Chapter 188: Yin Tao Xi Ming Ren didn’t tell Ye Lu and the ghost scholar how long...
The playful man did not explain too much to Ye Lu and the ghost scholar. He just said what he felt and then shut up. Then he turned around and looked around, as if he was still looking for something.
The playful man chased forward for a while, his eyes closed and his brows furrowed.
Finally, the playful man paused and suddenly fell down.
Ye Lu and the ghost scholar didn't even have time to look at each other and could only follow the playful man helplessly. Unexpectedly, as soon as the playful man landed, he ran towards a place without stopping, looking very anxious.
The playful man was chasing in front, turning left and right, while Ye Lu and the ghost scholar followed obediently behind.
Look? Look? What on earth did the playful person sense? Baby.
It circled for who knows how long, so long that the sunset glow in the sky almost disappeared, the sky gradually darkened, and the moon slowly rose.
Moonlight creeps down to the ground like silver frost.
The playful man finally stopped and slowly opened his eyes.
"We're here." This was the first thing Ximingren said after he opened his eyes, and his tone was very sure.
Ye Lu had been following behind. When he heard what the playful man said, he quickened his pace and stopped near him. He looked around, but unfortunately he found nothing. Then he looked again and it seemed that the playful man had confirmed something. He and the ghost scholar who followed behind him exchanged a glance and both saw that the other was confused.
Sure enough, the ghost scholar saw nothing.
Ye Lu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked softly: "What did you see?"
The playful man seemed to have just heard the Taoist's voice, and subconsciously turned his head to look at Ye Lu, tilting his head: "The smell of that breath."
"There..." In order to prevent Ye Lu from not believing it, Ximingren pointed to the place he sensed.
Ye Lu looked in the direction of the man's finger with some curiosity. Unexpectedly, the direction the man pointed to was not far away, just a little to the north of him.
There is a lush tree in the corner. This tree is very ordinary with its flourishing body. Not only does it not have any mysterious power, the only thing it may have is that it is full of vitality.
It seems that Ye Lu is confused.
"........" Ye Lu couldn't see anything. He leaned forward and looked at it for a while with some disbelief. Why did the leaves of this tree seem a little familiar?
But the five senses of a person with a mysterious past are definitely trustworthy.
The ghost scholar also leaned closer to take a look, and a hint of doubt also flashed across his face. It was obvious that he also noticed something different.
The ghost scholar looked up and down at the tree in front of him. To be precise, this was a very tall tree, almost the size of a medium-sized tree. But from its appearance, it was still an immature sapling and it would take some time for it to become a real tree.
The leaves are long and narrow, and the branches are emerald green. Rather than being a fruit tree, it is more like some kind of evergreen tree, but the ghost scholar can see something different.
After a while, the ghost scholar said hesitantly, "Master, look, is this a peach tree?"
The peach tree in front of him was really not very similar to the peach tree in his impression, and the ghost scholar's tone was a little uncertain.
When Ye Lu heard the ghost scholar's words, he instantly remembered why he felt familiar with the peach tree in front of him. The peach tree in front of him looked like some kind of tall tree. In fact, its branches and leaves still looked like a peach tree. It was just that at first glance, it was very different from a peach tree, and people who were not familiar with it would easily make a mistake.
But if you often come into contact with or plant peach trees, you will feel a sense of familiarity.
"Yes, it's a peach tree." Ye Lu stepped forward, pressed the leaves on the branch, looked at them for a while, and said affirmatively.
"This leaf... why is it so long?" Ye Lu looked at the leaf in his hand with some confusion. After a while, he said, "The tree shape is more like a large tree. Could it be a mutation?"
"It's so tall now. When it grows up, won't it become a big tree?"
"It's possible. After all, anything can happen in this world." The ghost scholar said calmly. After that, he looked up at the tree above his head with admiration again and said, "At least this sapling is big and strong."
"Master Dao, if I'm not mistaken, we have never seen this peach tree before. It should be the father tree, right?" The ghost scholar spoke to Ye Lu when he was halfway through his words.
"It is definitely possible." Ye Lu nodded, and was very sure about the wild peach seedling in front of him. This one was much better than the one he found before. Not only was it not weak, but it was also very strong and powerful.
Ye Lu followed his gaze and looked around the big peach tree. The surrounding plants were equally lush, however, most of them were short, proving that this peach tree was a winner in this place where the strong preyed on the weak.
Competition among plants is much more cruel than that among humans.
This mutant peach tree can survive such competition, you can imagine how strong it is.
Although Ye Lu has always said that the father tree can be anything, the mother tree is the most important. In fact, the father tree also has a certain role. At least if the father tree and the mother tree are both tall trees, the child tree will also have a certain chance of becoming a tall tree, and the yield of tall trees goes without saying.
It’s a pity that the black peach is not a tall tree.
The probability that the subtree is a tall tree is slightly reduced.
When Ye Lu thought of this, a look of pity flashed in his eyes.
Ye Lu glanced at the branches and didn't see any flower buds. He said helplessly: "It's a pity that the flowering period is over now and we can't see more information." If the flowers were still there, the three of them could at least determine which type of peach tree this was a mutation of.
"However, it should also be a peach tree." The ghost scholar who had been silent added from the side.
When Ye Lu looked over, the ghost scholar didn't continue speaking. He just raised his chin and motioned Ye Lu to look at the tip of the leaf in his hand.
Ye Lu looked over there, and sure enough, he found something different. He saw faint white hairs appearing on the tips of the originally emerald green leaves. Under the moonlight, they looked like silver needles. What was particularly special was that the silver hairs only appeared in the direction of the tips of the leaves, turning the original dark green into the current light green.
