Starting from Scavengers to Cultivate Immortals

Chapter 8
In front of the dilapidated cabin, the little fox was still lying motionless on the stone.

Xu Chen picked it up to observe, and found that there was still breath, but he probably couldn't survive, so he could only let it go with a sigh, and then sat down on the grass next to him, staring at the rolling mountains and clear blue sky in front of him in a daze.

It is said that gods are good, and the world is happy.

But who would know that immortals are so lonely and boring.

Although Xu Chen is used to this kind of life, there are always a few days every month when he feels decadent and bewildered, and feels irritable and doesn't want to practice.

But today was a mixed day.

Although the Huanhunmu didn't know if he could live, but he found a jade bead in this special pile of poop, which made him feel full of search.

If it wasn't for the sudden appearance of the demon wolf, he would still have harvested a litter of dead foxes, and the skins alone could sell at least ten spirit stones.

That was a lot of wealth, wealth that he never had.

It's a pity that everything is in vain now.

Of course, before he left, he still left a small trap for the wolf.

If the demon wolf ate the old fox's body, maybe the lump of feces hidden in its mouth would kill it.

But this is only a very small possibility. After all, the third-order demon wolf is already very intelligent, so it is unlikely to be fooled, but what if.

So Xu Chen decided to lie dormant and wait for a few days. If there is no movement, he will go and observe secretly.

The demon core of a third-tier demon wolf is worth at least dozens of spirit stones.

The jade beads were poured out again by Xu Chen and placed in a pottery bowl.

This time he didn't dare to use his spiritual sense to observe again, he stared wide-eyed for a long time, then tried to touch it with his hands, and found that apart from a kind of icy coolness, there was no discomfort at all.

So he became more courageous, and simply picked up Yuzhu with his hands, but he still didn't feel the slightest danger, so he let out a long breath.

It seems that although this jade bead is poisonous, it will not be poisoned directly through skin contact, but only when it is observed with spiritual consciousness or dissolved in water and enters the body.

But such a highly poisonous thing can be eaten and pulled out again, which shows how powerful this unknown monster is.

Xu Chen was sighing, when he suddenly heard the sound of piercing through the sky, turned his head, and saw a blue figure coming with a sword, it was Zhao Xuan, the thirteenth senior sister again.

"Why is senior sister here again?" Xu Chen hurriedly put away the jade beads and stood up to say hello.

Zhao Xuan landed in front of Xu Chen, retracted her sword with a sad face, and asked, "Is Huan Hunmu really dead?"

Xu Chen smiled wryly: "The third elder just read it, it may indeed be hopeless!"

Zhao Xuan sighed, but when she saw the little fox on the rock next to her, she was surprised and said, "White foxes are rare."

Xu Chen couldn't say anything about the spirit fox's lair, so he only vaguely said that he picked it up near the medicine garden.

Zhao Xuan gently picked up the little fox, glanced at it, and said with pity on her face, "It's a pity that he is also an orphan abandoned by his parents. He hasn't been weaned yet, so I'm afraid he won't survive."

Xu Chen hurriedly said, "I'm still a little angry. If I had milk, I might still be alive."

While speaking, Xu Chen's eyes fell on Zhao Xuan's chest, but he immediately sighed.

Zhao Xuan was immediately ashamed and angry, kicked Xu Chen and said angrily, "You're not a good guy either, just look there and dare to sigh."

Xu Chen laughed dryly: "Sister, why don't you take it home and raise it for a try, it's a merit to live."

Zhao Xuan seemed to be in no mood, put down the little fox and said: "I don't have time, the third elder asked me to go to the capital of the Song Dynasty with Brother Jiu to celebrate the emperor's birthday. It may take a month to come and go."

Xu Chen said helplessly, "Forget it then!"

After speaking, he thought for a while and took out a protective charm from his waist pocket and handed it over, "Senior sister is going on a long trip, this jade charm is for you to defend yourself on the road, if it is useless, return it to me."

Zhao Xuan's eyes lit up, she took the jade talisman and played with it for a while and said with a smile: "It's rare for my junior brother to be caring. I've agreed, if I use it, I won't have the treasure to return to you!"

Xu Chen waved his hand, "If you use it, you might have saved your senior sister's life, why should you pay it back, as long as everyone is safe."

Zhao Xuan looked at Xu Chen with a half-smile and said, "Did you also give Seventh Senior Sister a talisman?"

Xu Chen could only nod his head.

So Zhao Xuan put the talisman into her pocket without hesitation, and then took out a few colorful paper talismans and said, "These are some talismans that I exchanged when I went down the mountain before. For the time being, it can be regarded as a thank-you gift to the younger brother."

Xu Chen was also polite, took the paper talisman and said, "Alright, these ordinary paper talismans are of great use to me."

"How about..." Zhao Xuan hesitated, looking at Xu Chen with a blushing face, "Brother, lend me two more Great Yuan Pills."

Xu Chen's face turned dark, but he still took out the jade bottle and poured out two emerald green pills.

The talismans are all given away, so there is no need to be stingy with two pills.

Zhao Xuan happily collected the two Great Yuan Pills, and then left with Yujian. Xu Chen sat down with a wry smile. It seems that these senior brothers and sisters will not give up until they drain all the magic weapons from him.

Of course, he can also understand, after all, he stays at the mountain gate all year round to pick up dung, there is no danger, but there are too many unknowns when going down the mountain to travel far away, not because they are necessarily coveting these things, mainly because Taiyuanmen is too poor up.

