chapter182 Associated Fog Fly Fog Tear Bamboo, the name doesn't have much to do with it itself.It looks similar to ordinary bamboo, but because it is a spiritual plant, there is always a faint layer of brilliance on the entire bamboo body, which looks extraordinary.But other than that, there's nothing peculiar.Even in the various texts, there are only a few descriptions of it, due to the fact that it has no other use than to make food and nests for a rare spirit worm.There was once an alchemist Dana who tried to use it to make pills, but for decades, no matching spiritual materials were found, even if it could be refined into pills, the pills were useless, and the taste was extremely unpalatable, like rotten cabbage.Therefore, in the mouth of a cultivator, the Fog Tear Bamboo is a "waste plant" that does not exist.And the reason why it has a familiar name is precisely because of the rare spirit insect that feeds only on it, the companion fog beetle.Companion fog flies are so small that they are almost impossible to see with the naked eye, and they are transparent throughout, except for a small white spot in the middle of their abdomen, which causes them to appear in groups like a cloud of mist.Therefore, the fine white mist surrounding the fog tear bamboo is nothing else, it is the associated fog beetle.The scene created by the accompanying fog fly is beautiful and spectacular, but it has been around for a very short time.For most of the year, the associated fog flies sleep on the roots of the misty tears bamboo in the form of insect eggs, and through their contact with the fog tears, they continue to absorb purer spiritual power, and they can break the eggs around the Double Ninth Festival every year.And the moment they burst their eggs, their death is sealed.Millions of mist beetles, the companions of scholars at the same time, turned into clouds and mist, staggered from the bamboo roots, and the aura on the body of the mist tears continued to grow, and by the time they touched the bamboo leaves, they had grown into adults.The body of the adult insect and the bamboo leaves are constantly rubbing, and the eggs are laid through the strong aura between the bamboo leaves.After the eggs are discharged, they fall to the ground like a fine rain line, and because of the "boom" sound produced by the wings of the accompanying fog flies, it makes people feel like someone is crying, so the bamboo surrounded by them is given the name of "fog tear bamboo".Therefore, the name Fog Tear Bamboo really has nothing to do with the bamboo itself.After laying eggs, the associated fog fly continues to fly upwards.It's just that the production of insect eggs takes away most of the essence in their bodies, causing them to fly slower and slower, and when they circle and fly to the highest point of the Misty Tear Bamboo, their weak bodies can no longer support it, and they lose the last trace of vitality, scattered on the bamboo leaves of the Misty Tear Bamboo like winter frost, and under the illumination of the light, it is like a layer of shining silver powder.It can be said that how tall the fog tear bamboo is, how long the life of the accompanying fog fly is.Because they are so small, even the length of life is limited.But it was this extremely small and inconspicuous creature that became a treasure that countless demon beasts and cultivators coveted after their deaths, just because their corpses could stimulate their potential and increase the cultivation speed of demon beasts and cultivators!
So, how could it not attract so many high-level demon beasts to gather together and eyed each other?!
Even Su Ziyi, after recognizing the identity of the other party, his breathing couldn't help but become heavy, and even for a moment, he wanted to directly ignore the threat of so many high-level demon beasts and rush forward directly!
But fortunately, his sanity dissuaded him.Since the companion fog fly is such a precious thing, it is bound to attract a scramble.Therefore, at this time, the entire water area around the Misty Tears Bamboo Forest was already blood-red, and the thick smell of blood wafted far away, stimulating the demon beasts to tear apart the opponent with more brutal means and force back some of the less powerful demon beasts.But even so, there is still a steady stream of demon beasts coming from afar to join the fight.At this time, those cloud-like companion fog flies have already completed half of their journey, and those flying in front have even begun to mate and lay eggs.Seeing this, Su Ziyi immediately bent down and looked around, preparing to find a relatively safe place to hide, after all, the companion fog fly was not dead, and there was still some distance from the white-hot stage of the battle.What worries Su Ziyi even more is that in addition to demon beasts, those cultivators who have entered the territory of Shuize should also come here to intervene.Therefore, it is best to hide as soon as possible.In this body of water, the kind of shrubs that Su Ziyi found before have formed small patches of forest, but the part on the water surface is not very high, presumably because of the fight between the demon beasts in previous years.However, this will lead to a lot of dense branches underwater, which provides Su Ziyi with a good cover.However, this still did not dare to reassure Su Ziyi.After all, there are even fifth-order and sixth-order existences in this group of demon beasts, all of them have natural and supernatural powers, and they have the potential to turn the world upside down when they fight, even if they are so far away, they are very likely to be affected.So he'd either change his hiding place now, or go back home instead of plotting against the companion fog beetle.But it's all come to this, how can Su Ziyi be willing to leave?
