Chapter 278 Mural of Sacrifice to Heaven, Savage Beast Zhuguo (first update)
Seeing Jiang Minghe enter the cave, Li Qing took advantage of the opportunity and threw in his son to admit defeat: "The two Taoist brothers are very skilled in chess, which is well known in the immortal city. I It's normal to lose."
Jiang Minghe shook his head and laughed: "After establishing the foundation, you will live for three hundred years, how can you live this comic life if you don't cultivate some interest. A journey to immortality?"
Li Qing put away the "Lingxiao Alchemy Sutra" beside the chessboard: "I have my own pastime. Isn't it more interesting than the two of you to play chess with all kinds of spiritual plants?" br>
Zhou Hanguang laughed loudly: "That's true. With your spiritual cultivation and alchemy skills, you can also earn spiritual stones. It is indeed more satisfying than playing chess..."
Jiang Minghe took his seat and the three of them chatted again.
Li Qingjiang expressed his doubts: "Since it is to save Zhu Guo, why do we have to set a two-year period? Wouldn't it be safer to let me come earlier?"
Zhou Hanguang He sighed helplessly: "That secret realm was not very open before, and there is still a risk of falling. I only anchored it last month."
"At that time, your Earthly Immortal Dharma Realm was first established, which was the foundation for solidifying its foundation. How can I delay your important event?"
Li Qing nodded slightly and said: "Since Friend Jiang is back, why not go to the secret realm first? I am also very curious about the thousand-year-old red fruit tree. ”
Zhou Hanguang smiled and said: "I also said that I would give you a banquet first to wash away the wind and dust for you. Now it seems that it is more suitable for you to take you to enjoy the fruit trees first."
Then the three of them did not delay, After leaving Tanyuan Fairy City, Yufeng flew north.
When approaching a mountain, Jiang and Tuesday took Li Qing to hide themselves. After evading a wave of pursuers, they flew eastward.
After so many times of questioning, we stopped in front of a deep stone pool.
Although the stone pool is illuminated by light, it appears blue because it is too deep.
"This is where it is. Fellow Daoist Li, you must master the water-proofing technique, otherwise it will not be easy to get through." Zhou Hanguang reminded.
Jiang Minghe said: "The bottom of the pool is extremely cold and can even freeze the true essence. Fortunately, you are an alchemist and have spiritual fire to protect you, so you are not in danger."
Li Qing did not dare to neglect, and while using the Water-Bearing Technique, he secretly used Nirvana to protect himself: "Please lead the way."
The three of them used the Water-Bearing Technique to protect themselves, naturally integrated into the pool, and began to go down. Explore.
The stone pool is deep. After diving for a hundred feet, the water channel suddenly became extremely narrow, allowing only one person to pass sideways.
Moreover, there is no daylight here, and there is darkness all around. It seems that even the consciousness can be obscured. Even if the imperial emissary's true energy shines, it can only illuminate a small area in front of him.
"Before, there were monsters guarding this place. As long as there was a little light, they would be bitten crazily. Fortunately, we have cleaned it up." Zhou Hanguang said through the message.
In addition to the darkness, there is also the cold.
Up to this point in the swim, the water in the pond gradually becomes cold to the bone. Even if you have the water-proofing technique, you can't resist the cold air coming from the erosion.
Li Qing hurriedly summoned the Nirvana Fire and covered it with a shallow layer along the body surface, which made him feel better.
In front, on the waists of Jiang and Zhou, a pair of red jade pendants glowed faintly, flickering on and off, dispelling the chill.
After walking for another hour, a little bit of light gradually appeared in front of us.
"Not far from the exit!" Jiang Minghe reminded softly.
Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon, the cave turned twice more, and the skylight projected from the front finally illuminated the last part of the journey.
Li Qing looked around and found many abstract patterns painted on the cave walls submerged in the water.
The pattern probably talks about wizards offering sacrifices to gods, but the sacrifice they use is a kind of red fruit. "Could the fruit above be the red fruit?" Li Qing guessed.
"Crash..." The three of them pushed aside the water and emerged from the other side of the stone pool.
As soon as he landed, Li Qing keenly discovered that there was no sun in the sky, but a white orb shining.
He secretly used the "Tianwei Gate" small magical power, and sure enough he found an extra secret realm brand that could be activated and left at any time.
“Have you entered the secret realm now?” He was very surprised, “Why did you swim all the way without feeling anything?”
Zhou Hanguang said: “Actually, the section we just walked through The road is a pilgrimage into a secret realm, which is essentially a ritual similar to moving a magic circle."
Li Qing did not ask in detail, but looked around: "What about the Zhuguoshu?"
Jiang Minghe pointed to the back left, where there was a hilltop about a hundred feet tall: "On the back of that mountain, it is hanging on the cliff wall."
Li Qing couldn't wait to fly by the wind, and he saw a strange fruit tree branching out from the rubble on the cliff.
The fruit tree is about one foot tall, with its whole body red, and its branches as crystal clear as jade. It looks like coral, but it has emerald green leaves that rustle in the wind.
Among the red branches and green leaves, there are light red fruits, the size of dates, with a bit of green flavor, obviously not yet ripe.
Only a fist-sized fruit grows on the top of the tree, which is so red that it glows with a pale golden light under the skylight.
“Look, fellow Taoist, the top one is the red fruit that has been under fire for thousands of years.” Zhou Hanguang flew to Li Qing’s side, “The rest of them have only recently borne fruit.”
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Li Qing was a little puzzled: "Why did you leave this one alone?"
Zhou Hanguang pointed to the bottom of the cliff, where something seemed to have blasted a crack about a hundred feet long and three feet wide.
Near the cracks, there are countless holes, large and small. It can be seen that there have been fierce battles in recent years.
He explained somewhat happily: "This secret place was once occupied by two wild beasts, who regarded this red fruit as a forbidden prize."
"Every time a batch of this red fruit matures, they eat it. Most of them were lost, but a few were left, so we have this thousand-year-old fruit.”
Li Qing's brows jumped: "Isn't this savage beast that grew up eating red fruits capable of forming pills?"
Jiang Minghe was a little complacent: "That's not true! Fortunately, they are not smart enough, so we can I used a little trick to provoke them to fight among themselves, and in the end both of us were hurt, so we both took advantage."
"Unfortunately, when those two beasts fought, it was the red fruit tree that suffered the consequences. All the fruits were almost destroyed."
Li Qing was a little envious when he heard this: "Does the beast still have two pills in it? We need this precious spiritual material."
Zhou Hanguang was a little regretful: "Maybe it was a problem with the secret realm. The two beasts disappeared into thin air just after they died, without even a drop of blood being seen." >
"That's really a pity." Li Qing nodded and looked at the red fruit tree, "Then I wonder what's wrong with this tree and you want me to help?"
Zhou Hanguang flew him close: "The problem lies in the root veins under the fruit tree. It was damaged by the influence of two brutal beasts, and now it is losing energy."
Li Qing leaned over and took a look, and there was indeed a dark red root as thick as an arm stretching out. It came out and drooped on the stone wall, dripping crystal juice.
It can be seen that Jiang and Tuesday also took many measures, but in vain.
But the two of them were pretty smart, so they simply hung a few small jade bottles below. None of the precious liquid dripping from the red fruit tree was wasted.
(End of this chapter)