Chapter 203 Locust Plague

Yu Wanling and Han Yan have had a good relationship over the years. As long as Han Yan writes a letter, he can ask this person to come forward and accept him as a disciple.

Learning some skills from Yu Wanling will be of great help to Zhang Zhen's future.

Although Zhang Zhixuan made it clear that he would not help Zhang Zhen exchange for the foundation-building pill, he was still willing to introduce a master to Zhang Zhen. Although this favor was a piece of cake for Zhang Zhixuan, it was a great favor for Zhang Luo and his grandson.

Zhang Luo was also a man who knew the times. He took Zhang Zhen to kowtow to Zhang Zhixuan. Even though Zhang Zhixuan tried his best to refuse, Zhang Zhen still kowtowed three times and nine times to express his gratitude for Zhang Zhixuan's great kindness.

Han Yan took Zhang Zhixuan to find Yu Wanling in person. When he saw Zhang Zhixuan and the others, Yu Wanling was very polite and agreed to accept him as a disciple before he even met Zhang Zhen.

In order to express his gratitude to Yu Wanling, Zhang Zhixuan also copied a copy of Gu's alchemy recipe and gave it to Zhang Zhen as a gift to repay his favor.

Yu Wanling's alchemy skills were far inferior to Li Zhang's, and this alchemy book was of greater help to Yu Wanling. This precious gift not only made Yu Wanling pay more attention to Zhang Zhen, but also brought the Zhang family closer to him.

The relationship between cultivators is the same as that between mortals. Only by frequent visits and exchange of interests can they get along better and better. If they don't deal with each other for many years, even the best relationship will gradually become alienated and become like strangers.

After leaving Yu Wanling, Han Yan's short vacation is here again. She still has to take care of the white jade beehive in the Spiritual Medicine Garden for thirteen years before she can regain her freedom.

In the past twenty years in the Spiritual Medicine Garden, because of the abundant spiritual energy and no lack of immortal cultivation resources, Han Yan's cultivation speed was very fast. Like Zhang Zhixuan, she could break through a realm in almost every few years. Now she has reached the seventh level of foundation building, and can be regarded as a core person among the foundation building disciples of Qingxuan Sect.

Zhang Zhixuan bid farewell to Han Yan and returned to Tiantai Peak.

He had just relaxed for a few days when a terrible news came from Black Mountain and spread throughout Taicheng County in a short time.

A serious locust plague broke out on Black Mountain, and the spiritual rice on the mountain was devoured by the violent locusts.

This time, the locust plague on Black Mountain came very strangely. In just one day, countless huge locusts were all over Black Mountain. Among these ferocious and terrifying locusts, there were even many monster insects.

Even though Patriarch Liang personally took action and killed the most powerful fourth-order insect king, a large number of locusts still fled Black Mountain and rushed towards Taicheng County.

The large-scale reduction in spiritual rice production on Black Mountain brought great pressure to Taicheng County. Without enough spiritual rice, the large number of scattered cultivators on Black Mountain could not sustain it at all.

If these people could not hold on in Black Mountain, they could only return to Taicheng County, which was the closest. The large-scale scattered cultivators would come back and impact the order of Taicheng County, and it would immediately fall into chaos and war.

Even for the stability of Taicheng County, Zhang, Wu, Liu and other families in control of Taicheng County must vigorously support Heishan Liang Laozu, let him stabilize the situation and control Heishan's independent cultivators.

With the recovery of the Zhang family's vitality in recent years, the family has opened up a lot of spiritual fields in recent years. Counting the spiritual fields of Jiuhua Mountain, the family's spiritual fields have exceeded 80 acres in total.

The Liu family of Taibai Mountain has always been famous for its many spiritual fields. They have opened up hundreds of acres of spiritual fields in Taibai Mountain, and the family's grain reserves have always been sufficient.

As long as the spiritual fields of the three families of Zhang, Wu, and Liu are preserved and not impacted by this terrible locust plague, they can be supplied to Heishan first and stabilize the overall situation on Heishan.

