When Jia Ye saw Zou Su nodding, he took something out of the storage bag in a showoff manner. When Qian Chao looked at it, he found that it was a dark brown earthen jar with a lid on it. He didn't know what was inside.
Zou Su took out a spiritual stone. Jia Ye also opened the lid of the earthen jar over there, and he put the spiritual stone in with a clang. When Qian Chao and others saw it, they didn't understand that these two people were selling it in a gourd. What kind of medicine was given? When he was wondering, he saw a white light flickering in the jar. Then Jia Ye turned over his hand and turned the jar upside down, and something fell to the ground from inside.
When the contents of the jar fell on the ground, they squirmed to retrieve them. They saw that it was a fleshy worm of the same dark brown color, less than three inches long. The insect was seen crawling on the ground, shaking uncontrollably as it crawled. When its trembling subsided, the insect plunged into the soil and quickly burrowed down.
Seeing the surprise of Qian Chao and others, Zou Su said: "Junior Brother Qian, you guys should either move further away or fly off the ground. After a while, this place will be a little shaken and you will not be able to stand firmly."
After saying that, Zou Su and Jia Ye stood up from the ground, hanging several feet above the ground.
When Qian Chao and others saw it, they followed their example and flew, but they were wondering how much noise such a small insect could make.
Tang Ping is a Yuling. Among the Yulings, there are not only spiritual birds and beasts, but also various spiritual insects. However, she could not recognize the little dark brown insect just now, let alone name it, and she was even more curious. more than.
Li Jian used his natural senses to accurately search for the little bug that had burrowed into the ground. He could detect that the little bug had drilled down for more than ten feet and was still going down. He couldn't help but feel Out of curiosity, I secretly thought that this little insect burrowed into the ground very quickly.
Yanxuan and Lu Pingchuan were confused, but knowing that there was probably a lot of fun behind them, they both stared at the ground.
Li Jian's brows suddenly frowned. He was surprised to find that the little insect that had burrowed into the ground was twenty or thirty feet underground. Its originally thin body was changing rapidly.
There were no clues on the ground, but Qian Chao could already faintly hear the crackling sound coming from the ground. The sound was not loud, and several people heard it. It seemed that something underground was swallowing it greedily. What.
Qian Chao raised his eyes and looked at Zou Su. Zou Su smiled quite contentedly when he saw Qian Chao.
Something could already be seen on the ground. The originally flat river beach had slight ridges crisscrossing it, as if something huge was drilling underneath.
"It's coming out." Li Jian said softly after about a cup of tea.
Sure enough, the rumbling sound in the ground became louder and louder, and a large mound gradually rose up below the few people. With a bang, the mound was overturned by a guy the size of a small house.
The dark brown bug earlier was too small, and the bug had already penetrated into the ground when a few people wanted to take a closer look. Therefore, although Qian Chao and others guessed that the guy emerging from the ground now was probably that little bug, But this bug is also... too ugly.
The guy's little house-like head is covered with dirt and sand, and it is falling down. There are black spots the size of a wine glass on each side, which seem to be the guy's eyes. The black face is covered with wrinkles. A long closed gap is very conspicuous, which is probably its mouth. Looking down, you can see rows and rows of fine little claws densely packed until they are no longer visible under the soil. This is probably where this guy is under the soil. Maybe that’s why it climbs so fast.
Zou Su clapped his hands together, and with a "pop" sound, the big guy followed the order. The long gap on his head suddenly opened, and a lot of things came out of the big guy's mouth. Come.
They were all stones, as big as calves and as small as human heads. They collided with each other and were spit out by the big guy, scattering all over the ground. After a while, it stopped, and then I saw that the big guy seemed to be chewing cud. The closed gap-like mouth pursed back and forth, then shook its head, opened it again, and spit out countless stones of different sizes. .
Just like that, the big guy vomited three times in a row before stopping. It seemed that he had vomited all the stones he had eaten in his stomach. At this time, he looked exhausted. Those densely packed little claws worked hard together, making a loud rustling sound. It struggled to crawl out, but the further it crawled out, the smaller its body became. When it completely crawled out of the cave, its entire body was the same as before, less than three inches long and no thicker than a finger.
Jia Ye took the earthen jar and walked over to it. The small dark brown insect crawled in with its body bowed and bowed. He closed the lid and put the earthen jar away.
