As the saying goes, good people can be bullied. Master Qin Yun is kind-hearted and does not fight with others, so it is inevitable that someone will bully him. That's why the three young men are so confident.
However, Qin Yun didn't plan to care too much about this matter. After all, he was just a new disciple. But there was another thing he had to ask clearly: "Sister Luliu, what's going on with our spiritual field? And that ground turtle insect."
What is it?"
Mentioning this, a look of distress appeared on Luliu's face. She thought for a moment and said, "I'll take you to see it first!"
The terrain to the south of Yunshui Xiaozhu is gentle, and large tracts of farmland have been reclaimed. The acres are separated by rows of trees, and a gurgling stream flows through the fields.
The so-called spiritual fields refer to the acres of land where spiritual fruits, spiritual trees, spiritual herbs and elixirs are planted. The land where the Jianzong Mountain Gate is located is rich in spiritual energy, providing the necessary conditions for the cultivation of these rare species.
Shui Wanning studied under Qing Yunzi. Like Qing Yunzi, she was a dual practitioner of Qi and Sword. She specialized in refining talismans and elixirs, and she also opened a small elixir shop in Xuanwu City.
She manages a total of thirty acres of spiritual fields, of which twenty acres are planted with Bichen fruit trees and the other ten acres are planted with various medicinal herbs.
The Bichen fruit tree is a very good spiritual tree. Its core is used as a material for making talismans. The juice of the fruit can be used as medicine to make elixirs. The pulp, like Huangjing Salvia, can be eaten by warriors and alchemists, so it has the largest planting area.
The mature fruit trees are three to four feet tall. The dense branches and leaves in the fruit forest are entangled with each other and block the sunlight, making it very dark and humid inside.
Probably because it has not been taken care of for a long time, the forest floor is overgrown with weeds, vines are entangled in the fruit trees unscrupulously, and there are many insects flying around in it.
"Miss has been away for several months and hasn't come back. There is no one to take care of the spiritual field. In a few days, the Bichen fruit will start to bear fruit one after another..." Luliu said with a sad face: "I have to look after the shops in the city, but there is no one to take care of them."
The ability to deal with ground beetles, Qin Yun, really depends on you this time, otherwise we won’t be able to harvest the Bichen fruit this year, and the lady and I will both drink from the northwest wind!"
Qin Yun scratched his head: "Then you have to tell me how to take care of the spiritual field first!"
Luliu immediately smiled, pointed to the fruit tree next to her and said, "Look, this is the Bichen fruit. It's about to open its shell!"
The fruit on her finger is about the size of a fist, and is round and green-black in color. It is difficult to find when hidden among the leaves.
Click!
As soon as Luliu finished speaking, the Bichen fruit suddenly split from the middle, and the shell automatically opened to both sides, revealing the white and jade-like pulp inside, and a faint fragrance flowed out of it.
interesting!
Qin Yun's eyes couldn't help being completely attracted: "Is this considered mature?"
"No..." Luliu shook his head and said, "We have to wait another half an hour until the color of the inner fruit turns green and blue before it is truly mature. If you pick it now, you cannot use it as medicine or eat it."
"but..."
Suddenly, there was a creepy rustling sound in the woods, and the soil under the fruit trees was seen rising, and beetles quickly emerged one after another.
Their appearance is very similar to ordinary ladybugs, but they are about the size of a baby's fist. Their carapace is a copper-like khaki color and looks very hard.
These beetles crawled very fast. In a blink of an eye, they climbed along the trunk of the tree to the newly opened bichen fruit, and fought desperately for the pulp. Some of the weak ones were squeezed out on the spot.
"This is the ground beetle. They come to snatch the Bichen fruit as soon as the shell opens!" Luliu hid behind Qin Yun with some fear: "They can also bite people, so don't catch them with your hands!"
The poor Bichen fruit could not withstand such looting and biting. Even the outer shell was torn into pieces, and the pulp was completely snatched away.
Qin Yun pondered for a moment, then pulled out the Qinggang Sword and pointed it at a beetle and stabbed it.
bite!
The tip of the sword pierced the back shell of the Earth Turtle Insect, making a crisp sound of metal impact. Even with the sharpness of the Qinggang Sword, it could not penetrate!
"Eh!" Qin Yun couldn't help being surprised, knowing that he had used three-thirds of his strength with this sword, but he couldn't do anything to a small beetle.
No wonder Luliu looked like that when he talked about ground beetles.
The beetle seemed to be irritated, and immediately turned around and jumped onto the sword. It opened two black fangs that were curved like daggers, and quickly crawled along the sword body towards Qin Yun's right hand holding the sword.
"Be careful!" Luliu screamed.
court death!
Qin Yun was also a little angry. This guy was really not that arrogant.
The long sword shook, and the red sword light rushed out from the body, and the ground beetle was immediately knocked away.
But it did not escape. Instead, it spread its wings and flew into the air, drawing an arc in the air and launching another attack on Qin Yun.
However, Qin Yun was already prepared, and the Qinggang Sword was whipped out and struck its body, and the hot red flame sword energy suddenly erupted.
Although it is a simple basic sword move, but combined with the power of Jiuyang Zhenqi, this blow is powerful.
