Chapter 192
Hearing Kang Kang's words, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi were stunned.
The Bluebeard Mother Tree wants Kang Kang to be the lord?
Is this true or false?
"Did it really say that?" Tang Yu'an asked Kang Kang.
Kang Kang nodded, looking at Tang Yu'an with his big eyes, waiting for his explanation curiously and ignorantly.
Tang Yu'an hesitated for a moment, then said, "Do you still remember the big brother with blue hair and blue eyes who was very handsome today?"
Kang Kang nodded.
"He is Brother Yunqing, and he is now the lord of Lanhu Town." Tang Yu'an said, "Everyone who lives in Lanhu Forest must listen to him."
In addition to rights, there are naturally obligations.
Zhou Qi, who was standing beside him, continued, "Lord Lan Hu must protect Lan Hu Lin and stay here."
"October's mom said we should be together!"
"Does it mean that it wants to stay with you forever?" Tang Yu'an tried to translate.
"Yeah!" Kang Kang nodded again.
"So what do you think?"
Tang Yu'an felt that letting Kang Kang be the lord of Lanhu Town was a bit too much of a joke. He was only a few years old, and today was his first time in Lanhu Town.
Kang Kang tilted his head, then threw himself into Tang Yu'an's arms and said in a baby voice, "I want to be with my brother! Together!"
Then the child looked up at Zhou Qi next to him and stretched out his little hands to hold him.
Obviously, although he likes his new mother October, his favorite are still his two brothers.
But he thought of something and quickly started counting on his fingers again.
"And Grandma... Liangliang... Lily... Mom... Brother Qiu... Liangliang... Shiyue... Mumu..."
The children's names were counted one by one, and a long list was drawn up.
Kang Kang is no longer the lonely child who only had the mutant lantern grass as a friend. He now has many playmates. After all, the mother blue beard tree came too late.
Moreover, at least Grandma Guo must be brought here so that Kang Kang can have a chance to stay in Lanhu Town.
But to be honest, although the climate in Lanhu Town is comfortable, it is definitely not as safe as the deserted city home with a protective barrier.
As for the mutant insect during the day, the moment it showed aggressiveness, it would be eliminated by the protective barrier.
Unless Store No. 5 is open to the Blue Hu people, and the two all-weather functions of the protective barrier are unlocked, all the Blue Hu people will be included in the overnight accommodation list.
Otherwise, it would be better for Granny Guo and Kang Kang to stay in their home in the deserted city at this stage.
Kang Kang was counting his good friends. As he was counting, he began to yawn, then slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Tang Yu'an pulled the quilt to cover him, then looked at Zhou Qi and said good night to him.
Zhou Qi touched the top of his head and watched the boy close his eyes before he looked out the window.
A branch was resting on the half-open window. It was secretly growing inside, but when Zhou Qi saw it, it stopped where it was.
Zhou Qi looked for a while and then looked away.
Instead, the small green vine wrapped around Tang Yu'an's hair became ferocious, emitting a faint glow, then grew rapidly, snapping the window shut.
Tang Yu'an hummed unconsciously, and the green vine in the air stiffened slightly. When the boy fell asleep again, it shrank back and continued to turn into small green vines that wrapped around his hair.
Through the glass window, you can see the shadow of the blue beech tree, which exudes a sense of pity and grievance under the moonlight.
Zhou Qi shook his head. Knowing that he was protected by the emerald, he finally closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.
Have a good night's sleep.
When Tang Yu'an woke up the next day, the sun was shining brightly outside the window.
The little green vine wrapped around his hair was quiet and very well-behaved, without any trace of the aggressive look it had shown last night when facing the blue beard mother tree that wanted to invade the room.
After breakfast, Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi prepared to take Kang Kang for a walk in Lanhu Town.
During this period, they were busy building branches and were always running around. Later, they stayed in the other dimension for three months and had not yet taken a close look at Lanhu Town.
Now that the crisis in Lanhu Town has been resolved, we can naturally relax.
But as soon as they went out, they found that the Blue Hu people they met along the way all had strange expressions when they saw them.
When he accidentally met Blue Moon on the road, he seemed to be hesitant to speak, and hesitant to speak.
