Best Ascension

Chapter 18 Divine Tree withered roots and medicinal mud

The space in the backpack was limited, so Zhao Sheng picked and picked again and again, and finally decided to put nine of the most valuable elixir, including Chihuozhi and Millennium elixir, into it.

He didn't intend to take away other elixir.

Because wearing them would affect his physical flexibility.

In such a dangerous place, sometimes a little slow movement can be fatal.

Zhao Sheng hasn't brought "hope" back yet, so naturally he won't lose the big because of small things.

When he was busy digging for the elixir, a fishy smell suddenly came from the cloud and mist, Zhao Sheng let out a surprise, his figure fell, rolled over, and rushed towards the hiding place that he had already targeted.

As soon as he took cover, there was the sound of flapping wings above his head.He glanced outside, and the one that landed on the slope was the Bloodwing Lizard he had seen before.

This Bloodwing Flying Lizard looked badly injured, with dark red horned scales falling apart, numerous wounds on its body, and a sluggish expression, but it seemed to come here with a strong purpose.After landing, he didn't look around, but directly found a tree root, stretched out his front paws, and dug down along the tree root.

It happened to be the place where Chihuozhi grew, and Zhao Sheng was not afraid of being discovered by this monster, so a strong curiosity arose in his heart.

The Bloodwing Flying Lizard's claws were sharp, and it quickly dug a few feet deep, revealing the soil layer below. This guy took out a handful of soil very familiarly, swallowed it directly into his mouth, and swallowed it without chewing. .

Perhaps this "soil" really has medicinal effects. After swallowing this thing, the flying lizard was actually inspired, screamed, spread its wings, fanned a gust of wind, and flew away.

Eat dirt?

Zhao Sheng jumped out from his hiding place and ran to the soil layer dug by Flying Lizard. He inspected it carefully. In the deep pit, there were fragments of rhizomes and the soil was dark brown.

Other than that, nothing unusual was found.

Zhao Sheng felt very strange, reached out and grabbed a handful of soil from the pit, put it under his nose and smelled it.

Huh?
There is a faint strange fragrance emanating from the soil, the smell is really very weak, that is to say, Zhao Sheng's nose is more sensitive than a dog's, so he can detect it.

He tried to lick the soil in his hands, and the taste was extremely bitter.

A thought suddenly came to Zhao Sheng's mind: "Could this be the legendary medicinal mud?"

There has been a theory of medicinal mud in the world of cultivating immortals since ancient times. It is said that when no one picks the elixir and withers and dies naturally, after thousands of years of corruption and weathering, it will turn into medicinal soil, and after tens of thousands of years of accumulation, a The stacking of layers of medicinal soil will gradually generate a kind of "medicine mud" that can accelerate the growth of elixir.

This kind of medicinal paste contains some medicinal effects and can be swallowed as a panacea, but it is far inferior to its "ripening" properties.

Thinking of this, Zhao Sheng was extremely excited, and began to quickly dig around on the slope.

An hour later, the slope became potholed.At this time, Zhao Sheng stood up with a mixed expression of joy and sorrow.

At this time, he found that the slope was not full of medicinal mud, in fact, only within a foot of dead tree roots were traces of medicinal mud.

It's just that he discovered another thing that shocked him very much.

There are no big trees on this slope, but there is a remnant tree root system.

Judging from the results of the excavation, the dead tree roots protruding from the ground are only the tip of the iceberg. Most of the roots are buried under the earth and rocks and spread in all directions, not only completely occupying the entire slope, but even spreading to the surrounding cliffs. .

Zhao Sheng couldn't imagine how such a huge tree could grow in such a dark place, and if the big tree with such a root system still remained, what kind of giant it would be!
For unknown reasons, the big tree has been broken, and it is likely to have fallen into the bottomless abyss. Most of the remaining roots have died, but a small part remains, creating a unique ecosystem here. The dead roots also turned into pieces of medicinal mud, which became the nutrients for the growth of countless elixir in this slope.

With the rare thing of medicinal mud, Zhao Sheng spent another hour to carefully smear the nine elixir with the dug medicinal mud.

This not only ensures that the efficacy of the medicine will not be lost, but also prevents unpredictable dangers after the fragrance of the medicine spreads out.

Before leaving, he suddenly thought of something, turned back to the slope, cut off a small section of tree roots that looked more "fresh" with his pocket dagger, and put them in his backpack.

After leaving the slope, Zhao Sheng began a long journey of finding his way.

One advantage of Tianzhu Mountain is that as long as you climb sideways, you will always turn to the other side of the mountain.

In fact, Zhao Sheng did the same.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Sheng finally broke free from the treasure of death, and saw the sun and sea of ​​clouds again.

At this time, he was covered with bruises and shabby clothes.

No one knows what hardships and obstacles he experienced during this period.As for this experience, Zhao Sheng also kept his mouth shut and avoided talking about it.

……

A few months later, on the banks of the Lishui River, a roar suddenly came from the ancestral hall of the Zhao Family Manor:
"Kneel down for Lao Tzu!"

Zhao Sheng glared at his disappointing son, his head hurt from anger.

Plop!Zhao Cheng, who was thick-backed but extremely handsome, simply knelt down to his father.

"Father, I know I was wrong!"

"Bah, you know what's wrong! Over the years, your mother and I have told you so many times. Where have you changed?"

"After decades of practice, you can only reach the third level of Qi refining. And your daughter-in-law is only five spirits and waste roots, but she is already at the fifth level of Qi refining. A four spirits root is not even as good as a waste spirit root.

Come on, did you secretly give Lingyuan Pill to her again? "

Zhao Sheng, who was over seventy years old, still spoke like a bell, full of energy.

The more he talked, the more angry he became, and he picked up the family law cane, and slapped his son all over the face.

Zhao Cheng has been promoted to the innate realm, his body is rough and fleshy, and he doesn't care about the pain of this flesh and blood.

Kneeling and being beaten, he argued: "Father, you also know that I can't sit still since I was a child, and I fell asleep when I practiced. Anyway, it's a waste for me to take Lingyuan Dan, so I might as well give it to Qingqing."

Zhao Cheng said Qingqing, named Han Qingqing, who was born with invalid spiritual roots.

Well, her father is Han Xuanwu.

It is said that more than ten years ago, after Zhao Sheng and Han Xuanwu escaped from Fu Yanqing's hands.

Zhao Sheng was okay, but Han Xuanwu got lucky because of this.

Because he reported to Ziyangzong in time that a demon from the Diyan Palace killed and pretended to be a disciple of Ziyangzong, and set up a scheme to kill people and seize treasures on Tianzhu Mountain.
Therefore, he was able to worship Ziyangzong.

Later, because of his high talent in cultivation, he was accepted as a disciple by a monk in the late stage of Foundation Establishment.It has been out of control ever since.

It only took more than ten years to rapidly upgrade from the sixth level of Qi Refining to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Back then, Han Xuanwu was very grateful to Zhao Sheng for saving his life, and visited him many times.

The relationship between the two became closer and closer, and finally Han Xuanwu betrothed his daughter to Zhao Cheng, and the two became in-laws.

(End of this chapter)