Chapter 342: The Sacred Tree
Yang Yi and the others followed Xiao Huang all the way to an orchard with relatively fertile soil, and saw that there was a fruit forest in the orchard, and this fruit forest was the Tuling Fruit Forest.
"I'll go, it's too..."
Yang Yi and the three of them were completely stunned by the soil spirit fruit forest in front of them, the earth spirit fruit that the world was extremely eager for was just an ordinary spirit fruit here, if this was known to the outside world, it was estimated that they would go crazy to enter this place, especially the earth attribute cultivators.
"Xiao Yi, is this all true in front of us?" Xiang Haoyu was shocked.
With a "snap", Yang Yi's palm slapped directly on Xiang Haoyu's thigh.
"Whew... Xiao Yi, what are you doing? Xiang Haoyu yelled bitterly.
Yang Yi didn't reply, just nodded, and Nuo Nuo said to himself, "Well, it's true." ”
When Xiang Haoyu heard this, he was speechless, the corners of his mouth twitched, his eyelids trembled slightly, and he was obviously blinded by anger.
"Xiao Yi, you have to verify, shoot me for Ha, not yourself. Xiang Haoyu reprimanded.
"Does it hurt to shoot yourself? Yang Yi said lightly.
When Xiang Haoyu heard this, he suddenly felt like he was going to vomit blood and die, which kind of answer is this, it hurts to pat his thigh, and it hurts to pat someone else's thigh, isn't it painful for others.
Just as he was yelling at Haoyu, Yang Yi successfully relieved his anger with a question.
"Xiao Huang, how did you come to this earth spirit fruit forest? Yang Yi looked at the Earth Spirit Fruit Trees of different sizes and ages in front of him, and asked.
"It's basically all cultivated. Xiao Huang replied.
"Ao, have you mastered the cultivation technique of the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree?" Yang Yi said in surprise.
"Of course, as our most important material, the Earth Spirit Fruit must do everything possible to continue it. Xiao Huang replied.
"I don't know how long this Earth Spirit Fruit Tree has existed. Yang Yi then asked.
Xiao Huang pointed to the outermost part of the Earth Spirit Fruit Forest and said lightly: "The outermost circle has basically been successfully cultivated in recent years. ”
"It's only been a few years, it's impossible, these Earth Spirit Fruit Trees are at least a few decades old. Xiang Haoyu didn't believe it.
"It's really been cultivated in recent years, and this fruit is picked every year, and it's been five years. Xiao Huang replied.
"Xiaohuang, you shouldn't be mistaken. At this time, Yang Yi was also incredulous.
"Impossible. Xiao Huang shook his head lightly.
At this moment, Wang Ye said lightly: "It should be the Earth Mother Stone here that has accelerated the growth rate of the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree. ”
When Yang Yi heard this, a glint shot out of his eyes, and he exclaimed, "Yes, why didn't I think of it." ”
"Xiao Huang, you are harvesting the outermost earth spirit fruit every year, aren't you. Yang Yi asked.
"Yes, these earth spirit fruits are used for the cultivation of the tribesmen. Xiao Huang replied.
"What about those inside?" Yang Yi then asked.
"A little further inside, it was successfully cultivated decades ago, and under normal circumstances, it is harvested once every ten years. As for these fruits, they are all given to the ministry
Fall into the ordinary guards, and the long-aged earth spirit fruit will be given to the elite guards......"
After Xiao Huang's careful explanation, Yang Yi and the others learned that this earth spirit fruit forest is divided into five areas from the outside to the inside according to the number of years of planting. Among them, the outermost fruit forest is the first area, and this area has the most earth spirit fruit trees, which are mainly distributed to ordinary residents for cultivation. In the second area, the age is a little longer, the number of fruit trees is less than half, and it is picked every ten years, and its earth spirit fruit has been possessed for nearly a hundred years, that is, the fifth-level spirit fruit, which is given to ordinary guards and elite guards to cultivate.
The Tuling fruit trees in the third area are all hundred-year-old trees, and there are few fruit trees, and the outer ones are picked once every fifty years, and the inner ones are picked once every hundred years. These earth spirit fruits are given to the captain of the guard in the tribe, and the higher the position, the longer the life. The Earth Spirit Fruit Trees in the fourth area are hundreds or even thousands of years old, and these Earth Spirit Fruits are generally picked every few hundred years, and they are all given to the super warriors of the tribe. ”
As for the fifth area, there is only a huge earth spirit fruit tree, this tree is tens of thousands of years old, and its surroundings are empty within a hundred meters, making this giant tree particularly sacred, in order to preserve the importance of this tree, the inhabitants of the tribe call this giant tree a sacred tree. The reason why this tree is extremely important is because the earth spirit fruit trees in this fruit forest are all its descendants, in other words, all the earth spirit fruit trees extend from it.
In order to protect this sacred tree, the tribe specially stipulated that the earth spirit fruit on this tree must be picked every thousand years, and it cannot be picked completely. As for the Earth Spirit Fruit produced by this sacred tree, only people who have made great contributions to the tribe and have a very high status can be qualified to take it. As for the Earth Spirit Fruit in the treasure house, it was plucked from this sacred tree.
