Chapter 85: Three Years of Practice (asking for monthly ticket) After returning to the Taoist temple, I took it to ask my second senior brother for advice. The second brother took a look and smiled. "As soon as I heard you say that, I knew that this was probably the opportunity you encountered in the mountains." "what is this?" Lin Jue and his junior sister looked at him curiously. Only the fox was digging holes on the bluestone slabs for fun, and it would keep digging even if it couldn't dig anything out. "I don't know what it is either. I only know that Xianyuan Temple calls it 'Dragon Eye', and we call it 'Dan Guo'." The second brother said with a smile, "It's called 'Dragon Eye' because it's round, and there's a legend that there was a dragon living here in the mountains. It's called 'Dan Guo' because it's round, like an elixir, and there's a legend that an ancient emperor once refined elixirs here." He paused for a moment: "We have a senior in Fuqiu Temple who is in charge of cultivating pills and recorded its origin, but we don't know whether it is true or not." "What's the origin?"

"It is said that there are ancient immortals in Yishan Mountain. They often play chess and drink tea on Tiandu Peak. They eat rare immortal fruits. After eating, they throw the fruit cores down the mountain. If they can get the chance, they will take root and sprout, and become one of the rare spiritual fruits in this mountain." "So what are its effects?" Lin Jue asked. "If the birds and wild beasts in the mountains eat it, even if they were ordinary before, they can instantly become spirits. If the goblins and ghosts in the mountains eat it, it can increase their intelligence and talents. The increase in Taoism and magic power may not be much, but it is equivalent to more than ten years of hard practice without knowing the magic." "Did anyone eat it?" "Mortals don't know, I've never seen anyone eat it. If a cultivator eats it, it will be equivalent to three years of hard practice for an ordinary Taoist who studies spiritual methods. In the future, it will take at least a few years, or at most ten years, and the cultivation will be several times faster. If one can comprehend the spiritual charm of the world, it will be as if there is divine help." "So powerful!" Lin Jue was a little surprised, "Can it be used to make pills?" "What in this world can't be used to make an elixir? But it's not easy to come across such a rare thing, so where can we get its recipe?" "So this is the only way to eat it?" Lin Jue thought about it and realized that this was neither a spell nor an elixir, so the ancient book would not react to it. "Eat it, eat it. This is the only time in your life." The second brother said casually, "Many extraordinary spiritual fruits and elixirs have this in common, that is, their effects overlap. You can only eat one in your life. If you eat more, the effect will be very weak. Unless the second one you get is more effective, you can get the extra medicinal properties. It is almost impossible to have a fundamental change. Unless you get the one that the immortal eats." "Like the Giant Spirit Pill?" "You can take three pills of the Giant Spirit Pill." "Have you all eaten yet?" "It's natural." "No wonder..." If the effect of the second pill is very poor, and it is not much better than the pill made from ordinary spiritual plants, then there is no need to spend so much effort to water it, and there is no need to waste this natural treasure. Moreover, it is not easy to find it, and it requires a lot of spiritual fluid to water it. I don't know how many spiritual plants I have consumed, which is not cost-effective. Lin Jue realized its preciousness. "After we eat the core, can we plant it again?" asked the junior sister. “No one has ever grown it.”

"Oh……" The junior sister showed a look of regret. Lin Jue looked thoughtful. In my hometown, Shu Village, there is a legend that three girls went to Yishan to steal fairy peaches and took them back to eat and became immortals. In fact, to be precise, they did eat the fairy peaches, but someone also built a temple for them. I don't know whether the so-called immortality was due to the fairy peaches or the incense from the temple, and it is hard to say to what extent each contributed. I don’t know what kind of magical fruit they encountered. Could it be that while traveling in the mountains, he accidentally walked into a fairy's orchard and picked the original fairy fruit? If the record of the senior from Fuqiu Temple mentioned by the second brother is true, a little guess is that after the fairy fruit was eaten, the fruit core took root and was discovered and cultivated by the spirits in the mountains, and then grew into spiritual fruit. The cultivation of the spirits is naturally not as good as the care of the gods, so the spiritual fruit is not as effective as the fairy fruit. After it was eaten, the fruit core could not grow anymore. "..." That fellow Taoist named Golden Rooster should be disappointed. "What about the leaves and the trunk?" "Huh? The tree trunk you got is quite thick." The second senior brother looked down and seemed a little surprised. "We got the lowest one." "The one I got was the lowest one, which is thinner than the one you got." "It may be that we watered diligently, or it may be that there are more spirits this time." "You are lucky." The second brother smiled and did not delve into the reason. He just continued to answer, "I don't have a use for it, but it can be used to make bean soldiers. Two of your third brother's three most powerful bean soldiers were carved with it, and the shields and bows of the other bean soldiers were also carved with it." "Does the Third Senior Brother also only have two?" "Do you think everyone is as lucky as you? All the tree trunks are just right for making bean soldiers? Not to mention whether the trees you encounter are that big, some of them are just branches, without trunks at all. But it's enough for your third brother to make a bow and a spear." The second brother said, "And have you forgotten that the eldest brother also wants to learn how to make bean soldiers?" "It's also..." There is no doubt that if any of the senior brothers in the temple had obtained suitable tree trunks or branches, no matter how precious they were, they would definitely have given them to the eldest and third senior brothers, and only they could use them. There are only a few people in the Taoist temple. It is quiet and boring in the mountains. Even cooking is done by turns. Not to mention they depend on each other, they also help each other. What else can they do if they don't leave the food for their fellow disciples? As Lin Jue was thinking this, he already felt the gaze of his junior sister. "What about the leaves?" "Master used it to make tea, but it tasted terrible. I studied its medicinal properties and used it to make pills, but the effect was only about the same as that of ordinary spiritual plants on the mountain. Your third brother chewed and ate a few pieces. If you are interested, you can go and ask him how it tasted." As the second brother spoke, he seemed to suddenly remember: "Oh, right! Aren't you going to the Mingzhu Mountain Grand Ceremony? You can take it there and ask. If you meet a Taoist friend who knows what's good, you can exchange it for something better than using it to make tea." "understood." “Go back and eat the fruit as soon as possible. The spiritual energy in the fruit is too strong. It cannot be sealed or preserved by picking methods. It will surely disperse within a day.” The second brother waved his hand. Lin Jue nodded and thanked his second senior brother. As expected, after walking out of the Alchemy Pavilion and before entering the Taoist temple, the three tree trunks had already belonged to Lin Jue. At this time, the junior sister was holding a pill fruit in her hand, and Lin Jue was holding two. The fox in front was heartless and was running and jumping. While running, it jumped towards the pine tree next to it. Its body was so light that it kicked on the tree trunk and fell back to the ground, and then continued to run without stopping.

