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Chapter 839: Chapter 839: Ferocious Reinforcements (Seeking guaranteed monthly votes for this first release) Chapter 839: Chapter 839: Ferocious Reinforcements (Seeking guaranteed monthly votes for this first release) Feng Jun and Hua Hua had a mind-link and knew why such a large swarm of flying insects had appeared before it even landed.

But he was still deeply shocked. He had never imagined that Hua Hua could command a swarm of insects.

However, upon further thought, he felt somewhat relieved. After all, its predecessor–the Miao Girl–was an expert in controlling Gu Insects.

Then, without changing his expression, he cleared his throat softly, “Don’t panic, it’s my Spirit Plant Shepherd, it has brought insects to eradicate pests.”

Spirit Plant Shepherd… Feng Tianyang and Brother Zhang exchanged a glance, unable to suppress the shock in their eyes: What the heck is that?

Alright, even just from the literal meaning of the words, the term was not hard to understand, but what astonished them was, could it really coerce wasps to fly so high?

Saying that attracting the enmity of wasps wasn’t difficult, one could simply poke a wasp nest, but even in that situation, on an unsheltered plain, the wasps would only chase for at most five or six miles.

But flying high–that was the challenge. The various air currents at high altitudes were not kind to small insects, and they were also more likely to be eaten by birds.

This mountain peak was nearly three thousand meters above sea level, even the local relative height was around eight or nine hundred meters, those wasps wouldn’t fly so high unless they turned into “mad horses”–hold on, were there ladybugs, too?

During the conversation, Hua Hua landed on the peak with a large group of underlings.

Following that, amidst the overwhelming buzzing, a subtle rustling sound began– the insects started to feast.

Feng Tianyang stayed dazed for a good while before snapping out of his shock. He pointed at Hua Hua, “Is this your Spirit Plant Shepherd?”

Hua Hua didn’t even look at him, fluttering its wings and landing on Feng Jun’s shoulder.

King Crow’s flying ability was decent, but to think that it was outdone by a butterfly in terms of long-distance travel–what a disgrace to the crow community!

It was now flying around the peak, constantly cawing, but occasionally it would swoop down to snatch and eat a wasp–it had a strong distaste for lazy creatures.

After watching for a while, Feng Jun turned to Feng Tianyang and smiled slightly, “Don’t underestimate my Spirit Plant Shepherd, it’s carnivorous and very capable.”

Feng Tianyang nodded in a daze, “Of course, I can tell, very capable indeed…”

A single butterfly commanding so many insects, I’d like to think its capabilities are minimal, but I’m certainly not blind.

Seeing his expression and then looking at Brother Zhang, who also appeared utterly bewildered, Feng Jun turned to Hua Hua and spoke gravely, “Why did you bring Xiao Wu here too?”

Hua Hua squeaked twice, expressing its grievance, “I need to get it to exercise more if it wants to advance to the Transformation Realm, how can it do that if it’s always pampered?”

Feng Jun was speechless, thinking that lying on your back while flying over wasn’t much of a workout.

Suddenly, Hua Hua guessed his thoughts again, “It flies too slowly, and I was in a hurry to come here. When it couldn’t fly anymore, I gave it a lift part of the way. It’s good that I had it, otherwise, I couldn’t have managed so many insects.”

After the rustling sound persisted for seven or eight minutes, Brother Zhang suddenly asked, “Mountain Master Feng, this Spirit Plant Shepherd of yours… is in the Qi Refinement Realm?”

He must have sensed something as he looked at Hua Hua with a face full of astonishment.

Feng Jun nodded, “Mid-stage Qi Refining… It’s very good at cultivating Spirit Plants, and dealing with your issue here, is relatively its expertise.”

Actually, he thought that Hua Hua had a knack for dealing with pests and was very sensitive to Spirit Plants, which is why he had brought it over on short notice.

Upon learning that Hua Hua was not only in the Qi Refinement Realm but also at the Mid-stage Qi Refining, Feng Tianyang couldn’t help but gape, “No way?”

In this day and age, a butterfly is stronger than a person? It’s at the Mid-stage Qi Refining?

Feng Jun chuckled, and now that things were out in the open, he didn’t hide it any longer, pointing to two black insects, “Hua Hua, you’ve seen so many things, take a look at what kind of insects these are.”

Hua Hua flew over and fiddled with the black insects, seeming to ponder for a moment.

After a while, it took flight heading straight for the ancient tea tree in the southwest corner. Opening its mouth, it spat…

A thousand years… ago? Feng Tianyang’s mouth twitched slightly, his mouth had twitched enough today, but he really couldn’t help it–Are you sure it was a white butterfly and not a white fox?

Feng Jun knew it was hard for him to understand, but he didn’t bother explaining, “What this insect is called, it can’t say… I can’t translate, but it’s a Spirit Plant Succession Insect, only appearing when a Spirit Plant is in the process of succession, and it’s quite rare.”

It turned out that even a thousand years ago, this insect was a rare sight; they couldn’t survive on their own, only able to cling to the seedlings nurtured by Spirit Plants, relying on that initial vitality for development and growth, and only starting to nibble on the Spirit Plant’s branches and leaves once it had grown a bit.

