Chapter 10: Dragon's Scale Fruit
This kind of good thing, Xuchen is naturally very happy, and follows the golden eagle out of the Taoist temple. The golden eagle flapped its wings and flew towards the southwest with the void dust.
Xuchen saw in the air, the Wudang Mountains were twice as large, the towering peaks can be seen everywhere, the flowing springs and waterfalls, the sparse forests are slanted, and the red-orange persimmons are hanging on the treetops, facing the golden glow, as if in a fairyland.
After flying about fifty miles, the golden eagle began to fly towards a cliff.
Under the cliff, the white clouds were shrouded, and the golden eagle flew down with the void dust until it descended two hundred meters. I saw clusters and patches of white clouds flying from under my feet to my head. Sometimes I can't see anything through the clouds. Sometimes white clouds flew into the sleeves of the shirt and spread out again. With Xuchen's current eyesight, it is blocked by white clouds, and it is impossible to see the bottom. I was secretly surprised that Wudang Mountain had such a strange place.
The golden eagle carried the dust through layer after layer of white clouds. It is estimated that after descending about 1,500 meters, the golden eagle suddenly increased its speed, and its body circled, and suddenly passed through a hole with a circle of five zhang on the left.
The entrance of the cave suddenly opened up, and it was a natural stone milk cave the size of a football field, about ten zhang high. In the middle of a circular hole with a diameter of 20 meters, the golden eagle continued to fly into the circular hole with the void dust. In just a few seconds, he went out of the hole, and when he looked around, he saw that there were a few cold plums on the stone wall, which were fragrant and fragrant, and penetrated the end of the nose. The area is gradually widening, and it is simply a cave.
After descending another hundred meters or so, I finally came to a natural cold pool.
The cold pool is not big, only ten meters square, next to a few old plum trees, the branches are oblique, the plum blossoms are full of flowers, the fragrance is fragrant. I only saw the dust dizzy, and I was in a daze. The trees and the ground are covered with snow a few inches thick, and the pool is turquoise and deep. There was a slight chill on the surface of the water, like a transparent veil.
With the physique of the void dust, he couldn't help but shudder. Hurriedly use the mana to prevent the cold from eroding.
To Xuchen's surprise, in such a cold environment, there were many half-foot-long, silvery-white fish in the pool, enjoying themselves in the water.
Xuchen looked around, only to see that the radius here is less than 100 meters, there are unclimbable mountain cliffs on all sides, the clouds are shrouded, there is no top in sight, and there is a small stone cave on the cliff on the left.
When he entered the cave, there was only an old futon and a stone slab full of dust. When the futon is gently pinched with your hand, it dissolves into a mass of pieces.
"Could it be that this is the place where some master cultivates? Looking at the appearance of this futon, at least it has been ten years since he left. Xuchen muttered a few words and walked out of the stone cave.
I saw that in the stone crevice on the right side of the cold pool, there was a bowl thick, seven-foot-high spirit tree, with thick and long leaves like dragon fruit leaves, and the whole body was red. In the center of the stems and leaves were thirteen fist-sized spirit fruits, the surface was like dragon scales, and the color was like gold.
"What kind of spirit fruit is this?" Xuchen hurriedly inquired about the "Genius Earth Treasure Encyclopedia Illustrated Book", only to know that it turned out to be a dragon scale fruit.
The dragon scale fruit is a natural spirit fruit, which blooms once in 30 years, and the spirit fruit matures in six years. Eating one for thirty years of life, the main effect is to improve the physique, can greatly enhance the body's defense ability, it is said that as long as there is enough dragon scale fruit, you can cultivate the body to the strength of a real dragon, is an excellent spiritual fruit for refining the body.
"I didn't expect it to be a dragon scale fruit, now it's okay, it can be used to cultivate the Aoki Divine Body. ”
The Aoki Divine Body was left to him by Dao Yuanzi specifically with his innate spirit body, and it was also the top cultivation method of the Zhenzong in the Panlong Immortal Domain.
