Chapter 141 - The Insect Scripture
"Patriarch..."
"Elder Zhang..."
As familiar faces appeared under the spiritual light, the black shadow monk's face turned pale and his heart was as dead as death.
The Zhang family's patriarch Zhang Yutang, two elders from the Discipline Hall, and the head female cultivator of the Heavenly Sword Sect, the lowest among the four people was at the seventh level of Qi training, and it was as easy to deal with him who was only at the middle level of Qi training as to kill an ant.
"Chengwen, I didn't expect that it was you who caused the insect infestation in the family! Do you know what you are doing?!"
Zhang Yutang had recognized the true face under the black shadow, and said with regret.
"Patriarch, I have no choice but to do this."
"An elder from the Wan family found me and said that he would place some insect eggs in our family's spiritual plant garden. When they mature, he will give me enough spiritual stones and magic tools as a reward."
"He also said that it would only have a certain impact on the spiritual plants, and the output of spiritual peaches would be reduced. I was bewitched and agreed to his request."
"So you choose to sacrifice the interests of the family to satisfy your selfishness?"
Zhang Yutang said indifferently with a face as cold as frost.
"What do you mean by sacrificing the interests of the family? Isn't it the interests of the Tianjian Sect?"
"Our Zhang family has spent a lot of time and energy on cultivation for generations, just to help them grow some spiritual fruits. What's the point?!"
"What's the point? If we don't grow these spiritual fruits, where will the spiritual stones for the family's survival and growth come from? Where will the spiritual stones and pills for your cultivation come from?"
"It is precisely because of this opportunity given by the Tianjian Sect senior that you can cultivate in the Zhang family with peace of mind, without having to fight for a little bit of cultivation resources with life and death."
"It is precisely because of this little friendship that when there are talented cultivators in the future, it will be easier for them to join the Tianjian Sect and ensure that the Zhang family bloodline will be passed down from generation to generation."
"What's the point?"
Zhang Yutang shouted at the shadow cultivator in a stern voice.
"Forget it, you have already damaged the interests of the Tianjian Sect senior and the Zhang family. There is no point in saying more."
"Two elders, just deal with the evil offspring of the Zhang family according to the rules. Don't show mercy. Give him a hard lesson."
Zhang Yutang took a long breath, eased his emotions, and said to the two elders of the Discipline Hall behind him.
"Sister Yao, I'm sorry to see such a family scandal."
"Don't worry, the Zhang family will solve this problem as soon as possible and ensure that all the water peaches return to normal as quickly as possible. The number and quality of the peaches delivered at one time will be in line with previous years."
He promised the beautiful woman next to him.
Yao Qing nodded gently.
"Brother Zhang, just do it with confidence. Uncle He and I will continue to trust the Zhang family."
Hearing this, Zhang Yutang felt relieved and rushed to the Zhang family ancestral hall in a hurry, intending to solve the pest problem quickly with a thunderous state.
Two days later, Lu Xuan was patrolling the spiritual plant garden aimlessly.
His control of fire magic was average, and he could not find the mimic insect without affecting the water peach spiritual plant.
Among the three, only the ordinary-looking young cultivator Yan Ping met this condition, so this important task could only fall on him. As for him and Yao Qing, they patrolled the spiritual plant garden to avoid accidents.
In the past two days, the Zhang family and the Wan family on another island had a lot of fights because of the mimicry insect incident, and many monks died.
Zhang Yutang, the head of the Zhang family, insisted on solving it himself, so Lu Xuan and the other two did not get involved, and focused on solving the water peach pests.
The spiritual plant garden was full of wet and swampy places, and Lu Xuan's patrol speed was extremely slow.
Suddenly, he became alert and subconsciously used the cloud-soaring technique, instantly jumping to the other side.
A green tongue like a tentacle nailed to the position where Lu Xuan was before, and the fishy smell spread, making people want to vomit.
Wherever the tongue passed, and where it landed, there was a sizzling sound, and wisps of unpleasant white smoke rose up. A black mark remained on the ground, showing how toxic the green tongue was.
In a flash, Lu Xuan noticed that a huge light green toad appeared seven or eight feet away. As the green tongue missed the target and was retracted into its mouth, the patterns on the light green toad's body kept changing, as if it had merged with the surrounding environment.
"Interesting."
Lu Xuan found it interesting to see that the ability of the green toad was very similar to that of the mimic insect.
"Cultivating such a large number of mimic insects should be used to feed this strange toad."
He thought so in his heart, but his movements were not affected at all. With a thought, several talismans like small swords appeared in his hands.
"Mimicry, right? As long as my attack range is wide enough, it doesn't matter what form you imitate!"
Five second-grade sword energy talismans were quietly activated and flew to different directions.
Suddenly, with Lu Xuan as the center, thousands of sword qi flew in all directions like swimming fish.
Under such all-round firepower, the light green toad that blended into the surrounding environment was soon scratched by more than ten tiny sword qi.
The figure of the emerald green toad emerged, and a piercing cry came out of its mouth. One after another, tiny wounds appeared on the surface of the toad's body, and emerald green blood oozed from the wounds and flowed all over its body.
Under the thousands of sword qi, the wounds became more and more, and finally the light green toad was directly cut into countless remains.
Lu Xuan jumped up, and his spiritual consciousness quickly locked onto a cultivator in the distance. His index finger and middle finger were put together and straightened, and a golden sword qi shot out and attacked the cultivator.
After the death of the light green toad, the cultivator's movements were greatly affected by the traction of his heart and blood.
He knew that the toad he had raised with great difficulty was solved so easily, and he endured the severe pain and fled quickly.
"Damn it, this Tianjian Sect cultivator actually has so many second-grade talismans!"
He gritted his teeth. He originally thought that after cultivating the rare toad, he could rely on its mimicry ability and toxicity to deal with the high-level Qi training cultivators. Unexpectedly, this Tianjian Sect cultivator did not follow martial ethics and sacrificed several second-grade talismans at once, easily killing the poisonous toad insects.
As his thoughts surged, the golden sword energy came behind him at a speed beyond his imagination.
The sword energy did not hit the shield behind him head-on, but circled half a circle, and pierced into his chest in the incredible eyes of the cultivator.
"What realm of sword energy is this? It can turn at such a long distance..."
As the thought came to his mind, a red needle as thin as a hair pierced into his forehead, twisted it fiercely in his mind, and crushed his sea of consciousness into pieces.
Lu Xuan landed beside the cultivator, added a sword energy, and released another evil-repelling talisman to ensure that no evil spirits were generated. Then he took back the red needle and took off the storage bag on the cultivator's waist.
Spirit stones, magic tools, elixirs...
"The Insect Classic?"
A book caught Lu Xuan's attention.
Just as he was about to open it, Yao Qing and Yan Ping landed beside Lu Xuan.
"Junior Brother Lu is really quick to act. When Junior Brother Yan and I heard the noise and wanted to come over to help, we had already discovered that Junior Brother Lu was going to deal with the attacking monks."
Yao Qing glanced over and saw the remains of pale green toads and the corpses of monks who died with their eyes open.
"There is no other way. As a spiritual plant master, I have to prepare more protective items."
"In order to deal with the enemy, I used several second-grade sword energy talismans. It's a big loss!"
"If I had known that Senior Sister Yao and Senior Brother Yan were coming, I would not have been in a hurry to deal with this man."
Lu Xuan's face showed a trace of pain, and he seemed very reluctant to part with those second-grade talismans.
(End of this chapter)