After more than a month, Meng Zhou returned to the courtyard of Zhuangtianzhuang and looked at the dilapidated scene. Meng Zhou felt quite emotional.

Originally, at its peak, nearly two hundred second-level spiritual plants were planted in this small courtyard.

In the later period, there were only a few spiritual tea trees and spiritual fruit trees left dotting the area.

But because for more than a month after he left, the formation was tightly closed, no one came in or out, and no one took care of it, so all the few spiritual plants died in the special environment of Sanchuan Plain.

And the water in the water storage pond with a wall 20 meters high has long since dried up.

What surprised Meng Zhou was that those spirit lotuses were not completely dead, but actually had some vitality left.

Soon, Meng Zhou knew the reason.

When Meng Zhou left with the two mysterious turtles, the water in the pond was still basically full.

Although the special characteristics of the Sanchuan Plateau spiritual veins mean that these water reserves cannot be maintained for a long time and will evaporate at a much faster rate than normal.

But it is still a water storage pond that is twenty meters above the ground, four to five meters deep underground, and covers an area of ​​about one acre.

Even if it evaporates quickly, it will still take a long time for such a large amount of stored water to dry up completely.

From the time he left in late December last year to the time he returned now, only one and a half months have passed.

Therefore, the time when these spiritual lotuses are actually without water is not too long.

"Your vitality is really tenacious." Meng Zhou couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

These second-level low-grade spiritual lotuses are of the lowest quality among the spiritual plants in this courtyard.

When I first lived here, I found some incomplete spiritual lotus seeds from the bottom of a dry pond and cultivated them.

Meng Zhou, who felt something in his heart, stretched out his fingers to pop out a few rays of magic power, and injected them into the spiritual lotuses that still had vitality left.

With the integration of mana, the remaining vitality of the spiritual lotus, which was once just a hair away from death, grew rapidly. Soon, huge lotus leaves with tall and canopy shapes stood in the pond like umbrellas.

What surprised Meng Zhou was that the spiritual lotuses he restored did not stop at recovery. Their quality had been mutated and improved to varying degrees.

Among them, five plants have broken through the shackles of the second-order low-grade plants and have the quality of the second-order mid-grade plants.

This aroused great interest in Meng Zhou.

Although, in terms of practical value, it would not be of any help to him to evolve these mutations into the second-level mid-grade Linglian.

What he values ​​​​is their high proportion of mutation and evolution itself.

He speculated that the reason why their rate of mutation and evolution is so high is related to their survival from "death situations" twice in a row.

These two experiences broke the strong and stable "genetic chain".

"If that's the case, wouldn't I be able to artificially increase the chance of spiritual plant mutation and evolution through deliberate guidance?"

Meng Zhou naturally turned around such thoughts.

But soon, he actively suppressed these thoughts in his heart.

He took the two mysterious turtles out of their animal bags and put them into the dry pond.

When he broke through the pill formation, Meng Zhou also innately gifted the three skills of "Spirit Channeling", "Spirit Fusion", and "Spirit Control", making them the own abilities of the "Five Elements and All Forms Body".

Now, he can directly talk to the two mysterious turtles with his thoughts, and their spiritual fluctuations can be "translated" by him into accurate languages.

After receiving his order, the two mysterious turtles immediately formed a thick layer of clouds and rain over the water storage pond.

Soon, torrential rain fell from the clouds and rain layers.

Then, Meng Zhou took out more than a dozen spiritual plants from the "grove" of the third-level cave and transplanted them into the courtyard.

After doing all this, Meng Zhou sat quietly under the eaves of the Yashe and brewed himself a pot of spiritual tea.

After a while, Yang Chong and Liu Ying came outside the courtyard formation to ask for a meeting after being summoned by him.

After letting the two people in, Meng Zhou first paid attention to their practice progress these days, and updated the spiritual body information collected from them in real time.

Then, he told Yang Chong that from today on, the ten thousand acres of spiritual fields will resume normal irrigation again.

During the period when he left for retreat, the irrigation work of these ten thousand acres of spiritual fields was taken over by the Sanchuan Society.

It was completely formal and reasonable. On the surface, it didn't go through Kan Yue or Chairman Pan. It was completely resolved by Governor Li coming forward directly.

The only price is that after the Lingtian output is harvested in the future, these services will be paid to the Sanchuan Association at a discount from the Lingtian output.

