latelenovela Chapter 140 Frog Spirit
Chapter 140 Frog Spirit
Zhao Taohua nodded: "You fish it out."
"Yes!"
After the mycelium responded, many mycelia immediately grew in the water of the dam.
They quickly wove together a waterproof mycelium bag, caught it, and lifted it up.
This mycelium layer was so thin and almost transparent that Zhao Taohua could clearly see the little things inside through it.
The tadpole spirit had a round head, just like a black pearl.
A pair of large, bright eyes on either side of its head curiously surveyed its surroundings.
Its tail is long and slender, like a light ribbon, and its translucent texture sways gracefully in the water, gently moving.
What pleased Zhao Taohua most was that the tadpole was brightly colored and very pretty.
It is covered in a bright yellow-green color, with dark spots scattered on it, like twinkling stars in the night sky.
Zhao Taohua handed the mycelium bag to the mycelium mother spirit: "Here, let's continue catching the tadpole spirits."
Sure enough, just as Zhao Taohua said, there were several tadpole spirits in the reservoir with each layer of the dam.
Furthermore, the higher the barrier, the more tadpole spirits were hidden inside. In the end, one of the six barriers caught forty-two tadpole spirits.
Watching the tiny tadpole spirits swimming around in the mycelium, Zhao Taohua exclaimed happily, "Let's go home!"
This haul far exceeded her expectations. She thought she could only catch about ten or eight, but she was surprised to find that she caught more than forty!
After returning home, Zhao Taohua found an unused large vat, filled it halfway with water, and then put all forty-two tadpole spirits into it.
The other three spirits surrounded them.
The menstrual spirit asked in confusion, "Miss Zhao, are you going to raise tadpoles?"
This tadpole spirit is still small; it hasn't grown four legs yet, and it still has a tail.
Although they are spirits, they can only stay in water now, and they will die once they leave the water.
Tadpoles are at the bottom of the food chain; being small and vulnerable, they are likely to be eaten by other fish in the water.
Birds in the sky will also prey on them.
It takes at least fifty years for a tadpole to grow up.
But how many times will they be preyed upon by natural enemies during these long fifty years?
Therefore, despite the enormous number of tadpole spirits, very few of them actually manage to grow up safely.
The durian spirit gazed at the tadpole spirits swimming around in the jar:
"Sister Zhao, they are so cute!"
As dusk fell, they began to glow with a yellowish-green light in the water, and the outer rims of their eyes were reddish-brown.
The snail spirit asked, "Master Zhao, what do they eat?"
If they live in the wild, there are many planktonic organisms such as mosquito larvae and water fleas in the water.
The nitpicker immediately thought of something: "We have rice at home, or we can feed them cooked egg yolks."
High in nutrition, grows fast.
The mother spirit looked at Zhao Taohua and had a feeling that Zhao Taohua already had a plan in mind.
While rice and egg yolks are highly nutritious, for tadpole sperm, they can at most shorten the fifty-year growth cycle to forty years.
"They eat this!"
Sure enough, the next moment Zhao Taohua took out a crystal with a hundred years of cultivation.
In an instant, the five monsters stared wide-eyed.
A crystal with over a hundred years of cultivation—who wouldn't be tempted by that?
Especially the two spirits, the snail spirit and the fungus spirit, were able to transform into human form after eating the cultivation crystals given to them by Zhao Taohua.
However, the cultivation crystals they consumed were over two hundred years old, and each person received one, unlike these snail spirits, where forty-two snails could only share one crystal over one hundred years old.
The moment Zhao Taohua took out the crystal, all the tadpole spirits in the tank seemed to sense it, and they all floated to the surface, their eyes fixed on the crystal in Zhao Taohua's hand, their eyes full of longing!
Zhao Taohua smiled and threw the crystal into the jar, whereupon forty-two tadpole spirits immediately surrounded it.
Everyone was scrambling to get to the front, right next to the crystal, so they could absorb the cultivation power from it.
The durian spirit lay on the jar, watching the others fight over it, finding it quite amusing.
"Sister Zhao, look, the light on them is even brighter than before!"
As darkness fell, the tadpole spirits in the tank resembled a tank of fireflies, their light gradually illuminating the entire yard.
Before long, the durian spirit called out again, "Sister Zhao, come and see, has that little tadpole spirit grown hind legs?"
There are toes right next to the base of the tail!
The durian spirit pointed to a tadpole in the jar and said.
Zhao Taohua looked down, and the little tadpole spirit seemed to sense her gaze and swam towards the surface of the water.
When its round head surfaced, it opened its mouth and cried out, "Mother~ Mother~"
"!!!"
Zhao Taohua was completely stunned.
Not only Zhao Taohua, but the other five spirits were also incredulous at what the tadpole spirit was shouting.
Mother?
The mother fungus spirit looked at the tadpole spirit with a somewhat dazed expression. Was this the ultimate flattery technique?
Is she even better at handling things than her?
Zhao Taohua was both amused and exasperated. She wasn't even married yet, so where would she get a child from?
A moment later, more and more tadpole spirits grew hind legs, and they floated to the surface, calling out to Zhao Taohua, "Mother~ Mother~"
Qian and Zhao Ershu came out when they heard the noise.
Looking at all those little tadpoles, Madam Qian called Zhao Taohua's mother and laughed:
"A good omen! Our Peach Blossom family will surely have many children and much happiness in the future!"
Zhao Taohua's face instantly turned red. What was her mother saying? What was this about having a baby? Luckily, Shen Ming wasn't here right now, otherwise, she would have wanted to crawl into a hole in the ground.
Once the crystal completely disappeared, the forty-two tadpole spirits all grew hind legs and came to call Zhao Taohua "Mother".
Their bodies have all grown a bit bigger, and the water level has risen from what was originally half-full tank.
Zhao Taohua then took out a second crystal containing a hundred years of cultivation, and the forty-two tadpole spirits chirped even more excitedly.
Although they were noisy, their sounds together didn't sound jarring or unpleasant.
Zhao Taohua threw the second crystal into the water tank, and they immediately chased after it in the water, each wanting to take a bite.
"Sister Zhao, the tadpole spirit has grown a bit bigger, and it's even grown front legs!"
"Durian Spirit shouted excitedly."
Moreover, the water level in the tank rose again!
At this moment, the light emanating from all the tadpole spirits in the jar shone even brighter, making the entire Zhao family's courtyard glow.
Zhao Taohua watched the changes in the jar with satisfaction. The tadpole spirits had not only grown up, but their cultivation had also become stronger.
After all the tadpole spirits had eaten the second crystal and grown front legs, she threw the last crystal into the tank.
The most crucial moment has arrived!
This time, Zhao Taohua also leaned over the vat, watching the changes inside.
One of the tadpole spirits changed the fastest; first, its tail gradually shortened, then disappeared completely, and finally it turned into a…
The durian spirit exclaimed in shock, "Is this a baby frog spirit?"