Facing the annoyance of Brother Hantan and his son, Gu Zheng acted relatively calmly, and he even smiled slightly.
"Don't be too angry about things that you can't change anymore. Finding those four things is the most important thing now." Gu Zheng paused and then said: "Don't you think the environment here is very familiar?
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"Very familiar?"
Hearing what Gu Zheng said, Brother Hantan and his son frowned. They didn't think there was anything familiar about the environment here. It was no different from the ordinary space world. As far as they could see, there were nothing more than flowers, grass, mountains, rivers, and air.
The richness of Zhongxianyuan is also average.
"It doesn't feel familiar or strange to us, and what I want to say is that this task may not be as difficult as imagined!"
Gu Zheng smiled slightly, this was a space world that they had been to before, but at that time, he was using his spiritual thoughts to explore the things on the road. The Hantan monks and his son's understanding of the environment was only based on the places that could be touched by sight.
, so it’s not strange to be unfamiliar with the environment in front of you.
"Master, what you mean is that we have been to this space world before?" Brother Hantan's eyes lit up.
"Yes, we have indeed been here. Do you still remember the Ray Emperor?" Gu Zheng asked.
"Remember, remember!"
Brother Hantan and his son nodded hurriedly. If Emperor Ray hadn't helped Gu Zheng, it would have been difficult for Gu Zheng to complete the test given to him by the female sea snake monster. Moreover, Brother Hantan and his son not only remembered Emperor Ray, they also remembered Gu Zheng
He once promised the King of Rays that if he enters this space world again, he would cook something delicious for the King of Rays.
"Let's go to the big river where the Manta Ray Emperor's Palace is located now!"
As the saying goes, it’s easier to get things done if you have acquaintances. Since there is a monster like the Ray Emperor who has some personal connections in this space world, Gu Zheng decided to go to him first to see if he could get the four necessities for this mission from him.
clues.
The difficulty of this space world is not high. The big river where the Stingray Emperor's Palace is located has also been visited by Brother Hantan and his son. Gu Zheng asked Brother Hantan to take the Heart Demon Pearl on the way, and he himself took Brother Hantan with him.
The son returned to the inner magic bead.
Returning to the ancient battle in the New Magic Orb, there is something to do, and this matter is related to the six aquatic plants obtained from the old blue-fin mermaid.
There was not much time before, but now that he has time, Gu Zheng wants to seize the time to promote the growth of the six aquatic plants, and for this he needs to use the son of the Hantan monk. After all, among the five elements of immortality, he
What he is least good at now is wood-attribute magic, and this is the magic that is necessary to ripen plants. However, although Gu Zheng is not good at this area, Brother Hantan and his son are strong in this area and can already do it.
He, who makes immortal rice, will work with Gu Zheng to complete the task of ripening aquatic plants.
The bubbles that wrapped the six aquatic plants before were just temporary containers for the six aquatic plants. After getting them, Gu Zheng put them in the crystal water tank, and the water in the water tank was naturally Gu Zheng's.
Strive for the deep-sea ice spring water obtained from the ancestral homeland of the blue-fin mermaid, which is also a necessary water source for their growth.
The six aquatic plants are of different heights and sizes. Some of them look like corals, some look like seaweeds, and some look like kelps. They come in all kinds of shapes.
"Master, how big can these things grow after being ripened? How many meals are they enough for?" Brother Hantan and his son asked curiously.
"Riping them will not make them grow any larger. They are already finished products that are about to bear fruit. Our ripening of them actually requires their fruits, and what we eat is also their fruits instead of their bodies.
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Hearing what Gu Zheng said, Brother Hantan's son's eyes widened: "Master, do you mean that all these six aquatic plants can bear fruit?"
"It's not a fruit, it's a fairy fruit, and the grades are all excellent!"
"Wow!"
Gu Zheng's words made Brother Hantan's son exclaim in surprise: "It's actually a fairy fruit. No wonder the master asked for so many things from that old blue-finned mermaid before."
"These things are all essential tools for ripening these six kinds of fresh fruits. Without any of them, we cannot maximize our profits!" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"I originally thought that our gain from the transaction with the old blue-finned mermaid was not that big, but we never thought that this gain would be of great significance!" Brother Hantan's son said happily.
"Yes, this is of great significance. Although it takes time to ripen these fairy fruits, as long as you persevere, you can basically be self-sufficient in the fairy fruits used for cooking fairy fruits and food cultivation in the future." Gu Zheng said.
"Master, how long does it take to ripen these fairy fruits? There are still no traces of flowering and fruiting. I'm afraid it will take a long time, right?" Brother Hantan's son asked.
