In the pastoral spirit world, in a dimly lit primeval forest, Chu Xiao successfully collected the second phantom spirit grass.

I have to say that the growth environment of the Phantom Grass is extremely complex and changeable, and it can grow almost anywhere, and the second Phantom Grass was found by him from a tree hole, and it turned into a very inconspicuous dead branch.

Chu Xiao glanced at the time and space watch on his wrist, and only eight minutes had passed since the competition began.

In this first game, if you can pull other opponents far away with a big score, you can establish an absolute advantage.

His goal is to be the leader, Yuan Yingguo, and he will go all out and can't give his opponent any chance.

Putting the Phantom Spirit Grass into the time and space table, Chu Xiao continued to walk, searching for the Phantom Spirit Grass.

Perhaps because of the forest, the density of the Phantom Spirit Grass was not large, and he searched for a distance of hundreds of meters before collecting the third Phantom Spirit Grass.

In the square of the Pastoral Academy, as Chu Xiao's information changed again, everyone was almost stunned, so far, in just fifteen minutes, Chu Xiao has collected three phantom spirit grasses, except for Li Xinlan, Lin and An have picked two, and everyone else is one, and even so far, there are only more than two hundred people who have collected phantom grass, and the remaining thousands of people have not even collected a phantom grass, which shows how difficult it is to collect phantom grass.

In the dimly lit primeval forest, there is silence, with the occasional sound of insects chirping or birds fluttering.

Chu Xiao observed the display on the cultivation system as he walked.

Suddenly, his footsteps stopped slightly, his ears moved, and he felt someone coming this way.

He didn't care, and continued to walk, while the bush on the right shook slightly, and then split, and a figure flashed out of it, it was a delicate girl, thirteen or fourteen years old, her figure had just developed, very green, but her eyebrows and teeth were bright, and she looked extremely eye-catching.

When the other party saw Chu Xiao, he was also slightly stunned, and then looked shy, and said in a mosquito-like voice: "Hello, senior." ”

Looks like a very polite girl!

"Hehe, hello, my name is Chu Xiao, what about you?"

Chu Xiao said with a smile.

"My name is Cao Ling, Senior Chu, have you collected the Phantom Spirit Grass?" The girl's voice was very thin and soft, and she looked very shy.

"Yes. ”

Chu Xiao nodded, very strange how she could ask this.

"Really, it's so difficult to collect phantom spirit grass, I don't have a clue at all now, Senior Chu, can I let me follow you?"

Cao Ling's shining eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance, and then she was stunned.

"Follow me, why?"

Chu Xiao couldn't help but wonder, did she want to follow her to rub the Phantom Spirit Grass, her expression just now wouldn't be pretending, right?

"I, I, I feel that the knowledge I learned before is not enough at all, and I can't distinguish the Phantom Spirit Grass, if I follow you, or I can learn how to distinguish the Phantom Spirit Grass, Senior Chu, please, let me follow you, I won't ask you for any Phantom Spirit Grass, just let me watch from the sidelines." ”

Cao Ling's face flushed, as if she was afraid that Chu Xiao would not agree, so she said in a pleading tone.

She had searched for more than ten minutes before, and she had no clue at all, so she naturally understood the difficulty of collecting phantom spirit grass, and now that she met a senior who had collected phantom spirit grass, she naturally would not let go of such a good learning opportunity.

Chu Xiao glanced at Cao Ling's expectant eyes, and couldn't help but soften her heart, such a studious girl, it was nothing for her to follow, so he nodded and said, "Okay then." ”

"Senior Chu, thank you. ”

The girl Cao Ling hurriedly bowed to Chu Xiao, with a sweet smile from the bottom of her heart on her cheeks.

There was one more follower in the back, Chu Xiao didn't have any scruples, anyway, Cao Ling couldn't find any flaws, and as he walked all the way, the light gradually brightened, and the trees became sparse, and the direction he was moving now was outside the forest.

The density of the phantom grass outside should be higher than that inside the forest, so he chose to go outside.

Chu Xiao stopped suddenly, his location was on a small slope, there was a low shrub, with the help of light, he could see that there were a lot of dry fallen leaves under the shrub, and no one could see what elixir existed.

Cao Ling was also very strange, looking along Chu Xiao's gaze, there was nothing.

