Chapter 163 Two Caravans Ye Lu paused, because this was so sudden...
Ye Lu paused because of the sudden sound.
Before Ye Lu had time to look up, Qingsong's consciousness slowly emerged from the other side. At the moment Ye Lu made his move, he said in advance: "It's the sound of the black peach tree."
"It has no ill intentions, it just sounds like this." Qingsong's consciousness explained.
Ye Lu finally put aside the murderous intent that had just emerged in his mind, and while sorting out his emotions, he said, "Yes, it's me. All the people in the Ten Thousand Clans are indeed dead."
Ye Lu was still wondering in his heart whether the strange plants being worshipped would be different from ordinary strange plants.
Obviously, the Black Peach Tree has experienced tens of thousands of years of lack of strange power, but it seems that its memory has not been lost at all. Its brain is much smarter than that of the Golden Orange. This makes Ye Lu have to think carefully before speaking to the Black Peach Tree.
"Wupao, do you know the current situation?" Ye Lu estimated in his heart for a moment, and then slowly said to the black peach tree. Even if Ye Lu regarded the black peach tree as the mother plant, he still had to tell it in advance. Some strange plants attach great importance to their own flowering and fruiting. After all, breeding seeds will waste an opportunity to bloom and bear fruit. What if the black peach tree is one of them?
"Qingsong said that it is many, many years later now. Those humans who sacrificed to me at the beginning have all disappeared. I am now just an ordinary strange plant." The tone of the black peach tree was still ethereal, and one could tell that it was very calm.
"You are my new provider, right?" The black peach tree looked at Ye Lu and showed no anger at all when it said this.
"......" Ye Lu paused, wondering what he should say.
Wu Taoshu seemed to know what Ye Lu wanted to say. His tone was still calm, but it seemed as if one could hear a hint of gentleness in it. He said, "Don't worry. I have accepted everything now. According to my situation, those children would not be able to accompany me for long. It's just that I need to adapt to this life in advance. You also eliminated the heir of the Ten Thousand Clans, which can be regarded as revenge for those children."
Qingsong explained, "The bloodline of the black peach tree is different, isn't it? Any tree can accept sacrifices. As the son of Mount Tai, you should know this better than me."
The doubts in Ye Lu's heart were explained clearly, and he felt relieved. Otherwise, he would not dare to raise Wu Tao Shu just based on Wu Tao Shu's one-sided statement. What if Wu Tao Shu hit him with a big one in the middle of the journey? The three brothers might not be injured, but if one or two of the big rabbits died, they would have no place to cry.
"............" Ye Lu continued to ask the next question after solving one problem. After hesitating for a moment, he still asked: "Do you know what the purpose of my supporting you is?"
"Really? To breed seeds, right?" Wu Taoshu said unexpectedly readily.
What is the ending? Ye Lu was stunned. He thought he would need to spend more time talking.
The ethereal voice of the black peach tree fluctuated slightly when it saw its new sponsor was unusually childish. It began to explain, "When I was worshipped, I would often breed seeds, and occasionally choose to bloom and bear fruit. However, the effect of my fruit is not strong, and I rarely bloom and bear fruit. Instead, I breed seeds more often."
"Another point is...." Wu Taoshu seemed to have thought of something, and his tone became hesitant.
"If you have anything else, just tell me." Ye Lu raised his head slightly and said.
"The seeds I breed are not all weird plants. There are weird plants and very common plants. Sometimes there are species that are weaker than ordinary plants." Wu Taoshu said with a hint of apology in his tone: "I'm sorry, even I can't control this situation."
He knew this. This was the reason why Wu Taoshu hesitated.
Ye Lu's expression gradually turned to be relaxed. This showed that the black peach tree was old enough. In other words, its genes were stable enough and could change with the outside world. Different changes would naturally produce different seeds.
Not only had Ye Lu anticipated this in his heart, but this situation was also mentioned in the Medicine Classics.
"It's okay. I've been mentally prepared for this." Ye Lu began to comfort the black peach tree. At the same time, he patiently asked the black peach tree, "Your situation is special. How about I transport you to the next mountain later? There is only one strange plant like you on that mountain right now. But don't worry, we will have someone patrolling there every day." Anyway, the Ximing people were running around everywhere, and every day they patrolled the three mountains owned by the three brothers without fail.
"If that's the case, then it couldn't be better." The black peach tree's consciousness showed a little smile. It was originally an extremely domineering weird plant. Even when it was in the Wanyao Valley, there was one weird plant in a garden. Now it's so peaceful, it's just that the level of the green pine weird plant is higher than it, so it suppresses it.
