Chapter 153 Five Elements Alchemy: Jin Ling Ke Mu
In the deep cliffs of the ancient wall.
Three figures ran back and forth, stopping from time to time. Holding medicine hoe or shovel in hand, they dug out the entire medicinal plant that had been growing for hundreds of years and carefully put it into the bamboo basket behind them.
The most amazing of them all.
Definitely Yuan Hong.
Originally a white ape, he grew up in the mountainous Pingshan Mountain.
No matter how dangerous this place is, it can still walk on flat ground without the help of any external objects.
Under Partridge Whistle, the hook on the climbing armor sank into the stone wall. He jumped over, jumped and turned, and used his lightness skills to the extreme. However, when he was not collecting herbs, he was mostly focused on his little junior sister.
Among the three, Hua Ling is the least powerful.
He has neither Yuan Hong’s talent nor a mountain-moving weapon like Di Zijia.
His safety was all tied to the sky-piercing rope above his head.
If you are not careful, you will end up in a doomed situation.
How dare he be distracted at all.
When he heard that his uncle had passed away, he and his master personally returned the ossuary to the ancestral temple. That was also the first time he saw Hua Ling. She was only a few years old and didn't even know about birth, old age, illness, and death.
Looking at her thin and frail figure, Partridge Whistle was heartbroken.
Several years later.
The master passed away.
His journey to find pearls was repeatedly blocked, so he returned to the village and heard that Hua Ling's mother had become ill due to overwork and excessive grief, and the curse on her body broke out prematurely.
The little flower spirit was left alone.
Although she has grown up a lot since the last time we met, she is still just a little girl who has not experienced much of the world.
In desperation, Partridge Whistle took her away.
It has been many years in the blink of an eye.
Now that he has finally found the Muchen Bead, his people's millennium long-cherished wish is about to come true, which makes him act even more cautiously.
Zagrama.
There is no room for any more surprises.
However...
The flower spirit, protected by only a sky-piercing rope, was far more agile than he imagined, and its body was light, like a line of blue smoke traveling between dangerous cliffs and steep mountains.
I picked six or seven plants in succession, which are at least a hundred years old medicine.
It is the kind that was rarely seen before in the valley and lake.
“Seven-leaf ginseng!”
After climbing over a rock, she was about to take the opportunity to take a break when her eyes suddenly lit up. There was an old wild ginseng growing on the cliff not far from her.
Sweep it away.
Seven green and jade-like leaves sway gently in the wind.
Suddenly it was the one I saw on the plank road before.
Before you even get close, you can feel a strong medicinal fragrance permeating the air, which makes people feel refreshed.
She has been studying pharmacology since.
In the past few years, I have traveled extensively with my two senior brothers, but this was the first time I saw Seven-leaf Ginseng.
I think only Zhelong Mountain Insect Valley can grow in a place that is inaccessible and has excellent geomantic omen.
You know, even Pingshan.
In the nearby Miao village, there are also many medicinal farmers, desperately going to the medicine wall to pick medicinal materials.
After all, just one plant can be sold for a sky-high price.
Under such temptation, there are also many people who exchange their lives for money.
At this moment.
Standing on the big blue stone, Hua Ling raised her little face, with beads of sweat on the tip of her nose.
But a pair of clear eyes were full of wonder.
Seven-leaf ginseng, dendrobium officinale, Tianshan snow lotus, century-old Poria cocos, and Polygonum multiflorum have been called human fairy grasses since ancient times.
It is a precious medicine that can save one's life and extend one's vitality.
The average person has no access to it.
Now that the seven-leaf ginseng was so close, she couldn't care less about her tiredness. She calmed down, grabbed the diamond rope with one hand and quickly wrapped it around her wrist, then jumped forward slightly.
The seemingly frail figure is so nimble that it won’t let birds fly.
In a blink of an eye, the person was close to the stone wall.
But both feet only stepped on a piece of rock as big as a palm.
It seems that when the wind blows, it will fall off the cliff.
Watching this scene, Partridge Whistle's heart was palpitating and uneasy, and he almost stepped forward, but Hua Ling didn't show any nervousness at all and moved with her toes on the edge.
It's completely like dancing on the edge of a knife.
finally.
Wait until she gets close to the gap in the cliff.
Looking at the emerald green mountain ginseng growing in it.