Tang Yu'an asked directly: "Brother Liang, what happened?"
“No, nothing…”
Blue Moon hesitated for a moment, then quickly straightened his face and said, "I heard about what happened yesterday. Thank you for saving Lan Hulin. You are the great benefactors of Lan Hu Town!"
"Lord Yunqing has already thanked you. We are friends and will do business here in the future. It is only natural that we help Lanhu Town."
Tang Yu'an waved his hand and then continued bluntly, "Why do people look at us so strangely?"
Lan Yueliang's face froze slightly. He smiled bitterly and his eyes fell on Kang Kang.
The child hid behind Tang Yu'an, his two little hands tightly grasping Tang Yu'an's clothes, with only a little head exposed, looking at him timidly.
"Is this Master Kang Kang?"
Blue Moon said with a complicated expression, "I heard... the Mother Tree wants Master Kang Kang to be the lord of our Lanhu Town."
Tang Yuan: 0.0
The blue beard mother tree is actually serious!
Tang Yu'an thought for a moment and said, "Kang Kang is still young. I'm afraid he can't be the lord."
Judging from the attitude of the Lanhu people, they are probably unwilling to do so.
After all, Kang Kang is not only young, but also an outsider. It is hard to accept that he wants to be their leader on his first day in Lanhu Town.
Unexpectedly, Blue Moon said, "We will listen to the mother tree."
Lanhu Town is different from other places.
Here, the Bluebeard Mother Tree holds an absolute position, and only those recognized by the Mother Tree can be the lord.
After all, the Blue Hu people have been able to survive safely in this wasteland for so many years entirely thanks to the Blue Hu Lin.
Once they anger the Bluebeard Mother Tree and are driven out by the Bluebeard Forest, they will lose their foundation for survival in the wasteland, so no matter what decision the Bluebeard Mother Tree makes, they can only accept it.
Of course, this is what I say intellectually, but it is inevitably complicated emotionally.
They truly supported Lord Lan Yunqing, and he had handled the crisis well. The townspeople didn't think he needed to be removed from office...
Although Master Kang Kang has a unique ability in wood-related abilities, can he really become a manager?
Can the tens of thousands of people in Lanhu Town really accept the leadership of a child of a few years old?
Not to mention the dilemma faced by townspeople like Blue Moon, even Tang Yu'an felt that things were becoming increasingly difficult.
The mother blue beard tree wouldn’t want to force Kang Kang to stay, right?
Although they were confident that they could escape with Kang Kang, this was obviously not the development they wanted. After all, they still had to continue doing business with the Lanhu people in the future!
Just when Tang Yu'an felt a headache, there was a commotion by the lake.
"What's going on over there?" Tang Yu'an couldn't help but ask.
"Let's go and take a look." Zhou Qi said.
Soon, they brought Kang Kang to the lake, only to see that the several acres of rice fields that the Lanhu people had previously opened up had all withered overnight.
Lan Yunqing is comforting the farmers in the rice fields.
“The mother trees have begun to recover and no other crops can be grown in the blue hu forest,” he explained to the townspeople.
In fact, even cultivated land on the edge of the blue hulin has been affected.
But there is no way around it. The blue beech tree has always had a very domineering character, and almost no grass grows under the blue beech tree.
Previously, it was because the mother tree was weak that other plants were given breathing space. Now that the disease has been removed, the blue hulin has taken over the land again and no longer allows other plants to coexist.
The townspeople had no choice but to accept reality and began to pull out the withered rice seedlings in the fields.
At this time, Lan Yunqing also noticed the arrival of Tang Yu'an and the other two.
After saying hello, he led them away from the crowd and spoke to them in the Blue Hu Forest.
The first thing Lan Yunqing asked about was the anthelmintic medicine.
"Maybe we need to wait a little longer." Tang Yu'an said.
The seven-day sale will not be refreshed until tomorrow. If the seven-day sale is not refreshed, you have to check whether it is available in the plane store.
Of course, he felt that it should be possible to refresh it, and Brother Xiaoqi was very confident about this.
"I understand. I was too impatient."
