There was silence in the big tent, and there were faint shouts from outside, with murderous intent rising to the sky. It was obvious that the soldiers in the army were practicing, and they all contained powerful blood and evil energy, which made the power of this formation even higher.
The most powerful military formation is when fighting. Once two armies confront each other, the military formation is astonishingly powerful. Unfortunately, the military formation is difficult to maintain for a long time. After one attack, it often disperses and fights independently or forms smaller military formations.
And when the sergeants are practicing like this, the power of the military formation is also very strong, more powerful than when the soldiers are resting at night.
A moment later, footsteps sounded, and Zheng Xilai strode in, followed by a thin middle-aged man named Ning Ze.
Ning Ze bowed after entering the military tent, holding a long wooden box under his left arm.
"Master Sun, Fa Wang Zhao, please see, this is the dragon's blood branch." Zheng Xilai pointed to the wooden box with a smile.
Ning Ze came to Sun Mingyue, not daring to look at her clear and charming phoenix eyes, and lowered his head to open the wooden box.
There are two dead branches in the box. They are as strong and thin as cast iron. The whole body is bright red as if it has been painted with cinnabar, a little redder than blood. There are no branches and leaves on the whole body. There are faint scales flashing on the branches, which seem to be dragon scales.
"Is this the blood dragon tree branch?" Sun Mingyue glanced at it lightly: "Your Majesty will not fool me with fake branches because I have never seen the blood dragon tree, right?"
"Don't worry, Master!" Zheng Xilai waved his hands and said with a smile, "I am not that kind of person!"
"I hope not." Sun Mingyue looked at Chu Li noncommittally.
Chu Li nodded, took two steps forward to Ning Ze, reached out and took the wooden box.
Ning Ze stared at the dead branches in the wooden box with some reluctance, and said solemnly: "It will wither in three days."
"Understood." Chu Li nodded.
When the Kurong Sutra is running, even though there is no spiritual energy around him, his internal energy can be transformed into spiritual energy. This is the beauty of the Kurong Sutra. The spiritual energy and internal energy can transform into each other, as if they are one body.
After the spiritual energy entered the two dead branches, Chu Li's face changed slightly, and he turned to look at Ning Ze, who had a look of reluctance, and then looked at Zheng Xilai, who was smiling.
"What's going on?" Sun Mingyue said in a deep voice.
Chu Li moved the wooden box forward and returned it to Ning Ze.
Ning Ze was startled and subconsciously reached out to take it.
Chu Li turned his head and clasped his fists, and said seriously: "Let me tell you, Master Qi, these two branches are dead, completely withered and lifeless!"
Sun Mingyue's jade face was covered by white gauze, so she couldn't see the change in her face, but she could see that her phoenix eyes were twinkling and slowly solidifying, and her spotless snow-white robe was shaking gently, as if she was in a strong wind.
Zheng Xilai said hurriedly: "Master Sun!"
Sun Mingyue's phoenix eyes slowly converged, and she glanced at Zheng Xilai lightly: "Your Majesty has really disappointed me!"
"There must be a mistake!" Zheng Xilai said hurriedly: "I have already given the order, and they dare not disobey it. Even if it is the Blood Dragon Tree, this King Zhao, the branches of the Blood Dragon Tree look like this, let alone the branches.
Even the entire Blood Dragon Tree is like this. It looks bare with no leaves, only the trunk, and it doesn’t look like a living thing, more like a fake tree made of iron.”
Chu Li chuckled and said nothing.
Sun Mingyue said calmly: "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, Fa Wang Zhao is well-known in the sect for his excellent martial arts. In fact, what he is best at is not martial arts, but the art of planting spiritual grass. He has a very high talent for planting spiritual grass and is very good at spiritual energy."
The senses are so keen that you can feel the vitality of the spiritual grass with just a touch, whether it is strong or weak."
"Do you still have such a talent?" Zheng Xilai looked at Chu Li curiously.
