"Don't dare...don't dare...how dare I try to trick you two?"
The demon cat said again.
"Then let's talk..." Nangong Qing said.
"You can ask, I'm going back first..." At this time, Zhang Fan took over the words.
"Don't go, Xiaofan. I'm worried that I don't have anything good to thank you for. This treasure in the woods is my thank you gift to you."
Nangong Qing forcibly dragged Zhang Fan to a stool and sat down.
Zhang Fan tried to get up several times, but was pushed down by Nangong Qing. In the end, Zhang Fan had no choice but to look at Nangong Qing helplessly.
"Five hundred years ago, the location of this forest was not sandy land, but a fertile land. A centipede spirit from the fifth stage of the third realm and a queen ant from the fifth stage of the third realm fought here.
After three days and three nights, hundreds of acres of fertile land were turned into hundreds of acres of sandy land.
In the end, the queen ant swallowed the centipede's body, but the queen was also seriously injured and died in the nest soon after."
The demon cat said, "In the very center of this forest is the ant queen's nest.
Five hundred years later, the body of the queen ant may be gone, but her inner elixir is still there. The medicinal value of ants is very high, with anti-inflammatory, analgesic, sedative, antispasmodic, anti-spasmodic, and anti-asthmatic properties.
, anti-convulsant, anti-epileptic, enhance red blood cell deformability, inhibit gastric acid secretion and prevent acute ulcers and other extensive protective effects."
Hearing the cat demon's words, Zhang Fan's eyes lit up slightly. Unexpectedly, this cat demon actually had some research on traditional Chinese medicine.
"The queen ant's inner elixir not only has these uses, its efficacy is several times that of ordinary ants, but it also has a greater effect, that is, it can replace the other two souls of the three souls except the main soul."
The demon cat said, "Of course, it must be the inner elixir of a queen whose Taoism is in the third realm or above. The inner elixir of an ant queen below the third realm will not work."
Hearing the demon cat's words, Zhang Fan's eyes lit up slightly. Although Zhang Fan is now a soul healer, Zhang Fan's current medical skills do not have the ability to reshape the three souls.
Something that can reshape two of the three souls is definitely a treasure. Zhang Fan is quite interested in the inner elixir of the ant queen. He never knows when he will use it in the future.
Nangong Qing saw Zhang Fan's thoughts and said with a smile: "Let's go take a look tomorrow and see if we can get the inner elixir of the ant queen."
Zhang Fan nodded, then looked at Nangong Qing and said, "You want to treat me to dinner, let's go..."
"okay!"
Nangong Qing smiled and said, "My face is too ugly, so I'd better cover it up."
As Nangong Qing spoke, he was looking for something to cover his face.
Zhang Fan directly took out the silver needle and performed acupuncture on Nangong Qing's body. After a while, all the scabs on Nangong Qing's face fell to the ground, and the injuries on the meridians were completely healed.
"Med...soul healer..." The demon cat widened his eyes and looked at Zhang Fan in surprise, "So young!"
In this way, the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and psychology that I just shared in front of the other party seemed to be a bit like Guan Gong's intention of playing a big knife in front of him.
Zhang Fan didn't say anything and cast another spell to put the demon cat into the small porcelain bottle.
The two went to the county town together, found a restaurant with a good reputation online, ordered some ordinary dishes, and chatted about their recent experiences while eating.
After dinner, the two of them settled in the county town. They planned to go back to the village together tomorrow morning and go to the ant queen's nest in the woods to find the queen's inner elixir. Of course, the two of them lived in two rooms.
At 8:30 a.m. the next day, the two of them arrived at the center of the forest. The trees here were all malnourished, either thin, short, or bent, or thin, short, and bent, or their branches were rotten.
Zhang Fan released the cat demon and asked straight to the point: "Where should we start?"
"If you dig down from all sides of the tree, about three meters, you can see the nest of the queen ant."
The demon cat pointed at the thin, short, and curved tree.
"Okay, I didn't expect there to be manual labor."
Zhang Fan said.
After saying that, Zhang Fan picked up a thick branch from the side, used his true energy to bless it, and began to dig out the land around the tree. In less than ten minutes, three or four square meters around the tree were cleared, and after another
Two minutes later, the thick branch in Zhang Fan's hand hit something hard and made a muffled "thud" sound.
Zhang Fan cleared away the floating soil around him, revealing a dark iron plate.
Seeing this scene, Nangong Qing frowned tightly, looked at the demon cat with cold eyes and asked: "You lied to us?"
"I lied to you?
I didn’t lie to you.”
The demon cat said with an aggrieved look, "That's how it is down here."
"Can the queen ant cast iron plates?"
Nangong Qing asked rhetorically.
"The spirits and monsters can turn into human form when they are in the second realm. As long as we have money in our hands, we can also buy the things we need like you humans."
The demon cat said, "Before I came to this forest, I had been living in a villa in the city, and I didn't know how to build a house."
What the demon cat said was reasonable, so Nangong Qing had no way to refute it.
"what's next?"
Zhang Fan asked.
"The nest of the queen ant is a closed iron box with a side length of about four meters. There are patterns on the surface of this iron box. However, I am not very qualified. I have been studying it for nearly three years. To this day, I have not found out the meaning of this pattern.
The mystery contained.
If I study the mystery of this pattern thoroughly, I think I should be able to open the ant queen's nest. The reason why I killed those people before was because I understood the pattern on this iron box. However, I understood the pattern on the iron box.
It's wrong."
Having said this, the demon cat sighed softly.
Zhang Fan glanced at the demon cat and knocked on the iron plate again with the thick branch in his hand. The iron plate was very thick and must have been blessed by magic. With his strength, it was difficult to open it with force.
"Eh?
Why didn’t you take this iron box with you?”
Nangong Qing asked, "Wouldn't it be more convenient for you to study if you take it away?"
"What you said is correct. I want to take it away too, but I don't have the ability. This box is imprisoned here by a powerful force."
The demon cat said.
Afterwards, Zhang Fan and Nangong Qing spent an hour clearing away all the soil around and underneath the iron box. The entire iron box was in a suspended state, and there were traces of evil spirit leaking out from around it.
All the patterns were displayed in front of their eyes, and the entire iron box gave people a simple, atmospheric and mysterious feeling.
Zhang Fan and Nangong Qing, who were sweating profusely, sat on the slope nearby, drinking water, panting, resting, and looking at the iron box.
"Xiaofan, have you discovered anything?"
Nangong Qing asked after drinking a whole bottle of water.
"Not yet. I'll take a closer look after I get some rest."