In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.
Ever since Xia Jingxing discovered that the edge of the Formation had been tampered with, he had been on high alert every day.
While diligently improving his cultivation, he would also inspect the edge of the Formation daily.
After several consecutive days with nothing happening, he finally relaxed a little.
He guessed that these people must be planning something, but it had not yet begun.
At this moment, Xia Jingxing looked at the rows of small sprouts emerging from the blood coagulation grass spiritual plant field, a joyful smile appearing on his lips.
"After waiting for ten days, they've finally sprouted!"
【Name: blood coagulation grass
Talent Attribute: Blood Qi Enhancement (2%)】
【Cannot be absorbed until 100%】
"It seems I can only absorb its talent when it's fully mature!"
"So thirsty!"
"So thirsty!"
"I'm going to starve to death!"
As soon as he released his ability, he heard the infant-like complaints from the seedlings.
The blood coagulation grass was the last to sprout among these few acres of Spirit Medicine, four days later than expected.
The other Spirit Medicine had already sprouted.
He checked the condition of these blood coagulation grass seedlings and the soil.
The soil was a little harder than a few days ago, likely because it was approaching summer, and the strong sun had evaporated the moisture.
Without a word, he immediately channeled stream water from a nearby well to irrigate this acre of spiritual plant field.
A moment later, the blood coagulation grass seedlings finally drank their fill of water and stopped crying out for thirst.
"Full!"
"If only there was some more nourishment!"
"The soil has nothing!"
"So tight!"
"Can't breathe!"
Xia Jingxing pondered, hearing this. blood coagulation grass was one of the Spirit Medicine he chose that had more demanding planting requirements; nutrients, water, and so on all needed to be met for it to mature within the normal timeframe.
However, once blood coagulation grass matured, it would bring him the most profit; one stalk of blood coagulation grass was worth one Spirit Stone more than polygonatum root.
Although not much, an acre has about a hundred stalks, so he could earn an extra hundred Spirit Stones in the end.
"The Hog Badger's manure isn't much, so I'll have to prioritize the blood coagulation grass first."
As a Yao Beast, the Hog Badger ate spiritual bamboo shoots, so the manure it produced naturally contained traces of Spiritual Qi, and pig manure could make the soil loose and fertile.
It could both improve the spiritual plant field's breathability and provide the necessary nutrients for growth.
Unfortunately, he had only accumulated three barrels of pig manure in ten days.
Three barrels of pig manure could only irrigate one acre of land.
He had originally intended to use it for the Cinnabar Root, as Cinnabar Root's value was only slightly lower than blood coagulation grass. Now that blood coagulation grass had sprouted, it naturally took priority.
He came to the pigsty next to the courtyard, led the domesticated Hog Badger into the trough, and quickly directed the manure produced last night into a nearby manure bucket.
At this time, the Hog Badger had grown three sizes larger under his careful feeding, and its bristles had become even sharper.
Its 'hiss-grunt!' sounds had also become deeper, and it was no longer afraid of him, the two-legged beast.
Although their droppings didn't stink, and instead carried a faint bamboo fragrance, the presence of pig manure in the courtyard always displeased him.
So, he moved the pigsty to a spot next to the courtyard, near the mottled bamboo forest, making it convenient for him to harvest bamboo shoots to feed them at any time.
As for the Medicine Seeking Badger, he tied it up in the courtyard, thinking that if they saw each other daily, its wariness towards him would gradually decrease over time.
It would also be easier to tame later.
Immediately, he collected the three barrels of Hog Badger manure and came to the blood coagulation grass.
He carefully poured it onto the roots of the blood coagulation grass seedlings.
The Hog Badger manure was somewhat thin and runny; as soon as it was poured onto the spiritual plant field, it soaked into the soil.
"So stinky!"
"Finally some nourishment!"
"The smell isn't bad!"
"It doesn't seem to stink anymore! It's a bit fragrant!"
Xia Jingxing only felt that the blood coagulation grass had a rather strong taste.
Certain senses of spiritual plants are much stronger than those of humans, so it was normal for them to detect different smells.
A moment later, he had just finished irrigating one acre of blood coagulation grass with his three barrels of pig manure. He also rinsed the buckets with well water, pouring the rinse water into the five-fragrance rice field.
