Although he is determined to take care of Zheng Lin, the old man still has to take into account the sect's arrangements.
When Zheng Lin's health improved and he gained strength in the enlightenment stage, Zheng Lin truly became a miner in the Qinglong Mine.
Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye. Zheng Lin's cultivation is still at the second level of Tongqiao, but after more than three months of mining life, his figure has become much stronger, and the toughness of his muscles has also improved.
Mining exercised Zheng Lin's muscles and veins in a way that was unparalleled compared to the effect of using a knife to make wine. If mining were used to restore Zheng Lin's muscles, a hundred years of hard work would not be as good as a knife to make wine.
Unwilling to live his life like this, Zheng Lin asked the old man about the brewing method of Dao Shaju during his free time. The old man did not hide anything about it and told Zheng Lin about the refining method of Dao Shaju and the required medicinal materials.
To brew Knife Soju, the rickety old man now only needs one kind of medicinal material with pure yang properties. Once collected, he can start brewing it.
After dinner, in front of the hut, the old man said to Zheng Lin, who was asking him: "I am not going to die for a long time. I am afraid that you will need to brew Dao Shaju yourself in the future."
Speaking of this, the old man looked very melancholy, as if he had thousands of knots in his heart.
After spending such a long time together, Zheng Lin already knew that the rickety old man was also a master of the Yuanling period of Qinglan Sect. He was severely injured in a battle with a master of the demonic path. Not only was his appearance destroyed, but the spiritual crystals in his body also slowly disintegrated.
His cultivation has plummeted thousands of miles.
It was in that battle that the old man's wife died trying to save the old man's life, which turned all the old man's thoughts into ashes, so he went to the Qinglong Mine alone and lived in silence, never interacting with others again.
When the old man was talking to Zheng Lin, he would often mention Xiao Lu's great kindness to him, but he never explained what the kindness was.
Today, the old man's skills are no longer what he once was, and his lifespan will be exhausted. He is indeed about to die.
"I have a storage bag here. Although it is not a high-end item, it is still very practical for you now. However, there is nothing good in it, only the materials for making knives and shochu."
As the old man spoke, he took out a palm-sized cloth bag from his waist, handed it to Zheng Lin, and then said: "On Wanchuan Star, there is a Huoyun Ridge with high temperatures all year round. It should contain pure Yang.
With your current strength, you can try your luck."
Zheng Lin put the storage bag in his hand and looked at it carefully for a while, but he didn't know how to use it. He originally wanted to ask, but when he heard the old man mentioned that there was a place where he could find Chunyang medicinal materials, his eyes lit up.
The doubts about the bag were put aside.
But the rickety old man first explained how to use the storage bag. It was actually very simple. He just needed Zheng Lin to remember how to use it. If one day Zheng Lin's soul power could be transformed into spiritual consciousness, he only needed to
A single thought can control the storage bag, and the contents inside can be selected at will by Zheng Lin's consciousness.
When Zheng Lin became familiar with using the storage bag, the old man informed him of the specific location of Huoyunling.
Zheng Lin was extremely happy, and with the old man's acquiescence, he left the mine formation the next day and walked all the way to Huoyun Ridge.
"He should be able to deal with that beast." Looking at Zheng Lin's back, the rickety old man said to himself slightly worriedly.
Huoyunling is not too far away from the Qinglong Mountains. He traveled quickly without consuming any energy. Zheng Lin just used his physical strength to move forward and stopped to rest when he was tired. It took him nearly three days to reach Huoyunling.
Seen from a distance, Huoyunling looks like a burning flame, red in color, with the smell of coke permeating the surrounding area.
The strange thing is that Zheng Lin can feel the high temperature a few miles away from Huoyun Ridge, but there are still plants living on Huoyun Ridge.
There is actually only one big mountain in Huoyunling. Judging from its appearance, it should be an active volcano that often erupts magma. At the crater, a stream of red smoke is rising straight into the sky, forming a large red cloud in the sky.
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Although Zheng Lin has no cultivation and low strength, he can still tell which plants are pure Yang.
The search for pure Yang things had already begun when Zheng Lin arrived at the foot of Huoyun Ridge. At this time, Zheng Lin's whole body was soaked with sweat. Under the high temperature, sweat trickled down from Zheng Lin's forehead.
At the foot of the mountain, Zheng Lin searched for two days, but did not see a pure Yang plant, so he looked for it on the mountainside.
Another half day passed, and Zheng Lin discovered a cave on the mountainside with no end in sight, but he could clearly see that there were some plants with red vines growing on the stone walls of the cave.
Zheng Lin entered the cave, felt the vines up close, and found that they were not pure Yang attributes, so he slowly walked deeper into the cave with some disappointment.
In Zheng Lin's opinion, since plants can survive at the entrance of the cave, there should be plants that are more resistant to high temperatures deep inside the cave. Perhaps they are the pure Yang things he is looking for.
The cave was winding and twisting. Using the weak energy in his body and resisting the high temperature, Zheng Lin walked for nearly half an hour. When he arrived at the end of the cave, he found a magma pool.
In the center of the magma pool, there is a dark red stone one square in size, with a plant with green leaves and red fruits growing on it.
Just at a glance, Zheng Lin felt that the plant was the same as tomatoes on earth.
Naturally, Zheng Lin wouldn't take a second look at the green leaves, but the red fruits made Zheng Lin very excited. If he expected it right, they must be the pure Yang things mentioned by the rickety old man, and they were also the key to restoring his strength and continuing his cultivation.
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Eight red fruits are looming under the cover of green leaves. From the fruits, there is a faint red mist. Different from tomatoes on the earth, the red fruits appear very transparent, with little fluorescence flashing through them. Look at the special environment in which they grow.
, even a fool knows that it is definitely not an ordinary thing.
The magma pool was not too big. After observing it for a while, Zheng Lin jumped directly onto the rocks. Fortunately, the rocks withstood the gravity brought by Zheng Lin and did not sink into the magma pool.
Zheng Lin stepped on the stone under his feet with a slight force. The stone did not move at all. It was actually a huge stone that penetrated deep into the bottom of the magma pool.
There was no problem with safety. Zheng Lin took out a jade vase from his storage bag, picked out a red fruit, and felt it carefully. It turned out to be a pure yang attribute. He happily put it into the jade vase and found nothing unusual.
When the situation arose, Zheng Lin boldly collected the remaining seven red fruits.
Just when Zheng Lin was about to jump to the shore and leave quickly, a yak-like monster suddenly blocked the exit hole on the shore.
Zheng Lin secretly resented his slow movements and was also thinking about how to deal with this monster.
Taking out a sharp dagger, Zheng Lin stood on the stone, forcing himself to be calm and on guard, while the yak-like monster stared at Zheng Lin with his eyes fixed on him.
It didn't dare to pounce. If it couldn't stop on the rocks after it pounced, it would fall into the magma pool. The monster was also very afraid of the terrifying high temperature of the magma pool. It didn't dare to attack it until it was sure of the enemy's strength.
Nor will he act rashly.
The stone was only one square meter in size and could not even fit the two hooves of the yak-like monster.