As Lan Yunqing spoke, his eyes fell on Kang Kang, and then he talked about the special fluctuations of the Blue Hu Mother Tree that he sensed this morning.
Although he could not communicate directly with the mother tree, he was familiar with the matters concerning the handover of the lord, so he accurately guessed what the Bluebeard mother tree meant.
Lan Yunqing had no objection to this.
After all, it was indeed his fault this time. He failed to detect the existence of the mutant insect in the first time, and he deserved any punishment.
"Master Kang Kang, I think the mother tree should have mentioned it to you."
Lan Yunqing squatted down in front of the child, his expression solemn and his tone sincere, "Are you willing to become the new lord of Lanhu Town?"
Kang Kang couldn't help but look up at Tang Yu'an.
Tang Yu'an touched his head and said, "Just tell me what you really think."
"I want to go home..." Kang Kang said in a low voice.
Although it was his first time traveling far away and everything was new to him, after one night, when the excitement wore off, he began to miss his mother-in-law.
"Don't you want to stay in Lanhu Town?" Lan Yunqing showed a look of regret.
If there were a great planting master like Kang Kang, they would be able to know the condition of the mother tree in time and avoid this incident from happening again.
"What do you want me to do to make you willing to stay?" Lan Yunqing did not give up easily.
Kang Kang shook his head and reached out to hug Tang Yu'an's legs.
Seeing this, Lan Yunqing did not force him any further, but said gently: "Lan Hulin still needs your help. Can you wait a few days until the mother tree's condition stabilizes before you go back?"
Looking at Lan Yunqing's gentle smile, Kang Kang was stunned, and the panic in his heart gradually disappeared.
"Yeah!" He nodded and continued, "Beautiful!"
"What?
"Brother is so handsome!" Kang Kang couldn't help but stretch out her little hand and touched his beautiful and smooth long hair, then quickly retracted it and shyly hid behind Tang Yu'an.
Lan Yunqing was stunned at first, then he laughed.
"Thank you Master Kang Kang for the compliment. It's my honor."
Tang Yu'an and Kang Kang were stunned again.
Zhou Qi coughed lightly, picked up Kang Kang, then took Tang Yu'an's hand and said, "Let's go for a walk."
"Okay, do you need a guide?"
"No."
Lan Yunqing nodded and told them that they could move around freely. Now the entire Lanhu Town was no longer a restricted area for them.
"Thanks."
Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi took Kang Kang for a stroll. From time to time, branches of the blue beech tree would stretch out, and Kang Kang would talk to it in gibberish.
Out of curiosity, Tang Yu'an asked what Kang Kang had said.
Kang Kang said distressedly that the mother blue beard tree had been trying to persuade him to stay and be the lord, but when he said no, it started to act like a spoiled child and act like a spoiled child.
"October Mom, you're not good!"
Tang Yu'an became more worried after listening to this. Could it be that the Blue Hu mother tree really failed to abduct her and wanted to use force?
But his worries seemed unnecessary.
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When I woke up the next day, the seven-day sale interface was refreshed on time.
[Seven-day sale (remaining refresh time: six days)]
1. Intermediate Healing Potion (6/6): 400 points/bottle
2. Strong Antiparasitic Drug (6/6): 200 points/bottle
3. Construction Robot (1/1): 6688 points/unit
4. Space Stone (2/2): 48888 points/piece
5. Purple Sleeping Pillow (2/2): 6888 points/piece
This time, I got six bottles of powerful insect repellent! Tang Yu'an was very happy, and the other special sale items were also very useful.
"Two space stones have appeared, we can continue to upgrade the furniture!" Tang Yu'an shared happily with Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi nodded with mixed feelings.
He touched the lucky marbles in the cloth bag on his chest. Is this bonus really useful?
Then he heard Tang Yu'an say, "Why is this magical furniture so expensive?"
Zhou Qi glanced at the seven-day sale interface and finally noticed the last item, the purple-red carpet. The price was indeed much higher than before.
"It seems like the Yinglv double bed only cost 288 points before?"
What kind of pillow is this? It’s so expensive?
However, when they saw the properties of the pillow, they all fell silent.
