Chapter 217: The Use of Nature’s Power

Chapter 217: The Use of Nature’s Power

Ordinary crops were quite simple to grow.

Because the land itself was fertile, for ordinary crops, you only needed to consider time, sunlight, water, fertilizer, and so on.

Plus, the small farmland was rich soil, containing many nutrients.

It basically didn’t need fertilizing.

But it needed careful tending later.

Wang Che gave Little Caterpillar a simple demonstration.

He divided the farmland into rows. Then, in the farthest corner of the farmland, he dug a hole that was neither too big nor too small, and buried a seed inside.

He covered it up and watered it.

It looked very simple.

Little Caterpillar thought it was easy.

“After you plant all these seeds, I’ll teach you an extra chapter today,” Wang Che said, pointing to the prepared seeds.

“Sii wuu!”

Little Caterpillar immediately agreed, thinking this wasn’t too bad.

Magnetic Sword also flew out to watch and learn.

So, Little Caterpillar began to work diligently.

First, it stuck its tail into the farmland.

It wiggled it around, and a small hole appeared.

Then it buried an orange-yellow seed next to it.

It used its tail to cover the seed and pat down the soil.

It spat out silk threads, which were as strong as steel, and picked up a wooden spoon nearby. It scooped a ladle of water from the prepared bucket.

It poured the water on the newly buried seed.

“Huu…”

Little Caterpillar let out a breath.

It looked at the small mound of soil behind it and didn’t feel anything special yet.

Planting ordinary crops was relatively quite simple.

Little Caterpillar had already loosened the soil yesterday.

After planting for a while, Little Caterpillar started to feel a little interested.

Before long, the water in the bucket was almost gone.

But there was still a small portion of seeds left to plant.

“Sii wuu, sii wuu sii wuu!”

Green Caterpillar said to Magnetic Sword, who was observing nearby.

Go fetch some water.

“Zzz zzz zzz…”

Magnetic Sword picked up the bucket with its mouth, flew to the well not far away, and scooped up a bucket of water.

Ordinary crops were watered with the well water from here.

After fetching the water, it placed the bucket nearby and continued to watch Little Caterpillar work diligently.

Because the small farmland wasn’t big, in less than an hour, Green Caterpillar had planted all the seeds.

Little Caterpillar happily went into the Small Wooden House to report to Wang Che.

Wang Che came out and took a look. Seeing the crooked, uneven little mounds of soil, he still praised it:

“You did well.”

After all, it was just starting, so he couldn’t expect too much.

There was still a lot of room for improvement.

Just when Little Caterpillar thought its work was over,

Wang Che said:

“Good, now we officially begin the planting process.”

Green Caterpillar: “???”

Haven’t they all been planted already?

Little Caterpillar was confused.

It vaguely felt that something wasn’t right.

Wang Che pointed at the seeds and said:

“These seeds are like when you were little. They are alive. Think about when you were born—you drank water, but you also needed to eat leaves and snacks, right?”

Little Caterpillar nodded.

“Now they’ve had water, but they still need to eat. Otherwise, they won’t grow properly. The nutrients in the soil aren’t enough for them. We need to give them a little extra.”

“So next, to help them grow faster and better,”

Wang Che said, “we need to feed them.”

Little Caterpillar understood and looked at Wang Che curiously: “Sii wuu sii wuu!”

Do they eat leaves too?

“They can’t eat leaves. They need energy,” Wang Che said with a smile. “They are ordinary crop plants. They need Plant Life Energy to help them grow.”

“How is your practice of Nature’s Power going?”

Little Caterpillar thought for a moment.

It closed its eyes, as if sensing its surroundings.

Its whole body glowed faintly with a pale blue light. Waves of Life Energy spread out continuously.

Soon,

a small whirlwind appeared around Little Caterpillar.

The whirlwind wasn’t big, like a little tornado.

It spun spiritedly in front of Little Caterpillar.

Nature’s Power was a magical force that insects could use by sensing nature, utilizing their own elemental Life Energy, and drawing on the power of the natural world.

Since learning the Great Nature Meditation, Little Caterpillar had been practicing and visualizing in its Dream Space.

In the Dream Space, it could already summon wind and rain. Its Proficiency Level in Nature’s Power was quite high.

But in reality, there was still a gap compared to the Dream Space.

At first, when Little Caterpillar used Nature’s Power, it was just a Gentle Breeze.

Now, it could form a small whirlwind that lasted for a long time.

Hmm… Of course, it still didn’t have much effect on enemies.

But this progress was definitely very significant.

Improving the proficiency level of Nature’s Power was very difficult. Soul Pets with slightly weaker understanding, even if they learned it, had a hard time raising their proficiency level.

And even fewer Soul Pets could reach Awakening Power or Tong Shen Power.

When Wang Che had Little Caterpillar farm, of course he couldn’t let it just farm.

He needed it to make more progress, practice more, and learn more things.

“Try other forms of Nature’s Power.”

Wang Che said.

Little Caterpillar had also been eating Floating Sky Feather Leaf for over half a month, gathering some sky Life Energy within its body.

But the most abundant should still be fire Life Energy and plant Life Energy.

