twenty one
What are the benefits of advancing? Du Heng felt nothing except that his body became lighter. He followed the original owner's example and put his spiritual consciousness into his body. At a glance, he could see the difference between the first and third levels of Qi training. After he came to this body, he also tried to look at his meridians. The meridians of the first level of Qi training were thin, and the spiritual energy would get stuck at a certain point when it was flowing through it and could not move forward.
Now, his meridians were three times wider than the previous level of Qi training. Moreover, many crystal green spiritual lights appeared on the edges of his meridians. Looking closely, his meridians were like flowing spiritual rivers.
He opened his eyes, holding a wood-attracting talisman in his hand. In the past, he could use this talisman to summon a pile of wood, and these woods could be transformed into various shapes according to his wishes, such as making a water scoop.
Du Heng injected the spiritual energy in his body into the wood-inducing talisman. A green spiritual light flashed in his hand, and a large pile of wood appeared in front of him. There were more wood than before, and the objects formed were more delicate.
The first benefit after the promotion appeared. His spiritual energy was much more abundant than before, and the feeling of weakness when using talismans was much better. The second benefit was that the talismans in his hand would finally not be wasted. You know, even if it is the same kind of talisman, a Yuanying master can kill people with it, but a Qi training level can only save trouble.
Jing Nan nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that you have never learned the mental method before. I will find you a method suitable for your practice later. When you build your foundation, you can accept your own natal spiritual plant. Don't worry, there are not many other things around our tree, but there are many spiritual plants. Pay attention to what plants you like recently, so that you can have an idea when you accept it as your natal spiritual plant."
After reaching a certain level of cultivation, cultivators with wood spiritual roots can manipulate plants as carriers of their spiritual energy, either for attack or defense. The spiritual plants that have acquired their life spiritual plants will share life and death with their masters, and their souls will be connected. In the world of cultivation, if a big boss with wood spiritual roots wants to teach someone a lesson, he doesn't even need to do it himself. He can just move his hands and his life spiritual plant will do it for him.
Du Heng said to Jing Nan gratefully: "Thank you, Doctor Jing." Jing Nan smiled and waved his hand: "There are only a few people in the village. Feng Gui is not here, and this guy is a taciturn person. I always have to worry about him~"
Today's breakfast was the mutton soup that was cooked last night. Although Du Heng was drunk and unconscious yesterday, it did not affect the food he prepared and all of them were eaten. The scene of Xiaoxiao crying while drinking the hot pot soup is still engraved in Jingnan's photo stone.
Seeing Du Heng wanted to eat offal, Jing Nan was the first to disagree: "Ah... I don't want to eat this."
Du Heng skillfully took out the heart, liver, intestines and cut them into slices. He also cut some mutton left over from yesterday and put it into a bowl, then scooped the boiling mutton soup into the large bowl. Although there was no coriander and garlic sprouts, he found a substitute. There was a spiritual plant with slender leaves at the door. The leaves tasted a bit spicy. It was a warm herb with swelling and detoxification effects. After being cooked at high temperature, it would have a fragrance that could cover the mutton smell.
The white porcelain bowl was filled with milky white mutton soup, dotted with green spiritual plants. Chunks of mutton offal and mutton slices were soaked in the soup, smelling fresh and fragrant, with a slightly muttony smell. However, after being neutralized by the spiritual plants, the muttony smell not only did not irritate people's taste buds, but also made people salivate with the urge to eat.
Jing Nan refused at first, but when he saw Xuan Yu and Xiao Xiao sitting at the table slurping soup and eating meat, he couldn't help it: "Give me a bowl too."
Du Heng handed him a bowl with a smile on his face: "Some people are not used to eating offal, don't force it. Try it first, if you don't like offal, I'll replace it with mutton." Jing Nan was scooping up a spoonful of brown substance cut into long strips with a spoon in his hand. He looked left and right: "What is this?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "Sheep blood." Jing Nan was shocked: "You really don't let go of any of it." Du Heng said seriously: "Killing for survival is the instinct of animals. In order to survive, we can only eat other creatures. In order to let them die in a worthy way, anything that can be used should not be wasted."
Jing Nan thought for a moment: "Hmm... makes sense." Du Heng looked outside and said: "After breakfast, I'll go to the mountain again." Yesterday, I caught a sheep the first time I learned how to set a trap. I wonder if I'll be lucky enough to catch more prey today.
The mountains are covered with snow, and many small animals will hide in their dens. Those that can come out to look for food during this season must be very strong.
Du Heng looked at Xiaoxiao and said, "Xiaoxiao, can you accompany me to the mountain later?" Judging from Xiaoxiao's reaction, she was no longer angry. Xuanyu and Jingnan were indeed more suitable to accompany him than Xiaoxiao, but they also had their own things to do. Du Heng was too embarrassed to speak up, so he invited Xiaoxiao.
Before Xiaoxiao could answer, Xuan Yu said, "I'll go with you." Now it was Du Heng's turn to feel embarrassed: "Will this bother you too much?" Xuan Yu said, "No, I'll go with you."
Jing Nan drank mutton soup and said to Xuan Yu: "The trap is in the South Mountain. Go to the North Mountain later to check and make sure nothing gets in." Xuan Yu nodded: "Don't worry."
