Chapter 9: The Starving Ghost
The moon bends and hangs in the sky. On the top of Lingshan, on the edge of Mochizuki Valley, on the Xingchen chess game, Jin Sheng is here to observe the celestial phenomena.
Whenever there is a natural disaster in the world, or a demon is born, it can be found in the star chess game. The Xingchen chess game was the life's work of the head of the hidden dragon back then, and Jin Sheng was full of emotion in front of the chess game established by his master. There must be visions in troubled times, Jin Sheng looked up at the starry sky and carefully calculated on the star chess game.
The starry sky was still quiet, and no signs were found.
It was late at night, and Xuanyuan Wentian was ready to have a supper and go to bed. This is a habit he has been doing for many years, and he can't sleep without enough food.
"Master, where did you put your food?" Xuanyuan Wentian has lived in the same room with Master Taihe Hall Master Jin Chan since he came to Lingshan. Jin Chan was ordered to raise this naughty and mischievous Terran child, and Jin Chan was responsible for eating and living. Although it took a lot of twists and turns, it allowed Jin Chan to sharpen his mind.
Jin Chan was meditating on luck, and a wisp of green smoke came out of his head and hovered on the roof, and the green smoke turned into Jin Chan's mouth, and the cycle continued. The luck cultivation of the Spirit Clan people is very interesting, they are all suspended in the house, which gives people a very magical feeling. Xuanyuan Wentian was very interested in his master's luck in meditation, and always clamored for the master to teach him, but was always rejected by Jin Chan. Looking at Jin Chan's endless green smoke, it is obvious that Jin Chan's spiritual power has been cultivated to the realm of Xuanying.
"Master, why don't you ignore me? I want to eat Muguo. Jin Chan heard that the stupid boy was making noise again, and he couldn't bear it, so he stopped.
"You stupid boy, you're hungry again!" Jin Chan really had no way to Xuanyuan Wentian, a foodie, he could eat his own wood fruit for half a month, Jin Chan was worried that this kid would eat too much to support, so he quietly hid the wood fruit. Even if Jin Chan hid Muguo in a place he thought was safe, this stupid boy could still find it.
"Master, why can't I find it tonight?" Xuanyuan Wentian rummaged, constantly rummaging through the room, and the room was all messed up by him.
"Hey, if it's really a starving ghost, it's so good to eat, sooner or later I'll have to eat up the wood fruit of Lingshan. Jin Chan said in his heart.
"Silly boy, you have eaten all the wood fruits, where can I hide them?" Jin Chan looked at this child who hated iron but not steel, and his eyes were half blame and half love.
Xuanyuan Wentian heard the master say this, raised his head and looked at Jin Chan blankly, Jin Chan couldn't stand his pitiful appearance, and was helpless against him.
"Let's go, Master will take you to pick wood fruits, you are already ten years old, and you have to learn a little survival skills. Xuanyuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and there was a wooden fruit to eat.
Behind the spiritual mountain, there is a forest, where trees and flowers live in this place where the aura is soaring, and it also sticks a little aura and becomes different. The Spirit people only eat wood nuts all their lives, and these wood fruits not only provide the Spirit people with an energy source for survival, but also provide conditions for them to cultivate spiritual power. Some wood fruits will produce aura in the body when eaten, and aura is a prerequisite for cultivating spiritual power.
"Master, where is the Muguo?" Xuanyuan Wentian looked reluctant and was taken by Jin Chan and walked into the forest.
"Silly boy, can't you wait, right? Muguo is naturally on the tree, you only know how to eat, when did you care about the origin of Muguo?" Jin Chan said casually.
"Master, I can't see that there are wood nuts on this tree! Are you lying to me?" Xuanyuan asked the sky that he was hungry, and he had no choice but to follow the master.
"Not all trees grow wood nuts. Although ordinary trees also have fruits, they are small in number and have a bitter taste, so we don't eat them. Jin Chan explained.
"Oh, what kind of tree fruit can be eaten?" Xuanyuan Wentian looked up at the master, his eyes full of dependence.
"Well, well, I won't be able to say it for a while. Our spirit race can thrive, it all depends on this forest, so ......" Jin Chan pointed to the forest with his finger and said, but remembered that Xuanyuan Wentian was a foreign race, so he didn't continue.
"What ?...... then" Xuanyuan asked Tiantian's eyes to look at Jin Chan, Jin Chan felt at a loss, his eyes took his eyes off him, and looked at these towering trees.
"Ordinary people are ordinary people, they like to get to the bottom of everything, but fortunately they didn't confide in him the secret of this forest just now. Jin Chan said in his heart, but he had long been accustomed to Xuanyuan asking Tiantian, he ignored Xuanyuan Wentian, and took his hand into the depths of the forest.
The pale moonlight shone through the shadows of the trees, casting pale white flecks of light on the boundless ground. The bleak woods, one by one, stood tall, showing the wet marks of dew, reflecting the silvery white light of the moonlight. Occasionally, I could see a few disciples of the Ronghe Hall patrolling the mountain, and they were haunted, which frightened Xuanyuan Wentian. Everything seems so weird.
"It's here!"
"Is this the place?" Xuanyuan Wentian broke free from Jin Chan's hand, ready to pick the wood fruit, eager to try.