Hua Ling’s eyes became more and more clear.
The partridge whistle not far below him breathed a long sigh of relief and continued to hold the medicine hoe to dig up the Polygonatum japonica plant in front of him.
As for Yuan Hong, it is as if the dragon returns to the sea and the tiger releases deep into the mountains.
Scurrying back and forth between the dangerous cliffs of a hundred feet.
On the cliff, there are not only countless heavenly and earthly treasures, but also countless fragrant wild fruits. For it, this place is simply a paradise.
After picking a few medicinal herbs.
Looking at the bamboo basket behind him, it was almost half full. Seeing this, Yuan Hong thought about it and felt that he could take a break. He looked around and saw that there happened to be a long tree not far away. Ancient trees full of wild fruits.
He ran up the branch in two or three steps.
Sitting among the branches of the trees.
I picked a large handful and threw one into my mouth from time to time.
This life is still comfortable.
But...
Yuan Hong was absolutely unwilling to let him return to Baiyuan Cave.
Although the land of humans is a bit complicated, at least there is hope.
Xuan Dao Convinces Qi and builds the foundation.
The orthodox Taoist practice method.
Priceless.
The master just rewarded it so that even a mountain ape could have a glimpse of the fairy road.
And...
Throw the remaining wild fruits into your mouth.
Yuan Hong gently pressed it on his chest. The familiar smell and heavy feeling inside the baggage made him feel at ease indescribably.
Among the mountain monsters and all things.
Why is there such a strict hierarchy?
It comes down to two words.
Bloodline!
Under the same realm, those with outstanding bloodline, such as dragons, phoenixes and unicorns, are naturally superior to others.
Although the mandrill is also a genus of apes, its heels and feet are much stronger than it. Once these three bones can be completely fused, Yuan Hong may be able to be reborn.
Plus the practice method.
You may not be able to reach the realm of great demons.
"I got it..."
While it was in a daze, in the crevice of the cliff beneath it, Hua Ling carefully placed the whole seven-leaf ginseng plant into the bamboo building. She couldn't help but He shouted with joy.
I saw that its roots, stems, and leaves were all intact, without any damage.
The medicinal fragrance is permeating and the medicinal power is pure.
This seven-leaf ginseng is definitely worth a sky-high price if you put it outside.
However, Hua Ling had no intention of taking action or taking it by herself. The reason why she had to stay was to give Brother Chen a surprise.
With it.
It should be of some benefit to Brother Chen’s practice.
The Partridge Whistle and the old foreigner have never been able to figure out the method Chen Yulou practiced.
But she, who has been dealing with medicinal stones since she was a child, can vaguely guess something.
The energy of green wood, the spiritual power of herbs.
This is also the reason why she does this.
"Hua Ling, it's almost time, go take a look at that wildflower essence..."
Suddenly.
A calm voice passed into my ears.
Looking back, I saw that my senior brother, Partridge Whistle, had already caught up with me, and half of the bamboo baskets were behind me.
“Okay.”
Hua Ling put away her thoughts.
Compared with the seven-leaf ginseng, in her opinion, the wildflower essence is the real fairy grass.
Mountain ginseng, dendrobium, and Polygonum multiflorum, no matter how rare they are, can always be harvested if you search carefully in the mountains and cliffs.
But Boil Essence is different. Even medicine books say it is rare for thousands of years.
Even because it is so rare, many pharmacists believe that it is just a fabrication of the ancients and does not exist in the world at all.
In folklore, there are many stories of wild ginseng and fleece-flower root becoming human beings.
But how many people have seen it with their own eyes?
Now, the wildflower essence has real facial features, lifelike and almost human-like, with almost no differences.
The only difference is a little bit.
That is, the legs are integrated with the old vine.
This is somewhat similar to the black-scaled sharks seen in Xuan Palace before.
According to her guess.
If there really is a Bodhisattva Fairy, there is a high probability that the moment it grows legs and opens its eyes, it will be able to truly cultivate the body of a wood demon.
Take the bamboo basket from Hua Ling.
Carrying the partridge whistle with him, he escorted him all the way. The two senior fellow apprentices, one behind the other, quickly hurried to the cliff where Gao Jing was.
On the cliff above your head.
Yuan Hong, who saw this scene from a distance, also did not dare to delay. Relying on its innate advantages, it had already collected dozens of old medicinal plants in a short time. After a cursory scan, they all found life-threatening treasures.
