Chapter 60: New Discovery of the Spirit Orb’s Function
The sky had completely darkened.
After all the guests had left, Madam Gu asked Old Master Tang and Old Master Kong what was going on.
Xingnong explained briefly, saying that she had accidentally stumbled out of the Peach Grove formation that day when she went up the mountain. After she walked out, Old Master Tang wanted to take her as his disciple, and he wouldn’t take no for an answer.
As for Old Master Kong, she didn’t know.
Xinghui also explained why Old Master Kong wanted to take her as a disciple.
After Madam Gu listened, she still felt it was baffling. But since the masters had already acknowledged her, and Old Master Kong was brought by Gu Zesen, and Old Master Tang was brought by the Shiye who was close to the county magistrate, they were all reliable people, so she let them be.
After figuring things out, Madam Gu urged the children to go back to their rooms to sleep.
After returning to her room, Xingnong entered the Creation Spirit Orb space to tinker around.
Xingnong first arranged the original genes of sorghum, millet, and cotton because she could do this from memory without much effort. Then she started to improve the corn genes. She wanted to eat sweet corn, so she wanted to try to cultivate a high-yielding sweet corn.
Time passed unknowingly until Zi Shi （11 pm ━ 1 am）. After countless failures, Xingnong finally succeeded in breeding sweet corn!
She directly broke off the corn cob, peeled a grain and put it in her mouth. A burst of sweetness melted in her mouth, with a faint corn fragrance.
Delicious!
With a thought, Xingnong collected the remaining corn cob and obtained a pile of corn kernels.
She planned to find an excuse to plant them tomorrow. If she planted them now, she would be able to eat young corn in early winter.
She exited the Creation Space with a pile of corn kernels and then thought of the corn kernels that the parrot had “bestowed” upon her last time. She had kept them in her pouch.
Xingnong took them out and put them together. By comparison, this unimproved corn kernel was obviously not as plump as the other corn kernels.
Looking at these contrasting corn kernels, a thought suddenly popped into Xingnong’s mind. Then, with a thought, she placed the corn kernel on the Creation Platform.
At this moment, the light curtain of the Creation Platform appeared, instantly enveloping the corn kernel. Then Xingnong saw the complete gene sequence of the corn kernel!
Moreover, an original corn plant and a sweet corn plant she had improved on the shelf lit up simultaneously.
She vaguely felt that as long as she willed it, this corn kernel on the Creation Platform could be directly improved into either of them!
So the Creation Platform had such a function!
Excited, Xingnong quickly opened the door and ran out, pulling out a few random vegetables before running back to her room.
She saw it! She saw the genetic material of these vegetables.
Xingnong was thrilled: If this was the case, even plants she hadn’t encountered in her previous life could be brought back to life in a flowerpot!
Moreover, she could buy many seeds and improve them directly, without having to harvest and collect them one by one.
Xingnong’s gaze fell on rice, wheat, and other grains. It was because she had brought these grains back to life that the Creation Space’s functions had recovered somewhat!
Xingnong decided to buy some seeds tomorrow to see if she could improve them in large quantities.
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The morning light was soft and hazy.
Today, Madam Gu didn’t have to go to work. She got up early and was tidying up the vegetable garden in the courtyard. Many people had come yesterday and picked a lot of vegetables for cooking, leaving two vegetable beds empty.
She planned to turn the soil first and then go buy some vegetable seeds to plant.
Hearing the sound outside, Xingnong woke up, feeling groggy and lightheaded, as if she had slept a fake sleep.
She had dreamt all night again, all about the original owner.
Xingnong rubbed her temples, then got up and walked out.
Seeing Madam Gu turning the soil, she took out the corn seeds: “Grandma, plant these.”
Madam Gu had never seen corn before. Looking at these golden, granular things, she asked, “What are these? Where did you get the seeds?”
Xingnong: “I found them on the mountain where Master lives. It seems to be called corn and it’s very delicious.”
It was on that mountain that the parrot “gave” her a corn kernel. There was nothing wrong with that statement.
Hearing this, Madam Gu thought it was planted by Old Master Tang. She took the seeds and felt that these golden corn kernels were very beautiful, like gold. She said, “Corn, this sounds like a very precious thing. It’s not easy to plant, right?”
“I don’t know, we’ll know if we try.”
