Volume 2: Deer Valley Nursery 5: The Fish of Compassion
Yan Xuan wiped the tears on his face with the handkerchief given by Tang Ping, and went to look at the map that had just been laid out on the table.
Sure enough, unlike the previous two, the most obvious thing is that there are no black dots on those countries or families, and in addition to the same mountains and rivers as the previous two, the map is drawn with a lot of new things. Yan Xuan carefully identified and found that those above were actually some beasts and flowers, she raised her head and looked at Tang Ping, and asked curiously, "What are these above?" ”
"Sister Yan, anything that can appear on this map is a great thing."
"Amazing? Is it because they're amazing? Yan Xuan looked at the map, pointed to a small hand-drawn tiger on the map and asked, although the tiger was very small, only the size of a finger, but it was lifelike and fierce, and you could see the pen power of the person who drew the tiger.
"This is not an ordinary tiger, and an ordinary tiger will probably be scared when he sees it."
Tang Ping looked at the place Yan Xuan was pointing at and said, "This is called a ruler fang, it looks like a tiger, but it is actually a kind of demon beast, I heard that the fangs of this demon beast are like a sharp sword that cuts gold and broken jade, and the claws are like sharp steel hooks, extremely fierce, it is said that his fangs, eyes, beard and fur are rare good things in the cultivation world." The shakufang, which has lived long enough, is said to have a demon pill in its body, and it is a rare treasure. ”
"Good stuff? What's the use? Yan Xuan asked curiously.
"I've also heard of this, the fangs and whiskers of this shakufang are said to be used for refining weapons, that is, to make them into magic weapons that monks can use. The fangs can also be added when refining some special pills, and the eyes are also medicinal materials, not to mention the fur, which is naturally used for refining armor. ”
"To make pills, tiger's eyes are actually medicinal materials, and immortals also use pills, is it possible that immortals will also get sick?" Yan Xuan's mother is a doctor, and she has learned a lot of ways to cure diseases and save people, so she is more interested in this.
"Of course, the monk also has to take the pills, first, most of the pills are to help the monks improve their cultivation, although this medicine seems to be many, but it is very expensive; The second is that some extremely precious elixirs can help monks overcome their own bottlenecks and thus advance to a new realm, and this elixir is the most precious; The third is that if the monk fights with others, he will inevitably get injured, so the monk will also take some pills to heal his injuries, and in general, the most in the cultivation world are these three pills. That tiger's eye is said to be a special elixir that can only be taken in conjunction with a relatively rare method, which is helpful to that particular cultivation method, and can be regarded as the fourth elixir in the cultivation world. ”
"In this way, my mother soaks tiger bones in wine or grinds them into powder, it seems that the medical theory of this immortal is very different from that of mortals."
"See here, here, there's a grass painted here, this is a good medicinal material, and the painting here tells us that if you want to pick this grass, you have to go here."
"Why is there a stone painted here, could it be that the stone is also a medicinal material?"
"That's not a stone, it's a mine, you see there is a hole drawn next to it, it should be a mine hole, ordinary iron and copper monks must not look at it, so the minerals that are useful to the monks are also very precious, well, for example, the bronze carriage we used here is not ordinary bronze, there are many people in the Nine Xuanmen in our Five Spirits Sect who specialize in cultivating the way of cultivators, and the distribution of minerals available to them does not know how much more detailed than this map."
"Specializing in refining weapons, is there a school that specializes in medicine and medicine?"
"Of course there is, Qixia Mountain specializes in refining pills, what, Sister Yan, do you want to learn alchemy in the future?"
"That's not necessarily, it's just that I used to learn some methods of treating diseases and dispensing medicine from my mother, although I didn't learn well, but I was still very interested in this."
"Wow! That's great, Sister Yan, maybe I'll really have to hug your thighs in the future, ha! Do you know? The monk can do alchemy, that's really a lot of money, the Tang family is a big family, but there are only one or two people in the family who can do alchemy, I heard my sixth grandfather say that the level is too much worse than Qixia Mountain, so the family is still supported like a baby. Well, you are the fire spirit root, and your qualifications are not bad, it is estimated that it will be no problem to enter Qixia Mountain to learn alchemy, ha! ”
Although he didn't speak, Yan Xuan quietly made up his mind in his heart, and was ready to go to that Qixia Mountain to try his luck after he could officially enter the sect.
"What about this, there is a tree painted here, what is so strange about this tree, could it be that its fruit is also a good thing?" Yan Xuan asked, pointing to a tree drawn on a mountain ridge in the picture.
"Well, that kind of tree isn't very funny, this tree is called Baizhang Bone, the bone of bones, scary, right? I don't know if its fruit is useful, but this kind of tree has wooden thorns on its body, like sharp arrows, but whenever a wild beast or a person accidentally passes within a hundred zhang of it, its thorns will shoot out, and its roots will cover a hundred zhang square, and then it will drill out of the ground and drag the corpse into the ground, so this kind of tree is full of white bones within a hundred zhang radius, hence the name of it, which is a kind of flesh-eating tree. ”
"God, it's really scary, so how do you prevent it?"