That is to say, it can be seen clearly under the moonlight, but it would be easy to overlook it in the daytime, thinking that the leaves are just lighter in color.
Ye Lu actually understood why the ghost scholar said that this wild peach tree was also a hairy peach. Just by looking at the hairs, he felt that this peach tree was most likely a hairy peach.
Now, Ye Lu felt less regretful.
"Give it a name. We can't keep calling it the wild peach tree. We already have a wild peach tree on the mountain. It's easy to confuse the two." No matter what this peach tree is like now, they will definitely transport it back to Shuifu Mountain in the Forbidden Stone Mountains.
The ghost scholar naturally thought of what to name this newly found wild peach tree.
Obviously, this peach tree is not a strange plant and does not have any strange power. It has a vitality that can be captured by ordinary people with their five senses. That is the real father tree.
According to the rules, ordinary plants do not need to be named, but this is a father tree, and an extremely special father tree at that. There will be more father trees on the mountain in the future, so it is better to name it as soon as possible and feel at ease.
"Silver peach!" Ye Lu pondered for a moment and said, "If new peach trees can grow from it in the future, then all of them should be silver peaches. The potential of this silver peach tree should be greater than that of the wild peach tree on the mountain now."
"As for the first wild peach tree we found on Shuifu Mountain, it has oval leaves and a fresh scent, so we named it Mingqingtao. After that, all peach seedlings from that series will be named according to this feature. If there are peach trees with features more similar to Wutao, we will name them Wutao accordingly. Finally, if there are peach trees with no features at all and form their own series, we will give them another name."
"This is good! It's easier to distinguish." After hearing this, the ghost scholar nodded in agreement. In this way, even if there are many peach trees behind, he can recognize the father and mother trees of this peach tree at a glance and avoid getting confused.
"After we go back, we can try to match the silver peach with the clear peach, just in case a satisfactory mother tree or father tree appears." Not only that, the ghost scholar also made a "new" suggestion.
After hearing this, Ye Lu also felt that the ghost scholar was right.
Moreover, Ye Lu felt deeply that his decision to let the ghost scholar read the Medicine Book together was a wise one. Look, before he could think further, someone else had already thought it through for him.
"Can!"
Ye Lu finished speaking.
The playful man and the ghost scholar dug out all the huge wild peaches from the wild peach tree. Some moved dominoes, some used divine power, and after a while, all the silver peaches were dug out neatly.
The ghost scholar was even considerate enough to tie a rope around the roots of the tree to ensure that no soil would fall off.
"Fortunately, this peach tree is not a strange plant." After doing all this, the ghost scholar stood up again, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said helplessly.
If it was a strange plant, it would not stay there so obediently and let them dig it up.
"This wooden box is useless." Ye Lu looked at the intact wooden box in his arms, rarely showing a trace of disgust. The wooden box was too small to hold the things. Then he made up his mind and said, "Let's transport it back first. The three of us will take turns. It's better to go back earlier."
The three of them took advantage of the night to hurry on their way, and finally arrived at Shuifu Mountain in the early morning of the next day. Without waiting for Qingsong to say anything, the three of them planted the silver peaches in their hands to prevent any accidents, as they were afraid that if they stayed there for too long, they would die.
After the trees were planted and watered around them, the green pine trees finally arrived.
"Alu, is this your harvest this time?" Not only did Qingsong come slowly, but when it arrived at Shuifu Mountain, it did not pay attention to its companion. On the contrary, it paid attention to the saplings that its companion brought back this time.
Qingsong's spiritual consciousness then approached the planted silver peach saplings and moved around, just like a big cat looking them up and down.
"What's wrong?" Ye Lu believed in Qingsong, because this tree has always been very reliable. Although now except for the grass under the tree, everything else is about to become a new food chain, there are still a lot of dense grass around the tree, and there are many strange little animals in the grass and the tree crown.
In the past, Ye Lu would have definitely worked with the Ximing people to strangle this group of semi-monster beasts in the cradle.
But, this? Isn’t this what Qingsong likes?
Besides, Qingsong did as it said and bound the group of little creatures firmly within its control and did not let them go down the mountain, so Ye Lu turned a blind eye.
Currently, only Qingsong has this treatment. If it were any other strange plant, Ye Lu would definitely have to talk to him for a while.
Qingsong's consciousness heard the question from its companion and slowly turned its head. Who knows how the consciousness turns its head? Anyone who can sense Qingsong's consciousness can keenly sense that it has turned its head in mid-air and said in a calm tone: "Alu, this tree... is more strange than the previous one."
"It's not the father tree?" This was Ye Lu's first reaction.
Qingsong shook his head and said, "It is the father tree. What I mean by difficult is not that it is difficult for it to survive, but that it is a mutation. In other words, it is difficult to breed seeds. There is a high probability that the fruit will be bad, dead, or fruitless."
"Well..., its aptitude is very good, but it is not a strange plant. If it were a strange plant, it would not be worse than the golden orange." When Qingsong said this, there was a hint of regret in his tone.
Ye Lu didn't expect to get such a result from Qingsong.
"But Qingtao is not..." Ye Lu asked subconsciously.
"Qingtao? Which Qingtao is it?" Qingsong was puzzled, and then realized that the companion was referring to the wild peach seedling from before. It explained solemnly: "That one is more likely to be the black peach tree than this one."
"Because it and the black peach are both medium-sized trees."
"Besides, have you forgotten your talent?" Qingsong's consciousness still remembered to remind Ye Lu: "If it were someone else, they wouldn't succeed so easily."
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