Great Swordsman

Chapter 16 Dragonscale Jujube Tree
The Hengduan Mountains start from the Tianzang Plateau and stretch for thousands of miles. There are many mountains and peaks, straight into the sky. It cannot be crossed by humans. There is only one Nu River, which flows from the snow-capped holy land of the Tianzang Plateau. Flow to neighboring countries: Nanzhao.

The Nujiang River has two tributaries in the Hengduan Mountains, one is the Bijiang River, which is at the head of the Hengduan Mountains, and the other is the Lancang River, which is at the end of the Hengduan Mountains and flows through Qingping County.

Coincidentally, no matter it is the wormwood, the dodder, or other spiritual grasses that are shining with spiritual light, they are not far from the Lancang River.

Li Mu seriously suspects that these spirit grasses are 'full of spiritual energy' due to the influence of the Lancang River.

After receiving the information from Minzhuang, Li Mu immediately went upstream along the Lancang River, followed by the groom and the pony.

The Lancang River is more than [-] meters wide, and the river is rushing and flowing.

Along the way, both sides of the river are verdant, and farther away, there are deep forests and luxuriant trees. In the mountains and forests, monkeys and tigers howl, startling birds.

"My lord, I remember this place." The groom told Li Mu that when he was a schoolboy when he was young, he followed the young master on a cruise and came here to offer incense.

"Shangxiang?" Li Mu was puzzled, "There are temples in this kind of place?"

There are few people here, there are no roads and no stations, if you come here on foot, ordinary people can't stand it.

The groom said: "Behind the mountain in front, there is indeed a mountain temple. Back then, it relied on the Lancang River, and the incense was still at its peak. But later, the Lancang River was frequently flooded and there were many accidents. No more believers came here to offer incense."

Without believers, the mountain temple was also abandoned. It is said that even the bricks and rubble of the wall were hollowed out by the people.

"I remember there was a jujube tree there that never produced dates. I don't know if it is still there." The groom recalled.

When the two were talking, the pony behind him was tired from walking, and ran to the riverside, bowing his head to drink water to quench his thirst. As a result, a big fish suddenly rushed out from the bottom of the water, opened its mouth to show its ferocious fangs, and bit the pony head.

This fish is huge, more than two meters long, and its head is as big as a washbasin. Its mouth is like a black hole full of jagged teeth, devouring towards the pony.

The pony couldn't react, and looked at the ferocious fish mouth that was getting closer and closer.

Fortunately, Li Mu noticed the movement behind him, and swung his sword away with his backhand. The spiritual power passed through the sword peak, turned into blue sword energy, and chopped off the fish's head like a dead man!
The fish carcass fell into the water, and the river surged suddenly. Dozens of big fish flocked to eat the carcass, and then swam away quickly. After a while, they swam to the shore again, lingering.

The pony finally came to his senses, the donkey brayed in fright, and ran to the groom's feet in a panic, trembling, the horse pissed out!
"These fish are going to become monsters." The groom glanced at the fangs in the mouth of the fish. He had no doubt that if a human fell into the water, he would definitely end up in the same end and be devoured by the fish!

The revival of spiritual energy is not limited to human beings, countless beasts in the wild, vegetation, insects and fish are also devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Li Mu believes that in the near future, real monsters and ghosts will appear in front of the world.

Li Mu felt a sense of urgency.

Because, although he has the ceiling-level cultivation speed of a human being, it is impossible for him to practice 24 hours a day. They are exotic flowers and plants, they can practice all day long, they are not disturbed by the world of mortals, and they can kill each other to enhance their killing skills. This addition and subtraction... Li Mu's heart is heavy, but, compared to beasts, humans also have The huge advantage is that the countless soul-stirring articles and poems, Taoist scriptures and Buddhist collections left by the predecessors are the greatest heritage of human beings!

Relying on these, human monks can evolve countless mental skills and secret skills, which can probably offset the gap between them and monsters.

Li Mu thought of the countless poems in his mind, and felt a little settled.

The two of them went upstream along the Lancang River, meandering around the mountain in front of them, their field of vision widened in an instant, and the mountain peaks shrouded in clouds and mist seemed to be right in front of them, lined up one by one as far as they could see, until the horizon .

