Chapter 147 - 140: What is a Genius

Chapter 147: Chapter 140: What is a Genius

Just as he entered the room, he saw two little girls with dazed expressions. A faint smile hung on their faces; although they still looked haggard, they at least had a bit of life in them now.

The reason for this was Xu Li and Wu Yong, who were deliberately making funny faces and clowning around with each other.

Dong Yao, who was holding the two little girls, also had a hint of a smile in her eyes.

Seeing Li Changsheng approach,

the two men looked embarrassed. Xu Li scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly, "It’s nothing, it’s nothing. Just amusing the kids."

Li Changsheng placed the melons and fruits on the table beside Dong Yao and the others, smiling. "Have some fruit."

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Dong Yao said with a smile,

She picked up two cool grass melons and pressed them into the little girls’ hands, then whispered something in their ears.

The two little girls clutched the grass melons, hesitated for a moment, then said softly, "Thank you, uncle."

Li Changsheng patted their heads and smiled. "Go on, eat."

The two little girls let out a soft "Mm-hmm" and began to gnaw on the grass melons.

Li Changsheng sighed to himself. He returned to the head seat and sat down. After a moment of contemplation, he asked, "Has the sect made any arrangements for you?"

Dong Yao shook her head slightly. "They just told us to stay home for now."

Wu Yong looked like he wanted to say something but was hesitating.

Li Changsheng smiled. "Senior Brother Wu, if you have something to say, just say it."

Wu Yong waved his hands frantically. "I don’t deserve that, I don’t deserve that! Senior Brother Li, just call me Wu Yong." After speaking, he glanced at Dong Yao, hesitated, and then cupped his hands. "Senior Brother Li, there is indeed one matter."

Li Changsheng nodded and smiled. "Just say it."

A worried look crossed Wu Yong’s face. He said, "When my grandfather was still alive, he was allocated three acres of Spirit Fields. Now, those Spirit Fields have been destroyed by the people from the Power Demon Sect, and my grandfather... he’s gone."

"These Spirit Fields..."

Dong Yao’s eyes dimmed, and she lowered her head slightly.

Li Changsheng thought for a moment and said, "After all, we’ve only just driven out the Power Demon Sect Cultivators. The Spiritual Lands are still in disarray."

"How about this: wait a few days. If the sect still hasn’t done anything about the three acres of Spirit Fields that belonged to Senior Brother Dong, you can come find me then. How does that sound?"

Hearing this, Wu Yong’s face lit up with joy. He bowed and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

Dong Yao also stood up and bowed.

"I told you, there’s no need to be so formal."

Li Changsheng waved his hand, his gaze shifting to Xu Li. "Junior Brother Xu, you should rest quietly for a couple of days. As for the Spirit Fields, we’ll talk about it when the Steward arrives."

"Yes, Lord Steward." Xu Li nodded and grinned.

Li Changsheng’s gaze turned to Dong Yao and the two little girls beside her. He frowned and said, "Their mother was a neighbor to both me and Senior Brother Dong. It’s not convenient for me to have them stay here."

"I’ll have to trouble you to take care of them, Junior Sister."

Dong Yao nodded and said earnestly, "Don’t worry, Senior Brother. I will take good care of them."

"That’s good to hear."

The group chatted for a while longer.

Dong Yao and Wu Yong then took the two little girls to Dong Xing’s residence.

Xu Li stayed a little longer before returning to his own home.

After sitting quietly in his chair for a while, Li Changsheng sighed and stepped out of the small courtyard.

He walked to the edge of his own three acres of Spirit Fields.

He looked at the verdant expanse of Concentration Flower Seedlings.

Li Changsheng touched the Spirit Field, circulating his life-aspected spiritual energy to inspect their condition.

Only two days had passed, so the Concentration Flower Seedlings hadn’t been affected.

Li Changsheng then turned and walked toward the three acres of Middle-tier Spirit Fields.

Arriving at the edge of the fields, he glanced over them.

There was a large empty patch in each of the three Mid-grade Spirit Fields, all eaten by Xiaohai before it broke through to become a demon bug.

After a quick inspection,

Li Changsheng walked over to the High-grade Spirit Field.

Inside the Spirit Field,

only seven stalks each of the Cold Flame Flower and Narcissus Spring remained.

’I still have to cultivate what needs to be cultivated...’

Li Changsheng smiled, walked over to the spot above the Spiritual Vortex, squatted down, and placed his hand on the Spirit Field.

The mark between his eyebrows flickered with spiritual light.

A stream of verdant light flowed from his palm, pouring into the Spiritual Vortex, which then distributed it to each Spirit Plant.

He continued until a full half of the life-aspected spiritual energy contained within the mark on his brow was consumed.

With a flicker of his thoughts, Li Changsheng broke the connection. He stood up, walked over to the Cold Flame Flower spirit plants, and took out a jade jar containing cold spring water, pouring a little on each one.

Although Elder Qing had told him not to be too concerned about it,

this was, after all, Lan Cai Shen’s cultivation resource, and Lan Cai Shen was currently looking for a variant spiritual energy for him.

For both personal and practical reasons, he had to take good care of it. Otherwise, who would want to befriend him in the future? If he weren’t out of spirit seeds, he would have even replaced the six plants that Xiaohai had eaten.

After tending to the Spirit Medicines,

Li Changsheng walked to the edge of the deep, dark pool. Verdant streams of light emanated from his palm as he pressed it against the pool’s rim.

A moment later,

Li Changsheng opened his eyes, confused.

’Wrong position?’

He moved and tried to probe from several other positions, but his vision was met with nothing but darkness; he still couldn’t see that massive Spiritual Vortex.

Li Changsheng didn’t think he had been mistaken before.

He guessed that either his cultivation level was insufficient, or the massive Spiritual Vortex was located too deep for him to detect.

Li Changsheng hesitated for a moment, then dipped a finger into the pool.

Within a few breaths, a piece of information flooded his mind.

[A water source containing an unknown, potent poison.]

Li Changsheng’s expression changed slightly. He quickly pulled his finger back and immediately circulated his Spiritual Power into the slightly numb digit.

By now, his finger had already puffed up, visibly thicker.

A moment later,

a faint wisp of purple, poisonous gas steamed from his finger.

Li Changsheng dispersed his Spiritual Power and looked at the deep, dark pool in alarm. "Damn, that’s some potent poison..."

After a moment’s thought, he took out several empty pill bottles and filled them with the pool water.

After stowing them away safely, he turned and walked back toward the small courtyard.

On the second floor of the wooden house, in front of the wooden vat.

SPLASH...

Li Changsheng finished pouring the mashed spirit snake meat. He hesitated for a moment, then took out a pill bottle filled with the poisonous pool water and opened the cap.

The clear pool water flowed slowly into the soil.

RUSTLE... A joyous feeling surged from the Snake Saliva Spirit Tree’s consciousness.