But what shocked Qin Yun was that his sword failed to cut the turtle insect into two pieces. The sword energy slipped away when it hit the insect's body and only cut off its left wing.
This ground turtle fell to the ground and rolled, squeaking and plowing away the soil with the horns of its head, and disappeared into the ground in an instant!
Qin Yun was speechless. He used 50% of his strength in this sword-raising move. With the power of the sword energy stimulated by Jiuyang Zhenqi, he could easily cut through even a piece of solid iron, but he was still unable to do anything to a small
beetle.
The other ground beetles jumped to the ground one after another after grabbing all the fruit flesh, and also quickly burrowed into the soil and disappeared.
The orchard has returned to its original tranquility, with only the fragments of fruit shells remaining on the ground proving the existence of the ground beetles.
But now Qin Yun understands that once new Bichen fruits open their shells, they will definitely appear again to eat the pulp. If they are allowed to continue to wreak havoc, it is entirely possible that the twenty acres of fruit forest will not be harvested.
Luliu patted her chest with lingering fear. She bent down and picked up the sliced turtle insect wing shell from the ground, put it in the palm of her hand and handed it to Qin Yun to see.
"The shell of the ground beetle is a very good material for refining weapons. The shop in the city can sell it for ten taels of silver. If it is an intact carapace, it can be sold for fifty taels of silver!"
Just now she was afraid of beetles, but now when it comes to money, the girl's eyes are as bright as a money addict.
Qin Yun smiled bitterly and said: "It's very difficult to deal with this turtle insect!"
He had never thought beforehand that the turtle bugs had such a hard shell that they couldn't be cut open with sword energy. He had to use all his strength to kill them.
But there are not just one or two ground beetles. God knows how many more are hidden underground. Once the Bichen fruits open their shells and hundreds and thousands of them come out, how can he cope with it alone?
"Yes!" Luliu nodded seriously: "I once saw my lady kill a ground beetle, which was not easy. She once told me that the ground beetle has the element of wood and earth, and it is best to use the power of Geng Metal Fiery Fire to deal with it!
"
"The ground beetle also has a vital point. The lady said it's where its head and neck connect to its carapace, but it's just too difficult to hit the vital point!"
"The lady also said that the ground beetle will not attack people actively, but it will definitely fight back when attacked. If bitten by it, it will not let go, and it can bite off a piece of meat!"
"And there's more..."
She chattered a lot. Although she heard what the lady said, it also gave Qin Yun a better understanding of the ground beetles.
Speaking of the power of the Gengjin Fiery Fire, Qin Yun's heart moved.
His inner energy attribute is fire, and the sword energy he activates is lethal to ground turtles but not very strong. But would it be better if he added the power of Geng Metal?
This reminded Qin Yun of the Geng Jin Sword Technique that he had treasured and never learned.
That Gengjin Sword Jue was from when he was guarding the mine in Manglong Mountain in winter, the Wu family's direct grandson of Wu Fang took people into the mountain for hunting because of a conflict between the Jasper Spirit Fox and Qin Yun.
As a result, the opponent was completely destroyed by Qin Yun through a bloody battle. He found the Gengjin Sword Jue from the Wu clan disciple. Later, in order to completely annihilate the traces, he memorized the entire Sword Jue together with the annotations and burned them cleanly.
Qin Yun had kept this matter in his heart without telling anyone, and he did not try to practice the Gengjin Sword Art when he was in Qianchao. Firstly, it was because it was too difficult, and secondly, he was worried that it would cause trouble.
But now that he has left the Qin family and joined the Tiancheng Sword Sect, his original scruples and worries are naturally much weaker, and he is able to learn some useful things from it.
"Sister Luliu, let's go back first. Let me figure out a solution for the ground beetle!"
"Yeah!" Luliu nodded.
After seeing Qin Yun's strength, she had some confidence in Qin Yun, but in fact she had no choice.
The two left Lingtian and returned to Yunshui Xiaozhu together. Luliu planned to stay here for the next few days and planned to help Qin Yun pick ripe Bichen fruits.
"Miss has been away for so long and hasn't come back yet. There is nothing to sell in the shop." She told Qin Yun with a frown: "If you can't pick enough Bichen fruits to sell, the rent of the shop will be high."
I can’t afford to pay!”
Qin Yun asked about it and found out that Shui Wanning's Danfu store opened in Xuanwu City had to pay rent every six months, requiring ten pieces of spiritual jade at a time.
Prices in Xuanwu City are high, and silver can be used to buy ordinary grain and oil goods, but many good things, including elixirs, elixirs, weapons, weapons, etc., are all paid for with spiritual jade.
Although Shui Wanning's Danfu store is small in size, it is in a good location. Although the rent is expensive, it can still be maintained. However, if you lose the store because you cannot pay the rent on time, it is equivalent to losing the most important source of livelihood.
Although she can sell the refined elixirs directly to other merchants, the income obtained after being exploited cannot sustain her daily life and cultivation needs.
You must know that even if you are a disciple of the inner sect, the regular rations issued by the sect every month are very limited, and you have to rely on disciples to do sect tasks and other means to increase your income.
"Sister Luliu, don't worry!" Qin Yun patted his chest and said, "They're just ground turtles. I'll let them die as many as they come!"
"boast!"
Lu Liujiao rolled her eyes at him with a sweet smile.
