Strange Stories

Chapter 536 I Really Want a Great Harvest
The spiritual energy in the stream became increasingly dense, and continued to spread to both sides, nourishing the entire forest.

It seemed that the higher it went, the deeper the spiritual energy became, and the lower it went, the thinner the spiritual energy became, until it flowed down the mountain and completely dissipated.

At the same time, as you walk further upwards, a ray of light gradually appears in the spring water, just like the morning glow and evening glow.

"Akagi…"

Lin Jue turned around in surprise.

Soon, the fairy tree was seen in the forest again, with fairy fruits hanging on it.

It was a fairy fruit the size of a bowl and golden in color. It emitted a strong exotic fragrance and had a strong spiritual charm on its surface, even turning into mist that lingered around.

"Yuanqiu Fruit...

"The Immortal Tree..."

Ancient books record that there is an immortal tree on Yuanqiu Mountain, and eating from it will make one live longer. There is also a red spring, and drinking from it will keep one young forever.

This place must be Yuanqiu Mountain without a doubt.

Because he had seen this kind of Yuanqiu fruit before!
However, the ones he had seen before were only the size of a fist. They must have been brought out for cultivation by the immortals who came here. Perhaps they were not suitable for the local climate and soil or they were not cultivated properly, so they did not grow as well as the ones here.

"No wonder there are so many wonderful and fascinating fairy tales circulating in the world." Lin Jue sighed softly, "If ordinary mortals accidentally strayed into this place, perhaps they could avoid those giant snakes, or perhaps those giant snakes would not bother them. If they were thirsty, they could bend down and drink a sip of water, and they would not age. If they were hungry and greedy, they could pick a fruit and live longer. If they spread the word, who wouldn't yearn for it?"

"Isn't this the Nine Heavens Fairyland?" The little sister said, "Not to mention ordinary people in the world, even I feel yearning when I hear it."

"The immortal's Taoist temple was no different from the legendary fairyland of Yaochi." said the eldest brother.

"Yes."

"Wait a moment! Fox, go pick some!" Fuyao stopped and turned to look at the fairy trees and fruits in the forest beside the road.

"Don't mess around."

"Why? They are all ripe!" The fox looked puzzled. "The fruits are ripe for people to pick. The fruits are so fragrant, sweet and delicious, and they are also for people to pick. Pick them and eat them, so that you can spit the kernels all over the mountain, and the mountain will be full of fruits next year!"

"You do have a point..."

"That's what it is!"

The fox looked serious and insisted on his opinion.

If the fruit is ripe but no one picks it, it will fall to the ground and be wasted. Wouldn't that be a waste of it?
Lin Jue also wanted this kind of fruit.

Although the effect of this fairy fruit on him is not as good as the original elixir fruit grown in his own mountain, it may not be the same for those who have not achieved enlightenment, especially for mortals who have not practiced cultivation. This fairy fruit that can prolong life is the real fairy fruit in the legend, the peaches.

If it is given to Lord Luo, to the relatives of Shu Village, to Taoist Master Wan Gong Tao and others, to Master Nan Tianshi and others, or even to disciples who may find it difficult to achieve enlightenment in the future, this kind of fairy fruit is still the most appropriate.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just take Taoist Master Wangjizi of Xianyuan Temple as an example. If I had come here earlier and obtained the Yuanqiu Fruit, wouldn’t I have been able to help the old man live a few more years?

Or maybe the previous greyhounds in the temple, the parents of this greyhound, they lived for forty or fifty years. If they were given a Yuanqiu fruit, at least they would live a few more years. If more, they might even get a chance during these extra years to become spirits and attain enlightenment. That would not be as simple as just living a few more years.

What's more, for Lin Jue now, the original Dan fruit has no effect at all. It is just to satisfy his craving and taste delicious. In this way, if he has one more Yuanqiu fruit, wouldn't it be another flavor?
But he also had other considerations:

"After all, this is planted by someone else. We are guests here, so we'd better be cautious."

Having said that, I glanced and saw a ripe fruit falling under a tree. It was half rotten, revealing the core, and there were sparkling light spots all around it, making it look like a fairy in a dream.

Lin Jue stretched out his hand.

The core immediately broke away from the soft flesh and flew straight into the Taoist's hands.

The fox immediately stared at him seriously: "We are guests here, so we'd better be cautious."

“This is considered a pick-up.”

"Then I'll pick it up too!"

The fox immediately stretched his neck and looked around.

Its eyes were very sharp, and it could see things under the moon as if it were daytime. In addition, there was a constant glow of spiritual energy in the darkness around it, like the flickering moonlight on the lake under the moon, and as unreal as a dream. The spiritual charm around the fairy fruits was even stronger, and the light flashed even more. It moved its gaze away from the darkness, and soon found another fairy fruit that had fallen and had not yet taken root.

A white shadow passed by.

A white shadow came back in a flash!
"I picked one up!"

The fox held the fruit core in its mouth, raised its head and stretched its neck, then opened its mouth and the fruit core fell into its stomach.

The fox immediately became happy.

Then he looked around again.

It knew that this was a fairy fruit, knew how precious it was, and knew that it could take it back to plant and grow new trees, which would produce new fruits, and that it and the Taoist priest could enjoy a delicious meal of them one day a few years later. Therefore, for it, this was a sense of joy of harvest.

"Pick up another one!"

I would feel extremely happy and satisfied when I brought one back.

It's like picking mushrooms and like picking fish.

Seeing this, the sparrow also landed and turned back into a cat. It glanced at the little junior sister and followed her to look for her.

Even the greyhound ran to look for it.

When Caili comes, I’ll give it to my junior sister.

