Chapter 204 The human head lives in the tree, making elixirs and taking medicine
After rationally parting ways with the group named Lao Dao Ye, the rest of the group walked in the cave corridor with a faint sigh of relief on their faces.
After only half a cup of tea, Yu Lie paused in his steps, his heart moved, and he suddenly said:
"Fellow Taoist Miao, if what the old Taoist surnamed Ye said is true, and this place has attracted many Taoists to hunt for treasures and slaves, wouldn't it mean that the number of people in the alienated jungle next door has also become smaller?"
Hearing this, Miaomu's expression was slightly startled, and she quickly understood what Yu Lie wanted to say.
Miaomu pondered and said, "What do you mean, Fellow Daoist Yu, is that we don't go back to the inner city first, but follow the original plan and go directly to the jungle?"
Yu Lie nodded calmly, cupped his hands and said:
"According to what Taoist friend Miao told me, a big source of danger when messing around in the outer city is other Taoists. Now that there are things of greater value in this desert, the powerful Taoists nearby will be greatly attracted.
, and the Taoist who still stayed in the jungle next door was either alone or thought he was not strong enough.
In this way, even though you and I are just two people, it shouldn't be a big deal if we wander around in the past."
Miaomu listened to Yu Lie's persuasion, but she was also thinking about it in her heart. Her eyes gradually lit up:
"That's right! It's exactly what Brother Yu said. Maybe this is an opportunity for you and me to take advantage of the small number of people in the jungle and make a small fortune!"
Yu Lie nodded: "Exactly!"
In fact, neither of them wanted to return directly to the inner city in despair.
This not only delays their time, but also wastes the travel expenses they spent all the way. And even if they return to the inner city, it is still a big problem whether they can find a trustworthy team in a short time.
After Yu Lie's little nudge, the two of them immediately changed their minds and decided not to go back to the inner city yet, but headed straight for the alienated jungle fifty or sixty miles away.
However, they did not turn around directly and pass through the exit just now. Instead, they waited underground for a while, waiting for the groundworms to arrive, and rushed from the underground to the alienated jungle area next door.
Although this is a bit troublesome and costs some money, it is better than stability.
Soon.
When the two of them arrived at the area where the jungle was, they walked out of the ground.
At this time, what Yu Lie saw was no longer the Gobi Desert, but a winding, ferocious scarlet jungle.
There are towering giant trees growing inside, which look strange. They don't look like plants, but more like fleshy arms.
The roots of these giant trees rooted in the ground, either like tentacles or sharp claws, are spread out in front of them strangely, as if they are ghosts that have already licked their claws, standing quietly, waiting for the two of them to pass by.
, let them share the food and devour it.
But Miaomu saw this scene, and his face was not surprised but happy. He turned his head and shouted to Yu Lie:
"Brother Yu guessed right. There are indeed very few Taoists here. It's different from the past."
Miaomu walked forward quickly, stretched out his hand and pinched a few handfuls of the wet soil on the ground, then called to Yu Lie and followed her into the jungle.
When Yu Lie saw it, although his face remained calm, for the sake of safety, he secretly took out a piece of talisman paper from his sleeve, lit it with his hand, and blessed himself.
Moreover, as he walked, there was a faint wind under his feet, which was erratic, but he did not directly cast the wind control spell.
Miaomu on the other side turned to look at Yu Lie, with a look of surprise in his eyes.
Realizing that Yu Lie's preparations for this trip were really complete, she secretly relaxed a little in her heart: "It seems that this time I will not just serve this person on his trip. I hope he can also help later, so
You won’t lose too much.”
When he thought of the blood-tempering elixir promised by Yu Lie, Miaomu's eyes suddenly glowed with fire!
If Yu Lie can successfully refine the elixir this time, the relationship between her and Yu Lie will surely be strengthened and they will become better friends with each other.
Susu!
Their robes swayed and they both stepped into the jungle.
………………
The next two days.
First, Yu Lie followed Miaom and wandered around in the jungle, looking for alienated plants in the alienated jungle.
After Yu Lie became familiar with the surrounding environment, he gradually became the main leader, while Miaomu was responsible for vigilance and taking action.
This is because Yu Lie is a practitioner of alchemy, and what he is best at is identifying medicinal materials. Moreover, when he came here, he had already had a certain understanding of this alienated jungle. He knew it well and recorded the habits and habits of many plant creatures.