He plunged headlong into the water, and when his hand touched the mud at the bottom of the water, he felt the slightly bulging roots of the irrigation, and he probed his divine sense into it, and immediately saw the direction of the entire root of the irrigation and the situation underground.I saw that the roots of this shrub went straight into the ground, like a messy ball of hair, and the longer taproot continued to extend down several feet, and finally directly penetrated into the thick root system of another plant!
And the root system of this plant, Su Ziyi, is not blind, it is the root of the misty tear bamboo!
Unexpectedly, in addition to the root system coiled on the water, the other party also hid such a hand in the ground.Su Ziyi could fully imagine that with the spread of these root systems, that piece of misty tear bamboo forest would continue to expand outward and develop into a behemoth in this water, and in a few years, it might even occupy the entire water!
It's just that these have nothing to do with him, and they can't cause him too many mood swings, the only thing that surprised Su Ziyi is that there is a mud hole nearly half a zhang high around the bamboo root!
Although there are many places that have collapsed, it can still be seen that the mud hole is following the bamboo roots, leading straight to the fog and tears bamboo forest, presumably someone wanted to take the road from below a long time ago, bypassing the fighting area of the demon beasts, and opportunistically.But it is estimated that it failed, otherwise the mud cave would not have collapsed so badly.As for the reason, Su Ziyi also wanted to get it.Although it was underground, the divine sense and high-level demon beasts of the foundation building stage cultivators could easily detect it, so it was useless at all.However, this passage Su Ziyi can be used, after all, he has the essence of the five elements in his hands, and after activating the muddy water, he can isolate the detection of other divine senses, which is quite safe.Su Ziyi immediately carved a path along the direction of the root system of the shrub with spiritual power, and used a storage bag to fill the excavated soil, and slipped into it while there were no other demon beasts around, and after a while, the whole person fell into the mud hole.And as soon as he got into the hole, the water on it rushed in, bringing with it a smell of mud.Ignoring the smell, Su Ziyi directly shook the hole dug out of his head with all his might, and poured out all the mud in the storage bag to prevent more water from pouring in.Then he drilled forward along the mud hole dug by his predecessors, and when he touched the collapsed place, he shook it open with spiritual power, and blocked the dirt behind him, so that the water under his feet and the mud became a ball.It was also because of this that the water in the entire mud cave became less and less, and by the time Su Ziyi stepped forward for a cup of tea, the water level was only up to his knees.However, the further you go, the more serious the mud cave becomes, and even where there is no collapse, pieces of mud fall from time to time.Su Ziyi knew that this was caused by the ground movement caused by the fight between the demon beasts above.Therefore, when he found out that there was such a situation, he hurriedly smeared his exposed body on the water with activated silt to ensure that he would not be discovered by the demon beasts above it in a short time.And when more and more bodies were exposed, he also smeared the mud in the first place, and in this way, he walked more than half of the way, and no demon beast noticed anything wrong.But this mud hole has come to an end.In front of it is a pile of slightly loose silt, and when you press your hand, you can only press out a shallow pit, and you can only "see" the solid soil when you shoot it, presumably the person dug the hole only to be discovered by the demon beast above.Su Ziyi glanced at the pile of mud in front of him that looked like a small slope, and couldn't help but have a headache, could he really continue to dig holes like that person?