When the news from Heishan came, Zhang Zhixuan immediately sent a letter to Qingchan to block Lingjing Mountain. From today, the cultivators who planted spiritual fields must also turn the soil every day to check and kill suspicious insect eggs.

The locust plague on Heishan caused serious harm because the insect eggs were hidden in the spiritual fields. Suddenly, all of them hatched in one day and cooperated with the insect king to break through the defense of Heishan.

Not only the spiritual rice, but also the spiritual medicine garden of Liang Laozu suffered heavy losses. All the precious spiritual medicines planted for hundreds of years were devoured by locusts.

In the end, relying on the formation, Liang Laozu killed the fourth-level insect emperor and suppressed the locust plague, but it was far from enough to make up for the loss this time.

The Zhang family also invested a lot of resources in the spiritual medicine garden of Lingjing Mountain. Most of the dozens of precious spiritual herbs in the spiritual medicine garden are 200 to 300 years old, and the total value exceeds tens of thousands of spiritual stones, which cannot be lost.

After settling down at home, Zhang Zhixuan immediately rushed to Yanlai Peak.

Yanlai Peak is 3,000 miles south of Lushan Mountain. It is the third-level spiritual vein closest to Heishan among the foundation-building families in Taicheng County. The Wu family has been operating Yanlai Peak for 600 years, and the protection of the mountain gate is far better than Tiantai Peak.

Even the last time, the cultivators of Hongshan Sect failed to break through the defense of Yanlai Peak, but suffered heavy losses and were humiliated.

If the locust plague really comes to Taicheng County, Yanlai Peak will definitely bear the brunt and encounter these ferocious locusts first.

The five major families in Taicheng County are in a relationship of mutual dependence. If the terrible locust plague can be stopped at Yanlai Peak, it will certainly be beneficial to the Zhang family in Lushan.

After Zhang Zhixuan arrived at Yanlai Peak, he met Liu Zixuan, the head of the Liu family in Taibai Mountain, who had arrived earlier.

The Liu family almost completely relies on the family spiritual fields for survival, and attaches more importance to such things. When he saw Zhang Zhixuan, Liu Zixuan said with a worried face: "Since the battle of Chaoyin Mountain, it has been finally stable for a few days, and this kind of chaos has occurred on Heishan again. I hope that this time the locust plague can be stopped at Yanlai Peak, otherwise Taicheng County will fall into trouble."

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist Liu, wait for fellow Daoist Zhu Hun first. When he comes, we will discuss and go to the South Wilderness to see the scale of the locust plague. If there is really no way, it is better to ask the Qingxuan Sect monks for help in advance." Seeing Liu Zixuan's worried face, Zhang Zhixuan comforted him a few words.

Liu Zixuan said with emotion: "It can only be like this. Fortunately, this locust plague first broke out in Heishan. If it broke out in Taicheng County, with the power of the fourth-level spiritual locusts, our families would be wiped out."

After listening to Liu Zixuan's words, Zhang Zhixuan shook his head and said, "In order to form a pill, Liang Laozu planted countless precious spiritual medicines in Heishan many years ago. It was precisely because of the attraction of these precious spiritual medicines that the fourth-level locust monster came to Heishan. However, this incident also shows that high-level monsters have gradually migrated south. There were no high-level monsters in the tens of thousands of miles around Heishan. This time, the fourth-level locust monster appeared, indicating that the next monster chaos has already begun. It's not far away. I don't know if Patriarch Liang can survive until that day. If he's gone, Black Mountain may not be able to be defended. "

Liu Zixuan nodded and said, "Yes, if Black Mountain cannot be defended, our Taicheng County will become the front line, and we may not be able to operate and develop peacefully. By then, this place will probably be like Liaoshan County, with monsters running around everywhere, and mortal villages and towns will also rely on cultivators to guard, which will be very stressful. Patriarch Liang opened up Black Mountain, which is actually very beneficial to our Taicheng County. It is precisely because of the Black Mountain cultivators who have been at the forefront that our Taicheng County has developed so fast and so steadily in recent years. "