"By the way, I almost forgot. I didn't have time to tell you just now that the task you mentioned to find the five snake plants has been completed. Master, please take a look." When thinking about the fire fruit that he will continue to search for tomorrow, Only then did Tianjihong realize that he had not yet told his master that he had found the Spirit Snake Grass in the cave. He then took out all the harvest from the snake and turtle nest from the package, and felt the rich aroma of the herbal medicine. It filled the room.
Li Ming, who was once again shocked by Tianjihong's luck, stared at the package in his hand and couldn't help falling into silence again. It turned out that when I was already very high on this apprentice's talent, I deliberately raised the requirement to ask him to search for three kinds of elixirs at the same time, and to find five of each. Such requirements were simply harsh.
How could he not know that although the beautiful sky and earth in the Dongyun Mountains contained endless opportunities, it would not be easy to find the elixir there. Most of these treasures of heaven and earth are filled with dangers, and even most of them have been captured by nearby spiritual beasts like the snake and turtle. If you don't risk yourself and go deep into the tiger's den, you may not even see the shadow of the elixir. arrive. Wanting to collect 15 elixirs of various types in just a day and a half is really difficult for such a little guy who is not even a monk.
"You little guy, I really don't know what to say about you... You almost risked your life for a few elixirs. I would like to remind you from the beginning that no matter whether you complete the task I assigned you or not, your own safety is in danger That’s the first thing, why don’t you listen!”
Li Ming's original intention was just to let Tianjihong go into the mountain to experience the atmosphere of the jungle of the jungle for himself, and to let him strive for enlightenment and improvement in actual combat. As for the elixir, Li Ming never expected to be able to collect it from the beginning. As long as Tianjihong could bring back a few spiritual herbs from the mountains by his own means, he would be considered qualified. Unexpectedly, this little guy has completed nearly half of the task in just one afternoon, and it seems that the harvest is far more than that, because at this time Tianjihong started to rummage in his pocket for other things.
"Hehe, my disciple also understands the principle of finding wealth through danger. Isn't this a smooth return? From now on, I will definitely follow Master's teachings and will not do such risky things again. By the way, Master, please help me. Let's identify these two things. My disciple also found these two things in the mountains, but I don't know their origins, so I specifically want to ask Master to see what treasures they are." As he said this, Tian Jihong took out the items from his pocket. Ruo glass fragments and the strange spiritual fruit that the Rabbit and Rat King missed together.
Li Ming first reached out to take the fragment, put it in his palm and looked at it carefully. "Well, let me take a look. This thing seems to have fallen off a treasure. I don't know its material just from the appearance. Let me use my spiritual power to try." Li Ming's spiritual power surged in his hand and he tried to forcibly inject it into the fragments, but the fluctuations in his palm only lasted for a moment, causing the former's expression to change.
"Good guy, this thing is really weird! The spiritual power that I just released must have been blocked by it, but it has not disappeared. I have never heard of any material that can absorb the spiritual power without dissolving or swallowing it. It’s really strange that it can fundamentally stop the movement of spiritual power even when the power is low!” Li Ming’s eyes never moved away from the fragment in his hand, but after several careful observations, he still couldn’t. Understand the origin of this fragment.
"But what I can be sure of is that the treasure that originally carried this fragment must have a very magical effect. Just imagine a treasure that can block the flow of spiritual power between the opponent's body or weapons just by contact. It is absolutely extraordinary. Extraordinary. If nothing else, just this small fragment in your hand, if used properly in battle, will definitely have an unexpected effect if you use your own spiritual power to hit the meridians where the opponent's spiritual power is running. The effect makes the opponent temporarily lose their combat power, which is definitely a killer weapon."
Hearing such words, Tian Jihong couldn't help but recall the snake turtle that released its beast skills in mid-air but was inexplicably backfired, and how he easily cracked the stone door that was maintained by spiritual power with just a single blow from this fragment. Before, I thought that this fragment had the effect of devouring spiritual power, but now according to what Master Li said, its use may be even more magical than I imagined.
You must know that in the martial arts world, treasures that swallow or dissolve spiritual power are very rare, but at least they can often be seen in the battles of high-level monks. However, the effect of this kind of treasure on spiritual power is ultimately limited. Whether it is devouring or decomposing, once the spiritual power released by the opponent exceeds the limit of its absorption, the excess treasure will be powerless, and may even be used during the attack. damaged. And if there was only a thumb-sized fragment like the one in Li Ming's hand, the amount of spiritual power it could absorb would be negligible, and it would be of no help to the battle between the monks.
