Chapter 52: The Mysterious Vortex
Tian Xu didn't know this aquatic plant at all, and he hadn't heard of this kind of thing at all, although he could judge that this aquatic plant was a treasure, he didn't know how to pick it at all.
He counted nine of the fruits on the weed, but he didn't know if they were ripe. He used the aura to probe the nine fruits in turn again, and found that the density of the aura inside was basically the same, and it should have grown at the same time. The fruit was as crystal as jade, faintly exuding a layer of divine luster.
"This may be a heaven-level elixir. Tian Xu said to himself in his heart.
Launched the identification technique, but he didn't expect to get the conclusion that made him cry and laugh, and the identification technique did not give the effect of the fruit and flower:
Nine-petal jade lotus, a miracle medicine under the heavenly order, 5 years, the effect is unknown.
Tianxuan fruit, a medium-grade miracle medicine in the heavenly rank, 300 years, the effect is unknown.
From the introduction, it is known that this aquatic plant is called psychic grass, and there is nothing special about it. It blooms once every five years, bears fruit once every 300 years, and the growth period of the fruit is also 300 years. This psychic grass is very susceptible to the influence of the growing environment, and the efficacy of each fruit is different, while its flower, the nine-petal jade lotus, has a different effect every time it opens. It depends on the user.
He tried to hold on to a fruit, trying to pluck it from the stalk of the aquatic weed. Unexpectedly, there was no pulling, and the aquatic weeds suddenly accelerated and went down the river as if they were frightened, trying to escape.
Tian Xu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly grabbed the fruit, and by the way, dragged the entire aquatic weed. He used his aura to feed into the stem of the fruit, fixed the grass stem on the handle, and then twisted it hard to pick the fruit. At this time, something unexpected happened, and the other eight fruits fell off at the same time and drifted in all directions. Tian Xu's aura suddenly emanated from his body, locking the surrounding water at once, trapping the eight fruits that were trying to escape.
He put the fruit in his hand into a mutton fat jade box, and then struck out one after another, and also collected the other eight fruits. I only felt that the jade box kept vibrating in my hand, and it wasn't until I put the jade box into the space that the fruits quieted down.
Just as he was putting away the fruit, the clump of aquatic plants had already escaped from the range of the aura's lock, and fled towards the deep water area.
Qin Gang hurriedly chased after him, grabbed the clump of aquatic plants, and picked a small flower. The flower is also magical, and the moment it is plucked, it automatically closes, forming a small ball the size of a grain of rice, and wrapping the stamen tightly.
Tian Xu was on guard to prevent the little flowers from escaping like fruits, there were too many little flowers, and once they escaped, it would not be easy to control. But what he feared didn't happen, and the other flowers were still growing on the grass stems.
Tian Xu also picked off these small flowers, put them in another jade box, and put them into the Yin Yang Ding space. While picking, he counted eighty-one small flowers, all of which were open to the same degree, most likely at the same time.
After plucking all the flowers and fruits, the clump of aquatic plants seemed to have been drained of all its energy, shrunk into a ball the size of a basketball, stopped swimming, and slowly sank to the bottom of the water.
"This is it!" Tian Xu was extremely happy, although he couldn't figure out the effect of this Heavenly Xuanguo and the Nine-Petal Jade Lotus for a while, but this didn't affect the fact that these were two Heavenly Rank elixirs at all.
Seeing that psychic grass shrink into a ball and sink to the bottom of the water, Tian Xu's heart pinched inexplicably, it won't die like this, right?
He threw his head down and followed the psychic grass to the bottom. After approaching the bottom of the water, the psychic grass seemed to hesitate for a moment, suddenly adjusted its direction, and fell sharply towards a plant at the bottom of the water, and its tiny stems and leaves were instantly entangled with the plant at the bottom of the water.
The plant, which was originally at the bottom of the water, had large leaves rolled up like bitter tea, and it instantly opened and struggled violently, like an antelope that had been pressed down by a leopard, and kept writhing.
The stems of the psychic grass, which had no roots, slowly sprouted sharp roots, which pierced deeply into the stems and leaves of the underwater plant, and firmly rooted in the plant. The two slowly establish a state of equilibrium. The open leaves of the underwater plants also rolled up again, and both plants gradually calmed down, and finally did not move.
Tian Xu understood that the psychic grass was parasitic on this underwater plant. In the crevices of the rocks at the bottom of the water, there are many plants growing in the east and west, and there are at least nearly 100 plants. The psychic grass seems to have identified these underwater plants, and used this place as its pasture, absorbing nutrients from these plants to maintain its own growth.
Tian Xu searched carefully in this pasture of psychic grass, and found three more psychic grasses. Two of them had Tongxuan fruit on them, but they were both small and clearly not ripe. There is also a plant on which there are neither flowers nor fruits, and it is not known when it will bloom and bear fruit.
He carefully observed the underwater plants that were used as hosts by the psychic grass, and found that several of them were in a significantly shrunken state, and there were still scars left by the parasitism of the psychic grass on the stems and leaves, but they were not dead. It seems that this psychic grass actually knows to change the host at the right time to maintain the vitality of the host plant and maintain the need for long-term survival, and this "sustainable development" strategy is quite clever.
Judging from the activity ability and response to external stimuli of these two plants just seen, although these two species are still in plant form, they already have a certain degree of activity, reaction speed, and even intelligence. They already have some of the characteristics that animals have, and they are not exactly plants.
Tian Xu is not a biologist and has no intention of studying these details. But that didn't stop him from taking an interest in both species. He decided to come here at least every year in the future to see these two amazing plants, to observe them and protect their survival.
Putting down the plants, he moved on. As he advanced, the depth of the deep ditch became deeper. After advancing a few hundred meters, a whirlpool appeared at the bottom of the water and flowed into a hole below. It's like there's a funnel at the bottom of the water, and there's no telling where the leaky water ends up.
Tian Xu tried to use olfactory imaging to detect the situation inside the cave, but found nothing, only knew that the diameter of the hole was about four meters, and he didn't know anything else.
He cautiously navigated the whirlpool, explored around it, and gradually expanded the circle of search, but found nothing. Since he didn't find it, Tian Xu was ready to leave this whirlpool, find a place where the water flow was gentle, and take a good rest in the water. He didn't rest for more than three days in a row, and he still felt a little tired.