Chapter 21
What are the benefits of advancing? Du Heng had no other feelings except that he felt his body was lighter. He learned from the original owner to put his spiritual sense into his body. At this glance, he could see the difference between the first and third levels of Qi training. After he came to this body, he also tried to see his meridians. The meridians of the first level of Qi training were small, and when the spiritual energy wandered in it, it would be stuck at a certain point and could not move forward.
Now, his meridians are three times wider than the previous layer of Qi training. Moreover, there are many crystal blue spiritual lights appearing on the edge of the meridians. Looking closely, his meridians are like rushing rivers of spiritual energy.
He opened his eyes and held a wooden talisman in his hand. In the past, he could summon a pile of wood through this talisman, which could also be transformed into various shapes according to his intentions, such as making a water scoop or something.
Du Heng injected the spiritual energy from his body into the wood-inspiring talisman. A green light flashed in his hand, and a large pile of wood appeared in front of him. These woods were more numerous than his previous wood, and the objects formed were more delicate.
The first benefit after the promotion appeared. His spiritual energy was much more abundant than before. The feeling of being powerless when using the talisman was much better. The second benefit was that the talisman in his hand would not be wasted. You should know that even if it was the same talisman, a master of Nascent Soul could kill people when used, and the first layer of Qi training would only save trouble.
Jing Nan nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that you have never learned the mental method before. When you look back, I will find you a martial art that suits your practice. When you build the foundation, you will be able to accept your own natal spiritual plant. Don't worry, there are not many other trees around our tree, and there are many spiritual plants. You have been paying attention to what plants you like recently, and you will also have an understanding when you collect them as natal spiritual plant."
After a monk with wood-based spiritual roots practices to a certain level, he can control plants as the carrier of his spiritual energy. He can attack, defend, and harvest the spiritual plant of the life-and-death spirit plant and communicate with the owner's life and death. The big guy with wood-based spiritual roots in the cultivation world does not have to take action on his own if he wants to teach someone a lesson. If he does it casually, his natal spiritual plant will do it for him.
Du Heng said to Jing Nan gratefully: "Thank you, Dr. Jing." Jing Nan smiled and waved his hand: "There are only a few people in the village. Feng Gui is not here, this guy is a dull guy again. I always have to worry too much~"
Today's breakfast was mutton soup cooked last night. Although Du Heng was drunk yesterday, it did not affect the food he prepared. The scene of Xiaoxiao drinking hotpot soup while crying is still carved by Jing Nan in the photo stone.
Seeing Du Heng wanting to eat the internal organs, Jing Nan was the first one who refused to agree: "Oh... I don't want to eat this."
Du Heng skillfully took out his heart and liver and intestines and cut them into slices. He also cut some mutton left yesterday into a bowl, and then scooped into boiled mutton soup in a large bowl. Although there were few coriander and garlic sprouts, he found a substitute. There was a spiritual plant with slender leaves at the door, and the leaves tasted a little spicy. It was a warm herb with anti-swelling and detoxification effects. After cooking at high temperature, it would have a fragrance that could cover up the smell of mutton.
A large white porcelain bowl contains milky white mutton soup, dotted with green spiritual plants. The large pieces of mutton and mutton inside are soaked in the soup, which smells fresh and fragrant, with a slight smell of mutton unique to sheep. However, under the neutralization of spiritual plants, the mutton smell not only does not stimulate people's taste, but also makes people feel excited about their index fingers and have the urge to eat.
Jing Nan refused at first, but later when he saw Xuan Yu and Xiaoxiao sitting at the table, drinking soup and eating meat, he couldn't help it: "Give me a bowl too."
Du Heng smiled and handed him a bowl: "Some people can't get used to the internal organs, so there is no need to force them. You taste it first. If you don't like the internal organs, I will change it to mutton." The spoon in Jing Nan's hand was scooping up a spoon and cutting it into a long strip of brown substance. He looked left and right: "What is this?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "Sheep Blood." Jing Nan was shocked: "You really... don't let it go at all." Du Heng said seriously: "Killing and surviving is the instinct of animals. In order to survive, we can only eat other creatures. In order to make them die, as long as they can be used, they cannot be wasted."
Jing Nan thought to himself: "Well... it makes sense." Du Heng looked outside and said: "I will go to the mountain to take a look after breakfast later." Yesterday, I learned to go to the trap for the first time and caught sheep. Today I wonder if I can have the luck to catch more prey.
The mountains are blocked by heavy snow, and many small animals will hide in their nests and not come out. The creatures that can come out foraging during this season must be very strong.
Du Heng looked at Xiaoxiao: "Xiaoxiao, can you accompany me to the mountain to see later?" Xiaoxiao's reaction should be that he was not angry. Xuan Yu and Jing Nan are indeed more suitable to accompany him than Xiaoxiao, but these two people also have their own things to do. Du Heng was embarrassed to speak, so he invited Xiaoxiao.
Before Xiaoxiao could answer, he heard Xuan Yu say, "I'll accompany you." It's Du Heng's turn to be embarrassed: "Will it disturb you too much?" Xuan Yu said, "No, I'll accompany you."
