It is already the beginning of winter, and the temperature in Yunzhou Province has also dropped. Especially in the mountains and forests, the cold wind is howling. Whether it is adventurous hikers or experienced herb collectors, they rarely appear.
Even the chirping of birds and insects was rarely heard, and it was completely silent.
Click.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in an open space, stepping on large pieces of yellow and fallen leaves, making a rustling sound. Xue Chen glanced around, then took another step and disappeared in the Baiyun Mountains.
Inspection.
He didn't know if there would be practitioners from outside the inheritance who would come to the Baiyun Mountains and whether those people would steal the spiritual energy here, but he had to be on guard as it would only take a few days.
Along the way, he also saw a variety of scenery here, many places he had never been to, and many interesting animals that he couldn't name.
"I heard from Brother Wei that there might be some highly valuable herbs growing in deep mountains and old forests like the Baiyun Mountains, but I don't know if I'm lucky enough to encounter them."
Speaking of which, he had never seen the so-called spiritual grass and spiritual fruit, and he didn't know what it looked like.
"But since it is a spiritual grass and spiritual fruit, it must be very different from ordinary grass and shrubs. You should be able to find it when you see it."
With this thought in his mind, he also paid more attention to every place he walked while inspecting to see if there were any special plants.
In less than half an hour, he walked through one-fifth of the Baiyun Mountains. The spiritual energy of the spiritual crystals was also consumed a lot. When he reached a valley, he sat down directly to replenish it. As for the spiritual grass
I have never seen any spiritual fruits.
When the spirit crystal's inner energy became full again, he stood up and planned to continue moving forward, but suddenly a sight not far away caught his attention, which was a group of wild boars.
Wild boars are not uncommon in the depths of the Baiyun Mountains. He saw many of them along the way, all in groups of three to five, or even more than a dozen, large and small, but the reason why this group of wild boars was able to attract him was
The reason for attention is that the leading wild boar is a bit too big.
"This wild boar probably weighs nearly a thousand pounds!"
He has also seen too many wild boars in Canada, where the wild boars are even more abundant, but the largest one only weighs four to five hundred kilograms. It is far from as exaggerated as this one. It is simply a bulldozer. It looks like a bulldozer.
It's amazing, with its dark fur and two three-inch long fangs on its mouth, it looks like it's not easy to mess with.
"It would be dangerous if a traveling friend or a herb collector accidentally encounters it."
For such a big guy, let alone a human, he can compete with a tiger or a lion.
Just when Xue Chen was staring at the wild boar leader, the wild boar leader suddenly looked over.
"Did you find me?"
This actually made Xue Chen feel a little surprised. This was more than a hundred meters away, and there was a tree blocking it. It was unexpected that he was so alert and noticed him.
The wild boar leader stared for a few times with his huge eyes, then turned and ran away.
"Huh?"
This made Xue Chen a little surprised. The wild boar not only didn't want to attack him, but also turned around and ran away? Obviously, this was not a normal departure. Judging from the speed at which it was running, it was clearly an escape.
If it was a normal departure, he would have taken the whole family with him, but the situation in front of him was that he didn't care about the sows and piglets at all, and ran away alone first.
"It's interesting. This guy has a very high IQ."
But I have never heard that wild boars are famous for their high IQ, so this is a bit strange.
Xue Chen's eyes moved and he followed quietly.
Although this wild boar leader is huge in size, the speed of galloping is unmistakable. When running along the way, it is like thunder on dry land. The ground is stepped on and makes a thumping sound. It is rampant and can easily cover trees as thick as a bowl.
The collision broke and a clear channel was opened along the way.
When we reached the innermost part of the valley, the wild boar leader disappeared, but there was a hole about two meters in diameter on a rock bed. It was dark and emitted a fishy smell. The footprints left at the entrance of the hole proved that the wild boar leader had gotten in.
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Xue Chen stood at the entrance of the cave and did not go in. He directly looked inside with a clairvoyant.
The cave is about five or six meters deep, and the innermost part is covered with a lot of dead grass and leaves, making it look like a thick, soft mattress.
"Heh, this wild boar is quite good at living. He even built a mattress by himself?"
Not only does it have a "mattress", but unexpectedly, it is also very clean inside, with no feces at all. This is not the same as the wild boar in the impression, so clean?
Looking inside again, the wild boar king was standing on the mattress, looking warily in the direction of the cave entrance, motionless and pressing his butt against the rock wall behind.
"Even if the gray ball touches it, it should be very difficult."
