Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 41 Photographic Memory, Mind Palace
Zhong Cang spent the entire morning communicating with flowers, plants and trees.

When the class was over, Zhong Cangyuan was planning to go back directly.

However, before he could leave, Shuang Lingxue called him and asked Zuo He to hand him a small tree.

It was a small tree. What amazed Zhong Cang was that the tree was transparent as a whole, like jade glass, and there were some colorful lights flowing inside the transparent tree body.

This combination makes the small tree colorful and extraordinarily beautiful, like a natural work of art.

In addition to its stunning appearance, as Shuang Lingxue described the benefits of this small tree, Zhong Cang understood even more how precious this small tree was.

"This tree is called Yiliu. It is a spiritual tree related to memory, spiritual perception, and understanding."

"I learned that Mr. Zhong Cang wanted a spiritual tree to increase your understanding, so I went to Youyun Chamber of Commerce yesterday to urge Yayun, the branch president of Youyun Chamber of Commerce, to give up this small tree."

"This tree can improve one's memory and help one sleep better. Most importantly, it bears fruit. The fruit has the benefits of increasing one's soul, memory, and understanding. I wonder if you are satisfied with this tree..."

The thing he longed for was right before his eyes. Before Shuang Lingxue could finish her words, Zhong Cang nodded repeatedly and said:
"Satisfied, of course I'm satisfied. Thank you Miss Shuang for your trouble."

"Hehe, Mr. Zhong Cang, there's no need to be so polite with me..."

While speaking, Shuang Lingxue also looked up at Zhong Cang and felt his breath.

Afterwards, she discovered, as expected, that Zhong Cang's aura had greatly improved after a day.

The speed at which his magic power was accumulated was even faster than that of himself, who had grown up eating rare treasures and consumed countless top-quality resources during his cultivation.

Realizing this, Shuang Lingxue sighed inwardly, "Is this the powerful person who has understood his own path and is determined to walk it? Even if they lack resources and their talent isn't top-notch, their growth rate is still much faster than mine."

As the legitimate daughter of a prominent family, Shuang Lingxue has extensive knowledge, especially in the area of ​​spiritual cultivation.

Therefore, she knew clearly that having good spiritual roots was only the entry ticket to practicing Taoism and becoming a strong person.

Resources only speed up some accumulation.

What truly determines the future limit of a strong person is his understanding and character.

Those who are unable to clearly define their own path of cultivation and walk firmly on it will always be babbling children.

Only those who have found their own path of practice and walked on it firmly can become a celestial being or a master.

In Shuang Lingxue's view, Zhong Cang is the one who has understood his own path. Because she thinks Zhong Cang has a strong mind and amazing comprehension, and his strength is improving rapidly, she takes it for granted and thinks it should be so.

Well... although, she wasn't wrong to think so.

In normal practice, with Zhong Cang's talent and the resources at his disposal, his practice speed could not be called fast in any way. Not to mention surpassing Shuang Lingxue, he could not even compare to Chang Quan, Qi Wei, and some powerful children with second-class spiritual roots.

What makes Zhong Cang extraordinary is the contract with Tess, and using it as a processing plant to refine spiritual energy.

This kind of practice, which is different from the norm and even common sense, is not just a manifestation of clarifying one's own path and walking on it with determination.

……

Feeling the speed of Zhong Cang's strength improvement and thinking that he had also clarified his own path of cultivation, Shuang Lingxue had already believed in her heart that as long as Zhong Cang did not die prematurely, he would definitely become a powerful person of the first level of heaven and man.

That is a powerful existence that even the Frost and Snow Clan has to respect.

After discovering this, Shuang Lingxue did not feel jealous, but was happy for Zhong Cang.

However, she had received education in political strategies after all, and therefore, even though she felt that her feelings were tainted with some dust, her attitude towards Zhong Cang was still much better.

In order to avoid future conflicts, she also apologized to Zhong Cang: "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhong Cang, my approach has caused you some trouble."