Junior sister likes fruits and fruit trees. She likes the feeling of not having to do anything and having no worries about food and drink when the fruits are ripe. In fact, this is the result of her previous poverty and hunger. Therefore, she planted fruit trees in front of and behind Hongyeguan Mountain, and they bloom continuously every spring.

When the black dog is found, give it to the eldest brother.

This is an old farmer who loves to grow everything. Slowly he is moving up the ladder.

"Ow..."

Suddenly the greyhound ran over in fear.

Caili was also very alert and ran back to the three people.

Only the fox was skilled and courageous. It sat next to a fallen fairy fruit, stretched out its claws naturally, pressed the fairy fruit, and looked up into the woods.

There was a buzzing sound in the forest.

Upon closer inspection, I saw that they were actually a group of bumblebees, but they were very large, almost as big as millstones. They were flying hard in the woods, making a lot of noise.

"That's Qin Yuan." The eldest brother read a lot of books. "In ancient times, some immortal mountains and caves had something. The book says that it looks like a bumblebee, but the size of a mandarin duck. Birds and beasts will die if they are stung, and trees will dry up and die if they are stung. Don't provoke it."

"This one is more than the size of a mandarin duck."

"It's probably because the spiritual energy here is too abundant." The eldest brother said, "Those snakes may be much bigger than before."

"But they don't seem to be very aggressive."

Lin Jue looked over there and saw a Qin Yuan flying towards his fox, tilting its head and staring at the fox with its compound eyes. The fox originally raised its paw to touch it, but after hearing what the eldest brother said, it turned around to look at them and put its paw down again. When it looked away, Qin Yuan flew away.

After taking a few steps, they raised their heads again.

I saw the bright moon in the sky gradually rising higher, and under the moon there were birds that looked like wild geese flying by. There was also a group of horses that seemed to be running on the grassland, but they were walking in the air, going from east to west.

"That's a Wenma, also called Jihuangma or Jiguangma. It's also a strange beast found in some immortal caves in ancient times. It's said that some ancient immortals would raise it. I've also read in another book that it's the horse ridden by the heavenly soldiers and generals in the Nine Heavens Fairyland, which is a cross between this kind of horse and another kind of horse." The eldest brother said, "It's said that it has red mane, a white body, stripes on its body, and eyes that shine like gold. It can fly and tread on clouds, but it has a ferocious temperament and feeds on tigers and leopards."

"Red mane, white body, stripes..." The little sister raised her head and watched the group of horses go away. "It really looks like this."

"This is the first time I've seen a herd of horses galloping from this angle." Lin Jue also looked up and said.

"There are so many rare animals here." The little sister said, "It would be great if we could catch a few and take them home to raise."

"The Wenma is fierce and violent, and not easy to raise." The eldest brother said, "So Jiutian's war horses are also used for crossbreeding."

"what!"

Suddenly there was a scream.

Whether it was the greyhound, the civet cat, or even the fox, they were all startled and immediately turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound.

They thought someone had discovered something, or there were other people in this fairy mountain cave, but when they turned around, they found that it was a crow with a human face, the same size as the fox, perched on a branch of an immortal tree next to them, hiding in the darkness, staring at them.

The human-faced crow paused, then immediately shouted:

"Steal fruit! Steal fruit!"

The black dog paused, then barked back at it:

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"Nonsense! I picked it up!" The fox jumped over, stood under the tree and looked at it.

"Steal fruit! Steal fruit!"

"I found it! I found it!"

"Picked it up!"

When the colorful bee saw the fox refute, it also refuted.

It was quite noisy here for a while.

"This is a human-faced crow. Legend has it that it was quite common in ancient times. You could see it in some remote mountains or on mountain roads with dense forests." The eldest brother said as he turned his head to glance at the human-faced crow that was screaming non-stop on the tree. "The book says that it hides during the day and comes out at night. Eating its meat can prevent heatstroke. Therefore, in ancient times, many people were on the road working in midsummer. When they saw a crow on the roadside, they would kill it and eat it. I guess this is probably the reason, plus the changes in the world, that it is almost invisible to the outside world now."

The human-faced crow, who had refused to shut up no matter what, immediately shut up when he heard what the eldest brother said.

The next moment, it flapped its wings and flew away in terror.

"Scare the birds to death! Scare the birds to death!"

The dry sound mixed with the flapping of wings gradually faded away.

"Big Brother, this is a real skill."

"I was bored in the temple, so I read more books." The eldest brother shook his head and looked at the crow flying away. "The book doesn't say that it can talk. This crow with a human face probably lives here and is nourished by the immortal spirit here, and gradually attains enlightenment."

"Um……"

Lin Jue remembered the group of strange monkeys he met many years ago when he first left Shu Village to seek the truth and met Luo Gong.

That group of strange monkeys were probably the exotic beasts commonly seen on the roadsides in the mountains in ancient times, just like the human-faced crows. The only difference was that the human-faced crows were almost extinct in the outside world later, while those strange monkeys may have strong survival abilities or people were unwilling to prey on them, so they still survived in the deep mountains of the world, and some even came out to cause trouble.

It's also like an aboriginal.

"Then in your opinion, where can we find the phoenix?"

"I heard that the phoenix is ​​noble by nature and likes to live in high places, especially on the paulownia tree." The eldest brother looked around and didn't see the paulownia tree. "Let's go to the top of the mountain first."

"it is good!"

Lin Jue looked at the various rare birds and animals in the forest around him, then turned back to look at the Wenma flying away in the sky. He really wanted to take some back to raise and decorate his own temple, but he temporarily suppressed this impulse and continued to walk upwards.

(End of this chapter)