Sun Mingyue said: "If this were not the case, there would be no need for me to ask for the blood dragon branch!"
"That's it!" Zheng Xilai said with a smile: "It seems that the leader thinks that King Zhao can feed the branches of the blood dragon and plant them into a blood dragon tree!"
"How can you know if it doesn't work if you don't try?" Sun Mingyue said calmly.
"Xiao Ning, what's the matter with you?" Zheng Xilai's face suddenly darkened, and he said as coldly as an ice cube: "You actually deceived me, thinking that I can't tell whether a dead or alive thing can be concealed?"
"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Ning Ze hurriedly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed hard, and said in a deep voice: "The blood dragon tree is cherished, but Leader Sun and the others are just wasting their efforts and only consuming the blood dragon branches, so I make my own decision.
They just used two dead branches. If they don't know life and death, then the living ones and the dead ones will be the same."
"What if you can identify the living and the dead?" Zheng Xilai sneered, "Then you will embarrass me?"
"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Ning Ze kowtowed hard again: "I am willing to be punished!"
"Shut up!" Zheng Xilai waved his hand and said angrily: "Others think that our monarch and his ministers are playing a cruel trick!"
Sun Mingyue looked at him with bright eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
Zheng Xilai knew that Sun Mingyue had seen through it, and said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Well..., Master Sun, it is really my fault for being lax in my command. This is my fault. Master Sun has never encountered such a thing, has he?"
"He is also loyal. No need to say more, just use it to live." Sun Mingyue said lightly.
"I am really ashamed that Master Sun is so broad-minded!" Zheng Xilai shook his head and sighed, then shouted: "Get up quickly and get the live blood dragon branches!"
"Yes!" Ning Ze stood up quickly, picked up the wooden box and left.
Chu Li raised his hand: "Wait!"
Ning Ze paused and looked at Chu Li doubtfully.
Chu Li said: "Since they are dead branches, it is useless for you to keep them, so you took them out. Then let's keep these two dead branches as a tie-in. Next time they are really live branches, we won't
Too much care."
"This..." Ning Ze looked at Zheng Xilai.
Zheng Xilai nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, it's just two dead branches, as long as Fa Wang Zhao doesn't spread the word."
"This is natural." Chu Li smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we also have to keep it secret and don't want outsiders to know."
"Haha..., that's right." Zheng Xilai said with a smile: "This is our common secret!... Hurry up and get out!"
Ning Ze handed the wooden box to Chu Li, cupped his fists and saluted, turned around and strode away.
Chu Li opened the wooden box and measured the blood dragon branch from top to bottom.
"Fa Wang Zhao, I wonder what you want this dead branch for?" Zheng Xilai smiled and said: "No matter how precious the blood dragon tree is, this dead branch has no value. It is neither hard nor has any other uses. It is no different from ordinary branches."
The royal family of Dazheng studied the blood dragon tree very deeply, so naturally this blood dragon branch also studied it very deeply. The wood is brittle and soft, completely different from when it was alive. When it was alive, it was stronger than iron and stone, and could not be hurt by swords.
They also tried various methods, including grinding it into powder to drink, grinding it into powder to make elixirs, boiling it into potion, etc. After trying many methods, they finally came to the conclusion that once it withered, it would be useless and ignored it.
Chu Lidao: "It's actually of no use, but I want to compare dead branches with live branches to see if there are any clues about cultivation, and find out how to cultivate them. Your Majesty will not tell you, right?"
"Haha, well, my ancestors have a ban, and I will never say it." Zheng Xilai shook his head and smiled.
Chu Li smiled and said: "According to my guess, it uses dragon blood?"
Zheng Xilai was startled, then he laughed and said: "King Zhao is really interesting. Our Dazheng is not the Yinxian Mountain, there are no dragons."
Chu Li could tell from Zheng Xilai's expression that it was indeed not dragon blood.