Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 33 Eighteen Times the Efficiency of Cultivation
'Am I so great and think so much?'

Frost Lingxue's words left Zhong Cang silent for a moment. After a while, he nodded and said helplessly, "...You're right, this is what I think."

"What ordinary wheat lacks, the spirit-hosting moss possesses."

"If the two can be successfully integrated, wheat will thrive even in barren land."

As he spoke, Zhong Cang's mind moved, and the soul-hosting moss, which was in tune with his thoughts, suddenly spewed out countless spores.

Some of these spores fell to other places in the third-level spiritual field, began to germinate, and then turned into protonema, took root, sprouted, and grew.

Some of them fell on the wheat in front of Zhong Cang.

Their falling made the wheat, which was as tall as a person, look moldy, with some green mold spots appearing.

Normally, this is not a good thing.

Soul-hosting moss, soul-hosting moss, the word "soul-hosting" clearly means that this moss can absorb the spiritual energy it needs by parasitizing other organisms.

If Zhong Cang had not stopped it, the wheat in front of him would have been parasitized and its energy would have been drained, and then it would have become weak and withered due to lack of energy. This would be a disease.

"Wait, patient..."

Thinking of the word "patient", coupled with Shuang Lingxue's bold idea just now, Zhong Cang's thoughts were freed. At this moment, he thought of another use for the soul-supporting moss.

"Speaking of which, moss is a spore-forming fungus, and this type of thing can parasitize the human body."

Athlete's foot, tinea pedis, and itch-inducing ringworm, as well as fungal infections, are all similar things.

'So, my spirit moss not only helps me practice, but can also be used as a means of fighting against enemies.'

Thinking of the trouble and torture of athlete's foot and athlete's foot, Zhong Cang shuddered.

Of course, the development of weapons is a matter for the future. Right now, Zhong Cang is more concerned about the present.

Because of their telepathic connection, Zhong Cang suppressed the instinct of the parasitic moss to devour the vital energy of the wheat with just a thought.

Afterwards, Zhong Cang conveyed to him the idea of ​​symbiosis and integration.

This step... was not successful.

As pets, the parasitic mosses are like cats and dogs. Zhong Cang can let them catch mice (parasitize other creatures and absorb energy), or let them give the caught mice to him (transfer energy to him). These parasitic mosses can do it.

But Zhong Cang himself didn't know how to fuse wheat and the parasitic moss at the genetic level, so the parasitic moss naturally couldn't do it either.

Therefore, the result of Zhong Cang forcing the fusion was that the parasitic moss produced countless spore hyphae, which destroyed the leaf cells and stem cells of the wheat, causing it to wither and die.

However, even though this step was stuck here, it was still an excellent idea. Therefore, Zhong Cang pointed directly at the moss-covered wheat and said to Shuang Lingxue, "You provide, ahem... the idea I originally had is indeed feasible, but the fusion of the spirit-hosting moss and wheat requires multiple trials and even a bit of luck to succeed."

"Even after the fusion, I cannot guarantee that the spirit wheat will produce ears of wheat after absorbing the free spiritual energy in the air."

"There's no guarantee that the wheat produced after fusion will have strong cold resistance."

"However, despite all the problems, I have solutions for all of them. It just takes some time and some support."

"In any case, we are on the right track..."

To sum up, Zhong Cang's point at this point is that the road to cultivating high-yield wheat is tortuous, but the future is bright. We have officially taken the first step. All you have to do is give me time, and... send me money.

Of course, he won’t hit you now. He will ask for money later when he needs it.

Shuang Lingxue, who had good intentions in her heart, naturally had no objection to this.

And this time she was not the only one who had no objection. Zuo He, who had always disliked Zhong Cang and felt that his young lady had been deceived, listened to Zhong Cang's explanation, looked at the wheat covered with moss, and an idea arose in his mind that made him stunned for a while.

"Hiss...Mr. Zhong Cang, is he really not exaggerating, but actually trying to solve the problem of food security for all the people in the world?"

Not to mention Zuo He's horror, after a busy period, it was already getting late.

Seeing this, even though Shuang Lingxue was a little reluctant to leave, as a young lady waiting to be married, she could not stay overnight in Huangni Village. In the end, she said goodbye and left with regret.

However, because their plan had made some progress, Shuang Lingxue had a genuine smile on her face when she returned.

She was happy, and so was Zhong Cang.

I gained so much on this day.

Three acres of third-level spiritual fields, a small spiritual spring, plus some second-level spiritual fields and first-level spiritual fields... This allowed Zhong Cang to jump from a proletarian to a small landlord.

Of course, the increase in assets alone would not make Zhong Cang too excited.

What made him excited was that his natal pet, the spirit-parasitic moss, had experienced explosive growth.

In just one afternoon, its area expanded several times, occupying a full two mu and seven acres of sacred land.

As a cluster-type spiritual plant, the larger its area and the more spore strains it has, the higher the level of the spiritual moss will be.

Now, it has reached the peak of level four, which is the peak of the demon soldiers in this world.

"With this strength, I can already handle some fierce tigers..."

After thinking for a while, Zhong Cang discovered that tigers, eagles, brown bears, and even some small monsters were no match for the soul-parasitic moss.

Although, its power is not strong and its defense is not high.

But the parasitic moss occupies a large area, and because of its characteristics as a clustering spiritual plant, it cannot be killed unless it is eradicated all at once.

Because of this characteristic, ordinary creatures and small demons cannot get rid of the parasitic moss in a short time without using fire attacks.

But they cannot remove the parasitic moss, which can kill wild beasts and demons.

As long as a living creature enters the spore diffusion area of ​​the parasitic moss, the parasitic moss can parasitize the spore mycelium in other living creatures, devouring their spiritual energy and vitality, causing them to become weak and die.

"If used well, the Soul-Boiling Moss can even kill demon generals!"

As his natal spiritual pet, the spirit moss became powerful, which was good, but what made Zhong Cang even happier was that after the spirit moss became stronger, it also converted more wood-type spiritual energy.

The spiritual land it now occupies is a third-level spiritual field. As everyone knows, the spiritual energy contained in a third-level spiritual field is more than that in a first-level spiritual field. Here, the spiritual energy absorbed by the spiritual moss and transformed into wood-type spiritual energy is a full nine times more than that in the first-level spiritual land!
Add in the spiritual spring water, the difference is eighteen times.

"Eighteen times that belongs to the spirit moss, not mine."

(End of this chapter)