Chapter 33 The Fruit That Increases Strength

“Pop!”

Jiang Xuan and the other two held up simple large shields and approached the whip tree. They used the longest branch to whip it first with great force, and it made a crisp sound when it hit the shield.

"Keep going, and walk slower."

Jiang Xuan walked in front, Chishao was in the middle, and Shiqiu was at the back, and the three of them slowly moved towards the whip tree.

“Pah pah pah…”

As the three people approached, the whip tree became enraged, and countless branches came down to hit the big shield, making a series of noises.

The big shield perfectly blocked the attack from above. The three people under the shield were unharmed and were getting closer and closer to the trunk of the whip tree.

“It’s almost done!”

Chishao was very excited. She had never thought that one day she would be able to pick the fruits of the whip tree herself. It was just like a dream.

Jiang Xuan and Shi Qiu were also very excited. They took the opportunity to quicken their pace and came under the whip tree.

The whip tree's lashing became more intense, but the big shield was still very strong except for some bark and sawdust that had fallen off.

The fruits of the whip tree ripen relatively early. Although it is summer now, the fruits are almost ripe and emit an attractive fruity aroma.

"Hold on to your shields. I'll go pick the fruit."

"good."

Jiang Xuan swallowed, loosened one hand, and reached out his right hand towards the nearest fruit on the trunk of the whip tree.

The fruit of the whip tree is green and oval when it is not ripe, and turns purple when it is ripe. A crack will appear at the bottom of the fruit, revealing the fragrant flesh inside, which attracts prey.

The fruit that Jiang Xuan wanted to pick was a ripe purple fruit. Through the crack at the bottom, he could clearly see the plump red flesh inside.

Jiang Xuan accurately grasped the fist-sized fruit and twisted it gently, and the handle of the fruit was immediately broken.

The fruit was successfully picked by Jiang Xuan.

“Pah pah pah…”

After the fruit was picked, the Whip Tree became even more angry and lashed the big shield frantically, but to no avail. Its branches were not strong enough to break an entire row of thick wood.

After successfully picking one, Jiang Xuan continued his efforts and picked all five fruits he could reach. He even poked down the higher fruits with a bamboo spear.

Half an hour later, the ripe fruits on the whip tree had basically been picked, and Jiang Xuan filled half of a hide bag with them.

Poor Whip Tree, it probably never expected that after finally acquiring a powerful means of attack, it would encounter the shield made by Jiang Xuan.

If it could speak, it would probably have jumped up and down and cursed.

"Walk!"

Jiang Xuan tied the animal skin bag around his waist with satisfaction, then retreated with Chishao and Shiqiu, holding up large shields.

After they left, the branches of the whip tree drooped weakly. It must have been very tired after whipping for so long.

After the three of them moved away from the whip tree, they threw away their heavy shields and began to excitedly check the results of their picking.

"I'm rich, I'm rich!"

Jiang Xuan put the animal skin bag down, untied the belt, and looked at the half bag of fruits. He immediately smiled and was in a very good mood.

"Can eating this fruit really increase my strength?"

Stone loach picked up a fruit and looked at it over and over again, still having some doubts about the legend of this fruit.

Chishao was not sure either, because she had only heard of such a legend but had never tried it herself.

Jiang Xuan said: "What's there to guess? Just try it and you'll know."

Jiang Xuan picked up a whip tree fruit, broke it in half along the crack, then cut off a small piece of flesh with a stone knife, caught a bug on the tree, and placed the flesh in front of the bug.

Legends are just legends after all. Jiang Xuan dare not be careless. He must make sure that the fruit is non-toxic before eating it safely.

Insects are relatively weak, and generally die quickly after eating poisonous fruits.

The insect was not very smart. After smelling the tempting fruity aroma, it immediately lay on the fruit and started to eat it quickly, apparently enjoying it very much.

Jiang Xuan was still worried, so he caught a few other insects and fed them some fruits from the whip tree.

Half an hour later, the worms were not only safe and sound, but were even looking for the fruit pulp everywhere.