It said before that he was well versed in pharmacology.
It’s really not a lie.
After many years in Pingshan, after opening its spiritual aperture, in order to increase its longevity, it traveled almost all around Pingshan, including the peaks behind the mountain that looked like thousands of bamboo shoots breaking through the rocks.
Which spiritual herbs are useful for spiritual practice.
Which ones are poisonous when taken.
Or which wild fruits are only suitable for wine making.
It is like a mirror in its heart.
However.
These are all secondary.
Previously, the owner used his mind to tell his spiritual aperture and asked him to stay with him to assist Little Taoist Hua Ling in picking the fleshy stems.
It has been following Chen Yulou for a lot of time now.
I can vaguely figure out some of his thoughts. The master is usually gentle and never harsh in his dealings with others, but he is extremely serious in important matters.
Since he specifically ordered it.
I think I must get that fleshy root plant.
How dare Yuan Hong hesitate?
Carrying the bamboo building on my back, I jumped down from the cliff, passing through the mist in the sky above my head, as if the rainbow light was crushed.
When he rushed out more than ten meters.
Just as it was about to hit a bluestone, it grasped the branches with both arms and swung gently. The figure twisted in mid-air, crossed the stone easily, and fell steadily.
The rabbit rises and the falcon falls.
A few jumped up and spun around.
In less than a moment, it arrived at the ancient wall first.
Crouching on the rock, a few steps away, looking at the figure of the woman in the middle of the old vine.
Mountain monsters like them not only have a keen sense of danger, but also have an unimaginable sense of smell for spiritual objects.
You can easily feel a spiritual energy as majestic as tide, yet gentle as water from that fleshy stem.
Looking at it, Yuan Hong's eyes widened, his expression full of shock.
It can’t even be imagined.
How many years did it take for this fleshy bud to reach this stage?
The vast Laoxiong Mountains, especially Pingshan Mountain, can be considered a treasure, but compared with this place, they still seem to pale in comparison.
If you encounter this in Pingshan.
Even if you fight to the death, it will be swallowed by it.
Such a fleshy root plant might be able to add decades to one's life.
But...
Yuan Hong also knows.
This kind of great medicine is not something you can get your hands on.
Moreover, I have already gained a lot from this trip to Zhelong Mountain.
Greed is definitely a double-edged sword.
She Tunxiang also has to see if he has the ability.
If it were the green-scaled python from before, it would be fine.
But the green bamboo snake, which is no thicker than chopsticks, still eats some insect larvae and drinks some mountain dew.
"Senior Yuan Hong..."
It didn't take much time.
There was a crashing sound in the cliff below. Hua Ling raised her head, looked past the ancient vines and green radish, saw the figure squatting on the rock, and said with a smile.
"Hua...Hua Ling Taoist Sister."
Yuan Hong was stunned.
Although we meet every day along the way, especially during the short period of boating across the river, the boat is so big that you can’t see it when you look up, but you really don’t know how to call it.
See it scratching its head and ears.
Hua Ling’s smile became even stronger.
"Senior, just call me Hua Ling."
"...Okay."
Yuan Hong responded in a low voice.
But he is just like a human spirit, so how dare he really call him that, so he immediately changed the subject.
“I took a look at the Poison Essence. It is integrated and is more than ten meters long. It cannot be carried out after digging it out from the root, but if it is cut off, the potency of the medicine will be lost.”
"What should I do?"
"Senior, don't worry."
Hua Ling smiled and shook her head.
"What?"
Hearing this, Yuan Hong couldn't help but be startled, but seeing that the partridge whistle next to him was also calm and unhurried, it couldn't help but feel uncertain.
Not much to say.
Just take a few steps out of the way.
Hua Ling quickly stepped forward and got in front of the Poison Spirit to take a serious look.
Compared to the previous time, now that she was so close, the shock to her from this fleshy plant was obviously stronger.
The pure medicinal fragrance hits your nose.
Just a slight sniff made her Qi Hai Dantian a little more spiritual.
If this can be refined into a great elixir, breaking through the realm is like drinking water, it is not an empty talk even if you think about it.
Looked at it again.
Not long after, Hua Ling’s eyes became clearer and clearer.
"Brother, give me the golden pestle."