Upon hearing this, Ye Lu nodded and began to transport the black peach tree to the next door and plant it carefully. The whole process was done without any help. Even the fertilizer was obtained by Ye Lu himself from the big rabbits. He also brought some pear tree remains and sprinkled them under the black peach tree.
Ye Lu looked at the strange aura of the black peach tree and saw that it gradually became gentle and calm. His mood also slowly improved.
"......." Ye Lu looked at the branches and leaves of the black peach tree in the sunlight. They were green with a slight black color on the edges. He seemed to have seen the strange seeds growing on the branches of the black peach tree.
Looking at the bare Shuifu Mountain around him again, he secretly made up his mind that sooner or later, this place would become a garden of strange plants.
By the time Ye Lu returned to Chongshan from Shuifu Mountain, it was almost evening. The main reason was that it took a lot of time to transport the black peach tree, and he had to be very careful throughout the whole process. Ye Lu didn't dare to use his strength to dig, for fear of damaging the roots of the black peach tree. Once he was careful, it would take a lot of time.
When Ye Lu returned to Chongshan, the ghost scholar was already waiting in front of the two-story building.
"Brother Lu?" The ghost scholar looked at Ye Lu in surprise, surprised that Ye Lu came back at this time.
"It took some time to plant the black peach trees." Ye Lu spoke, which explained the confusion in the ghost scholar's heart.
"As for the black peach tree, if we look for the father tree..." When the black peach tree was mentioned, the ghost scholar thought of many things. The first thing was that the black peach tree gave birth to seeds. According to what was said in the Medicine Classic, we had to make sure that the mother tree was a strange plant. Then the father tree did not necessarily have to be a strange plant. After all, having two strange plants was too demanding.
There are two requirements for the parent tree: one is that it is old enough, and the other is that it is basic enough.
The best one? The most basic fruit tree.
For example, if the black peach tree is the mother tree, then when looking for the father tree, it would best be a peach tree, and it has to be the most basic kind of peach tree, not one with various functions, which is not ancient enough.
"It's hard to find." Ye Lu knew what the ghost scholar wanted to say, and he didn't even need the ghost scholar to speak. He finished speaking first, with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "Peach trees are actually a very good species of strange plants. They taste good, are easy to grow, and are also a large category."
"Some father trees that meet our requirements are very difficult to find in this era. Those forces may not know as accurately as the Medicine Sutra, but they probably know some of the situations of the father trees. This involves the strange plant seeds. Even if they can't produce the strange plant seeds they want in a short time, they will not give them to others."
Don't talk about buying it with strange beads.
Those big forces have no shortage of strange beads, what they lack are the strange plants they want.
The ghost scholar also thought of this. There is no need to think about it carefully. Think about it from another perspective. If he were one of those powerful people, would he be willing to give the father tree to others?
impossible.
"Does that mean we have to look for it ourselves?" The ghost scholar frowned. How long will it take to find it? Besides, although the father tree is not as rare as the strange plant, it is not something you can find just by looking for it.
"Let's wait and see what connections the caravan has." Ye Lu didn't have any good ideas for the time being. He rubbed his temples that ached from thinking about his head and said, "But we have to be careful to look for them. Fortunately, few people come to the Forbidden Stone Ridge. We might be lucky enough to find a qualified father tree."
At least a satisfactory wild peach tree is definitely easier to find than a strange plant.
"A caravan?" The ghost scholar seemed to be thinking about something.
"Yes." Ye Lu smiled when he heard the ghost scholar's words and said, "We have supported Zhuhui and Banlan caravans for so long, now it's time for them to play a role."
"I remember that the laurel trees on the mountain are not ripe yet, but the Goucha fruit will be ripe soon, right?" Ye Lu thought about the conditions of the various strange plants on the mountain, while estimating which of them would mature. After a moment, he said the name of the Goucha vine.
Ever since Qingsong came out, Ye Lu seldom took the initiative to ripen the laurel tree. The main reason was that Ye Lu suspected that he had ripened the laurel tree too early, which caused the laurel to be a little naive and stupid compared to Qingsong. As a result, the pace of ripening slowed down. Even though he knew that it was laurel's own problem, Ye Lu had no intention of changing.
The fruits of the laurel tree have only been hanging for a short time and will take several years to mature.
"Yes?" The ghost scholar was very familiar with the strange plants on the mountains, and nodded affirmatively.
"That's fine." Ye Lu also nodded.
After Chongshan and the other two finished their discussion, they decided not to waste any more time and just waited quietly for the caravan to arrive.
Time passes by little by little.
Soon, the time came for the tea vines to mature, and the branches were full of red little fruits. Because the ruins of Wan Yao Valley and the remains of many strange plants were newly discovered in Chongshan, the strange plants of all sizes in Chongshan received a lot of fertilizer, and the tea vines had more fruits this year than in previous years.
