Chapter 102: Cang'er Secret Realm (1)
The black aperture came too suddenly, Changning was sucked into the aperture without having time to react, it felt like entering a funnel, the squeeze of space made her a little sick to her stomach, and before she could use any protective measures, people wanted to be squirted out of the hole, "plop", Changning fell to a lawn. She looked around in confusion, this lawn seemed to be at the bottom of a valley, surrounded by abundant grass, green leaves, an unknown flower tree all over the valley floor, each tree is as high as more than three zhang, a color of fiery red, faint golden light, looking from afar like a thousand zhang of red glow, a thousand heavy brocade clouds.
This flower seemed to be a little familiar, Changning stood up, looked around vigilantly, and after making sure that there was no danger, she approached the flower forest step by step, which made her feel that the familiar thing should be of some use, and she tried to remember where she had seen this flower tree. In order to prevent the disciples from encountering treasures and not knowing the situation, Taishangzong compiled a set of "Jiuzhou Lu", which includes any animals and plants and various treasures that the traveling disciples see, Jiuzhou Lu currently has 1,300 volumes, Taoist children and outer disciples can be the first 100 volumes, Changning relied on the master's token to come and go freely in the Zongmen Library, and also pestered the master to copy a set of Jiuzhou Lu for himself.
Because there are too many volumes, she first chooses what she likes to look slowly, this flower tree should be a kind of strange flowers, Changning walked into the flower tree to take a closer look, the flower type is like an orchid, but it is bigger than an orchid, it is strange, rich and changeable, a little like a flower and has a woody fruity fragrance, Changning took a sip, only to feel refreshed, refreshing, she had a flash of inspiration, knowing the identity of this flower tree, this is a mille-feuille pandan, melaleuca means that the flower fragrance is changeable, and the orchid refers to the flower shape resembling an orchid reads;.
This flower is a high-grade spice, is the main material of Yuhua incense, has the effect of nourishing and refining the soul, and is very precious. Hexiang is also the biggest consumable in the cultivation world, and every move of the monk is inseparable from spices...... However, most of the spices used by the sect were brought by maritime merchants from other continents. If she remembers correctly, Melaleuca pandan is a specialty of hot and humid land, and there is no suitable place for Melaleuca to grow in Middle-earth, could it be that she is no longer in Middle-earth?
Changning didn't have time to think about it, took out a few big gourds, and sealed all the flowers blooming on the flower tree into the gourd. Melaleuca pandan can refine the essence of the whole body, among which the most precious essence is extracted from the petals, about a hundred petals can be extracted from a pound of flavor, Yuhuaxiang needs this essence as the main ingredient. Melaleuca blooms only once in ten years, only blooming for an hour at a time, and the petals will not wither and fall to the ground after opening, but will only be gathered up, and the petals will be refined to extract any essence.
Wait for the next ten years will continue to bloom, the longer the petals remain on the branches, the higher the fragrance grade in the petals, these petals are hypertrophied, the fragrance is attacking, Changning gently sniffed a piece, his eyes lit up, how to look at this grade is the top pandan that has been cultivated for hundreds of years, she took out dozens of big gourds without thinking, according to different grades, roughly put the petals into the gourd, so many flowers can only refine seven or eight taels of essence at most, right? She sealed the gourd and put it away, and put it in Qingwu Ju.
Qingwu Curie Shen Baobao saw Changning coming in with a gourd, and hurriedly pounced, "Auntie, the baby will!" ”
Changning squatted down in surprise, "The baby can refine the essence?" ”
Shen Baobao nodded again and again, "Xiangxiang!" Shen Baobao is particularly sensitive to plants, Changning often uses various petals to refine essential oils, Shen Baobao saw it in his eyes, thinking that Changning was also refining essential oils this time, and volunteered, saying that he would not only sell cute, but also have other uses, and his aunt often said that he could survive by selling cute.
Changning was a little hesitant, the enthusiasm of children is not good, but the melaleucae pandan is a more precious spice, especially this time it is still the top pandan that has been cultivated for hundreds of years, is it too luxurious for the baby to use it to practice? Changning is not a stingy person, but spoiling things is not the same thing as being generous. "Baby, can you try to refine the essence with white flowers first?" Changning took a few gourds of jasmine and gave them to Shen Baobao.
Shen Baobao's little fat hand grabbed the gourd, refined it with a strict face, Changning kissed it lovingly, and rolled the gourd with spiritual light to the basement of Qingwuju. The basement covers an extremely wide area of the basement, which is set up in various formations according to the different objects stored, Changning neatly placed the gourd in the drawer, and then pasted the rune paper, so that the petals in the gourd can be preserved for at least a hundred years. Changning looked at the neatly furnished warehouse, and felt a strange sense of satisfaction in his heart, and it was right to be prepared.
