In his hand, he held a pure golden ginseng, carefully examining it.
This ginseng spirit possessed a warmth that ordinary ginseng lacked, its skin as elastic as a human's. Though its limbs were all roots, it moved with surprising speed. Its face was devoid of eyes and nose, yet its sense of smell was sharper than anyone's.
If it hadn't been so long since it had seen a human, or encountered danger, perhaps Jiang Wen wouldn't have caught this ginseng spirit so easily.
He retrieved another yellow talisman from his storage bag, chanted an incantation, and affixed it to the ginseng spirit's body. With that, no matter what tricks it possessed, it would be difficult to escape from Jiang Wen's grasp.
Gently shaking it, the ginseng spirit's body swayed from side to side. Seeing its condition, Jiang Wen chuckled and said, "Wake up, I know you're playing dead. If you don't wake up, I'll chop off your limbs."
This threat immediately jolted the ginseng spirit to life. Held in Jiang Wen's hand, it could only wave its two whisker-like hands, making sounds like a child, unintelligible to anyone.
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Seeing this, Jiang Wen didn't make things difficult for it. He touched the ginseng spirit's forehead with his finger, communicating through divine sense: "Little fellow, what do you want to say?"
"Please, don't eat Yin Yin," the ginseng spirit's voice came, like a newly weaned infant, incredibly tender.
"Don't eat Yin Yin, don't eat Yin Yin. Yin Yin can do many things, please don't eat Yin Yin."
"You can do many things? Many what things? Speak quickly, or I'll eat you," Jiang Wen feigned ferocity, threatening the ginseng spirit severely. The ginseng spirit trembled in his hand, whimpering.
"Waa... Yin Yin can take you to find more treasures, as long as you don't eat Yin Yin," the ginseng spirit pleaded.
Jiang Wen stared at the ginseng spirit, pretending to consider. After the ginseng spirit was sufficiently frightened, he slowly opened his mouth, "If you can take me to find treasure, I won't eat you."
"Really?" The ginseng spirit's whimpering stopped, shaking its head in surprised inquiry.
"Of course, as long as you take me to find treasure, I swear I won't eat you," Jiang Wen said with a smile, feeling like a wolf in sheep's clothing with candy. He wasn't actually planning to eat the ginseng spirit, eating it raw would be a waste of its potential.
One should know that the ginseng spirit was born from the creation of heaven and earth, one in ten thousand. Even using its juice to refine pills could revive the dead and rejuvenate the old. If he could get the ginseng spirit to willingly offer its roots, refining pills with them could improve the quality of the pills, and even create longevity pills.
Therefore, Jiang Wen wouldn't eat this ginseng spirit raw, nor would he treat it carelessly. He would take good care of it, planting it in the back mountain of the Jingxu Temple. He would use its rich spiritual energy to nourish the herbs in the back mountain, so that there would be a continuous supply of natural treasures.
It was just that the ginseng spirit had said it could find treasure, so Jiang Wen was curious and wanted to see what treasure the ginseng spirit was talking about.
He placed it on the ground and performed a hand seal, chanting an incantation. The ginseng spirit felt its body tighten, the yellow talisman wrapping tightly around it. It wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but as soon as it burrowed into the ground, Jiang Wen pulled it back with a thought.
After two or three attempts, the ginseng spirit knew it couldn't escape, so it obediently led the way.
On the way, Jiang Wen asked about its information.
He learned that it had a name, Yin Yin. As for why it was called Yin Yin, it was because it always called out "Yin Yin" when talking to other spiritual herbs, and over time, they all called it Yin Yin.
As for how long it had been here, the ginseng spirit itself didn't know. After all, it was just a ginseng spirit, and didn't understand the concept of time. Anyway, after it gained intelligence, this place had always been like this.
"Yin Yin, you're so tall. What are you? Those fellows (trees)?" The ginseng spirit sat on Jiang Wen's shoulder, curiously looking at his nose and ears, wondering why he looked so different from everything else in this forest.
"I'm not a tree," Jiang Wen said with a smile.
"Tree? Are you saying those fellows are called trees?" The ginseng spirit was like a curious baby, muttering everything. After learning that the plants it usually talked to were called trees, it excitedly asked other questions.
For example, what the grass on the ground was called, and what the names of those flowers were. Asking east and west, Jiang Wen was a little afraid of it.
The water in this waterfall contained spiritual energy, and the purity was not low.
Jiang Wen looked up and down at the waterfall. This was the place the ginseng spirit had led him to. It said there was a cave behind the waterfall, guarded by strange things on both sides of the cave. It had once sneaked in to take a look, and there were many delicious things inside.
"It's just that those two strange things are very fierce, Yin Yin is afraid," the ginseng spirit said timidly.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here," Jiang Wen raised his head and looked at the place the ginseng spirit was pointing to, taking out the wooden whip he had obtained.
He was sure that this magic weapon was very hard, even harder than his flying sword.
Holding the wooden whip in his hand, it felt like holding an iron rod. With a leap, his body flew towards the waterfall like a cannonball.
Splitting open the waterfall that fell from the ninth heaven, he saw a flat area behind the waterfall.
There were flowers, grass, and strange fruits growing.
Jiang Wen asked the ginseng spirit Yin Yin if these fruits were edible, and Yin Yin said there was no problem with them.
Curiously picking a fruit, wiping it clean, and taking a bite. The fruit, like a red pearl, burst with a sweet taste, and melted in his mouth after a moment.
The taste was very good. Jiang Wen praised in his heart. This fruit was much more delicious than the fruits in the mortal world, leaving him wanting more.
After eating a few more, he felt a warm current welling up in his abdomen. The warm current flowed from his abdomen into his dantian, gradually merging into his eight extraordinary meridians. When the warmth disappeared, Jiang Wen found that his eight extraordinary meridians had become much stronger.
This discovery shocked him, after all, his body cultivation had already achieved some success. It couldn't be called a flawless body, but it also possessed the indestructible nature of a vajra. And these strange fruits could actually expand his meridians and make them stronger, which really exceeded his expectations.
"Good stuff, good stuff!" Jiang Wen looked greedily at the several strange fruit trees in front of him, deciding to take them all back and plant them.
Taking out his flying sword, he dug three feet into the ground, uprooting several strange fruit trees and stuffing them into his storage bag.
After doing all this, he looked around again, took many of the herbs he could possess, and then walked inward.
Turning past several bends, he saw a cave.
At the entrance of the cave, two stone lions were quietly guarding it.
"It's them, two strange things. Very fierce! Yin Yin is afraid of them!" The ginseng spirit said in a panic.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Jiang Wen comforted Yin Yin, holding the wooden whip and walking towards the two stone lions.
