Wuliang Immortal Clan

Chapter 17 Show your hand

"My family sent me to provide support! I am the Spirit Plant Master."

Xu Yuanlang spoke earnestly, and after hearing his self-introduction, Xu Zhentian stared at him with a shifty look for a couple of seconds.

There were surprises, there were dissatisfactions, but mostly disbelief.

"Yuan Lang, these golden beetles are extremely troublesome. If we can't deal with them, the family will suffer a great loss."

"Uncle Sanada, let me take a look first."

Xu Yuanlang spoke calmly, and Xu Zhentian turned his body to the side.

"Come in and we'll talk!"

After he entered Qinglong Mountain, it felt as if a cool breeze swept over his body.

It was early summer, and the sun was already blazing, but in Qinglong, it felt like early spring. Just a step away, yet the difference was like night and day.

"Is there a formation here?"

Formations are formed by borrowing the power of heaven and earth, with the sun, moon and stars as the main elements, supplemented by the changing seasons, and combined with mountains, rivers and lakes.

Some places require digging ponds to raise special spirit fish, while others require planting ancient trees that are thousands of years old in high places.

It was extremely troublesome, so the Xu family only set up formations on a few spiritual veins.

"Yes, the family has set up the Azure Wood Mystic Heaven Array here. In addition to preventing the dissipation of spiritual energy, it can also use the power of the Azure Wood to trap and injure people."

I'll give you a detailed introduction when I have time. Come and see the golden beetles in the clan's spirit field.

As Xu Zhentian finished speaking, his face was full of anxiety, and he pulled him hurriedly toward the location of the spirit field.

The spiritual fields of Qinglong Mountain are located halfway up the mountain, and the cascading spiritual spring water nourishes the three acres of spiritual fields.

At this moment, there are ten people on each mu of spiritual field, all hunched over, carefully turning over the rice seedlings.

"No one knows exactly when these damned golden beetles appeared, but five days ago, Old Seven Yuan Miao discovered traces of them."

She hurriedly reported this to me, and I dared not delay. I took her and Zhenfeng to investigate, and found that the golden beetles had begun to gnaw on the roots and stems of the seedlings.

Although the rice and fish grown on these three acres are considered spiritual rice with vigorous vitality, it is impossible to let them eat it.

Your uncle isn't a spiritual plant master, so I can't find a way to deal with them. I can only use a clumsy method: get people to catch them one by one.

But to everyone's surprise, five days later, the number of golden beetles had actually increased. If they weren't dealt with quickly, this season's fish and rice harvest would likely be a complete failure.

Xu Zhentian's face showed his exhaustion. He was stationed at Qinglong Mountain, and his salary and rewards were closely related to these three acres of fish, rice and rice.

If there is a bumper harvest, you will receive a generous reward; if the yield is too low, your reward for overseeing the operation will be reduced.

But if there is no harvest at all, he doesn't even dare to think about how his family will hold him accountable.

Of course, this is only one aspect. If you perform poorly, your reputation with the family will continue to decline, and you may not be assigned any good tasks in the future.

So the reason he was so anxious was not only because he was worried about the losses to his family, but also because he was worried about himself.

"what!"

A sudden scream interrupted their conversation, and the person who was turning over the rice seedlings suddenly collapsed.

"Someone's in trouble, quick!"

Upon seeing this, Xu Yuanlang quickly ran over.

"Make way! The family's immortal master is here!"

Those surrounding the injured person immediately knelt down upon seeing Xu Yuanlang.

"Quickly move him to the side."

Xu Zhentian, who was following closely behind, shouted loudly, and the people hurriedly obeyed and carried him to an open space.

Xu Yuanlang released his spiritual power to investigate, and was taken aback.

"Is he just a mortal?"

"Yes, these people who come to catch the golden beetles are all mortals. These insects gnaw on the roots and stems of spirit rice and have no interest in anything without spiritual energy."

Xu Zhentian spoke dismissively, while Xu Yuanlang sighed, grabbed his Qi-breaking needle, and plunged it directly into the injured man's throat.

With a gentle lift, a golden beetle, about the size of a thumb, was pulled out from between the flesh and blood.

At this moment, its six legs were still struggling frantically, and several strips of flesh were still hanging from its sharp, knife-like claws.

At this moment, it was struggling desperately, spreading its wings in preparation to fly away.

"snort!"

Xu Yuanlang swung the golden beetle forcefully, and the beetle's body split in two.

But unexpectedly, even though it was split in two, the head part did not die, but struggled to run outwards.

"go!"

A beam of sword light flew out from the Demon-Slaying Gourd, pinning the golden beetle to the ground. The creature struggled for a while before dying.

It's likely that the golden beetle had too little spiritual power, so it left no legacy after it died.

"Uncle Sanada, these golden beetles are probably not only interested in spirit rice."

"These golden beetles are so big!"

Xu Zhentian's eyes widened as he stared in horror at the golden beetle, which was faintly tinged with blood.

From his subconscious mutterings to himself, Xu Yuanlang sensed that something was wrong.

"Uncle Sanada, how big should the golden beetle be, or rather, how big is the one you found?"

"The largest of them is only the size of a mustard seed, how could they suddenly become so big?"

Upon hearing his words, Xu Yuanlang's scalp tingled instantly, and his gaze fell upon the mortals kneeling on the ground beside him.

Xu Zhentian noticed his gaze and instinctively exclaimed in surprise.

"Impossible, right?"

"Nothing is impossible, Uncle Sanada. Let Seventh Sister and Uncle Mafu come and help."

He grabbed one of them and, without waiting for the other to ask, struck him on the neck with a palm strike, then released his spiritual power to quickly search him.

After realizing something was wrong, Uncle Sanada quickly summoned the other people who were in charge of the area, and they began to check the situation themselves.

"Here it is!"

Xu Yuanlang noticed something unusual in the mortal's blood and qi. He used the Qi-breaking needle in his hand as an anchor hook and pierced it directly into the chest and abdomen. With a gentle flick, he picked out a golden beetle that was slightly smaller than the one he had seen before.

The golden beetle immediately spread its wings, ready to fly away.

"Blue Leaf Cage!"

Xu Yuanlang changed his hand gestures, and a cage made of cyan leaves appeared instantly.

It looks like just a thin leaf, but its hardness is in no way inferior to a low-grade magic weapon. Not to mention the golden beetle, even a cultivator in the early stage of Qi Refining would not be able to escape easily if it were locked up.

This is a new technique that the fourth leaf of the Seven-Colored Flower brought me after I broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

There is no lengthy circulation of spiritual energy, nor is there any necessary incantation or mental technique; it can be activated instantly simply by performing the hand seals.

"Be careful not to let these golden beetles escape; try to kill them as soon as possible."

Xu Yuanlang manipulated the Green Leaf Cage to shrink, and then took out a jade bottle and put the golden beetle inside.

After that, I need to find a way to investigate the origin of these golden beetles.

Then he continued to rescue people without stopping.

A quarter of an hour later, all the golden beetles on the mortals were caught. Looking at these creatures baring their teeth and claws, the people present felt lingering fear.