Xu Pu was surprised and puzzled, and secretly thought: What about that child? I saw him enter the waterfall, why is he missing now? Is it because I haven't eaten for too long, and I am dazzled? Or have I encountered a mandrill monster? While thinking about looking around, he suddenly found that under the stone wall on the left side of the cave, there was a green grass more than half a foot high, and a dozen or so leaves sparsely grew on it, which looked unremarkable. But when you get closer, you can smell the whole grass giving off a faint fragrance.

Smelling this fragrance, Xu Pu thought of the ginseng king that everyone was fighting hard for before, and his heart moved: Could it be that this is also a ginseng? Changbai Mountain produces ginseng, and it is reasonable that there will be ginseng here. Thinking of ginseng, Xu Pu thought again: I haven't eaten for two days, and I can't eat for a while. Although this ginseng is not a food, it is a medicine with great tonic power, and if you eat it, you should be able to endure it for a long time.

Thinking of this, Xu Pu couldn't help but move his index finger, squatted down, and used both hands to dig the grass. The soil in the cave was damp and soft, and in a moment, Xu Pu dug out the grass. Holding it in his hand and taking a closer look, he couldn't help but be surprised again. The thing in his hand is like ginseng but not like ginseng.

I saw that the thing was full of hands and feet, with full eyebrows and eyes, lifelike, like a child who had just been born. Xu Pu looked at it carefully, and the eyebrows, eyes, mouth and nose of the thing seemed to be the child who had just led the way for him.

Xu Pu was very surprised, and thought to himself: I have heard people say before that when ginseng grows for a thousand years, it can transform into a human form and move around at will. Could it be that this ginseng has already become a sperm?

When I thought about it, I was grateful to this ginseng plant, and said to myself: "Since you have grown for a thousand years and have kind intentions to guide me, how can I bear to eat you? You should grow here quietly, maybe he will be able to achieve positive results and soar into immortals one day. After talking for a while, he put the ginseng back into the pit he had just dug, buried the roots, knelt on the ground and bowed a few times, and finally came out of the cave.

After a period of busyness, Xu Pu felt that his hands and feet were weak again, his eyes were black, and he said secretly: No matter what, I have to think of something to eat. He stood on the edge of the waterhole and looked inside, and saw that the waterhole was about ten feet square, and the deepest part was about four or five feet, and the place far away from the waterfall was so clear that he could only see the fish swimming at the bottom of the water.

Seeing the fish at the bottom of the water, Xu Pu couldn't help but be hungry, and he couldn't wait to get into the water and swallow it in one gulp. He steadied himself, took off his shoes, pulled up his trouser legs, and stepped into the water. The fish at the bottom of the water were frightened and swam away. Xu Pu was startled and thought to himself: How can I catch them when they see people and leave? Another thought: I only need to stand motionless in the water, they will not sense the danger, they will swim over on their own, and I can catch them.

With this in mind, he took a few more steps to the depths of the water, and then stopped, motionless, waiting for the fish to swim over. Sure enough, after waiting for a while, some of the fish saw that there was no danger and swam over, and some even swam to his legs and swam around his legs.

Xu Pu was secretly happy in his heart, and when he looked at it, he chose the largest one, which was seven or eight inches long, and this one was enough for him to eat. The fish swam around him for a while, and finally stopped at his feet. Xu Pu saw that the time was ripe, so he reached out and grabbed it. The hand entered the water, and there was a loud noise, causing a splash. Xu Pu could catch it when he saw it on the water, but when he got into the water, he still couldn't catch it by a few inches after all. The fish, including the one he wanted to catch, were frightened and swam away.

Xu Pu was frustrated and angry, but he had no choice but to stand still again and wait for the fish to swim back again. After waiting for a while, the fish came back again and swam around him, Xu Pu reached out again to catch it, but he still caught it.

He grew up in the palace, pampered, although he has also seen fish, but they are all ornamental fish raised by the palace, he has no knowledge of the habits of wild fish, and he has not caught it with his own hands, and he sees the fish close at hand, he thinks it is within reach, but he does not know that these wild fish are extremely vigilant, and the body is extremely fast, even if it is an old fisherman for many years, he may not be able to catch it empty-handed, not to mention that he is a child and a half?

Xu Pu tried several times, but nothing came of it. But after such a busy time, Xu Pu used up the last trace of strength left in his body, only feeling that his eyes were black for a while, his legs were soft, and he couldn't even stand. He struggled back to the shore, lay down on the grass, closed his eyes and rested, and said in his heart: I thought that these fish could be easily caught, but I didn't expect them to be so cunning, and I wasted half a day's strength in vain. In normal times, I could try slowly and figure out a way, but now I can't eat enough, not only can I not catch fish, but I will even be exhausted to death.

Thinking of this, he opened his eyes, looked at the waterfall in front of him, and thought, "If this is really not possible, I will eat that ginseng?" As soon as this thought came to him, he immediately thought: "No! No, this ginseng has kindly attracted me here, and if I eat it, won't I take revenge?" No! No! No! Not in any case!

I thought to myself that I couldn't do it, but my eyes couldn't help but look over there again and again, and I thought as I looked: I didn't look carefully when I came out of it, and I don't know if there is anything else growing in the cave besides ginseng. I'll take a look inside, maybe there are other edible wild fruits growing in it, and if so, won't I be able to support it for a while longer?

Thinking of this, Xu Pu struggled to get up from the ground, staggered to the bottom of the waterfall, closed his eyes, and rushed into the cave with all his might. When I opened my eyes and looked closely, there was no vegetation in the cave except for the ginseng plant and the moss covering the four walls. Xu Pu sighed, smiled bitterly, and said to himself: "This cave is so big, if there is any obstruction, you can see it clearly at a glance, if there are really other wild fruits, I can see it at a glance, how can I miss it?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the ginseng under the rock wall again, couldn't help but sigh, and hurriedly walked to the front to take a closer look.

Although it was only more than half an hour before Fang entered the cave, in such a short period of time, the exposed branches and leaves of this ginseng plant had already withered a little. The branches, which were originally straight and straight, fell to the side softly, and the leaves, which were originally tender and green and stretched, were also curled at this time, and the edges of the leaves had begun to turn yellow.

Xu Pu was taken aback and thought to himself: Could it be that we dug it out, so it is going to wither?