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    Gazing at the three plants before her, one Plant of the Ancient God devouring everything, one with a stench so indescribable that it would wipe out thousands of miles, and another infused with both eastern and western cultural exchange to the point of being a twisted joke—a weird Buddha’s Hand, Tang Wan’s mind went blank for a moment, not knowing how to put her thoughts into words.

    “Oh, epic, this is actually possible.”

    After a while, Tang Wan snapped back to reality and started to reflect.

    Indeed, she had spent too much time in Tang Sect and her thinking had become rigid.

    She was starting to have issues keeping up with Zhou Li’s pace of evolution.

    “Haha, don’t worry.”

    Zhou Li seemed to notice Tang Wan’s moment of daze and stepped forward, patted her shoulder, explaining:

    “These three were developed by Dave using the best seeds.

    Currently, there are only these three, and we can’t mass-produce them.

    You could say they are incredibly crucial trump cards.

    It’s the other plants we’ve researched that are the focus this time.”

    “Oh~~~”

    Tang Wan nodded her head in sudden understanding, then asked curiously, “So, what about the other energy-producing plants?”

    “That’s simple.”

    Zhou Li spoke to Dave, who then tossed him a bag that was filled with colorful seeds.

    Looking at Tang Wan, Zhou Li said:

    “For instance, the previous Peashooter is now the Pea Bodhi Shooter.

    We’ve combined it with the Holy Bodhi from the Northern Temple and now it can dispel demons and ward off evil.”

    “Combined?”

    Tang Wan sharply caught the key term.

    She looked at Zhou Li, stepped closer, and asked in a soft and ethereal tone, “Combined?”

    “Okay, okay, I admit, it’s hybridized, happy now?”

    Zhou Li pushed her face away and then awkwardly changed the subject, “Anyway, most are combinations with plants from either Buddhist Sects or Daoism…

    as long as they work, it’s good.”

    “Oh.”

    Tang Wan nodded, and at that moment, Guo Lingyun, who had appeared beside them at some point, asked in bewilderment, “So, where did all these Buddhist and Daoist plants come from?”

    “Whoa!”

    Zhou Li and Tang Wan were startled, turning to look at Guo Lingyun in his Flying Fish Attire and pressing down on his Embroidered Spring Knife, and asked in surprise, “When did you get here?”

    “Eh?”

    Guo Lingyun was taken aback, “Didn’t I just knock on the door?”

    “Oh.”

    Zhou Li nodded in sudden realization, “I thought it was the Buddha’s Hand thumping on the Man-eating Flower again, so I didn’t take notice.”

    No, seriously, what kind of crazy stuff have you guys been growing?

    Guo Lingyun, who had already been exposed to Zhou Li’s wild imaginations, was only internally shocked for a moment before shaking his head and saying, “It’s good that Zhou Li is here; he can help me translate.”

    “What’s up?”

    Tang Wan, sitting on a chair and trying to touch the ground with her tiptoes, casually asked, “Do you want to try out the Buddhist Man-Eating Flower too?”

    “Not exactly.”

    Shaking his head, Guo Lingyun turned to Zhou Li and said, “Zhou Li, can you translate for me to Mr.

    Dave?

    I’d like to borrow some thorns, is that okay?”

    “Hmm?”

    Zhou Li looked puzzled, “What do you need thorns for?”

    “Ah, well, it’s like this.”

    Guo Lingyun organized his thoughts and began to explain.

    The reason Guo Lingyun wanted some thorns was quite simple.

    He remembered a few days ago, Hou Jue had wanted to enter the city through the northern gate.

    Guo Lingyun had heard Hou Jue’s voice from behind the city wall and, out of curiosity, climbed over to free Hou Jue from the encirclement.

    “At that moment, I thought the North Gate of Beiliang was too low, making it easy to scale.

    So, I’m worried that zombies might climb over the North Gate into the city.

