MTLNOVEL Chapter 18: Turmoil at Sea
The vines that rose into the air had dark green branches with dense, erect spikes, a dark golden light swirling over them, sharpness fully revealed.
They stretched out their forms in the air, appearing oddly demonic.
This commotion was naturally discovered by the Cultivators on the beach.
But their discovery was obviously too late.
The rising vines wrapped around several Cultivators in front of them.
Even though they timely deployed their Mana as protective shields,
such defenses were clearly inferior to those formed by specialized Magic Artifacts.
A light touch from the vine's spikes caused their shields to instantly dissipate.
Then, the vine's spikes slashed across their bodies; Fang Yun did not continue to bind them with the vines,
Instead, he directed the vines to attack the people behind them.
The bodies of the Cultivators injured by the vine's spikes turned green in an instant,
Then became limp, as if everything inside them had melted.
Slumping directly onto the ground.
Fang Yun watched as these Cultivators quickly dissolved into a pool of green liquid, seeping into the sand.
He couldn't help but gasp in shock, breaking out in goosebumps.
As he watched the vines that had now charged onto the remaining boats, he grew wary.
Thinking back on how he carried the vines against his skin and tucked them into his sleeves,
He couldn't help but feel his skin tighten.
He didn't know if the Life Essence Qi inside his body would be enough to save him should the vines accidentally slash his arm.
With this in mind, Fang Yun thought he should change his method and find another place to keep the vines.
In any case, for the time being, he dared not let it touch his skin.
The toxicity was truly horrifying.
Almost as Fang Yun was pondering, the people brought by the dozen boats were already cleaned up by the vines.
Fang Yun stepped forward to pick up the Storage Bags of these Cultivators and then indifferently glanced at the Innate Martial Artists and Blood Sea Martial Artists who had also turned into green liquid.
Afterward, he went up to the boats and began to search for his spoils of war.
As for the dead, having been through many years of trials, Fang Yun no longer cared about them.
The Cultivation World is such a dark forest; if he had no skills today, his death would not be much better than these people.
Since they have become enemies, slaughter was inevitable.
After searching through all the boats and opening all the Storage Bags,
Fang Yun soon acquired nearly a thousand Spirit Stones, some Spirit Talismans, and a few Magic Artifacts.
There was no problem with where these items came from, so naturally, Fang Yun took them.
He could always sell them at the market when he found an opportunity.
After dealing with these spoils of war, Fang Yun took the remaining dozen boats into the deep sea and sunk them all to the ocean floor.
Although they should belong to the Lin Family by rights, Fang Yun was not kind-hearted enough to return these boats to them.
Having handled these matters, Fang Yun returned to the island to begin planting the Sword-toothed Grass.
Compared to the previous incident, planting Sword-toothed Grass was his real concern.
However, looking at the vines that had shrunk again, Fang Yun searched his body to see where would be suitable to store the vines.
And not come into contact with his skin.
After thinking, Fang Yun eventually took off the coronet and headband from his head and replaced them with the vines.
This way, the vines would not be noticeable and, separated by hair, would not directly touch his skin, preventing any accidents.
After completing this, Fang Yun started to find a relatively flat area on the island, clearing out a patch of land.
Finishing the basic collection and laying of nutrients,
He scattered the previously collected Sword-toothed Grass seeds over it.
Life Essence Qi surged from his body, pouring directly into the land,
Encouraging the seeds to begin sprouting roots and budding.
The Sword-toothed Grass seeds collected from the spirit field previously were clearly not enough to plant the entire island.
Now, before planting over the whole island, Fang Yun needed to collect enough Sword-toothed Grass seeds.
To shorten the collection time, he would have to hasten their growth using Life Essence Qi.
As the Sword-toothed Grass grew and was harvested by Fang Yun repeatedly,
After several rounds, Fang Yun had obtained enough seeds for the Sword-toothed Grass.
Afterward, looking at the entire island, Fang Yun thought about it and ultimately decided not to alter the island's layout.
In fact, if he burned all the bushes on the island and then cleared them again, it would be much more convenient to plant the Sword-toothed Grass later.
They would also grow better.
But doing so would take too much time and effort.
The reason Fang Yun initially chose Sword-toothed Grass, which requires the least demanding growth environment, was to avoid bothering with such tasks.
Therefore, without changing the island's environmental layout, Fang Yun reserved some seeds and scattered the rest of the Sword-toothed Grass seeds across the entire island.
Next, he just had to wait a while, harvest the mature Sword-toothed Grass—that was all.
There was truly no need for meticulous farming.
Having completed sowing the Sword-toothed Grass, Fang Yun then left the island.