Chapter 138 – Water Spirit Peach
Chapter 138 – Water Swamp Spirit Peach
“Below is our destination for this trip.”
High in the air, Senior Sister Yao pointed at a huge lake on the ground and said towards the two Lu Xuan.
The lake stretched for hundreds of miles, and there were ten small islands of various sizes in it.
After the three of them rested a little in Sword Gate Town, they set off together, and in less than an hour, the flying boat arrived near their destination.
“There are several small clans surviving on those small islands, mainly making a living by keeping water beasts and planting spiritual plants, the one we’re going to is the Zhang Clan among them.”
“The uncle-grandfather of the current head of the Zhang Family was once an outer disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and he is well acquainted with the senior uncle who commissioned me to come over.”
“It’s just that several breakthroughs to Foundation Establishment ended in failure, and in the end, his lifespan was depleted and he died of depression.”
“Due to this little bit of fragrant love, the senior uncle then asked that fellow disciple’s offspring to help plant spirit plants, which is also considered a kind of shelter for them.”
In the middle of the beautiful woman’s introduction, the flying boat phallus landed on one of the smaller islands with a larger area.
There were already more than a dozen cultivators waiting on the island, and when they saw Lu Xuan’s trio, eager smiles immediately appeared on their faces.
“Greetings, Senior Sister Yao, meet the two Senior Brothers.”
The leader of the group had white hair, but his spirit was quite good, about the eighth level of Qi Practicing cultivation, and saluted towards the three of them.
“Senior brother Zhang is too polite, you are much older than me, just call me senior sister.”
Senior Sister Yao gently lifted her hands upwards, lifting up the white-haired old man who was bending down and bowing his head.
The crowd behind the white-haired old man had the same respectful attitude, Lu Xuan swept a glance, these more than a dozen people of both genders, young and old, their cultivation levels were mainly in the middle stage of Qi Practicing, among them, there were even cultivators who were still in the low stage of Qi Practicing realm.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, the white-haired old man, the Zhang Family’s Zhang Yutang, invited Lu Xuan’s trio into a hall.
“When I heard that Senior Sister Yao was coming over to help with the pest problem, I asked the family to prepare early so that when Senior Sister comes over, we can dine directly.”
Zhang Yutang said with a smile.
“Senior Sister Yao, two senior brothers, come and try the fresh spirit fish that was just made.”
“This spirit fish is a specialty of our Star Luo Lake, living in deep water, it’s unusually difficult to see and must be caught by special means.”
Lu Xuan sniffed and lifted the white jade lid that was placed on the table in front of him, and instantly, the hot air was steaming, and a tantalizing fragrance was transmitted to his mouth and nose.
He used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of fish meat that was so white that it was almost transparent and stuffed it into his mouth.
The fish meat instantly melted in his mouth, and a fresh and smooth feeling went straight to his heavenly soul.
“Not bad.”
He nodded his head in satisfaction and uttered an exclamation of praise.
“Not bad indeed, the last time I ate this Spirit Fish was several years ago, and I’ve been thinking about this delicacy for a long time.”
The beautiful woman said with a smile.
“Senior Brother Zhang, after not seeing you for several years, your cultivation has advanced even further, and you are expected to break through to Foundation Establishment.”
The white-haired old man shook his head with a bitter smile.
“My own situation is still clear, although it looks like I’m already relatively close to the Foundation Establishment stage, possibly breaking through to the eighth level of Qi Practicing is already the best I can do, and going any further would be as difficult as climbing into the sky.”
“Right now, all I’m thinking about is to take care of the Zhang Clan, and then cultivate a few outstanding descendants, so that they can work hard to worship among the Heavenly Sword Sect and revitalize the glory of the Zhang Clan.”
“Oh, then, does the Zhang Family have any young talents with good talent in this generation? If there is, I can report it to Uncle He on behalf of me.”
Senior Sister Yao pondered for a moment and said with a smile.
“There are two that are quite alright, Cheng Xin, Cheng Ning, come out and pay your respects to Senior Yao.”