"The aquatic fairy fruit is different from the terrestrial fairy fruit. The terrestrial fairy fruit takes a longer period to bloom and bear fruit, while the aquatic fairy fruit has a longer growth cycle. As for the flowering and fruiting, it is like a flash in the pan, so the aquatic fairy fruit is very rare." Gu Zheng said.
After a pause, he continued: "The six aquatic fairy fruits we got are relatively lucky. Most of their growth cycles have passed. As for flowering and bearing fruit, it will not take long. According to my calculations, from the heart
Calculated from the current position of the magic bead, it will take about five hours to fly to the palace of the Stingray Emperor. By the time we get there, the six aquatic fairy fruits have already blossomed and matured, and when we arrived at the Stingray Emperor,
After the emperor's palace, if the time and environment are right, I will cook fairy fruit food for myself."
There was no more chatting after that. Gu Zheng began to tell Brother Hantan about his son and what they needed to pay attention to during the process of ripening the fairy fruit together.
In this cooperation, the son of Brother Hantan is responsible for using the Wood Control Technique to control the bodies of six aquatic plants, so that they can absorb the nutrients produced from the deep sea ice springs at the appropriate speed. What needs to be done in the ancient battle,
It uses water control techniques to accelerate the transformation of deep sea ice spring water into nutrients suitable for six aquatic plants to absorb.
There are six types of aquatic plants, and each type requires different levels of magic or magic control, so they can only be operated separately.
The first aquatic plant ripened by Gu Zheng and the others was ice blue coral. The appearance of this plant looks just like coral, but it is like crystal carving. The pure blue color is intoxicating, and it is placed in the same place.
It's ice blue in the deep sea ice spring water, and it's hard to tell if you don't look carefully.
Under the control of Brother Hantan, his son and Gu Zheng, the ice blue coral swayed slightly in the deep sea ice spring water. As for the deep sea ice spring water, it rotated rapidly, but it only formed a vortex around the ice blue coral.
To say that this deep-sea ice spring water is really a good thing, otherwise it would not be turned into a sacred object of the blue-fin mermaid tribe. It has a characteristic that is obvious when ripening aquatic fairy fruits, that is, it does not need to be used at all.
The addition of foreign matter can produce all the nutrients needed for the growth of aquatic plants. If it can be done like Gu Zheng, using the Water Control Technique and the Eye of Tao to convert the deep-sea ice spring water, the deep-sea ice spring water can produce nutrients.
The speed will naturally become faster.
Gu Zheng is responsible for transforming the nutrients in the deep sea ice spring water suitable for the growth of ice blue corals, while the son of the monk Hantan uses wood-attribute magic to control the ice blue corals to absorb the nutrients transformed from Gu Zheng.
Time passed little by little, and with the combined efforts of Gu Zhengtuo Hantan monk and his son, the glimmer of light emitted by the ice blue coral became purer and purer. On the body of the ice blue coral, which was basically lumpy, sprouts like flower buds began to appear.
something.
After about a meal, the buds on the ice-blue coral fully bloomed. It was a strange little flower with blue petals and red stamens.
The flowering process of ice blue coral takes less than two minutes. After the flowers fall, small ice blue coral fruits appear. It looks like a hawthorn, but it is very transparent. You can see the ice blue inside through the epidermis.
The colored liquid flows endlessly like a living thing.
A total of four ice blue coral fruits are produced on an ice blue coral tree, and the fairy fruit grades of these ice blue coral fruits are all excellent. They mature after a meal and are about the size of
Same as hawthorn fruit.
At this point, Gu Zheng's fairy fruit reserve has four more ice blue coral fruits, and the ice blue coral tree that contributed the ice blue coral fruits has entered a long growth cycle. Gu Zheng first put it aside, and then
Start ripening the next aquatic fairy fruit.
Gu Zheng's next target is an aquatic plant that looks like a kelp. It is dark green in color and looks really similar to kelp.
Under the joint operation of Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan's son, the abyssal kelp swayed in the deep sea ice spring water like a sea snake. There were whirlpools spinning around it. The nutrients transformed by Gu Zheng, and then
Through the control of Brother Hantan and his son, they were all sucked into the body by the abyssal kelp.
The fresh fruit produced by the Abyss Kelp is a fig, which does not need to bloom. Under the continuous control of Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan's son, five pustule-like things gradually appeared.
"Master, is this the fresh fruit of this thing? Why does it look so ugly!"
Although wood-attribute magic has been used to ripen the abyssal kelp, this is not a process that requires absolute investment, so the son of monk Hantan will occasionally talk to Gu Zheng.
"This is only in the early stages of growth, and it looks a bit ugly. But after it matures, the medicinal properties of the abyssal kelp fruit are the strongest among the six aquatic fairy fruits." Gu Zheng said.
As time goes by, the five abyss have all matured. When they mature, they are not big, only about the size of a longan, and their appearance has not changed very well. They are dark green and look like some kind of fish.
