Chapter 338: The Treasure Trove
The tranquil lake, the water surface only in the breeze under the flutter of a few shallow ripples, the green willows by the lake slightly raised their branches, the green grass exudes bursts of freshness, and the bright flowers by the lake are all the time drumming the attractive fragrance of flowers, which makes people intoxicated and excite, as if they can see the most tender lover among the flowers, is beckoning like themselves, and people can't help but want to throw themselves into her arms.
"Hmm!" Mo Ming suddenly woke up, only to realize that he had unknowingly walked to the edge of the lake, and as long as he took one step further, he would step into the lake.
He suddenly realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly looked to the side, only to see Milan and Yue Lanqi with intoxicated faces, slowly walking towards the lake, seemingly not noticing that they were about to fall into the lake.
"Wake up!" Mo Ming suddenly shouted, and suddenly woke up the two girls from their dreams, and when the two of them saw the situation in front of them, they were suddenly scared into a cold sweat, and they were afraid.
"What the hell is going on? I felt like I was in a dream, and in the dream I saw someone who seemed to be calling to me. Milan whispered in surprise, Yue Lanqi nodded when she heard this, and said, "That's right, I also feel this way, and I can't help but want to follow under my feet." โ
Mo Ming's face was slightly gloomy, and his gaze shifted to sweep over the things on the edge of the lake, but in the end, his gaze fell on a brightly colored flower that grew on the edge of the lake.
"Flower fragrance! There is something wrong with this flower fragrance, it is too tempting, if you smoke too much, you will be unconsciously intoxicated by it, and it will produce hallucinations in your mind," Mo Ming's eyes were slightly heavy, and he said in a low voice, with the power of his soul, he was unconsciously tricked, and was almost introduced into the lake, but fortunately, at the critical moment, the soul card in the soul sea once again showed its magical side, shooting out a cold ghostly light, which made Mo Ming suddenly fall into an ice cellar, and woke up instantly.
"And is there any secret in this lake?" Mo Ming's gaze turned to the surface of the lake, and he secretly doubted in his heart, the hallucinations that the three of them might have were not the same, but the final result was exactly the same, if it weren't for the soul card to wake up Mo Ming, I'm afraid the three of them would have fallen into the lake at this time.
Mo Ming's eyes flickered, and he suddenly picked up a stone the size of a human head from the side and threw it into the lake, which immediately stirred up a layer of ripples, but what made the three of them feel strange was that when the stone fell into the water, it didn't make any sound, and it didn't even splash a drop, and the stone was more like it was thrown into a layer of glue and melted into it.
"Isn't this a lake? how can this be?" said Milan in a low voice of surprise, and then picked up a small pebble and threw it into the lake, but the situation was exactly the same as before.
Mo Ming's eyes were slightly downcast, he took two steps and stood on the edge of the lake, the lake water was very clear, the surface of the lake was like a mirror, which could reflect his figure, and the situation within one meter below the surface of the water could also be seen more clearly, but the lake was very deep, and the bottom could not be seen at all, and what surprised Mo Ming the most was that at his feet, the edge of the lake, there was no buffer slope, and the edge of the lake was a vertical plane straight down.
"This lake is definitely not a natural formation, it is man-made. Mo Ming's heart was secretly settled, and then he squatted down, and suddenly put his hand into the lake, just as soon as he entered the water, a warm feeling slowly climbed into his heart through his palm, and instantly felt as if bathed in the warm sun, all warm, there was an indescribable comfort, and he couldn't help but have an urge to devote himself to it, but Mo Ming, who had been prepared, kept reminding himself of the danger of the lake in his heart, and at the same time stimulated the power of the soul card, so he stayed awake and did not jump.
But when he wanted to detain some lake water, he was surprised to find that the weight, the weight of the lake water is amazingly heavy, a hand, a palm can hold a mouthful of water, it makes Mo Ming feel like lifting hundreds of catties of boulders, although for him this weight does not matter at all, but this is only the weight of a mouthful of water, looking at it, there is no way to see where the end of the lake is.
