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"It wasn't this lively in previous years." Old Hao frowned and puffed on his cigarette.
"Something is wrong this year. Even the carefully cared-for medicinal fields were not spared." Old Hao was also worried.
"How did you deal with it in the past?" Chen Mu asked.
"There are animal repellent powders and magical instruments to stun beasts, and you can also tame exotic beasts to resist being hunted."
"Like Supervisor Song?"
"Yes." Old Hao nodded: "It is said that Supervisor Song tamed alien insects in the past to assist in herbal medicine cultivation."
"Even now, Supervisor Song still frequently collects and domesticates alien insects."
Chen Mu couldn't help but nodded.
The red cloud of insects that covered the sky at that time really opened his eyes.
"Our little piece of land is not worth using magic tools."
"Buy some animal repellent powder and patrol to drive away and kill the animals yourself." Old Hao said helplessly after exhaling a puff of smoke.
"Fortunately, the ones that came in were just ordinary vegetarian beasts."
"Otherwise we'll just have to run."
It's only been a few days of peace.
Chen Mu's face didn't look good either.
"It seems like I have to patrol a few more times at night."
……
Late at night three days later.
On the west side of Aishan Mountain, in the newly rented ten-acre yellow rice field.
A bronze bell rang.
Dozens of red rabbits as big as fists suddenly staggered around as if they were drunk.
Puff puff……
Black and red bullets as big as soybeans flew towards us.
The rabbit, whose fur was as hard as gold and iron, was shot through immediately.
"These two taels of meat are not enough for one bite, and it's troublesome to handle." Chen Mu pinched a rabbit ear and held it in front of his eyes.
Soon black smoke rolled up, and the red-haired rabbits scattered around the fields were immediately swallowed up by the five ghosts.
Just as he had dealt with it, a group of red-haired rabbits appeared in Wu Gui's sight, and he had to rush to the yellow rice field on the other side of the hill.
"Did you disturb the rabbit's nest?"
Until the second half of the night, when everything was quiet, Chen Mu left two five ghosts to stand guard in each of the two fields.
Then he yawned and went back to the courtyard on the hill to rest: "If this goes on for a long time, it will be too tiring."
For the past five days, strange beasts appeared from time to time every night and I didn't get a good night's sleep.
The yellow rice fields next door owned by Mr. Hao were also being attacked by red-haired rabbits. In order to facilitate timely discovery and treatment, Mr. Hao has been living in the fields.
"If you can't sleep well every day, even a master of Jiapo will suffer from sleep disorders if you continue like this." Chen Mu shook his head.
……
The next day, after breakfast, Chen Mu watered, fertilized and weeded the yellow rice fields as usual.
After asking Mr. Hao to help look after the fields, he went straight to Tongtianfang Sutra Temple.
He stayed there for the entire day until it was getting dark, then hurried back to the courtyard on the low mountain.
"If you don't come back, I won't care about you anymore." Old Hao glared at Chen Mu.
"Thank you, Mr. Hao!" Chen Mu thanked him with a smile: "Come on, let's go eat."
Mr. Hao was moved, but then he sighed and shook his head: "Let's talk about it after this storm is over."
He wanted to eat, but he was afraid that strange beasts would appear and destroy his yellow rice fields while he was eating.
After seeing Mr. Hao off, Chen Mu had a quick dinner.
He took something out of the Five Ghosts Bag and started tinkering with it.
He spent the day at the Sutra House looking at various formulas for animal repellent powders.
The proficiency in pharmacy increased by seventy to eighty points.
"We still have to rely on the magic smoke."
After a day of thinking and browsing, combined with his experience in pharmaceutical technology, he had a preliminary plan.
……
Two days later, at night.
The full moon hangs high in the sky, and the stars are shining brightly.
Chen Mu appeared in the yellow rice field at the foot of the low hill.
A copper basin was placed in the center of each acre of land.
A pile of medicine powder in the basin was smoldering slowly, and clouds of white smoke like dry ice smoke rolled out of the copper basin, flowing and spreading in all directions.
Soon, the entire field was filled with light white smoke one and a half meters high.
The smoke was like cotton, heavily embedded between the yellow rice sprouts, condensed and not dispersing.
As the white smoke spread, the sound of insects quickly disappeared and the fields suddenly became silent.
Chen Mu stood at the edge of the field, looking down from the perspective of the Five Ghosts.
The mysterious miasma covering the yellow rice sprouts looks like clouds in the sky.
Chen Mu nodded with satisfaction: "Now I can sleep peacefully."
Sure enough, I slept very soundly that night.
Even if a group of unknown moths appeared, they were instantly knocked down by the miasma and did not disturb Chen Mu's sleep at all.
……
half a month later.
I don't know whether it was the Inspection Council that took action or the House of Commons that resorted to trickery.
The disturbance caused by the strange beasts attacking the lower house eased a little.
At least on Chen Mu's side, no strange beasts have destroyed the yellow rice fields for two days.
A courtyard on a low hill.
Chen Mu took a wooden spoon as big as his fist and watered the nightshade plants one by one as tall as his forearm.
Use a small wooden shovel to carefully loosen the soil.
After working for a while, Chen Mu straightened up and looked at the more than twenty nightshade plants with a hint of light yellow with satisfaction.
"After drying, we can harvest at least 10 kilograms, which is enough to last another half a year."
……
Returning to the wooden shed and sitting in the rocking chair, Chen Mu habitually checked his various skill experiences.
Writing: 6456/10000/Level ;
Picture: 5967/10000/Second Order;
Cooking skills: 7870/10000/Level ;
Medicine: 4657/10000/Level ;
Five Ghosts Moving Mountains Curse: 9121/10000/Level ;
Shapeshifting: 5737/10000/Level ;
Cloud Mirage Spirit Armor Technique: 8569/10000/Level ;
Planting: 603/10000/Level ;
Sand-containing Technique: 9449/10000/Level ;
Hundred Will Spiritual Light Technique: 5578/10000;
"The Hundred Intentions Spiritual Light Technique is really slow." Chen Mu shook his head and sighed.
No wonder the Sutra House is sold so cheaply.
"Fortunately, I am diligent enough. If it were someone else, I don't know how many years it would take to practice."
The Cloud Mirage Armor Technique is still as worry-free as ever.
Quietly approaching the edge of breakthrough again.
This old friend, the Five Ghosts Moving Mountains Curse, did not disappoint him.
The sand-containing technique also made rapid progress.
"I should focus on the Hundred Intentions Spiritual Light Technique." Chen Mu thought to himself.
After all, this thing is the foundation.
After estimating the time required to advance each skill, Chen Mu got up to cook.
……
Smoky barbecue, cold braised meat, blanched vegetables, flavored bacon, fish ball soup, and a basket of Lao Qi’s pies piled up like a mountain.
The square table was filled to the brim.
Not long after, Hao Lao and Shang Huan arrived together.
"Brother Chen, this is your 30%." As Shang Huan entered the door, he handed Chen Mu a small gray cloth bag.
Chen Mu shook it and found that there were fifteen or sixteen white jade coins.
"Isn't this a great business?" Shang Huan smiled with a proud look on his face.