Chapter 101: Mountain God Tree: I think I am a bit ugly

In the hospital.

Zhang Ping, who was still a little weak, listened to Hu Wang introducing his boss. She also learned about Ji Ruo's actions from the recent Yuncheng news, and suddenly accepted the fact that her son had inexplicably recognized a boss.

That seems like a nice kid.

…

Ji Ruo rushed to the hospital with Gu Xingzhou, who was covered in mist.

Gu Xingzhou felt increasingly depressed as he watched the medical staff busy coming and going in the hospital even though it was already dark.

It's all because of him!

"Ji Ruo, why did you bring me to the hospital?"

After hesitating for a moment, Gu Xingzhou still spoke.

"I want to ask you to do me a favor."

Ji Ruo said.

After knowing that Gu Xingzhou was the recently retired Director of the Education Department, Ji Ruo had a rough plan in mind.

Gu Xingzhou didn't know that the rest of the Universal Mirror was in Ji Ruo's hands. He simply thought that what Ji Ruo had on him was the space equipment given to him by Aunt Jinglan.

"What help?"

In the empty stairwell, Gu Xingzhou asked doubtfully.

"To be honest, I have wanted to go back to the Myriad Beasts Mountain for a long time. It just so happens that you sent me this fragment of the Myriad Mirror. I want to go back to the Myriad Beasts Mountain to get some things. Could you please keep an eye on it for me?"

"Go back to the Mountain of Beasts? Oh, sure."

Gu Xingzhou thought that Ji Ru wanted to go back to Wanshou Mountain to find his tree demon brothers to get the elixir.

After all, he had read the news and knew the truth. On the way here, he had roughly estimated the various elixirs that Ji Ruo had consumed during this period of time.

It should be almost used up, right? Thinking of this, it is normal for Ji to go back to the Mountain of Beasts to "restock".

Gu Xingzhou knew that those things were almost zero cost for Ji Ruo.

He did not think about the Rebirth Fruit, because the Rebirth Fruit was indeed very precious. The last time the Mountain God Tree gave them the Rebirth Fruit, it was probably because of the Wind God Falcon's face... Gu Xingzhou knew very well that the two fruits that he and Liang Shixian got at that time were actually extras.

Ji Ruo moved his Qi and blood to activate the diamond-shaped fragment in his hand.

On the way here, he 'specifically' asked Gu Xingzhou how to use this fragment.

"Uncle Gu, I'll go in first. Please keep an eye on it for me."

Having said that, Ji Ruo summoned a portal and walked in with Luo Xi.

“Eh…”

Gu Xingzhou was about to say something when Ji Ruo had already disappeared into the portal.

The portal then closed.

Gu Xingzhou was shocked: "This kid...didn't he just break through the Qi and Blood realm? Where did he get such a rich Qi and Blood power?"

…

When we returned to the top of the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts, a foul stench filled the air.

The mountain god tree tore off a small piece of "sun" and kept drying the fertilizer on the top of the mountain day and night. The smell was really...

"Only 30% of your energy and blood has been consumed? I thought it would be a lot."

After sensing the consumption of this journey, Ji Ruo was a little surprised.

"The branched meridians are indeed powerful."

Ji Ruo was secretly satisfied and did not notice that when he was passing through just now, Rosie's body above his head was flashing with dark light.

Most of the cost of the shuttle was borne by Luo Qian...

Little Rosie didn't quite understand this either, she just suddenly felt a little tired...

"Grandpa Mu, the mountain god, I'm back!"

Ji Ruo waved towards the huge mountain god tree and spoke loudly.

"Eh? Little Jiruo, you're back? So quick, my first batch of fertilizers hasn't been dried yet. You're right, these fertilizers need to be dried before they can be absorbed."

The tree demon beside him also said: "Shasha~ (Yes, in the past, my tree roots always rotted for no apparent reason. I thought I had some tree disease. Other brothers said that my wood quality was poor... It turned out that it was the fertilizer that 'burned' it!)"

"Shasha~ (The brothers of the Divine Tree know so much! They are particular about trees!)"