    Therefore, I’d like to borrow some thorns from Mr. Sёar?h the N??elFirё.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    Dave to set up around the edge of the city wall.”

    “Ah, I see.”

    Upon hearing this, Zhou Li suddenly had a moment of clarity and nodded in admiration of Guo Lingyun’s thoughtfulness.

    “Just in time.”

    Listening to Guo Lingyun’s words, Dave, who was standing by and spoke with halting Chinese, said, “Mr.

    Guo, we’ve just developed new ground spikes.

    You can give them a try.”

    “Oh, no problem.”

    Guo Lingyun nodded.

    He had seen Dave’s ground spikes before, which were only powerful enough to immobilize a Third Realm Spirit Qi Master.

    After all, he was a Fifth Realm Archer with the protection of the Imperial Court’s Dragon Tiger Qi.

    These spikes couldn’t break through his defense.

    Even if they were improved, how much could they really improve?

    Dave’s eyes lit up when he heard this.

    Since he and Zhou Li had developed new plants, he had been frustrated by the lack of real combat opportunities to collect data.

    He quickly took out a pale gold seed and threw it on the ground, urging the plant to grow.

    Boom~~

    After a flash of golden light, a field of ground spikes appeared in front of Guo Lingyun.

    However, what was different about these spikes from those Guo Lingyun had seen before was that the “spikes” seemed to be rotating, and there were a few golden flowers among them.

    If it were before, he would have used his Dragon Tiger Qi to protect himself and stepped on the spikes to test their offensive capabilities.

    But when he saw these vibrant, peculiar spikes, his instincts started screaming, preventing him from courting death.

    “Um, may I ask, what effect do these improved ground spikes have?”

    Instinct stopped Guo Lingyun from stepping on them proudly as usual, to show off the depth of his Spirit Qi and Dragon Tiger Qi.

    He looked at Zhou Li and asked cautiously.

    “The biggest problem with the previous ground spikes was that you could jump over them, walk around them—they were very rigid and easily bypassed.”

    Zhou Li coughed to suppress his regretful expression and began to introduce, “The biggest advantage that spiritual plants have over ordinary traps is that spiritual plants should be flexible and adaptable.

    So, I gave Dave a suggestion.”

    Picking up a flowerpot, Zhou Li tossed it over the spikes, and suddenly the rotating spikes shot out, drilling straight into the pot.

    “We’ve added the ability to shoot spikes.”

    “Ah, I see.”

    Guo Lingyun breathed a sigh of relief, for if it were just this, he wouldn’t be too afraid.

    After all, with the double coverage of Dragon Tiger Qi and Spirit Qi, even if the spikes hit his feet, they wouldn’t cause much harm.

    “What about these flowers, then?”

    Guo Lingyun, about to step onto the spikes, asked casually.

    “Oh, the spikes themselves aren’t very accurate, so these flowers serve as guideposts to precisely direct the target of the spikes’ shots.”

    Zhou Li casually replied, “These are chrysanthemums.”

    Guo Lingyun’s knees nearly gave out, and he almost knelt down.

    “I’m sorry, I’ve been…

    constipated recently, so I won’t try it out.”

    After squeezing out that sentence through his clenched teeth, Guo Lingyun took the seeds and hurriedly left.

    “What does constipation have to do with ground spikes?”

    Zhou Li watched Guo Lingyun’s panicked retreat and murmured with some confusion.

    “He probably doesn’t want to be cured that badly.”

    Tang Wan, who was nearby cracking sunflower seeds, commented, “Otherwise he would have stepped on them.”

    Zhou Li nodded in agreement, and Dave, who was beside him, also understood.

    After all, he was English.

    “I refuse to believe that I, a demi-immortal, could be trapped by a mere city?”

    On a small hill north of Beiliang City, Gui Daozi clutched his lower body and glared at the obviously low northern city wall, growling:

    “Just a rotten wall, I could leap over it in one bound.

    Do you think you can stop me?”