Chapter 35: Breaking the Circuit
There is an ancient brown tree more than eight feet tall, with a wrinkled skin and full of cracks, which has a sense of antiquity. The trunk of the tree is straight, with nine branches forked from each branch, each with three green leaves, and a green fruit hanging below, about half the size of a palm.
The fruit is crystal clear, like cyan amber, and the surface is shiny and unscented, but the appearance is very attractive.
There is a pond of water next to the ancient tree, which is extremely clear, about six zhang square, and there are three carp swimming in it, which is very ordinary, and there is nothing special to see.
Not far behind the pond, there is a path paved with blue stone slabs that leads to a swarthy hole, which is breathtaking.
These things seem to have existed for an endless period of time, from time to time to generation, without any change, quiet and peaceful.
Wang Duan walked to the ancient tree, staring at the fruit with glowing eyes, then closed his eyes, and took a deep breath, as if smelling some kind of fragrance, he slowly exhaled it, tilting his head slightly, as if he was savoring something.
After a while, he opened his eyes, and a flash of light flashed in them, and said, "Poor Dao feels a sense of Dao rhyme. ”
"Dao Yun?"
Zhang Linchen looked at him from the side, quietly took out the rune stone in his hand, and had a little plan in his heart.
"That's right, this is definitely a sacred tree, and I am afraid that there is no comparison in the whole world. Wang Duan grinned and said: "It is only possible to find such a divine object in the forbidden land, I didn't expect that there is really something here, it is really the emperor's heart, this trip has made a lot of money!"
"What's the use of this fruit?" Zhang Linchen said suspiciously, "And I listen to you, you already know that there is this tree here?"
"The effect of the fruit is not clear, but it is definitely beyond your imagination. There is also a record about this sacred tree, Poor Dao saw it from a secret place, but it only said that there was a shocking artifact at the end of the ladder, so Poor Dao insisted on moving forward. Now it seems that the ancients did not deceive me!" the king was almost laughing behind his ears.
He continued: "How about a poor Dao take seven and Dao friends take three?"
Zhang Linchen groaned: "You are six and I are four." ”
Wang Duan smiled and said, "It's decided." ”
Then he took out two jade boxes, reached out and picked one and put it in the box, and then put it in his pocket, and when he was about to pick the second one, his fingers actually passed through the fruit, and he grabbed one empty.
Wang Duan's eyes widened, and he tried to touch it again, but he failed again, and he couldn't catch it at all, as if the fruit was not in the same space as him, and could only be viewed from a distance, not touched.
"What's going on?"
Zhang Linchen also saw Wang Duan's fingers pass through the fruit, and the same was true for the second time.
Wang Duan immediately took out the jade box he had just put away, and when he opened it, there was a mouth-watering fruit lying in it.
Suddenly, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay...... OK...... There is something wrong with this tree, and it seems that only one of the nine fruits can be taken from it. ”
"I'll try. ”
Zhang Linchen stood next to the tree, took a jade box from Wang Duan, and stretched out his hand to a fruit. The next moment, he felt a hint of coolness, and there was an extra thing in his hand, and he didn't need to look at it to know that it was a fruit.
And so it was. Wang Duan muttered.
Zhang Linchen looked at the green fruit with firm skin in his hand, he had an urge to eat it immediately, but his intuition told him that he couldn't eat it casually, otherwise it would be easy to have problems. So, he put the fruit in a jade box and put it away, so as to ensure that its essence would not be lost as much as possible.
"Okay, you little tree, you don't let people take more, don't you grow fruit for people to harvest?" Wang Duan pointed to the ancient tree, and said angrily: "If you don't eat it yourself, it is better to fulfill others and make a good fate, just like the poor road." When the time comes, the poor road will carry forward your reputation, and then set up a memorial arch, which will be admired, worshipped and worshiped by thousands of people......"
He talked like a river, and touched the trunk of a tree on the way, but of course he didn't, like a madman who had lost his mind.
However, Zhang Linchen can also understand, after all, Wang Duan not only wanted to get more fruits at the beginning, but also planned to dig up the sacred tree one by one, but now he only got one fruit, and the gap is quite huge.
Zhang Linchen also tried to touch the fruit and the trunk, but the result was not surprising, he couldn't touch it at all.
After half an hour, the ancient tree remained the same, and there was still no change. Wang Duan seemed to be tired, and he sighed: "That's it, the poor road doesn't have that fate." ”
He turned his head to look at the water on the side, it was crystal clear, and there were carp swimming around in it, he rolled up his sleeves and said, "Let Poor Dao catch two fish and taste them." ”
Wang Duan bent over, smelled a fragrance, he "grunted" and took a sip of water. In an instant, his eyes lit up, and he immediately took out a gourd that emitted brilliance, which was quite miraculous. He opened the stopper, patted it gently, and in an instant, a powerful suction force was revealed, and a large amount of spring water began to pour into the gourd.
Seeing this, Zhang Linchen said in his heart: "Is there anything extraordinary about this spring?"
