Chapter 43: Once the saplings have discussed it, they can get down to business. Ye Lu first decides...
Once we have discussed it, we can get started.
Ye Lu first decided to see how the village was promoting the growth of evergreen millet, and then go and promote the growth of laurel trees.
It didn't take long before Ye Lu returned to the carriage to discuss with the ghost scholar. The ghost scholar nodded with a calm look on his face. It was obvious that everything was under his control. As soon as night fell, Ye Lu returned to the ancestral hall carriage.
There were only a few people in the carriage, including two magicians, Helan He Si, and Village Chief Qian. Most of the others were guards.
Next to the two magicians was a wooden box containing the scarecrow magic beads. The magic power in the box was about to overflow. The green millet in the jar seemed to know what was going to happen next. Its branches and leaves were baring their fangs and claws, and they were green and juicy.
Helan was in the front, presiding over the situation, while two magicians were watching over the strange green millet plant. They were also at the Huangli level, so they could find out if there was anything wrong with the green millet at the first moment.
"Mizi, you can have a good meal later. It's okay to bloom and bear fruit. Don't stop me. I'll bloom and bear fruit if I want. Then all these strange beads will be yours." Helan said loudly to Qing Mizi in the jar, and reminded him: "Don't hurt the people in front of you. They are helping you digest the strange power."
He Si was also at the back, holding the fort, also close to the wooden box. He Lan was in the front, talking, but he didn't say a word.
As soon as Ye Lu came in, he came closer. He Si noticed the movement and glanced at his nephew, "Look."
Ye Lu was very obedient. It was also his first time seeing such a scene, so he could only watch.
He Shushi was also using his strange power to appease the huge Qingmizi. The strange power supported him. His voice resounded throughout the carriage: "Qingmi, I will support your consciousness and absorb the strange power."
"Buzz..." The leaves of the green millet trembled slightly.
A silent wave of strange power slowly spread out in the carriage. Qing Mizi's body kept getting bigger and taller, from about the height of a child's knees to the height of an adult's knees, and slowly, to the height of an adult, and finally to the height of at least two adults stacked together. Only then did the strange power show any signs of fading slightly.
Helan's words followed closely, his tone leaving no room for doubt.
"Everyone, crush the strange beads and throw them over!"
As soon as the words fell, all the guards guarding the wooden box immediately stretched out their hands, picked up handfuls of the scarecrow magic beads in the wooden box, crushed the beads into pieces, and the fragments floated in the air mixed with the magic power and rushed towards the green millet in the center.
The green millet accepts everything that comes its way. It is like a huge mouth that swallows everything, tirelessly swallowing up the surging strange power. Its body is also getting taller and thicker. Its leaves are almost as thick as a child's wrist, with pointed tips. Under the branches, small spikes slowly grow out.
The strange power in the carriage was still surging.
Ye Lu stared at the scene in front of him without blinking. In a short period of time, Qing Mizi had undergone a drastic change, and its size had increased several times.
Suddenly, Ye Lu smelled a faint fragrance at the tip of his nose. It was so faint that you couldn't smell it unless you smelled it carefully.
"It's blooming!" A voice came from somewhere. It turned out to be Qian Bacun. He had been paying attention to Qing Mizi's every move. He was the first to notice that Qing Mizi had bloomed.
Ye Lu's eyes paused, and sure enough, he found tiny pale white flowers on the spikelets under the branches. They were clustered together, one by one, and looked quite cute. The strange force in the air disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye the moment they bloomed, and the strange force formed cyclones and was absorbed by the branches.
He Lan immediately said: "Hurry, we must have enough ghost beads, there is another box next to it, He Si!"
Helan didn't even need to say anything, He Si had already approached with the wooden box. He was stronger, had more magical power, and was more powerful, so he crushed the magical beads faster. The magical power that had been slowly dissipating in the carriage stabilized again, and the green millet continued to bloom and bear fruit in an orderly manner.
The flowers slowly bloomed and then withered. Soon, small green fruits clustered together on the ear. The ear grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye. The guards and He Sifang kept adding mysterious beads. Occasionally, Ye Lu saw Master He and Master Shi take out something from their arms, crush it, and turn it into powerful and rich mysterious power that rushed towards the green millet.
"Speed up, all those who don't have enough physical strength step back, let others come, and make sure every strange bead is crushed." Helan spoke in a higher voice, leaving no room for doubt.
The guards present all understood its importance, and formed a line, constantly moving forward to crush it, and when the fragments fell, once their strength weakened, that person would step back without hesitation and let his companions take over.
The strange bead is continuously used, and the strange power is always maintained at a certain level.
The ears of corn hanging from the branches slowly swelled up, and strange power also slowly appeared above the ears of corn.