The birds flying in the air stared at the tea vines below with great vigilance, fearing that other birds would come over and snatch their food.
one day?.
Ye Lu and the ghost scholar had already finished picking the Gou Cha fruits, and asked the little boy from Hecun to help. Then they packed the dried Gou Cha vines into wooden boxes, and then put the Gou Cha fruits in the boxes and put them in the warehouse, waiting for the caravan to arrive.
"Ding-ling-ling--" The melodious sound of bells came from the foot of the mountain, accompanied by the sound of livestock kicking the ground.
This? This time the sound seems a little messy...
Could it be that the Colorful Caravan is recruiting people this year? Ye Lu and the Ghost Scholar looked at each other, and they could see the doubts in each other's eyes.
"Lord Chongshan..."
"Lord Chongshan."
One was deep, the other was gentle. The two voices came one after the other from the foot of the mountain. They were so distinct that Ye Lu instantly recognized the identities of the two people. They were the leaders of the Vermilion Gray Caravan and the Colorful Caravan.
Vermilion and colorful.
"How did these two meet?" Ye Lu asked in some confusion. Usually, these two caravans did not get along with each other and even when they came to Chongshan, they came one after the other. This was the first time they met.
"I'm here. Please lead us up the mountain, both leaders." Although Ye Lu was guessing in his mind, he did not show any sign on the surface and spoke loudly to the crowd at the foot of the mountain.
The two distinct caravans at the foot of the mountain were moving far apart from each other. It was obvious that they disliked each other very much. When they heard the sound coming from halfway up the mountain, the leaders of the two caravans coughed and prepared to go up the mountain together.
Not after? After a while.
A group of people went up the mountain.
Behind the red-grey collar are still the familiar red, white, green and grey colors. Behind the colorful collar are floral lines that look very delicate. After so much time has passed, the floral lines that originally looked a bit like a girl's have gradually become firmer in outline, and now look like an overly delicate boy.
Zhu Bai suddenly grew a lot taller, but his skin was not as pale as Zhu Hui's. Lu Hui was the shortest of the three children, but he was also the youngest, so nothing could be seen for the time being.
"Long time no see, Lord Chongshan."
"Long time no see." Ye Lu greeted the two caravan leaders with a smile, and at the same time showed a little curiosity, asking: "Did you two meet on the road?"
Banlan smiled without saying anything, and he even revealed a hint of helplessness in his smile at just the right moment.
Zhu Hui's expression became even colder. He didn't even look at the colorful leader and just chuckled.
Originally, the Zhuhui Caravan should have arrived later than the Banlan Caravan. After all, the Banlan Caravan is the one that sells the ripened Goucha fruits, and the Zhuhui Caravan should arrive a little later. No one expected that the Zhuhui Caravan would arrive so early this year.
Zhu Hui certainly didn't want to do it so early, but a lot of things happened this year, and more importantly, this kid Banlan really helped him, which made Zhu Hui feel uncomfortable. However, he didn't want to let Banlan continue to benefit, so he could only stare back.
"Lord Chongshan, this is the agreed Qingyue pear." Zhu Hui did not explain too much, mainly because Banlan really helped. He was not happy to say too much. Looking at Lord Chongshan, Zhu Hui took out a wooden box from his arms and said to Ye Lu opposite: "As for the price-"
When Ye Lu heard Zhu Hui's words, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of joy on his face. Ah Xi's Qingyue Pears had arrived.
"What's the price?" Ye Lu looked at Zhu Hui.
"No hurry." Zhu Hui shook his head and said, "This is what I exchanged for another Blood Grudge-level Weird Food from the caravan. You can put it on Qingsongzi's account first, and we can use it as collateral when the time comes."
"It's a pity that we didn't get the carp horn walnuts in exchange. Yueling Mountain refused." Zhu Hui said with a regretful expression.
"They are willing to exchange them for pine nuts, but I don't think they are sincere enough. The value of carp horn walnuts is not enough to exchange for pine nuts." Zhu Hui snorted coldly when he said the last sentence.
Someone in Yueling Mountain must have taken the green pine nuts and realized their specialness. As soon as Zhu Hui went over to exchange them, the group of people couldn't wait to ask and also guaranteed that the green pine nuts could be exchanged for carp horn walnuts.
Of course Zhu Hui refused.
In Zhu Hui's opinion, carp horn walnuts and green pine nuts are not of the same grade. He was a fool to exchange them. No, he even exchanged them for another strange food in the caravan.
"..." Zhu Hui couldn't help but sigh secretly when he thought of this. It was probably because his caravan was too small and couldn't get the strange food that these top powers were excited about. There was nothing else except pine nuts and laurel seeds, and they needed a lot of them, which gave the people on the opposite side many choices.
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