At this time, Qian Chao really wanted to take the jar and take a look at it, but since he was like this, it was clear that he didn't want him to see it, so he had to give up.
In fact, the one who was most anxious was not Qian Chao, but Tang Ping. She had long been interested in the bug, but she was helpless when she saw that the two were so stingy that they wouldn't even let them see it.
"Junior Brother Qian, come and take a look."
Zou Su landed next to the pile of rocks like a hill and said to Qian Chao.
The five people fell down and walked to the pile of stones. Lu Pingchuan, Yanxuan and Li Jian first walked to the hole where the insect came out and took a look. They saw that it was dark inside, like a huge dry well. Knowing how deep it is, I can't help but be amazed.
Qian Chao used the Object Control Technique to check the pile of stones and couldn't help sighing. They were all good ores. If he didn't use them for his own use and took them to Helou to sell them, the asking price for each piece would be at least two spiritual stones. The quality was real. good.
"How is it?" Zou Su looked at Qian Chao and asked with a smile.
"Senior Brother Zou, Senior Brother Jia, these two senior brothers really opened my eyes today. I never thought that there is such a good way to mine ore. I have learned a lot."
"Haha, Junior Brother Qian doesn't have to say that. You will have a better way to get this ore in the future. Oh, by the way, I don't know what Junior Brother Qian needs. If Junior Brother Qian can use the ore here, just take it yourself."
"No, thank you two senior brothers. I still have some ore. Please put these away, senior brothers."
"Yeah, that's fine." After saying that, Zou Su motioned to Jia Ye to collect the pile of ore.
"Senior Brother Zou," Tang Ping said from the side, "What kind of insect was that bug just now? I have never seen it before. Can Senior Brother Zou tell me its origin?"
"This junior sister," Zou Su glanced at Tang Ping. He didn't recognize Tang Ping and just thought she was an ordinary female disciple in the sect. "I really don't know about this. To tell you the truth, this worm is We bought it in Ruixuan Town outside the sect. Alas, it’s really expensive. I can’t afford so many spiritual stones by myself. I collected the spiritual stones together with Junior Brother Jia. That’s it. There were not enough casual cultivators selling us bugs, so I had no choice but to use a few more spiritual weapons to get them. Alas, it was a massive hemorrhage. The casual cultivator said that this kind of bug is called a local woman. Well, although the name is It’s not very good, but it’s very handy for mining ore!”
"Country mother-in-law" Tang Ping nodded, and she must inquire about it carefully when she returns to the sect.
"Ruixuan Town, I never expected that you can buy such good things in Ruixuan Town," Qian Chao said.
"Eh? Junior Brother Qian, haven't you been to Ruixuan Town?" Zou Su asked.
"Of course I have never been there. This is the first time that my junior brother has left the sect after breaking through to the third level. How could he have been to that town? However, I heard more than one senior brother talk about it in Chengqitang. I heard that Ruixuan Town It’s very lively and there are a lot of new things. I will definitely go there again in the future.”
"Well," Zou Su finally understood, "Junior Brother Qian, you are very good at refining weapons. You should definitely go to Ruixuan Town. However, don't be too anxious. Wait until your cultivation level is higher before going. It’s not too late.”
"Understood, thank you Senior Brother Zou."
"Senior Brother Zou, are there many strange things in the hands of casual cultivators?" Tang Ping asked again from the side.
"Well, there are quite a few. Most of the things in the hands of casual cultivators are things that we sect disciples can't see on ordinary days. But even if you arrive in Ruixuan Town in the future, you should look more at the things of casual cultivators and ask less questions. , Firstly, those casual cultivators are very annoying, and secondly, there are quite a few liars among them."
"Thank you, Senior Brother Zou."
After saying goodbye to Zou Su and Jia Ye on the river beach, the five of them flew towards the next place where spiritual grass might grow.
However, the topics discussed by several people on the road were inseparable from the scene they just saw.
"Hey! I really didn't expect that there is such a thing. Such a small insect can become so big after eating a spiritual stone. When it digs up ore, it can be able to support... Hehe, it can support many people, eh. , Brother Qian, I think you need to get one of those worms, and then if you find a place with ore, release the worm, and you will get as much ore as you want, right?"
Lu Pingchuan said excitedly while flying.
Li Jian thought about what he had just seen and couldn't help but say: "There are so many novel things in the world of cultivation!"