"Shasha~ (I wonder how the brothers of the sacred trees usually enjoy the fertilizer.)"

Ji Ruo: “???”

"Master Mu, the mountain god, I'm sorry, I didn't come back to give you fertilizer this time, I wanted to discuss something with you."

Hearing that Ji Ruo was not back to deliver fertilizer, Shanshenmu felt a little disappointed, but still asked: "What's the matter? Are there not enough Shengsheng Fruits? I told you to take them all. I still have 108 left. Come..."

"No, no."

Ji Ruo waved his hands and said, "Master Mu, the mountain god, I want to confirm with you again. As long as the life essence is sufficient, you can supply unlimited amounts of life-giving fruit, right?

Wait a minute, after you gave me a dozen yesterday, there were only a hundred left, right? How come there are eight more?"

"It can't be said to be unlimited." Shanshenmu said, "It just doesn't take much effort to transform. The main reason is that there is not so much life essence for me to transform. The life essence of a three-star monster is probably enough to transform into twenty life-giving fruits... I have more than a hundred in stock, which I have slowly collected over the years by secretly absorbing the scraps left over from the fights between monsters.

Now that I have control over the earth veins, the entire land of Wanshou Mountain is under my control. The scope of absorption has become larger. Those monsters are like fools, fighting and killing each other all day long. The 'scraps' I absorbed are enough to condense eight more.

With the blessing of the earth veins, I am now able to transform life essence much faster than before."

At the end, Shanshenmu sighed a little.

It feels like the peasants are rising up and singing, and their families are living a well-off life...

After hearing this, Ji Ruo felt relieved.

He looked up at the Mountain God Tree and said, "Master Mountain God Tree, if we humans send you a large number of dying monsters that are rich in life essence, can you help transform them into life-giving fruits?"

"Of course, it's okay. It's not a big deal anyway... How many do you want me to help you condense? Aren't the 108 I have enough?"

Ji Ruo said seriously, "I don't know, but, Master Mu, the mountain god, if we humans provide enough life essence, how many life-giving fruits are there? Can you give me as many as you want?"

"How much do you want? How much exactly?"

"Probably... a few hundred billion?" Ji Ruo counted on his fingers and said uncertainly.

Once this matter is concluded, it will be beneficial to the entire Daxia!

The life essence that is needed certainly cannot be collected by Ji Ruo alone.

So if we take into account the entire population of Daxia and assume that an average person loses limbs ten times a year...

"How many billions?!"

The mountain god tree trembled, and the entire Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain began to shake.

Fortunately, there was no human activity in the secret realm of Wanshou Mountain at this time.

"Little Jiruo, it doesn't take much effort for me to transform the Rebirth Fruit, but this quantity... you want me to transform the Rebirth Fruit for you humans for the rest of my life, right?" The Mountain God Tree said unhappily.

Ji Ruo was also a little embarrassed, he knew that the number was a little too outrageous.

"Grandpa Mu, the mountain god, we just need a batch of life-giving fruits recently, the quantity is about one million... You can transform a little slower, or let the tree demon brothers transform as well..."

"If it's just a million, I can help, but tens of billions, that's too much for me to transform." The mountain god Mu Weng said angrily, obviously a little angry: "Don't count on your tree demon brothers, with their level, it will take at least three days to transform a life-giving fruit!"

Ji Ruo scratched his head: "Then transform it into a million pieces... I'm sorry, Master Mu, the mountain god, I have caused you trouble again..."

"I don't blame you, but the number of hundreds of billions is too scary." The mountain god tree said: "You taught us how to mature fertilizer so that we can absorb it more easily. It's only right for us to help you... I was wondering why the roots of our tribe trees often rot and die for no apparent reason. It turns out it's because of this."

Facts have proven that the tree demon is not completely professional in this regard.

They don't farm themselves, so how would they know the principle of fertilizer maturation?

Ji Ruo chuckled: "I'm just a high school student and I don't know much. I learned about fertilizer maturation from textbooks... There are many botanical experts in our human society who are proficient in various plant cultivation methods. They are much better than me in these matters..."

