Chapter 44: Substitutes (2)
Liang Hu was not discouraged, after a short rest, he changed to draw the gold system of the "Lux Fu", this time the weak gold attribute of the wild boar bone meal has been strengthened, so that Liang Hu's entire drawing process is very smooth, and he actually got the finished product at one time, and then Liang Hu tested this "Lux Fu", and was pleasantly surprised to find that its effect can roughly have the seven effects of the two talismans drawn with Tian Huangshi as a material, so that Liang Hu can't wait to vent his inner excitement.
Liang Hu has been limiting his vision to jade before, these raw materials are expensive, and he can't afford to get a lot of them now, this trip back to his hometown Liang Hu accidentally found a replacement for jade materials, even if their materials are inferior, it is acceptable, because Liang Hu can master the use of hidden charms through a lot of practice, so that he can be used occasionally, and must avoid the eyes of outsiders, into a conventional weapon that can be used anytime and anywhere.
In terms of a certain process, if Liang Hu's strength is directly raised to a new height, how can this strategic-level change be offset by the drawbacks of "reducing the power of the talisman"? With this expectation, Liang Hu turned all the wild boar bone powder into talismans in the next few days, most of which were "Lux talismans", only a few "ghost face talismans", and he even drew a few "golden light talismans" However, it is a pity that all attempts have failed, which shows that under Liang Hu's current strength realm, it is not feasible to use these impure materials to draw high-level talismans, so Liang Hu dispelled this idea.
Without the bone meal made from the grinding of the skull, Liang Hu put his mind on other parts of the boar, and soon he found that his previous idea was a little too optimistic, neither the boar's leg bones nor its fur would help Liang Hu in any way. After some thought, Liang Hu began to consciously expand the scope of his raw materials, and found that ordinary small prey, such as pheasants, hares, and grass snakes, were completely useless, and this answer verified Liang Hu's previous conjecture, and also made him pay attention to one of the miscellaneous notes in the classics he obtained.
This miscellaneous note is appended to the alchemy book, and the content above can be said to be quite simple, that is, to teach cultivators how to identify, collect, and store various materials. Since Liang Hu was already a strong man in the Spiritual Silence Period when he began to try alchemy, he often responded to what he needed, and he didn't need to do it himself at all, so he naturally left this miscellaneous note behind, but now Liang Hu found that although there are very few classics inherited from this small sect, every chapter has a place to use, such as this miscellaneous note related to materials, which is quite helpful to him now.
Liang Hu carefully recalled this miscellaneous note of only more than 1,000 words, and remembered that it divided the world into five categories: heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, plants and trees, fish and insects, birds and beasts, and the wild boar he hunted a few days ago was classified in the category of birds and beasts. This is consistent with the results of Liang Hu's experiment, he played with the wild boar teeth left behind, and felt that his mind could completely spread outward, and cast his previously narrow gaze on other aspects, such as fish, insects, plants and trees alongside birds and beasts.
There are no fish in the mountains, but there are certainly countless insects, and the vegetation here is even more lush, so it may not be impossible to find suitable materials with patience. Liang Hu, who had made up his mind, spent the next few days taking advantage of various opportunities to chat with the elders in his family, knocking on the side and probe, and locking down more than a dozen places worth visiting. After making sufficient preparations, Liang Hu began his journey of exploring the hidden world with a small backpack on his back.
ββββββ*ββββββ*ββββββ Liang Hu used a firewood knife to peel off some of the bark of the big tree surrounded by three people in front of him, the age of this big tree should be more than 300 years old, Liang Hu could sense the faint wood aura emanating from the trunk of the tree when he stood next to him. After putting the peeled bark into the memorization, Liang Hu took out his notes and carefully recorded the general area he was in, as well as the time of collection, the surrounding environment here, and other information, these materials can help Liang Hu verify a lot of things, and when he needs more of this bark in the future, he can also directly follow the map to find a lot of strength left.
Liang Hu himself knows very well that he will be "quenched jade" After being used as a natal dharma, these wood-based materials are destined to be of little use in his own place, but Liang Hu inherited the cultivation classics are not the only ones in the gold-based dharma, he is completely familiar with other methods, such as using the principle of mutual growth and restraint to mix a variety of materials with different attributes to mix ink and even refining magic weapons, or simply use these bark with a faint wood-based aura to make rune paper, just like the ones I saw in the Maoshan authentic store pΓΉ a few days ago.
