Chapter 5: Ancestors

Although Xu Chuan has not been able to cultivate in the past three years, he has really read a lot of books on cultivation, including a miscellaneous record about the spiritual fruit of the world, which records the mention of yang fruit.

Yang fruit, like a ball, purple all over the body, has a strange aroma, can breed yang energy when eaten, and has the effect of strengthening the body. However, the yang fruit will only be born in the yang soil. Yang soil is a magical soil for many cultivators to refine magic weapons and cultivate spiritual materials, which is difficult to find in the mortal world.

"I'll take a look..."Xu Chuan couldn't help but reach out and take out a fruit from the sack, this fruit was quite heavy to start with, the whole body was cold, there were subtle veins on the epidermis, the whole body was purple, and there was a strange aroma wafting out, which made people can't help but want to take a bite.

"It's definitely a yang fruit, I didn't expect that I could still see the real yang fruit." Xu Chuan couldn't help but be a little excited, it's one thing to see it in a book, and it's another thing to actually see it.

The spiritual objects between heaven and earth have long been looted by those cultivators, and the imperial court has even listed some spiritual stone veins as forbidden objects. And he is congenitally deficient in heart and has poor bones, so he needs this kind of spiritual creature to strengthen his body the most.

"My lord, you can take it, although this fruit is ordinary, but this is the only thing the villain can take." Li Ming said.

Xu Chuan couldn't help but look at him, looking at Li Ming's appearance, obviously not lying, the latter really didn't know that this was still a spiritual fruit that could strengthen the body.

He groaned for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll take it, but I have something to ask you, let's go, let's go in and talk." ”

Xu Chuan held a yang fruit in one hand, and grabbed Li Ming's arm with the other hand and was about to go to the mansion, and at the same time he instructed the two housekeepers in front of the mansion to carry the sack in, but the two housekeepers pouted their butts and lifted them for a long time and only barely moved the sack, Xu Chuan couldn't help blushing for these people, Li Ming grinned, turned around, grabbed the mouth of the sack with one arm, and picked it up directly.

"That's a lot of strength." The two sturdy men were full of admiration.

Xu Chuan looked at this scene and remembered that Li Ming had to be hugged by five or six yacha in the hall to hold it down, and when he caught the village chief of the Li family, he was even more fast, and threw him back to the hall from the yamen, which was indeed a natural divine power.

"This Li Ming... Isn't it ordinary people? ”

Xu Chuan muttered in his heart, but looking at Li Ming's honest smile when he walked in front of him with a sack, he didn't look like a hidden master. I could only press the doubts in my heart and bring him into the house.

Passing by Xie Yu, the two girls of the Moon Dance saw Xu Chuan coming back with a village man, although they kept a smile on their faces, their eyes didn't look at Li Ming. Li Ming has dark skin and looks quite handsome, but unfortunately, his status is too low, he only felt that his eyes lit up when he saw the two girls, but thinking that this was the mansion of the county lord, this must be the daughter of the county lord, so he didn't dare to look at it anymore, and followed Xu Chuan with a sack.

Sitting in the hall, Xu Chuan looked at Li Ming, who was a little cramped, and couldn't help but smile, asking him to put down the sack in his hand and sit aside.

Xu Chuan took the fruit in his hand and asked, "Brother Li, what is the name of this fruit?" ”

Li Ming grinned and said: "I call it melon, the taste is sweet, but you can't eat more, you can be full for three or five days if you eat one." I ate too much and my stomach was bloated. ”

"Oh? Tell me more about it. Xu Chuan said.

Li Ming saw that the county magistrate was interested in this fruit, and thought that the county magistrate had never seen such a novelty and was curious, so he immediately said it enthusiastically.

It turned out that in his field, there was a vine that grew, and the yang fruit was born from this vine, and it could only ripen once in two months, and only one fruit would bear at a time.

Hearing this, Xu Chuan glanced at the sack without a trace, and there were sixty or seventy fruits in the sack... That's the harvest of more than ten years.

"This fruit tastes good, and it is full, the villain wanted to have more, but whether it is planting fruit or cutting vines, it can't live in other places, only that vine, all year round, even in winter, can bear fruit, speaking of which, the villain's land is also a good land, other people's wheat grows slowly, but my wheat grows very fast." Li Ming said with a smile.

Hearing this, Xu Chuan already knew where the vines were growing. It must be Yang soil, looking at Li Ming's honest appearance, Xu Chuan's heart moved slightly, although Yang Guo is precious, but the value of Yang Earth is not below Yang Guo at all. If you can find a way to get this yang soil and yang fruit vine...

As soon as this thought popped up in his mind, two options suddenly popped up in his mind: "First, conceal the origin of Li Mingyangguo and Yangtu, and take it for yourself, luck -100." ”

"Second, inform Li Ming of the origin of the Yang Fruit and the importance of the Yang Land, and help Li Ming keep this secret, luck +20."

Xu Chuan was stunned.

Is there a mistake?!

He just had an idea, so he just let him choose?

No, it's more of a warning than an option! If he took possession of the Yang Fruit Vine and Yang Soil, the treasure would be in his hands, but he would have to pay the tragic price of reducing his luck by 100. On the contrary, be a good person, you will not get any treasures, and your luck will increase by 20.

Heh, thought he would be afraid?

But anyone who can do business will choose one.

Use 100 points of luck in exchange for Yang Fruit Vines and Yang Soil, value.

