I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

Soon, the three of them got together.

"I observed the growth of some water peaches, and from the outside, there is nothing abnormal."

The ordinary-looking Yan Ping said in a deep voice.

"Indeed, there is no sign of insect infestation at all."

Lu Xuan nodded and agreed.

"Is there a protective formation outside Zhang Jialing Planting Garden?"

Senior Sister Yao asked Zhang Yutang.

"This...is not realistic."

The white-haired old man shook his head.

"There are hundreds of water peach trees planted in this swamp, covering an area of ​​dozens of acres. Low-level protective formations are completely unable to cover such a large area of ​​the spiritual plant garden."

"As for high-grade formations, with the financial resources and strength of the Zhang family, there is no way to obtain that level of formations."

"In addition, Shuize Lingtao grows in such a special environment. The swamps and lakes are connected in all directions, which is completely unable to prevent the invasion of all kinds of insects."

"Therefore, some mechanical formations are simply arranged in the Spiritual Plant Garden to block the intrusion of monks or water beasts. On weekdays, monks from the Zhang family patrol."

"This is Mizuze Lingtao's protective measure."

Hearing what the white-haired old man said, Lu Xuan and the others nodded to express their understanding.

"Does the Zhang family have any living insects on hand?"

Lu Xuan asked Zhang Yutang.

The old man called a middle-aged monk who was an intermediate Qi practitioner behind him, asked a few questions, and shook his head in denial.

"The bugs that were discovered were all dealt with on the spot, and no one was left alive."

"If Fellow Daoist Lu wants to capture a live insect, you can ask Cheng Ning to take you to try it in the Spiritual Plant Garden.

He often comes to play in the Spiritual Plant Garden, and he has a good idea of ​​which areas are most likely to have zerg occurrences. "

"That would be troublesome."

Lu Xuan and Senior Sister Yao said something, and then, led by a handsome young man, they entered the depths of the peach forest.

"Senior Lu, are we going to catch a live insect now?"

On the way, Zhang Chengning had a look of curiosity on his delicate face.

"That's right, we can't find anything wrong with the Mizuze Lingtao. It's best to catch a living insect and see if we can learn anything about it."

Lu Xuan said to the young man in a gentle tone.

Of course, his main purpose is not this. To capture the zerg, he wants to master the detailed status of the zerg through breeding, so as to make targeted responses.

"There should be a high probability that there is that kind of strange insect hiding in this area."

The handsome young man Zhang Chengning took Lu Xuan deep into the peach forest and pointed forward.

When Lu Xuan heard this, he nodded and walked quietly to a water peach.

The leaves on the peach tree swayed gently, as if they were rippling in the water.

His spiritual consciousness gently extended and he searched carefully on the branches and leaves of the spiritual peach.

For a long time, nothing happened.

Lu Xuan had no choice but to change his target and shift his attention to another water peach.

Suddenly, a branch of the spiritual peach attacked Lu Xuan like a poisonous snake. He was well prepared and activated his spiritual power, trapping the spiritual peach branch with a vine-like green spiritual power.

"It turns out it looks like this. No wonder it's almost unnoticeable."

The strange insect in front of me is constantly struggling. From the appearance, it is the same as the branch of the peach tree in the water. When it is attached to the peach tree, it seems that the two merge into one, so it is extremely difficult to detect. It can only be detected when it tries to attack. The shape of the strange insect is clearly visible.

A flash of red light fixed the body of the strange insect on the branch of the spiritual peach.

"Which part of the spiritual peach will these strange insects devour?"

Lu Xuan asked the handsome young man.

"Ah, I remember that the branches of the spiritual peach tree where the strange insect was found were hollow, so it should have swallowed the spiritual peach branches."

"good."

Lu Xuan cut off a small section of the water peach branch and placed it near the mouth of the strange insect.

Under the influence of the red thread needle, the strange insect regained its composure after struggling for a while, and the patterns on its body changed quietly. If the red thread needle had not remained the same, one might have thought that the strange insect had escaped.

"Senior Lu, what is the purpose of feeding this strange insect spiritual peach branch?"

"Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle. Only by understanding the living habits and status of strange insects can you make the correct response."

Lu Xuan replied casually, looking intently at the small peach branch placed in front of the strange insect's mouth.

Soon, the spiritual peach branches disappeared from his eyes little by little, and the strange insect's figure was still well hidden.

However, Lu Xuan no longer cares about its ability.

His mind was focused on the strange insect, and suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind.

[Mimoid bugs are first-class alien insects with low reproductive capacity. The eggs are parasitic on spiritual plants. The hatched larvae feed on the branches and leaves of the spiritual plants. As they grow, they will slowly simulate the shape of the parasitic spiritual plants and are extremely difficult to detect. 】

"During its growth, it will simulate the form of a parasitic spiritual plant? It's kind of interesting."

Lu Xuan was amazed in his heart, sighing at the strangeness of this pseudo-pattern insect.

"It parasitizes on the water peach, and when it grows up, it takes the shape of a peach branch. If it parasitizes on other spiritual plants, it will definitely grow into the shape of the corresponding spiritual plant."

"Literally slowly taking your shape."

Lu Xuan took the half-dead worm and, led by the handsome young man, returned to the crowd.

Senior sister Yao, Yan Ping, and other monks from the Zhang family gathered together, discussing something in low voices.

On the wet ground, there are several pseudo-striped insects placed. At first glance, they look like several branches of peach trees in the water.

"Junior Brother Lu, are you back? Did you find anything?"

"I just caught a strange insect, but there are no other new discoveries."

Lu Xuan concealed the information he learned and did not tell Senior Sister Yao directly.

"We also caught a few together, and it took a lot of effort."

"These strange bugs are indeed very hidden, so it is difficult to solve the root cause."

"The main problem now is to confirm the species of the strange insect and understand its detailed information, so as to find ways to easily find them or kill them."

The beautiful woman said calmly.

Lu Xuan and Yan Ping nodded in agreement.

"These strange insects seem to be able to disguise themselves as spiritual plants. Perhaps we can find a breakthrough from here."

Lu Xuan suddenly said.

Although he has mastered the species and survival methods of the worms, he still does not know how to deal with the worms.

He was not in a hurry to inform Senior Sister Yao about the pseudotithids. With such a large-scale insect infestation in the Zhang family, the problem seemed not as simple as it seemed.

"The reproduction ability of the worms is low, so it is difficult to gather a large number of eggs. However, in this Shuizhu Lingtao area, it is obvious that there are a large number of worms."

"So, are so many pseudomorphs naturally occurring, or are they caused by humans?"

Lu Xuan secretly thought on the sidelines that as for solving the problem of insect infestation, we have to start with the water peach that is parasitized by the worm.

"Look for an opportunity to dig up a parasitic peach tree and see what the specific problem is and how to solve it."