The osmanthus moon is setting in the middle of the moon, and the fragrant clouds are floating outside.

Before you know it, it’s autumn again.

"Let's go, junior sister."

"Okay senior brother!"

Lin Jue called his junior sister and Fuyao to go out together. Just in case, he still carried three bottles of spiritual liquid.

Lin Jue hasn't gone up the mountain to find medicine for a while. Unless he happens to encounter it on the way to practice, most of the current spiritual liquid is extracted from the spiritual plants brought back by his junior sister.

Before leaving the inner courtyard, I suddenly heard a voice coming from behind:

"Where exactly are you going?"

The two of them turned their heads at the same time, it was the third senior brother.

"What's wrong, Third Senior Brother?"

"Any work to do?"

"I don't have much work, I just want to tell you that the Ming Ke Mountain Jiao Festival is approaching and we have to set off half a month in advance. Do you want to prepare some dry food?" The third senior brother looked at Lin Jue.

"It's Third Senior Brother, are you taking us there?"

"No way! It's the harvest season. Your senior brother is busy. Second senior brother likes to be quiet. Only third senior brother and I can be hungover in the room and travel to the world. If I encounter monsters on the road, I will be there during the feast.

If you encounter a rude monster on the road, I can still protect you. Is there anyone more suitable than me?"

"Is that so?" Lin Jue thought for a while and asked, "Did you prepare any dry food for the Qiyun Mountain Jiao last time?"

"Qiyun Mountain is not far away, and there are places to eat in the middle, so I didn't prepare any dry food. Instead, Master went to find his old friend and prepared some rice crusts. He only took the rice crusts and dried them in the sun. In addition, there were also those practiced by the second senior brother

Jiuhuang Pills can ward off hunger on the road. Eating them is almost like a stone. The only difference is that you can pull it out after eating."

"this……"

Lin Jue almost knew it.

"Leave it to me."

"Then I'll be relieved." Third Senior Brother grinned, "You want to go out?"

"As I told my senior brother, our fruits may be ripe recently."

"Oh, what a chance you have." The third senior brother nodded calmly, as if he didn't care, "It's just right once you're familiar with it. Even if you can't refine the elixir, you can still take it to the big altar to see if anyone else needs it."

"good."

"Go ahead."

The two of them headed towards the mountains.

Fuyao became more and more lively and ran ahead. Unlike most foxes, he liked to jump very much when walking and running. Whenever he encountered an obstacle, he would jump over it. His body was light and his energy was unlimited.

It is also the season when wild fruits are abundant, and there is often the fragrance of fruits along the roadside, which often attracts it to stop and smell it.

"How old is Fuyao?"

The little junior sister stared at the fox in front of her with a puzzled expression.

"When I picked it up, it must have been born not long ago. It's now a few months more than a year."

"Senior brother, have you noticed that Fuyao seems to be a little bigger than an ordinary fox?"

"Yeah?"

Lin Jue couldn't help but take a closer look.

The palm-sized fox at that time had indeed grown up, and now it looked almost as big as a dog. But it wasn't until the junior sister said this that Lin Jue came back to his senses——

It seems that most foxes are smaller than the dogs in the mountains.

As if he heard them talking about himself, the fox who was jumping over a dead tree suddenly turned back and stared at them with lively eyes.

Lin Jue smiled and continued to move forward.

We are already familiar with the road.

The two climbed down carefully, while the fox found the protrusion of the rocks and jumped to the bottom of the valley. If anyone saw it, it would probably be a rumor about a fox spirit.

Before reaching the bottom of the valley, there was a strange smell.

When we reached the bottom of the valley, there were already several spirits waiting here.

Lin Jue was still standing at the same position near the cliff as before. When he saw several spirits looking towards them, he saluted them. The junior sister followed his example and saluted them as well.

Some spirits nodded, while others just had flashing eyes and didn't understand this.

"You guys are here early!"

The sound of a golden rooster came from the branches ahead.

The sound was clear and empty like a bird's call.

The golden rooster dragged its colorful tail feathers and looked down at them. It was one of the only two spirits that could speak human language among the spirits that cultivated trees and fruits at the bottom of the valley. The other one was the extraordinarily large clouded leopard.

