Russell did not plant the bamboo in Magic Potion Tunic, but near Cigar Courtyard. It was not merely because he liked bamboo; more importantly, there was only one stalk of Worm Grass for now.
No bamboo had yet been discovered anywhere in Guangguang River Valley. He had even wandered around Sancha River Mouth before, and as far as he could remember, he had not seen any plant resembling bamboo there either. So it would be difficult to grow an entire bamboo grove.
He could only have Fluorite Castle's trade caravans search for bamboo in Volcanic Oasis or several other Warm Enclaves.
Then bring back bamboo seeds.
Of course.
If the bamboo Worm Grass ever flowered and bore fruit, he could use the bamboo rice to propagate new magic bamboo. But as Russell remembered, bamboo flowering meant it was about to die. He did not want the bamboo Worm Grass to flower; it was better to simply keep it growing like this.
"But then again, bamboo can form a forest from a single stalk. If I keep raising this bamboo Worm Grass, could it someday spread into an entire bamboo forest?"
Russell looked at the newly planted bamboo Worm Grass.
Several hundred bamboo stalks, each slightly thicker than a finger, had already grown. It looked like a small bamboo grove, and the underground rhizomes were still spreading without any sign of stopping.
Ordinary Worm Grass basically stopped growing once it reached a certain size. It neither flowered, bore fruit, nor withered.
But according to Old Charlie, this bamboo Worm Grass had been discovered about a month ago. At first, there had only been a few scattered stalks.
Since there was wasteland behind his house, the trees there belonged to Lord Master according to the territory's rules. So Old Charlie had ignored