After a while, the gourd was full, the water level dropped a lot, and the fish in it were gone, and in this six-zhang square pool, there was no trace of any fish, and there were no holes and crevices to drill, as if they had never appeared.
Wang Duan didn't care, but put away the gourd with satisfaction, and Zhang Linchen asked on the side: "What's so strange about this pool of water?"
"It's no ordinary water, it's rich in essence, full of vitality, and has great benefits for the human body. Wang Duan smiled.
Hearing this, Zhang Linchen walked to the edge of the pond suspiciously, his nose moved slightly, and he smelled a faint fragrance, which was refreshing.
He crouched on the edge of the pool, dipped his finger in a drop of water, and tasted it. Suddenly, he was speechless, and a trace of essence flowed into his body from his mouth, which was quickly contained by his body and disappeared.
"It's really a good thing!" Zhang Linchen got up and looked at Wang Duan, and said, "Do you still have a container for water, borrow me one, and pay it back to you later!"
Wang Duan said helplessly: "If Poor Dao had any extra containers, he would have taken them out a long time ago, but unfortunately there is still so much pool of water left." ”
Zhang Linchen frowned slightly, he began to make trouble, there was nothing to hold the pool water, how to take it away?
"Why don't we just drink the rest of the water, so that we can get benefits and not waste it, what do you think?" Wang Jian thought of a solution.
Zhang Linchen thought for a moment, then nodded heavily, and said, "That's the only way." ”
He immediately lay on the edge of the pool, stretched out his head, and began to swallow the cow, "cooing", and his throat kept moving. When the first sip of water entered his stomach, a large amount of life essence still flowed into the limbs and immortal seeds, and for a while, his body was greatly replenished.
Subsequently, Wang Duan also joined in, although he already had a gourd pond water, but there were not too many good things, and drinking it to the stomach belonged to him. Besides, it is obvious that Zhang Linchen can't drink so much water alone, as a good brother, he naturally wants to help him share the burden.
After a period of time, Zhang Linchen was lying on the ground, his stomach was very swollen, his face was loveless, he drank too much, and if he drank it again, he was afraid that he would vomit it directly.
Wang Duan also lay on the ground, with a big belly, as if he was pregnant, and he was so satisfied that he could not drink.
At this time, there was still a thin layer of water in the pool, but the two of them did not look at it again, mainly to prevent it from spitting out.
Zhang Linchen rested for a while, and hurriedly sat cross-legged on the ground, running the "Recipe for Eternal Life". However, his body began to emit a large amount of mist, all of which came from the pores of his skin, mixed with a lot of dirt and bones, and his body was once again lifted.
The swelling on his stomach had disappeared, and when he opened his eyes, he found that Wang Duan was also meditating, his lower abdomen was relatively flat, and it seemed that he had finished digesting.
At this time, Wang Duan opened his eyes and said with a smile: "How does Daoyou feel about your body?"
Zhang Linchen clenched his fists, silently experienced the majestic power brought by his body, and said, "A little progress." ”
Wang Duan nodded and said, "Although we are still a little short of what Poor Dao imagined, but overall, we are still relatively profitable." ”
Zhang Linchen agreed, but he said in his heart: "How can it be more profitable?"
"Let's go probe into the hole again. The king looked at the black hole not far away, and it was as still as it were.
The two stepped on the cyan stone slab, came to the entrance of the cave, and observed, this black hole looked like it had been cut out of the air, similar to a portal, but neither of them saw any traces of the lines.
"Let's go in together?" Wang Duan looked at Zhang Linchen and said.
"Let's go. Zhang Linchen nodded.
Wang Duan held the bronze lamp in his hand, and took the brunt of it, and walked into the cave in one step, and Zhang Linchen also followed closely and quickly followed.
It was dark, and there was nothing on all sides, and even the originally bright copper lamp could only emit a glimmer of light, barely illuminating the path beneath its feet. In order to see more, Wang Jin thought of many ways, burst out of divine light, and hit a brilliant blow, but there was nothing but darkness. It was very depressing and silent here, it was originally silent, but now there is the sound of two people stepping on the bluestone slab.
"Pay attention to the bluestone slab!" Wang Duan said softly.
Zhang Linchen observed carefully and found that all the bluestone slabs were actually glowing with a faint light, like a road leading to an unknown place. There are some very subtle pitted things on the surface of the bluestone slabs, which seem to be naturally formed.
"I always feel ...... This path leads us. Zhang Linchen guessed a scary answer.
When Daoyou said this, Poor Dao also felt this way. ”
"Are you well-informed, do you know what this place is?" asked Zhang Linchen, who glanced back, and because they had walked too far, the hole had disappeared when they came.
"I don't know, I haven't heard of such a special place. ”
The two continued to walk forward, and after a long time, they found that the bluestone slab was actually disconnected, and there was no place to step on in front of them, and they could not move forward any further.
"Why is the road broken?" Zhang Linchen wondered.
Wang Duan knocked on the bluestone slab, which was very hard, he looked at the cross-section again, and said, "It should have been interrupted by a blow." ”
"It looks like we have to turn back. ”
"No, Poor Dao sees the way forward. ”