Chapter 13
The fish is tired.
The large grass carp silently buried its head at the bottom of the tank, exhaling bubbles that rose straight up in a series.
Lingxi touched her head, wondering if she had blamed someone wrongly.
My gaze then turned to the three chicks.
"Chirp chirp~ Coo coo~"
The chicks' chirping sounded like a teenager going through puberty; it was a bit hoarse and not very pleasant to hear.
After drinking the spiritual water, the chicks were much more energetic and bolder. When Lingxi opened the cage, they didn't run around but stayed close to her.
She took one step outside, and the chicken followed.
It wasn't until she brought the chicks to the edge of the vegetable garden, to the grassy area outside the water lily, that Lingxi tested it. She found that as long as the spiritual energy was within range, the small animals would feel pressure and automatically avoid the area.
As for outside the vegetable garden, the seedlings imbued with spiritual energy have a deadly attraction for insects. The vegetable garden was covered by Lingxi's array, but the number of insects outside is still increasing.
"Coo coo~ Coo coo~"
"Gurgle~"
As soon as the chicks arrived, they chirped happily, as if they had encountered a succulent buffet. They ate them one after another, crunching and enjoying their delicious taste.
Perfect!
Her workload has lessened again.
"Sister Ling..."
Jin Moli's shouts came from the front door.
"I'm here," Lingxi replied quickly, and then in a flash, she was in the front yard.
Jin Moli was no longer bothered by Ling Jie's elusive appearances and said with a smile, "Ling Jie, ...I've come...to play with you."
"I brought your father back."
This morning, we were to send Ling up the mountain, but Lingxi didn't go with us.
Seeing that she looked quite well, Lingxi casually asked, "How's Grandma? Is she alright?"
"Grandma... and Sister Jin are packing... things."
Lingxi nodded, brought Jin Moli in, and closed the door.
Uncle Jin had planted several varieties of roses in the front yard before his death, and now they had covered the front yard wall, with red, pink, yellow and other colored buds growing on the vines.
Lingxi also tends to the flowers in the front yard every time she releases spiritual rain.
It's not hard to imagine how beautiful it will be when all the flowers are in full bloom, a riot of colors.
But Jin Moli, who followed him in, blinked as she looked at the courtyard wall. So, the flowers her father planted were growing so well!
The feeling of melancholy comes and goes quickly.
Jin Moli recovered quickly.
Following Sister Ling, they arrived at the backyard. There were vegetable plots in the east and other plants in the west. In a corner not far away, there was a large water vat. When Jin Moli went in to take a look, the large grass carp, which had let loose, flicked its tail and splashed water droplets onto Moli's face. Startled, she wiped the water droplets off with her hand and quickly took a few steps back.
Jin Moli didn't notice that there was a large pond behind her.
"careful!"
As soon as Lingxi turned her head, she saw that Xiao Moli was so frightened by the big fish that she almost fell into the pond. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Lingxi used her magic power to send Xiao Moli back.
Jin Moli quietly let out a breath, met Ling Xi's worried gaze, and smiled: "Ling... Sister, can I... help you... tidy up the yard?"
ah?
Lingxi, who was still worried that she might have been frightened, was a little confused and didn't know why this was brought up.
"Tidiing up the yard?"
"Yes, I'll help you grow vegetables."
As soon as Jin Moli entered, she noticed that Ling Jie's vegetables were different from those in her own home and even in the village. She could vaguely see a very thin white mist rising above the seedlings, and she could feel a unique vitality at a glance.
However, Ling's vegetable garden and even many other places in the yard are a bit messy, especially the cucumber seedlings, which are probably starting to climb and keep climbing outwards.
However, she thought that Sister Ling was from the city and probably wouldn't understand.
Jin Moli had no choice but to explain the problems she had discovered, bit by bit.
"You mean the cucumbers need to be supported by a frame?" Lingxi blinked, her eyes shining with a clear light.
She said it didn't look like she expected, and she was worried that if it grew any longer, she would have to redo her formation.
Little Jasmine remained silent, nodding repeatedly.
No, this is giving her a headache. Sure enough, having spiritual power isn't everything. You still need to know what you're supposed to know, and you can't just do whatever you want.
Lingxi, having learned a lesson, was somewhat deflated.
But when she met Jin Moli's gaze, she still said firmly, "No, you tell my sister, and I'll change it."
As a result, just as I returned with several large bamboo poles, Jin Moli had already cleaned up almost everything in the yard. It was the same yard, but after little Moli's efforts, it looked much tidier.
Is there such a big difference between the hand she has and the hand Jasmine has?
Lingxi's mouth dropped open; she hadn't realized that Little Jasmine was such a capable housekeeper.
Following Jasmine's instructions, Lingxi placed the bamboo pole next to the cucumber vine, carefully wrapped it around the vine a few times, and then let it wind itself around.
After finishing, Jin Moli pointed to the large pond and said, "Sister, there's also...this pond, we...can...clean it up."
"Ah, this pond isn't yellow, is it?"
"No...yes, it's that there's a lot of...garbage inside, and the water...it used to be clear." Jin Moli used to come here often and remembered it clearly.
Oh right, this is running water!
Lingxi wanted to give herself a good whack; she'd lived this long and was still no match for a child.
She told Jin Moli to go further away and stirred things up in the pond. The thick black mud, fallen leaves, withered branches and leaves at the bottom all surged up on their own and landed on one side of the pond. When she finished, Lingxi and Jin Moli couldn't help but cover their noses and move closer, because the black mud they had just dug out was really too smelly.