"Sister Yan, how many monks walk on their feet? If you don't touch the ground, this kind of tree won't be sentient. Sister Yan, I'll show you another one, this, this monkey is a good drawing, right? Tang Ping said, pointing to a lifelike little monkey on the map.
"Well, is there anything special about this monkey?" Yan Xuan looked at the little monkey scratching his ears and cheeks and asked.
"Guess." Tang Ping sold a pass.
"Could it be that like that big tiger, the teeth, beard and fur are all useful?" Yan Xuan said this, but he felt a little pity in his heart, after all, the monkey in the picture was very cute.
"This kind of monkey is called Guluo monkey, and it is said that a rare fungus can be found on the territory of this monkey, which grows on trees and is very valuable, but this kind of monkey is not fun, don't look at the beautiful painting. It's a kind of monster, a group of people on the tree, and there are unlucky beasts or people passing by under the tree, and they will throw stones down on the tree, and then they will drag the corpse up the tree and eat it. This monkey only eats meat, not the fruit of the tree, and I heard that there are not even bones left. Don't look small, but they are very strong and agile, even if the monks enter their territory, if they are alone, they must quickly dodge, it is very difficult. ”
This surprised Yan Xuan again, how can they be some dangerous and difficult, isn't there something good? Then she saw something that surprised her even more, and she couldn't help but point to the map and say, "Why is there a woman drawn here, is it ......?"
There was indeed a woman in the place pointed by Yan Xuan on the map, and the drawing was still very beautiful, and with a few strokes, the attitude of a young woman scratching her head and posing was left on the paper.
"That's even more dangerous!" Tang Ping glanced at it and said, "It's called a nightmare, it's a kind of monster that specializes in eating people, its body is similar to a big insect in the soil, and a tail sticks out of it to transform into a beautiful woman, specifically tempting people to come to her, and then stretches out its big mouth from the soil to swallow people in one bite, because this guy only eats people, so he usually hides in places where there are people." ”
"Oh my God!" Yan Xuan muttered, she had heard the legend of goblins harming people since she was a child, but it was just a strange talk, and she didn't take it seriously, but she didn't want to be confirmed by Tang Ping today. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little frightened in her heart, and said to Tang Ping, "Why are they all harmful things?" Don't you have one to like? ”
"Like? Ha, Sister Yan, these things are what the monks like, as the saying goes, there must be a disadvantage and a benefit, these guys are not only treasures on their bodies, but there are often heavenly and earthly treasures growing where they live, so the monks are very happy when they meet them. You probably like it, right? Yes, I'll show you. ”
Saying that, Tang Ping looked for it on the map and pointed to one place and said, "Look here." ”
The place where Tang Ping's finger pointed was a big river with rolling waves, and a strange-looking fish on the surface of the water was poking its head out.
"What is this, fish?"
"Well, this kind of fish is called a benevolent fish, also called a hat fish, you see its head doesn't look like wearing a hat."
"Well, at first glance it looks weird, but you really look like a hat when you say that."
"This fish has a benefit, if a person accidentally falls into the water is touched by this fish, he will survive, it will hold the drowning person and push him to the shore, how about it, it's a good fish, right?"
"Well, saving people's lives is a great merit, no wonder it's called Compassion Fish, it's really good." Yan Xuan nodded and said.
"But you know what, it's because it saves people that it brings disaster to yourself."
"Oh, why is that?"
"It's not a sin, this kind of fish is a treasure, especially under the skull of the fish head that is the same as a hat, there will be many beads in it when you knock it open, it is a treasure in the cultivation world, and it is even more valuable in the world, so there are people in the world who catch this kind of fish, they deliberately pretend to fall into the water to lure the benevolent fish to save him, and then when they are about to reach the shore, they will use the hidden hook on their bodies to pierce the fish and hook it tightly, so that the fish cannot escape, the fish is also stupid, as long as it saves people, it will push people to the shore. So the fishermen dragged the fish to the shore with the people who received them on the shore. ”
"Oh my God! How could they do that? ”
"Sister Yan, whether it is in the world or in the cultivation world, kindness may not necessarily be rewarded, so there are very few such fish, I see that you have a kind temperament and is a soft-hearted person, don't abuse good people like this benevolent fish, I don't want you to learn to harm others, you just need to treat this cultivation world as your Yan family compound, and grow an extra heart eye everywhere."
After thinking about it, Tang Ping continued: "There are a lot of cultivators in the cultivation world who have a lot of suspicions, and even more who are selfish, even if they are members of the same family, they have to beware of each other, not to mention that they meet within the sect or even in Pingshui, don't become a stepping stone for others because of their momentary kindness." ”
This is the second time Yan Xuan has been shocked by Tang Ping today, she looked at this girl who was younger than her, these truths, except for her own mother, no second person has told her, she was excited, she took Tang Ping's hand and said: "Ah Ping, you are so good!" Thank you. ”