"Is there anyone more powerful than you?"

"Yes." Ji Ruo didn't think much about it and began to introduce to Shanshenmu some planting methods he knew.

Gardening such as pruning branches and leaves is a piece of cake, fertilizing the soil, grafting plants, using crossbreeding to cultivate high-yield plants... and so on.

Ji Ruo didn't know much, so he just gave a general description.

The mountain sacred tree and a large group of tree monsters nearby were almost drooling after hearing this - unfortunately they had no saliva.

"Little Ji Ruo."

Shanshenmu pondered for a moment and said, "I think if there are only 100 million, I can still accept it."

"Really!" Ji Ruo was surprised.

"But I have one condition."

"What conditions?"

"That's right, can you find some plant experts to help me prune it... ahem, after absorbing the earth-turning dragon, I started to have some of the characteristics of the flesh-blood demon race. I just feel that I'm not very good-looking now, so I want to trim the branches a little to make them look better."

Such lovely aesthetic!

Ji Ruo was overjoyed: "Of course! Thank you, Master Mountain God!"

"Well, let's make a pinky promise."

“Make a pinky promise!”

…

Back in the hospital, Ji Ruo was in a good mood.

It's just that little girl Rosie fell asleep at some point.

The little girl was sleeping soundly and almost fell off Ji Ruo's head. Ji Ruo could only hold her in his arms.

"Uncle Gu, let's go."

The white-haired boy held the black cat and walked up the stairs with a smile on his face.

He knew which ward Hu Wang's mother was in, and he had asked Wang Yun before.

Although this question was asked a few days ago, Ji Ruo has not forgotten it.

Because that ward was right next to the ward where Liang Shixian was originally staying, so if you round it up, it would be equivalent to having been there before.

…

Because Zhang Ping woke up, little Hu Wang had stopped crying and the corridor became quiet again.

The mother and son were talking in the ward, and the corridor was empty.

"Huh? Little Hu Wang is here too?"

Ji Ruo brought Gu Xingzhou into the ward.

"Hello, Auntie. My name is Ji Ruo."

“Boss!”

Little Hu Wang looked up in surprise, then said hesitantly, "I'm sorry, Boss. I was angry with you just now..."

"Oh? Are you angry with me? Why?" Ji Ruo squatted down and rubbed Hu Wang's head, and asked with a smile: "Did the boss do something to make you unhappy?"

"No, it's because... the boss is a martial arts student..." Hu Wang subconsciously glanced at Zhang Ping who had lost both legs, then raised his head and said to Ji Ruo: "I'm sorry, boss, I lost my temper again."

"It's okay. As long as you can admit your mistakes and correct them, you are a good child."

The white-haired boy turned his head to look at the mother who had lost both legs on the hospital bed. The inspector, whose face was unusually pale but still had a gentle smile, said, "I'm sorry, Auntie. I didn't have much time to come and see you before."

He has been busy setting up his stall, collecting fertilizer, and practicing iron sand palm...

All in all, only more than half a month has passed since he took part in the military examination.

"My name is Zhang Ping." Zhang Ping smiled weakly and said, "Student Ji Ruo, I heard everything about you from Awang. Thank you for taking care of Awang during this time."

Gu Xingzhou stood behind Ji Ruo, looking at the woman who lost both legs with a complicated expression.

Although he did not know the other person, he knew that he was a martial artist on patrol. The other person's patrol certificate was still on the cabinet beside him.

Zhang Ping didn't recognize Gu Xingzhou either.

Gu Xingzhou looks too young now.

"No need to thank me, it's all I should do."

As Ji Ruo was talking, he suddenly took out a white fruit as if by magic, handed it to Zhang Ping, and said, "Auntie, it's our first meeting. Can I treat you to some fruit?"

Gu Xingzhou's eyes widened. He thought Ji Ruo went back to Wanshou Mountain to get herbs, but unexpectedly, he went to get the Shengshen Fruit!