Zhang Yutang clapped his hands, and two teenagers came out from the crowd, bowing and saluting towards the beautiful woman. “Cheng Xin, Cheng Ning are the two with the best cultivation talent in this generation of the Zhang family, at the age of thirteen or fourteen, they are both already at the fourth level of qi practicing cultivation, they are a bit stronger than I was at that age, and they have the hope to enter into the Heavenly Sword Sect.”
The white-haired old man looked at the two vigorous teenagers, his expression carrying great expectations.
“Not bad indeed, cultivate well and strive to enter the Heavenly Sword Sect together.”
Senior Sister Yao affirmed to the two teenagers.
“This is the magic weapon I used when I was in the middle stage of Qi cultivation, I have been keeping it, today I will gift it to the two of you, I hope to see you in the Heavenly Sword Sect soon.”
She took out two first-grade magic weapons from her storage bag and gifted them to the two teenagers.
The two teenagers hurriedly expressed their gratitude.
Lu Xuan and the other one were busy with the spirit fish meat in front of them.
They were all only invited by the woman and had no relationship with the Zhang Clan cultivators, so naturally, they wouldn’t behave like Senior Sister Yao.
“Senior Brother Zhang, take us over to take a look at the spirit plants that suffered from the pest problem this time.”
“Solve it earlier and feel relieved sooner.”
After having a full meal and wine, Senior Sister Yao said towards the white-haired old man.
“Good then, I’ll take senior sister three to check out the spiritual plants.”
Zhang Yutang had been waiting for these words for a long time and hurriedly nodded his head in response.
Lu Xuan’s trio followed behind him and the Zhang Clan cultivator, and after walking for a short while, they entered a huge spiritual plant garden.
The Spirit Plant Garden was a little different from the Spirit Fields that Lu Xuan had previously possessed, not in the form of a Spirit Field, but as if it was built directly on a swamp.
The ground was damp and rotten, with many puddles, and not far away was a sparkling lake.
Hundreds and thousands of peach trees were planted in the Spirit Plantation, and in such an environment, the leaves grew extremely vibrantly, revealing a watery luster.
Between the dense leaves, numerous reddish peaches hung, with shallow water wave-like lines growing on their surface.
“This is the watery Ze Spirit Peach planted by the Zhang Family, a first-grade spirit plant, and when ripe, the Spirit Peach can be consumed as a spirit fruit, and can also be used to concoct elixirs.”
Zhang Yutang introduced to the Lu Xuan trio.
“Some time ago, a strange insect appeared in the Water Zephyr Spirit Peach, usually hiding in the rotting mud, it’s extremely hidden and hard to detect.”
“The appearance of the strange insect looks somewhat similar to the Spiritual Peach Tree trunk, it’s not very aggressive, low level Qi Practicing cultivators will be able to deal with it, but the level of damage to the Spiritual Plants is more serious.”
“The Zhang Family has organized several large-scale activities to clean up the pests, but they have not been able to completely solve them from, clearing out a batch and another batch popping up.”
“Due to the fear that this will affect the growth of the Shui Ze Spirit Peach in the long run, we have no choice but to turn to the clan, hoping that we can successfully solve the pest problem with the help of the clan’s formidable spirit plant masters.”
Zhang Yutang described the specifics of the pest infestation in detail to the Lu Xuan trio.
“Zhang Clan cultivators should have caught quite a few foreign insects in recent times, unable to determine the name of the species from their appearance characteristics?”
Yan Ping, an ordinary looking man on the side, asked out loud.
“After catching them, the family’s spiritual planters checked the canonical books and asked the cultivators of several other families on the island, none of them had ever seen that kind of strange insect.”
“However, the small family’s heritage is there, compared to the clan then, there is a difference between the clouds and mud, I think Senior Sister Yao as well as the two Senior Brothers should be able to judge the species of the strange insect.”
The white-haired old man, Zhang Yutang, slowly said as Lu Xuan’s trio separated, each choosing a direction and carefully observing the growth of the Water Zephyr Spirit Peach plant.
(End of Chapter)