Chapter 13.
“Then I’ll trouble Fellow Daoist Zhou.”
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhong sighed in relief and said as he arched his hand.
tan san also returned the bow and said, “You’re welcome.”
After agreeing with Xu Zhong that he would go over to help get rid of the insects in a while, tan san looked at Old Xu, who was standing beside Baba, and said with a derisive face, “I don’t remember you being such a warm-hearted person, Old Xu.
Speak up, did you take any favors?”
“Hey, Changwang, you’ve wronged me ……”
Old Xu quickly denied it.
“Without taking benefits, you would have directly brought the person here and bothered to speak for him?”
tan san sneered.
“This, is taking a little, and not much.
He promised to give me an introduction fee of three lower grade spirit stones if he got rid of the spirit worms.”
Old Xu let out an awkward laugh, seeing that he couldn’t hide it from tan san, he simply told him straight, but in the end, he still explained with a serious face, “Originally, he didn’t want to come to you, or it was me who wasted three inches of my tongue before I dragged him over here, or else, could you have fished for such a good job?
Moreover, these three lower grade spirit stones of mine are not that easy to get, you must get rid of all the spirit worms in his spirit field.
If you can’t do it, I won’t be able to land any benefits.”
tan san nodded in recognition.
After all, his cultivation level was there, even if the Geng Jin Finger had reached proficiency, he was not the only one among the Spirit Farmers who had cultivated the Geng Jin Finger to proficiency.
If it wasn’t for Old Xu’s persuasion, this Xu Zhong really wouldn’t necessarily be looking for him.
Of course, he charged cheaply, but that was also one of the reasons.
After all, looking for someone from the Spirit Plant Hall would require thirty lower-grade spirit stones to start with, and other good bug removers, the price would definitely not be cheaper there, whereas looking for him would only require ten or so, so that Xu Zhong would naturally know how to choose.
“So, you have to compete and get rid of the spirit worms in his spirit field as soon as possible.
At that time, your reputation will probably rise, and there will be more people that will spend spirit stones to hire you to get rid of the insects.
It can be said that everything I’ve done can be for your sake.”
Old Xu was relieved to see tan san nod his head, and then he couldn’t help but say with a shy face.
“Then I thank you.”
tan san grunted and laughed, but did not think too much of it.
“The spirit insects in this spirit field can be more than imagined.”
Standing on the outer ridge of Xu Zhong’s spirit field, tan san couldn’t help but speak.
Even though he hadn’t seriously searched, just by standing on the periphery, he had already seen more than one Spirit Bug that was wreaking havoc on the Spirit Harvest.
In the center of the spiritual field, there was even a large area of spiritual grain that had already withered and yellowed, which was obviously the hardest hit area.
This was only the first mu.
The remaining four acres, although the distribution of spirit worms varied, would not be much better than this acre.
“Otherwise, I wouldn’t be so fretful.”
Xu Zhong, who was at the side, smiled bitterly and said.
“Don’t worry, with Changwang’s hand, the spirit worms in this spirit field of yours will definitely be cleared out soon.”
On the contrary, it was Old Xu, who stood in a slightly later position, who sniffed but said with a big smile.
tan san squinted at him, not having this certainty in his heart.
However, he did not open his mouth either, but instead, he stilled his breath and began to condense his spells directly.
Since he had promised to get rid of the insects, he certainly had to get things done.
And his first target was a Spirit Locust.
Its location, not far from the ridge, seemed to have already had a full meal, and was quietly lying on the branches and leaves of the Spirit Harvest resting.
tan san controlled the spiritual energy in his body and condensed the runic structure.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths ……
Five breaths passed.
Gengjin Finger +1
Poof!
Between a flash of golden light, the head of that Spirit Locust was reduced to flying dust.
“So quickly, one was dealt with?
And it’s still the most difficult Spirit Locust among them?”
Behind him, Xu Zhong opened his mouth with a shocked expression. He naturally knew how difficult it was to remove Spirit Locusts, and the Spirit Plant Master he had hired earlier had found a full five Spirit Locusts, yet had only taken down two of them, and the remaining three had all jumped and flown away ahead of time the moment the spell was about to take shape.
But what about tan san?
From the discovery of the Spirit Locust to the success of the spell, that Spirit Locust didn’t even have the slightest bit of awareness, and was directly fingered to death.
It could be described as skillful and accurate.
It felt like it could be much more powerful than the Spirit Plantsmith he had hired before.
In his heart, he let out a long sigh of relief.
Perhaps, he could really help himself out of this crisis?
“Changwang’s Gengjin Finger, it’s getting more and more powerful.
This Spirit Locust didn’t even have time to do damage to the Spirit Harvest before it died.”
Old Xu also had a look of emotion on his face.
The two of them, both of them were subdued by tan san’s means of getting rid of the insects.
“The first one.”
tan san, however, was unaffected, his eyes were like electricity as he searched the surroundings and soon found another one.
This time, it was the Green Beetle.
For this Green Beetle, it was simpler for him to deal with it.
With a distance of two feet, he pointed it out and killed it.
Then it was the Octagonal Black, Digging Zen, and Spirit Locust ……
One by one, as long as a Spirit Bug was spotted by him, almost none of them were able to escape his carefully prepared finger.
The two people behind him, too, went from being shocked at the beginning to gradually becoming numb.
Only the excitement in their hearts was not at all small.
“The tenth one.”
tan san once again put the corpse of a Green Beetle into a cloth bag before glancing at Xu Zhong.
That Xu Zhong, however, had prepared for it as if he had already done so, and directly pulled out a lower grade spirit stone from his pocket, handing it to tan san, saying, “Fellow Daoist Zhou, your skill in removing insects is truly admirable. This is the spirit stone that was promised before, please smile.”
“You’re welcome!”
tan san did not push back, and after reaching out to take it, he confirmed that it weighed more than a hundred grams before putting it into his bosom.
Immediately afterward, he did not pause and continued to begin the work of removing the insects.
And very quickly, he entered the center of this acre of spirit field, the area that was hardest hit by spirit worms where all the leaves of the grain had already withered.
“There are really more Spirit Insects here.
There are four or five heads as far as the eye can see, and none of them are far apart.”
tan san was aghast in his heart and could not help but be more careful.
Spirit insects, in fact, also had a sense of territory.
Generally, if they were separated by one or two feet, they would rarely see a second Spirit Bug.
But here, there were four or five Spirit Bugs coiled up, and all of them were within one zhang of each other. This made him a bit strange and at the same time, he also felt a bit of a headache.
Because, once he made a move, then he would inevitably startle the other Spirit Insects, thus escaping.
Thus, he adjusted his orientation and retreated even further to two zhang away before striking out once again.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths ……
Five breaths passed.
The spell took shape.
Snort!
A Digging Zen’s body stiffened and fell down from above the Spirit Harvest.
tan san immediately looked towards the other Spirit Worms.
Fortunately!
It did not startle the other Spirit Insects.
tan san let out a sigh of relief, not bothering to pick up the corpse of the spirit insect, he once again adjusted his orientation and once again stood two feet away to cast the spell.
Once, twice, three times ……
As usual.
The five spirit worms were actually killed by him one by one.