Cultivation Begins From The Desert

Zhou Xuanyu's acceptance of Zhou Yang as his adopted son was just a small episode before the official business began. Today, the purpose of the Zhou family's group of monks in the late stage of Qi training to gather at the ancestral hall is to discuss the expansion of the Chiyan iron ore vein.

At this time, it has been two years since the red flame iron ore was discovered. In the past two years, the old patriarch Zhou Minghan went there several times to investigate the size and number of the poisonous fire scorpion group, and now he has basically figured out the situation.

According to the situation detected by the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, the number of poisonous fire scorpions in the red flame iron ore should be between 500 and 700, including a third-order [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King], and Thirty to forty second-order poisonous fire scorpions, and the rest are all first-order poisonous fire scorpions.

The first-order poisonous fire scorpion is nothing to be afraid of. The monks gathered in the ancestral hall today, except for Zhou Yang, who has just broken through the seventh level of Qi training, are all veterans who have entered the late stage of Qi training for many years, and they also have old patriarchs in their hands. The second-order defensive magic weapon refined by Zhou Minghan, no matter how many first-order poisonous fire scorpions are, if they cannot launch scorpion needles to focus fire attacks, they cannot cause much damage to them at all.

Therefore, the main point of discussion for the group is still on the second-tier Poisonous Fire Scorpion and the third-tier [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King]. These monsters are all existences that can pose a deadly threat to them, and they must plan ahead before they can act.

In this way, we discussed and discussed, and finally, after everyone's unanimous discussion, it was decided that the old patriarch Zhou Minghan would first entangle the third-order monster [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King], and the rest would do their best to kill those first- and second-order poisonous fire scorpions. , cut off its wings, and finally use the power of the formation to surround and kill the [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King].

The plan was drawn up. Eighteen cultivators of the Zhou family, including Zhou Yang, in the late stage of Qi practice, rode the Shatuo beast and quietly left the oasis of Yuquan Lake, followed by the old patriarch Zhou Minghan who flew with Yujian and rushed to the red flame iron. veins.

With the strength of Shatuomon's legs, it took only a few days to drive the Zhou family to their destination.

The camel team stopped at a place more than ten kilometers away from the destination, and then the first-order high-grade array mage in the team, Zhou Xuantai, arranged a first-order "phantom array" to hide the camel beast. , A group of people abandoned their horses on foot and used the "breath-holding technique" to restrain their breath, and went straight to the poisonous fire scorpion's nest on the mine.

The Poisonous Fire Scorpion's Nest is located on a sandy soil **** on the red flame iron ore vein. The surface of this sandy soil **** is covered with several meters of yellow sand. It looks no different from those ordinary sandy soil slopes in the desert. At most, it is the surrounding desert plants. Rather dense and lush.

However, in fact, according to the investigation of Zhou Minghan, the old patriarch of the Zhou family, there is actually a huge natural underground cave hidden deep in this seemingly ordinary sandy slope. Spiritual veins, in which the concentration of spiritual energy is equivalent to the level of the third-order low-grade spiritual veins.

The old nest of the group of poisonous fire scorpions is in the underground cave, and the desert bushes on the surface of the sandy **** are their hunting grounds for food.

At this time, it was sunset and dusk, and the temperature in the desert was a dozen degrees lower than that at noon. During the daytime, the desert animals buried in the holes under the sandy soil burrowed out of their hiding places and came to the ground to find them. food for the day.

There are a wide variety of desert animals in the boundless sand sea. There are sand chickens, sand gulls, sand swallows, sand sparrows, vultures, ostriches and other large, medium and small birds flying in the sky, and sand wolves, sand rabbits, camels, sand foxes, etc. Gerbils include a variety of beasts of three types, large, medium and small, as well as many types of reptiles and arthropods such as snakes, scorpions, centipedes, lizards, spiders, and of course there are more types of insects.

These desert animals and the same wide variety of desert plants have jointly built a desert ecological chain. Basically, wherever there are a large number of desert plants, traces of these desert animals can be found.

The desert plants around the sandy **** above the poisonous fire scorpion's old nest are lush, and there are underground rivers passing through it. It is naturally very attractive to those desert animals who are struggling to survive in the desert, attracting a large number of desert animals to settle and live nearby.

Whenever sunset in the evening and on the eve of sunrise in the morning, in the desert vegetation around the sandy slope, there will be a wide variety of desert animals flying in and out, looking for food that can fill your stomach.

Sand rabbits, gerbils, and insects feed on plant stems and leaves; sand sparrows and lizards feed on insects; snakes and sand foxes feed on gerbils, sand rabbits, lizards, and sand chickens; sand wolves feed on all animals; a The complete desert food chain is thus formed.

However, the existence at the top of this food chain is not the sand wolf with strong skills and sharp claws, but the real owner of this place - the poisonous fire scorpion.

When the desert animals collectively go out to forage, it is also the peak period of the poisonous fire scorpions out of their nests for food. The poisonous fire scorpions, whose heads range from the size of a bucket to a bucket, are spread over a dozen square kilometers of land around the sandy slope. superior.

Whenever a prey passes by, these hunters who bury their bodies under the sand will instantly pop up their scorpion pincers to clamp the prey's body. If the prey is larger, they will be stabbed with scorpion needles.