"So painful, so painful!"
"Don't bite anymore! Don't bite anymore!"
"It really hurts!"
"Stinky bugs, go away!"
Upon hearing this, Xia Jingxing hurriedly went to the five-fragrance rice seedlings to observe them.
【Name: five-fragrance rice
Talent Attribute: Satiety (3%)】
【Cannot be absorbed】
He saw countless white flying insects crawling on the three-inch-tall rice seedlings, gnawing at the leaves, leaving them pitted and uneven.
"Where did these flying insects come from?"
He was puzzled; when he checked the growth state of the rice seedlings two days ago, there was no such situation.
These flying insects must have arrived in the past two days.
He then checked several other places and found that almost every rice field had flying insects, but the number of insects varied on different plants.
The side closer to the well had more.
"Could there be a problem with the well?"
He went to the well. The water surface was calm, showing only some weeds, no wriggling small insects, and the water quality was no different from the source stream.
"It's not the well that has a problem; it must be something in the vicinity!"
He released all his abilities, and instantly, a flood of voices came.
"Don't build nests at my roots!"
"Don't gnaw on my roots!"
"It hurts! Help!"
Several rather abrupt spiritual plant heart voices quickly caught his attention.
After identifying them, he came to the spiritual plants from which the voices emanated.
【Name: Sheep's Hoof Grass
Talent Attribute: Hemostasis】
【Cannot be absorbed】
These were sheep's hoof grass, named because their leaves resembled sheep's hooves. They tasted sweet and were spiritual plants that had just entered the ranks. Their roots and stems had certain hemostatic medicinal effects.
Sheep's hoof grass liked to grow in loose soil, especially sandy soil, which facilitated its extensive root system in absorbing nutrients.
He saw a large number of flying insects going in and out of the dense small holes in the soil at the base of the sheep's hoof grass, some directly climbing onto the leaves of the sheep's hoof grass to feed.
The originally vibrant green leaves were covered with a layer of white flying insects.
"Indeed, there's a flying insect nest!"
Xia Jingxing was somewhat unfamiliar with these flying insects, but that didn't prevent him from destroying this insect nest.
He used a shovel to gently dig at the base of the sheep's hoof grass. As soon as he turned over the soil, a large number of white flying insects swarmed towards him.
'Buzz, buzz, buzz...' sounds like mosquitoes circled around him.
"This won't do! I need to find a way to solve this, otherwise, the remaining few acres of Spiritual Plant fields might also suffer!"
Soon, he thought of the rapidly growing ghost face grass nearby; the toxins in its sap might be able to eliminate these flying insects.
The low toxicity of ghost face grass was relative to Cultivators, but for tiny flying insects, it was highly poisonous.
If that didn't work, he would use fire to eliminate them, though that would consume some Spiritual Qi.
He immediately walked to the side and began picking ghost face grass, then put it in a bucket and crushed it.
As the dark green sap appeared, he immediately used the Water Guiding Spell, pouring the toxic sap from the bucket into the flying insect nest.
After a few 'whoosh' sounds, the flying insect nest was completely filled with the toxic sap, and a large number of white insects overflowed.
Initially, these insects were still wriggling, but then they simply died.
"It really has some effect!"
He then released flames from both hands, attempting to eliminate the flying insects in the air.
After several waves of flame attacks, only a few scattered flying insects remained.
Sheep's Hoof Grass: "Comfortable! They're finally gone!"
He checked the surroundings again and found another flying insect nest, though this one was smaller than the previous one.
He repeated the method from before, destroying the insect nest again.
"I can't use toxic sap on the rice seedlings."
Although the ghost face grass's toxins were mild, they could easily react slightly with other Spirit Medicine. If the sap contaminated the Spirit Medicine, it could lead to failed Alchemy or poisoning, and he wouldn't be able to explain it.
Selling to the market would be fine as the source couldn't be traced, but selling to the Family would be quite inhumane.
Although ghost face grass sap couldn't be used, he thought of another method.
First, he used a stream of water to wash away the flying insects. The water mixed with flying insects was then collected into a bucket containing ghost face grass sap, thus reducing the damage to the rice seedlings.