Chapter 3: Pests in the Spiritual Fields
Su Qingwu had been in a coma for three days, and half of the spiritual water had accumulated in the stone bottle.
After learning about the treasure's function, she wanted to give it a try, so she immediately walked out of the wooden house and came to the spiritual field.
He tried to point the mouth of the bottle at the root of the Huiling Grass closest to him and tilted it downward. Unexpectedly, not a single spiritual water flowed out.
She was surprised at first, but then she thought that the stone bottle was not sealed, and if the spiritual water could be poured out at will, it would have been drained out long ago.
Thinking of this, Su Qingwu tried to recite the word "pouring" silently.
The next moment, a stream of clear water gushed out from the bottle.
The moment it landed on the root of the Huiling Grass, a childish voice rang in his ears.
"Such abundant spiritual energy! Give me some more~"
The spiritual water continues to pour...
After a moment, the sound came again.
"That's enough, thank you beautiful and kind-hearted two-legged beast~"
Su Qingwu: “…”
Is the biped talking about her?
Is this how spiritual plants call humans?
Before she could think more, another voice reached her ears.
"There are more than a dozen aphid eggs underground. They are about to hatch. When they crawl out, they will definitely be eaten up. I am really worried..."
Upon hearing this, Su Qingwu's expression suddenly became solemn.
Aphids are one of the most harmful pests in spiritual fields. Once they appear, the roots, stems and leaves of the corresponding spiritual plants will be completely eaten up within a few days or half a month.
The senior uncle who teaches in the sect once said that there are usually five ways to deal with insect infestations in spiritual fields.
One: Go down to the fields and search for each spiritual plant one by one. This method is extremely inefficient and it is easy to miss something.
Second: Use pest control techniques to use your mind to target all pests within the attack range of the technique and kill them with the technique.
Third: Raise natural enemies of pests.
Fourth: Arrange an insect extermination array, which is the most difficult of all methods.
Fifth: Use insecticide to spray evenly on the spiritual plants that have insects to kill the pests.
However, using this method, there will be medicinal residues left in the spiritual plants. Over time, not only will the quality be affected, but when used to refine pills, it will also produce more elixir poison.
The sect has clearly stipulated that this method should not be used unless it is absolutely necessary.
Once a violation is discovered, half a year's monthly salary will be deducted.
Su Qingwu is currently at the first level of Qi Refining and has not yet learned the insect extermination technique.
For her, when faced with an insect infestation, she can only resort to the most laborious first method.
Fortunately, the aphids have not yet hatched. If the eggs can be found and killed in advance, this problem can be solved.
But...the spiritual field is nearly one acre in size. It would be very difficult to find if you don’t know its exact location.
And they say it's underground, but no one knows how deep it is.
Su Qingwu thought, since she could hear the spiritual plant's thoughts, could she communicate with it directly?
After this thought came to her mind, she immediately squatted down, looked at the Huiling grass closest to her, and asked softly: "Do you know where the aphid eggs are?"
After saying this, there was no response.
Su Qingwu was not disappointed. At this moment, she had realized a problem that she had overlooked.
Even if spiritual plants have consciousness, they probably cannot understand human language.
Since there is no way to communicate, we can only search slowly.
In her opinion, the sensing range of a first-level spiritual plant should be very limited.
Those dozen or so aphid eggs are most likely nearby.
Su Qingwu followed his intuition, chose a location and started turning the soil.
After about a cup of tea, I gradually discovered something.
Dark green insect eggs, about the size of rice grains, appeared before our eyes.
She immediately picked it up, placed it in her palm, and then crushed it with her thumb to make sure no larvae were alive.
Not long after, Su Qingwu heard Hui Lingcao's voice again.
"It's gone, it's all gone! Now I don't have to worry about my life anymore, thank you kind and beautiful two-legged beast~"
Hearing this name again, Su Qingwu's mouth twitched. He was silent for a moment and chose to ignore it.
There was still some spiritual water left in the bottle. She took a few steps and began to water the next plant...
Huiling grass matures once a year. The more than 900 plants in the yard were planted by disciples who had accepted missions for the sect in the past. They will be harvested in two months.
Su Qingwu is very much looking forward to that day, when she will be able to verify whether she can give back to others through cultivation.
If this is true, she will have a powerful helper in her future practice!