Mo Ming was shocked in his heart, if every drop of water in such an area of a lake had such a weight, the water of the entire lake would add up to a terrifying number.
And when he left the lake with the water of the lake, his face suddenly changed, cold, cold and biting cold instantly hit his whole body, as if he fell from heaven to hell at once, this huge drop, if it is an ordinary person, it is impossible to bear.
"What's the matter, this water is so clear!" Yue Lanqi saw Mo Ming's movements, and also followed to the lake, only to find that the lake water was so clear that Milan even squatted down and wanted to hold water to drink.
"Stop!" Mo Ming's face changed, and he hurriedly stopped, as if he was startled by Mo Ming's actions, and the two women looked at Mo Ming with puzzled eyes.
Mo Ming exhaled slowly, and a layer of white mist was spit out in front of his lips, this phenomenon only appears in winter or very cold places, it is a natural phenomenon that will occur when the hot air exhaled by a person meets the cold air outside, but at this time, it suddenly appeared on Mo Ming's mouth, but it seemed very strange and unnatural, you know, the warm sun above the head will not leave any chance of cold.
"Don't touch the lake, it's very weird, there's something wrong with it. Mo Ming's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice, forcing out the cold qi that invaded his body, and he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
Milan's face changed, and he quickly withdrew his hand and asked anxiously, "Is there a problem?"
Mo Ming's heart moved, and suddenly, a magic weapon like a gourd appeared out of thin air in the palm of his hand, the quality was not high, but the magic weapon level.
"Do you want to hold water?" Yue Lanqi said curiously, and the gourd magic weapon that Mo Ming took out was the container used by ordinary cultivators to hold liquids, although the quality of Lu was not high, but being able to hold liquids was a very rare thing among ordinary magic weapons, and Mo Ming also obtained it by accident before, and it was originally used to fill liquid raw materials when learning the art of alchemy with the Mushui Sect.
Mo Ming's eyes suddenly condensed, the gourd in his hand was suddenly thrown, the mouth silently recited the spell, and the hand was even more sealed, the gourd magic weapon slowly rose into the air, staying on the surface of the lake, the surface emitted a faint glow, and then it began to grow, until it became the size of a human body, and then it suddenly sent out a suction force from the mouth of the open gourd, and suddenly twisted into a small stream of water above the water surface below, rising to the sky, and sinking into the gourd.
Although the gourd was small, its capacity was as large as that of a house, and the lake seemed to be difficult to collect because of its weight, so it took a while to fill the gourd, which became smaller again and fell back into Mo Ming's hands.
Mo Ming put away the gourd, looked at the huge lake in front of him, there was a hint of pity in his eyes, his eyes turned, and then he looked at Yue Lanqi and Milan, who had been looking at him puzzled.
"I suspect that this lake is not naturally formed, but artificially developed, and the water in it is by no means a flexible lake," Mo Ming explained in a deep voice, then turned his eyes, looked at Milan, and said in a low voice: "This water should be a precious raw material that will be used in refining weapons, called Xuanzhong water, just a small sip of water is enough to weigh a hundred catties, if you drink it, think about the consequences?"
Milan was stunned when he heard this, and a ridiculous and terrible picture couldn't help but appear in his mind, and he suddenly trembled, and his face showed a hint of fear, and he quieted down.
"Everyone should be careful, I think this may be the third layer of the Tower of Babel, Xuanzhong Water is known as the most accessible water in the spiritual world, the feathers can't fly, everything that falls into it will all sink, even waterfowl can't avoid it," Mo Ming explained in a low voice, and then pointed to the water surface and said: "You see, although the water surface here is clear, but when you look at it, it is lifeless, not even a swimming fish can be seen, and there are no aquatic plants under the water, this lake is a forbidden area for life." โ
Yue Lanqi and Milan bent down to look, the lake water was clear and transparent, but there was no sign of life, the bottom of the river was calm and dark, if it were not for a few ripples on the surface of the lake under the breeze, it could add a touch of vitality, it was almost a pool of stagnant water.
