Druid in the Xianxia world

Chapter 63 Spell Selection, Third Ring Spell: Plague
When planting the seeds that grew in symbiosis with the parasitic moss, Zhong Cang had great expectations, and the final result did not disappoint him.

Relying on the magic power of life to stimulate the growth of grain seeds in the spiritual field, Zhong Cang harvested a plump wheat plant after a cup of tea.

After picking the wheat ears with his hands and rubbing them hard, some emerald green wheat grains appeared in Zhong Cang's palm.

Because the color of the wheat grains was not golden, Zhong Cang was a little worried at first, but soon, he felt the presence of spiritual power from these wheat grains, which immediately made Zhong Cang breathe a sigh of relief.

"I succeeded... No, not completely. These grains were planted on spiritual land and my magic power was used to stimulate their growth, so they are now producing ears and bearing fruit. Those grains planted on barren land don't have such good nutrition and conditions, so I don't know what the final result will be."

"If it can't be grown on barren land or can't withstand cold conditions, we need to continue improving it."

Thinking this way, Zhong Cang did not use his magic power to stimulate the growth of the green No. 1 grain seed in the wasteland.

His own life force has a very good effect on wheat seeds. Even if the plants are sick, Zhong Cang can make them recover to normal and grow safely, and provide them with all the nutrients they need for growth.

Therefore, most plants that are ripened by Zhong Cang's magic power of life will grow to their optimal state, or even beyond their limit.

But the current situation is that Zhong Cang's magic power is too effective.

Once the magic power is input, the planted crops will surely grow healthily, and Zhong Cang will not be able to discover the hidden dangers of the green grain seeds.

But he couldn't really grow crops every day like an old farmer - he still needed to practice, and as a single person, he didn't have the energy to take care of too many fields.

The best way to ensure that all the people in the world, or the people around Snow Lake City, have enough food is to enable ordinary farmers to plant crops on wasteland.

But those poor people don’t have Zhong Cang’s abilities… For their sake, and to find out the hidden dangers of the Green No. 1 grain, Zhong Cang thought about not using his magic power as much as possible.

……

For Zhong Cang, the gains from this advancement are huge.

Not only did his strength improve greatly, but thanks to Tess's advancement, he also found a way to cultivate high-yield and cold-resistant crops.

Because of the huge gains, Zhong Cang still had a smile on his face in his sleep in the second half of the night.

The next day, in order to report the good news to Shuang Lingxue, he got up early, washed, and rushed to Xuehu Taoist Temple.

Then he found that Shuang Lingxue didn't come.

"..."

This scene made Zhong Cang silent for a moment, but he didn't find it too strange.

Xuehu Taoist Academy only has large classes. In addition, each branch Taoist academy also has its own courses.

At the same time, some people from wealthy families would hire teachers from outside to teach them.

Cultivation emphasizes freedom and true self, and will not deliberately restrict students. This makes it easy for students at the Xuehu Taoist Academy to not come at any time - after all, if the Taoist practice fails, it is the students themselves who will regret it, not the teachers of the Taoist Academy.

Zhong Cang had the experience of not coming before, so he understood why Shuang Lingxue didn't come because she had something to do.

"Forget it, let's just have the party later. It's a good time to choose the spell first."

Arriving at his own 'throne', Zhong Cang did not immediately open the spell to read it, but instead prepared to rely on the spirit awakening technique to open the spiritual intelligence of the ginkgo tree that had helped him so much.

However, just as he was about to activate the spell, a sense of alertness arose in Zhong Cang's heart.

People who practice Taoism never dare to ignore their sixth sense, and Zhong Cang is no exception.

Closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Zhong Cang gradually understood where the warning came from:

"Because my mana is weak, and the ginkgo tree's accumulated wisdom is too deep, if I cast the awakening spell now, I'm very likely to fail midway... While the awakening spell primarily burns memories and thoughts, that doesn't mean mana is unimportant; it's ultimately the foundation of all miracles." Furthermore, the tree's vicissitudes of life can usually only be burned once. If I fail this time, it will be like failing to overcome a tribulation, which will have a significant impact on the ginkgo tree."

"..."

After confirming this, Zhong Cang did not dare to act rashly. He apologized to the ginkgo tree and asked it to wait for a while. Zhong Cang then closed his eyes and browsed his druid spell column.

"I currently have two spell slots, one second-level and one third-level."

Zhong Cang did not hesitate for too long for the second-level spell and finally chose the secondary recovery spell.

This spell cures a creature of disease, poison, paralysis, or blindness.

Zhong Cang's current life force can only replenish vitality and heal wounds, but the effect on diseases and poisoning is not ideal. Secondary recovery techniques can free Zhong Cang from toxins or other negative conditions.

Of course, this is only one of the reasons why Zhong Cang chose it. The second reason is the principle of how this spell works.

"Restoration, restoration... The underlying mechanism of this spell, which allows creatures to escape disease and poisoning, is likely to restore the body to a perfect state."

"Such a display of ability is very likely related to time..."

Any ability related to time will not be weak.

Especially the restoration technique. If one has a deep enough understanding of time and expands this ability, Zhong Cang can even use advanced restoration techniques on objects.

"The specific principles are a bit far-fetched for me, so let's just focus on the present..."

After choosing the secondary restoration spell for the second-level spell slot, the third-level spell slot gave Zhong Cang a headache.

It’s not that the three-ring spells are useless, but Zhong Cang valued two spells and was deeply entangled with them.

The first spell is elemental. Of course, it is not the famous fireball, but thunder.

As the most representative force of heaven, the power of thunder is needless to say.

More importantly, Zhong Cang possesses the Cloud Chanting Technique, which can summon thick dark clouds, and the Thunder Summoning Technique, which can summon thunder from the air to strike the enemy.

Combining the two, Zhong Cang's thunder summoning technique is not only more powerful, but with the help of the thick dark clouds, he can even turn a single thunder summoning technique into a group thunder.

"However, although the Thunder Summoning Technique is good, the Plague Technique is also good. It can infect the enemy with the disease of my choice. If used well, it can kill the enemy."

Leprosy, smallpox, rabies, AIDS, Ebola virus... Thinking of that series of terrible viruses, Zhong Cang himself still felt a lingering fear.

"Since it's so hard to decide, I'll just choose both. I have a third-level spell slot at level five, and another at level six, one for Call Thunder and one for Plague. For now, I'll choose Plague."

"Buzz!"

As Zhong Cang chose the spell, vast knowledge instantly flooded into his mind. Then, he discovered that plague magic was not actually mysticism, but a science of the magical world.

He wanted his enemies to suffer from certain diseases, so he had to find the pathogens, gain a deep understanding of them, and then use his own 'mana' to simulate them.

Only when the simulation is successful can he use his spells on the enemy.

"Understand first, then apply. That's real science."

"Fortunately, I have the secondary restoration technique that can remove the disease in my body. Otherwise, it would be really troublesome..."

(End of this chapter)