Chapter 7 Parasitic Spirit Insect

It seems that these two red-eyed carps are sick. Although he doesn't know what went wrong, Fang Yun immediately picked up the two red-eyed carps and separated them in a water tank.

Looking at the two sick fish, Fang Yun seemed a little flustered, but he still went into the house to take out a manual to read.

"Common Diseases and Solutions of Red-eyed Carps".

This is the breeding manual that the Li family gave to the fish farmers. It records some diseases that red-eyed carps are prone to when breeding and how to deal with them.

Fang Yun was not in a hurry and slowly flipped through the pages.

"Scales fall off, spirit is depressed, appetite is poor, and stomach parasites are common. Sick fish should be isolated immediately to prevent parasitic infection. For specific parasite diseases, treat them according to the prescription when you see the worm species."

This book says that it is because the red-eyed carp has parasites in its stomach, so there are similar conditions. The general treatment method is to observe the symptoms first, pay attention to the behavior, appetite and appearance changes of the spirit fish. Parasitic diseases generally cause abnormal symptoms in the fish, such as weight loss, increased mucus, scales fall off, abnormal swimming, etc.

Then isolate it and isolate the sick spirit fish in a separate treatment tank to prevent the disease from spreading to other healthy fish. Fang Yun has done it.

Then it is necessary to observe the symptoms or conduct tests to determine the type of parasites that infect the spirit fish.

Fang Yun does not have this method for the time being. With his current experience, he is not enough to judge the root cause of the fish's illness by visual inspection alone. He can only roughly infer that it is suffering from parasites based on the symptoms.

During the quarantine period, these sick fish must be provided with proper diet and more nutritious food to enhance their immunity and help them recover. After all, one spiritual stone for one fish fry, this loss can only be borne by oneself, and the Li family will not pay for it.

"If you want to determine what kind of parasite it is, I'm afraid you have to ask other fishermen!"

Fang Yun closed the book, thought lightly, and went to Ran Zhi's house again.

"If you can find a way to treat the symptoms, they should recover faster, so as not to lose my spiritual stones."

The wallet is empty and helpless.

After half a minute, he found someone in Ran Zhi's courtyard.

Quickly asked: "Brother Ran, Brother Ran, do you know why the red-eyed carp in my fish pond is so sick?"

But at this time, Ran Zhi was also sighing in his fish pond, closing his eyes and shaking his head.

Ran Zhi had a red-eyed carp in his hand, which had been cut open by him. Only to see that the fish had black spots on its body, and the disease was serious, and it was obviously inedible.

"It's a disaster, it's a disaster, it's the spirit-eating earthworm." Ran Zhi saw Fang Yun coming and obviously knew what he meant. He said with a bitter face.

In this world, there is a parasite called "spirit-eating earthworm". This parasite is white all over, with only one segment at one-third of the body, which is red, just like an earthworm.

This worm usually parasitizes in the body of spirit fish and feeds on the spirit of the spirit fish.

The body of the spirit fish parasitized by the spirit-eating earthworm will gradually weaken, the fins and scales will gradually fall off, black spots will appear in its body, and eventually die.

If a cultivator accidentally eats a spirit fish with a spirit-eating earthworm, the parasite will enter the body of the cultivator, devour his spirit, causing his cultivation to decline, and in severe cases, he may even go crazy.

This worm is not afraid of high temperature and freezing. If you want to treat the fish disease caused by the spirit-eating earthworm, you can only use thunder magic to slightly stimulate the body of the spirit fish, introduce lightning magic power into the body of the spirit fish, and make the spirit-eating earthworm crawl out of the body, but this requires a very high level of cultivation and skills.

If a spiritual fish is infected with this kind of parasite, it is no different from death. For fishermen like them, this worm is no different from a natural disaster.

No wonder Ran Zhi showed a painful expression after discovering the cause of the disease. There is only one way to treat this worm disease, that is, to ask a thunder cultivator to stimulate the spirit-eating earthworms with magic power to crawl out of the spirit fish.

"Thunder is the key to heaven and earth. Among the magic cultivators, thunder is the king, and among the war cultivators, sword is the master! Thunder has the power of destruction and attack, and also the power of life and creation."

"But which of these cultivators is not a well-known great cultivator? How could they come to treat your spiritual fish for a few spiritual stones?"

