62: Chapter 62 Cyclops Aphid

It turned out that the golden marrow fruit seedlings were covered in dense clusters of small white worms.

These white worms were the size of a needle eye, had a single eye, and possessed tiny mouths, which they were using to gnaw on the golden marrow fruit seedlings.

"What are these things?"

"Worms?"

"These worms weren't here last year."

Zhao Mo looked at those small white worms, reached out to pinch a few, and rubbed them between his fingers until they turned into pulp.

"This is bad!"

Now, almost every golden marrow fruit seedling had these small worms on it, and Zhao Mo felt that the situation had become serious.

Inside the Scripture Pavilion, Zhao Mo found the name of these small worms: One-Eyed Aphids.

One-Eyed Aphids are symbiotic insects of the Flying Spirit Ants; they live and die with the Flying Spirit Ants.

Logically, these One-Eyed Aphids should not appear alone in the spirit fields.

"Could it be those Nascent Soul True Lords?"

Zhao Mo now suspected those Nascent Soul True Lords who had helped plant the spirit fields.

Within the territory of the Xuan Sect, there was the Sect Leader, a Half-step True Immortal, in the middle were Nascent Soul Ancestors like Liuyun serving as Elders, and below them were Nascent Soul True Lords like Tong Weiping serving as Peak Masters.

Not to mention the mysterious Yin Gods and Ghost Cultivators hidden in the shadows. Under these circumstances, those who were jealous of Zhao Mo couldn't kill him, but causing him trouble was certainly not an issue.

"Damn it, they learned my techniques, and now they are actually backstabbing me in the dark?"

For no reason, the faces of those few Nascent Soul True Lords with the surname Liu flashed through Zhao Mo's mind.

"What a headache."

In the Scripture Pavilion, Zhao Mo had already stayed for a day and a night, but he had no clue how to exterminate the One-Eyed Aphids.

There were no pesticides in this world, and Zhao Mo certainly didn't know the ingredients of any pesticides.

"Are the fields going to be left uncultivated this year?"

On the cloud, Zhao Mo's gaze was somewhat unfocused.

"Huh?"

"What is that in the spirit fields?"

Zhao Mo looked at the patches of glowing spirit fields, and his heart stirred.

"Could it be?"

He hurriedly increased his output of magic power, hoping the cloud would fly faster.

Unfortunately, with his Golden Core cultivation, he couldn't control real white clouds; the cloud beneath Zhao Mo's feet was entirely condensed from magic power, so the speed was naturally slow.

"Haha, it really is the White Jade Bees."

Watching the busy White Jade Bees in the spirit fields, Zhao Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's strange, these White Jade Bees actually eat worms?"

"Will they turn into demons in the future?"

The White Jade Bees that Zhao Mo had forgotten by the lakeside were now actually eating the One-Eyed Aphids in the spirit fields. This immediately solved Zhao Mo's urgent crisis and refreshed his worldview.

Ordinary bees should only consume honey, royal jelly, and nectar.

The aphids in the spirit fields were constantly decreasing, and more and more White Jade Bees were flying about.

"Five Elements Body Protection."

Zhao Mo, wearing a colorful protective barrier, intended to go to the location of the beehives to take a look.

As a result, before he even got close, the outside of his magic power barrier was already covered with White Jade Bees.

These White Jade Bees kept slamming into Zhao Mo's magic power barrier, causing it to ripple constantly.

If Zhao Mo hadn't broken through to the second level of the Golden Core, he would have retreated by now,

because the strength of these worker bees was too abnormal; they were basically at the first or second level of Foundation Establishment. It was no wonder that as soon as Ox Martial saw these White Jade Bees, he would just lie down and play dead.

When he arrived at the place where the beehives were originally kept, it had already become an ocean of White Jade Bees.

Heaven knows how these White Jade Bees expanded to this scale over a single winter.

This completely exceeded Zhao Mo's understanding.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat."

Zhao Mo's trypophobia was about to kick in.

Just now, he had also seen clearly that there was no honey in the beehives.

Fortunately, Zhao Mo had made extra-large beehives at the time, otherwise he really feared that these White Jade Bees wouldn't have enough space to live.

...

【You have completed fertilizing the spirit fields, EXP +20.】

This fertilizer was made from bone meal ground from the skeleton of a Three-Colored Deer, combined with the feces and urine of Ox Martial.

Zhao Mo completed the fertilization while Ox Martial wore an expression of utter despair.

