The disciples of Qingfeng Mountain Villa and the demonic birds retreated to the rear, but Yang Hong did not leave Rocky Mountain. The next day, Zhu Yuyan, Wanwan, and Song Yuzhi also arrived.
"Husband, the insect tide has ended. Should we take the opportunity to recruit more disciples in Yurou Plain?"
"No~
Who told you the insect tide has ended?
There are still countless insect eggs buried underground! Those insect eggs may hatch at any time, forming new and larger insect tides."
Yang Hong was not interested in Zhu Yuyan's suggestion at all.
Since he had poisoned trillions of Li Huo flying locusts to death with the insect repellent, but not a single flying locust above fourth rank appeared, it meant that more high-ranking flying locusts had directly charged into Yurou Plain.
Yurou Plain was now in dire straits.
"Then what do we need to do, husband?"
"Plant grass!"
"Plant grass?"
"Yes, plant grass! Follow me."
At the foot of the west mountain of Rocky Mountain, Yang Hong had already built ten mu of spiritual fields in one day and directly diverted a small river a hundred miles away using magic.
The small river split into several ditches within the spiritual fields in the formation of the [Living Water Array], keeping this area of spiritual fields moist but not muddy.
However, these ten mu of spiritual fields were still empty.
"Dewdrop Technique!"
Yang Hong did not explain, directly casting a fifth-rank great spell, the Rainfall Technique, covering an area of ten mu of spiritual fields.
Because the spell coverage was small, and Yang Hong's magic power was incredibly abundant, equivalent to an eighth-rank great spell, under his conscious guidance, it accurately entered 100 seeds.
In just three minutes, tiny green sprouts broke through the soil. At this point, Yang Hong began to reduce the input of spiritual energy, not daring to be too fast for fear of harming these tender shoots.
It lasted for half an hour before Yang Hong finished the [Dewdrop Technique], and the iron thorn grass only grew to nine inches tall.
"This is~~ bamboo?"
Seeing the seedlings, Zhu Yuyan's reaction was the same as Yang Hong's when he first saw the iron thorn grass; she also mistook it for bamboo.
"This is not bamboo, it is Iron Thorn Grass, a plant that the Li Huo flying locusts are unwilling to approach. I want to cultivate it, and even make it a demon, so that they can clear the insect eggs of the Li Huo flying locusts."
"Are the insect eggs of the Li Huo flying locusts difficult to deal with?"
"Remove the word 'difficult'.
There are insect eggs in this soil."
Saying this, Yang Hong bent down, grabbed a handful of dry soil, and handed it to Wanwan, who was asking.
Wanwan, who took the soil, looked at it for a long time and replied with a look of doubt, "This is just a handful of soil, how can there be insect eggs?"
"This is the troublesome part of the Li Huo flying locust eggs; they are extremely, extremely difficult to detect and distinguish.
Try to pull with all your might."
"Huh? Huh! There really are!"
Wanwan pulled with all her might, and three drops of green liquid with a bloody smell flowed out.
Zhu Yuyan and Song Yuzhi also grabbed some soil from the ground and tried it. Zhu Yuyan immediately grabbed soil with insect eggs, while Song Yuzhi, with bad luck, only found them after three attempts.
At this point, they finally understood the horror of the Li Huo flying locust eggs.
It should be known that the place where Yang Hong opened up the spiritual fields was within the area of the previous Rocky Mountain Great Array. Even in such a place, insect eggs could be found, and they were so difficult to find, which showed their horror.
Don't look at Yang Hong and the others being able to crush those insect eggs with their hands, but they couldn't kill insect eggs handful by handful, could they?
Considering the number of Li Huo flying locusts that had died, one could imagine the horror of the insect eggs.
Zhu Yuyan volunteered, "Husband, we also know the [Dewdrop Technique]. Shall we help together?"
"Not for now. The current Iron Thorn Grass is only a first-rank spiritual plant and cannot withstand too much spiritual energy infusion. When I cultivate it to third-rank, you can help.