Xue Chen also grew up in the mountains and was no stranger to wild boars. When he saw the cautious look of the wild boar king, he felt something was wrong. The wild boar king looked familiar to him.
It was very common when I was a child, usually when wild boars are preparing to fight to protect their piglets.
But the problem is, it has just abandoned its "several wives and a group of children" behind, so what does it want to protect now?
"There's something behind...its butt!"
After a few more observations, Xue Chen discovered the problem. The wild boar king was clearly blocking the back, not wanting him to see anything.
After realizing this, he immediately used perspective to penetrate the huge body of the Wild Boar King, but there was nothing behind it, only the bare rock wall.
"It's a rock wall, there's something fishy about it."
The rock wall behind is bare, and most of it looks normal, but a small piece of it is golden yellow, which looks like gold, but it is definitely not gold.
The golden color was in the shape of fine particles, just like the salt particles of fine salt. Only that part was more sunken than other places, as if it had been rubbed away.
After thinking about it, he turned around and left, walked a few hundred meters away, stood on a tree, and looked at the location of the cave from a distance. From this distance, the Wild Boar King would never be able to find it.
After about ten minutes, the Wild Boar King came out of the hole, paused at the entrance of the hole, observed for a while, then re-entered the hole, lay down directly on the soft mattress, and then stretched out
Use your tongue to lick the golden color.
"It turns out that it was licked by it, and a piece of it was dented."
The Wild Boar King licked it vigorously with his rough tongue. It looked very delicious. He licked it for several minutes before stopping.
This has also given Xue Chen the answer. The golden piece is definitely unusual, and it is most likely the reason why this wild boar can grow to such a size.
"Golden yellow, growing in the rock bed, and shaped like salt grains, it makes the wild boar grow so big..."
Combining these conditions, Xue Chen thought of a material.
He once made a deal with the Ma clan and obtained a large amount of information on refining spiritual weapons. Among them was another thick book without a name, which was used to record various materials for refining weapons. The total number was thousands.
Let him open his eyes.
Among them is a material that can be used to refine both spiritual weapons and elixirs. The shape is very similar to the golden piece licked by the Wild Boar King, called... Rock Essence
, a material that can only be born in rocks, as its name suggests, is as rare as the spinal cord of rocks.
It is recorded above that rock essence is a rare material, because this material can only appear in rocks. If you want to find it, you can only mine a large amount of rocks. However, even if you hollow out a rock mountain, you may not be able to get one piece. You need to try your luck.
"You can't be wrong, that should be the essence of the rock."
Confirming that this was the essence of the rock, Xue Chen's heart suddenly became hot.
"I didn't expect that I would actually meet him!"
Now that he knows that this is the rock essence, he will naturally not let it go. As for the wild boar king driving away, there is no such thing as first come, first served. Not to mention a wild boar, even practitioners will fight over a piece of rock essence.
He jumped down from the tree, returned to the cave, and shouted inside: "Get out."
The wild boar king stood up suddenly and gasped outside, looking like he was about to rush out and fight for his life at any moment.
Seeing that it refused to come out, Xue Chen simply used a fireball technique. A ball of flame the size of a fist flew in and landed directly on the soft mattress. Immediately, the dry grass and leaves roared.
It started to burn, and the Wild Boar King had to come out. He lowered his head and rushed out like a bulldozer. His four hooves stepped on the ground, making a thumping sound.
He had no intention of killing the Wild Boar King. After all, the Wild Boar King could be regarded as his "lucky star". If it weren't for it, how could he have discovered the essence of this rock? So he raised his right hand, and an ice shield began to appear at the center of one fingertip.
The condensed shape stood in front of him.
Ice Soul Shield!
Bang!
The Wild Boar King hit the ice shield without any reservation.
Although it is only Xiaocheng's Ice Soul Shield, it is a top-notch defensive spell at the spiritual level. How could the Wild Boar King break it before he becomes a spirit?
After hearing a loud noise, the Ice Soul Shield only trembled and was not broken. On the contrary, the Wild Boar King was so dizzy from the impact that he was shaken when he walked. He also realized that the gap was too big, so he turned around and ran away.
Xue Chen ignored the Wild Boar King and went straight into the cave. He walked to the innermost part and looked at the golden rock essence up close.
Tsk.
After performing the Dragon Transformation Technique, faint blue-black scales appeared on his right hand, and then he inserted it directly into the rock wall, as if he was grabbing a piece of tofu. With a little force, a piece of golden rock essence the size of a fist appeared.
He took it out and held it in his hand. (To be continued)