Volume 4: Test Feather Thirteen: Tu Pozi
Seeing Zou Su nodding, Jia Ye took out an item from the storage bag with some pretentiousness, and when Qian Chao looked at it, he found that it was a black-brown crockpot with a lid on it, and he didn't know what was inside.
Zou Su took out a spirit stone, and Jia Ye also opened the lid of the clay pot, and he put the spirit stone into it with a bang, and Qian Chao and several people didn't understand what medicine was sold in the gourd of these two people, and when they were wondering, they saw that there seemed to be a white light in the clay pot that shook a few times, and then Jia Ye turned it over, turned the clay pot upside down, and something fell to the ground from it.
The contents of the jar fell to the ground and wriggled to retrieve it, and several people saw that it was an equally black-brown fleshy worm, less than three inches long. Then he saw the worm crawling on the ground, trembling as it crawled, and when its trembling subsided, the worm plunged headlong into the earth, and quickly burrowed down.
Seeing that Qian Chao was surprised, Zou Su said: "Senior Brother Qian, a few of you will either retreat a little more or fly off the ground, and this place will be a little shaky and unstable in a while." ”
After saying that, Zou Su and Jia Ye got up from the ground and hung a few feet above the ground.
When Qian Chao and the others saw it, they also learned from them to fly, but they wondered how much movement such a small insect could make.
Tang Ping is a spirit bird, not only spirit birds and spirit beasts, but also all kinds of spirit insects, but she can't recognize the little black and brown insect just now, let alone name, and she is even more curious.
Li Jian used his innate induction to find the little insect that drilled into the ground, and he could detect that the little insect had drilled down for more than ten zhang distance, and it continued to go down, and he couldn't help but be curious, secretly saying that this little insect was drilling fast in the ground.
Yan Xuan and Lu Pingchuan were confused, but they knew that there was probably a lot of excitement to see behind, so they both stared at the ground.
Li Jian's brows suddenly furrowed, and he was surprised to find that the small insect that had burrowed into the ground was twenty or thirty feet underground, and the body that was originally the thickness of his fingers was changing rapidly.
There was no clue on the ground, but Qian Chao could faintly hear the sound of clattering from the ground, the sound was not loud, and several people heard it, as if something underground was greedily swallowing something.
Qian Chao raised his eyes and looked at Zou Su, who saw that Qian Chao seemed to be quite smug and smiled.
Something could already be seen on the ground, and the originally flat river beach was crisscrossed by slight bulges, as if something huge was drilling down there.
"It's coming out." After about a cup of tea, Li Jian said softly.
Sure enough, the rumbling sound of the ground became louder and louder, and a large mound gradually rose up below several people, and with a bang, the mound was overturned by a guy the size of a small house.
The black-brown insect before was too small, and the insect had already burrowed into the ground when a few people wanted to take a closer look, so although Qian Chao and the others guessed that the guy who came out of the ground now was probably the little bug, this bug was also ...... It's ugly.
The guy's small house-like head was full of dirt and sand, and it was falling down, and there was a black spot the size of a wine glass on each side, which seemed to be the guy's eyes, and the black on its face was wrinkled, and a long closed slit was very conspicuous, probably its mouth, and then looked down, rows and rows of fine little paws were densely packed until the soil could not be seen, which was probably the reason why this guy crawled fast in the ground.
Zou Su slapped his palms when he saw it, and with a "snap", he saw that the big guy was like an order, and the long gap on his head suddenly cracked, and a lot of things spit out from the big guy's mouth.
They were all stones, as big as a calf and as small as a human head, and they rumbled and rumbled with each other and were spit out by the big guy and scattered all over the ground. After a while, he stopped, and then saw that the big creature seemed to be regurgitating, and the mouth that was closed and closed like a slit was pursed back and forth, and then his head shook and opened again, and he spat out countless stones of different sizes.
In this way, the big creature vomited three times in a row before stopping, and it seemed that it had vomited all the stones it had eaten in its stomach, and then it looked tired, and those dense little claws exerted force together, and made a loud rustling sound, and struggled to climb out, but the more it crawled outward, the smaller its body became, and when it had completely climbed out of the cave, its whole body was the same as before, less than three inches long, and no thicker than its fingers.
Jia Ye took the crockpot and approached it, and the little black-brown insect crawled in with a bow, and he closed the lid and put the crockpot away.
