A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 81: Several Days in the Mountains
At noon three days later, Duan Rong sat on a rock beside the stream, feeling a little tired!

He just lay down in the stream and drank the water.

Duan Rong wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, took a breath, and then sat up straighter.

On the rock next to him, there was a pile of firewood, and the burning flames were roasting two fat fish over a foot long, which were sizzling and oozing with oil, and the aroma was wafting in the air!

During these three days, Duan Rong has devoured nearly forty tree spirits!

In fact, a first-level tree spirit is not easy to find!
The thickness of a hundred-year-old tree and a hundred-twenty-year-old tree is not that different, and there is also difference in tree species, which will cause interference.

Duan Rong touched almost every tree one by one!

In a day, that's only more than ten pieces, and that's despite his crazy work that lasts almost without rest!
Although after swallowing it, I didn't feel the same discomfort as before, it was a bit abnormal...

But after three days, there were no adverse reactions...

Although Duan Rong was worried, he thought he was overthinking it. Wasn't it a good sign that he didn't feel any discomfort?

Maybe it won’t be long before my mental strength can break through level 2!
"Since the first-level tree spirit can only slightly increase spiritual power, then we can use the accumulation of quantity to achieve a qualitative change!"

"As long as there are no adverse reactions, I will keep stacking... until I break through!"

Duan Rong has sharp eyes and is quite motivated!
At this moment, not far from the stream, a leopard suddenly jumped out. It was more than one meter long, with a small head and a long tail, yellow fur, and copper coin-shaped black spots all over its body!
When Duan Rong saw the beast, he immediately jumped up from the rock!
Leopards are not as majestic as tigers, but they are faster and sometimes even more dangerous!

The leopard pressed its front paws on the rock, its body slightly lowered, and its cold wild beast eyes stared at Duan Rong beside the stream, as if it was assessing the strength of its opponent!
Duan Rong stood on the rock beside the stream, confronting the leopard. He was calm and composed, without a trace of nervousness emanating from his body!

Duan Rong's condition made the leopard smell a hint of danger, but the strong hunger still aroused its most primitive animal nature!
The leopard suddenly leaped up and pounced towards Duan Rong like thunder and lightning!

Leopards are known for their speed, especially when they rush out, their burst of speed is unmatched among all animals!
Moreover, the leopard was only three or four feet away from Duan Rong, which was the best distance for him to hunt!
At this distance, its speed advantage can almost be fully utilized!

In the blink of an eye, the leopard had rushed in front of Duan Rong. It jumped on the edge of the huge rock in front of Duan Rong with its two feet, kicked hard, used the force to leap up, and bit Duan Rong's throat!
But at the moment the leopard jumped up, Duan Rong suddenly flashed... and disappeared out of thin air!
The leopard fell to the ground empty-handed, apparently a little dazed. It immediately realized that Duan Rong was behind it for some reason!

The leopard swung its tail and jumped, then turned over. At this time, Duan Rong was almost in front of the leopard. He could faintly smell the strange smell of the leopard and saw the leopard's whiskers reflecting a faint halo in the sun...

A man and a beast, so close!

Such a close distance is a provocation to the wild beasts!
The leopard bared its teeth and pounced on Duan Rong again!

Duan Rong twisted his waist, and his figure was like a ghost. In a flash, he appeared behind the leopard again!

At this time, the leopard finally realized that it seemed to have encountered the legendary mandrill. The leopard ran to the stream and fled along the stream. After running for a distance, it jumped into the forest and ran deep into the old forest.

Duan Rong watched the leopard flee, smiled slightly, and said: "After all, it is a beast..."

In fact, it was easy for him to kill the leopard!

But he was already very tired and really didn't want to get covered in blood again!

Duan Rong walked over, picked up the grilled fish that was knocked over on the rock by the leopard, blew away the dust, and started eating!
The roasted fish was so delicious that Duan Rong couldn't help but savor the delicious taste and his mouth was full of oil!