Qian Chao said: "I am indeed very jealous of that bug, but I think it was definitely not cheap when they bought it. Both of them have passed the Xiaowu Pass. Naturally, there is no need to elaborate on their net worth, but they still have... The two of them collected spiritual stones and needed some spiritual weapons to buy them. It can be seen that the price of this kind of bug must be extremely expensive. I am not short of ore materials now, and I am not in a hurry. I will really get it if I have the opportunity in the future. Just one for use.”
"I'll ask you when I go back. There are not only spiritual birds and spiritual beasts in Yuling, but also spiritual insects. But I really haven't heard of such a country woman, and it's the first time I've seen one today."
"There's not one in his jar, but two." Li Jian suddenly said.
"Two?" Several people were curious again.
"Well, two. He poured one out to help him dig out the ore in the ground. There is another one in the jar. I guess the two bugs are a pair. If they are both released, they will probably run away."
It suddenly dawned on a few of them, no wonder the insect was obedient. After getting along with him for a long time, they all knew that Li Jian was born with amazing powers of perception. If he said this, it would be correct.
"Then what place is Ruixuan Town that Senior Brother Zou mentioned?" Yanxuan asked after thinking about what Zou Su said.
"Ruixuan Town is the furthest place under the direct jurisdiction of our sect. The people who come and go in the town are all monks. Just like ordinary town shops, I heard that there are many shops there, and everything is bought and sold. There are some opened by the sect itself, some jointly opened by disciples within the sect, and some opened by some small aristocratic families and small sects, which are very lively. There are many people from aristocratic families outside the sect there all year round, and there are also many casual people. Xiu is a mixed bag."
"Wow, Mr. Qian, you are so familiar with that place, you talk as if you have been there before." Tang Ping asked strangely after hearing Qian Chao's words.
"Of course I've never been there, but" Qian Chao said with a slight wry smile, "Since my weapon refining skills have made some progress, some senior brothers have taken advantage of me. It's not that they want to force me." Instead of buying it, they wanted to take my spiritual weapon from me first, and then they would go out and sell it, and then come back and give me a share. Ruixuan Town was one of the places where they sold the spiritual weapon, so they told me no. I don’t know much about Ruixuan Town, so I know a little bit about it.”
"Oh, then how did you get rid of them later, or did you earn a lot of spiritual stones with them like this?"
"Of course I wanted to find a way to get rid of them. Alas, it was also very troublesome. One of them, Senior Brother Xiang, came to me almost every day, which was very annoying. I had no choice. Later, I lied and claimed that all my spiritual weapons were obtained from the inner hall. His fellow seniors worked together to sell it, and then he gave up."
"Hey, brother Qian, if there is such an interesting place, we should go and see it!" Lu Pingchuan said with itch when he heard Qian Chao said that Ruixuan Town was lively.
"Well, I'm afraid we can't go now?"
"Why is that?" Lu Pingchuan asked in confusion. Not only him, but the other three were also listening to Qian Chao's explanation.
"Now, whether Ruixuan Town is far or near, the brothers who are building foundations can go there in just a cup of tea, and the brothers who are high-level in Qi refining can only go there in a day. We are the only ones who can get there because our cultivation is not deep. If we go anywhere, we will probably have to walk for more than ten days. Secondly, we are going to Ruixuan Town. We have to pass several dangerous places on the way. It’s really something we can’t handle right now. I also heard from other people that when sect disciples get into trouble outside, more often they happen there.”
After hearing this, a few people nodded.
"And the third one, even if we get there now, it's not safe. As mentioned before, there are many casual cultivators in Ruixuan Town, and those casual cultivators do things beyond our imagination. With our level of cultivation, if we are defeated by them If you are targeted, as soon as you leave the town, you will be caught by them, and the consequences will be disastrous."
"That's it, let's go later." Yanxuan was a little scared after hearing this.
"Generally, when sect disciples go to Ruixuan Town, they have to pass the Xiaowu Pass. It is more difficult for casual cultivators to practice than us. Not many can pass the Xiaowu Pass, so we passed the Xiaowu Pass. It will be much safer wherever you go.”
After coming out of the river beach, Qian Chao and the other three went to three places in succession. The harvest was pretty good. At least all the white branches were found. Not only that, Yanxuan also found many other useful spirits in these places. The grass was picked happily.
In the evening, a few people found a secret place in the mountains to rest for the night.
