A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice

The old man was chopping wood in the yard. He looked up when he heard the words. He glanced at the oxtail knife on Duan Rong's waist and the red horse behind him, and said, "Guest, please come in!"

The old man said, and stood up to open the fence gate.

Duan Rong walked in and led the horse into the yard.

The old man went to the kitchen and scooped out a large bucket of water. Duan Rong thanked him, took the bucket, and drank it all in one breath. He looked up and smiled, "Old man, another bucket."

The boss saw Duan Rong's smile and his defenses disappeared immediately. He turned around and scooped out another bucket of water for Duan Rong.

Beside the door of the main room, a dark-skinned little boy was hiding, with only half of his face exposed. He looked at Duan Rong drinking like a cow and kept grinning.

Duan Rong drank another bucket of water and felt satisfied.

The old man saw that Duan Rong's face was covered with dust and the horse behind him was running slowly, so he started a conversation: "Guest, where are you going?"

Duan Rong looked up and saw the Wild Boar Mountain, which looked like a giant beast lying down, not far to the east of the village. He said: "Let's go into the mountain!"

"Are you alone?"

Duan Rong smiled. "Alone."

"How can one person go into the Wild Boar Mountain? There are often big insects and black blinds in the mountain. The hunting team that sets traps in the deep mountains dare not go in if they have less than 20 people! Young man, I advise you not to be stubborn!"

Duan Rong smiled and said: "Old man, thank you for your reminder! It's okay!"

Looking at Duan Rong's look, the old man could only shake his head.

"Old man, please take care of this horse for a few days! Feed it some tender grass! I'll take it away in a few days!"

Duan Rong said, and took out a piece of silver weighing four or five coins and stuffed it into the old man's hand!

The old man was stunned when he saw the size of the silver coins and said, "Why would you want so much?"

"It's okay, old man, keep it for the child to buy clothes!"

Duan Rong saw the child hiding by the door, naked, dark-skinned, and so thin that his ribs were visible.

The old man had just kindly reminded Duan Rong that there were beasts in the mountains!

This little silver coin was just a hair to Duan Rong at this time.

"This..." The old man wanted to refuse. He planted crops for a year, and the harvest was only a few coins.

But Duan Rong had already stuffed the reins of the chestnut horse into the old man's hand and turned away...

The old man looked at Duan Rong's back and murmured: "A person who dares to enter the Wild Boar Mountain should have some skills!"

As the old man said, he led the horse into the cowshed and tied it next to an old yellow cow...

The old man said to Heihai who was hiding behind the door: "Hei Yazi, go out and cut some grass later, and cut some for the horse! Pick some fresh grass to cut, the customer has paid!"

There are naturally many beasts in the deep mountains and old forests of Wild Boar Mountain.

However, Duan Rong went into the mountain alone, not to show off!

A warrior of the first level of the Inner Breath Realm is no longer afraid of beasts, not to mention that Duan Rong still has the Cloud Snake Step!

The Wild Boar Mountain is steep, with jagged rocks and ancient pines and cypresses everywhere!

Duan Rong performed the Cloud Snake Step and climbed the mountains like an old ape!

In just half an hour, they crossed a hilltop. Duan Rong stood beside a low pine tree on the hilltop. The mountain wind blew and his back suddenly felt cold!

He used the Cloud Snake Step continuously, which consumed a lot of energy and he was already sweating.

Below the hilltop was a valley surrounded by mountains!

The stream gurgled and old trees formed a forest!

Duan Rong smiled. This was the kind of place he was looking for!

Duan Rong just took a breath and jumped down and entered the old forest!

Duan Rong looked at the old pine tree in front of him, which was as thick as two people hugging together. It stood tall and towering into the clouds.

Duan Rong put his palm on the trunk of the old pine tree. At this time, a squirrel with bright fur jumped out from the high branches. Its pair of black eyes looked at Duan Rong, the uninvited guest in the mountain, curiously!

Duan Rong glanced at the squirrel's cute appearance, smiled slightly, then lowered his head and said inwardly: "Read the spirit!"

Artifact: old pine wood (121 years old)

Spirit level: second level.

Devouring requirements: host's mental power level 2 (not met).

Devouring effect: initial spiritual intelligence (can slightly increase the host's mental power).

Duan Rong looked at the data in front of him, his eyes flickered.

This is very important data. This tree spirit is second level, the age is 121 years, and the ninety-two-year-old tree spirit is still not in the first level.

Although he still can't devour the second level. However, according to the comparison of these two sets of data, there must be a first-level tree spirit between the ninety-two years and the one hundred and twenty-one years old!

And he can devour the first-level tree spirit!

Duan Rong immediately felt full of energy, jumping in the forest, constantly reading the spirit of the instrument on the old trees.

"Ninety-five years! Not yet entered the rank!"

"Ninety-eight years! Not yet entered the rank!"

A perfect poem, a post, a content, a 6-9 book, a bar!

"One hundred and twenty-three years! Second rank!"

...

"One hundred and twenty-nine years! Second rank!"

Duan Rong looked for old trees that were about the same thickness as the one hundred and twenty-one year old tree to read the spirit of the instrument.

Old trees in the mountains grow slowly. If there is a clear difference in thickness, the difference in age will only be greater!

Duan Rong suddenly stopped beside a rock!

His eyes were shining as he looked at the old camphor tree in front of him!

The old camphor tree exuded a faint fragrance, and the mottled bark was like the quiet face of a wise woman who had experienced many vicissitudes of life.

Artifact: Old camphor wood (103 years old)

Artifact spirit level: First level.

Devouring requirements: Host's spiritual power level 1 (satisfied).

Devouring effect: Initial enlightenment (can slightly increase the host's spiritual power).

After so much effort, I finally found a first-level artifact spirit, and it does have the effect of increasing spiritual power, although it is weak.

Duan Rong couldn't suppress his excitement!

Duan Rong compared this set of data of the 103-year-old camphor wood with the data of the 121-year-old pine wood.

Duan Rong made a preliminary judgment: the tree spirit should be enlightened in a hundred years and become a first-level artifact spirit. And in another twenty years, about 120 years later, it will have initial intelligence and become a second-level artifact spirit!

Whether it is a first-level artifact spirit or a second-level artifact spirit, their increase in spiritual power is weak!

Compared with the three hundred year old ginkgo tree, which has seen many years, and the one thousand two hundred year old mulberry tree, which has experienced many changes, the first and second level tree spirits are still very weak, equivalent to the initial stage.

His mental power can finally grow, and a slight increase is also an increase!

Duan Rong's eyes were clear, and he said: "Swallow the spirit!"

What's the big deal about a slight increase! At most, he can live in this mountain, become a mountain guest, and swallow it every day!

After swallowing the spirit of the old camphor tree in front of him, Duan Rong was slightly surprised. This is also a first level spirit, but the discomfort in his brain after swallowing the spirit before did not happen!

Duan Rong does not think this is a good phenomenon!

There must be something wrong when things are abnormal!

For no reason, there is a change, which usually means that something has happened!

Duan Rong deliberately drank some water beside the stream, and by the way, he also observed his reaction after swallowing the tree spirit!

The result was no change, how to say? It was just seriously normal, just like not swallowing it!

"But... there doesn't seem to be any adverse reaction?"

In that case, let's try swallowing more!

Duan Rong suddenly jumped out like a ghost, jumping in the woods!