"Wow~~~" At the same time, a childish roar of a tiger woke them up.

Li Mu searched for the sound, and saw a tiger calf the size of a milk dog, with golden hair mixed with black stripes and white spots, and the word "King" on his forehead was majestic. It was jumping up and down not far away, grinning at them. Fierce.

Before Li Mu moved, the pony at his feet had already rushed out. It was frightened by the big fish just now, and the horse piss came out. Now, seeing the little tiger who is not as tall as it baring its teeth and roaring, it suddenly burst into anger Suddenly, the evil turned to the gallbladder, and decided to vent all the anger in the stomach on the head of the little tiger.

A tiger and a horse immediately wrestled together and rolled around.

The groom is very experienced, and said solemnly: "My lord, be careful, the little tiger is here, and the big tiger must be not far away!"

The two looked around and saw a three-meter-long tiger at the foot of the mountain a little far away.

It's a pity that this big tiger's hair is messy and its bones are misplaced. It has been dead for a long time. Beside it, there is a large python more than [-] meters long. The scales of the seven-inch palm-sized snake are torn by claws, revealing white flesh and blood. , smelly, with flies flying on it.

"It's probably been dead for four or five hours." Li Mu said visually.

"Did the big tiger die with this giant python to protect the little tiger?" The groom guessed based on the traces at the scene.

Li Mu shook his head, "It's not for Xiaohu."

He pointed to a big tree at the foot of the mountain. This tree was extremely strong. Its trunk was like a crouching dragon, and it was deeply rooted in the ground. Recognized at a glance, this is a jujube.

"This jujube tree is extraordinary." Li Mu approached, and found that the bark of the jujube tree was like brown dragon scales, and it was in flakes, arranged row by row, like a dragon tree, which was extremely miraculous.

"It's the jujube tree from that temple back then!" The groom exclaimed. He looked around and confirmed that this was the ruins of that temple back then. Unfortunately, except for this jujube tree, everything else went with the wind.

"Ow~"

"Yeah~~"

Not far away, the tiger roared and the horse neighed. One tiger and one horse fought fiercely. One wanted to step on the other side under the hooves of the horse, and the other wanted to press the other side under the tiger's claws. dust.

"My lord, this jujube tree..." The groom found that the jujube tree not only bears fruit, but also has bark like dragon scales. Is this to transform into a dragon?
He was inexplicably shocked, touching the bark excitedly, the touch was rough and tough, he tried to stroke against the scales, but the belly of his finger was punctured by the bark, dripping blood.

"It's the reason for the revival of spiritual energy." Li Mu was sure that the jujube tree was extraordinary, otherwise the tiger and the python would not have died together for this reason.

This is cheap for me... Li Mu immediately ordered the groom to bury the tiger carcass at the foot of the mountain.

Although the tiger is dead, its breath is still there. Burying it at the foot of the mountain can deter wild animals on the mountain and prevent them from approaching the jujube tree.

Then, Li Mu asked the groom to scrape off the snake scales of the big python and throw them in a dark place nearby to deter snakes, insects, rats and ants, and then buried the python corpse between the jujube trees and the Lancang River to deter the amphibious creatures in the Lancang River.

But this is only temporary, Li Mu plans to send people to station here to protect the jujube tree!
At this time, a breeze blows, and there is a burst of fragrance from the jujube tree, which is refreshing.

This date should have just come out not long ago, and there is still some time before it matures, but the fragrance is already intoxicating. If it is mature, one date may be comparable to a stalk of spiritual grass outside.

It's no wonder that the battle between the tiger and the python will not end until death, and it is really impossible to give up.

Li Mu's heart was burning.

This is only the outer edge of the Hengduan Mountain Range, and there is already such a chance. In the depths of the Hengduan Mountain Range, there are still countless great fortunes!

He was fascinated by it, but he also knew that in the depths of the Hengduan Mountains, there must be countless terrifying beasts far superior to tigers and pythons. If they ventured deep, fortune and disaster would be unpredictable!
Still have to take one step at a time and move forward slowly!

(End of this chapter)