Of course, Xu Chuan is not afraid, but he is not a trader.

So he decisively chose two, and the 20 points of luck given for white are still fragrant.

So Xu Chuan said:

"Brother Li, I'm going to tell you some of the roots of this fruit now, whether you believe it or not, it's up to you."

Then he told Li Ming all the magic of the Yang Fruit as it was, boosting Yang Qi, strengthening the body, and being among the spiritual fruits, once a cultivator discovers this Yang Fruit, it will definitely be a curse rather than a blessing, and if the Yang Land is discovered, it will be snatched by cultivators.

Li Ming was still smiling honestly at first, he thought that the county master was going to tell him how to grow fruits, but the more he listened, the more pale his face became, and he didn't have the slightest joy of knowing that the yang fruit was a spirit fruit, thinking that the village chief could frame him for coveting his family's land, once those cultivators found the yang fruit, what good could they do? The more Li Ming thought about it, the more afraid he became, mortals are weak, and they are afraid of the strong in their bones. As soon as he heard what Xu Chuan said, Li Ming hurriedly got up and said:

"My lord, I, what should I do?"

Xu Chuan saw that he understood the relationship so well, and secretly said in his heart that this Li Ming was actually not stupid, but his personality was a little more honest and simple, so he smiled and said: "You don't have to worry, go, I'll go with you, take a look at the yang soil, we just need to transplant the yang soil and yang fruit to a secret place." ”

As he spoke, he got up. Li Ming looked at Xu Chuan's back, and he was already grateful in his heart, so he hurriedly followed.

When Li Ming came, he came on foot, he was strong and his steps were like flying, but Xu Chuan didn't have that strength, beckoned Li Ming to get into the car of the county master, and rushed towards Lijia Village with a dozen or so errand officials.

"Look, the corrupt official's carriage."

"Why did the dog officer go outside the county?"

"Mother, didn't you say yesterday that the county magistrate opened his eyes and finally handled the right case, why do you still call him a dog officer." A childish boy pulled the stout woman next to him.

"That's a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse, son, you study hard, and you can become an official in the future." The woman said.

When the childish boy heard this, he shook his head resolutely: "No, I don't want to be an official, I want to be a cultivator, flying around in the sky." ”

"Don't dream." The woman screamed.

……

The sounds outside the carriage came and went, Xu Chuan heard it clearly, he had long been used to it, this group of Diao people... But when I think about the minus 17 value of my public opinion, it is also a pain in my head.

Li Ming, who was sitting in the same carriage, heard the discussion outside, but his heart was not good, he also thought that Xu Chuan was a corrupt official and a bad official.

But after this incident, it has long been completely changed. Listening to the discussion outside, a trace of anger rose in his heart, but when he turned his head, he saw Xu Chuan closing his eyes and recuperating, looking plain, and he couldn't help but admire more and more. Although the county master is a few years younger than himself, his boldness is indeed not comparable to ordinary people.

They traveled all the way to Lijia Village. The official costume of the group was too ostentatious, which directly caused a sensation in Lijia Village, and the official obeyed Xu Chuan's order, just saying that the county master came to the countryside to inspect, and there was no need to make a fuss.

But how can you not make a fuss, when did their county master go to the countryside?

The county magistrate of Xuchuan County and Li Ming walked into the field, and after looking for it, Xu Chuan easily determined that a piece of black soil the size of a bowl was yang soil. There was still a dried vine growing on the soil, and if Li Ming hadn't said that it was still alive, Xu Chuan would have thought that the vine had died.

"Yang soil the size of the bowl mouth can grow yang fruits, and it can also affect a large wheat field, which is really spiritual soil." Xu Chuan sighed in his heart, ordered Li Ming to bring a shovel, and immediately dug two feet deep to dig out the soil.

Li Ming and others also hurriedly helped, and this scene fell in the eyes of the villagers of Lijia Village who were watching from a distance, it was really fried.

"The county magistrate and the errand officer went to the ground together."

"The county lord also farms?"

"This is the county magistrate and our people sharing weal and woe."

There was a lot of discussion, and the people were boiling.

Xu Chuan had just dug up the yang soil, and suddenly a prompt popped up in his mind: "Public opinion +80, prestige +80, luck +5." ”

Xu Chuan was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but wonder, what happened?

But this was not the time to wonder, he and Li Ming put the soil in the sack, and Li Ming carried it and walked towards his yard.

Xu Chuan ordered the official to wait outside, and he followed Li Ming into the courtyard, the courtyard was neat, quite a bit of worldly atmosphere, Xu Chuan nodded slightly, it seems that Li Ming's parents were still a particular person.

There are three rooms in the courtyard, Li Ming lives in the main house, the south side is stacked with sundries, and the east room is vacant, Xu Chuan came in and saw that the east house was still lit with candles during the day, and couldn't help but wonder: "That's?" ”

Li Ming was half a step behind, and when he heard Xu Chuan's question, he hurriedly explained: "Well, that's my ancestor, when my father and mother left, I said that the candle and incense of the portrait of my ancestor cannot be broken, and if it is broken, there will be disaster, and my ancestor will bless my family with peace and security." ”

Xu Chuan smiled.

Looking closely at the portrait hanging on the wall in the room, it shows a middle-aged Taoist with black hair on his waist with one hand and pointing upwards with the other.

"Huh?"

Xu Chuan suddenly looked at him,

Look at the portrait.

Candles flickered in the slightly dark room,

The fingers of the person in the portrait seem to move.