【Purple Sleeping Pillow】
Description: Level 1, purple-red series magical furniture created by the furniture elf Fu Fu, no warranty service, if there is any problem, you can pay to summon the elf for repair.
Function: When a living being uses the Sleeping Pillow, a protective shield with a radius of the user's height will be generated around it, allowing the user to gain 80% physical damage and 50% psychic damage reduction.
A pillow that can be used as a shield?
Tang Yu'an quickly bought a purple sleeping pillow and started trying it out with Zhou Qi.
Finally, they found that the protective shield of the purple sleeping pillow would only be triggered when lying down and resting your head on the pillow.
So the sleeping pillow can't be used as a shield, after all...
"We can't suddenly take out a pillow and lie down to sleep while fighting, right?" Tang Yu'an muttered.
"Why not?" Zhou Qi said.
"Ah?" Tang Yu'an looked confused.
"The sleeping pillow can be further upgraded, right?" Zhou Qi asked.
Tang Yu'an nodded, then glanced at the upgrade interface, "Level 2 effect is 90% physical damage and 60% psychic damage reduction..."
As soon as he finished reading, he understood what Zhou Qi meant.
"If it's upgraded to level 3, will it have 100% physical damage reduction?" Tang Yu'an's eyes lit up slightly, "Wouldn't that make it invulnerable to swords and guns?"
Although it cannot completely protect against people with special abilities, it is no problem for ordinary people.
Moreover, the radius of this protective shield is based on the user's height, which means that other people can lie inside the protective shield!
If the user is tall enough, standing is no problem.
"Yeah." Zhou Qi said, "In the future, when you can't fight or escape, maybe you can lie down and sleep."
Tang Yu'an imagined the battle scene and couldn't help laughing.
"Okay, I'll buy it first and upgrade it slowly."
Moreover, they can use it when they sleep in the wild. Although it cannot 100% prevent attacks, at least they don’t have to worry about being killed by one blow.
Overall, it is quite practical.
Tang Yu'an started shopping spree and spent more than 120,000 points to buy all the items on sale for seven days.
After putting them into their portable storage, they took two bottles of powerful insect repellent and prepared to go find Lan Yunqing.
But before they could go out, they saw Lan Yunqing appear at the door in a panic, as if he had something important to discuss with them.
"Brother Yunqing, what's wrong?" Tang Yu'an asked.
"Something seems to be wrong with the mother tree." He frowned, and his face, which had just improved a little, became haggard again.
"Can Master Kang Kang go and take a look?" he asked.
Tang Yu'an looked at Kang Kang, and Kang Kang nodded his head. He then said, "Of course."
So they were transferred to Lan Hulin by Lan Yunqing. Even Tang Yu'an, who had no wood-related abilities, could see the problem without Lan Yunqing's explanation.
Although the mutant insects were eliminated, Lan Hulin's condition did not seem to improve.
The leaves are wilted, many yellow leaves have fallen, and no new buds have grown on the branches.
Although the time was still relatively short, Tang Yu'an had come into contact with blue beard seedlings before and knew that the growth rate of blue beard trees was actually quite fast.
Otherwise, it would not have grown into a forest covering such a vast area in just a few decades.
Looking at Lan Yunqing's anxious look, you can tell that this is probably not normal.
"A lot of yellow leaves have appeared today, and the mother tree doesn't look very happy." Lan Yunqing said worriedly, "Could it be that it has been infested with insect eggs again?"
Tang Yu'an suspected that the mother blue beard tree was sad because Kang Kang refused to stay many times.
Then I heard Kang Kang say, "October Mom, I'm hungry!"
"Hungry?" Tang Yu'an reached out and touched Kang Kang's belly, and asked, "Does it mean you're hungry?"
Kang Kang nodded, pointed at the soil under his feet and said, "It's not fertile!"
His meaning was so clear that even Lan Yunqing understood. He asked anxiously, "Does this mean that the soil in Lanhu Town has lost its fertility and cannot support the growth of mother trees?"
"Yes!" Kang Kang responded seriously.
Lan Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the mutant insects didn't appear again, it wouldn't be too bad.