Jiang Xuan was finally relieved. The poison couldn't even kill insects, which meant that even if the fruit was poisonous, the tribesmen's strong physique could withstand it.

"Let me try one first."

Jiang Xuan picked up a fruit, wiped it, and put it in his mouth.

However, Chishao quickly snatched the fruit from him, put it quickly into his mouth, took a bite and swallowed it.

Chishao smiled at Jiang Xuan and said, "I've been craving it for a long time, and I couldn't help it for a moment."

However, Jiang Xuan knew very well that Chishao did this for only one reason, and that was that she wanted to test the poison first.

Although it has been tried with insects, there are so many different poisons in the jungle that someone has to try them first before they can be truly assured.

Chishao quickly ate all the fist-sized fruits, then tied up the animal skin bag and said, "Let's go find plants that eat insects first. There are so many fruits that we can eat them slowly when we get back."

Jiang Xuan knew that she was using this excuse to delay time, and he was silently moved.

Chishao was so good to him that no matter what danger they encountered, she was always the first to rush forward, fearing that Jiang Xuan would get hurt.

With tacit agreement, the three continued walking in the swamp, looking for plants that eat insects.

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Not long after, they actually found a plant.

This plant is called clapping flower.

It has bright red flowers on the top, and the whole plant has only two leaves, which are shaped like two big hands.

This plant attracts insects with the nectar in its flowers. When the insect flies over, its two leaves, like ghost hands, quickly attack from both sides, and slap the insect to death with a "snap".

Finally, the insect falls to the ground, is quickly wrapped by the roots of the clapping flower, and is slowly digested, and will not be carried away by the ants.

Jiang Xuan dug up seven or eight clapping flower seedlings. As it was getting late, the three of them took these seedlings and a bag of whip tree fruits and set off on their return journey.

In the evening, the three returned to the Teng tribe.

Jiang Xuan first planted the seedlings of the clapping flowers in the ground, then returned to the bamboo house and opened the animal skin bag containing the fruits.

At this time, half a day had passed since Chishao ate the whip tree fruit, and Chishao showed no signs of poisoning, indicating that the fruit was non-toxic.

"Sister, after you ate the fruit, did you feel anything?"

Jiang Xuan looked at Chishao with anticipation.

Chishao thought about it carefully and said, "When I came back, I felt a lot lighter and not as tired as before."

Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up, this showed that the fruit of the whip tree was indeed magical. At least it could make people more energetic after eating it.

"What about strength? Has its strength increased?" What Jiang Xuan was most concerned about was whether eating the fruit of the whip tree could increase his strength.

"I'll know once I give it a try."

Chishao walked out of the door, found a large rock that he was familiar with, hugged it with both hands, and raised it above his head.

"Huh? I seem to have become much stronger now! It wasn't so easy to lift this stone before."

Chishao gently put the big stone down again and tried other stones to make sure that his strength had increased.

"Great! It seems that the legend is true. The fruit of the whip tree can indeed increase a person's strength."

Jiang Xuan was so excited that he couldn't express it in words. It seemed that all his hard work was not in vain.

At the same time, he thought of more things.

Legend has it that the warriors of some large tribes can grow stronger much faster than ordinary warriors because they can eat the fruits of some magical plants.

Now it seems that the whip tree fruit is obviously one of those magical plant fruits that can increase strength when eaten.

If we can find more magical plants and pick more fruits in the future, there may be three-color warriors, four-color warriors, or even five-color warriors in the Teng Tribe in the future! Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan's heart surged.

A strong tribe needs strong warriors to protect it.

If the Teng tribe can add a group of powerful warriors through this method, then they will be able to gain a firm foothold in this wild and primitive jungle in the future.

That night, Jiang Xuan distributed the red peony root, Uncaria rhynchophylla, stone loach and Arisaema confusa. As the leader, he got two more than the others.

After Jiang Xuan ate a fruit himself, he felt that his body seemed to have tapped into some of its potential, and the fatigue of the day was swept away. He was full of energy, and his muscles became stronger! 　Thanks to the book friend "Anti-inflammatory Drugs Must Die" for the reward.

(End of this chapter)