When Mu Linyuan built Qingwuju for Changning, he was going to build this place into a warehouse, he just wanted the little girl to bring some small things back when she went out to play, and he didn't pay much attention to the construction of the warehouse, so he simply divided it into a few places. After Changning got Qingwuju, he selfishly regarded it as his secret space, and the transformation of Qingwuju was more concerned than that of Qifengju in Liuxia Peak. I also slipped to the treasure tea patriarch and the master's warehouse to visit, and built one according to them.
As soon as the warehouse was built, she couldn't help but start stockpiling goods, a few years later her warehouse was full of piles, all kinds of collection tools are also very complete, she took a shovel out of Qingwuju, according to the sect classics said that it is not easy to transplant mille-feuille pandan, she dug a small seedling back to try it. Changning picked a few small saplings that were about five or six years old and moved them to the warehouse, those that were obviously thousands of years old, she didn't bother them, this kind of old tree transplantation would definitely not survive. Changning also picked a few seeds and stored them, ready to go back and plant seeds to try.
As soon as she finished harvesting the seeds, she noticed that there was a group of people flying towards here in the distance, she subconsciously took out the hidden cicada wings and stealth, those people escaped quite fast, and soon arrived in the flower forest, the people who came were three foundation building monks, two men and one woman, the faces of the three looked young, but from the eyes and temperament of the three people, they should not be young, the three of them were wearing the simplest robes, and the sword branch in their hands was a fan iron sword with a talisman drawn, these three people are loose cultivators, right? Where she was, the funnel felt a bit like entering a secret realm, but it wasn't that comfortable.
"Huh? Who took away the pandan petals so quickly! The nun of the three of them stomped her feet angrily when she saw the empty incense tree.
Changning secretly thought, even if I don't take the petals away, when you come, the petals will wither.
Another person stepped forward to check the broken branches, "It should have just been picked not long ago, big brother, should we chase after it?" ”
"I don't know where people have gone, stop chasing." The person who spoke had a calm face, "Let's pick the incense sticks back." ”
"Okay." The two of them went to cut the crown on the flower tree, and the eldest brother stood guard with his sword not far away.
It seems that this secret realm is very dangerous, otherwise these three people would not be so vigilant, Changning saw that the two of them flashed with a flash of sword light, so he cut off one of the main crowns, and sighed in his heart, as soon as those main crowns were cut down, the flowers and trees would not be able to live. However, the actions of the three of them also made Changning sure that this should not be the private territory of a certain sect, like the Taishang Sect, which absolutely does not allow disciples to do such things in the sect.
"Who's sneaky!" The big brother screamed.
Changning is at ease, she has a hidden cicada wing to protect herself, and she hasn't used any spells, even if the Yang God True Monarch comes, it is impossible to find herself, Mr. said that this situation is either that person intentionally slandered people, or someone else leaked his breath, he must not move, he just needs to be vigilant and prepare to escape.
"Boss Chen is lucky, he found the mille-feuille pandan on the first day." A hoarse laugh rang out, and five black-robed monks came out in front of the flower forest, and five skeletons were embroidered on the hems of their clothes.
Changning immediately thought of several monks marked as skeletons, but none of them matched the characteristics of the three people, she pursed her lips, and had a vague guess in her heart.
"Where? We only picked the incense sticks, and the petals were all picked up by others. Boss Chen said.
The man in black laughed, "In that case, Boss Chen slowly chops the incense branches, let's go first." ”
"Don't send it!" Boss Chen arched his hand.
After the three of Senior Brother Chen waited for the man in black to leave, the three of them relaxed a little, and Boss Chen said to his younger siblings: "Let's hurry up, if it is more than a thousand years old, it will not be in a hundred years, and maybe someone will come later." ”
"But didn't the five skeletons of Yinshan not do anything with me?" Chen Er was a little reluctant to incense sticks, "Big brother, we are lucky this time, we met a mille-feuille pandan when we came in, maybe we won't have this luck in the future!" ”
Boss Chen raised his sword and cut several incense sticks, "What do you know!" We are equal in strength to the five skeletons of Yinshan, today is only the first day, far from the time to make a move, if you wait for the last day, you see if they will stop! Seeing that his two younger siblings were still a little reluctant, he sighed and said: "This Cang'er Secret Realm is only opened once in a thousand years, and there are countless rare treasures, don't delay a big event for a little profit and hurt yourself!" ”
The two were reminded by the eldest brother, and they hurriedly sped up to collect all the thousand-year-old incense sticks, and the three of them left in a hurry.