Lingxi thought for a moment, then conjured a fireball and landed it on the surface. After physically eliminating it, she used a cleansing spell.
Now both of them were satisfied.
The pond, which had just been cleaned, wasn't clear yet. While waiting for the water to be changed, Lingxi took a peek at the water lily with Jin Moli from a distance.
"Ling... Sister, why is the ground here... glowing, and... and the ground above too?" Jin Moli had noticed it as soon as she entered the backyard, but seeing that Sister Ling didn't take her there, she didn't go up to look without permission.
"That's water chestnut."
"What is...spiritual herb?" Jin Moli didn't understand.
Did you see anything in the vegetable garden just now?
There is... a layer of fog.
Lingxi looked at Jin Moli with admiration and said softly, "The water chestnut is a spiritual plant, while the one in the vegetable garden can only be said to contain spiritual energy, not that it is a spiritual plant."
"Take another look at these two differences."
"Oh." Kim Jasmine seemed to understand.
After a busy afternoon, Jin Moli should go home.
Lingxi stood in the front yard, watching Jin Moli skip and hop home. She remained silent for a while, then swallowed back the words she wanted to call out to her.
The stronger Jin Moli's talent became, the more she struggled internally.
If we rashly lead her down this path, she won't know whether it will be good or bad in the future.
After all, Little Jasmine still has a grandmother waiting for her.
Let her think about it some more.
...
Thanks to the spiritual energy, the lettuce in the vegetable garden grew half as fast as it should have, and it was already ready to eat.
To avoid wasting the lettuce, Lingxi ate half of it raw to make a simple salad, and stir-fried the other half.
The texture is a significant improvement compared to what I've had before.
After a good meal and drinks, we went to the backyard, where, as usual, I performed a rain control spell, ensuring everyone received a share of the rain.
The fine rain instantly evaporated into mist, precisely landing on the vegetable garden, pond, weeds, and even the already spiritually rich water lily.
Every time he performs this act, the birds behind the wall always make a commotion.
After thinking for a moment, Lingxi also released spiritual rain on the small pond.
The small pond had become completely clear, and the small fish and shrimp inside swarmed out, making it easy to see them clearly now.
She liked this spell; she didn't have to manually input spiritual energy one by one, a single incantation was all it took.
How convenient.
People who are inherently lazy are so spoiled by magic that they would rather use magic than actually do anything.
He continued his cultivation as usual that evening. After Su Yuan went directly to recuperate, he went into complete seclusion and remained silent.
It seems that sometimes she feels lonely because there's no one to talk to. When she was working, she lived in a dormitory and longed for a house, even if it was rented, so she could live alone.
In a fit of youthful impulsiveness, I sold my house and fled to another place. A few years later, without a house, I felt like I had no home at all.
Humans are so strange!
Lingxi became unusually sentimental before finally putting her scattered thoughts aside and beginning her cultivation.
Once you start cultivating, time flies by like a white horse galloping past a crack in the wall.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
"Chirp chirp—"
"..."
The quiet night was filled with a series of singers taking turns performing, sometimes low, sometimes high, sometimes this bird calling, sometimes that bird calling, like a bird concert, leaving Lingxi, who was being stimulated by the series of sounds, to be awakened from her cultivation.
With a "fluttering" sound, the large bird flapped its wings and landed.
Lingxi dispersed her divine sense, and everything outside appeared in her mind. The large pond in the courtyard, which had just been cleaned, welcomed many visitors.
There were cuckoos, thrushes, sparrows, blackbirds...
As if organized by someone, the many birds formed a circle around the pond. No one urged them on, and they all stood leisurely by the pond drinking water. Every now and then, some of the birds that were on good terms with each other would preen their feathers.
Lingxi remained motionless, quietly watching them.
About ten minutes later, the birds seemed to have had enough to drink, and their light, chasing fluttering wings disappeared from her mind in an instant, leaving only their songs lingering in the air.
The bird singers have left; the concert looks like it's over.
Lingxi's buzzing head could finally take a break.
After the flock of birds left, before Lingxi could withdraw her divine sense, seven more red-bellied squirrels arrived, one male and one female leading five smaller squirrels that were noticeably smaller.
The male one was a large one, and it had a small defect in its right ear.
oh!
Sensing their aura.
It's them! The little guys who absorbed spiritual energy once!
They would take two steps and then stop, standing upright. The big one's bright eyes would constantly scan the surroundings, and only when there was no danger would it lead the group to the edge of the pond, where they would go up one by one to drink water. At the sound of wind or grass, they would immediately stand up and prepare to run away.
After the last squirrel finished drinking, the two larger squirrels, along with their baby, quickly climbed over the wall and ran away.
Meow~
Lingxi's consciousness followed the adorable little squirrels, and upon hearing the sounds, she knew that new guests had arrived.
Wow, it's a muscular, robust tabby cat with a remarkably calm demeanor.
It gracefully leaped down the wall, but instead of heading towards the pond, it squinted and stared at the bushes in front of it.
"Squeak..."
A little cutie in the grass spotted danger and, startled, started running around in all directions. Seeing the pond ahead, it was about to jump in.
Suddenly, a dark shadow rushed out with lightning speed and bit down on its body.
The next second, after struggling in the enemy's mouth for a few seconds, it became completely still.
Oh my, Lingxi withdrew her divine sense for a second. Little mouse, I mourn for you.
Then I couldn't help but look again, and this tabby cat was so cool!
The tabby cat didn't leave. Instead, it lay by the pond, ate the mouse, drank some water, and then leisurely strolled over the wall and left.
The bustling pond area briefly returned to calm.
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