"Fuyao." "?" After hearing a shout, it stopped and tilted its head to look at people. Seeing Lin Jue waving, it slowly ran back. Lin Jue took out one of them. "It is said that if an ordinary beast eats one, it will instantly become a spirit. I'll give you this one to see if you can become a spirit." After saying that, he threw it at it. The fox turned around and took it lightly, then looked at Lin Jue strangely, as if he had always thought that he was just doing odd jobs, but he didn't expect there would be a real portion. "Let me eat first." Lin Jue looked at the Dan Guo, too lazy to wash it, so he rubbed it on his body and put it in his mouth and took a bite. As soon as it touches the lips and teeth, it is filled with a unique fragrance. This fragrance then flows into the nose and rushes to the forehead, giving an extremely comfortable feeling. "Bang!" There is plenty of juiciness that can be heard. It seems like it is swallowed, but also like it flows out. Ate half of it in one bite. As expected, Gu Shu did not respond. "Eat." Lin Jue then said to the fox. Then he threw the remaining half of the fruit into his mouth. At the same time, the fox raised its head and swallowed the egg-sized fruit in one gulp. Lin Jue smacked his lips, savoring the taste. I vaguely remembered the Thousand Days Wine on Hammer Mountain—— The two have one thing in common, that is, even if they don’t have any spiritual charm or other effects, the taste alone can make people miss them. "Not good!" Suddenly I felt a little dizzy. The drowsiness was rapidly increasing. "Junior sister, go back to the house and eat." Lin Jue said this as he walked back to the room. I glanced at it and saw that my fox seemed to be unconcerned.

Without having time to think, I just fell onto the bed and pulled up the quilt. I fell asleep without even being able to digest or absorb anything. …… It was three days later when I woke up. All the senior brothers had bitter faces. Lin Jue sat in the Moving Mountain Hall in a trance, experiencing it seriously. What he could clearly feel was the increase in his spiritual power. The second elder brother said that it was equivalent to three years of hard practice for an ordinary Taoist. This spiritual plant was said to produce better fruits and was also large, so the effect might be even better. But he didn't know how ordinary Taoists would feel after eating it. Anyway, after Lin Jue ate it, it was far less than what he had achieved after three years of hard practice. Not even a year. At least his Taoist power has not doubled. Maybe I’m practicing too fast. As for other feelings, they are very mysterious. Lin Jue and his junior sister checked. Junior sister felt similarly, but her improvement was more obvious. According to her, it's almost doubled. It must be because her Taoism skills are not as good as Lin Jue's, but her talent is also very good. "Where are you, senior brother?" “Almost…” Lin Jue looked at the little fox outside the hall again. This fox has not become a spirit, and there is no obvious change. It cannot speak, and Lin Jue cannot ask it. He heard from his fellow apprentices that he and his junior sister have been sleeping for the past few days, but this little fox is very awake every day, jumping around, full of energy, and even caught a pheasant in the mountains. The pheasant is still being kept. "Brother, you said earlier that you encountered a Danguo tree, and a big one at that. That tree is useless to other brothers, but for me, it is a good material for making bean soldiers." "Shut up." The second brother rolled his eyes at him, "One bottle of spiritual liquid every seven days, do you refine it yourself?" "What do you know? My relationship with my junior brother is stronger than gold!" "..." Lin Jue came back to his senses and turned around and said, "Third Brother, I got three pieces of tree trunks, all of which can be used to make bean soldiers. How about I give you one piece?" "Go to hell." The third brother sighed, "Get ready. We'll be leaving for Mingzhuo Mountain tomorrow. If we're any later, we'll have to travel every day." "understood." Mingzhao Mountain is two thousand miles away from here. The roads these days are long and winding with mountains and rivers.

Lin Jue got up and returned to the room. I tried the spells and found that their power increased a lot as my cultivation level increased. The remaining effects will have to be seen slowly. He then took out his bookcase that he had not used for a long time and put a change of Taoist robe and inner clothes in it. In the past six months, Taoists basically carried iron swords when they went down the mountain. However, Lin Jue looked at the hatchet and stick by the wall, hesitated for a moment, and put the hatchet into the bookcase and the stick next to it. I'll just pack some more stuff tomorrow. Suddenly I noticed something unusual in the room—— Lin Jue raised his head and moved his eyes, and found that the mountain breeze was blowing in through the window, blowing a wisp of fox hair into the air. When he looked down, he saw the fox right at his feet. "Sure, you can. Such a rare and powerful Dan Guo is just for you to remove the hair, right?" The fox looked up at him with an innocent expression. Lin Jue ignored it and walked out. Let’s make some tat kueh to eat on the way. (End of this chapter)