Volume 1: The Occasion of the Storm Chapter 19: Invasive Alien Species
Wrong!
Zhao Zhi was puzzled in his heart, according to the record of "Spirit Plant Group", Longyan grass is a group of spirit plants, and there will not be a single tree. However, Longyan grass is also a spirit plant with strong competition requirements, which is divided into main and secondary plants.
Longyan grass often gathers dozens of trees together, only one plant will grow into a yang full elixir, and the other side plants are like fertilizer flower buckets of the core spirit plant, absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy for it and then supplying it to the main plant, this is the way of growth of Longyan grass.
But the Longyan grass in front of him is lonely, there is no vassal around, and the side plant of the Longyan grass does not have any medicinal power, and it will not survive after planting, how can anyone be bored to pick the side plant?
There must be something strange in this.
Zhao Cheng seriously checked Long Yancao for a week, and found no other abnormalities.
"Could it be that someone is really bored and has taken off all the side plants of Longyan grass?" Zhao Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly.
was about to give up, but suddenly found that there was something unusual on the blue stems and leaves of Longyan grass, and saw a thin black silk swirling on the main stem of Longyan grass.
If it weren't for Zhao Yuan's sharp eyes, he would definitely not be able to find it with a cursory sweep of the monk's spiritual sense, and it seems that low cultivation also has the benefit of low cultivation.
Zhao Zhi followed this black line to the ground, his eyes were about to be spent, and he opened the surrounding grass, only to see that several black wires as thin as a hair gathered in the same direction, extended to a tree, and gathered into a nodule in the trunk.
This must be the crux of the problem! Zhao Zhi had a strong premonition, looking at this inconspicuous tree tumor, Zhao Zhi grabbed it violently.
There was a "creak", like the movement of pushing the door open, which startled Zhao Jiao.
There is no difference between starting and starting with a tree tumor, Zhao Zhi tugged hard twice, but he didn't pull it. Zhao Yuan's heart moved, he took out the pig-killing knife, and smashed it upwards with the back of the knife.
"Click-click!"
Zhao was overjoyed.
The sound is not right, the nodules are not solid!
Zhao Zhi reversed the handle of the knife and stabbed it with the tip of the knife, it was very difficult to enter the knife at first, but he felt something strange after a few stabs. Use the blade of the knife to slash down the gap that has been stabbed.
"Karaโ"
The book cover burst out, and large pieces of sawdust fell down, and Zhao Zhi took a closer look, and inside was actually a pod three or four inches long and two fingers wide.
The pod was pitch black, and there was a faint red light inside, without a trace of aura fluctuations, and I pinched it twice in my hand, except for the fine lines felt on my fingertips, I didn't feel anything unusual.
That's it? That's it?
I thought it was some kind of natural treasure, but it was actually a useless pod. Zhao Qian was disappointed, and when he was about to throw it away, he suddenly felt that the Longyan grass on the ground seemed to be getting redder and redder, and the surrounding aura fluctuations also changed slightly.
Zhao Qian played with the pod in his hand, feeling as if he had seen it somewhere, and took out the "Spirit Plant Group Review", comparing it volume by volume, and did not find the same elixir as this pod.
"What the hell is this......"
Zhao Zhi took out the "Cultivation Realm Spirit Plant Tongjian" again, and after turning it over and over for half an hour, he didn't find any clue.
Just when he put away the jade slip, Zhao Zhi had a flash of inspiration.
It turned out to be it!
Zhao Cheng hurriedly found out the [Extraterritorial Strange Species] in the "Tongjian", suddenly realized, and read it out word by word: "The Buddha's pod, the body poisons the strange species of the country." At the end of ancient times, Mu Lanzi, the Buddha of the poisonous country, preached in the Chu region, and was blocked by the Chu domain overhaul array, and entered the Huaxia cultivation realm to no avail, but the Buddha beads in his hand were left here, leaving the Buddha of different species, rooted in the ...... for thousands of years."
It turned out that this pod was a spiritual plant brought by the Buddha cultivation of the Body Poison Country outside the Huaxia Cultivation Realm.
In ancient times, Emperor Qin died and Huaxia was divided, and monks from all walks of life attacked each other, and the Huaxia Xiuzhen world fell into a state of disorder. At this time, not only were the internal lives devastated, but also the northern Rakshasa Kingdom and the eastern Fusang Islands took advantage of the great chaos in China to invade on a large scale, and the entire Liaozhou and most of Qizhou were lost to foreign tribes at that time.
At the time of life and death, the Huaxia Xiuzhen Realm formed a Cultivation Realm Alliance to jointly defend against foreign enemies, and after hundreds of years of fighting each other, the invaders of Rakshasa and Fusang were driven out of Huaxia. Although the poison country in the southwest corner did not send troops to invade, there were countless Buddhist monks who came to China to preach, especially in Chuyu, Xichuan, and Zhongzhou.
After 20,000 years of vicissitudes, the Cultivation Realm Alliance has long ceased to exist, but the body poison religion spread by the Body Poison Country is attached to the Huaxia Cultivation Realm like a parasite, and even Yunxiao Temple, one of the four major factions in China, is composed of Buddhist cultivators.
The fate of this Buddha pod is also like the Buddha's cultivation, the original body is very large, full of the thickness of a mortal's thigh, and the body poison country also calls it "elephant pod". But after arriving in China, he embarked on a completely different path.