The only thing that makes the eggs stand out is that they have their own fluorescence, which makes them look a little bit more extraordinary.
After harvesting five abyss kelp fruits, Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan's son began to ripen the next aquatic plant.
This time, the aquatic plant that Gu Zheng was familiar with looked like a piece of seaweed, and it was also a very inconspicuous kind.
Gu Zheng told Monk Hantan's son that he had underestimated this inconspicuous aquatic plant. Its name was Purple Berry Fairy. The yield of fairy fruits it produced was the largest among the six aquatic plants.
The ripening of the purple berry fairy has begun, and time has passed unconsciously. All the purple berry fairy that originally looked low have been erected, and some small purple flowers are also in this low 'grass'.
bloom in.
Fragrance bursts, and after the purple flowers were defeated, some small fairy fruits slowly expanded. There were ten of these small fairy fruits. They looked like snakeberries, and the color was purple.
People are intoxicated.
It's harvest time again, and thanks to the hard work of Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan's son, all ten purple berry fairy fruits have matured, and Gu Zheng's fairy fruit reserves have increased as a result.
Instead of rushing to ripen the next aquatic plant, Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan's son closed their eyes and adjusted their breathing. Although the matter of ripening fairy fruits does not consume a lot of fairy power and demon power, it can
It consumes a lot of energy. Both Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan's son already feel a little tired. They have to take a rest before they can start ripening the remaining aquatic plants.
During the time when Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan and his son were ripening aquatic plants, the situation outside had been very calm. Brother Hantan was on his way with the inner demon beads, and did not encounter any monsters to stop him during this period. This was very important to him.
It must be a good thing for Gu Zheng and the others who were about to vomit from killing those space monsters before.
The meal passed quickly, and Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan's son began to ripen the fourth aquatic plant.
The fourth aquatic plant was amber in color and looked very much like carrageenan. As Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan's son continued to work on it, it began to emit circles of strange ripples.
"Can you see the use of this kind of ripple?" Gu Zheng asked.
"Not to mention the purpose of the ripples, I can't even see the ripples!" Brother Hantan and his son smiled bitterly.
"It seems that my Tao Eye is still useful. I thought that your soul power has mutated three times, and you can also see this strange fluctuation emanating from the antlers and fairy vegetables!"
"I can't see it." Brother Hantan's son shook his head, since he was curious: "Master, what is the purpose of that strange fluctuation you mentioned?"
"Among the six aquatic plants, when it comes to ripening, the antlers are the most active one. The strange fluctuations emitted by it actually have the same effect as my water control trick, which is to accelerate
It converts the nutrients useful for its growth into the deep sea ice spring water, so the flowering and fruiting speed of this staghorn fairy will be the fastest among the six aquatic plants."
The thing is indeed as Gu Zheng said. Among the several ripening processes of aquatic plants that have been experienced, the flowering and fruiting of the antlers and even the ripening of the fruits took the shortest time, while the ripening of the antlers took the shortest time.
It also added four more fairy fruits to Gu Zheng's reserve.
Putting the antler celery that had contributed fresh fruits aside, Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan's son began to ripen the fifth aquatic plant.
The fifth aquatic plant looks like a sea grape. Although it does not have long vines like grapes on land, its stems and leaves really look like grapes.
Under the combined efforts of Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan's son to ripen the emerald green sea grapes, the grape-like things on the stems and leaves gradually cracked, and new particles were produced from inside.
Sea grapes are also figs. After the stems and leaves are broken, the granular things exposed are actually sea grape fruits.
"There are quite a lot of things like grape grains on the stems and leaves of sea grapes, but there are only five that actually crack and produce sea grape fruits. It would be great if they all cracked and produced sea grape fruits!" Brother Hantan
The son sighed with emotion.
"Among the six aquatic plants, sea grape fruit does not have the largest yield, the best taste, and the strongest medicinal effect, but it is the most critical one. The next time you cook the fairy fruit food, it can be used in it.
It has a great neutralizing effect. Without its neutralizing effect, I don’t know when it will be until the next fairy fruit food repair cooking!" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
Half an hour later, the sea grape fruit was ripened by Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan's son. The green sea grape fruit looked just like real grapes, but what was more strange than real grapes was a refreshing milk.
The fragrance emanated from it, which made Brother Hantan's son swallow his saliva.
"Master, while you are cooking the fairy fruit food, can you cook some delicious food?" Brother Hantan and his son looked at Gu Zheng pitifully.
"What? It's been so long since you've eaten the delicious food I cooked, and you want to do it again, right?" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"Of course, I can't get enough of the delicacies cooked by the master!" Brother Hantan's son looked back at Taste.
"It's a small matter, arrange it!"
Gu Zheng waved his hand, and he was ready to ripen the last aquatic plant.
