Star Farming, the eldest lady relies on alchemy to counterattack

Chapter 227 Demono Fruit

That day, after dinner, the group looked at the plate of bright red fruit on the table. The fruit emitted a sweet aroma, which was very tempting. Although they had found some berries in the past two days, those sour berries were obviously not as appealing as this fruit.

"I don't know what kind of red fruit this is. It has energy fluctuations. It's strange that it's so well preserved in the wild, without any signs of being bitten by birds or beasts," Lin Mo said.

Lin Mo's meaning was clear: he suspected that the fruit was poisonous and could not be eaten.

"I've never seen this kind of fruit before. We need to investigate whether it's strange or not." Di Youlin curiously held one in his hand to examine it.

"By the way, didn't Lan Xin study various plants before coming here? Lan Xin, come and take a look." Di Youlin looked at Lan Xin.

Lan Xin glanced at Ning Xuan, and seeing her nod, she took two steps forward, picked up the fruit, and a faint blue energy halo condensed on her fingertips.

"The plant that produces this fruit has a distinct main trunk, is tall, belongs to the genus Apiaceae, has a reddish-brown main stem like coral, and has snake-scale-like ring patterns on its surface. The leaves are opposite, elliptical, and have serrated edges. The fruit produced by trees with these characteristics is generally non-toxic," Lan Xin analyzed based on the characteristics of the fruit tree.

"I can concoct a universal reagent that is colorless and transparent, but will change color when it comes into contact with toxic substances. I'll squeeze out some juice now to try it out."

After Lan Xin finished speaking, she immediately went to prepare the reagent. A few minutes later, she cut off a piece of the red fruit, squeezed out a few drops of scarlet juice and dripped it into the reagent. The transparent reagent quickly turned red.

"This is the original color of the juice, not a discoloration. Judging from the color of the reagent, the fruit should be non-toxic," Lan Xin said confidently.

To further verify this, he ate the piece of red fruit he had just cut off.

"Hey, why did you eat that? You could catch a live creature to test it out first..." Nine-Tailed Fox said anxiously.

Before Nine-Tailed Fox could finish speaking, Lan Xin quickly grabbed the remaining whole red fruit and started munching on it, muttering, "It's so sweet and delicious."

While the others were still stunned, Ning Xuan slapped Lan Xin's hand, trying to make him let go of the fruit. However, Lan Xin held on tightly with both hands, and she couldn't knock it off.

"Hold him down and take that away from him," Ning Xuan ordered.

Chen Nan, Qinghe, and Jiuwei went up to hold him down, but Lan Xin struggled desperately, and everyone realized that something was wrong.

Lan Xin struggled desperately, and Chen Nan and the others, fearing they would hurt him, couldn't hold him down for a while. Ning Xuan released a vine, and a vine quickly bound Lan Xin tightly, leaving him to struggle like a fish out of water. "Give me food, give it to me now."

Ning Xuan felt Lan Xin's pulse. The pulse was rapid and shallow, indicating that her blood and qi were abundant and there were no signs of poisoning. Her breathing was shallow and rapid, and her autonomic nervous system was extremely excited. It could be seen that Lan Xin was currently trapped in a hallucination.

Ning Xuan took out her golden needles and quickly inserted them into several acupoints in Lan Xin's body. Some of these acupoints were for putting Lan Xin to sleep, which should have made her fall asleep quickly. However, Lan Xin continued to struggle.

He kept shouting, "Give it to me now!"

Ning Xuan took out a bottle of calming medicine from the medicine box and had Jiuwei give it to him.

While everyone was focused on Lan Xin, Zhang Nan picked up the fruit that had just fallen to the ground and was about to take a bite. "Put it down," Ning Xuan said, stopping him as she happened to see this.

After Ning Xuan took the fruit away, Zhang Nan finally came to his senses. He scratched his head in confusion, "I'm sorry, I don't know why I took the fruit. It was like I was being controlled."

“I’ve seen it in the Alchemy Plant Atlas. There’s a fruit that I haven’t seen for many years called the Demon Fruit. The juice of the Demon Fruit has a strong hallucinogenic effect. Once the outer skin is broken, the juice of the pulp will release a substance that can lure prey to eat it,” Ning Xuan said thoughtfully, looking at the fruit with its skin broken.

"Master, are you saying that this fruit might be the Mara Fruit?" Chen Nan asked.

“It may not necessarily be a Demon Fruit, but clearly, this fruit has similar effects to the Demon Fruit,” Ning Xuan said.

"Ugh, it hurts, it hurts so much!" Lan Xin groaned in pain.

Qinghe lifted her sleeve and saw a layer of blue scales on Lanxin's arm. The scales stood up one by one, like sharp little knives piercing into Lanxin's body.

Bright red blood seeped out from where the vines had bound it.

"Master, the scales inside Lan Xin's body are growing outwards, but they are blocked by the vines. The scales can't grow out, so they pierce his internal tissues, which is why he is bleeding." Qinghe had had a similar experience before and could understand Lan Xin's pain at this moment.

Ning Xuan put the damaged fruit into her spatial ring, and then withdrew the vines.

Once Lan Xin regained his freedom, he immediately scrambled around the house, sniffing around as if searching for the fruit he had just tasted. When he couldn't find it, he frantically tried to rush out, but Qinghe tried to stop him, and they ended up fighting.

At this moment, Lan Xin displayed combat power far exceeding her usual level. Fearing that they would damage the environment inside the tree hole, Lin Mo released a protective barrier to cover the area.

After fighting for about ten minutes, Lan Xin's azure eyes turned bright red, and black mist began to emanate from around her body.

"Master, Lan Xin's mental sea is in turmoil, and her mutation value is too high. I'm afraid, I'm afraid..." Qinghe said to Ning Xuan while fighting.

Ning Xuan noticed Lan Xin's abnormality at this moment. She asked Lin Mo and the others to help Qinghe control him, fed him a dose of mutation value removal medicine, and placed her palm on Lan Xin's Baihui acupoint on the top of his head to probe his mind with her mental power.

Within Lan Xin's spiritual sea, a raging storm was raging, with black giant waves surging on the turbulent surface.

The moment Ning Xuan's fingertips touched that boiling sea of ​​consciousness, the violent energy sent shivers down her spine. The seawater took on an eerie color, and the surging waves, carrying a hurricane-like force, cleaved the entire space into fragmented vortexes.

"boom!"

As a bolt of lightning struck the sea, she finally saw the creature lurking beneath the inky waves. A giant serpent appeared and disappeared beneath the waves, its blue tail whipping up massive waves, its scales reflecting a metallic glint in the lightning, each surge causing her spiritual sea to boil even more violently.

Ning Xuan saw the scene through her consciousness and was filled with disbelief and horror. She never expected that Lan Xin's mental sea, which was usually gentle, would be so turbulent and strange.