"A dignified Saint of the Ox Clan, plowing fields, breeding, and now it's even worse; they don't even let go of what I excrete."

Ox Martial felt that if the beauties of the Ox Clan knew about these things, it would likely remain a bachelor for life. As for those little heifers...

It was fine not to think about it, but as soon as it did, Ox Martial wanted to die. A group of wild beasts actually... with it...

As for the offspring born to those little heifers, Ox Martial would not acknowledge a single one.

The turmoil of the One-Eyed Aphids passed just like that.

At Leisurely Residence, Zhao Mo drank enlightenment spirit wine and looked at the lush spirit fields, enjoying a rare moment of leisure.

Outside Tianfeng Valley, a figure was sneakily watching Tianfeng Valley, hesitating, and circling around again and again.

"The One-Eyed Aphids and Flying Spirit Ants are symbiotic insects. My Flying Spirit Ants are living perfectly well, so the golden marrow fruit seedlings in Tianfeng Valley should have been eaten up by the aphids by now."

"Could something have gone wrong?"

"No, I must go back and check on the Flying Spirit Ants."

Not long after, shocking news came out of Spirit Beast Valley: Elder Liu Yaoxin, who specialized in raising spirit insects, had accidentally suffered from Qi Deviation during his cultivation.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mo sneered twice. What a coincidence.

...

"What? Zhao Mo stayed in the Scripture Pavilion for a day and a night, and when he came out, he looked sorrowful?"

"Good, good, it seems my sealing Spell has taken effect." Liu Yaogu sat before piles of golden marrow fruit, overjoyed.

If Zhao Mo knew about Liu Yaogu's thoughts, he would definitely curse him as an idiot. What the hell did he mean by "the sealing Spell has taken effect"? It was as if Zhao Mo had actually been cultivating.

The hot summer wind was blowing, and Zhao Mo stood in the spirit fields, holding the iron stake he had newly refined.

This was a newly refined level-nine Magical Artifact, which cost seventy High-Grade Spirit Stones. It was 2.4 meters long and about 4 to 5 centimeters in diameter, feeling very comfortable to hold.

Buzz, buzz...

"Die!"

In the spirit fields, Zhao Mo's figure flashed and appeared before the Demon Worm. With a thrust of the iron stake, the buzzing sound came to an abrupt stop.

Locating positions by sound, moving quickly. Being ruthless, accurate, and fast were the basic requirements.

Now, even blindfolded, Zhao Mo could easily stab these Demon Worms to death.

The strange thing was that these Demon Worms seemed to be constantly evolving.

Zhao Mo looked at the corpse of the Demon Worm on the iron stake; its whole body was ink-black and shimmering with a metallic luster.

Compared to when he was in Xiao Ji Village, their size had decreased, but their speed and defense had significantly improved.

One must know that now it was Zhao Mo at the second level of the Golden Core using a level-nine Magical Artifact, yet stabbing these Demon Worms didn't feel easy.

【You have completed pest control in the spirit fields, EXP +20.】

The only thing that comforted Zhao Mo was that these Demon Worms came in waves, and every time he killed a wave, he got twenty EXP.

The flowering period of the golden marrow fruit lasted for more than ten days, and these Demon Worms would come in over a dozen waves, allowing Zhao Mo to grind one or two hundred EXP. This was the largest source of System EXP besides the harvest of spirit plants.

For example, now that the flowering period of the golden marrow fruit had passed, Zhao Mo's EXP was enough for him to break through to the third level of the Golden Core.

【Farmer: Zhao Mo】

【Cultivation: Golden Core 2nd Level (Can be upgraded.)】

【EXP: 1560 / 1500】

【Reward: None.】

Zhao Mo looked at the System panel and was not in a hurry to upgrade his cultivation.

Because the next stage was the fruiting period of the golden marrow fruit, and the white jade honey also needed to be harvested.

To upgrade his cultivation during the busy farming season, wouldn't that be failing to distinguish between the primary and secondary tasks?

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

This was not the sound of Demon Worms flying in; it was the White Jade Bees.

The woods by the lake had been completely occupied by the White Jade Bees.

The White Jade Bee colony, which originally only had two beehives as nests, had now split into three more, and these three beehives were hanging on the tree trunks.

The exposed beehives were mixed with layers of honey. On top were clusters of White Jade Bees.

Zhao Mo held a knife in his hand, cast a protective Spell, and carefully cut towards the half-meter-long honey.