Chapter 4 Spirit Locusts, Green Beetles

"I just heard from Lao He that he found spiritual locusts in Xu Zhong's spiritual field.

These spiritual locusts are not ordinary. They are extremely harmful to spiritual fields. They are most likely to eat spiritual rice. Once they appear, they often appear in groups, and they can fly and have strong jumping ability. If they appear in one spiritual field, it is estimated that they will soon affect other spiritual fields.

You will check carefully later, and don't let the spiritual rice suffer.

Especially in recent times, the spiritual rice seedlings have begun to bloom and hang spiritual rice, and countless spiritual insects will be attracted.

If it is not good, it will affect the harvest."

Old Xu said hurriedly.

Zhou Changwang nodded hurriedly.

He knew that once the spiritual rice reached maturity, countless spiritual insects would come to eat it. If it was not dealt with, it might be possible to destroy the hard work of these months.

As for Xu Zhong, he also knew him. He was a monk who apprenticed with him in the Spiritual Planting Hall, but the other party was a few years older than him and left the Spiritual Planting Hall earlier than him. Now it has been three years since he rented the spiritual field.

However, unlike other spiritual farmers who were diligent, the other party fished for three days and dried the nets for two days, and often did not appear for several days in a row. The spiritual fields were full of weeds and pests, and it was normal for spiritual locusts to appear.

However, the spiritual fields rented by the other party were not far from his spiritual fields, and there was only a small river in between, so it was indeed necessary to take precautions.

Then, Zhou Changwang went back to the spiritual fields and began to search carefully on the spiritual crops.

White flowers had already bloomed on each spiritual crop, and some of the fast-growing ones were even covered with spiritual rice. Although they were still very shriveled and needed ten days or half a month of growth to be full, the joy of the upcoming harvest still made him excited.

His eyes scanned the spiritual crops, looking at them one by one.

Suddenly, Zhou Changwang's eyes condensed.

A spiritual insect the size of a baby's fist, covered with a green shell, appeared in his sight.

"Green beetle!"

Zhou Changwang whispered.

Green beetles are not as harmful as spiritual locusts, but they will also eat the branches and leaves of spiritual grass, affecting its growth, so of course they must be eradicated.

He quickly held his breath, silently used his spiritual power, and quickly drew out complex runes.

This process was extremely slow, and the mind that had just recovered a little was quickly consumed.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

After seven full breaths, the spell finally took shape.

Gengjin Finger!

Then he stretched his hand forward a little.

"Go~!"

A golden light flashed by.

Puff!

The head of the green beetle was immediately pierced, and then it fell stiffly to the ground.

"It is worthy of being an attack spell. The power of this Gengjin Finger is really amazing."

Zhou Changwang's face showed surprise.

You should know that this green beetle is a spiritual insect, and its shell is very hard. Ordinary swords and knives can hardly break it, but the Gengjin Finger can easily penetrate it, so you can imagine its power.

It is for this reason that Zhou Changwang truly felt the difference in himself now.

Although the Cleansing Technique and the Little Spiritual Rain Technique are magical, they are only auxiliary spells after all, but the Gengjin Finger is a real killing spell, far superior to the swords of warriors.

"Sure enough, killing, strength, and power are the romance of men!"

Zhou Changwang sighed and hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the green beetle.

This green beetle is a spiritual insect. The shell can be ground into powder and used as medicine. The flesh and blood inside contain spiritual energy, which can speed up cultivation. Although it is only the size of a baby's fist, the spiritual energy contained is no less than half a catty of spiritual rice. Naturally, he is reluctant to throw it away.

Then, Zhou Changwang continued to check.

"Sure enough, the fruiting season is coming soon, and there are obviously more spiritual insects in the spiritual field."

Zhou Changwang soon found the second green beetle.

He did the same.

He also killed the second green beetle.

Then the third one.

Zhou Changwang's Gengjin Finger was not always accurate. When he killed the third one, he lost his aim and only scratched it. He killed it with another blow.

Fortunately, his proficiency did not decrease.

Gengjin Finger Proficiency +2

In this way, after exploring the three acres of spiritual field, Zhou Changwang killed a total of four spiritual insects, all of which were green beetles, and a digging cicada. As soon as he found it, the other party was already alert and quickly drilled into the ground and disappeared. He had no choice but to give up.

Gengjin Finger (Entry 13+5/100).

After looking at the panel, Zhou Changwang came out of the spiritual field again.

At this time, the spiritual power in his body was empty again.

But he was so exhausted that he couldn't even sit in meditation to recover, so he had to endure it.

"How is it?"

At this time, Old Xu came over with a smile.

"Four green beetles.

Fortunately, no spiritual locusts were found."

Zhou Changwang replied.

"Four green beetles are equivalent to two kilograms of spiritual rice, which is a small harvest.

As for spiritual locusts, it would be best if there are no spiritual locusts. Once they break out, we will not be able to deal with them. At that time, we will have to ask people from the Spiritual Planting Hall to come over. Three low-grade spiritual stones are very valuable."

As he spoke, Old Xu's face also showed a pained look, and it was obvious that he had experienced this before.

After all, no matter how hard the spiritual farmers take care of the spiritual fields, during the fruit-bearing period, there will inevitably be spiritual insects flying over to eat. The better they take care of the spiritual fields, the more spiritual insects they attract. If there are too many insects, it will become a disaster. With their spiritual power, they are definitely not enough to clear them all, so naturally they can only ask the people from the Spiritual Planting Hall to come.

Zhou Changwang nodded.

In his heart, he was thinking whether he could use the proficiency panel to avoid this crisis.

After all, he was really poor.

He had carefully searched his room before, and except for some gold and silver to buy some daily necessities, he had no spiritual stones.

If that time really comes, he can't take out spiritual stones, and can only watch the spiritual fields suffer from disasters.

The Spiritual Planting Hall is not a charity hall, and it only cares about its own income. Whether it is affected by disasters or not is entirely borne by the spiritual farmers themselves.

If they can't afford it, they will become contract farmers and will no longer be free.

"Gengjin Finger is a powerful weapon for killing spirit insects, so it must be upgraded as soon as possible.

However, my biggest drawback is that I am not good enough in cultivation and spiritual power.

It takes spiritual power to cast spells. Even if I have enough spiritual power, I can only cast ten or so Gengjin Finger spells. If I meditate to recover, I can only recover half of them, which is fifteen... It will take at least seven or eight days to upgrade the Gengjin Finger spell.

Not to mention, I need to cast the Spirit Rain Spell at ordinary times. Some spirit crops grow slowly, so I need to cast the Birth Inducing Spell..."

Zhou Changwang felt a headache when he thought of this.

"Maybe I can try to cast spells without stimulating? Or control the amount of spiritual power input to gradually reduce the consumption of each spell?"

This is a method, but whether it can work or not, we have to try it.

"By the way, has your father come back? Speaking of which, he has been in the mountains for half a month this time."

Old Xu said, and then changed the subject and asked again.

"This time, we have indeed been in the mountains for a long time."

Hearing this, Zhou Changwang also showed a trace of worry on his face.