"And not only that, someone deliberately planted a large number of these colorful flowers on the edge of this Xuanzhong Lake, the fragrance of the flowers is fragrant, but it has a strange psychedelic effect, which can make people have a very obsessive illusion, and then unconsciously will be guided by the illusion, into this lake, I am afraid that as long as you enter, you will never be able to get out. Mo Ming said with a solemn face.
"What are we going to do next?" asked Yue Lanqi, and then took out a container like a small bowl and put away the heavy water in the lake.
"Do you know how to refine weapons, what's the use of collecting these things?" Milan said disapprovingly.
Yue Lanqi controlled the bowl-shaped magic weapon to collect the lake water, and explained: "Didn't the master just say it? This Xuanzhong water is a precious raw material that will be used in refining weapons, and there must be many people who will want to rush to get it, even if I don't know how to refine weapons, if I take it out, I can exchange it for many things I want." โ
Mo Ming smiled lightly and said, "That's right, although such a large area here doesn't seem to be worth much to you, but when you return to the human plane, you will know the preciousness of this Xuanzhong water." โ
Milan's eyes lit up, and suddenly out of nowhere conjured a big vat-like thing, but the workmanship was very exquisite, and it looked very luxurious, but the whole shape was very similar to the water tank, hugged to the chest, and even covered the head.
Mo Ming and Yue Lanqi looked at each other, their eyes widened, watching Milan hold the big vat and shake it to the lake, suddenly shook his hand, threw the vat into the air, and then quickly pinched his hand, and said something in his mouth.
In the surprised eyes of Mo Ming and Yue Lanqi, the vat suddenly emitted a glow, and the lake water seemed to be pulled by a strong force, rushing up to the mouth of the tank, like a whale swallowing water.
"This magic weapon is too strong, isn't it!" Yue Lanqi's bowl-shaped magic weapon was already full, and flew back into her hand, she looked at the small bowl in her hand, and then looked up at the big vat that was swallowing the whale, and sighed in a daze.
Probably sensing Mo Ming and Yue Lanqi's strange gazes, Milan blushed and explained a little embarrassedly: "This bathtub was actually a gift from the prince of a neighboring country when I was born. โ
"Bathtub?!" Mo Ming and Yue Lanqi glanced at each other, speechless, and saw a trace of strangeness in each other's eyes.
The sky of the third dimension is like the first plane of the human race, the blue sky, cloudless, the warm sun shining on the earth, a scene full of spring, Mo Ming and the three of them left the lake, along the way they saw a long stretch of the lake, all planted with this kind of bright flowers that can make people hallucinate.
"Wait a minute, this kind of flower seems to have been mentioned by Shizun, it can make people have a beautiful illusion, the flowers are bright, but the branches and leaves are not luxuriant, there is only one main stem, when the flower blooms, the main stem is only five green leaves attached," Looking at the bright flowers by the lake from a distance, Mo Ming's mind suddenly recalled a strange plant that the Mushui Sect had mentioned, which was a kind of cherished medicinal material for alchemy, which was very rare.
"It's really a beautiful fragrance," Mo Ming looked closely, but he clearly saw that these flower plants were exactly the same as the plants described by the Mu Shui Sect, and he immediately exclaimed in surprise.
"What is it?" Yue Lanqi and Milan looked at the surprised Mo Ming inexplicably, and asked suspiciously.
Mo Ming suddenly pulled his legs and ran towards the lake, and the two girls were startled, thinking that Mo Ming was confused by the fragrance of flowers again, and hallucinated, so they hurriedly followed, wanting to hold him.
"Hey, I'm not deluded, let me go. Mo Ming struggled hard and explained depressedly: "I didn't recognize it before, but just now I remembered that this flower is actually called beauty incense, and it is the main medicine for refining the Ecstasy Pill, it is more precious than Xuanzhong Water, and its value is higher." โ
"Ah!" When the two girls heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they left Mo Ming behind and ran to pick flowers.
