Chapter 279: Reaping the Fivefold Fruit
According to the records, Yeyue took Xiao Ling and Xiao Ling, and finally found a dirt pit as described in the record under a piece of rubble.
However, even if you find the entrance pit where the golden-billed monkey enters and exits the ground, it is at least nearly dozens of zhang deep from the five-fold fruit and vertical calculation, but the size of the entrance to the pit is excavated by the golden-billed monkey with its own size, and it can be said that it is impossible to enter comfortably with the size of a human.
If you want to find the five-fold fruit, the best way is to follow the path excavated by the golden-billed monkey, so as not to find the wrong position.
No matter how anxious Yeyue was, her sanity was still there, and she knew that she couldn't follow the path left by the golden-billed monkey in the shortest possible time to dig to the location of the five-fold fruit, so Yeyue covered up the entrance to the pit, leaving Xiao Ling to guard nearby, and she went back with Xiao Ling to show her face first, so as to prevent others from finding out that they were not there.
After all, she didn't want to hand over these five fruits, and planned to swallow them privately, if people found out that she had sneaked out and became suspicious of her, it would not be a good thing, in order to avoid the duck from flying, she had to be careful in this regard.
After several days of back and forth, and a day of rotation in between, Yeyue finally saw the true appearance of the five-fold fruit.
After digging the entrance to the pit and advancing a certain distance, Yeyue realized that this long cave was not so narrow all the way, but every other distance, the cave would become spacious, and it would be able to accommodate people without digging and expanding. In this way, it naturally reduces a lot of time for the night moon.
The tunnel, sometimes turning, sometimes upward, sometimes obliquely down, until the night moon finally couldn't figure out how deep he was into the ground.
Advancing all the way, Yeyue also discovered that the underground is not completely black soil, and some tunnels just pass through the gaps between the intersecting rocks of the strata, so the cave can't help but see the picture of rocks and black soil. But what made her happy was that when she passed through a cave the size of a hut, she found a lot of rocks piled up on the side, randomly stacked together, some of which were embedded with a reddish luster, according to Xiao Ling, this ore called rainbow refining stone can be used in the refining of spiritual weapons. Unfortunately, there wasn't much space in the storage bag that Nightmoon had, so she couldn't take them all away, and in the end, she only took a few ores with the most beautiful color and the size of a skull.
When she finally saw the five-fold fruit, she couldn't help but be shocked by the picture in front of her.
At the end of the tunnel is a huge rocky cave, and the black soil meanders between the rocks like a stream to the center of the cave, and in the center it resembles a small black lake, forming a strong color difference with the surrounding rocks. And on the ground like a small black lake, there is a human-tall plant, standing out from the crowd and taking root there.
I don't know if there is some special stone mine mixed in with the top of the cave, which is constantly flashing with a faint light, making the cave deep in the ground not dark at all, but has a strange beauty.
The main trunk of the tall plant is covered with scale-like wood grains, and the branches are sparsely hung with a few leaves.
Yeyue looked incredulously overhead, and then looked down at the plants in front of her.
"The underground, which has no access to sunlight, this tree ...... How can there be discernment growth?" she muttered in a dry voice. It's basically subverting her perception of plant growth.
From the inheritance records, although she had seen the pattern of the mother plant of the five-fold fruit earlier, when she actually saw it, she couldn't help but be surprised by the picture in front of her.
Xiao Ling, who was following closely beside him, raised a cute brow, and tilted his head slightly, "Didn't you already know that it grew deep underground. "
Being asked by Xiao Ling, Yeyue suddenly came back to her senses and smiled awkwardly, "Hehe, yes, yes, I just can't help but doubt it when I really see it." "
Xiao Ling pursed his lips disdainfully, "People who don't know are terrible, what's there to doubt about this kind of thing, since it will grow in this kind of place, it naturally needs such an environment to support its growth." There are many incomPrehensible and inexplicable things in this world, if you doubt them one by one and get to the bottom of it, will you still have to live that life?
Yeyue laughed dryly. As Xiao Ling said, there are many incomprehensible things in this world, and in fact, she can't say anything quibble.
Seeing that there was no danger around, Xiao Ling staggered to the tall tree, and looked around the tree, his mouth was amazed, "There is a person who is tall, how many years will this have to grow." "
"Eh, isn't it that tall?" Yeyue followed Xiao Ling around the tree in confusion.
Hearing this, Xiao Ling sneered, "As soon as you said this, I knew that you didn't read those records carefully at all, and only knew how to write down the effects of the medicine, usefulness and other explanations." "
The excited smile on Yeyue's face was embarrassed by Xiao Ling's words, as if she had been found by the teacher to be a student who didn't work hard. Needless to say, it's true......
"The name of the mother plant of this five-fold fruit is related to the word five-fold, called the five-fold tree, and its body is covered with scales and wood grains, and its leaves also have scale-like veins. Most of the quintee trees that have been found are only about three feet tall, and their fruits are only the size of lychees. After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Yeyue and said jokingly, "Do you think this five-fold tree is tall?"
Ye Yue laughed awkwardly, didn't worry too much about the face problem, and hurriedly asked: "The five-fold tree in front of me is more than five feet and almost six feet high, and the five-fold fruit on it is ...... The fruit that fell on the branch was the size of a man's fist, "Well, this seems to be several times larger than the average five-fold fruit." "
Xiao Ling reached out and touched the vermilion fruit body, and sighed with emotion.
"What's wrong?" It should be a joy to finally find the Fivefold Fruit, what is this sighing for?
Xiao Ling's gaze was a little confused, "The five-fold tree, each heavy, is equivalent to a metamorphosis, one heavy five hundred years, five thousand five hundred years have passed, two thousand five hundred years have only been three feet high, nearly six feet tall in front of the five-fold tree, not to mention that it has grown for more than 10,000 years, you have mentioned this place of trial, it has been almost 10,000 years since it was discovered, during which the place of trials has been opened many times for the disciples of various sects and families to try, so long time has passed, but it has not been picked, and even more is still alive and well...... The golden-billed monkey that specializes in raising five-fold fruits does not know how many generations have passed. "It's been a long time like myself.
"Speaking of golden-billed monkeys, are there only the two hunted by the little otter here?" Yeyue, who suddenly thought of it, looked around suspiciously and asked.
Xiao Ling shook his head, "There must be more than two, and our movements along the way are not small, they may have fled away when they heard the wind." "
"Then why don't they pick the five-fold fruit? The reason why ordinary demon beasts guard the elixir, in order to take it after it is ripe, the five-fold fruit on the five-fold tree in front of them is already ripe, why don't they take it away?"
"Who knows why, but the fact that the five-fold fruit needs to be nourished by the golden-billed monkey is certain. Xiao Ling turned around and walked to the side, pointed to the five-fold tree and said, "As soon as the five-fold fruit is picked, the medicinal properties will begin to dissipate, and it must be packed with something, quickly take out the warm jade box you brought, as soon as you take it off, put it in immediately!"
Under Xiao Ling's command, the nine fist-sized vermilion fruits on the five-fold tree were picked and boxed one by one. After picking the fruit, Yeyue also tried to cut the five-fold tree into pieces and bring it back with the idea of not wasting it, after all, the body of the tree that is tens of thousands of years old seems to be a treasure.
Why, Xiao Ling said, "It's good that you have meat to eat, it's not easy to grow like this, why bother killing it again." "
Yeyue had no choice but to give up stupidly.