Chapter 28 Symbiotic Relationships in the Mountain of Beasts
The fourth day of the military exam.
"Wow! White Spirit Fruit!"
Ji Ruo picked a white fruit that exuded an alluring fragrance and looked very happy.
This white spiritual fruit is a spiritual fruit that is higher in level than blood rice!
Eating it can clear the mind and improve eyesight, and there are no restrictions on its consumption. It is of great benefit to martial arts practice.
Not only that, but if eaten by martial artists, they can also increase their qi and blood, and even refine their bodies to a certain extent - to be honest, martial artists are weak, but any elixir or fruit they eat can have special effects.
According to Ji Ruo's understanding, this is probably equivalent to playing online games like Greedy Blue Moon. When the difference between your own level and the highest level in the world is too large, you will get a certain amount of experience bonus when killing monsters...
Because it is not a particularly high-level spiritual fruit, this white spiritual fruit does have the effects of clearing the mind and eyes or cleansing the body, but the effects are very weak.
But even so, it was enough to make Ji Ruo happy.
After all, the fruit is picked for free.
"Ji Ruo... please keep your voice down..."
Liang Shixian lowered his voice and spoke anxiously.
"We can't be exposed now!"
"Exposing what?"
Ji Ruo asked in surprise: "We are tree monsters now, what are you afraid of?"
Liang Shixian: “…”
Do you really think you are a tree demon?
Liang Shixian is still a little confused when he thinks about what happened yesterday.
Yesterday, Ji Ruo dug two holes for himself, lay down in each of them, and filled them with soil, intending to get through the remaining four days of the military exam in this way.
What they didn’t expect was that they were not discovered by the monsters, but all the trees in that forest were tree monsters!
They stay where they are during the day, basking in the sun and performing photosynthesis.
When night falls, they rise from the ground and start migrating.
Liang Shixian himself was fine, but Ji Ruo, maybe because of bad luck or something, was suddenly pulled out of the soil by a tree demon.
Not to mention Liang Shixian, even the tree demon seemed to be stunned at that time.
Then the tree demon began to attack Ji Ruo.
The dense branches seemed to cover the sky and the earth, stabbing towards Ji Ruo.
Liang Shixian remembered it very clearly. Ji Ruo calmly placed the Miao Dao on his waist, his body sank slightly, and then there was a "clang" sound, and the sword light was unusually bright in the dark night, as if followed by white, fine thunder.
Considering how fast the speed was at that time, Liang Shixian had difficulty seeing clearly - they were clearly at the same level!
Liang Shixian could only see a flash of dazzling lightning, and the tree monster's branches were all cut off. At the same time, Ji Ruo rushed to the tree monster and hugged the tree directly, his palms were red, and he rubbed it at high speed...
He was rubbed by the tree demon!
Normally, ordinary tree monsters only have long lifespans, their individual strength is not very strong, and they are extremely afraid of fire.
The other tree monsters originally wanted to attack Ji Ruo, but when they saw the fire, they ran away. Ji Ruo was also shocked at the time, saying that it was the first time he saw a tree take the initiative to separate from the belt.
Then, while the tree demon was burning and screaming, Ji Ruo took Liang Shixian and ran away.
Then, the weird part comes.
Liang Shixian never imagined that after Ji Ruo took him into a normal forest, he plucked a large piece of leaves, crushed them, took the juice and smeared it on his body, and broke off a few branches with green leaves and inserted them on his clothes. Then, regardless of Liang Shixian's strong dissuasion, he said he would take Liang Shixian back for a good meal.
Then, the two were surrounded by tree demons and then released. Ji Ruo suddenly said that he wanted to join the tree demon family, and then, he really joined...
He also helped put out the fire on the tree demon whose leaves were almost burnt out... Although half of its body was burnt, the tree demon's branches were shaking, and it seemed that it was very grateful to Ji Ruo...
It's outrageous that these tree monsters didn't even doubt their identities!
"It's better to be careful. After all, we are not real tree monsters." Liang Shixian said earnestly: "Can you please stop picking spiritual fruits from those tree monsters all day long? That's too arrogant!"
Ordinary tree monsters have no eyes, noses, or mouths. They are relatively docile monsters and are not very dangerous.
But even if it’s not high, it’s still dangerous!
Liang Shixian thought that the reason these tree monsters accepted them was because they had no facial features and could not see or hear them speaking - but what kind of tree would climb up another tree to pick fruit!
Ji Ruo thought for a moment, then climbed up the tree and picked a fruit, saying, "Here, squad leader, I'll give it to you."
"…Thank you."