After finishing this, Liang Hu looked up at the sky, took out the food he brought from his back, found a stone and sat down and began to enjoy lunch. The cold and hard wild boar meat really affects the taste, but Liang Hu strictly abides by the rules of the mountains and does not make a fire to bake, there are quite a lot of dry branches and hay at this time, once the spark is blown away by the mountain wind, it is likely to cause a terrible disaster.
"Master, the road here is too difficult to walk!" The mountain breeze blew by, transmitting a young woman's voice to Liang Hu's ears, and then a man's voice sounded, but because the direction of the mountain wind changed, Liang Hu only heard a little indistinguishable sound, and he didn't know what the man said. After a few minutes, another old voice came, and Liang Hu's eating movements suddenly became stiff, because he had already heard that the owner of this voice was the old Taoist priest he had seen in the town a few years ago.
Liang Hu finished eating the things in his hand in two bites, and carried the back of the straps beside him, preparing to avoid this old Taoist priest who might have some plans, but his footsteps stopped when he took a step, because the third voice also reached Liang Hu's ears: "It's almost there, go over there for more than ten kilometers, and turn over the opposite mountain, which is where you are going." β
"Liang Shan, how did he get involved!" Liang Hu's thought of staying out of the matter was immediately dispelled, he touched the talisman on his body, buried his head and walked in the direction of the source of the sound.
"Brother, you're here too!" Liang Hu walked for a few minutes, and saw two men and a woman on the opposite side through the gaps in the trees, and the other party naturally saw him because of this, Liang Shan, who was walking in the front and leading the way, shouted in a tone of surprise, and then sped up his pace and ran in front of Liang Hu.
Liang Hu looked at Liang Shan, who was full of surprise, and also made a surprised look and asked, "Xiaoshan, why did you come up the mountain too?"
"Hehe!" Liang Shan glanced at the old Taoist priest who was still dozens of meters behind him, lowered his voice and said: "I came out to hunt, but I didn't expect to meet that profiteer in the mountains, he asked me to be a guide and promised a reward of 1,000 yuan. Originally, I shouldn't have asked so much for leading the way in the mountains, but didn't this guy also trick you last time? β
After listening to his cousin's words, Liang Hu felt a trace of murderous intent in his heart, this old Taoist priest did not go to the village to find a guide, but to find lonely villagers in the barren mountains and mountains, and threw out such a rich price, I am afraid that he had no scheming from the beginning. Liang Hu is not afraid of being reluctant to get involved, but now that this guy has provoked his relatives, don't blame himself for being polite. So Liang Hu made a eager expression on his face, and said to his cousin Liang Shan: "I'm going back anyway, why don't I run with you." β
There was one more person in the team, but the old Taoist priest was completely blind to this, and still did not shy away from talking to the female apprentice, and through the fragmentary information revealed in their conversation, Liang Hu's mind quickly pieced together a complete picture. A few years ago, a wealthy man from Nanyang died, and his descendants auctioned off the real estate and relics they had inherited in order to divide the inheritance, and a tree of about 800 years old was among them. According to the description of the descendants of the rich man, this is his father in the mainland before the liberation of the secret collection of treasures, the rich man in his later years riddled with diseases, but he relied on this ginseng king repeatedly hung up his dying life, and lived more than 90 years before he drove the crane to the west.
Such longevity treasures naturally attracted the competition of countless predators, and the final buyer was rich and wealthy, which was not something that the old Taoist priest could provoke, but he saw some clues from the promotional photos of the auction. After some research, the old Taoist priest found that this so-called ginseng king is not a real ginseng at all, to be exact, it is not a complete ginseng, just a half tentacle of a 10,000-year-old ginseng king, and the ginseng picker who thought he was lucky actually missed the great opportunity.
After getting this conclusion, the old Taoist priest thought about the ginseng king that should not have risen yet, and he spent a lot of effort to investigate the scope of the deceased rich man's activities back then, and spent many years slowly narrowing down this range, roughly judging the area where the ginseng pickers found the ten thousand years ginseng king. The trip was one of the most likely locations, a small place deep in the mountains that the locals called the Valley of the Dry Grass. The southern mountains and forests should normally be lush and green, even in winter, but the dry grass valley described by Liangshan is rarely green all year round, and it is clear that the earth qi there has been sucked away by the Wannian Ginseng King who hides here, which makes it impossible for other plants to grow.