When he came to Jinyun Temple, he was rushed by the solemn atmosphere of the Buddhist temple, and the ambiguous atmosphere between Ye Feng and Shen Ruolan dissipated.

Jinyun Temple, founded in the Tang Dynasty, is said to be built by a monk who attained the Tao, the real name is Tianhu Temple, because the temple is built next to the lake on the top of the mountain, and Dinghu Mountain is also called Tianhu Mountain because there is a lake on the top of the mountain. Later, it is said that when the monk sat down, the monks in the temple saw that there was a golden cloud descending on the top of the mountain, and the holiness was abnormal, so it was renamed Jinyun Temple. This is the allusion to the origin of Jinyun Temple.

In modern times, when analyzing this historical allusion, brick artists usually believe that the golden cloud seen by the monks is a rare optical refraction phenomenon・・・・・・ and the brick family can always find various theories about the mystery that cannot be solved.

Yes, it is true that there have been several monks in Jinyun Temple in the past dynasties, as evidenced by historical books and folklore. The stupa in the backyard of the temple is said to contain relics of high monks from all over the ages. Child. Jinyun Temple is also a famous Buddhist holy place in Quang Dong Province, and a large number of believers from all over the country come to burn incense and worship Buddha every year.

Jinyun Temple is a cliff on one side, and has one of the best viewing platforms in Dinghu Mountain, from which you can watch the sunrise and sunset, and experience the feeling of seeing the mountains at a glance.

There are several famous ancient cypress trees in Jinyun Temple, it is said that it is a thousand-year-old ancient cypress, and the oldest tree is as old as more than 3,600 years. It can be said to be a living fossil of the plant kingdom.

For the temple, to be honest, Ye Feng is not interested, he is a staunch atheist from a science background, and he does not believe in gods and Buddhas. However, Shen Ruolan believed this, and insisted on pulling Ye Feng to worship in front of the Buddha, saying that they would pray for health together with their family.

After worshipping the Buddha, the two came to the observation deck, overlooking the verdant Dinghu Mountain and the underground farmland road, and the figures of ants moving.

"Ye Feng, is this your first date with a girl?" Standing by the fence, her black waterfall-like hair fluttering in the wind, the corners of Shen Ruolan's mouth turned up slightly, her eyes were as clear as water, and she asked with a smile.

"Uh, yes. Ay? Wait a minute, we can't be on a date, I'm just going out with you to relax. Ye Feng nodded subconsciously, and then hurriedly clarified when he felt that something was wrong.

Shen Ruolan smiled, looked at Ye Feng with smiling eyes, and did not speak.

Ye Feng was stunned, and then was silent.

He understood what Shen Ruolan meant—they were already "dating".

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The next attraction is the thousand-year-old cypress that Ye Feng is most interested in.

There are three ancient cypress trees, each of which is more than 30 meters tall and has a trunk diameter of more than 2 meters. The oldest one is said to be 3,600 years old. However, Ye Feng once read a professional literature on botany, which said that cypress trees can only live for 3,000 years at most. Whether this cypress tree in Jinyun Temple is 3,600 years old Ye Feng is very interested.

Secondly, Ye Feng is also very curious about the physiological structure of such an ancient tree, what kind of force supports the ancient tree to be evergreen and immortal?

Shen Ruolan looked intently at the annotation of the inscription under the ancient tree, which recorded the origin and allusions of this ancient tree. Ye Feng looked at Gu Bai, released his spiritual power, and silently launched the "Plant Scanning" ability on it.

"Scanning・・・・・・ scanning!"

"Botanical name: Juniperaki

Age: 3642 years

Height: 39.27m

DBH: 2.76m

・・・・・・

If you find the 'Life Essence', do you want to collect it? ”

Well?

The essence of life?

At the end, a prompt suddenly popped up in the plant control instrument system, which made Ye Feng stunned.

"Essence of Life: A trace substance naturally produced in the body of certain plants after a long period of growth, which can have a strong promoting effect on the animal body, strengthen the vitality of the animal and accelerate the evolution of the animal. This miraculous substance is known as the 'essence of life'. The system explains.

Strengthens vitality? Evolve?

Ye Feng's eyes widened.

"It looks amazing, why don't you try it・・・・・・ wait a minute, after I collect this 'life essence', this ancient tree won't die, right?" Ye Feng was about to make a move, but after thinking about it, he had concerns.

After becoming the master of plants, in Ye Feng's view, plants are also life, and he is unwilling to kill them easily, especially such a precious ancient tree. Second, what if there is any vision during the collection process, and tourists here come and go, and they are seen?

After thinking about it, Ye Feng suppressed his impulse and didn't make a move.

"By the way, there are two ancient trees next to it, will there also be a 'life essence'?"

Thinking of this, Ye Feng also scanned the remaining two ancient trees.

"Scanning・・・・・・ scanning complete! Botanical name: Juniper, age: 2668・・・・・・ 'Essence of Life' was discovered, was it collected? ”

"Scanning・・・・・・ scanning complete! Botanical name: Juniper, age: 1809・・・・・・"

There are two ancient cypress plants left, one containing the essence of life, and the other is not.

It seems that not every ancient tree will produce this mysterious "life essence".