Ji Ruo took a bite of the white spirit fruit and said happily: "Don't worry, we won't be exposed. The tree demons will sleep during the day and wake up at night. Besides, they can't see or hear us, so we won't be exposed. Don't worry~"
Seeing Ji Ruo like this, Liang Shixian said helplessly: "Ji Ruo, when will you be more careful..."
"Snacks? What snacks?"
“…”
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Ji Ruo was naturally not an ignorant person. In fact, Liang Shixian was not involved in the incident, so he did not have a particularly good understanding of the situation at that time.
At that time, Ji Ruo was not pulled out by the tree demon, but Ji Ruo dug out by himself. The tree demon was indeed confused.
In fact, Ji Ruo didn't want to come out, but the problem was that the tree demon stepped on Ji Ruo at that time!
The strong roots that the tree monster used to move rolled over Ji Ruo's body. Through the vent reserved in his head, Ji Ruo saw a large group of tree monsters migrating, and his mind raced.
The teachers at school taught us that, normally, tree demons have relatively gentle personalities, and that tree demons that live in groups must choose to live in groups because they cannot survive independently.
So Ji Ruo took action - the tree monster was too heavy and moved too slowly. The tree monster seemed to feel something was wrong with its feet and lingered on Ji Ruo's body, refusing to leave.
So the reason for taking action was that Ji Ruo couldn't bear it anymore because he had been stepped on.
As for why Ji Ruo came back later, it was mainly because he remembered a very important point of knowledge after escaping.
That is, tree demons like this, which live in groups, usually form a very wonderful symbiotic relationship with other creatures in the forest.
Dryads need to hibernate during the day, or perform photosynthesis to accumulate mobility for the night. Before they reach a certain level, they are unable to move during the day.
Therefore, they will produce some relatively common spiritual fruits on their bodies, which are non-toxic and harmless, and attract other creatures in the forest to eat them.
Because the spiritual fruits are relatively common, there won't be any powerful demons or monsters coming to eat them, so the sin of holding the jade in one's arms should be ruled out first.
As for the creatures that come to eat the spiritual fruits, they are not very powerful. Meanwhile, the vegetarian demons or monsters are more docile in character. Theoretically, they would not attack the cook after they are full.
This way, although the dryads cannot move during the day, they are still relatively safe.
Not only that, sometimes some weak creatures will defecate on the spot after they have eaten and drunk their fill and feel the urge.
When the creatures are satisfied, they will also provide certain fertilizers for the tree monsters - this is the way of survival for ordinary social tree monsters, mutual benefit, cooperation and symbiosis.
Ji Ruo had thought of this, so after escaping, he disguised himself a little and brought Liang Shixian back.
However, at the beginning, he just wanted to pick some spiritual fruits, eat them, and then find a Feng Shui treasure land to bury himself, waiting for the end of the martial arts exam.
However, things are unpredictable. The tree monsters who were still migrating at the time discovered that Ji Ruo and the other person had returned and immediately surrounded them.
However, at that time, Ji Ruo and the other man had the strong scent of soil and plant juice on their bodies, and they also had the [Disguise] skill.
Dryads are not very perceptive, but they can still detect some movements.
Ji Ruo was ready for the fight, but unexpectedly one of the thicker trees touched the branch stuck on Ji Ruo's clothes with its branches. The leaves swayed slightly, rustling, as if to say, don't fall behind...
Afterwards, the tree monsters continued to migrate, but Ji Ruo had not picked all the fruits yet, so he suddenly decided not to leave.
Because just when the dryads recognized Ji Ruo, he suddenly triggered an achievement -
[Congratulations to the host for unlocking the functional achievement: Let’s play house together! ]
[Skills acquired: Feeling of being involved! ]
[Feeling involved: When role-playing, if the identity you play is within a 'reasonable range', you can get a 40% identity bonus, which will create a certain degree of feeling involved around the target.]
[Note: Today I am the dad, tomorrow I am the grandpa, the whole family is me, hehe~]
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"Ji Ruo, have you almost finished eating? Let's run away before these tree monsters wake up." Liang Shixian said in a low voice.
As the class monitor, Liang Shixian has always been excellent in both character and academic performance.
In terms of theoretical knowledge, Liang Shixian is not much worse than Ji Ruo.
If Ji Ruo could think of these important points of knowledge, could Liang Shixian not think of them?
He knew, of course, that under normal circumstances, this type of symbiotic social tree demon would not actively attack the creatures around it.
But even though he knew it, it didn't affect Liang Shixian's fear!
Ji Ruo said seriously: "Why are you leaving? We have something important to do now!"
Liang Shixian was stunned for a moment: "What's the big deal?"
"It's playing house, of course!"
Liang Shixian: “???”
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