Chapter 76: How to Get Treasures (asking for monthly tickets) As the New Year was approaching and it was the time of snow, Lin Jue cooked a pot of pig-killing dishes to entertain the constable who was delivering letters in the wind and snow. They also need to kill pigs. Naturally, everyone enjoyed the meal. It was not until the next morning, after breakfast, that Lin Jue sent the capture officers down the mountain. When going down the mountain, don't forget to hand him a pot of wine. "This wine was brewed by my senior brother. He is very good at brewing wine. It's too cold. Drink some on the way down the mountain. This wine doesn't give you much strength, but it can warm your body." Lin Jue still dropped a drop of spiritual liquid into the wine. Although the spiritual liquid he extracted could not compare to the essence of the sun and the moon from the mountain king of Hammer Mountain, it was still a good tonic for ordinary people. "Thank you very much."
The constable thanked him repeatedly and took the gourd. "If there are demons and ghosts in the city, even though we are cultivating in the mountains, we are willing to go down to bring peace to the people." "must!" This sentence should be more serious. As the arresting officer went down the mountain, he could not help but look back every few steps. The Taoist temple stood in the snowy mountain. The young Taoist priest and the fox at his feet were watching him. Is this the legendary Yishan? The constable murmured to himself. Although the Taoist priests in this Taoist temple did not show much strangeness after arriving here yesterday, the masters who practiced Taoism would naturally show their generosity in every move and every word. In addition, he got up early this morning and happened to see the Taoist priests in the temple practicing magic in the courtyard, so he knew clearly that this was a famous mountain and a real temple. I opened the gourd, smelled a hint of rice fragrance, and took a careful sip. It was just like the cup of tea yesterday, and all the coldness in my body was swept away. I felt extremely refreshed. The sound of donkey hooves could be heard as the constables went down the mountain. In the wind, snow and fog, both sides quickly lost sight of each other. The constable was afraid that he would not be able to return to the county town until night. It's a busy time. Lin Jue also had to be busy after returning to the Taoist temple. The pig was slaughtered last night and hasn’t been cleaned up yet. It is almost the same as the free-range black carp, and has also been castrated. The meat quality is obviously good, so I picked out the three-line and five-belly parts, the ribs and the crispy ribs, and made them into bacon, so that I don’t have to go down the mountain to buy it later. There is a tradition of making stinky mandarin fish here. The seventh brother likes to go fishing everywhere. Since Lin Jue took charge of the food, a pond was dug next to the temple to store and feed the fish he caught. Before Lin Jue went up the mountain, the brothers in the temple rarely ate fish. Even if they did, they would roast it over a fire or wrap it in leaves and cook it in the stove. Any other method was too unpalatable.
At this time, you have to catch a few, make them into stinky mandarin fish, and wait to eat them during the New Year. After the sauerkraut is finished, it has to be made again. I also have to go down the mountain to buy some New Year's goods. Fortunately, Lin Jue did not have to do all these things himself. His fellow students were also very diligent and all the miscellaneous tasks that did not require high technical skills could be assigned to them, and they were happy to do them. Besides, we were working together, buying New Year's goods together, and eating together, so even the busyness became light and joyful. …… A few days later. Lin Jue brought the fox and his junior sister to the mountains. The mountain is full of strange peaks and rocks, some are connected, some are independent, and some are just stone pillars. Fuqiu Temple and Xianyuan Temple need to communicate, so a road was built in the middle. As for the bottom of the valley, there is no road and no meaning of passage. Even if many years later, some descendants discover the beauty of Yishan Mountain and may build a plank road in the mountain, it is unlikely to build a road here. "Junior sister, be careful, don't fall." "Don't worry, brother. I have climbed the mountain many times when I was collecting spiritual herbs for you." "You haven't fallen, have you?" "hey-hey……" The junior sister opened her mouth and smiled. "hey-hey?" "I fell a few times...but it didn't hurt!" "Be more careful next time. If you come across a spiritual plant or medicinal herb that's not on the roadside, don't pick it if you can't." "hey-hey……" "hey-hey?" "understood!" The junior sister then spoke seriously. At this time, thick clouds and fog were accumulating in the mountains. Lin Jue and his junior sister walked through the rocky mountain and the mist, looking for a gentle place to climb down carefully. In a trance, I seemed to have become a monster in the mountains. Originally, Lin Jue had followed his second senior brother to collect herbs on the cliff several times and thought he was already very skilled in rock climbing. However, he did not expect that the younger junior sister was even more skilled than him. Sometimes, even if there was no place to gain leverage, she would just put her palm over and there would be a hole on the rock wall that was just right for her to use as leverage, and it would only blow out some stone powder. He is worthy of being a stone chipper who has worked hard and who works in the mountains all day long. Finally reaching the bottom of the valley, they both breathed a sigh of relief. Looking up——