For cultivators, they can see everything clearly in the dim light, but this Cao Ling is just a fifth-grade spiritual planter, and his cultivation has not reached the realm of divine powers at all, but he is only a cultivator of the ninth layer of qi, and his spiritual thoughts have not transformed into divine consciousness and cannot be detected, so in terms of collecting elixir, compared with supernatural powers, he has a great disadvantage, and he can only rely on his eyesight to distinguish between them, and spiritual planters who have reached the realm of supernatural powers can use divine sense to detect elixirs, so as to identify elixirs more easily.

Of course, in the Phantom Array, this disadvantage will be greatly reduced, and the power of the Phantom Array has a great confusing effect on the Divine Consciousness.

It is impossible to collect phantom spirit grass in this pastoral spiritual realm with divine consciousness alone, and sometimes, the eyes are more effective.

Therefore, the phantom array can narrow the gap brought by the cultivation level, but what is tested is the special surname and observation of the spirit planter on the elixir.

Chu Xiao came to the bushes, squatted down, and then glanced back at Cao Ling.

Cao Ling's eyes stared at Chu Xiao's actions without blinking, afraid of missing something.

This serious look looks extremely cute.

"Cao Ling, do you see anything different here?"

For the sake of her being so attentive, Chu Xiao decided to give her some advice.

"I can't see it, if there is a phantom spirit grass transformation, there should be some flaws, but these dead leaves do not appear any flaws at all, according to the special surname of the phantom spirit grass, if the illusion of dead leaves is a kind, it usually can't cover up the breath of vitality, and the position of the dead leaves will also appear overhead, levitation, virtual power and other flaws. There are no problems here at all, and I feel that the position of all the leaves is extremely reasonable. ”

Cao Ling wrinkled her pink little face and shook her head.

She knew that Chu Xiao must have discovered a Phantom Spirit Grass from this location, otherwise she would not have made this move and asked herself, but she couldn't see any problems.

It's hard to imagine how Chu Xiao found the clues of the Phantom Spirit Grass in such an inconspicuous position, if this is the case, then it is inevitably too powerful, but the problem is that in her memory, those extremely powerful seniors in the academy don't seem to have the existence of Senior Chu?

"Hehe, what you said is just a normal way to distinguish it, but there is a phantom array operating in this pastoral spirit world, which enhances the transformation ability of the phantom spirit grass, making it deeper hidden and more difficult to identify, if you still follow the method in the textbook, you will definitely not be able to collect the phantom spirit grass. ”

Chu Xiao looked at Cao Ling's extremely cute face when she frowned, and couldn't help but smile.

"Phantom Array, no wonder, I thought I was stupid!"

Cao Ling suddenly realized, then thought of something, and said cautiously: "Senior Chu, can you teach me how to identify?" She knew that in this way, it would definitely delay Chu Xiao a lot, the whole competition was only three hours, and time was extremely precious, so she didn't think that Chu Xiao would agree, and it was beyond her expectations to be able to follow him.

"Okay, but I'll only teach you three times. ”

Chu Xiao didn't refuse, and he couldn't waste much time anyway.

Three times?

Cao Ling was slightly distracted, didn't he say that he was able to teach himself the method of identification when he collected the three phantom spirit grasses?

Chu Xiao didn't go to see Cao Ling, who was distracted, and began to explain.

"Cao Ling, do you see this? This position seems to be normal, whether it is the accumulation of dead leaves, or in terms of breath, it is almost impossible for the Phantom Spirit Grass to grow, but you have ignored one point, that is, the power of the Phantom Spirit Grass has no effect on the bellworm and the like, what do you think this is?"

Chu Xiao pointed to a few dead leaves, and a worm the size of a grain of rice loomed.

Cao Ling was a little confused at first, didn't understand, stared at the bollworm, quickly used her brain, and after a while, suddenly exclaimed: "By the way, I know." The bollworm likes to eat the leaves of elixirs such as phantom grass the most, and this kind of insect loves to be clean, and basically does not stay in the rotten dead leaves, so this bollworm appears here, and it is not normal in itself. ”

Her cheeks were flushed, and she seemed to be extremely happy.

"That's right. Therefore, when looking for the Phantom Spirit Grass, you should not look at the flaws in the Phantom Spirit Grass itself, but should be identified in combination with the surrounding environment, external factors, etc., in addition, as a Spirit Planter, you should be very good at communicating with the Spirit Surname, don't you notice that this position, there is a fluctuation of the Spirit Grass? This is also something that the Transfiguration Ability cannot hide. ”

Chu Xiao saw that Cao Ling reacted so quickly, and he felt a little teachable.