Qian Chao really wanted to take the crockpot over at this time, but since it was like this, it was clear that he didn't want him to see it, so he had to give up.
In fact, the most anxious thing is not Qian Chao, but Tang Ping, she has long been interested in the worm, but she is helpless to see that the two of them are stingy and don't even let them look at it.
"Senior Brother Qian, let's take a look."
Zou Su landed next to the hill-like pile of stones and said to Qian Chao.
The five of them fell down and walked in front of the pile of stones, but Lu Pingchuan, Yan Xuan and Li Jian walked to the hole drilled by the insect first and looked at it, and saw that there was a black piece in it, like a huge dry well, I don't know how deep it is, and I can't help but be amazed.
Qian Chao used the imperial technique to check in the pile of stones, and couldn't help sighing, they are all good ores, if you don't use them for your own use, the asking price of each piece should be at least two spirit stones, and the fineness is really good.
"How?" Zou Su looked at Qian Chao and asked with a smile.
"Senior Brother Zou, Senior Brother Jia, the two senior brothers really opened the eyes of the junior brother today, I can't imagine that there is such a good way to mine stones, I have a long insight."
"Haha, Senior Brother Qian doesn't have to say that, you will have a better way to get this ore in the future, oh yes, I don't know what Senior Brother Qian needs, if Senior Brother Qian can use the ore here, just take it yourself."
"No, thank you two senior brothers, I still have some ore, please put these away from it."
"Well, that's fine." Saying that, Zou Su motioned to Jia Ye to collect the pile of ore.
"Senior Brother Zou," Tang Ping said next to him, "What kind of worm was that bug just now, I really haven't seen it before, Senior Brother Zou, can you tell me about its origin." ”
"This junior sister," Zou Su glanced at Tang Ping, he didn't recognize Tang Ping, he just thought it was an ordinary female disciple in the sect, "I really don't know about this, I won't tell you, this worm was bought by us in Ruixuan Town outside the sect, alas, it's really expensive, I can't afford to produce so many spirit stones alone, it's the spirit stones that I put together with Senior Brother Jia, just like that, the loose cultivation that sold insects to us is too little, and I had to put on a few more spiritual weapons to get my hands, alas, it's also a big hemorrhage, The loose cultivator said that this kind of insect is called Tupozi, well, although the name is not very good, but it is very convenient to use it to dig ore! ”
"Tu Pozi" Tang Ping nodded, and when she returned to the sect, she must inquire carefully.
"Ruixuan Town, I can't imagine that such a good thing can be bought in Ruixuan Town." Qian Chao said.
"Huh? Senior Brother Qian, haven't you been to Ruixuan Town? Zou Su asked.
"Naturally, I haven't been there, this is the first time that the junior brother has gone out of the sect after breaking through the third layer, how can that town have been, but I have heard more than one senior brother talk about it in Chengqitang, I heard that Ruixuan Town is very lively, there are many new things, and I will go there once in the future."
"Well," Zou Su realized, "Senior Brother Qian, you are skilled in alchemy, then Ruixuan Town should indeed go, but don't be too anxious, it's not too late to go when your cultivation is higher." ”
"Understood, thank you Senior Brother Zou."
"Senior Brother Zou, are there a lot of strange things in Sanxiu's hands?" Tang Ping asked again on the side.
"Well, it's a lot, most of the things in the hands of the scattered cultivators are things that we sect disciples can't see on weekdays, but even if you go to Naruixuan Town in the future, those scattered cultivators will have to see more and ask less, firstly, those scattered cultivators are very entangled and annoying, and secondly, there are not a few liars among them."
"Thank you, Senior Brother Zou."
After bidding farewell to Na Zou Su and Jia Ye on the river beach, the five of them flew towards the next place where there might be spiritual grass.
However, the topic of several people on the road is inseparable from the scene they just saw.
"Hey! I really didn't expect that there was such a thing, such a small worm could become so big after eating a spirit stone, and it could dig up the ore to be on top of it...... Hehe, there are a lot of people, eh, Brother Qian, I think you have to get one of that bug, and then find a place with ore in the future, you release the worm, isn't there as much ore as you want? ”
Lu Pingchuan said excitedly while flying.
