Chapter 16 (1/2)

”Should I give it some fertilizers?” Chu Feng pondered. He cleared out an area at the parterre in the yard for the seeds to grow, but he hesitated before he buried them.

Because of the importance Chu Feng had attached to the seeds, he took every step of the cultivating process very seriously. He was cautious too, so he supposed that the fertilizers for everyday use might not come as an a.s.set to the seeds.

He crooked his head to see Yellow Ox. It was still making mockery of him with its signature grin on its face. It looked at Chu Feng with a sympathetic appearance, as if it felt sorry for Chu Feng for committing such a fruitless action. To Yellow Ox, the shrivelled plants had no chance to sprout, let alone flourish and blossom.

”Yellow Ox, I need you. The seeds need you. Their survival depends on your effort.”

Seeing his solemn face, Yellow Ox was dumbstruck. It seemed confused and bewildered. It made a bellow, as if it was questioning why Chu Feng said such things.

”Look, the soil in this parterre was mostly used for growing flowers and gra.s.ses. It lacks nutrients, so how about we extract some fertilizers from you, my friend?” Chu Feng demanded in a calm and explicit manner.

At first, Yellow Ox still seemed lost, then as the moment of realization came, it instantly widened its eyes, glared, stared and lurched to its feet. White puffs of mist vented out from its nostrils. It fixated its furious glare at Chu Feng.

”Hey, hey, hey, Brother Ox. Don't go all sulky just yet. This almost means nothing to you. It's something that comes and goes, happening in nature as it should. I know you were too shy to excrete your bowel ma.s.s in my garden, but for the sake of our beloved seeds, I will give you special permission to discharge what you need to rid at my garden from now on.”

Yellow Ox's ears started smoking. The expression in its eyes speak of murder. At the same time, one of its fore hooves was pawing the dust on the ground, ready to charge at Chu Feng at any moment.

”No, no, no. Don't be so agitated. I won't give you a cold shoulder or anything for that. Are you afraid that it might smell stinky? Then let it be. I can well endure it.” Clueless of the danger a.s.sociated with his reckless remarks, Chu Feng continued going.

Pong!

Yellow Ox rushed over, bounced up to Chu Feng, and sent him into the air. Fortunately, it did not use its pair of golden horns, but even so, the force still knocked Chu Feng out as he landed head-first down on the soil of his parterre.

Chu Feng finally understood the feeling of Zhou Quan. It was a bet on one's life to negotiate with a capricious bull.

In fact, Yellow Ox was angrier than Chu Feng. It glared at him with its flaming bovine eyes. It started doubting whether this guy was in fact even more flippant than that fatso.

Chu Feng struggled to get up as he gently rubbed against his swollen elbow. ”Don't you know that these were some rather holy seeds?” Chu Feng sighted. ”I was afraid that normal fertilizers might not be able to sustain their lives, and seeing how mystical you are and how potent cow dung is as a fertilizer as a matter of fact, I wanted....”

”MOOOO!”

It was a deafening bellow. Although the calf did not have a towering height, its voice echoed in the yard like a m.u.f.fled thunder. It was so blaring that Chu Feng had to cover up his ears.

”Okay, okay. I give up,” Chu Feng said before the calf made a second charge at him.

”Now it's only going to be you and you alone,” he murmured.

Because of the extensive length of age that the seeds had stayed buried, Chu Feng was not sure whether or not his struggle would, in the end, prove to be frivolous.

However, if it was something G.o.dly, something divine, then it should have a tenacious vitality. Despite the unfavorable environment in which it had been planted, it should, in the end, resurrect from death and give the world an extra hint of green.

”It may be even better without cow dung,” Chu Feng said to himself, because he realized a very serious problem.

Yellow Ox did not exactly have a friendly look as it heard Chu Feng saying these words. At the same time, it also seemed baffled.

Chu Feng explained, ”If these seeds become Tsi w.a.n.g Mu or Fairy of the Ninth Heaven by any chance, then I would be as good as dead once they learned that I have used cow dong to cultivate them.”

Yellow Ox was dumbstruck at first, then it turned angry from embarra.s.sment. With a rowdy bellow, it was ready for another charge.

”Don't you come here. I'm telling the truth though. If they know what I did now, I reckon it will be the worst kind of blasphemy. To let peace befall me, I'd better stay frank and well-behaved,” Chu Feng said with a smile.

Fumes of mist were still breathed from within the nostrils of Yellow Ox. It gave him a nasty look before it turned around, heading to some piles of pineapples.

”Oi! Apples and gra.s.ses are yours! Pineapples are mine!” Chu Feng chased after it.

At last, he buried the seeds in three different places. Because of the difference in soil type, he supposed that separation might mean better insurance of survival of at least one of them.

”I do hope they can sprout soon.” Chu Feng was expectant. He was ever so curious and eager to see what plants he would yield.

”But I mean, I shouldn't be too worried if a fairy were to be the yield of this. It's me who made them, so to them, blasphemy should be a non-existent concept. Even better, she may become a loyal servant of mine.” His face was beaming with a smirk.

”Moo!”

The bellow interrupted his daydreaming.

Yellow Ox looked askance at Chu Feng with a scornful look on its face. Supposedly, it was making a mockery at the brimless world conjured in his mind.

”p.i.s.s off!” Chu Feng drew away from the thrust of the ox head. He started to become a little speechless after being repeatedly mocked by a calf.

Pftt!

Suddenly, he heard a t.i.ttering sound. A glow of fire was visible within sight in the distance. It rushed into the vault of heaven with a garish flare.

”Missile!”

”Is this a mission against those extra-terrestrial plants in s.p.a.ce?” Chu Feng shuddered in fear.

Yellow Ox had a sensitive instinct. It stared at the flare with wildness in its eyes. It sensed danger even before Chu Feng as the flesh of its body tightened. Its furs rippled with waves of golden glow.

It was a sign of stress and fear. The calf sensed danger.

It was a rare occurrence indeed, because such a scene would have never been seen by anyone on a usual day.

”I can't believe I saw it with my own eyes. This could mean it was ejected from somewhere not far from here, and it also means it's a serious business.” Chu Feng's face looked solemn.

He had been hearing many rumors and hearsays about the potential use of military-grade weapons against those extra-terrestrial plants and creatures. It came as a rumor, and it stayed as a rumor.