However, the rest of the monsters are not necessarily because of lack of moral practice, but more likely because they are in the mountains and there are no human traces. They have nowhere to learn human language and have no need to communicate with people, so they naturally can't speak. This golden rooster seems to be because

I learned it after meeting with a Taoist temple in the mountains.

"Fellow Taoists should come earlier." Lin Jue said kindly. He came here every seven days. As time went by, he got to meet them.

"The fruit should be ripe today!"

"Is it ripe today?"

Lin Jue couldn't help but show a hint of joy.

This joy is not only the joy of finding a treasure, but also the joy of seeing the results of your hard work and receiving rewards for your spiritual liquid. This kind of joy is very simple.

"It should be ripe!" Golden Rooster was also very happy. "This kind of tree appeared once ten years ago, but it didn't grow as well as this time!"

"Did Fellow Taoist also discover it ten years ago?"

"Destined! Found it!"

"Um……"

Lin Jue roughly knew the reason.

In fact, before Lin Jue got involved, most of these spirits relied on their own vitality to nourish the small tree, or collected other things that had aura and were suitable for nourishing the spirit tree, but these things were incomparable.

Lin Jue brought refined spiritual liquid, so Lin Jue intervened halfway and they accepted it.

But it's not just Lin Jue and his junior sister's contribution.

It is true that there are rules in the mountains, and the spirits and monsters are simple by nature. Seeing how much Lin Jue and the junior sister had sacrificed, they were not willing to lag behind too much. From then on, they also contributed more than before.

It actually feels like it's rolled up.

"Since my fellow Taoist has obtained this kind of spiritual fruit before, I wonder what effect it has?"

"You asked about fruit?"

"nature."

"Eating the fruit will make you wiser and increase your spiritual conduct."

"Besides the fruit, is there anything else useful?"

"certainly."

"Please enlighten me."

"Like leaves and branches, they can be used to make nests."

"What is the use of making a nest?"

“Smells delicious!”

"ah……"

"Don't stand so close to the cliff." Jin Ji reminded them, "I heard from other spirits in the mountain that in the past year, people in Yishan have been throwing stones down the mountain. When you walk close to the cliff,

Be careful and don't get hit."

"..."

Lin Jue couldn't help turning his head when he heard the words and looked at his junior sister.

The little junior sister's expression was dull and she stretched out her hand to scratch her head.

Look at the small tree in front of you again.

The small tree is still green and lush, and has grown to the height of a person. It is half hidden in the clouds and mist. I don't know if it is reflected or something, but the clouds and mist often show a little colorful light and strange colors.

There are bright yellow dangos on the tree, which are no bigger than an egg.

Lin Jue raised his head and looked at the sky.

It is a sunny day today, and the sky is blue.

There is no fog in the mountains, only around the small trees.

It's probably the spiritual mist.

Gradually, more and more spirits gathered in the mountain, until a clouded leopard as big as a tiger jumped down from the mountain. The spirits gathered together, and almost all eyes were focused on the small tree.

I saw the clouded leopard stepping forward, approaching the small tree and sniffing.

Then he turned his head and glanced at the numerous spirits.

Many spirits also looked at each other.

Based on his understanding of them, Lin Jue almost knew that the spiritual fruits on this tree should be really ripe. As for the meaning of looking at each other, he didn't know.

While they were wondering, most of the spirits turned their gazes to the clouded leopard and stared at it intently.

Both of them glanced at each other.

The clouded leopard roared, then took another half step forward, approached the small tree, and looked back and forth among the branches and leaves of the small tree. After looking for a long time, it finally stretched out its head and picked up a fruit that was blocked by the leaves on the top.

.

"sand……"

Once it was pulled off, the little tree trembled three times.

The clouded leopard retreated.

Many spirits put their eyes on its mouth, stretched their necks, and kept looking around, as if they wanted to see how big the pill was. Then they looked at each other again. After a while, most of the spirits focused on the special pill.

in obese macaques.

The macaque raised his hand and waved, stood up, walked to the small tree, looked at it for a long time, and chose one.

But he used both hands to gently remove the fruit.

Lin Jue almost understood.

