178 The jaw-dropping gap (5,000-word chapter)

In the pastoral spiritual world, in a dim primitive forest, Chu Xiao successfully collected the second Phantom Grass.

It has to be said that the growth environment of Phantom Grass is extremely complex and changeable, and it can grow almost anywhere. The second Phantom Grass was found by him from a tree hole, and turned into an inconspicuous dead branch.

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Chu Xiao looked at the time and space watch on his wrist. Only eight minutes had passed since the competition started.

In this first competition, if we can pull the other opponents far away with a big score, we can establish an absolute advantage.

His goal is the leader, the Nascent Soul Fruit, and he must go all out and not give his opponent a single chance.

Putting the Phantom Grass into the time and space table, Chu Xiao continued walking, searching for the Phantom Grass.

Perhaps due to the forest, the density of Phantom Grass was not very high. He searched for hundreds of meters before collecting the third Phantom Grass.

In the square of Tianyuan College, everyone was almost stunned as Chu Xiao's information changed again. So far, in only fifteen minutes, Chu Xiao had collected three phantom grasses. Except for Li Xinlan,

Lin and An only collected two plants, while everyone else only collected one plant. Even so far, only more than two hundred people have collected Phantom Grass, and the remaining thousands of people have not collected even one Phantom Grass.

, this shows how difficult it is to collect Phantom Grass.

In the dimly lit primeval forest, there is silence, except for the occasional chirping of insects or the fluttering of birds.

Chu Xiao observed the display on the cultivation system while walking.

Suddenly, his steps stopped slightly, his ears moved, and he felt someone walking towards him.

He didn't pay attention and continued walking. At the same time, the bush on the right trembled slightly and then split, and a figure flashed out. It was a pretty girl, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a newly developed figure, very green.

But with bright eyebrows and white teeth, he looks very eye-catching.

When the other party saw Chu Xiao, he was slightly startled, and then with a shy look on his face, he said in a mosquito-like voice: "Hello, senior."

She seems to be a very polite girl!

"Haha, hello, my name is Chu Xiao, what's yours?"

Chu Xiao laughed and said.

"My name is Cao Ling. Senior Chu, have you collected the Phantom Grass?" The girl's voice was very thin and soft, and she looked very shy.

"kindness."

Chu Xiao nodded, wondering why she would ask this.

"Really, it's so difficult to collect Phantom Grass. I don't have a clue yet. Senior Chu, can I follow you?"

There was a glint in Cao Ling's shining eyes, and then she hesitated.

"Follow me, why?"

Chu Xiao couldn't help but feel strange. Could it be that she wanted to follow her on the Magic Spirit Grass? Her expression just now was not fake, was it?

"I, I, I feel that the knowledge I learned before is not enough. I can't distinguish the Phantom Grass. If I follow you, maybe I can learn how to distinguish the Phantom Grass. Senior Chu, please, let me follow.

Go ahead, I won’t ask you for any phantom grass, as long as you let me watch from the sidelines.”

Cao Ling's face turned red, as if she was afraid that Chu Xiao would not agree, so she said in a pleading tone.

She had been searching for more than ten minutes before, but had no clue at all. Naturally, she understood the difficulty of collecting Phantom Grass. Now that she met a senior who had collected Phantom Grass, she would not let go of such a good learning opportunity.

Chu Xiao looked at Cao Ling's expectant eyes and couldn't help but feel soft. It would be okay for such a studious girl to follow her, so she nodded and said, "Okay then."

"Senior Chu, thank you."

The girl Cao Ling quickly bowed to Chu Xiao, with a heartfelt sweet smile on her cheeks.

There was an additional follower behind, so Chu Xiao had no scruples. Anyway, Cao Ling couldn't find any flaws. As he walked along, the light gradually became brighter and the trees became sparse. The direction he was heading now was outside the forest.

The density of the Phantom Grass outside should be higher than inside the forest, so he chose to walk outside.

Chu Xiao suddenly stopped for a moment. He was on a small slope with a low shrub. With the help of the light, he could see a lot of dry leaves under the shrub. No one could see any elixir.

exist.

Cao Ling was also very surprised. When she looked along Chu Xiao's gaze, she saw nothing.

For cultivators, they can see everything clearly in dim light. However, this Cao Ling is only a fifth-level spiritual plant craftsman. Her cultivation level has not reached the level of magical powers at all. She is only at the ninth level of Qi training, and her spiritual thoughts have not changed.

Because of divine consciousness, it cannot be detected. Therefore, in terms of collecting spiritual medicine, compared with those with magical powers, they have a great disadvantage. They can only rely on eyesight to distinguish. However, spiritual planters who have reached the realm of magical powers can use divine consciousness to detect spirits.

medicine, so that it is easier to identify the elixir.

Of course, in the phantom formation, this disadvantage will be greatly reduced, and the power of the phantom formation has a great confusing effect on spiritual consciousness.