How long will it take?
In desperation, Su Ziyi used his divine sense to explore the surroundings while digging a hole, and he didn't dare to use his spiritual power or extend his divine sense too far, otherwise it would be bad to disturb the guys above.So while digging with Fan Tie in the storage bag, he carefully observed the surrounding situation, and found that in addition to the soil, there were only the roots of the fog tear bamboo, but the bamboo roots were quite thick, almost as long as an arm!
Suddenly, Su Ziyi had an idea in his heart.Because the roots of the fog tears bamboo were so thick that the arm-long part was still about ten zhang away from him, he hurriedly dug up the mud on his hands desperately, but as he dug and dug up, he dug out a section of the white bone of the forearm wrapped in rotten fabric.This white bone has turned yellow and black, and when he looks at it, he knows that it has been some years, Su Ziyi almost immediately thought that it was the predecessor who opened the mud hole, looking at the uneven section at the end of the white bone, Su Ziyi immediately concluded that the other party was killed by the demon beast.The appearance of this bone immediately sounded the alarm bell for him, making his actions more cautious.Fortunately, in the following way, Su Ziyi did not dig up other strange things.It's just that his hands are already a little sour after digging the soil for more than ten zhang with the Fan Tie Long Sword, you must know that he is already refining Qi at this time, and the ordinary intensity of activities will not make him feel tired, which shows how difficult the soil here is to dig.Thinking like this, Su Ziyi admired the person who opened this road even more.The roots of the bamboo are muddy yellow, and there is a visible fibrous feeling on the surface, and you can hear the sound of "dong dong" when you tap your fingers on it.Su Ziyi picked up the long sword and poked it hard, first it was a big obstacle, and then after breaking through this barrier, he inserted the entire long sword extremely easily, indicating that the inside of this bamboo root was either empty or the one with relatively sparse wood.Suddenly, Su Ziyi had confidence.He didn't draw his sword, but directly used the gap to force the periphery, intending to make a hole in it.It's just that the hole hasn't been opened yet, and as soon as he pushed the sword in his hand to the side a little, there was a faint fragrance and a trace of water seeping out of the gap, and Su Ziyi's mind suddenly cleared up.Suddenly, Su Ziyi knew that the bamboo root was not empty, but only this kind of fragrant water.It was nothing short of a bonus.Immediately, Su Ziyi didn't think about it, and quickly dug a hole in the bamboo root that was enough for one person to get into.And when he pierced the piece of bamboo root skin, a large stream of clear water directly covered his hood in an instant, directly flushing him with a heartbeat!
And after passing by him, he only rushed to the mud hole behind him, and rushed out little by little the dirt that had been dug up by Su Ziyi.Su Ziyi took another water-repellent pill in the first time, although this water smelled very good, but Su Ziyi didn't dare to drink it at all, who knows if there is anything strange in it?
He leaned sideways against the mud wall and watched the water flow out of the bamboo roots, and when the water in the bamboo roots was almost flowing, he refilled the missing silt and drilled into the bamboo roots.And as soon as he got in, Su Ziyi felt like he had seen a star.The stars do not come from the sky, but grow on the inner wall of the bamboo roots, they are as small as sand, but in this dark environment they emit a faint light, making people feel like they are in the starry sky.Su Ziyi curiously touched it with water, and then he touched a bulge, he picked out the bulge as soon as he picked his nails, put it between his two fingers, only felt a little hard, and then put it to his nose and smelled it, and he smelled a fragrance.This time, Su Ziyi finally knew where the fragrance in the water came from.He ventured to point a small fireball on the tip of his finger, and took advantage of that moment to see what he was picking out of what it looked like—a fine grain of white sand like snow, exuding an extremely pure scent, which made people like it at first sight.Su Ziyi also liked this thing almost immediately, but he didn't know what these things were, so the jealousy in his mind prevailed.But even so, Su Ziyi decided to collect these things and find out their identities after they went out.