Jing Nan drank mutton soup and explained to Xuan Yu: "The trap is in Nanshan. Wait until you go to Beishan to take a look, don't let the things get in." Xuan Yu nodded: "Don't worry."
There are five hills around a tree, one in the south, west and north, and only two in the east. There are valleys with Tao trees in the middle, which look like the foothills of the east were split into two halves by sharp tools.
When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I was surrounded by clouds and mist on the top of the mountain. The surrounding mountains seemed to be covered with a layer, which was not very clear. Maybe it was the sun was lazy in winter. When I went up the mountain yesterday, Du Heng was only halfway up the mountain and never walked up the mountain again. When I looked up today, I saw that the fog was lower than yesterday. If he had walked alone in the mountain, he might have lost his way.
The path up the mountain is narrow, and the narrowest place can only allow one person to pass through. It snowed last night, and the traces of going up the mountain during the day were covered with snow. If you step on it, you will lose your calves.
Du Heng felt that the road to the mountain was extremely difficult, and it was even harder than when he and Jing Nan went up the mountain yesterday. But in this case, Xuan Yu could actually walk steadily in front of him with an umbrella. To be honest, Du Heng could only climb the mountain smoothly by stepping on Xuan Yu's footprints.
Xuan Yu looked back at Du Heng from time to time, and he spoke again: "Actually, I can help you see the trap. If there is prey, I will take it back for you." Du Heng smiled and said: "You can't let you do everything for me. You are very busy, so it's fine if I can't help, how can you still cause trouble for you?"
Xuan Yu also understood this truth, so he could only turn his head and continue climbing up the mountain. Du Heng stopped and said suspiciously: "I seemed to have found four-horned sheep here yesterday, but the snow was too heavy, and it seemed to have covered the traps we set." A heavy snow last night buried the traces left by them under the snow. Du Heng felt that the trees around him were growing almost the same.
When he went up the mountain, he was full of confidence and thought that he could do it, but he couldn't even find the trap he set! He said, "Yesterday I tied marks on the trees near the trap, but now I can't find it." It was too frustrating, he felt that it was nearby, but he just couldn't see it.
Xuan Yu said slowly, "Walk forward a little longer. It's the second time you have arrived in the village. It's normal for you to go up the mountain without getting familiar with the road." Du Heng looked at Xuan Yu's back gratefully, and he found that Xuan Yu was really good at comforting him. Looking back, although he didn't talk much along the way, he was very partial to him.
Du Heng was thinking about his hard walking on the road, but suddenly he bumped into Xuan Yu's back. Du Heng was about to ask him why he stopped. Xuan Yu said to him: "Let's go back." Du Heng was puzzled. Why did he go back just after he came up? He hadn't checked where his traps were.
Du Heng poked his head out from behind Xuan Yu and looked: "Is it..." What happened in front of him was so shocked that he couldn't say it. He found his first trap. A red rope was tied to the tree next to the trap, and three deep claw marks appeared in the red and exposed the white inside of the tree.
If the three claw marks under the tree are just appetizers, the luxurious meal scattered beside the tree. Scattered flesh and blood were scattered beside the trap, the snow on the ground was stained with blood, and half a pig's head fell on the ground. The ground was covered with blood, and black and red blood mixed with residual snow scattered around the trap, and even the snow under Du Heng's feet had a deep and shallow red.
Someone tore open the prey that fell into the trap, and then left behind the wreckage of the ground. The scene in the snow was shocking, and the cold snow in the forest was covered with a fishy smell, and a disgusting smell came to my face.
Du Heng almost vomited as soon as his face changed. He didn't know what was going on. He was a chef and had experienced a big scene of killing, but when he saw this scene, he felt physically and mentally discomfortable. Especially when he saw the half pig's head, the half pig's head was several circles larger than Du Heng's head, and flesh was scattered on it.
They came late, and the flesh and blood on the ground was frozen. But seeing this scene, it is not difficult to imagine what kind of killing happened here last night. The pig that fell into the trap was amazingly large. What would the monster that could kill it and share it would look like? Du Heng could not imagine that if he encountered such a monster, would he still have a way out?
Du Heng felt dizzy in front of him. Xuan Yu turned around and gave him some spiritual energy: "Go back." Du Heng felt dizzy better. He held Xuan Yu and asked, "Has a monster attacked the prey in the trap?" Xuan Yu looked at it and said, "Is it true now."
Du Heng's face turned a little blue, Xuan Yu closed the umbrella and put it in the storage bag. Du Heng felt that his feet were empty, and he found that Xuan Yu actually picked him up! Du Heng was shocked and struggled to get down, but Xuan Yu said to him seriously: "You have been poisoned by the miasma, it is best not to move. When you go back, let Jing Nan prescribe a medicine for you."
Du Heng was confused. When did he suck the miasma? When did he get poisoned? If Xuan Yu hadn't had his expression too calm, he would have thought Xuan Yu was lying to him. Du Heng struggled a few times, but felt his eyelids getting heavier. He heard Xuan Yu's voice coming: "Sleep, it's okay. I'll go and see the remaining traps for you later."
Du Heng felt a cold fragrance coming from Xuan Yu's body. This smell made him feel at ease. After a while, he fell asleep drowsy.
Chapter completed!