“Okay, then I’ll try to plant them.”
Xingnong nodded, then went to wash up and make breakfast, secretly taking a few corn cobs to feed Black Mingzhu in the cowshed behind the house.
She was too busy yesterday and forgot about it.
When she arrived at the backyard, she found that Black Mingzhu had ravaged a vegetable bed in the backyard.
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She gave it a few corn cobs and patted Black Mingzhu’s head: “You can’t eat the vegetables in the field anymore.”
Black Mingzhu rolled its eyes, not wanting to pay attention to her.
What else could it eat? This black-hearted human always forgot to feed it. Did she want to starve it to death and make beef jerky?
After being domesticated, it still had to find its own food. It was probably the most miserable Bull King in the world!
It lowered its head and took a bite of the corn. Its eyes lit up, then it started munching happily, ignoring Xingnong even more!
The only benefit of staying with this black-hearted human was that it could occasionally get a bite of something delicious.
The food she brought out was indeed incomparable to the grass and wild fruits on the mountain!
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Xingnong carried a basket on her back and rode the wild bull up the mountain on a remote path.
On the way, Xingnong saw a few common medicinal herbs and dug them up directly, planning to study them when she went back at night.
Soon, the bull and the girl arrived at the Peach Grove and walked straight in.
As soon as they entered the Peach Grove, they immediately lost their way.
She looked back and found that she could no longer see the path they had just come from.
This formation had changed.
She nonchalantly rode Black Mingzhu forward.
Gradually, white mist rose around them.
Soon, they couldn’t see their hands in front of their faces!
Xingnong looked around. Well, she couldn’t see anything!
No wonder the nearby villagers didn’t dare to come near this Peach Grove.
If everyone who entered this Peach Grove said different things after they came out, it would really scare people to death.
Xingnong could only direct the wild bull forward by feeling.
Two figures stood on the edge of the cliff halfway up the mountain, watching.
Old Master Tang combed his precious beard with a small wooden comb. “Old Man Kong, I’m telling you, my precious disciple can definitely walk out of this Mist Formation within five rounds. You just watch my disciple’s talent in formations. Don’t waste her time with your arithmetic!”
Everyone’s energy was limited. To study a skill to the highest level and carry it forward, one had to spend a lifetime.
Old Master Kong snorted coldly: “My beloved disciple’s talent in arithmetic is self-taught! You’re the one who shouldn’t waste her time!”
The two of them were discussing how to allocate Xingnong’s time today.
Xingnong had said, only one hour a day!
Old Master Kong thought of something and his eyes lit up: “Let’s have a competition. If my beloved disciple can walk out after one round, then she’s truly gifted, and let her learn from you first. Otherwise, she’ll learn from me first!”
Old Master Tang rolled his eyes: “One round? You might as well just say let her learn from you first!”
This Mist Formation, even the Crown Prince back then only walked out after going through it once and then a second time. Now that he had improved it, it was even more difficult!
Looking at the Grand Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard’s granddaughter in the corner of the Peach Grove, who had entered the formation a quarter of an hour earlier than Xingnong, she was still trapped within twenty steps.
She had studied formations for many years and already knew how to design simple formations. Today, she specially came up the mountain to ask for his guidance.
He owed the Grand Commander a favor and couldn’t refuse. If she had the ability to break through the formation and come up the mountain, he would give her some pointers.
Old Master Kong readily agreed: “That’s fine too!”
“In your dreams!” Old Master Tang glanced at Zhang Ruohua, then looked at the other side of the Peach Grove, so excited that he pulled out a strand of his precious beard. That patch of beard was getting sparser and sparser: “It’s a deal!”
Old Master Kong had a bad feeling and looked down.
Apart from that red idiot in the Mist Formation, the figures of the girl and the bull had disappeared!
Where’s the bull? Where’s the person?
Xingnong passed through the Peach Grove, and a stone staircase leading up the mountain appeared before her.
She looked around and saw no one and no houses, so she got off the bull’s back, fed the wild bull a candy, let it play by itself, and then casually scattered some strawberry seeds on the ground before walking up the stone stairs.
As she walked, she took out a milk candy from her pocket, unwrapped it, and popped it into her mouth.
Suddenly, a figure appeared silently behind her and grabbed her clothes. The next moment, she was flying!
