Published: February 5, 2025
After Ye Zhongming took out so many magic crystals and killed Uncle Da and Tian Jia, it was somewhat intentional performance on his part.
This would create an impression on the remaining people that he was unbeatable.
For those one-star evolvers, Ye Zhongming truly was unmatched.
He also needed to establish a strong impression before Candy, otherwise, even if this round little girl joined the team now, other thoughts might inevitably arise later.
After all, professions like alchemists and pharmacists are extremely resource-intensive. Without corresponding strength and wealth, it is simply impossible to support such individuals. Candy might not understand this now, but she would eventually come to realize it.
At the time, the effect was indeed quite impressive.
But until today, when they saw Ye Zhongming supporting himself on the ground with one hand, while the tender grass around him began to grow rapidly, including Candy, everyone wore a ghostly expression.
Although they had already witnessed many wonders of the apocalypse, such as Candy's alchemist profession and the Grip of Equilibrium provided directly by the alchemist profession's green large test tube.
However, these phenomena were all within the scope of scientific explanations, much like how the essence of alchemy involves many chemical reactions that Earthlings have yet to master.
But this miraculous growth of plants could only be found in myths and legends on Earth, which was enough to shock the heart.
Moreover, Ye Zhongming was a powerful two-star evolver with many means.
Additionally, these people realized one thing: this person's injuries had not yet healed...
Just how strong would he be if he was in perfect condition?
These tender grasses had grown several centimeters under Ye Zhongming's planting skill, and beads of sweat had formed on his forehead.
Plants in the desolate land were different from those on Earth; cultivating or activating them required considerably more mental power. Coupled with the fact that this patch of meadow was quite large, Ye Zhongming had exhausted all of his accumulated mental power just to make these tender grasses grow a few centimeters.
The amount of grass was clearly insufficient. Ye Zhongming directly relied on the 'Beginner Meditation Exchange' skill from the green necklace to start absorbing Grade 1 Magic Crystals to recover his mental power.
Fortunately, there were plenty of Grade 1 Magic Crystals available. After consuming several thousand, Ye Zhongming restored his mental power to its peak state and began using his gardener skills again.
Proficiency +1, Proficiency +1...
The more mental power was consumed, the more times he used planting, causing his profession proficiency to increase rapidly. When Ye Zhongming cultivated those tender grasses that had been irrigated with the red juice to the ideal height, his planting skill surprisingly reached full proficiency at the beginner stage. As long as the proficiency of the other skill in the gardener profession also reached 100, he could use a promotion scroll to upgrade to an intermediate gardener, and both skills would similarly reach intermediate level.
Of course, Ye Zhongming currently had a promotion scroll obtained from a monster baby, but he did not intend to use it on this profession.
As he walked out of the meadow, hoofbeats could be heard coming from the valley. Several people immediately retreated to the nearby hillside to hide. Moments later, Tang Tian also escaped and, upon seeing the signal from Candy, directly hid over.
Attracting the Cloud Hoof here wasn't difficult. As long as you stepped into the valley, you were infringing on the territory of the Cloud Hoof. Although their attack power wasn't high, they were still second-level monsters and would become incredibly furious, trampling and crashing could easily kill intruders.
Tang Tian wasn't foolish. Seeing the Cloud Hoof herd moving, he began to flee, barely making it back before they locked onto him.
Hundreds of Cloud Hoofs of various sizes charged out of the valley, a spectacular sight. When these beasts, larger than the mightiest warhorses on Earth, galloped together, it sent a surge of adrenaline through the hidden individuals on the hillside.