Because of this service, the activities of village owners have become more free, and they do not need to be "imprisoned" in Sanchuan Plateau for a long time. Therefore, many village owners will leave for a period of time every three or four years to deal with various problems.

affairs.

Therefore, there is nothing suspicious about Meng Zhou's approach. This is a very normal approach in the Sanchuan Plain today.

After explaining the matter, when he saw that the two of them were about to leave, Meng Zhou suddenly felt something in his heart and called the two of them.

"Wait a moment."

Yang Chong and Liu Ying stopped and looked at Meng Zhou with some confusion: "Senior?"

Meng Zhou asked: "What long-term plans do you two have for the future?"

Seeing that the two of them were still a little confused, Meng Zhou added: "You won't farm in Sanchuan Plateau for the rest of your life, right?"

The two understood what Meng Zhou meant. Liu Ying looked at Yang Chong. Yang Chong hesitated for a moment and then said:

"Senior, to be honest, the years we have spent farming here with you have been the life we ​​dream of most.

With you protecting us from the wind and rain, we don’t need to worry about the outside world.

I can also get your guidance on my practice and improve my practice.

If possible, of course we would like to have such a good life forever."

After hearing this, Meng Zhou's expression remained normal, and he had even predicted Yang Chong's upcoming turn in advance.

“But as I progressed to Foundation Establishment, the little experience I had in the past became increasingly insufficient.

So, we did have some ideas.

When my strength improves further and I have the basic ability to protect myself, I plan to leave Sanchuan Plain for a while and travel around the Qingxuan Territory."

Yang Chong, who expressed his thoughts, was still a little uneasy.

Meng Zhou nodded slightly in understanding. It was not surprising that the two of them had this idea.

In fact, this is the growth rhythm of normal foundation building.

Even if you are a genius, you still need to travel frequently.

In a situation like Meng Zhou's, as long as there is a stable and suitable environment, it takes less than ten years to go from a newly promoted foundation builder to a newly promoted core builder. This is abnormal.

Meng Zhou saw that Yang Chong was a little uneasy and said:

"Don't be nervous. I don't mean to restrict you two. I just want to understand more clearly so that I can make arrangements in advance."

After hearing this, both the couple breathed a sigh of relief.

The two of them felt that they had received a lot of favors from Senior Zhuang. If Senior Zhuang had other arrangements for them, or just didn't want them to leave, they wouldn't be able to make the right decision.

"Can you have a specific time plan?" Meng Zhou asked.

Understanding Senior Zhuang's attitude, Yang Chong and the other two became much calmer. Yang Chong thought about it carefully and said:

"If you really want to consider this matter, you have to at least wait until we both reach the middle stage of Foundation Establishment."

The purpose of traveling abroad is to broaden your knowledge, understand and practice the Dao through practical experience.

Instead of just letting the good days go by, I simply want to go out to endure hardships and seek abuse.

Therefore, the action plan must at least wait until the two of them have established a firm foothold at the foundation level and have sufficient life-saving means.

Therefore, there is no need to consider this matter in the early stage of foundation building. Even after entering the middle stage, decisions must be made after comprehensive evaluation and introspection.

After hearing what Yang Chong said, Meng Zhou also nodded slightly.

The two of them completed the breakthrough from Qi training to foundation building last year, and now, they can stand firm at the first level of foundation building.

Based on the talents of the two, especially the spiritual abilities gained during the foundation building period, Meng Zhou judged that there would be basically no major bottlenecks during the foundation building stage.

But it should take three or four years for them to advance to each small level in the early stage of foundation building - among normal monks, this can already be attributed to the extremely talented and top group.

Therefore, it would be more than ten years before the two of them entered the middle stage of foundation building.

Meng Zhou, who knew it well, nodded: "So, you two will not leave Sanchuan Plain in a short time?"

The two nodded.

"Do you two have the idea of ​​running a farm again?" Meng Zhou asked again.

They both shook their heads.

Yang Chong said: "As long as you don't dislike it, senior, we are willing to take care of the farmland for you."

"Well, next, I plan to devote more time to personal practice and will be in retreat all year round.

Apart from ensuring that Lingtian has sufficient water supply, there is no time to be distracted by anything else.

I want to leave all the chores in this ten thousand acres of spiritual land to you two.

In addition to daily irrigation, it also includes monitoring changes in the land atmosphere of Lingtian and the growth status of spiritual plants.
To be continued...