It is impossible to collect phantom grass in this pastoral spiritual world with only spiritual consciousness. Sometimes, eyes are more effective.

Therefore, the phantom array can narrow the gap in cultivation levels, but what is tested is the spiritual planter's characteristics and observation ability of spiritual medicines.

Chu Xiao came to the bush, squatted down, and then looked back at Cao Ling.

Cao Ling stared at Chu Xiao's actions without blinking, afraid of missing something.

This serious look looks extremely cute.

"Cao Ling, do you see anything different here?"

Seeing how caring she was, Chu Xiao decided to give her some advice.

"Different? I can't see it. If there is a magic grass, there should be some flaws, but these dead leaves don't have any flaws at all. According to the characteristics of the magic grass, if it transforms into dead leaves, it is usually covered up.

There is no breath of life, and the position of the dead leaves will also appear overhead, suspended, weak and other flaws. There is no problem here at all, I feel that the positions of all the leaves are extremely reasonable."

Cao Ling wrinkled her pink face and shook her head.

She knew that Chu Xiao must have discovered a phantom grass from this location, otherwise he would not have acted like this and asked herself, but she could not see any problem.

It is hard to imagine how Chu Xiao discovered the clues of the Phantom Grass in such an inconspicuous position. If this is the case, then it would be too powerful, but the problem is that in her memory, those extremely powerful people in the academy

Senior, it seems that there is no Senior Chu?

"Haha, what you are talking about is just a normal method of identification. However, there is an illusion array operating in this pastoral spiritual world, which enhances the illusion ability of the illusion grass, making it hidden deeper and more difficult to identify. If you still follow the textbook

If you do it this way, you will definitely not be able to collect the Phantom Grass."

Chu Xiao looked at Cao Ling's extremely cute face when she frowned, and couldn't help but smile.

"Illusion formation? No wonder, I thought I had become stupid!"

Cao Ling suddenly realized something, and then thought of something, and said cautiously: "Senior Chu, can you teach me how to identify it?" She knew that this would definitely waste a lot of Chu Xiao's time. The entire competition only lasted three hours, so time was extremely precious.

, so she didn’t think Chu Xiao would agree, and being able to follow him was beyond her expectation.

"Okay, but I will only teach you three times."

Chu Xiao didn't refuse, and he wouldn't waste much time anyway.

three times?

Cao Ling was slightly absent-minded. Doesn't it mean that he was able to teach himself the identification method when he collected three phantom grasses?

Chu Xiao did not look at the absent-minded Cao Ling and began to explain.

"Cao Ling, have you seen this? This position seems normal. Whether it is the accumulation of dead leaves or the aura, it is almost impossible for Phantom Grass to grow. But you have overlooked one thing, that is, Phantom Grass

The magical power of grass has no effect on bellworms and the like. What do you think this is?"

Chu Xiao pointed to a few dead leaves, where an insect the size of a rice grain was looming.

Cao Ling was a little confused at first and didn't understand. She stared at the bellworm and started thinking quickly. After a while, she suddenly exclaimed: "By the way, I get it. Bellworms like to eat spirits such as phantom grass."

The leaves are covered with medicine, and this bug loves to be clean and will basically not stay in rotten leaves, so the presence of this bell bug here is abnormal."

Her cheeks were rosy and she seemed extremely happy.

"That's right. So when looking for the Phantom Grass, you should not look at the flaws of the Phantom Grass itself, but should combine it with the surrounding environment, external factors, etc. In addition, as a spiritual planter, you should be familiar with spiritual communication.

You are very good at it. Didn't you notice that there are spiritual fluctuations in this position? This is something that cannot be concealed by the transformation ability."

Seeing Cao Ling react so quickly, Chu Xiao felt a bit like a teachable child.

Cao Ling's beautiful eyes widened, and then she showed admiration. She didn't expect that there would be such a big flaw. It's just that she didn't think of this at all when she observed it. It turns out that she still has so many things that she doesn't know how to use.

ah!

She kept it firmly in mind, and at the same time combined it with some knowledge that she had learned in ordinary times but was inconspicuous, or even ignored and forgotten.

Soon, Chu Xiao picked out this phantom grass.

Four phantom grasses!

On the crystal screen outside the Tianyuan Spirit World, Chu Xiao's results had already left others far behind. There were only five people who collected two Phantom Grasses, and the number of people who collected one Phantom Grass only increased to

There were only five hundred people, and there were still many people who had not collected the Phantom Grass, including Cao Ling who was following Chu Xiao.

After walking no more than ten meters, Chu Xiao successfully discovered the fifth phantom grass.

This magical grass grows in a rock crevice. As it gradually leaves the depths of the forest, the trees become sparse and the rocks become more numerous. Many elixirs grow in the rock crevice.

"Cao Ling, tell me what's different here?"

Chu Xiao suddenly said to Cao Ling behind him.
To be continued...