Likes.
Therefore, in the past two days, although there were only two of them, one had something in mind and the other had been here four or five times. In addition, there were not many Taoists in the jungle, so the two of them gained a lot.
On this day, they were running quickly in the jungle, and behind them there was the sound of uprooting trees.
Yu Lie and Miaomu both had nervous expressions on their faces.
But after running for a certain distance, both parties looked at each other, with joy in their eyes.
They slowed down and even secretly scratched their palms, letting pure blood ooze out of their palms. Its smell spread, making the giant creature chasing them even more restless.
boom!
The distance between the two sides narrowed, and a tall tree man jumped out from a bunch of twisted trees. It strode forward, trampling deep pits on the ground one after another, and roared with greed and anger.
Woohoo! This tree man has no eyes, but on its broad crown, there are heads hanging one after another, with strange shapes, and their faces all show the same expression, staring greedily at the backs of the remaining two people.
The tree man saw things by relying on these heads that were parasitic or imprisoned on the tree crown. Dozens or hundreds of eyeballs of various colors stared closely at the remaining two people.
Some of these eyes are those of Taoists.
A hoarse and weird cry came out of the Taoist's head: "Help, help..."
However, the eyes of several Taoist heads were already unconscious, and their pupils and seven orifices had blood-colored buds growing out in clusters, which looked like mold but were not mold, which was very strange.
This kind of treant is called the "human head tree" in the mouths of nearby Taoists. There is no official name for the time being.
This monster has a huge body, likes to devour flesh and blood, and is rough-skinned and thick-skinned. It is not something that ordinary Taoist disciples can deal with. If we purely compare brute force and magic power, basically only seventh-grade Taoist officials can deal with it.
Fortunately, the reason why Taoists are valued as Taoists is that they are resourceful and have many and strange methods.
Yu Lie and Miaom didn't have to compete with each other with brute strength. They only needed to attract each other all the way and lead them into the traps and nets prepared in advance.
Just such a simple method is enough to more than double their confidence in killing this demonic tree and reduce losses.
But usually, the biggest risk of this method is not the demon tree itself, but the too much movement along the way, which can easily attract other nearby Taoists.
At that time, the Taoist who attracted the demon tree and laid the trap worked hard to beat the tree demon to death, but it was very easy for him to be robbed by the Taoist who was watching, and the gain was not worth the loss.
Fortunately, there are fewer and fewer Taoists in the jungle these days. There seems to be real opportunities to make a fortune over there next door, so the Taoists basically rush to the bloody desert.
Yu Lie and Miaomu fought steadily along the way, until they lured the human-headed demon tree into the trap, there were still no other people around.
Finally, there was a snapping sound, the soil cracked, and the branches broke!
The demon tree was running around, its huge body suddenly sank, and then it fell into an even bigger pit.
And the moment it fell, fire broke out in the deep pit, and a ball of flames rose up, surrounding the demon tree.
At this time, both Yu Lie and Miaom froze, turning their heads to stare at the huge demon tree in the pit, with excitement in their eyes:
"Succeed!", "It's done!"
The two of them were not idle, and immediately took out a few talismans from their pockets, looked at the demon tree in the trap from a distance, stimulated it steadily and cut down the roots of the demon tree to prevent the other party from climbing out of the fire pit.
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Woo hoo... a huge roar like a cowhide drum sounded. The demon tree's body was scorched black. It struggled, trying to kill the remaining two people.
But under the burning flames, it seemed as if it had fallen into the jaws of another giant and was being devoured, without the strength to kill the remaining two.
In the end, the dryad could only stretch out a very long vine and hit Yu Lie and Miaomu hard, trying to beat them to death.
However, Yu Lie and Miaomu both had spiritual auras on their bodies, and they easily backed away, causing the opponent's counterattack to fail.
Boom! The huge body of the demon tree fell.
Yu Lie and Miaomu both had happy faces on their faces.
After testing in the air and thoroughly confirming that the demonic tree was dead, the two boldly stepped forward and quickly extinguished the fire in the pit!
Although this demon tree can move and looks like flesh and blood, it is still a plant and can be easily restrained by flames. In particular, there is a kind of sap in its body, which is like oil and blood and can be easily burned to dry.
This kind of tree is also the most precious medicinal material on the tree where the human head resides. Taking it orally can help Taoists increase their true energy. Therefore, every extra breath time burned in the pit means a lot of money is burned.
