He was still a Mountain Ghost and also worked as an apprentice-level Alchemist. Even though he specialized in Metallography, he still had some understanding of other common materials.
After realizing that Huai Shi wasn't some clueless newbie who knew absolutely nothing, the middle-aged man's expression relaxed somewhat.
"Right."
He took a big gulp straight from the bottle, wiped his mouth, and sighed in displeasure. "It's growing everywhere. This year it's particularly annoying and unusually plentiful... fucking plentiful."
Invasive species.
Huai Shi could understand. While this stuff was useful, if not managed properly, it could grow everywhere and even encroach upon the living space of other plants.
"Isn't there a local species that could target it?" he asked.
"The damn fools in the Ecological Department introduced new species," he grumbled, "and ended up ousting a large portion of the local scale insects. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so troublesome this year."