These treasures in their eyes are not scarce in those large and medium-sized fairy sects. Whenever the disciples of the sect go down the mountain, they can get some self-defense from the master sect.

But in Taiyuanmen, the senior brothers and sisters can only find their own way, or rely on contributions to exchange, or rely on finding materials on weekdays to ask the two elders for help, or exchange treasures with other sects.

But either way, it is difficult.

A first-grade Great Yuan Pill requires more than ten kinds of rare spiritual grasses and elixir medicines, some of which do not exist in the medicine garden at all, and cannot be cultivated, and they are all found in the wild.

Even the unqualified Xiao Yuan Dan needs seven or eight kinds of medicinal materials. Although the Tai Yuan Sect has medicine gardens, but because the medicine garden lacks aura and grows slowly, and it needs more than ten years of cultivation before it can be used as medicine, it is impossible to supply it in large quantities. .

And if you want to exchange pills with other sects, the price is even more outrageous.

A bottle of ten Small Yuan Pills requires at least three spirit stones, and the amount of Great Yuan Pills is more than five times.

Not to mention that Xu Chen and his disciples can't afford it, even the three elders can't afford it every day.

As for the magic talisman made by monks in the Danyuan realm, it is a magic weapon for self-defense that everyone in the low-level disciples wants.

The Great Elder rewarded Xu Chen with three talismans at one time, worth at least hundreds of spirit stones. No matter which sect it was placed in, it was a coveted fortune.

It can also be seen from this that the Great Elder is so excited and looking forward to the rebirth of the Resurrection Tree.

Unfortunately, the excitement disappeared within a few days.

Xu Chen is still worried about what will happen to the Great Elder's mood when he comes back and finds that the Hun Hun Wood is dead.

Therefore, he does not dare to occupy these magic pills and talismans by himself now, and sending them out can actually share some of his pressure.

Poor, lonely, worried!

Xu Chen muttered and released the flying sword, rode on it and staggered towards a forest not far away.

After a while, he flew back again, with a few more eggs in his hand.

Putting the bird's eggs in a clay bowl, he went into the room and took out a hatchet, chopped a thin bamboo, and quickly made a small water gun.

Since there was no milk, but he couldn't just watch the little fox starve to death, so he decided to feed it with bird eggs to see if he could be saved.

After the water gun was ready, he smashed two bird eggs, stirred the egg white and egg yolk together, then sucked it into the small water gun, slowly poured it into the little fox's mouth, and found another piece of animal skin to wrap it on the grass Continue to bask in the sun.

He knocked the remaining eggs into his mouth, smacked his mouth a few times, then sat down cross-legged and began to practice Qi.

The day passed quickly.

Early the next morning, Xu Chen observed the little fox, and found that his breath was much stronger, and he could even open his eyes slightly, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and went out on a sword for half an hour, and brought back a basket of bird eggs , Feed the little fox two in the same way, and then went to the medicine garden to inspect the situation.

But when I went to take a look, I was immediately frightened. Not only did the Resurrection Tree completely die overnight, but the new branches and two flowers all withered and fell off, and dozens of medicinal herbs in the medicine garden were all wilted and turned yellow. all dead.

"It's over, what... what should I do?"

Xu Chen stood at the entrance of the medicine garden, his face was pale, and the sweat on his forehead rolled down.

He can still accept the death of the Resurrection Tree. After all, it was already dying before, but the medicinal materials of two or three acres are also dead. After the Great Elder fertilized with spirit stones a few days ago, these medicinal herbs still grew as if they had taken a powerful pill. The momentum was fierce, and they all died suddenly. Not to mention that he couldn't accept it, it is estimated that the entire Taiyuan Sect couldn't accept it.

Although these medicinal materials are not very good, they are necessary materials for daily alchemy.

All of a sudden they all died, it was almost like digging up everyone's ancestral graves.

He expected the beginning, but not the end.

Unexpectedly, a lump of excrement picked up inexplicably poisoned all the medicinal materials of Taiyuanmen.

"How to do how to do?"

Xu Chen turned around in a hurry, but in the end he still didn't dare to hide it, so he could only bite the bullet and ride the flying sword to Chaoyang Peak to report to the third elder.

The third elder was meditating and seemed to be in a bad mood. .

Xu Chen didn't dare to tell about his random fertilization, but only talked about the current situation of the medicine garden.

The third elder's face continued to twitch violently after hearing this, but he didn't blame him. In the end, he just sighed and waved his hands:
"I already know about this matter. It seems that something happened to the medicine garden. The old man will go to check the situation in person. Since the medicine materials are dead, you don't have to stay in the medicine garden every day. Two days later, I will go to the capital with my two senior brothers and sisters. The emperor wished him a birthday, and by the way, he also went down the mountain to practice, to see if there is any chance, everything will be discussed after the elder comes back, you go first!"

"Yes, disciple is leaving!" Xu Chen heaved a sigh of relief and exited the room.

Back at the residence, Xu Chen was a little excited, but also lost.

After going up the mountain for five years, I finally had the opportunity to go down the mountain.

But I'm afraid the days to come will be even more difficult.

Without the medicine garden, pills will be even more scarce in the future, and it will be more difficult to cultivate. When encountering danger, it will be even more dangerous if there is no timely replenishment of pills.

And if he wanted to obtain the elixir, he would have to work hard on his own like other senior brothers and sisters.

It seems that this time is still too reckless.

But the consequences had already happened, and he had no choice but to be annoyed.

(End of this chapter)