While speaking, she looked around, and then, not only her, but Zhong Cang also noticed that some of the students around them had red eyes of jealousy when they saw Shuang Lingxue giving them things again.

Faced with these hostilities, Zhong Cang didn't care much:

"I said, this is not your fault." A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. Zhong Cang has long known that if he behaves too conspicuously, he will inevitably be treated with hostility by some people.

But he was not afraid of these, and he understood more clearly that he could certainly hide and pretend to be a pig without attracting attention.

But there are gains and losses. If I pretend to be a pig, I may be safe, but I will definitely not be looked at differently by Shuang Lingxue, and my series of resources will disappear without a trace.

"No, if I act like a pig, I will lose more than that. I will also lose the favor of Vice Dean Qin Xiuye, and even followers like Li Yan and Yan Yanyan will leave me. Without resources and the help of teachers, my cultivation progress will definitely not be fast."

"If I continue to practice in such a low-key manner, my foundation will also be affected."

"If I keep pretending to be a pig like this for too long, I'll really become a pig."

Shallow water cannot support dragons.

After clarifying this, Zhong Cang smiled at Shuang Lingxue and said, "Let's not talk about spoiling the fun. Are you still planning to go to Huangni Village today? Let me make it clear first, I can't integrate the wheat seeds yet. It will take some time before there are any results."

Shuang Lingxue: "Mr. Zhong Cang, there's no need to say this. I naturally know how difficult this is and I can wait. But Mr. Zhong Cang, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Really? Do you know where to find a human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum? Oh, by the way, you don't have to buy it this time. As long as you know where it is and are willing to let me take a look, I can pay for the expenses myself..."

Ignoring the jealous looks of others, Zhong Cang chatted and laughed as he took Shuang Lingxue with him as they headed towards Huangni Village.

Because the investing 'angel' came to inspect, Zhong Cang devoted all his energy and attention to the experiment this afternoon.

This time, he did not fuse the soul-hosting moss with wheat seeds, but instead used some sunflower seeds to fuse with the soul-hosting moss.

——Zhong Cang was planning to transplant the sunflower's ability to absorb sunlight into wheat, but he felt that the sunflower's utilization rate of sunlight was too low.

Therefore, he wanted to first use the spirit moss to strengthen the sunflower, and then through grafting or other methods, let the characteristics of the sunflower be integrated with wheat.

Unsurprisingly, Zhong Cang failed in this experiment.

For ordinary plants, the spores of parasitic moss are too overbearing. Once they come into contact with the latter, they can absorb the former as nutrients. Sunflowers... are no exception.

The continuous failures made Zhong Cang sigh, and at this moment, he even started to think.

"How about we put aside our thoughts on achieving everything right away and get the high-yield crops first. We can deal with absorbing spiritual energy and sunlight later?"

Simply increasing grain yields instead of achieving self-sufficient nutritional supplements all at once has indeed reduced the difficulty by a lot.

But in the end, Zhong Cang didn't do that.

No need.

"If I have no idea, this is indeed a good idea. But in three to five days at most, my druid level will be raised. By then, I will have a stronger control over plants, and it will be very likely that I can cultivate the crops I want."

"It's only three or five days. I can still wait."

Although the experiment failed, Shuang Lingxue was not too anxious. Instead, she comforted Zhong Cang and told him not to be sad or anxious.

To be honest, Zhong Cang was really touched by this angel investor who only gave money and didn't ask for too many requirements. Zhong Cang's favorability towards her also increased a lot because of this.

Just like that, after some encouragement, Shuang Lingxue left.

As for Zhong Cang, after Shuang Lingxue left, he immediately came to the memory tree Yiliu.

Even though it wasn't the first time he saw her, Zhong Cang was still amazed when he saw Yiliu's jade-like and radiant figure.

What Zhong Cang is looking forward to even more is what kind of abilities he will gain after transforming into the Memory Tree.

"Regarding memory...will I gain photographic memory, a mind palace, or something like that?"

(End of this chapter)