Chapter 51: The Son Chases His Mother and the Road Ahead is Dangerous
The questions in this martial arts test really made Hui Wu feel a little embarrassed. He usually only focused on martial arts and swordsmanship, and had never read books on medicine or pharmacology.
In fact, he was the luckiest one. Just as Danyang Zhenren said, he landed in an area where jade spirit fruits flourished. However, there were not only many jade spirit fruits here, but also many other spiritual plants. In his opinion, these seeds, grasses, and leaves looked exactly the same.
In fact, he is not the only one who feels this way. If it were someone else, they would feel the same way.
Not to mention the quality of the fruits, just the similar broad-leaved spiritual plants gathered together in clusters, which was dazzling to look at.
Moreover, the fruits are very similar, except for the size and color.
Not to mention the distant past, even the Xuan Gen Fruit is exactly the same as the Yu Ling Fruit in terms of habits and appearance. Unless one has been immersed in medicine for many years, one will definitely confuse the two.
Just when he didn't know how to identify it, he suddenly heard footsteps coming closer and closer behind him. As soon as he turned around, he saw Long Qicheng walking towards him.
Hui Wu originally thought that meeting Cheng Qi would be a little awkward, but unexpectedly, Cheng Qi took the initiative to bow to him after seeing him.
After exchanging greetings, the two went their separate ways to pick Jade Spirit Fruits.
Like Hui Wu, Cheng Qi knew nothing about pharmacology. Seeing these similar fruits, he was a little at a loss. But in contrast, Long Qi quickly picked the fruits and put them into his bag.
Cheng Qi and Hui Wu were both surprised. They looked at each other and finally couldn't help but ask.
"Uh...Long Qi, that..."
When Long Qi heard that it was Cheng Qi calling him, he seemed to know what he was going to ask and answered without even looking up:
"I can't tell these fruits apart, but they have their proper places anyway. I might as well pick a few and take them with me. It's better than going home empty-handed."
Hearing him say this, Cheng Yu was surprised: Could it be that he didn't listen to what the two immortals Danyang and Danzhu said before entering the formation?
After listening to what Long Qi said, Hui Wu felt that there was some truth in what he said, so he bent down and started picking the fruits as well.
Cheng Yu was hesitant, not knowing whether to pick it or not, but he heard Long Qi pointing at the spiritual plant in front of him and saying:
"Let me ask you, even if you wanted to tell them apart now, could you?"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Yu squatted down and took a closer look. It was indeed difficult to distinguish them. The many spiritual plants in front of him looked no different from the ones painted on the hanging scroll in Tonghufeng Hall.
Looking at the spiritual plant in his hand, he shook his head helplessly.
Seeing him like this, Long Qi continued, "Since you can't tell them apart, even if the sky falls, you still won't know which is the Jade Spirit Fruit and which is something else. Instead of standing there doing nothing, why not take a gamble and pick all the ones that look similar? Didn't Danzhu Zhenren say before we entered the formation that the final result would be based on points? In my opinion, the reason he said this before everyone entered the formation is because the real purpose of this martial arts performance is not whether you can distinguish between spiritual plants, but whether you can correctly understand the requirements."
Cheng Qi listened to this and pondered for a moment. He felt that this was reasonable, but why did Long Qi suddenly want to talk to him about this? He hadn't said a word all along the way.
And Long Qi seemed to know what he was thinking, and said in a muffled voice:
"I just can't bear to see you standing there stupidly, blocking the light. Don't take yourself too seriously."
Cheng Yu looked up at the blue sky obscured by the formation and couldn't help laughing: This Long Qi is really hypocritical.
In fact, Long Qi didn't want to do this, but Lingxiang had specifically told him that if he met Cheng Xi, he should not ignore him and should take good care of him.
Besides, Lingxiang had said that day that she only went back to talk to Master Zhaoming because he had asked her to do so, and there was really no need for her to care about that matter.
But why do I always feel a little stuffy in my heart?!
Just as Long Qi was pulling the spiritual plant in anger, he suddenly felt a heat in his chest. It was where the bag was, and inside it was the talisman given by Ling Xiang.
He hurriedly took them out, only to see that one of them was shining with golden light. He pulled it out and looked at it, feeling that it was very familiar. After a moment of thinking, he remembered the time in Cangzhou City - it was the mother-child talisman.
Just as Long Qi was coming out of his thoughts, a glowing yellow talisman suddenly floated out and burned into the forest. He hurriedly followed it in.
Seeing him like this, Cheng Yu immediately put away his bag and chased after him, even though he didn't know what was going on.
When Hui Wu looked up, the two had disappeared. He stood up and looked around in confusion, then remembered what Long Qi had just said. He then squatted down again and picked the spiritual plants.
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The characters in his hand suddenly glowed with golden light. Liu Xia was wondering why, but then he heard Banxia shout:
"Someone has activated the Mother Talisman!"
Before he finished speaking, the talisman floated out and flew into the forest. Liu Xia hurried to catch up, but Banxia did not move at all, with an embarrassed look on her face.
Seeing this, Liu Xia hurriedly called her, but she hesitated for a moment and said:
"The monster is in the forest. If we go in like this, won't we run into it head-on?"
"But you're here alone. Aren't you afraid of encountering other monsters? They might be even more terrifying than the one you saw before."
When Banxia heard Liu Xia say this, she shuddered and thought it made sense, so she hurriedly followed him - at least this man had the talisman given by the powerful man in his hand!
Zhao Wuyang ran closely after Xinyi, but he kept thinking about what he had just seen.
Those characters looked like human beings, but they had non-human faces. Some had horns on their foreheads, some had sharp teeth, and some even had six arms. They all had terrifying faces.
Those people had murderous glares in their eyes, and they rushed towards them roaring as if they wanted to tear them apart. If it weren't for Big Brother Xinyi's quick reaction, and if it weren't for the sudden emergence of many vines to block them, they would have lost their lives right there.
Could it be that these are also tests for martial arts performance?
"Those are demons, the lowest kind of demons." Xinyi seemed to know what he was thinking. As she ran, she explained, "Their bodies are mostly formed by the erosion and condensation of miasma. If you are injured by them, you will be poisoned by the miasma. If you don't get timely treatment, you will become like them."
What? Demons? How could there be demons in Yinyu Peak? Besides, weren't the demons repelled a long time ago?
Zhao Wuyang was just wondering when he heard a sharp roar behind him.
"It seems that those spirits can't stop them." Xinyi stopped and said that. Zhao Wuyang didn't have time to stop and bumped into his back, but he didn't move at all.
"Brother Xinyi, why don't you run away?"
Zhao Wuyang was puzzled. He covered his nose and stuck his head out from behind Xinyi, only to see that there were also demon soldiers wandering in front of him. When they heard the noise here, they all turned around and looked at them.
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