"You can pick the wood fruit from this tree, I won't hide the wood fruit in the future!" Jin Chan intended to test this stupid child, seeing that he was so gracious, he couldn't shirk it.
"Good!"
Xuanyuan Wentian climbed towards the canopy, although he was only ten years old, he liked to be strong in everything, and there were never two words in his mind.
Jin Chan looked at Xuanyuan Wentian like this, and shook his head again and again, this is destined to be a failed labor.
"Master, why can't you take it off?" Xuanyuan asked the angel if he was sucking, but Muguo never moved. Jin Chan looked at Xuanyuan Wentian's persistent appearance and laughed under the tree.
"Master, what are you laughing at, come and help!" The boy was hungry, and the treetops shook even more.
"Come down, you can't pick the wood fruit this way. Jin Chan looked at Xuanyuan Wentian and shook his head and said.
Xuanyuan asked if he was unwilling, but when he saw a black shadow floating above his head, he was terrified. Although he was very hungry, he had to go down the tree.
"Don't you feel a little sad?" Seeing Xuanyuan Wentian's depressed appearance, Jin Chan asked jokingly.
"Master, I have never picked a wood fruit, please teach me. Xuanyuan Wentian looked at Jin Chan, his eyes were full of admiration, this gaze made Jin Chan uneasy, Jin Chan looked up at the treetops.
After a while, Jin Chan said, "Silly boy, Muguo can't be picked by brute force. The trees and flowers of our Lingshan have absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, and their bodies contain spiritual energy, and they can feel pain like you and me. ”
Xuanyuan Wentian blinked, and every word that the master said was memorized in his heart, although he didn't fully understand the meaning.
"Then how should Master pick the wood fruits?" asked Xuanyuan Wentian.
"Well, I'll teach you the simplest and easiest way, but it's a little indecent. ”
"What is indecent, as long as you can eat wood nuts. Looking at Xuanyuan Wentian's impatient appearance, Jin Chan smiled bitterly.
"Okay, you stand under the tree and pee and shout, 'I want a pee!' and the tree will reward you with a few peaches when it hears that you are so sincere and reciprocates with a soak of urine. Jin Chan said.
Xuanyuan Wentian did as the master said, and the big tree shook a little, and really dropped a few golden wood fruits.
"Master, what kind of wood fruit is this? I've never seen it before. Xuanyuan Wentian was puzzled by these wood fruits, the wood fruits he had eaten before were only fiery red, and this golden wood fruit was the first time he had seen them.
"You are ten years old now, which is equivalent to a hundred years old compared to the people of our spirit race, and we spirit people can only eat this golden wood fruit after they are a hundred years old. This wood fruit is also called a dragon egg, and the aura in the body begins to brew after eating. Spiritual energy is the foundation for cultivating spiritual power, and only with spiritual energy can you cultivate spiritual power, so Master didn't let you eat dragon eggs before, for this reason. Jin Chan said.
"I see. Xuanyuan Wentian held the wooden fruit in his hand and returned to his residence with the master.
"Ask the sky, you are a human race, you may not be able to eat dragon eggs. No Terran people have eaten dragon eggs before, let alone no Terran people have cultivated spiritual power, Master is still worried about whether you can eat this thing......" Jin Chan said this with his eyes closed, while meditating. Xuanyuan asked where he could listen, he had long coveted Muguo.
"Master, why is the flesh of this wood fruit blue?" Xuanyuan Wentian asked suspiciously as he peeled off the skin of the wood fruit with a folding knife, looking at the tempting blue flesh. I heard Master say that the flesh of wood fruit is only fiery red and golden yellow, and if there is other colors of flesh, it must be poisonous, and if you eat it, you will die.
"Blue?" Jin Chan closed his eyes and meditated at this time, and he felt incomprehensible when he heard Xuanyuan Wentian's words, he didn't open his eyes to take a look, but he felt that it was another wolf, so he ignored Xuanyuan Wentian and continued to meditate.
"Master, it's really blue, don't believe it. Xuanyuan Wentian pulled Jin Chan's sleeve and shook it, Jin Chan took a look, and the green smoke above his head immediately inhaled into his mouth and stopped his luck.
Jin Chan looked at Xuanyuan Wentian, with a slight bead of sweat on his forehead.
This wood fruit is also known as the dragon egg in Lingshan, which has the effect of containing aura and strengthening the body. The reason why dragon eggs are eaten by people of the spirit race after they are a hundred years old is because dragon eggs can catalyze the meridians in the body, so that they can speed up their operation, and at a certain node, they will produce aura. Jin Chan, who had a grudge in his heart, decided to impart spiritual power to him after listening to the words of the head of the house, Jin Sheng.
The dragon egg can not only catalyze the meridians to produce aura, but also have the function of identifying friend and foe. The people of the Spirit Clan take good care of the towering trees in the back mountain, and these fruit trees recognize the Spirit Clan as their owners, so the people of the Spirit Clan have touched the dragon egg, and the flesh of the dragon egg will not change color.
The skin of the dragon egg is golden yellow, as is the flesh. As long as someone from the demon clan touches the dragon egg, then the flesh will turn blue. As for whether the Terrans have touched the dragon egg and whether the dragon egg will change color, no one knows. No Terran has ever touched a dragon egg.
Jin Chan looked at Xuanyuan and asked, this kid can't be a demon of the demon clan, right?