Chapter 188 Plant Companion Spirit and the Use of Water Mirror Technique
Ning Xuan and others killed the two-headed dragon, a strange beast lurking in the valley, cleaned up all traces left after the fierce battle, and named the valley Lingquan Valley as their temporary resting place.
This location happened to be between two major security zones set up by the military. The activity range of the two security zones did not extend here, so they would not encounter military personnel when hunting exotic beasts or searching for resources.
"Lan Xin, how far away can you see the scenery around the valley using your Water Mirror Technique?" Ning Xuan asked.
"My master, if I use my full strength, I can see 1,000 to 3,000 meters around me." Upon hearing Ning Xuan's question, Lan Xin immediately stepped forward, circulated the energy in his body, and drew a circle in the air with his hands with a strange rhythm. The water rippled at the location of the circle, and soon a mirror surface was formed. In the water mirror, Ning Xuan first noticed the three-branched old locust tree, which was not far from the entrance of the valley.
The scene outside Lingquan Valley is like an ink painting scroll unfolding in a water mirror. The lush thorn bushes and squirrels jumping in the woods, the scenery slowly extends outward, inch by inch, scene by scene, clearly visible.
"Although the entrance to the valley is very hidden, for safety reasons we still need to set up some traps and early warning devices. Who can design a plan?" Ning Xuan asked.
As soon as Ning Xuan finished speaking, Wang Teng took out a yellowed blueprint from the large backpack he carried with him and slowly unfolded it on the bluestone. I had studied this problem before I came here, and the environment outside the valley is just right. "As for the trap, I brought mutant thorn vine seeds, which are condensed from my sister's plant-type companion spirit. As long as they are soaked in the blood of strange beasts, they can quickly take root and sprout. In three days, a vine wall with poisonous thorns can be formed. These poisonous thorns can absorb blood."
As he spoke, he took out a few small black iron ball-like seeds from his arms and said, "Not only can they absorb blood to strengthen themselves, but they will also spray juice when encountering enemies. These juices have a hallucinogenic effect. When the time comes, we can set up a pit trap behind the thorn vines, which will definitely trap the invaders."
Wang Teng gave the thorn vine seeds to Ning Xuan. He and Lin Mo were good friends, and it was Lin Mo who recommended him to join Ning Xuan's team this time.
"These seeds can be used repeatedly. Just drop the blood in this bottle on them, and the thorn vine will quickly return to seed form." Wang Teng added.
"Your sister's companion spirit is very powerful. There are very few plant-type companion spirits. I have never seen a plant-type companion spirit." Ning Xuan said. She had only seen records about companion spirits in books, but had never seen anyone with a plant-type companion spirit.
When gene fusion was first carried out, the failure rate of female fusion was too high, so some people proposed to implant relatively mild and more inclusive foreign genes into women to increase the success rate of gene fusion. In the early years, the success rate of female gene fusion was indeed much higher, but the combat effectiveness of plant-based companion spirits was too weak, and they were gradually eliminated.
"Yes, very few. Plant-type companion spirits generally have weak combat capabilities. Therefore, there are very few people who have plant-type companion spirits." Wang Teng smiled.
"Weak combat power doesn't mean it's useless. Look, with these seeds, the outer defense power is improved. When we get back safely, bring your sister to my house to play." Ning Xuan said.
"Thank you, Miss Ning." Wang Teng thanked Ning Xuan excitedly and gratefully. He had a request for Ning Xuan regarding his sister. Although he did not say it explicitly, it was obvious that Miss Ning had seen through his plan and was willing to take up the topic.
Seeing that Wang Teng had finished speaking, Lan Xin took out three blue scales from her sleeves and formed a triangle in the air. "Master, these scales are what I shed when I became an adult. They are connected to my life. I place these scales in fixed positions outside. I only need to input a small amount of energy, and this water mirror will always exist. Moreover, once a powerful beast rushes into the monitoring range of the water mirror, I can sense it immediately."
Lan Xin spun her fingertips lightly, and a barrier formed by mist rose from the water mirror, covering the entrance and the surrounding scenery in a hazy manner. "Within the range of the water mirror, as long as there are creatures that break in and their mental power is not much higher than mine, I can pull them into the illusion." Lan Xin said confidently.
Lan Xin's water mirror technique is also very useful.
Combining the two people's plans, they set up two layers of defense, with thorn vines as the outer line of defense and water mirror technique as the inner line of defense. The outside of the valley was basically arranged.
The valley is quite large, with complex terrain and natural caves of various sizes scattered all over the undulating rock walls. These caves have been eroded by wind and rain over the long years, forming all kinds of strange shapes - some are like giant beasts with their mouths wide open, some are like upside-down lotuses, and some have narrow entrances but are filled with otherworldly things.
Among them, the cave in the middle is the most open, with a dome more than ten feet high and walls covered with crystalline quartz crystals, which are crystal clear and sparkling.
The cave floor was uneven, and in one corner there was a pool of naturally formed clear spring water, which eventually flowed into the spiritual spring in the center of the valley. Thirty steps to the east, in a gourd-shaped cave, naturally formed stone tables and stone benches were scattered in an orderly manner.
The surface of the stone table is as smooth as a mirror, and the edges still retain traces of ripples caused by water erosion. What's more interesting is that there is a natural hole as big as a bowl on the top of the cave, which casts a beam of sunlight during the day, just right to illuminate the entire cave.
The caves on the west side are divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower. However, most of them are narrow, like stacked beehives, and cannot be lived in. The caves on the bottom layer are damp and cold, with mosses crawling on the stone walls; the caves in the middle layer are relatively dry and can store some supplies; the caves at the top are well ventilated and can still be lived in as long as they are repaired.
There was a cave in the south that was the most peculiar. There were dense plants hanging at the entrance, like a natural door curtain. Passing through this "curtain", there was a long corridor inside. At the end of the corridor, after turning a corner, you walked into a hidden cave. The space inside the cave was a hollow sphere, and the walls were smooth and flat, without any bulges or unevenness, as if it had been carved by some mysterious power, carving out the shape of the eggshell-shaped room that Ning Xuan had seen.
Ning Xuan chose this eggshell-shaped room as her bedroom and alchemy room, and the others chose their favorite caves as their bedrooms and renovated and decorated them to their own satisfaction. Lin Mo, Chen Nan, and Di Youlin almost fought to grab the cave closest to Ning Xuan, and when Yun Han was asked which cave to choose, he directly said that when he was away from home, as a contracted slave, he had to serve the contracted master, so he wanted to live with Ning Xuan.
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