When the fire in the pit was extinguished, there was still no one around.
Yu Lie and Miaomu stood in front of the pothole, their eyes filled with joy and they were completely relieved.
Yu Lie chuckled: "The harvest is not small, it must be the biggest in the past two days!"
Miaomu also smiled and said: "Exactly."
She also stared closely at the charred smoke in the pit and said something emotional: "This kind of gunpowder trap is really easy to use."
These words fell into Yu Lie's ears, making Yu Lie slightly startled. He glanced at the demon tree that had fallen in the pit of the fire, and then glanced at Miaom who was beside him. A feeling suddenly arose in his heart.
Visual sense:
"Could it be that this guy is imitating the method I used when fishing on the Blackwater River last time?"
Such methods of digging holes and burning monsters, including the fire talisman stuck inside, were not something Yu Lie came up with or brought out. He had to avoid it to avoid committing such stupid things.
This matter was arranged by Miaomu.
Yu Lie guessed correctly!
Out of the blue, Miaom suddenly happened to say:
"By the way, brother Yu, why don't you study the metal, stone and fire technique? I heard that this technique is simple and powerful, and even mortals can prepare it. Also, do you know any alchemy practitioners in Blackwater Town who are good at refining gunpowder?
"
There was no change on Yu Lie's face, and there was even a hint of emotion on his face, but in his heart, he actually jumped hard.
Yu Lie replied: "The method of metal, stone and fire? These kinds of gunpowder are indeed extremely powerful and enviable."
He shook his head: "But since Pindao has already chosen the flesh and blood elixir method, how can he covet other things? Otherwise, he will lose sight of one thing and lose one thing. Moreover, the preparation of this thing is not that simple, and it is definitely not something ordinary mortals can do.
A Taoist boy can refine it.
Hey, those who are good at refining gunpowder in this town should be from the Qi Academy, but those from the alchemy room are wrong. Fellow Daoist Miao has an acquaintance in Heishui Town, who knows this?"
Miaomu glanced at Yu Lie inadvertently and said with a smile:
"If I had an acquaintance, why would I ask Brother Yu? I just hope that Brother Yu has an acquaintance so that I can buy some cheap and easy-to-use gunpowder."
"That's it!" Yu Lie replied casually:
"When I get back to the hotel, I'll go and ask around. Song Danqing and the two fellow Taoists on the roadside are more familiar with the people in the town than me, so I'll have to go and ask around."
Later, he stopped being verbose and became more talkative and wrong.
Yu Lie hurriedly walked to the human-headed demon tree and greeted:
"Get the juice quickly, and don't waste the core of the coated wood. It can be used for burning the furnace. With this demon tree, you have a small amount of consumables for refining medicine. You can start the furnace to make elixirs now, or you can get a few pills.
, see the effect of the medicine!"
Miaomu's eyes lit up when she heard this. She put aside her unreasonable thoughts and hurriedly approached the demon tree, peeling the skin and extracting the juice with Yu Lie.
Although there are not many people nearby, this alienated jungle itself is also dangerous, so you should not stay in the same place for too long.
In just half a cup of tea, the two of them scraped away all the medicinal materials that could be taken away from the demon tree.
Not long after.
Yu Lie found a secluded cave, apologized, and then got into it alone and began to make elixirs and medicines.
Miaom himself, on the other hand, was full of expectations and was working diligently to protect the rest of the group outside the cave, waiting for the elixir to be refined.
It only takes half a day.
Yu Lie did not disappoint Miaomu. Sometimes the smell of blood was strong in the cave, and sometimes there was a refreshing fragrance. Soon Yu Lie's chuckle could be heard:
"Fellow Taoist Miao, what are you doing outside? Why don't you come in quickly and taste the elixir with me?"
When Miaomu heard this, he was overjoyed: "In less than half a day, the pill has been completed. This person really didn't lie to me!"
The elixir in his cauldron is really just one step away from becoming an elixir!"
Immediately, Miaom entered the cave impatiently.
At this time, in the cave, a huge bronze tripod was placed in the center. Red light emerged from the tripod, and a strange fragrance burst out. Next to it, there was a black-haired Taoist holding two red pills in his hand, looking at it with a smile.
to her.
Seeing this scene, Miaomu's face was filled with joy and excitement.