There are five mountains around a tree, one in the south, one in the west and one in the north, and only two mountains in the east. In the middle of the two mountains is the valley where the Taoist tree grows. It looks like the foothills in the east have been split in half by a sharp weapon.
When I arrived at the entrance of the village, the top of the mountain was covered with clouds and fog, and the surrounding mountains seemed to be covered with a layer of fog and could not be seen clearly. It might be because the sun was lazy in winter. When Du Heng went up the mountain yesterday, he only went halfway up the mountain and did not go up the mountain anymore. When he looked up today, the fog was even lower than yesterday. If he walked alone in the mountains, he might get lost.
The path leading up the mountain is narrow, and the narrowest part can only accommodate one person. It snowed last night, and the traces of climbing up the mountain during the day were all covered with snow. If you step on it, the snow will cover your calf.
Du Heng felt that the way up the mountain was extremely difficult, even more difficult than when he and Jing Nan went up the mountain yesterday. But in this situation, Xuan Yu was able to walk steadily in front with an umbrella. To put it bluntly, Du Heng could only climb the mountain smoothly by following Xuan Yu's footsteps all the way.
Xuan Yu looked back at Du Heng from time to time, and he spoke again: "Actually, I can help you watch the traps. If there are prey, I can bring them back for you." Du Heng smiled and said, "I can't ask you to do everything for me. You are also very busy. It's okay if I can't help, but how can I cause trouble for you?"
Xuan Yu also understood this, so he could only turn around and continue climbing up the mountain. Du Heng stopped and said suspiciously, "It seems that we found four-horned sheep here yesterday, but the snow is too heavy, and it seems to have covered the trap we set." The heavy snow last night buried all the traces they left under the snow. Du Heng saw that the trees around him looked similar.
He was so confident when he went up the mountain that he thought he could do it, but he couldn't even find the trap he had set! He said, "Yesterday I tied a mark on a tree near the trap, but now I can't find it." It was so frustrating. He felt that it was nearby, but he just couldn't see it.
Xuan Yu said slowly: "Walk a little further. You just arrived at the village and this is your second time going up the mountain. It's normal that you are not familiar with the road." Du Heng looked at Xuan Yu's back with gratitude. He found that Xuan Yu was really good at comforting him. Looking back, although he didn't say much along the way, he was very partial to him.
Du Heng was walking on the road with difficulty, thinking about something. Suddenly, he bumped into Xuan Yu's back. Du Heng was about to ask him why he stopped. Xuan Yu said to him, "Let's go back." Du Heng was puzzled. Why did he go back just after coming up? He hadn't checked his trap yet.
Du Heng poked his head out from behind Xuan Yu and looked: "Is it..." What happened in front of him shocked him so much that he couldn't speak. He found his first trap. There was a red rope tied to the tree next to the trap. There were three deep claw marks on the red rope, revealing the white interior of the tree.
If the three claw marks under the tree were just an appetizer, then what was scattered next to the tree was a luxurious feast. Sparse blood and flesh were scattered next to the trap, the snow on the ground was stained red with blood, and half of a pig's head fell to the ground with its eyes open. The ground was covered with blood, and the black and red blood mixed with the remaining snow fell around the trap. Even the snow under Du Heng's feet had deep and light red.
I don't know what tore the prey that fell into the trap apart, leaving behind debris all over the ground. The scene in the snow was shocking, and the cold snow in the forest was stained with a fishy smell, and a disgusting smell came to my face.
Du Heng's face turned pale and he almost vomited. He didn't know what was going on. He was a cook and had experienced the big scenes of killing, but seeing this scene, he actually felt physically and mentally uncomfortable. Especially when he saw the half pig's head, which was several times larger than Du Heng's head, and there was skin and flesh hanging on it.
They arrived too late, and the flesh and blood on the ground were frozen solid. But seeing this scene, it was not difficult to imagine what kind of slaughter had taken place here last night. The pig that fell into the trap was surprisingly large. What would the monster that could kill it and share it look like? Du Heng couldn't imagine, if he encountered such a monster, would he still have a chance to survive?
Du Heng felt dizzy. Xuan Yu turned around and gave him some spiritual energy: "Go back." Du Heng felt dizzy and he supported Xuan Yu and asked: "Did any monsters attack the prey in the trap?" Xuan Yu looked and said: "It's hard to say now."
Du Heng's face turned pale, and Xuan Yu closed the umbrella and put it in the storage bag. Du Heng felt his feet go empty, and he found that Xuan Yu actually held him horizontally! Du Heng was shocked and struggled to get down, but Xuan Yu said to him seriously: "You have been poisoned by the miasma, it's best not to move, and ask Jing Nan to prescribe a medicine for you when you go back."
Du Heng was confused. When did he inhale the miasma? When was he poisoned? If Xuan Yu's expression hadn't been so calm, he would have thought that Xuan Yu was lying to him. Du Heng struggled a few times, but felt his eyelids getting heavier. He heard Xuan Yu's voice: "Go to sleep, it's okay. I'll help you check the remaining traps later."
Du Heng only felt a cool fragrance coming from Xuan Yu. This smell made him feel at ease, and soon he fell into a deep sleep.
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