Planting Mushrooms in Town

After spending the night together, the townspeople of Qingxi Town had become much less hostile towards Xu Yunxin and Uncle Fu.

After all, the two sides had gone through thick and thin together.

Furthermore, since Yue Shaohua and Xu Yunxin got along very well, the townspeople wisely stopped mentioning the matter of driving them away.

Yue Yinping remained indifferent, but after Xu Yunxin revealed that Uncle Fu was a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator and would help the townspeople drive away the Yellow Armored Scorpions, she stopped expressing her opinion and just kept a close eye on Xu Yunxin and Yue Shaohua, fearing that something might go wrong.

Yue Shaohua then recounted the information that the townspeople had gathered to Xu Yunxin in great detail.

This nest of yellow-armored scorpions comes every two days, usually around 3 PM, to kill the townspeople who deliberately leave live poultry outside, and then leave around 5 AM the next day.

Yue Shaohua knew that Xu Yunxin had doubts, so she explained the purpose of the townspeople keeping the live poultry.

Leaving live poultry serves two purposes: firstly, to create a disturbance and attract the Yellow Armored Scorpion; and secondly, to ensure the Yellow Armored Scorpion leaves on time. If the Yellow Armored Scorpion brings its mate and offspring to town and fails to gain any benefit, it will go berserk, destroying houses and causing even greater losses.

Xu Yunxin wrote all of this down in detail. Seeing that Uncle Fu had already woken up the two horses, he asked Yue Shaohua for a room, showing no sign that he was the town lord of Qingxi Town.

Although Yue Shaohua was a young girl, she also felt it was inappropriate, and since she was not good at this kind of thing, she went to Yue Yinping for help.

Yue Yinping snorted coldly: "Since Young Master Xu is the town lord of Qingxi Town, he should live in the best courtyard. Third brother, take them there."

Although Zhao Laosan still remembered the grudge against Fu Bo for attacking him, he still obeyed orders and led Xu Yunxin and Fu Bo towards the north of the town.

Xu Yunxin had been observing the townspeople of Qingxi Town. Although they were dressed in tattered clothes and used all sorts of weapons, they all had one thing in common: obedience.

Almost all the townspeople, adults and children alike, obeyed Yue Yinping's orders. This not only represented Yue Yinping's authority in Qingxi Town, but also revealed the former status of these townspeople.

They must be a group of soldiers. Considering the relationship between Yue Shaohua and Yue Yinping, these townspeople might be descendants of the Yue family or officers and their families implicated by the Yue family.

With this identity, Uncle Fu's initial strategy of dividing and conquering others is absolutely unacceptable. If he were to force it, it would only backfire, unless they possess overwhelming strength.

Zhao Laosan led Xu Yunxin and the others to a large house on the north side and then left.

This village is indeed impressive. There are two stone lions with balls in their mouths in front of the gate, and there is a plaque on the gate. The characters on it are blurred, but you can still vaguely make out the two characters "Qingxi".

It seems that this courtyard is the residence of the town lord of Qingxi Town. However, the gate of the residence is gone, and the walls on both sides have collapsed to varying degrees. You can see the screen wall inside and the courtyard behind it at a glance.

It didn't matter that the courtyard was a bit dilapidated. Xu Yunxin and Uncle Fu entered the courtyard, chose the two houses in the best condition, and cleaned them with "cleaning talismans" to live in themselves.

Uncle Fu went to clean up the collapsed stable and took out some bean feed to feed the horses.

Xu Yunxin then cleared out a plot of land next to their house to grow "red mushrooms".

Compared to spiritual plants, red mushrooms are relatively easy to grow. They don't have high requirements for the environment; they only need a small amount of spiritual energy to nourish them, along with a moist environment and humid soil.

Xu Yunxin planted the red mushrooms next to their house so that the mushrooms could be closer to the "Spirit Gathering Array".

In this way, when they cultivate using the "Spirit Gathering Array Plate," the spiritual energy gathered by the "Spirit Gathering Array Plate" is enough to nourish the Red Mushroom.

After cleaning up the house, Xu Yunxin dug a shallow pit about one foot deep and half a zhang in diameter right next to their house. He then collected all the rotten branches and leaves accumulated in the yard and filled the pit with them. Finally, he poured clean water over the pit and continued this process for three days. During this time, he continued to add more rotten branches and leaves. Only then was the land for cultivating red mushrooms initially prepared.

Once the compost is ready, the most crucial and also the most prone to failure step comes – cultivating red mushroom spores.

To cultivate red mushroom spores, you need to first cut off the rhizome of the red mushroom, place the mushroom on humus, and then cultivate the spores to grow into mycelium. This process can easily lead to the death of the spores.

Thanks to his Druid profession and his possession of the World Tree species, Xu Yunxin can easily sense the condition of the red mushroom spores and simply needs to take good care of them.

Xu Yunxin's plants haven't started growing yet. He needs to cultivate the spores on the live red mushrooms into mycelium while waiting for the humus to mature. Then he can spread them on the humus for planting.

Xu Yunxin took out the wooden box given to him by Lin Qingsheng, and gently touched the "live red mushroom" in the box with his fingers. He immediately felt the fresh and plump spores inside the folds of the "live red mushroom" cap.

He then mobilized his spiritual energy and, through the "living red mushroom" mother, evenly distributed the spiritual energy to each spore.

Any spore that comes into contact with Xu Yunxin's spiritual energy becomes more vibrant.

After all the spores were imbued with spiritual energy, he gently stroked the cap of the "Living Red Mushroom" and shook the spores off the mother plant.

As he moved, the spores fell gently like a light rain onto the decaying soil in the box, each one round and plump.

Next, as long as sufficient humidity and a suitable temperature are maintained, these spores will turn into mycelium.

After finishing all this, Xu Yunxin breathed a sigh of relief. With his first level of Qi Refining cultivation and spiritual energy reserves, he would not have been able to perform such meticulous operations without the help of the Druid profession.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly; it just needs time to ferment.

After taking care of the mycelium cultivation for the red mushroom, Xu Yunxin opened the system again to check.

[Master of World Tree Species: Xu Yunxin]

[Class: Druid LV0 (1.01/100)]

【Lifespan: 16/81】

[Cultivation Level: Qi Refining Stage 1]

[Destiny: Harmony with nature, absorption from nature.]

[World Tree Species: Golden Buddha Tree (White), Growth Rate 1.1%]

[Skill: Wild Transformation LV0 (1/100)]

[Origin: None]

[Nature's Favor: None]

Consuming essence can increase job level, skill level, and growth rate.

"Huh? My Druid class experience increased by 0.01%!?"

Yes, growing mushrooms counts as farming!

Xu Yunxin slapped his thigh in delight. He had originally planned to plant trees near Qingxi Town after wiping out the nest of yellow-armored scorpions, to accumulate Druid experience and strive to level up as soon as possible.

As a result, just by planting all the spores today, my Druid class experience increased!

Although the growth is only 0.01%, mushrooms are easier to grow than trees, and the profit from growing "red mushrooms" is much greater than that from growing trees!

"It's decided, I'll start by planting mushrooms in one city, oh no, one town!"