Ye Feng was very curious about this life essence that he had discovered by chance, and his heart was itching at the moment, eager to collect it immediately to see what it was, but he was worried and couldn't start.

"It's really troublesome, can you only wait for the next time it gets dark to do it secretly?"

Ye Feng couldn't think of a way, so he had to think helplessly: "Alas, there is no way, then I have to send Sister Ruolan back tonight after I go back." Anyway, the master is still waiting for me to go back to soak in the 'Jiuyang Vermilion Bird Soup', as well as the matter of collecting evidence of the Zhou family's crimes, so I have to put it first・・・・・・ hey, there is!" ”

Thinking of the Zhou family, Ye Feng suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a good idea.

"Sister Ruolan, I'll go to the toilet, you wait for me here. Soon! After Ye Feng finished speaking to Shen Ruolan, he rushed to the bathroom near the temple without waiting for her to rush back.

That look is really "urgent". Shen Ruolan looked at Ye Feng's anxious figure and was a little speechless.

All right.

Sister Ruolan had no choice but to wait slowly while admiring the ancient trees.

After more than a minute, suddenly a dark yellow figure appeared in Shen Ruolan's sight, and rushed towards the location of the ancient tree.

Several tourists who were watching by the ancient tree, including Shen Ruolan, all looked at the person in a daze.

Without him, the man's dress was too unusual.

Wearing a dark yellow armor similar to that of a European medieval knight, a fully enclosed helmet, and an impermeable armor covering the whole body, the visitor ran all the way, ignoring the surprised eyes of the tourists, and ran straight to the three ancient cypresses.

Shen Ruolan and the other visitors all looked at this strange man in armor curiously, to see what he was going to do.

I saw the armored monster come to the 3,600-year-old tree and stand still, starting.

"Collecting・・・・・・ Failed to collect! The host's mental strength is insufficient, please contact the target directly for collection. ”

The person who came was Ye Feng, he hid in WC, conjured a thin vest, and after covering his true face, he blatantly ran back to collect the life essence of the ancient tree.

But he didn't want to have to touch the trees to collect, so he stood stupidly for a while. Ye Feng had no choice but to take a few steps forward depressedly, and put his palm on the big tree.

"Gather!" Ye Feng gave the command again.

Immediately after, Ye Feng felt that the plants in his body could gush out uncontrollably, and in the blink of an eye, he consumed one-fifth, and hurriedly released his spiritual power to check the changes in the ancient tree.

I saw that as the plant energy flowed in, the sap in the ancient cypress's body accelerated, and in the black and white spiritual power vision, a little bit of emerald green light like stardust precipitated out of the ancient tree's body, quickly converging towards the part of his palm, and finally condensed into a green liquid bead.

This liquid bead the size of a dragon's eye turned out to be the essence of all the life that this ancient cypress had nurtured for 3,600 years. And according to the system's explanation, the vast majority of this drop of liquid is water, and the part of the substance that is really the essence of life is only a few micrograms. It's the essence, it's really enough!

And, in order to ensure the efficacy of the essence of life, it is also necessary to store this drop of liquid by special means.

Ye Feng's heart moved, and a layer of dense plant tissue grew outside the emerald green liquid beads, wrapping the droplets layer by layer, like a walnut with a thick husk. Retracted his right hand, and there was already a black apple-sized wooden ball in the palm of his hand.

In the eyes of others, the armored monster stretched out his hand and pressed it on the ancient book for a while, and suddenly buckled a lump of wood on it, but he was puzzled, so that he would not be stunned.

After receiving the life essence, Gu Bai did not change as drastically as Ye Feng imagined - or even did not move at all, causing him to worry in vain.

Looking at the description of the system, I realized that the essence of life is not an important substance for the plant itself, to be precise, it is more like a superfluous metabolite. Just like penicillin produced by Penicillium, the oxygen produced by photosynthesis, losing it has little effect on the ancient tree.

Due to the absorption of the plant energy of the leaf maple during the harvesting process, the upgrading of the ancient tree has become more vigorous, and it has been a blessing in disguise. This ancient cypress can continue to produce the essence of life, but it will take thousands of years to condense the drop that Ye Feng has just picked.

On the second ancient cypress, Ye Feng collected another drop of life essence. After putting away the two "wooden balls", Ye Feng waved his hand at Shen Ruolan and other onlookers with a wicked taste, and ran away in the blink of an eye.

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After two minutes, Ye Feng put his hand in his trouser pocket, whistled, and returned to the ancient tree in a hurry.

"Sister Ruolan, I've kept you waiting. My stomach was a little upset just now, but now it's better. ”

"Oh."

"By the way, Ye Feng, did you just see a strange man in armor walking past you?"

"Strange man in armor, I don't see it."

"・・・・・・ forget it. I just think that guy feels so familiar to me, a little familiar. ”

"Uh・・・・・・"

Ye Feng was stunned, thinking that a woman's intuition was really terrifying.

The two continued their trip to Dinghu Mountain, came to the lake to row, and waited until the purple glow filled the sky and the sunset shrouded in the end of today's pleasant trip.

During this period, Shen Ruolan never noticed that Ye Feng's pants pockets were bulging, and there were two more round things.

(PS: Guess what, what is the real effect of the essence of life?) The first one who guesses correctly will be rewarded~)