The green light appeared and disappeared among the ears of corn, turning from green to yellow, flashing a few times, and finally disappearing under the thick skin.
No one knew how long it had been, until only a shallow layer of mysterious beads was left on the two wooden boxes, Helan called for a halt, and both sides stopped fighting.
At this time, the green millet had grown into a behemoth, occupying the entire carriage. It was like a towering tree, and the ears of millet had become heavily drooping branches, like dark yellow vines. Ye Lu had to look up to see it even when he was standing on the ground.
Each ear of corn exudes a Huangli-level strange energy aura that is thick and rich. Even from such a distance, Ye Lu can smell the alluring scent that is unique to strange food.
Ye Lu's gaze lingered on the ears of millet for a moment, and he sighed slowly in his heart. The green millet should have a certain effect in enhancing the toughness of flesh and blood.
It's a pity that the effect is not strong. Unless you consume it for a long time or see it with your own eyes, you can't feel it at all. Most of it is used to increase strength and enhance physical strength.
Otherwise, the green millet would definitely not be a mere yellow-level weird plant.
The guards harvested in an orderly manner, and they were obviously skilled workers. Helan only needed to speak a few words loudly, and everyone would cooperate very well. From time to time, they would jump lightly on the branches and cut the mature ears accurately.
After a while, the harvest was completed, and the green millet plants slowly returned to their original seedling state, officially resting and recuperating, waiting for the next flowering and fruiting.
"Report! A total of 1,567 green millet seeds!" A guard team member quickly reported the green millet harvest this time. He was very happy when he said it. This time the harvest was much more than everyone imagined. Originally, everyone estimated that it was 1,400 seeds.
Anyone would be happy if more than a hundred coins appeared out of nowhere.
"...Huh!" Hearing this, Helan finally relaxed. As the leader of the guards, it was not easy for her either. She was also responsible for the harvest of evergreen millet this time. If she failed, the loss would be huge and the whole village would be hit hard.
"Let it dry first, and then we can move it out to exchange it." Helan nodded, feeling quite satisfied with the harvest this time. Perhaps the Scarecrow Magic Pearl was really useful. Not only was the green millet not damaged, but the yield was also a little higher.
The young man named Tian just now nodded happily and called his companions to pack the green millet carefully. The green millet has to go through several procedures before it can be eaten. They have to dry the green millet to ensure that the moisture is gone as much as possible, and then remove the shells depending on the situation. Only then will it be the green millet that Ye Lu and others saw.
Now that the market is almost here, everyone is seizing the opportunity to work.
"Are you going to your laurel now? Or...are you going to move the laurel to the Bronze Mirror Lady?" After doing all this, Helan led the two magicians over.
Ye Lu saw the situation of Qing Mi Zi, and the strange aura was no different from before. He knew that everything the village elders said was true, so he slowly put his mind at ease. Hearing He Lan's question, he shook his head and said, "Just go to my place. Yue Gui is timid, and moving it will make it feel uneasy."
"It would be better if there were fewer people."
"Don't worry, laurel doesn't need many people to bloom and bear fruit like green millet, so it doesn't need many people. Just a few of us are enough." Hearing what Ye Lu said, Helan and the two magicians couldn't help laughing and said, "Generally, strange plants need less strange power to grow, but your laurel is a special case."
Several people walked towards Ye Lu's carriage while chatting. This time, He Si and He Lan, two magicians, and He Qi, who was shamelessly trying to come over, joined in. Helan glanced at him, but several glares did not scare him back.
As soon as he entered the carriage, Ye Lu felt the panic coming from inside the carriage.
Ye Lu looked up and saw that, as expected, the laurel trees in the roots of the trees below the carriage were absorbing the moonlight with their fangs and claws, as if they had seen so many people for the first time. The leaves were moving without wind, their consciousness was running rampant, and they were frantically sending out messages to seek help.
"!" The moment the laurel tree's consciousness sensed Ye Lu, it became extremely excited and rushed over impatiently, wanting him to protect itself. There were many animals around it, and it was dangerous. They would hurt itself. Companion, protect it!
Laurel tried hard to send his thoughts to Ye Lu.
Ye Lu quickly tried to calm the laurel tree down, saying, "It's okay, Laurel. These aren't the insects that eat the leaves. They're here to give you the magic beads and black soil. Do you remember the black soil and magic beads that Ah Gui usually feeds you? They have more in their hands, and they're all brought to you this time."
"Don't you always want to grow up?" Ye Lu coaxed him patiently. Now was not the time to tease children.
"Really?" Laurel was a little skeptical.
"Really!" Ye Lu nodded quickly, coaxing Yue Gui to sense the wooden boxes in He Si and He Lan's hands, one box of putty and one box of strange beads. He said, "Sensitize and see if they are the black soil and strange beads you like?"