Ordinary monks know that most spiritual plants are only born, especially the precious heavenly and earthly treasures. In addition, there are also group of spirit plants, ordinary ones such as purple frost flowers, often more than a dozen trees grow together, and the medicinal power is similar, and special group spirit plants such as Longyan grass, dozens of sub-plants to support one main plant.
However, there is another way of growth, which is parasitism.
Most of the parasitic spirit plants have no medicinal effect, and generally cause damage to the parasitic spirit plants, and only a few parasitic spirit plants absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to support themselves.
And the Buddha pod in front of Zhao Wei is the latter.
The Buddha pod is a very strange spiritual plant, unlike ordinary parasitic spiritual plants, which only attaches to other plants, and there are no other changes. The Buddha pod, on the other hand, is very clever, not only parasitic, but also changes its shape with the parasitic spirit plant. The pods that live on the water grass will turn into leaves, and the pods that live on pandan berries will turn into branches that are difficult to notice.
His parasitic forms are truly bizarre, with nodules, rocks, and even fallen leaves.
And at the beginning of parasitism, it will also provide nutrients to the parasitic spirit plant, which has a strong deceptive effect, and only after taking root will it reveal its true face, at this time, the parasitic spirit plant will be helpless, and can only be continuously absorbed by the juice.
The habit of the Buddha's pods is like that of a hypocritical old monk who seems to be harmless to promote the Dharma and treat others as his own, but in fact he wears down his will and leads him into the bottomless abyss......
This is clever, it's just a fraud!
It is precisely because of these characteristics, and because the skin of the Buddha's pod can isolate the fluctuation of spiritual energy, it is really difficult to detect if you don't pay careful attention, so this alien alien species has taken root in the Xiuzhen Realm Continent. If it weren't for the extremely long growth period and the high requirements for parasitic spirit plants, it would have been all over the mountains and wilderness in the Huaxia Cultivation Realm......
Looking at the size of the Buddha pod in front of him, it was obviously grown at the same time as Longyan grass, which had grown for two hundred years, and this pod had absorbed the essence of Longyan grass for two hundred years.
In this way, it seems to be the bean seeds left by the Buddhist monks of Yunxiao Temple two hundred years ago. These bald donkeys are really treacherous, Zhao Zhi scolded secretly.
Moreover, this pod parasitizes itself on an ordinary tree, disguised as a nodules, so no one has been able to detect its existence for a hundred years.
Although the Longyan grass seemed to be growing well, Zhao Zhi knew that even if he had already removed this "culprit", it would be impossible for this Longyan grass to mature anyway......
Feeling for a long time, Zhao Qian pondered whether to hand over this pod to the Lingxi Sect, after all, if he hid it himself, with the skin of the pod, he would still not be able to detect the existence of the pod with the spiritual sense of a low-level disciple alone.
No matter what, Zhao Tu stuffed the pods into his trouser pocket, intending to keep them for himself. What kind of spiritual plant is parasitic on the Buddha's pod, it can give birth to the similar medicinal effect of that spiritual plant, Longyan grass is as strong as fire, and this parasitic pod on Longyan grass may be able to help him break through.
While thinking, he picked a few more soul grasses on the road, at this time it was getting late, and the holiday would end in another day, and Zhao Zhi was also ready to go out of the valley to ask for the method of breaking through An.
Suddenly, Zhao Zhi felt the hairs on his body stand on end, a sense of crisis arose, and the dark spots on his back were also slightly hot.
Zhao Jiao didn't even say well, he picked this pod by himself, it must have had an impact on the aura here, and the demon beasts who were familiar with the environment must have felt the changes here.
Zhao Qian secretly scolded himself for making a stupid mistake, he had come to this world for too short, and his experience in the rainforest in his previous life was somewhat outdated, but it had become an obstacle in such a place.
I didn't have time to look back, Zhao Tar ran with the burden on his back, dexterous like a rabbit, the shrubs and stones in the forest could not be hindered at all, and when he encountered a huge rock, Zhao Tar turned over in three or two strokes, and fled.
I only heard a few roars coming from behind, and gradually there was a strange sound on the side, until I saw two pairs of blue eyes staring at him not far ahead, Zhao Nao stopped, and secretly complained.
It was a few wolf-like demon beasts that surrounded Zhao Foot, but the size was smaller than that of ordinary wolves, like the size of a domestic dog, these "wolves" had a handful of red hair on their heads, their hind legs were straight, panting, and staring straight at Zhao Feet, looking ready to go.
What can I do?
Zhao was in a hurry, and his mind turned to think of survival strategies.
Bi Youyou's eyes wandered around, almost reflecting Zhao Yuan's face, Zhao Xuan clenched the pig-killing knife, his back was against the big tree, and several beasts were still slowly approaching.
Can't wait any longer!
Zhao Cheng shook his hand and thrust violently, stepped on the pig-killing knife with his foot, and his body was like an ape, and he climbed to the tree in three or two.
Several brutes flew up, and one of them opened its mouth wide, and its fangs almost scratched Zhao Yuan's calf.
"Whew-Whew-Whew"
Zhao Qian was a little fixed in his heart, it seemed that his estimate was right, these wolf-like beasts would not be able to climb trees.