The first-order poisonous fire scorpion with a large head needs to eat about a pound of fresh meat each time, and it can go without food for up to ten days at a time, while the second-order poisonous fire scorpion with the size of a bucket needs to eat more than ten pounds of fresh meat each time. , one full meal can go without food for seven days.

As for the third-order [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King], it no longer eats the meat of ordinary beasts, but only eats the old, weak, sick and disabled in the scorpion group, and eats one first-order every half month. The poisonous fire scorpion.

It is also because the [Poison Fire Scorpion King] has the habit of feeding on the same clan, the desert food chain on the sandy **** side has not collapsed. After scorpions eat up all common animals, they starve to death in large numbers and kill each other without food sources.

Of course, in this world, except for Zhou Yang, a traveler, no one understands what a "food chain" is.

And although he knows the terrible consequences caused by the collapse of the food chain, it is a pity that he is in a world of immortals, and he is an immortal cultivator who has mastered powerful power. perspective and way to look at and solve.

Immortal cultivators attribute their mighty power to themselves, and they can use magical powers to solve problems when they encounter problems, and of course they won't waste their brains thinking of other solutions.

So even Zhou Yang, after knowing that the overall strength of the Poisonous Fire Scorpions group is weaker than the Zhou family, the first method that comes to mind is to summon the masters of the family to destroy the opponent together.

It was not until he arrived at the destination with the elders of the family, observed the hunting situation of the poisonous fire scorpion from a distance through the "sky eye technique", and discovered the fragile desert food chain on the sandy slope, he suddenly realized that it was only by force to solve the poisonous fire. In addition to scorpion swarms, other methods can be used to weaken and exterminate scorpion swarms.

"I'm so stupid! Why didn't I think of this beforehand? If I thought of this method earlier, why would I use the old patriarch to risk calling the elders back? Just let the old patriarch go over and set a few fires to burn the desert on the sandy slope. Plants can starve most of the poisonous fire scorpions to death!"

Zhou Yang patted his head in annoyance, and hurriedly found the old patriarch Zhou Minghan to inform the other party of his findings and thoughts.

Of course, he certainly wouldn't say the term "ecological food chain", but he just expressed what he wanted to express in a way that immortal cultivators in this world could understand.

"Wonderful! This plan is great!"

The old patriarch, Zhou Minghan, deserves to be a foundation-building cultivator who has lived for more than 100 years. Zhou Yang only said it for the first time, and he immediately understood the secrets. He was not stingy with his praise for Zhou Yang who offered his plan.

"Xiao Jiu, you are indeed the lucky star bestowed upon our Zhou family by the gods. You can think of all these wonderful tricks, this old man is really unheard of, unheard of!"

After he finished speaking, he directly sent his voice to the others and greeted others: "Come on, Quan'er, Xuan Hao, you all come over to listen to Xiao Jiu's clever plan, and see if this plan is feasible?"

"It's really a good plan. This plan is a series of links, starting from a small point, not to mention those monsters who have just opened their intelligence, even our immortal cultivators. No one will be able to find out when the disaster breaks out later. I have a plan, a good plan, a good plan!" Zhou Quan, the second elder of the Zhou family, heard the old patriarch's retelling of the plan, and quickly understood the beard and shouted loudly. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

"The strategy is very good and easy to implement. Not only can it be used here, but it can also be used to deal with other monster beasts living in groups in the sand sea in the future. It's just that this strategy is harmful and can not be used. It's better not to use it!" The fourth elder Zhou Yun also nodded and was very optimistic about Zhou Yang's strategy, but as the husband of the second spiritual plant, he was still somewhat instinctively repulsive to this kind of behavior that completely destroyed the plant ecosystem, and he was also very optimistic. alert.

But the person who really came up with the idea was Zhou Yang's father, Zhou Xuanhao: "I will add that this strategy must not be implemented on the oasis, and it must be kept strictly confidential, otherwise we will definitely be hostile to all the monks in this boundless sand sea. , bring disaster to the family!"

In the boundless sand sea, oasis is the most important strategic resource. Only with the existence of oasis can mortals be fed. With more mortals, more cultivators with spiritual roots can be produced.

Therefore, whoever dares to destroy the oasis in the boundless sand sea will surely be hostile and hunted down by all immortal cultivators. Even a sect like Huangshamen would not dare to do such a thing that offends the public.

The monks of the Zhou family have grown up in the desert since they were young, and they are very aware of the importance of oasis. After hearing Zhou Xuanhao's words, including Zhou Yang, who proposed the "ecological chain" method of warfare, his heart froze and his face was excited. The color instantly subsided a lot.

The old patriarch Zhou Minghan also nodded solemnly and said: "Very good, Xuan Hao said it very well, this kind of tactic really needs to be used with caution, of course it is best if you can not use it, if you use it, you must keep it confidential and don't let the information leak. Go out and be found out by outsiders!"

After he finished speaking, he narrowed his eyes and looked at the sandy **** that was sloping down towards the west of the sunset and said in a low voice, "You all go back to Qingping Mountain first, and leave it to this old man. Whether Xiao Jiu's strategy will work, you will know after a try! "

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