Li Jian thought about what he had just seen, and couldn't help but say, "There are really a lot of novelties in this cultivation world!" ”
Qian Chao said: "I am indeed very hot for that bug, but I want to buy that bug when they buy it is definitely not cheap, both of them have passed the small five levels, and the net worth naturally does not need to be detailed, and there are still two people to make a spirit stone, and some more spirit weapons can be bought, it can be seen that the price of this insect must be extremely expensive, I am not short of ore materials now, and I am not in a hurry, and I really want to get one to use if I have the opportunity in the future." ”
"I'll go back and ask for you, there are not only spirit birds and spirit beasts in the imperial spirit, but also spirit insects, but I really haven't heard of this kind of soil woman, and today is the first time I've seen it."
"He had not one, but two in his jar." Li Jian said suddenly.
"Two?" Several people were curious again.
"Well, two, he poured out one and helped him dig up the ore underground, there is one in the jar, it is estimated that the two insects are a pair, if they are released, I am afraid they will run away."
A few people suddenly realized, no wonder the insect would be obedient and obedient, and after getting along for a long time, they all knew that Li Jian was born with amazing sensibility, and he said so, it would not be wrong.
"Then what kind of place is Ruixuan Town that Senior Brother Zou is talking about?" Yan Xuan asked after thinking about what Zou Su said.
"That Ruixuan Town is the farthest place under the direct jurisdiction of our sect, and the people who come and go in the town are also monks, just like ordinary town shops, I heard that there are also many shops, and everything is bought and sold, some of them are opened by the sect itself, some of the disciples of the sect are partnered, and there are also some small families and small sects, which are very lively. There are a lot of people from other clans who are there all the year round, and there are a lot of casual cultivators, which can be regarded as a mixed place. ”
"Wow, boy money, you know it so well, you look like you've been there." Tang Ping asked strangely after listening to Qian Chao's words.
"Naturally, I haven't been there, but," Qian Chao smiled slightly bitterly when he said this, "Since my alchemy skills have improved a little, some senior brothers have beaten me up, not because they want to buy it forcibly, but because they want to take my spiritual weapons from me first, and then they go out to sell them, and then come back to give me a share, that Ruixuan Town is one of the places where they sell spiritual weapons, so they told me a lot of things about Ruixuan Town, so I know a little bit about it." ”
"Oh, then how did you get rid of them later, or did you earn a lot of spirit stones with them like this?"
"Naturally, I found a way to get rid of them, alas, it was also very troublesome, one of them came to me almost every day, which was annoying, no way, and then I lied that my spiritual weapons were sold in partnership with the senior brothers in the inner hall, and he died of his heart."
"Eh, Brother Qian, there is such a fun place, we should also take a look!" Lu Pingchuan heard Qian Chao say that Ruixuan Town was lively, so he said with an itch.
"Well, I'm afraid we can't go now?"
"Why is that?" Lu Pingchuan asked puzzledly, not only him, but the other three were also listening to Qian Chao's explanation.
"Come on, Ruixuan Town said that it is not far away, and it is not close, those senior brothers who build the foundation go there, and the kung fu of having a cup of tea will also arrive, and the senior brothers of the high level of qi refining can also arrive in a day, but we are the only ones, the cultivation is not deep, if we go, it is estimated that we will have to walk on the road for more than ten days. Second, we are going to Ruixuan Town, we have to pass through a few more dangerous places on the way, which we really can't deal with now, and I also inquired from others, and there have always been accidents outside the sect disciples, and there have been more accidents there. ”
Hearing this, a few people nodded.
"And the third one, even if a few of us get there now, it's not safe, as I said earlier, there are a lot of loose cultivators in Ruixuan Town, and those casual cultivators do things beyond our imagination, if we are targeted by them, as long as we get out of town, we will be hit by them, and the consequences will be unimaginable."
"Well, let's go later." Yan Xuan was a little scared when he heard this.
"Generally, the disciples of the sect go to Ruixuan Town, and they only go after the small five levels, and the cultivators are more difficult to practice than us, and there are not many who can pass the small five levels, so it will be much safer for us to go after passing the small five levels."
After coming out of the river beach, the five of Qian Chao went to three places in succession, and the harvest was not bad, at least the white branches were found, not only that, Yan Xuan also found a lot of other suitable spiritual grasses in these places, and they were all happily picked.
In the evening, the few people found a hidden place in the mountains to rest for the night.