Cao Ling's beautiful eyes widened, and then she showed admiration, she didn't expect such a big flaw, but when she observed, she didn't think of these at all, it turned out that she still didn't know how to use so many things!

She kept it firmly in her heart, and at the same time, she was able to combine some knowledge that she had learned in ordinary times, but was inconspicuous, or even ignored.

Soon, Chu Xiao picked out this phantom spirit grass.

Four Phantom Grasses!

On the crystal screen outside the pastoral spirit realm, Chu Xiao's achievements have already left others far behind, only five people have collected two phantom spirit grasses, and the number of people who have collected one phantom spirit grass has only increased to five hundred, and there are still many people who have not collected phantom spirit grass, including Cao Ling, who was following Chu Xiao.

After walking only a dozen meters away, Chu Xiao successfully discovered the fifth Phantom Spirit Grass.

This phantom grass grows in a crack in the stone, and as it gradually leaves the depths of the forest, the trees become sparse, and the rocks become more numerous, and many elixirs grow in the crack of the stone.

"Cao Ling, tell me about it, what's the difference?"

Chu Xiao suddenly said to Cao Ling behind him.

When Cao Ling saw Chu Xiao's actions, she understood that she had found another Phantom Spirit Grass, and she was envious and admired in her heart, she was able to discover the second Phantom Spirit Grass in just a few minutes, this skill was too strong.

She suspected that before she met Chu Xiao, she might have collected several phantom spirit grasses.

She hurriedly walked to Chu Xiao's side, squatted down, and carefully observed the situation in the stone crevice.

After a while, her eyes lit up, as if she had found something, and she hurriedly said: " This small hole seems to be in the wrong position, it should be some kind of insect cave, it stands to reason, the hole should be facing down, so that when it rains, the rain will flow into the hole, but this small hole is facing up, and the location of this small hole, there are obvious traces of insects crawling, it should not be abandoned cave, it can only show that due to the existence of phantom grass, as well as the angle of the stone crevice, it causes poor vision, generally speaking, the power of phantom grass is usually in a certain environment, it will cause a certain visual difference. ”

She was more and more sure that she would not have thought of this if she had done so before.

After receiving it, she looked at Chu Xiao expectantly, like a primary school student hoping to be affirmed and appreciated by the teacher.

"Hehe, there is progress, it seems that your enlightenment surname is very high, and your observation is also very strong, so you can think of these things so quickly, of course, there is another point, you didn't mention, if this cave is a mudworm, then even if there is rainwater flowing in, then it is normal, the cave of the mudworm, basically there is no specific direction. ”

Chu Xiao saw Cao Ling's eyebrows fluttering when he heard his encouragement, and he couldn't help but change his words.

Cao Ling was slightly stunned, and then her smile wrinkled, yes, what if it was a mudworm?

"Okay, don't be bitter, look at the water marks on this stone crevice?"

Chu Xiao said again.

In fact, in order to explain this, he had thoroughly applied some of the knowledge of the cultivation system, otherwise, it would be difficult to explain it so thoroughly.

Cao Ling's eyes widened again and she observed.

It took her a while to see it, and she hurriedly said, "A leaf of the Phantom Spirit Grass should be next to a stone, so there are traces of the water marks formed by the long-term flowing water." Senior Chu, this clue is too hidden, it seems that it is really difficult to find a phantom spirit grass!"

The more difficult it was, the more she admired Chu Xiaolai.

She was able to find a flaw just now, and the main reason was that Chu Xiao pointed out the location of the Phantom Spirit Grass, which was much easier than going all over the mountains to find the Phantom Spirit Grass.

"Hehe, if there is no difficulty, how can you test the true strength of the students!"

Chu Xiao smiled slightly.

I have to say that this competition is a great test for the students, and there is almost no possibility of cheating, and they can only rely on their strength to collect phantom grass.

Of course, Chu Xiao is an exception, who told him to have such an anti-heaven artifact as the cultivation system!

Cao Ling nodded, believing in her heart that Chu Xiao's strength was extremely strong, and she might have the opportunity to compete for the top spot in this competition, but she was very strange, why hadn't she heard of Chu Xiao's name before? It stands to reason that with such outstanding strength, it is absolutely impossible to be an unknown person.