Plant Life Energy was the most, originally given back to Little Caterpillar by the Rainbow Deer King.

It still had very faint patterns on its body.

Plus, the usual snacks of fragrant-flavored leaves it ate kept accumulating.

The strength of Nature’s Power was different from other Soul Skills; it only related to the Soul Pet’s understanding of nature and the Soul Pet’s elemental Life Energy.

Understanding was the most important.

Little Caterpillar nodded, closed its eyes, as if brewing something, its whole body glowing faintly with a pale red light.

Life Energy gathered, and something in the air seemed to ignite, producing a ball of scorching flame.

Compared to the small flame from before, it had grown many times larger.

Little Caterpillar opened its eyes, looked at the flame, and seemed a bit dissatisfied.

“Good, rapid progress.”

Wang Che praised.

At this stage, with Green Caterpillar’s current strength, Nature’s Power was basically not very useful in battle; its power was too small.

This was a move that accumulated strength for a major release.

At the Ten-Year Soul Skill stage, the Nature’s Power performed couldn’t compare at all to other elemental Ten-Year Soul Skills.

But if it could advance to become Awakening Power, the effect would be more noticeable.

If it were a Thousand-Year Soul Skill, the effect would be even stronger.

“Sii wuu!”

Receiving praise, Little Caterpillar was very happy.

“So, try again.”

Wang Che said.

Little Caterpillar nodded, closed its eyes again, this time its body glowing faintly with a green light.

Within the pale green light, something seemed to be gestating.

A vigorous life force emanated from this green light.

The power of plants in nature was a symbol of life forms.

Wang Che picked up a fallen, somewhat rotten branch from outside.

Placing it into the pale green light, the rotten branch gradually recovered a bit.

Although it didn’t fully restore to its original state, the rotten clumps around the branch also reduced somewhat.

The effect was quite good.

“Try using this Nature’s Power on these seeds.”

Wang Che said.

Little Caterpillar nodded and started applying it to those seeds.

Pale green light dripped onto a small mound of soil.

Little Caterpillar watched carefully, and Magnetic Sword also flew over curiously to observe.

After a few minutes, the small mound moved slightly.

Little Caterpillar was startled and applied it again.

This time, the small mound moved again, as if something was about to break through the soil.

Little Caterpillar grew even more amazed and applied it several times in a row.

Wang Che watched from the side and didn’t stop it.

The greatest joy of farming was nurturing and harvesting.

To make Little Caterpillar willingly farm with him in the future, Little Caterpillar needed to experience it itself.

Forcing it to farm was not as good as cultivating it into a hobby.

Let it like farming on its own.

Finally, under Little Caterpillar’s diligent releases.

The first seed broke through the soil.

A tender green sprout appeared in Little Caterpillar’s sight!

“Wuu wuu wuu!!”

“Zzz zzz zzz!!”

Not only Little Caterpillar, but Magnetic Sword also immediately let out surprised and astonished exclamations.

Little Caterpillar yelled excitedly at Wang Che!

At this moment, it felt very happy in its heart!

Wang Che smiled; this kind of nurturing and harvesting, especially watching the crops you planted grow up.

Brought a very wonderful sense of achievement.

“Don’t forget, there are other seeds.” Wang Che reminded. “You planted them all together; can’t let them all stay buried in the soil.”

Little Caterpillar nodded excitedly.

It began tirelessly applying Nature’s Power to the other seeds.

Until evening, exhausted and weary, it reluctantly looked at the full ground of small sprouts and entered the Soul Domain Space to rest and recover.

Magnetic Sword took over Little Caterpillar’s shift; it couldn’t use Nature’s Power, so it was responsible for looking after them.

When Little Caterpillar recovered, it would continue.

“Working all afternoon… and they only sprouted. Little Caterpillar’s effect from using Nature’s Power isn’t strong.”

Wang Che observed. “The gap is big compared to the Soul Skill Hand of Life.”

For ordinary crops, even if not in the Spirit Field, if Wang Che used Hand of Life, they could ripen quickly.

Little Caterpillar worked all day just to make these seeds sprout.

But Wang Che believed that the feeling brought by this kind of nurturing would make Little Caterpillar understand Nature’s Power more deeply.

Progress would be faster.

Plus, the main ingredient, Water Orchid, hadn’t matured yet, so there was no hurry to let Little Caterpillar slowly cultivate these ordinary crops.

The first day of school life passed like this.

Most students were still immersed in the novelty of just starting school, each having their own things to do.

But there were very few students like Wang Che who started farming on the first day.

Mainly, most students couldn’t get points; a minority who could get some points would also try to exchange for some seeds and attempt planting.

For example, Shui Qingling had already started planting herself.

The first day was very fulfilling for everyone.

And so, the leisurely farming days gradually passed.

Three days later.

Little Caterpillar looked at the various flowers and crops that had grown almost as tall as itself, a satisfied smile on its face.

Every day, besides its usual training, Little Caterpillar’s greatest joy now was watching the various crops it diligently planted grow strong and healthy step by step.

They were growing every day, and Little Caterpillar really liked this feeling.