For now, you should renovate Rocky Mountain and turn it into a huge spiritual field, transforming it according to the Five Elements Genesis Array."
"Okay, we'll go now."
After all, for more than four years, Zhu Yuyan's main job for three years was to set up formations. Now she just had to set up formations on another mountain.
Yang Hong, besides guarding these ten mu of Iron Thorn Grass, also had to set up formations.
However, the formation he was setting up was a bit too large.
The area of Qingfeng Mountain Villa he had previously designated had been largely destroyed in this insect tide, leaving only five mountains:
The Rocky Mountain where he was now standing, the Qingfeng Sect's mountain gate: Qingfeng Mountain, Ziyu Mountain where Li Lizhi and others were buried, Zexia Mountain where the Golden Winged Thunder Eagles and demonic birds resided, and Jiutai Mountain in front of Qingfeng Mountain.
With only five mountains left, Yang Hong decided to go all out and cast the eighth-rank secret technique [Mountain Moving Technique]. Centered on Ziyu Mountain, he used Rocky Mountain, Qingfeng Mountain, Zexia Mountain, and Jiutai Mountain to set up the Four Symbols Guardian Great Array.
He had the Four Spirits Dao Palace in his Sea of Consciousness, so setting up the Four Spirits Guardian Array was a piece of cake. Coupled with his incredibly abundant magic power, he successfully set up the [Four Spirits Guardian Array] in just one month.
However, the formation was still incomplete. It still needed to integrate the earth veins, spiritual veins, and spiritual energy of the five mountains to be truly completed.
But this step would take several years of slow smoothing and could not be rushed.
At this moment, Zhong Chengfeng, who had been away for a month, returned with people.
"Sect Master, bad news! Buddhism has taken over the entire Yurou Plain!"
"Huh? Buddhism? They're reaching out?"
"They're not just reaching out, they've extended their feet too."
"So, has Buddhism resolved the Li Huo flying locusts? Completely resolved?"
Upon hearing that Buddhism ruled Yurou Plain, Yang Hong merely frowned, but he was not surprised. Based on his understanding of Buddhism, they not only wanted to rule Yurou Plain, but also the entire Taiyuan Continent, and the entire planet.
He was more interested in how Buddhism had resolved the Li Huo flying locusts.
"Hmph! No. Speaking of which, I'm even angrier!"
As soon as Yang Hong asked, Zhong Chengfeng stomped his feet in anger, causing the not-yet-stable Rocky Mountain to shake twice.
"Those bald donkeys stole my contributed formula and shamelessly claimed it as their own research. Old Zhong has lived for over three thousand years and has never seen such thick-skinned people!"
"It's fine, let them research it. Consider it a handout to beggars."
Yang Hong said this because Zhong Chengfeng's fortune had upgraded from light purple to proper purple since he left. It was likely because Buddhism had stolen his formula.
"Furthermore, these bald donkeys found the huge cave in the Zikun Mountain Range that the Li Huo flying locusts had carved open. They directly occupied that cave, intending to use it to blackmail Yurou Plain.
And they actually succeeded!"
"Also~ a monster specifically hunting Li Huo flying locusts has appeared in Yurou Plain. Buddhism also claims it is their guardian divine beast, stealing all the credit."
"What about the people from the Seven Immortal Sects?"
Yang Hong thought of the interference of the immortal sects during Zhong Chengfeng's complaints.
"The Seven Immortal Sects also sent people, but for some reason, the people from the Seven Immortal Sects completely ignored Buddhism's shameless behavior and even deliberately avoided them.
They are completely a bunch of cowards."
"The people from the immortal sects even persuaded the Eight Great and Nine-Rank Sects to let other promising sects leave Yurou Plain."
Yang Hong stopped listening to Zhong Chengfeng's later ramblings and instead recalled the memories left behind when he killed that immortal from the Tianji Sect.
He feared that the suffering of the Taiyuan Continent was not far off.