Partridge Whistle seemed to have expected it. He took out an artifact about half a foot long, with golden light shining all over and a simple shape from the basket on his back. , handed it to her hand.
Seeing this, Yuan Hong became more and more surprised.
I have no idea what this thing is used for.
Hua Ling took the golden pestle without hesitation, and moved her green-white fingers upward along the eyebrows of the woman in the vine a few times, as if she was measuring something, and then gently knocked down the golden pestle in her hand.
Crack——
Only a crisp sound was heard.
The old vine was cut straight from the middle and split into two.
According to this situation, she leaned down again and knocked a few times between the woman and the root of the vine.
The humanoid wild spirit fell off from the entire ancient vine.
The Partridge Whistle stepped forward slowly, opened the prepared bamboo bag, and the Poison Essence just fell into it. He tightened the knot and put it into the bamboo basket behind him.
The whole process is completed in one go.
Yuan Hong was stunned as he watched.
I opened my mouth to ask several times, but I was worried that it would be too presumptuous. But the curiosity in my heart was like being scratched by a pair of claws, and it couldn't help but scratch its ears and cheeks.
See this.
How can the flower spirit not understand its thoughts?
Explained with a smile.
"This is an alchemy passed down by my predecessors in the Bishan lineage. Among the five elements, metal overcomes wood and is driven by the alchemy. If the metal spirit cuts the green wood herbs, the roots will not be damaged and the medicine will not be damaged."
" That's it..."
After listening, Yuan Hong suddenly realized.
As time goes by, it feels more and more that people are really smart, and they can achieve perfection in almost everything including techniques, equipment, food, and folk customs.
"Senior brother, why haven't you seen Brother Chen yet..."
In it secretly calls itself strange.
Hua Ling's surprise dissipated, but there was a bit more worry in her brows.
It’s been so long.
I haven’t seen Brother Chen come out yet.
It would be a lie to say you are not worried.
The longer the time, the greater the risk.
"You go first, I'll go back and have a look."
Isn't that what happened to Partridge Whistle?
He was a little absent-minded when collecting herbs.
From time to time, I look back at the plank road above my head and the gate of the Heavenly Palace higher up.
But Chen Yulou never appeared.
At this moment, he was already a little annoyed. He should have stayed at that time, at least to be able to raid the formation for Brother Chen.
"You two, no need to wait..."
Yuan Hong, who had reacted, couldn't help but shake his head and smile when he heard this.
“Why, senior?”
"The master left before us a long time ago and is waiting outside the valley."
There is a spiritual mark planted by Chen Yulou in Yuan Hong's spiritual aperture.
The contract with Angry Chicken is different.
But it can communicate through the spiritual orifice.
It has received the message before.
"Be the first step?!"
Hear this.
Even the partridge whistle was full of disbelief.
How is this possible?
After they left Xuan Palace and found Miss Kunlun Hong and her party, there was no delay.
How could Chen Yulou come from behind?
“The master said that he led the corpse cave away from the underground Yin River.”
Yuan Hong actually didn’t understand.
But he still told the master’s summons in detail.
"This..."
It doesn't look like lying.
Besides, Yuan Hong would not dare to mess around in such a major matter.
Partridge Whistle raised his eyebrows.
My heart is spinning.
Immediately I made a decision.
"Then...leave first and meet up outside the valley."
"Okay!"
Two people and one monkey, each carrying a bamboo basket, went all the way down the cliff. It took a long time to arrive at the lake.
Sure enough, a bamboo raft was left behind.
It has also been specially reinforced with old vines.
Partridge Whistle directly took the bamboo pole, jumped onto the bow of the boat, activated his energy and blood, and rowed hard. In an instant, the bamboo raft under him was like an arrow leaving the string, quickly breaking through the lake and moving forward.
Because it is the way home.
Compared to other times, this trip went very fast.
It only took less than half an hour.
The three of them arrived at the lake shore. When they passed by the burial pit, the ivory from the elephant bones had been taken away. They walked through the stone steps and arrived outside the mountain temple.
really.
You can see it from afar.
A figure in a green shirt was standing in front of the group of thieves, looking at them calmly.
Standing on the shoulders is a colorful rooster like a phoenix.
If it wasn’t Chen Yulou, who else could it be?
"The corpse cave...has been solved?"
(End of this chapter)