Laurel stretched out his spiritual sense doubtfully, and the next second, he cheered. He felt a strong strange power, and his instinct told him that he would definitely grow up if he ate those things.
"Alu, what do you want? Black soil! Black soil!" Yuegui kept sending such messages to Ye Lu.
"Okay? okay? okay?, if you listen to me, I will let them feed you." Ye Lu wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was really just coaxing a child now. Fortunately, Yue Gui was relatively simple and could not wait to pounce on the food as soon as it was available.
And what about the other side?
Helan Ze and He Sixiang exchanged glances.
"Is Luwazi talking to him? That strange plant?"
“It should be!”
"The spiritual consciousness of the companion plant is indeed much stronger than that of the ordinary plants. It can communicate with its companion through spiritual consciousness at such a young age? It can also express its needs accurately."
"Yes, it's a good phenomenon." He Si nodded with satisfaction.
Apart from anything else, this aspect shows that the laurel tree is unusual.
As soon as Ye Lu finished discussing with the laurel tree, the panicked consciousness no longer emitted an anxious emotion. It slowly retreated and Ye Lu leaned against the laurel tree.
When the two magicians saw this, they simply didn't get close. The strange plant was extremely dependent on its companion, so there was no need for them to be bad guys.
"Lu kid, guide the strange plants to release their spiritual consciousness and absorb strange power. Don't suppress their own growth." Master He simply taught Ye Lu how to promote the growth of strange plants. It was not a big deal anyway. The role of the magician was to appease the strange plants. For the laurel tree, Ye Lu was more trustworthy.
Helan Hesi simply handed the putty and mysterious beads in his arms to the playful man and the ghost scholar who had just come up.
Seeing that the carriage was too crowded, Helan jumped down and stood guard outside to prevent any evil creature from smelling the strange pearl and attacking.
"Remember to crush it and make sure the strange power dissipates." He Si also explained clearly the key points of crushing the strange bead. It doesn't need to be too hard, and the strange plant itself will absorb the strange power that dissipates in the air.
Ye Lu was a little nervous but he knew that he was the best candidate.
Sure enough, the laurel tree was no longer anxious as soon as it saw Ye Lu.
With the arrival of the Ghost Scholar and the Playful Man, its emotions were completely calmed down. The three humans closest to it were the ones who usually fed it black soil, and Yuegui felt very safe.
"Yes, release your spiritual consciousness!" He Si looked at Ye Lu's movements not far away and gave instructions in a deep voice.
Ye Lu followed his words and induced the laurel tree to release its spiritual consciousness and absorb the strange power, while using the strange power to comfort it. At the beginning, the laurel tree couldn't find the way, but soon, it seemed to know how to absorb the strange power.
A silent wave of strange power began to dissipate, and a pressure of Bai You level close to Huang Li level appeared in the entire carriage. The strange power involuntarily surged towards the laurel in the carriage.
The laurel tree absorbed quickly, and the concentration of strange power in the carriage was average.
"Increase your strength, the strange power is not enough." He Si frowned. The laurel tree was too talented and absorbed strange power several times faster than ordinary strange plants. He turned around and urged the playful man and the ghost scholar.
The two of them immediately sped up, and Xi Mingren even used his combat talent to continuously crush the strange beads and sprinkle them into the soil at the roots of the tree. The putty and strange beads in the wooden box slowly fell at a terrifying speed, and the laurel tree under the moonlight also grew slowly as if it had officially absorbed nutrients.
The laurel seedlings grew taller rapidly, and the strange power was gradually disappearing.
The green laurel shoots grew taller, thicker, and bigger. The green color gradually faded and turned into a light yellow, similar to a hazy moonlight. However, the strange power in the carriage was also decreasing at this time.
It finally took shape as a small sapling that was almost knee-high.
The strange beads and putty in the wooden box were completely clean.
Under the moonlight, the laurel saplings slowly spread their branches and leaves, absorbing the bright moonlight. Its branches are lush, the leaves are emerald green, and the roots are light yellow, showing that the root system is very stable.
In the carriage, the moonlight gradually became brighter.
Countless points of moonlight danced slowly among the branches and leaves, and then condensed on the surface of each leaf.
At first glance, the laurel tree looks as beautiful as a tree carved from jade, and the moonlight covers the entire tree like a layer of mist.
Ye Lu wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt the cheers and excitement coming from Yue Gui on the other side. Only then did he put his worries aside. It seemed that Yue Gui was fine.
That's fine.
The ghost scholar and the playful man simply let go of the wooden box and rubbed their sore wrists involuntarily.
At this time, everyone in the carriage was finally in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery under the moonlight.
He Qi stared at the leaves that seemed to be condensed with moonlight, without saying anything.
"..." He Si seemed to realize something and slowly smiled.
May all your wishes come true.
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