But if according to Li Ming, this fragment can affect the flow of spiritual power, then they are two completely different things. There is no upper limit to hindering the opponent's spiritual power. As long as the opponent's vital parts are hit in battle, even a small fragment like this may cause the opponent to completely lose the blessing of spiritual power in a short period of time. It's just a matter of maintaining it. The time is much shorter than that of a complete treasure. But Tianjihong certainly understands that in the moment of life and death, even a blink of an eye's pause may affect the direction of the battle. Therefore, with such a magical treasure in hand, it is not surprising that Li Ming calls it his trump card.
So Tianjihong kept the fragment aside as if he had found a treasure. The only regret in his heart was that the size of the fragment was too small, and it was not even enough to be made into a dagger. In daily battles, if the opponent is not stupid enough to completely expose his vital points, it may be difficult to injure him. Then Tianjihong handed Li Ming the spiritual fruit that almost cost him his life. He still didn't understand why the rabbit and rat king would stare at him for such a small fruit, even at the expense of it. I have to fight to the death to capture myself.
The dark gray fruit appears to have a thin layer of scales on its surface. In fact, it was only at this moment that Tianjihong had the opportunity to calm down and carefully examine the appearance of this spiritual fruit. In his own opinion, the fruit seemed to grow between the stems of some kind of plant on the surface. There seemed to be a short section of the plant's stem attached to the protruding handle behind it. After repeated observations, Tianjihong discovered that I got some clues: The lower part of the scales of this spiritual fruit does not seem to be the inconspicuous gray-white color seen from the outside. It looks like it is wrapped in the outer cortex, covering up the original appearance of the fruit inside.
"Hey, that's it! That's what happened..." Li Ming held the spirit fruit between his two fingers, turned it around and observed it, and finally got the result. He said to Tianjihong in surprise.
"The original name of the thing you are looking for is [Disha Fruit]. It is a mysterious-level elixir that is very common among monks. As the saying goes, things must turn to their extremes. While the Disha Fruit itself is rich in evil spirits, its seeds also contain It has endless life breath. Once the evil spirit between the outer flesh of the fruit is dispersed through spiritual power, the huge spiritual energy provided by the seeds inside not only helps monks to achieve breakthroughs, but also has an excellent effect on ordinary people to prolong life. Therefore, the Earth Evil Fruit Appearance Compared with other elixirs of the same level, it is more popular among monks, and it is also one of the most widely circulated elixirs among Xuan-level materials."
"It's just that the Earth Evil Fruit you took seems to have been contaminated with other substances and mutated. The scale-like gray substance on the periphery of the fruit, according to my analysis, should be - [Rat Scale Grass], this According to the classification, the planting is not part of the elixir, because there is no spiritual energy in the rat scale grass, and it is completely useless for practice."
"However, this rat scale grass is a rare thing for rat spirit beasts. Its biggest function is to help rat spirit beasts transform into a second form. When ordinary beasts transform into spirit beasts, their The appearance will basically change more or less, and it is uniformly called a transformation in the spiritual world. Except for extremely rare cases, transformation is a beneficial change for the spirit beast, and the new form it transforms will often The birth of unique organs that match the beast's skills can greatly increase one's combat power." Li Ming continued to explain patiently.
"After this transformation, if the spirit beast wants to further complete subsequent transformations, it must greatly improve its cultivation or find some opportunities before it can be completed. There are many people who have completed several or even dozens of transformations in the world. However, if there is no such strength or opportunity, most ordinary spirit beasts will not be able to complete the second form until the end of their lives."
"The Earth Evil Fruit in your hand should have come into contact with the juice dripping from the melted rat scale grass on the side, which caused strange changes, and finally produced such a gray film on the surface of the fruit. And this is probably the rabbit outside. The reason why the Rat King has been unwilling to let you go is that although I don't know whether the outer ring of solidified juice can support it to complete its second transformation, it can at least increase the probability of its transformation. For spiritual beasts He said that he would not give up such an opportunity easily."
After listening to this explanation, Tian Jihong's doubts were answered, but the disappointment in his heart was self-evident. He had to bite the bullet and asked: "Master, what do you mean by this mutated Earth Demon?" If it’s only effective for the Rabbit and Rat King, wouldn’t it be of much use to the monks? This fruit that I worked so hard to bring back from the mountains might be worthless in the end?”