After filling his stomach, Duan Rong rested for a moment, then suddenly moved and jumped into the forest, leaping and hopping as nimbly as a monkey, constantly moving towards each tree...

At noon six days later, Duan Rong looked at the data in front of him with a somewhat tired expression.

Object: Old cypress (101 years old)
Weapon spirit level: first level.

Devouring requirements: Host's mental strength level 1 (satisfied).

Devouring effect: Initial enlightenment (can slightly increase the host's mental strength).

"Finally found another one!" Duan Rong sighed.

After six days, Duan Rong had been counting the numbers silently. He had already devoured a total of eighty-one first-level tree spirits.

The tree in front of him was the 82nd one. Duan Rong's eyes were firm, and he whispered, "Swallow the weapon spirit!"

Suddenly, a line of bright red words flashed below the data panel in front of Duan Rong: Devouring failed! The relevant area of the spiritual space is full!
Duan Rong's heart skipped a beat. "Sure enough, something went wrong!"

The eighty-second first-level tree spirit actually failed in the devouring!
"Spiritual consciousness space... related areas... are full..."

Duan Rong read the flashing prompt almost word by word, trying to decipher its meaning.

Duan Rong thought for a moment, then suddenly took two steps back, placed his hand on another tree, and said, "Read the spirit of the instrument."

Object: Old pine wood (121 years old)
Weapon spirit level: Level 2.

Devouring requirements: Host's mental strength level 2 (not met).

Devouring effect: Initial intelligence (can slightly increase the host's mental strength).

Duan Rong looked at the set of data appearing in front of him, and his gaze stayed on the three words "unsatisfied".

His mental strength is obviously still at level 1 and has not broken through.

"The mental strength has not yet broken through, but the devouring has failed!"

Duan Rong stood there, his eyes filled with deep thought, thinking again about the prompt that had just flashed across his mind.

"Spiritual consciousness space? ...The relevant area is full...?"

Duan Rong felt that all this was related to the fact that he did not feel any discomfort when he first devoured the tree spirit!

Something must have gone wrong, which caused him to not feel the same discomfort as when digesting and absorbing tree spirits after swallowing the tree spirit!

And it may be this situation that has led to the current failure of swallowing!

Duan Rong then stayed in Wild Boar Mountain for another two days. He wanted to observe and see if there would be any further changes!

But the first-level tree spirit has always failed to devour, and no new information feedback has appeared!

Duan Rong was sitting on a camphor tree, holding a wild rabbit in his hands. The rabbit had bright fur and was trembling in Duan Rong's hands.

Duan Rong sat on a tree branch, stroking a rabbit while thinking...

Duan Rong's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought that he could understand the problem from another angle.

When he swallowed the spirit of the weapon before, it took him several hours to digest and absorb it.

However, during the past few days in the mountains, he devoured a total of eighty-one tree spirits in succession!
"The relevant area of the spiritual consciousness space is full..."

Duan Rong repeated these words again and suddenly had some new understanding. Perhaps it meant that his soul was too full from eating the tree spirits!

"Maybe... it just takes... some time... to digest and absorb..."

Duan Rong guessed, and the doubts in his eyes slowly dissipated...

Duan Rong suddenly jumped down from the tree, his figure like a big bird, and landed steadily. He threw the hare in his hand next to the tree root, then turned and walked away...

"I've been out for eight or nine days. It's time to go back!"

As for the failure of swallowing, he still needs to observe for a while to see if it is as he guessed.

According to his previous experience of digestion and absorption after devouring a weapon spirit, it would take three hours to completely digest and absorb a first-level weapon spirit.

According to this time standard, one first-level weapon spirit requires three hours. So he has devoured a total of eighty-one first-level tree spirits in the past few days. It will take more than half a month to digest and absorb them.

If it really takes that long, it wouldn't be a good idea for him to just waste time in the mountains!
(End of this chapter)