Doubts and doubts, she didn't ask, after Chu Xiao dug out the fifth phantom spirit grass, she continued to follow, and she also tried to use the knowledge she could use to observe.

At the same time, a lot of information was revealed on the crystal screen in the pastoral college square.

"Chu Xiao, I have collected five phantom spirit grasses. ”

This piece of information, high above, attracted the attention of many bishop assistants, no one thought that such a dark horse jumped out and crushed other elites to death, and some students who originally had the hope of winning the championship were overshadowed in the face of such achievements.

Elder Tianyuan looked at Chu Xiao's information, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Underneath Chu Xiao's information was the information of other academies that had collected Phantom Spirit Grass.

"Li Xinlan, I have collected three phantom spirit grasses. ”

"Lin He'an, I have collected three phantom spirit grasses. ”

"Ling Yu, I have collected three Phantom Spirit Grasses. ”

"Lin Heping, I have collected three phantom spirit grasses. ”

"Shangguan Yan, I have collected two phantom spirit grasses. ”

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In addition to the number of Phantom Grass plants collected, this ranking order is also designed to the time of collection.

Of course, the final score is only based on the number of Phantom Grass plants collected.

Suddenly, Li Xinlan's information changed again, and suddenly increased to four phantom spirit grasses, only one behind Chu Xiao, which also made many teachers look forward to it.

I have to say that Li Xinlan was able to collect four Phantom Spirit Grass in less than twenty-five minutes, which was extremely efficient.

It was also at this time that in the pastoral spirit world, Chu Xiao found the location of the sixth phantom spirit grass, and this time it still asked Cao Ling to find a flaw.

Cao Ling's growth speed really made him look sideways, and this time he was able to explain the flaws of the Phantom Spirit Grass clearly, and the speed of answering was extremely fast.

"Well, yes, this time you are very accurate, okay, it's the third time, then, you can search for yourself!"

Chu Xiao praised her and then said.

"Senior Chu, thank you really this time, you have taught me a lot of things. ”

Cao Ling nodded, and also understood that it was extremely difficult for Chu Xiao to be able to tell him so much, not to mention that she had really gained a lot this time.

"Hehe, I taught you so much, how can you repay it?"

Seeing the serious look on the cute Cao Ling's little face, I couldn't help but tease.

Cao Ling's cheeks turned crimson all of a sudden, and she was at a loss.

Chu Xiao shook his head, and he was not teasing this thin-skinned girl, but Cao Ling's next initiative made him stunned on the spot, and when the girl got up, she suddenly kissed Chu Xiao's face, like a dragonfly dotting water, very light, he only felt a soft lip lightly touching his face, bringing a faint body fragrance.

Cao Ling was like a frightened little white rabbit, as if she was afraid of Chu Xiao's eyes, and hurriedly ran away.

Chu Xiao looked at the back of Cao Ling leaving, and couldn't help but shake his head, how could this girl who seemed to be very shy suddenly be so bold?

Shaking his head, Chu Xiao threw away the ridiculous idea, after all, this girl was just a little Lori.

Of course, he forgot his age, and he was not much older than Cao Ling.

Without Cao Ling by his side, Chu Xiao's search for the Phantom Spirit Grass was much faster, not to mention that the Phantom Spirit Grass was also increasing, and almost every few zhang, he could find the shadow of the Phantom Spirit Grass.

As a result, the phantom spirit grass that Chu Xiao collected increased at a jaw-dropping rate.

Six, seven, eight.

Ten, twelve, fourteen.

Fifteen, eighteen, twenty.

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On the huge crystal screen, Chu Xiao's name was still high, and the information of up to twenty phantom spirit grasses shocked all eyes.

Twenty Phantom Grasses, less than an hour has passed!

And Li Xinlan, who ranked second, only collected nine phantom spirit grasses, which was more than double the difference compared to Chu Xiao!

With such a huge gap, there is almost no possibility of catching up.

As for the people further behind, there was gradually a gap, and Lin He'an, who was in third place, collected eight phantom spirit grasses.

Lin Pingping, who ranked fourth and fifth, collected seven phantom spirit grasses.

The sixth to eleventh places collected six Phantom Grasses.

So far, a full third of the people have collected a phantom spirit grass, if you carefully find that there is a name named Cao Ling on it, it is obvious that after leaving Chu Xiao, this girl has successfully collected a phantom spirit grass

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(To be continued)