching in this direction. Because her divine sense range was limited here, she couldn't extend it to observe and devise a plan.

The central area of ​​the Ten Thousand Demon Forest is generally only accessible to cultivators who have reached the Golden Core realm or higher. Those who have reached the Golden Core realm look down on second-grade spiritual plants.

No wonder she was able to pick so many second-grade spiritual herbs. She thought it was just good luck, but it turns out that others didn't even want them.

(End of this chapter)