Cang'er Secret Realm? Once in a thousand years? Changning listened to Boss Chen's words, and her heart sank to the bottom, there is no Cang'er secret realm that opens once in a thousand years in Zhongzhou, could it be that she came somewhere else? No wonder those mille-feuille pandans are no more than a thousand years old, according to the methods of these monks and geese plucking, these flowers and trees are not extinct It is already God's blessing, Changning shook his head, not thinking about the fate of the spirit plants in the secret realm. So those petals in her hand haven't been picked for a thousand years? Changning thought that when he returned to the sect, he could share a little bit with the master, the ancestor of Baocha, and the uncle, and the top mille-feuille incense of about a thousand years could even be used by the Yuanying monks.
She turned around and entered Qingwu Residence to change her makeup, she remembered that there were a few standard Taoist robes without any signs in the treasury that could be put on the outside, although she didn't know the specific situation of Cang'er Secret Realm, but judging from the two groups of people she met, the relationship between the different groups of monks here was not very harmonious, and she was still cautious;!
Qingwu Curie Shen Baobao happily hugged Changning's feet, "Auntie, Xiangxiang!" It held a glass bottle in its hand, and there was more than half a bottle of liquid in it.
"The baby is amazing!" Changning took the small glass bottle and boasted, the child should be encouraged, she twisted the bottle cap A burst of jasmine fragrance rushed to the face, Changning sighed lightly, tilted the glass bottle, let the liquid slowly slide to the mouth of the bottle, the liquid is golden and clear, this is - "Essence!" "Essential oils and fragrances are completely different things, essential oils are the means of refining petal essence in the world, because there are a lot of impurities in it, the fragrance of essential oils is mostly flushed to the nose, and it needs to be diluted before incense, and essential oils cannot be taken.
As the name suggests, the essence of fragrance is the essence of fragrance, which is the product of repeated refining and extraction of essential oils by means of monks, not only the fragrance is pleasant, but also the effect of nourishing the skin, the refining of essence is extremely complex, the monks in the foundation building period are not easy to refine, and the monks in the Jindan period are not willing to refine, so only a few petals similar to melaleuca will refine the essence in the cultivation world. Changning has never studied alchemy, and even the floral essential oil is refined by others, let alone refined the essence. She tasted the essence lightly, the entrance was soft, the teeth and cheeks were fragrant, and she happily kissed Shen Baobao again, "The baby is amazing!" ”
Shen Baobao giggled happily, "The baby is amazing!" Baby too! ”
Changning rubbed its little head, "The baby is tired today, let's go play first, and then do it tomorrow!" She was reluctant to refine the essence when Shen Baobao was fine.
Shen Baobao lay in Changning's arms, and said clearly, "Auntie, there is a baby outside, don't want the baby!" ”
Changning thought for a while before asking, "You said there is a ginseng baby like you outside, you asked me not to bring it back?" ”
"The baby is well-behaved, cute, fragrant, aunt doesn't want it!" Shen Baobao said seriously.
Changning laughed, "Okay, my aunt doesn't want anyone else, just the baby!" "There is only one baby in the world, and she doesn't want anyone else. Since seeing the spirit beast Heijiao who guards the foolish Daojun, Changning has decided never to accept the spirit beast, the loyalty of the wise spirit beast to the master cannot be immutable, rather than the last master and servant like the Shouyu Zhenjun, it is better to be like the master, accept the spirit beast as a registered disciple, let them be free, and make them more grateful to the master.
Shen Baobao happily hugged Changning's direct kiss, and Changning said, "Can the baby find a ginseng doll?" Shen Baobao nodded, and Changning said, "The baby is getting smaller, follow my aunt to find the ginseng dolls, and we will go to pick the spirit plants next to them." "What the baby said was delicious, it should be spiritual liquid, right?
Like Shen Baobao, a ginseng that has been transformed, each of which has existed for at least tens of thousands of years, belongs to the king of ginseng, and there must be a piece of ginseng where they are located, just like as long as there is a king of shellfish in the bead field, countless spiritual shells can be born. She can find ginseng dolls, and it would be nice to dig up a few small ginseng plants.
Shen Baobao's small chest was straight, "The baby is amazing!" ”
Changning rubbed its little head, let it rest in her hair, and quietly released her divine sense out of Qingwuju, and found that most of the melaleuca outside had been cut down, leaving only a hundred or so small trees that had just emerged. This place is completely different from the previous earth, the vastness is incredible, Middle-earth alone is as big as most of Asia before, and this is also the complete Middle-earth where the nine major sects are stationed outside of Middle-earth.
There are also gentlemen in the sect who have traveled to other continents with maritime merchants, and they all say that the vast sea area between each continent is incredible, and even if you use the magic weapon, it often takes more than ten years to arrive, and it is not that the monk does not want to go to sea at all, because it is very likely that if you go back and forth at sea, your life will be gone. Changning tried to think about it for a long time, but she didn't remember what special circumstances happened to her before entering the funnel, she breathed a sigh of relief, since this is a secret realm, then go to the secret realm to explore and explore, maybe there is something to gain, and then plan when the rest is out of the secret realm!