Return to the Taoist temple.
Cao Yi took out the Ganoderma lucidum from the purple-gold red gourd and looked at it calmly.
Its appearance is fiery red like a flame. It is small in size and half a palm in size. It looks like a small pocket umbrella with part of it missing.
Take a light breath, and the rich woody aura rushes into your nostrils. The unique vitality of the woody aura instantly fills your whole body.
"As expected of Ganoderma lucidum with age!"
Cao Yi used the golden liquid to restore the elixir and absorbed it.
About twenty minutes later.
As if sensing the presence of Ganoderma lucidum, Xiaotian, or rather the egg, in the room began to ripple with chaos.
Cao Yi, who was not going to dry up the lake and fish, stopped absorbing it and planted Ganoderma lucidum in a damp place in the corner of the wall.
Then, come to the room and transfer a little wood-like spiritual energy to the egg.
The egg immediately rippled with joy.
After a while, the woody aura disappeared.
The egg trembled.
“That’s all for today”
Cao Yi left the room without saying a word and closed the wooden door.
In the next ten days, Cao Yi's figure could be seen in the green forest sea, clinging to the cliffs cut with axes, wandering among the various rocks, or strolling through the fascinating scenery. Within the cave.
I have encountered poisonous snakes, tigers, wild wolves, and wild boars, and I have rescued hunters, shepherd boys, and woodcutters.
The harvest is just average. Many spiritual plants are either not old enough or have been destroyed by wild animals and birds.
…
Today is a sunny day.
The sky is like a piece of blue paper, with a few white clouds floating slowly in the wind as if they have been melted by the sun.
At the foot of the mountain, the weeds on both sides of the long dirt roads were drooped by the sun and bent down one after another.
If nothing unexpected happens, today is another hot and monotonous morning.
Suddenly, hundreds of cavalry appeared at the end of the dirt road, and soon followed by the sound of intensive horse hooves.
Among hundreds of cavalry, there was a half-open carriage, traveling at a normal speed, the horses' hooves hitting the ground, splashing up bursts of sand.
"stop"
A majestic voice came from the carriage.
"The Prime Minister has ordered, stop"
Beside the carriage, a middle-aged man with a strong appearance and a slightly dark complexion raised his rough hands and roared.
Hundreds of cavalrymen reined in their horses.
Cao Cao, who was in his fifties with a few gray hairs on his temples and a few beads of sweat on his forehead, stuck his head out of the car window, looked towards the green mountains, and asked, "Zhongkang, is this it?"
The middle-aged man, Xu Chu, glanced around the mountain forest with a pair of tiger eyes, suddenly raised his hands and said: "Back to Prime Minister, it's in this area."
Cao Cao stood up and prepared to get off the carriage.
Xu Chu immediately said: "The mountain road is difficult to travel, so it is better for a certain generation of prime ministers to enter the mountain."
"It is rumored that this man has a weird personality and a lot of arrogance. If I don't come in person, I might not be able to invite him."
Cao Cao opened the thin curtain and got out of the carriage.
Xu Chu dismounted.
Hundreds of cavalrymen dismounted neatly, indicating that this was a well-trained cavalry force.
"Leave a hundred men to watch the horses"
Cao Cao left a word and walked towards the path up the mountain.
Naturally, Xu Chu and his soldiers would not really let Cao Cao go in front. Most of them gathered around Cao Cao to protect him, and a small number went ahead to explore the way.
Less than half an hour later.
In a forest, rays of sunlight filtered down from the layers of branches and leaves, and the ground was filled with large and small sparkling light spots.
Cao Cao and his party are enjoying the cool weather. Today, it is too hot.
Suddenly, a flute sound came, and the tune was very cheerful.
“Go and have a look”
Cao Cao stood up and walked over.
Xu Chu and the soldiers stood up one after another.
The group of people walked not far before they found the flute player.
He was a shepherd boy less than ten years old, enjoying the shade under a large pine tree that was of unknown age.
Beside it, a strong ox was grazing with its head lowered, its thick tail occasionally wagging to drive away flies.
Cao Cao stepped forward and asked, "Do you know, boy, that there is a hermit here?"
When the shepherd boy saw so many people coming, he was instinctively nervous and speechless for a moment.
Xu Chu was about to scold.
Cao Cao glanced at him lightly, and the latter swallowed back what he said.
Cao Cao looked at the shepherd boy and said kindly: "We are not evil people. We are envoys from the imperial court. We are here specifically to find a hermit named Cao."
When the shepherd boy heard the word "hermit", his face became enlightened: "Are you looking for a gentleman who always wears a blue robe?"
"Exactly. Do you know where he lives?"
Cao Cao became more amiable.
Hearing this, the shepherd boy looked back at the dense mountain forest, scratched his head and said, "I don't know, I just occasionally see him collecting medicine on the mountain."
Cao Cao turned his head and glanced at the endless mountain forest, frowned, and asked: "Do you know where Mr. often collects medicine?"
The shepherd boy seemed to be stumped by this question. After thinking for a long time, he shook his head with a distressed look on his face: "It's in this mountain, in a place shrouded in clouds and mist."
Cao Cao frowned. No matter how big the mountain is, he can always find it. But he can wait, but his youngest son Cang Shu, who is already seriously ill, cannot afford to wait.
At this moment, the sounds of various wild beasts came, including wolves, tigers, leopards, wild boars...
"alert"
Xu Chu gave an order.
Hundreds of soldiers immediately raised their crossbows and stood ready.
After a while, a shocking scene happened. Dozens of beasts jumped out from the trees and rushed in this direction like crazy.
Such a large-scale beast appeared at the same time, and the brave Xu Chu also changed his color, and immediately protected Cao Cao behind him.
After a while, dozens of wild beasts rushed forward. Seeing so many people blocking the front, they immediately pounced on them.
At this moment, a faint sound of flute floated from the sky.
Dozens of beasts fell into chaos one after another.
"put"
Xu Chu waved his hand.
Hundreds of crossbow arrows were fired from the hands of hundreds of soldiers, making a swishing sound.
In the blink of an eye, many beasts were hit by arrows and fell to the ground one after another.
Not far away, an injured colorful tiger rushed over with a roar.
Xu Chu came forward with a knife.
The beautiful tiger was ferocious, and the injured one was even more ferocious, almost injuring Xu Chu.
After several rounds of fighting, there was a muffled sound, and the knife in Xu Chu's hand pierced into the body of the colorful tiger.
The bright red blood soon dyed a piece of fur red, and the colorful tiger struggled a few times and then stopped moving.
…
Several miles away, Cao Yi took a cracked long flute and came to a woodcutter who had been eaten by wild beasts and was left with a pile of bones.
After reciting the Sutra to Save People, he buried the person hastily and left.
Back at the Taoist temple, Cao Yi did not go back to the temple, but sat directly on the stone bench to practice the gold liquid return elixir method. Wisps of spiritual energy floated over from a piece of spiritual grass on one side of the courtyard.
As time passed, Cao Yi made a breakthrough without knowing the reason for the skill. Cao Yi entered a state of emptiness and cut off contact with the outside world.
Colorless gas composed of woody aura filled the area within one meter of Cao Yi's body, forming an invisible barrier.
As the saying goes, the weather is unpredictable, and the rain suddenly falls, like ox hair, like flower needles, like soft hair... The rain and mist are filled, and the raindrops are strung together into curtains of beads, covering the ground like smoke and clouds. everything.
Half an hour later, a dense sound of footsteps appeared outside the Taoist temple.