Yang Yi looked at the holy tree that stood out among the many earth spirit fruit trees, and asked lightly: "Xiao Huang, this holy tree has existed for so long, hasn't it gone through the Great Tribulation?"
"Not really. Xiao Huang shook his head lightly and replied.
"No, after surviving for so long, it should have become a sacred tree a long time ago. Yang Yi muttered.
At this time, Xiao Huang suddenly remembered a rumor, and said lightly: "However, according to the elders in the tribe, the holy tree is not the oldest earth spirit fruit tree in the tribe. ”
"Oh, could it be that there are even more ancient Earth Spirit Fruit Trees?" Yang Yi said in surprise.
"Hmm. Xiao Huang nodded, and began to talk about this rumor.
According to legend, before the tribe was desertified, the earth spirit fruit tree was all over the place, and at that time, everyone just regarded this tree as an ordinary fruit tree, and they would pick and eat it every moment. However, there was an earth spirit fruit tree that lived in an extremely secluded place, and its terrain was extremely steep, and no one dared to go there, so the fruit of this tree was never picked.
Over time, the tree grew unusually large, and the fruit produced was exceptionally strong and attractive. One day, not only what happened, but the area where this tree grew suddenly changed dramatically, at that time, the heavens and the earth were shocked, dark clouds were thick, lightning and thunder roared, and a terrifying thunder fell from the heavens, splitting on the earth spirit fruit tree. In the end, the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree survived the nine terrifying thunderbolts and was reborn. From that moment on, the huge earth spirit fruit tree derived consciousness, which could speak human language and conjure up relatively illusory human figures.
The fact that the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree that could be seen everywhere could undergo such an astonishing change was a shock to all the people in the tribe. So the leaders of the tribes, the great sacrifices
Si and other big figures arrived one after another and began to study the reasons for the astonishing changes in the tree. In the end, through the unremitting efforts of the leader and others, they found out the reason, and at the same time, they realized how huge the energy contained in the fruit of this tree, and some people even used it as a basis to break through the realm of the lord.
From that moment on, the leader and the others carved out an area in many places, and stipulated that the earth spirit fruit produced on the earth spirit fruit tree in the area could not be picked. In this way, the earth spirit fruit trees in the area began to grow day after day, and the earth spirit fruit became bigger and bigger with the growth of the years, and the color became more and more obvious, and the energy contained in the fruit could also be used by people to cultivate.
But the good times didn't last long, thousands of years have passed, and the earth spirit fruit tree that had survived the thunderstorm once again faced the previous natural disaster, and the power of this natural disaster was extremely terrifying, covering an extremely wide range, and many of them lived here. It may be that this tree has lived for many years, and finally it can't withstand the last thunderbolt and turns to ashes, and along with it, the people living in this area will also dissipate.
Such an astonishing event once again stunned everyone in the tribe, and they began to look for the cause. But it didn't take long for the Earth Spirit Fruit Trees in the area that had been demarcated thousands of years ago to undergo an astonishing change, which was the precursor to the fall of the thunderstorm. This frightened all the clansmen and fled quickly, but the speed of the thunderstorm was too fast, and most of the people in the area where the thunder fell were buried here, except for a few people who managed to escape. Moreover, none of the Earth Spirit Trees, which had been painstakingly cultivated for thousands of years, survived.
Such a strange phenomenon and unacceptable results could not but cause the tribal leaders and high priests to reflect deeply. Therefore, after hundreds of generations of research, the cause of this was finally fully understood, and as long as the fruit on the tree could be picked within a certain number of years, it could avoid thunder from heaven. So the tribe began to demarcate the area again, and began to cultivate the long-lived earth spirit fruit, until the tribe began to appear desertification.
Due to the influence of desertification, the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree withered one after another, even if with the help of the Earth Spirit Bead, the desertification was stopped, and oases emerged one after another, but the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree still withered at a slow rate, and no longer produced Earth Spirit Fruit. This made all the clansmen in the tribe anxious, so they began to study and cultivate for a long time, hoping to cultivate earth spirit fruit trees that could adapt to the environment in front of them.
After several generations of hard work, the Emperor finally researched an Earth Spirit Fruit Tree that could adapt to the environment in front of him during the period when the last Earth Spirit Fruit Tree was about to wither, and this Earth Spirit Fruit Tree was the current Holy Tree. Although the tree is able to grow and regenerate the Earth Spirit Fruit, it is difficult to reproduce. So the tribe began another method of how to speed up the reproduction of the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree.
After several generations of research, the tribe finally broke through this difficulty, so began large-scale planting and cultivation, until now, the earth spirit fruit tree is beginning to gradually multiply, and its planting and cultivation skills have gradually strengthened with the test of the times. Until now, it only took a few months to grow a sapling of the Earth Spirit Tree, and this method is a cultivation technique.
The specific method is relatively simple, which is to cut off the branches of the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree with a knife, and make the cutting surface bevel-shaped, and then insert this into a specific configuration of nutrient potions, so that the bevel-shaped cutting surface grows roots. After the roots have grown, they can be planted in a specific arrangement of soil to increase their survival rate, and when the branches grow into small seedlings, they can be planted in the soil and let them grow at will. After two or three years, these small saplings will be able to bear Earth Spirit Fruit, and this is how the Earth Spirit Fruit Tree in the outermost part of the fruit forest came from.