Strictly speaking, Spirit Plants and these insects could be considered to have a symbiotic relationship. The insect naturally lurked within the Spirit Plant, never acting up, only hatching when the Spirit Plant began to decline and then choosing an appropriate spot at the root to nest–or rather, to create a nurturing chamber.

The nurturing chamber was an environment where new plant seedlings could easily be stimulated into emerging, the seedlings and insects mutually encouraging each other, at the cost of the old plant’s vitality.

Once grown, the insects would directly consume the plant, and when the old Spirit Plant died, both the adult and the larvae would perish.

Their bodies would contribute to the growth of a new Spirit Plant.

After listening, Feng Tianyang was still at a loss for words, after a long time, he finally managed to ask, “So… it’s like cordyceps?”

Feng Jun nodded, “Basically, that’s the idea, more or less… It said to get rid of the insects, you have to dig out the root, cut off that sprout. Sigh, I don’t know what to do either, you decide.”

“I don’t know what to do either…” Feng Tianyang’s face was twisted in bitterness, almost squeezing out water, and he spoke through gritted teeth, “Brother, what do you think? I’ll listen to you.”

But Brother Zhang also didn’t like such choices, for there was none to make, “If these insects aren’t dealt with, won’t other ancient tea trees also suffer the consequences?”

Feng Jun asked Hua Hua, to which Hua Hua chirped twice, nodding very affirmatively.

“Ah,” Feng Tianyang heaved a heavy sigh, slowly turning around and bowing in the direction of Xuande Cave Heaven,

Then he spoke solemnly, “Respected ancestors of the past generations, I, Feng Tianyang, am incapable, unable to protect the heritage left by my predecessors, filled with guilt in my heart, I am willing to bear all mistakes solely, having nothing to do with others, hoping that the ancestors will see clearly.”

This confession was quite clumsy, but his words, coupled with his facial expressions and gestures, somehow carried a strong sense of ritual.

Even Feng Jun was slightly affected and found it difficult to say anything for a moment.

However, Feng Tianyang then turned around and bowed again, “Mountain Master Feng, this time I must impose heavily upon you. Should matters succeed, my Xuande Cave Heaven will surely…”

He paused mid-sentence, realizing that they truly had nothing significant to offer–at least, nothing that could sway Feng Jun, so he pressed on stiffly, “My Xuande Cave Heaven is willing to follow behind, always looking towards Luohua Manor as our leader.”

Feng Jun smiled indifferently, “Why would I need you to look to me as leader? The Cultivation Path is so long, to have companions to share the journey, to exchange insights on the Way, that alone is enough.”

He genuinely felt no need to take advantage of the other’s assets. Just experiencing an unheard event and expanding his knowledge was already rewarding–of course, if there really were Spirit Stones, he wouldn’t mind making a profit, but this group of Earth Realm cultivators was really too impoverished.

Afterwards, he nodded to Hua Hua and swung his hand downward with force, “Let’s get to work!”

Hua Hua glanced at him with a deep look, “This is what they say online about ‘using women as men’, right?”

Feng Jun looked up to the sky helplessly: Ever since this creature started using the app, the weird talk has become more and more frequent.

Feng Tianyang and Brother Zhang didn’t know what the two of them were communicating. Brother Zhang picked up a wooden rake from the ground, just about to start, when he saw Hua Hua land on the ground and immediately start digging.

A butterfly’s legs are very thin, even Hua Hua’s size, now comparable to a magazine, doesn’t make its legs thick.

But it was those thin legs that dug furiously, so rapidly that one couldn’t make out the movements of its legs, much like a hummingbird’s wings fluttering in mid-air, not leaving traces but creating an arc of blurs.

In less than ten seconds, it had dug out a pile of soil larger than a basketball. Feng Jun was okay, but the other two were simply dumbfounded.

Feng Tianyang sighed deeply, “Those who know, understand it’s a butterfly; those who don’t, might think it’s an armadillo turned spirit.”

Brother Zhang shook his head, “With this speed, in two hours it’ll have dug it out without harming the roots… Impressive!”

The biggest advantage of having Hua Hua as a laborer was its small size, and since it didn’t use tools to dig, the tree roots could be protected as much as possible.

But Hua Hua wasn’t having it, after digging for half a minute, it emerged from the soil, flapping its wings and chirping loudly.

“Ahem,” Feng Jun coughed, “Brother Zhang, it hopes you can clear away the soil it has dug up to the side!”

“Oh, oh,” Brother Zhang nodded as if waking from a dream, quickly grabbing the wooden rake again, “Of course, of course; I was so caught up in admiration I forgot it doesn’t have much capacity for transport.”

Indeed, Hua Hua was an excellent farmer. In just over two hours, it had dug a tunnel nearly thirty centimeters in diameter and over three meters in length, not even circumventing the rocks it encountered, but digging straight through them.

Truly, its body was as tough as refined steel.

(First update of December, begging for the minimum monthly votes.)

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