Xuchen knew that although he had entered the middle stage of condensation, the mana in his body had risen greatly. However, the body's own defense is still too weak, and it can't resist the attack of an ordinary pistol without using mana to protect the body, which is what needs to be strengthened urgently.
Looking at these twelve dragon scale fruits, Xuchen was overjoyed.
Xuchen was worried that the owner of the stone cave would come back and want to pick all the spirit fruits. However, the spiritual fruit must be kept in a wooden box, otherwise in about a month, most of the spiritual energy will be lost. He didn't have a suitable wooden box, so he could only pick three first, one for himself, one for his brother, and one for his brother. Wait for a few days to pick one and give it to Uncle Shi, and the remaining nine pieces are enough to cultivate the Aoki Divine Body to the Xiaocheng realm.
Xuchen estimated that the owner of the stone cave might have had an accident, otherwise he would not have returned for such a long time, so he ordered the golden eagle to guard here when he was fine.
Fortunately, it is hidden here, and ordinary people can't talk about it, so don't worry too much.
Xuchen originally wanted to communicate with the golden eagle through his divine sense, to see if it knew who the owner of this stone cave was. The golden eagle told him that the cave was where its former owner lived, and that he was a monk. Twelve years ago, I never went back, and I can't remember the details, but it also ate three dragon scale fruits this year, and it was only opened in wisdom.
He looked at the small silver fish here, and shook a few to death in the air, ready to take them back and roast them.
Although he is a Taoist priest, unlike the Quanzhen sect, he can't eat any meat. Their faction can still eat meat occasionally. It's just that for the sake of cultivation, I basically don't eat it at ordinary times, and occasionally eat some fish and eggs.
Seeing that it was too late, the golden eagle flew high with its wings in the void dust and re-emerged from the cave.
Half a pillar of incense, the golden eagle carried him back to the Purple Cloud Temple. The void dust caused the golden eagle to fly back to the vicinity of the spirit fruit to forage for food and guard.
Only then did he enter the Taoist temple, and when he saw that his senior brother Xujing had also returned, he handed him the three silverfish, and after a conversation, he walked towards the fasting room.
Half an hour later, the three of them had already started their meal in the dining hall.
"Senior brother, where did you catch this fish, it's too delicious!"
Xuqing ate with a mouth full of oil and was full of praise.
"Ahem... It's not my credit, it's the Golden Eagle's credit. Xuchen accidentally ate a fish bone and rolled his eyes.
"This guy, don't you know that eating fish is the most taboo to speak. ”
"No wonder the golden eagle caught it. Xuqing suddenly looked up in realization.
"Hey, how do I feel like I've eaten fish, and there is a warm current in my meridians. Xuqing was surprised.
"No, this is no ordinary fish. Xuchen smiled.
"Senior brother drink water, be careful to choke. Xuqing hurried to pour water.
"By the way, senior brother, you went up the mountain to chop wood, did you find anything special. Xuchen looked at Xujingdao.
"There's nothing special about it, it's just that there are flowers and plants everywhere, and there are more wild beasts, and the trees don't seem to be the same. I also found a few medicinal herbs that are more than ten years old, which are usually difficult to come across. ”
"It seems that aura has a great catalytic effect on various spiritual materials, and maybe after a while, animals may mutate. ”
"It's good for us to have a lot of spirit right now. Senior brother, you're about to break through the early stage of condensation. ”
"That is, it is estimated that in a month, it will be possible to break through. "Xujing is also smiling.
"Hey, senior brother in charge, you've broken through, senior brother is almost there, I don't know when it will be. Xuqing lay on the table like a lazy cat and sighed.
"Don't worry, you're so smart, you might catch up with us in the future, haha. "Void Dust quipped.
The three of them laughed and laughed, which can be regarded as joy in suffering.
After eating, after reciting the "Qingjing Sutra" and "Heart Seal Sutra" for a while, Xuchen took out two dragon scale fruits and gave one to Xujing and Xuqing. He said that he had accidentally discovered it on the mountain, and then returned to his bedroom and began to think about the next cultivation issues.