The little fox looked like an antelope, a civet, or a mountain monster. It jumped lightly between the cliffs of the rocky mountains and jumped to the bottom of the valley one step at a time. "Let's go." "Brother, how did you find this treasure?" The younger sister asked in confusion, "I was repairing roads in the mountains every day, and looking for elixirs for you, running around everywhere, and you actually found it before me." "Although I'm not as diligent as you in coming to the mountains, I also often come to the mountains to practice, and I often find different places to practice. I have tried to climb many steep and rocky mountains, and I found it by chance." Lin Jue answered while looking for the direction, "But it was Fuyao who saw it first." "Fuyao, no wonder." The little sister frowned, "Fuyao is really good at climbing mountains." "It's a cat-fox." "..." Fuyao was leading the way in front. She had just jumped onto a rock and looked back at them when she heard the sound. Suddenly, after turning a corner, a huge columnar rock appeared in front of us. The surface of the rock was very irregular and strange, and it was covered with moss and weeds. The most bizarre thing was that there was a pine tree growing on the top of the rock. There is another brilliant and precious light beneath the stone mountain. The wind blew away the fog, clouds flowed in the valley, and the stone mountains and precious light were looming among the clouds and mist. Not far away, there was a spotted deer sitting cross-legged and practicing. "arrive." Lin Jue stopped. "us……" The junior sister also stopped and turned to look at him. The little fox continued to walk forward a few steps, jumping lightly on the rocks and then jumping down. When it found that Lin Jue had not left, it turned back to look at him and then turned back. "Don't worry." Lin Jue found a rock near the cliff and sat down to observe. The junior sister naturally went with him. The fox followed suit. It was a small tree growing among the rocks, its trunk no thicker than a wrist and less than half a person's height, and the precious light came from it. If you look closely, you will find that the small tree does not emit light, but there is a rich spiritual energy around it. When it is illuminated by the sun and refracted by the clouds at the bottom of the mountain, it naturally emits a light similar to the spiritual light naturally emitted by people who practice Taoism when they absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the essence of the sun and the moon. The spotted deer was sitting under the tree. After a while, the sun rose a little higher, and the fog at the bottom of the valley was thinned. When the little sister was about to turn around and ask her brother how long he would have to wait, she heard him say, "Sister, don't have any evil thoughts, and control your greed." "Ok?" Why do you give me such a reminder for no reason? Besides, didn't they come here to pick up treasures? Why should they restrain their greed? Although there were doubts in his mind, he quickly gathered his thoughts.
Just then, there was movement above. The little apprentice sister couldn't help but turn her head—— Then I saw a clouded leopard as big as a tiger coming from above. Although the mountain ahead was steep, it was also strange in shape. The strange parts of the mountain became the clouded leopard's walking path. I saw it jumping on the steep mountain, and in a few jumps it reached the bottom of the valley from the mountain and landed lightly at the bottom of the valley. This clouded leopard is much bigger than the one owned by Fourth Senior Brother. As if noticing something unusual, the clouded leopard suddenly turned its head and looked towards the two people standing beside the cliff. The junior sister couldn't help but become alert. Lin Jue stood up and saluted it. The junior sister was stunned and followed suit instinctively. The clouded leopard stared at them for a long time with its eyes shining, as if wondering why they came here. It was obvious that the two of them were saluting, so it did not show its ferocious side. It took a long time before he looked away. Then another monster came from the mountains. It was a fat mountain macaque with snow all over its hair and a red face. It was walking towards me unsteadily, holding a cup made of lotus leaves. Another black muntjac came through the snow. Birds with colorful tail feathers flew over and landed on the trees in the mountains. Mountain antelopes jumped down and landed steadily. There are more and more monsters in the mountains. The little junior sister watched with her eyes wide open, but she relaxed a little as time passed, because among these monsters, she saw some of the monsters who often came to watch her curiously when she was repairing the road. She naturally knew that these monsters were not violent in nature. However, these monsters were surprised by their arrival and could not help but look at them with curiosity and confusion. Meanwhile they were waiting. There was both wind and snow and sunshine in the mountains. The wind and snow fell on these monsters, but they were used to it and didn't care. When the sun shone on them, all their hair seemed to be glowing, making them look like elves in the mountains. There was also a spiritual plant emitting light in front of them. When the junior sister saw this scene, she inexplicably recalled the scene on Hammer Mountain at that time. Before I knew it, the sun had moved to the center of my head. The monsters began to move. The clouded leopard took the first step, moving leisurely from a large rock to the front of the small tree. It actually lowered its head and exhaled a breath of pure spiritual energy towards the small tree. The fat macaque also walked forward, lifted up the lotus leaf, and poured the spiritual water in the middle onto the roots of the small tree. A bird with colorful tail feathers also came over, dug a small hole at the root of the tree, and buried something in the hole. The junior sister understood, but became even more confused. This small tree was not discovered by her and her senior brother first. These monsters had discovered it a long time ago and seemed to have occupied it a long time ago. They seemed to have reached some kind of agreement with each other and were now raising it together. But how did they get this treasure? There are so many monsters here, and I don’t know how many years they have been practicing in the mountains, and their level of cultivation is hard to tell. It’s impossible for the two of them to rob them.