In fact, Lanhu Town also has many ways to solve the problem of soil fertility loss, such as burying manure, transporting more fertile soil from other places, etc.
Now that we have found the problem, we need to quickly arrange personnel to solve it.
He thanked Kang Kang and was about to leave to arrange for manpower when he heard Tang Yu'an say, "Brother Yunqing, we know of a mutant plant that can turn soil into fertile black soil. Are you interested in learning more about it?"
Lan Yunqing was stunned. "There are actually plants like this in the wasteland?"
"Yes, yes."
Tang Yu'an nodded. "Besides, this plant grows very fast and the fruits it produces are very delicious. It is an excellent crop."
"What is the name of this plant? Where can I get it?" Lan Yunqing asked with interest.
Although it is estimated that it cannot be grown in the Blue Hu forest, due to the overbearing nature of the mother tree, this plant should not survive, but it can be grown in the areas surrounding the Blue Hu forest.
He finally realized that the reason why the crops around Lan Hu Lin withered was probably because the mother tree robbed them of nutrients, not because the mother tree could not accommodate them.
They can use this plant to improve the soil around the blue hulin first, so they don't have to travel across mountains and rivers to transport soil from farther places.
If the fruit yield of this plant is good, it can enrich the food source of the Lanhu people and increase their ability to resist risks.
"It's called Star Chain Fruit, a vine plant." Tang Yu'an said, "If Lanhu Town needs it, we can provide it."
Lan Yunqing nodded. "What are the conditions? Can I trade with you in exchange for blue beard leaves?"
Tang Yu'an hesitated a little and looked at Zhou Qi.
Zhou Qi thought for a moment and said, "We can provide seeds to Lanhu Town for free, but we hope that all the fruits we harvest can be traded to us."
Lan Yunqing understood what Zhou Qi meant.
He is also an employee of the mysterious businessman and knows the rules of earning points.
He didn't like beating around the bush, so he asked directly, "You guys just want to use these fruits to earn points, you don't really need them, right?"
For Lanhu Town, these fruits may become a new source of food, and Lan Yunqing is not very willing to hand them all over.
Zhou Qi nodded, "Indeed."
They had no way to transport these fruits back and forth. Unless they confronted Lan Yunqing, the existence of the teleportation array would definitely be exposed.
"If that's the case, I can cooperate and trade these fruits to you so that you can earn as many points as possible."
Lan Yunqing said, "But these fruits must stay in Lanhu Town."
Tang Yu'an nodded and said, "Sure, we will give them to the townspeople for free. Then you can tell them that we are the ones who will handle the distribution."
They earn points and the townspeople get food, so it's a win-win situation.
"Okay, let's do it!"
Because Tang Yu'an and the others could not stay in Lanhu Town for a long time, this matter was handed over to Mo Ke.
If it were before, Mo Ke would definitely not be willing to stay in Lanhu Town for a long time, but isn’t there a teleportation array now?
He can run back and forth between the two places and not feel bored for the time being.
So, the matter was settled.
Tang Yu'an provided Lan Yunqing with fifty Star Chain Fruit seeds, which were left over from the recent harvest of Star Chain Fruit in the Deserted City Home.
Lan Yunqing immediately arranged for people to plant.
As a test, he also sowed a few seeds on the farmland near the lake, but when the star chain seedlings outside the Blue Hulin had grown out, these seeds had not yet shown any signs of growth.
Lan Yunqing knew that it was impossible to grow it in the blue beetle forest, so he gave up the idea.
Two days later, Kang Kang finally cried and wanted to go home. He missed his mother-in-law and his friends so much.
The mother blue beard tree was reluctant to leave and was still trying to stay until it reached the edge of the blue beard forest.
Kang Kang, however, did not show any sign of softening his heart.
"Plants, few, I don't like them."
After making an appointment to come and see it later, he urged Tang Yu'an and Zhou Qi to go home quickly.
Lan Yunqing personally saw them off. Just as he had guessed, the Blue Hu mother tree was in a very low mood for the next few days.
He was worried about how to coax the mother tree.
However, he did not expect that a few days later, the star chain vine seeds he had sown on the farmland by the lake suddenly experienced explosive growth overnight.
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