Smack! Smack!
The Officiant Daoist Nun slapped the Toad Spirit twice, forehand and backhand. "Whatever the master tells you to do, you do!"
"Keep whining, and I'll skin you!"
The Toad Spirit felt wronged but dared not say more. Its belly merely gurgled with anger.
Wang Quan smiled. "Do your work properly, and don't let your thoughts run wild!"
"Lead the spirit monsters in planting cattle grass. As long as it doesn't affect the earth veins or spirit grain, you can plant it anywhere!"
"Oh!"
With Wang Quan's permission, the Toad Spirit grabbed grass seeds from its little basket and distributed them among the spirit monsters.
Then it cracked its whip. "Get to work!"
"Then make the grass seeds grow!"
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Amid the cracking of the whip, handful after handful of grass seeds scattered over the barren land.
The spirit monsters breathed out streams of misty rain that blanketed the ground. Soon, the grass seeds sprouted and grew vigorously.
Some spirit monsters led Ox Spirits over to graze.
The Ox Spirits' eyes shone, and they could not stop eating. They ate and defecated at the same time, forming a little cycle.
Elephant Spirits, Hippopotamus Spirits, and other spirit monsters also gathered around. "We can eat cattle grass and defecate too. We can even produce more than the Ox Spirits!"
The Toad Spirit laughed. "Then eat your fill."
"As long as it won't eat you to death, eat like you're trying to die."
The herbivorous spirit monsters were excited and overjoyed.
As the manure increased and the earth veins strengthened, cattle grass was planted in more places.
After just three days, seeing the many herbivorous spirit monsters with their bellies full, the Toad Spirit suddenly wept. "So... this was why the master wouldn't let me plant Haze Grass!"
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