Just as Zhong Yi began to feel a little disappointed, words appeared before him again:
Some of your farmland has been upgraded to a Spirit Field! Spiritual energy is being collected continuously...
Zhong Yi lowered his head and glanced beneath his feet.
On closer inspection, this barren farmland had five lanes in total.
The middle lane was now covered in green plants, with pale golden spiritual energy rising from the soil.
"It really is a Spirit Field."
Zhong Yi was a little curious. Why tell him this out of the blue?
At the same time, he noticed a number in the upper-left corner: one hundred and fifty.
"One hundred and fifty? What does that mean?"
Once again, Zhong Yi was puzzled.
The prompts floating in the air continued:
Spirit plants with awakened spiritual awareness will occasionally appear in the air as well.
A new round of fruit descended.
Among them was a pea pod glowing gold, presumably the spirit plant mentioned in the prompt.
Without a second thought, Zhong Yi raised his blade and brought it down, slicing every fruit and plant to pieces.
Do not chop up spirit plants. Use the back of your blade to land them on the Spirit Field, and you may reap an unexpected harvest...
"..."
Zhong Yi's fists immediately clenched.
You should've fucking said that sooner!
I've already chopped it up!!!
Fortunately, the next round of fruit quickly spawned, with another spirit plant pea pod among them.
This time, Zhong Yi avoided the pea pod and used the back of his blade to adjust its landing point, dropping it precisely onto the lane covered in spirit soil.
The instant it landed in the spirit soil,
the pea pod rapidly transformed into a Peashooter with beady eyes and a pointed mouth.
The number in the upper-left corner dropped from one hundred and fifty to fifty.
At the same time, the golden spiritual energy over the Spirit Field gathered into a golden orb and automatically flew toward Zhong Yi.
With a gulp,
the number in the upper-left corner increased by twenty-five, becoming seventy-five.
"I get it!"
Zhong Yi's eyes lit up.
"The number in the upper-left corner is the spiritual energy produced by the Spirit Field. Growing spirit plants costs a certain amount of spiritual energy, and the number written beneath each spirit plant is how much it costs!"
Zhong Yi's aptitude for understanding such things was exceptionally high.
By now, his earlier disappointment had completely vanished.
He suddenly had a faint feeling,
this Illusion Realm...
seemed far from ordinary!
It might very well turn the entire Spirit Cloud Sect upside down...
No!
The entire Cultivation World!
The prompts before him continued:
Outside your farm, a group of zombies is eyeing you like tigers watching their prey... Stop their attack!
As soon as the prompt ended, he saw the zombies not far from the Spirit Field begin to move.
Zhong Yi's heart first tightened, but watching their limping steps left him rather speechless.
He even worried that these elderly zombies might trip over a pebble and fall to their deaths before reaching the Spirit Field...
"But how exactly am I supposed to kill these zombies?"
Zhong Yi held his chin, lost in thought.
His only weapon was the sword in his hand.
However, after trying it, he found that he could not harm the zombies with his sword.
He could only move within a very limited area in the air, and all he could do there was slice fruit and plant spirit plants.
Fruit and spirit plants kept falling through the air, too many for his eyes to take in.
As Zhong Yi thought, he kept slashing down countless pieces of fruit.
Soon, the shambling zombies reached the edge of the Spirit Field.
Just as Zhong Yi was at a loss, hoping for a new prompt,
the Peashooter in the Spirit Field spat a round pea from its mouth.
Like an arrow, the pea struck the zombie squarely in the forehead, leaving a crack.
"!!!"
Zhong Yi's eyes widened, his heart filled with surprise and delight.
He suddenly understood how to play this Illusion Realm!
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