"Ordinary thunder cultivators have no control over thunder and lightning. If one accidentally electrocutes the spiritual fish to death, wouldn't we lose a lot? So once a spiritual fish is infected with spirit-eating earthworms, it can be called a terminal illness!"

Listening to Ran Zhi's explanation, Fang Yun's heart sank.

There is only one good news, this parasite is not highly contagious.

As long as the sick fish are separated, other healthy spiritual fish will generally be fine.

"Is there no other way?" Fang Yun asked unwillingly.

Ran Zhi shook his head, "Unless you can find a master who is proficient in thunder magic, and you must have enough confidence to control the power of thunder and lightning, otherwise it will only backfire. Such a master is hard to come by..."

Fang Yun sighed helplessly, it seems that he can only accept this reality. He said to Ran Zhi gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Ran, for telling me, I will remember it in my heart."

Looking at the fish pond isolated by Ran Zhi, there are at least a dozen red-eyed carp in it, which are isolated separately and severely affected, equivalent to losing more than a dozen spiritual stones.

This situation is enough to report to the Li family. For this kind of natural disaster, the Li family will also bear a corresponding part of the loss, and will not count all the losses on these workers.

Of course, the bulk is still borne by themselves, so Ran Zhi lost at least half of the spiritual stones.

Fortunately, only two of his spirit fish were sick.

However, when Fang Yun returned home, he was stunned to find that five more spiritual fish in the fish pond had similar symptoms.

He had clearly separated the two sick spiritual fish in time. Where did these insect diseases come from?

He couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and quickly picked up all the sick fish.

Looking at the sick fish in the water tank, he felt a pity in his heart. It was really a natural disaster. If there were more sick fish, he would probably not be able to fill this hole even if he took out all his savings.

Strangely, this insect disease seemed to have no effect on the iron-toothed fish, and it was still alive and kicking.

However, Fang Yun did not dare to delay, and immediately took some of his belongings to the market and the surrounding areas to find a solution to the insect disease.

At least it had to prevent it from spreading and infecting all the fish again. To be cautious, he also asked Ran Zhi to come and look after the fish pond for him for a while.

Because he felt that this time the spiritual fish got sick, it was not that simple.

When Ran Zhi heard that Fang Yun was going to find a cure, he agreed without hesitation.

After leaving the house, Fang Yun quickly came to the small courtyard he often visited in the past. Although he always hated Li Baopi, he still had to report this matter to Li Guanshi in time.

This batch of spiritual fish suddenly fell ill, there must be a reason. Reporting to the Li family in time can also reduce their losses.

As for whether there is really a mastermind behind the scenes, that is something the Li family needs to consider. Although the losses are borne by the fishermen and farmers, if the damage is really big and the entire red-eyed carp market is impacted, the Li family is absolutely unwilling to see this happen.

Before Fang Yun entered the courtyard, he had seen many monks coming and going, who were also fishermen and farmers like him, all in a hurry and with miserable expressions on their faces.

Hearing the discussion of others, Fang Yun immediately understood that this time, it seemed that it was not only him and Ran Zhi's family who suffered.

Then, he left, and there was no need to go in.

Concentrating his mind, speeding up his pace, and came to a gathering place in the northern district of Fangshi.

Standing at the door, Fang Yun took a deep breath and walked into a cabinet. After searching for a while, he saw a middle-aged monk. He was thin, had a hooked nose, and a sinister smile on his face.

The other party was a water rat, a profession unique to Donghu Island. They have been hanging around in the market and the shantytowns of scattered cultivators outside for a long time, making a living by selling all kinds of gossip.

All fears come from the unknown.

Although the Li family now knows that a large number of spirit fish are suffering from insect diseases, Fang Yun will not have high expectations for the subsequent solution. He still hopes to find a solution by himself. Reducing losses is the most important thing.

When Fang Yun entered the room, the man looked him up and down. Fang Yun explained his purpose. The man was silent for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "This is not difficult. I have accurate information from the Li family. The fish disaster will soon be cured by a forensic doctor."

"As for what you said about asking for a cultivator who is proficient in thunder magic and can finely control magic power, or a similar magic weapon, all of them are very valuable. With Brother Fang's current financial resources, I'm afraid he can't afford it."

"So, go back and wait patiently!"