The Shengshen Fruit has no fixed shape, but Gu Xingzhou had eaten it before, so he recognized it as soon as Ji Ruo took it out.

Zhang Ping didn't recognize it.

I just think the white fruit is a little strange.

She was very grateful to the white-haired boy who helped take care of her children while she was in a coma.

Although she didn't know Ji Ruo before, she didn't know those students in the 'examination room' either!

Zhang Ping took the Shengsheng Fruit from Ji Ruo's hand and said, "Thank you."

Subconsciously, she did not think that the fruit was something precious, so she accepted it with peace of mind.

In fact, she didn't have much appetite now, and even wanted to give the fruit to Hu Wang.

"Auntie, try it."

Ji Ruo urged, "You must have just woken up. Eating some fruit is good for your health."

Zhang Ping looked at Ji Ruo and smiled: "Okay, Auntie, I'll eat this."

She took a light bite and felt the taste was refreshing and the fragrance lingered in her mouth.

The crystal clear flesh melted in her mouth, and Zhang Ping's face suddenly changed.

The two broken legs wrapped in thick bandages suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably, and the wounds that had begun to heal suddenly broke open again, with blood staining the white bandages bright red.

Little Huwang became anxious and was about to say something, but was held down by Zhang Ping.

She knows her body best.

"This is, the fruit of life?!"

Zhang Ping looked at Ji Ruo in disbelief: "Hey, this, this! Auntie can't accept such a valuable item!"

She ignored her lower limbs that were bleeding madly - one mouthful of the Shengsheng Fruit was not strong enough to regenerate her severed limbs.

Zhang Ping hurriedly and embarrassedly wanted to return the bitten fruit to Ji Ruo: "I'm sorry, Auntie didn't know this was a fruit, Ji Ruo, please take it back, it's too precious, Auntie I..."

How could Ji Ruo take it back?

The white-haired boy put his hands behind his back, looked at Zhang Ping with a smile, and asked expectantly, "Auntie, is it delicious?"

"I……"

Zhang Ping stared at Ji Ruo blankly: "Good, delicious..."

"Auntie, if it's delicious, eat it all! Don't waste it! After your injury heals, you can hold little Hu Wang's hand and take him for a walk!"

Zhang Ping looked at the boy's clean and pure eyes, and suddenly tears flowed down her face. She ate the raw fruit in big mouthfuls: "Auntie, eat it. Auntie, eat it now. Thank you, thank you, thank you..."

Hu Wang, who was struggling to make a noise, suddenly heard a "bang". He looked up and saw the bulging bones and tender flesh granulations growing wildly.

In the blink of an eye, one-third of the missing legs had grown back!

Hu Wang was stunned.

The Life-Growing Fruit contains a large amount of life essence, but apart from repairing physical injuries, it has no other effects.

And because of this, its effect in repairing physical injuries is even stronger.

Hu Wang looked at his mother's legs that were growing wildly and were bloody, but he didn't feel scared. He looked at Ji Ruo: "Boss..."

Ji Ruo laughed, took out a red scarf that he had just redeemed, and said, "How smart! You guessed that I also prepared a gift for you, right?"

"I……"

Ji Ruo squatted down and tied the belt carefully.

"This is a red scarf that only good children can wear. Wear it and work hard to be a good child in the future.

Don't let your mother worry too much, help with housework, study hard, practice martial arts well, and grow up healthily and happily! "

"I, I...will definitely do it!"

Ji Ruo stretched out his little finger: "Hook."

An agreement is valid for both parties.

“Make a pinky promise!”

After making a childish agreement, Ji Ruo stood up and rubbed little Hu Wang's head with a smile: "Little Hu Wang is so good."

In a trance, Ji Ruo seemed to see an illusory man who looked somewhat similar to Hu Wang and was covered in gold, standing behind Hu Wang and bowing to Ji Ruo solemnly.

Ji Ruo was stunned for a moment, and then smiled even more happily.

"Then the eldest will leave first. Little Hu Wang, you have to stay with your mother well~"

"Yeah! Goodbye, Boss!"

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