At the same time, he looked up at the sun——

It was already noon, and it was still a little sunny in the mountains.

It’s quite time-consuming to choose like this.

As soon as he lowered his head, he saw that most of the spirits were looking towards him, and their eyes were constantly moving.

"Um?"

Lin Jue reacted immediately, stood up quickly, and bowed deeply to them.

"Thank you!"

Then he stepped forward.

As expected, this spiritual plant is emitting clouds and mist by itself. The mist is mixed with a strange fragrance, which makes people feel comfortable when smelling it. The mist is also particularly cool when it touches the skin.

There are still fifteen fruits on the tree.

After all, the fruit is thinned, the nutrition is completely sufficient, and the size is actually about the same.

It's not much different, but there are differences.

"this……"

Lin Jue finally understood the difficulties faced by clouded leopards and macaques.

These fruits are all round and hung in different positions on the tree. They are everywhere, high and low, and are often half-covered by leaves. It is difficult to find them all, and even harder to compare their sizes.

So Lin Jue also chose for a while before choosing the one he thought was the biggest.

Not long after, there were three.

When you hold the fruit in your hand, it is still filled with spiritual mist and has a constant fragrance. This fragrance seems to have an instinctive attraction to the creatures in the world, making people want to swallow it and salivate.

Ordinary grass and trees in the mountains grow in places with deep spiritual energy. If they accidentally acquire the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they may become spiritual plants. If they are exotic flowers and plants, it is naturally better.

However, most of these spiritual plants do not seem to have much magic and specialness. When they bloom and bear fruit, the spiritual energy may drift out with the fragrance of flowers and fruits, so they can be found by mountain spirits or animals. Other times, the spiritual energy is just stronger. Only

Only if a practitioner searches carefully can he notice any abnormalities.

Not only does this spiritual tree have a radiant glow before it bears fruit, but it also requires so many spirits and spiritual fluids extracted from so many spiritual plants to feed it, and it even spits out clouds after it bears fruit. It is obviously not going to be simple.

"call……"

Lin Jue blew a breath, and the spirit mist calmed down.

This is the key point in the gathering method, which can ensure that the aura of the heavenly materials and earthly treasures you collect will not be lost, and the treasures will last forever.

Then wait patiently.

All spirits are like this——

While waiting, I was impatient, scratching my head and scratching my head, and went up by myself. Even though there were only a few fruits left, I had to patiently compare and select them for a long time.

After picking all the spiritual fruits, in an instant, the leaves of the spiritual plant turned from green to yellow, as if they were dead. The mountain spirit was obviously very experienced in this and did not feel distressed. He just stepped forward again and picked up the spiritual fruits.

All the leaves and branches of the spiritual plant were gathered and folded, and even the roots were pulled out.

The distribution of roots, trunk and branches is much more arbitrary.

The root of the tree did not carefully pick out all the roots like digging ginseng. There was only one root ball, not much. The clouded leopard and the macaque divided it equally, not knowing what to do with it. Lin Jue and the other three took it.

The three thicker sections at the bottom of the tree trunk are divided into the same length further back, but are thinner, and the branches further back are the only branches.

The leaves are even more random.

Clouded Leopard gathered them into a pile, and after a few random strokes, each person divided some. Thinking that this one was not that precious, no one had any objection.

Lin Jue focused on looking at the tree trunk where the three of him were separated.

It's about the thickness of your wrist, almost as long as your palm, and feels quite hard. I'm not sure if it's suitable for making bean soldiers.

Anyway, the size is appropriate.

After all, the Bean Soldier is less than the length of a hand, and is thinner than a wrist. The thickest trunk is even thicker.

Junior Sister and Fox's are slightly thinner.

Of course, the fox's is also Lin Jue's.

As for the junior sister's, it depends on its use. If there is no other magical function that she can use, it will naturally belong to Lin Jue.

"Thank you fellow Taoists."

Lin Jue saluted them politely and sincerely.

"Let's just say goodbye."

The two climbed up, and the fox jumped across the mountain.

All the monsters also dispersed.

In the blink of an eye, there was nothing left at the bottom.

But Lin Jue will probably remember them forever.

Because the process of finding a treasure like this is really impressive.
Chapter completed!