The treasure is not yet made, so what are they coming here for? Could it be that senior brother just brought her here to see something new? When she thought of this, the monsters seemed to sense something, and gradually some of them turned their heads and looked towards her. "!" The junior sister quickly gathered her thoughts. Turning to look at his senior brother. "go!" But the senior brother was calm and composed, not in a hurry. As he walked, he took out three small bottles from his arms, handed one to her and one to the fox. "Here is a bottle of spiritual liquid extracted from Lingshan flowers, and the remaining two bottles are extracted from the spiritual plants you brought back from the mountains." "This is……" "It's our turn." All the spirits were staring at them. I don’t know if it was because he was calm or if he already knew the rules, but the senior brother didn’t seem afraid at all. He walked to the front of the sapling calmly, bent down, and poured the spiritual liquid in the bottle into the roots of the sapling. Many monsters opened their eyes wide. This is the pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the essence of spiritual plants that have been refined. It is obviously more precious than what the monsters have paid before. The goblins stared intently. The junior sister hurriedly did as she was told. The fox also left with the bottle in its mouth. The spirit was always watching their movements. If this scene was seen by people living down the mountain, they might even write a fantastic story about it. Even after the two men and the fox finished watering the tree and returned to their original position, the monsters still stayed here for a long time, sometimes looking at them, sometimes looking at the roots of the small tree, and sometimes looking at each other, as if they were exchanging opinions. Lin Jue did not say anything. He only bowed to them when they looked at him, responding with courtesy and sincerity. Etiquette is on your body. Sincerity is under the tree. Why words? Until some of the monsters who had dealt with the junior sister and Fuqiu Temple took the lead and left, it seemed like a chain reaction, and the other monsters stood up and left. "Senior brother..." The junior sister looked up at him. "Alright!" Lin Jue smiled. "These spirits come here every seven days. We'll follow them. When the spirit plants bear fruit, we'll have a share."
"So that's it." The little sister understood, but didn’t understand, and was still stunned: “But how did you know, senior brother?” "I didn't know at first, but I heard from my second brother that the things in the mountains are born and raised by nature, and in Yishan, they have always been jointly owned by the creatures in the mountains. I also saw that they were watering and nurturing this tree together, so I wanted to see if we could join in." Lin Jue paused, "Of course, we came in halfway, so our contribution should be more precious." "What kind of tree is this?" "I don't know, but it's a good thing anyway. I asked my second senior brother, and he also said it was a good thing. We'll know when it bears fruit." "Then how do you know it will bear fruit?" "Even if it's not a fruit, it's probably some kind of flower. Well, it could also be a tree root. Anyway, so many spirits are feeding it, so there must be something in return." Lin Jue said, "Many of them have practiced in this mountain for many years, so they must know more about the things in the mountain than we do." "right……" "Walk well." "Then we also need to water it once every seven days, and use a bottle of spiritual liquid every time?" "Don't worry about it." There are still quite a few spiritual plants in the Alchemy Pavilion, most of which were picked by the junior sister. Lin Jue didn't know why, but even though they also went to the mountains, the junior sister just had better luck. But it doesn’t matter, they are all yours. "understood." The junior sister secretly made up her mind to pick more spiritual plants in the future, but she couldn't help but look back at the small tree behind her as she walked, with a thoughtful look on her face. So this is ah…… That's true. This is Mount Yi, where the mountain god resides. There are rules of its own and it is a land of spiritual beauty, with simple and honest spirits. Although there are some ownerless treasures in the mountain, there aren't so many barbaric robberies. But I still feel vague and dazed, like a dream. (End of this chapter)