However, what made them depressed just now was the flowers that had just been picked, but after a dozen breaths, they suddenly withered, turned into a pile of dead powder, and drifted away in the wind.
"Hehe, the life of this beauty incense is very short, it will wither and wither an hour after it blooms, and if the flower is plucked, it will not take a cup of tea to work, but it will die. Mo Ming explained with a smile, then took out a jade box and said: "The medicinal power of the beauty incense is all concentrated on the stamen pillar in the heart of the flower, and the fragrance that can make people hallucinate is also emitted from the stamen, so we only need to pick the stamen pillar in the heart of the flower, and we can't touch the petals during the picking process, otherwise it will be like a beauty frightened, and the petals will be closed, and if it is forcibly picked, it will be scared to death and wither immediately." โ
Mo Ming explained the special surname of Meirenxiang to the two women, and demonstrated the picking skills to the two, all of which he learned from the Mushui Sect, although he had never experimented in ordinary times, but apparently the first experiment was quite successful.
"Also, the stamens are very sensitive, when picking, you can't touch them with your hands, otherwise they will also be stimulated and wither, in addition, picking and storing, you must use jade, so as to preserve the living surname of the stamens, and can play a role in warmth, and the effect will be better when refining the elixir. Mo Ming carefully put the freshly picked stamens into the jade box, and then quickly closed the jade box, and then explained to the two women.
"That's too much trouble, isn't it? The two women looked at each other, and Milan complained in a low voice.
Mo Ming put away the jade box, and continued to pick another beautiful fragrant stamen, and said with a smile: "Beauty smiles, the city and the country are captivated, why do you think it is so precious? It is because of its rarity and its powerful effect." Mo Ming turned his head, suddenly smiled mysteriously, and said, "And it has a more little-known effect, if it is successful, it is more valuable than refining it into an elixir." โ
"What is it?" the two women asked when they heard the value.
However, Mo Ming just smiled and said: "I also heard about this matter, as for whether it will work or not, it is still unknown, if there is a chance in the future, you will naturally know." โ
Beauty incense and Xuan Chongshui seem to be just the beginning, and in the following journey, Mo Ming and the three of them have successively discovered a variety of precious materials with strange effects but very dangerous, which can breed highly poisonous Gu substances but can be used to refine poison pills, and even found the best place for elixir cultivation in a valley, the soil of rest, and then they found Shennong grass that can solve thousands of poisons in a pastoral field, but what made Yue Lanqi and Milan most happy was that they found a few ripe Dingyan Fruits in a mountain forest, which was refined to make Dingyan Pill, which can lock the surface spring, which is the Baodan that all female cultivators dream ofใ
"It's a pity, you can't take it directly, otherwise I really want to try it now, so that I can lock my current appearance forever. Milan complained.
Mo Ming smiled and said, "If you are not afraid of poison death, you can eat it now." Then his eyes condensed slightly, looking into the distance, but he was secretly shocked in his heart.
"Who built this Tower of Babel, the third layer of space is simply a big treasure house, the Xuanzhong water that is difficult to find in the outside world, here is actually gathered into a whole large lake, and there are more cherished beauty incense, which is actually planted in patches, and the more priceless Dingyan fruit has actually found so many, red-capped snake fruit, thousand-eyed grass, Baise vine, these are rare alchemy and poison resources in the human plane, but they can be seen everywhere here, and the number is so much, it is simply a big deal. Mo Ming thought secretly in his heart, but was awakened by Yue Lanqi's exclamation.
"Look, ahead. โ
Mo Ming raised his eyes to look, but saw that a piece of gold appeared not far ahead, not far away, and the cyan grassland was connected to a vast desert, which seemed very abrupt, the three of them came to the edge of the grassland, looked at the barren desert in front of them, and looked at each other with wide eyes and looked at each other. (To be continued.) )