"Thank you, Master!"
Brother Hantan's son quickly apologized and once again devoted himself to the cause of ripening.
The last aquatic plant that Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan wanted to ripen his son was Feather Belt Ambrosia. This strange aquatic plant has leaves that look like feathers and some floating tentacles. It looks really real.
It's very much like a feather fan.
"This last aquatic plant looks so beautiful," said the son of Brother Hantan.
"Not only does it look good-looking, its fruit is among the six kinds of aquatic fruits, the one with the highest grade and the lowest yield. It can only contribute two fruits and two precious feathers to me.
Bring the fairy grass fruit, I don’t plan to add it to the cooking of the fairy fruit food this time. If there is a chance to get the treasure of heaven and earth in the future, I will use it when cooking the holy fruit food!" Gu Zheng said.
Among the six kinds of aquatic fairy fruits, the feather-banded fairy fruit is the most peculiar. In addition to the peculiarities mentioned by the son of the monk Gu Zhengtuo Hantan, it also requires the longest time to ripen, which is very important for him to ripen.
It took Gu Zheng and Brother Hantan his son an entire hour!
Finally getting two feather-belt jelly fruits, Gu Zheng took a deep breath of their fragrance and then put them away properly.
At this moment, Brother Hantan has entered the big river with the Heart Demon Bead and is flying towards the direction of the Ray Emperor's Palace. Gu Zhengtuo Hantan Brother's son seizes the time to adjust his breath in the Heart Demon Bead.
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Gu Zheng had just adjusted his breath, and the bottleneck outside had been broken. The Hantan monks were attacked by several shrimp soldiers and crab generals.
Brother Hantan knew that these shrimp soldiers and crab generals were all subordinates of the Ray Emperor, so he did not do anything to them. But what was more helpless was that these shrimp soldiers and crab generals did not have any intelligence, otherwise it would be difficult to directly explain their intention.
A big fight is needed.
The strength of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals was only in the realm of returning to the virtual world. The Hantan monk didn't want to pay much attention to them. He directly rolled them to a far away place with a wave of his hand, and then continued to fly towards the direction of the Stingray Emperor's palace.
The shrimp soldiers and crab generals swept away by Hantan monk with a wave of his hand were still chasing behind them, and another group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals appeared in front of them. However, the clothes of this group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals were obviously much higher than the previous batch, and the leader
That crab general still has a bright light in his eyes.
Seeing the crab general with aura in his eyes appearing, Gu Zheng appeared from the inner demon bead.
There was no need for Gu Zheng to say anything. The leader of the crab generals saluted Gu Zheng and said: "Welcome the entrants to come to Hanshui River again. My king invites you!"
Following the Crab Commander, the Gu Zheng trio once again came to the Manta Ray Emperor's Palace in the Hanshui River.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
As soon as Gu Zheng entered the palace, the Manta Ray Emperor came out of the palace laughing.
"Long time no see!"
The king of rays clasped his fists towards Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng cupped his fists and replied: "Actually, it didn't take long!"
"It hasn't been long, but my days here feel like years!" the Stingray Emperor said with a smile.
"Since the days are like years, it seems that I am here to help you escape!" Gu Zheng also smiled.
"That's right, you must have come to me for a mission. After you complete my mission, I can go to the land of freedom." said the Ray Emperor.
"Then let's talk about the mission now, so that you can go to the land of freedom as soon as possible." Gu Zheng said.
The Stingray Emperor shook his head and said: "No hurry, no hurry. Although it hasn't been long since the last time we met, I miss the delicious food you cook very much. Besides, you promised last time that when we meet again, we will do well."
Make me a delicious meal. Before we get down to business, shouldn’t you fulfill this promise first?”
The Stingray Emperor smiled very cheaply, and the expression on his face was also very greedy. He didn't look like an emperor at all.
"Hahahaha!" Gu Zheng also laughed: "Okay, okay, but after I fulfill my promise, can I borrow the spirit gathering array in Guibao Land to use it?"
There is a spirit gathering array in the palace of the Ray Emperor. If it were not for such an array, the palace built in the water would not be able to have such sufficient immortal energy.
"What are you going to do in Lingzhen?" King Ray asked.
"Cooking and food repair." Gu Zheng replied.
"What is food cultivation?"
Just like a curious baby, King Ray took Gu Zheng to the kitchen and asked Gu Zheng many questions about food cultivation.
Seeing that the Ray Emperor showed a strong interest in food cultivation, Gu Zheng felt that the clues he wanted to get from the Ray Emperor this time were probably accurate.
Although he really wanted to know whether the Manta Ray Emperor knew about the whereabouts of the four necessities for the mission, since the Manta Ray Emperor only wanted to talk about food and not business, Gu Zheng could only satisfy his taste first.
