"The Yujin jujube tree has a special growth environment. It is different from ordinary jujube trees. It likes yin and hates yang. It is like a shady and mountainous area in the mountains. It often uses dew flowing down the mountain wall as its main nutrients..."
While Chu Youwei was following the buzzer, she earnestly told the new disciples about the growth habits of Yujin Zao. Although this was not part of the assessment, as a senior sister, she felt that she had an obligation to tell them.
Because it was related to the assessment of Fang Ya and Liao Minmin, these two people listened especially carefully.
Wait until Chu Youwei has basically finished his introduction.
Liao Minmin said suspiciously: "Senior Sister Chu, you said that this Yujin jujube tree was born in a shady area. Doesn't it need light?"
"It's so rare, so weird," Fang Ya rolled her eyes in disdain, and said triumphantly: "There are so many plants in the world that don't need light. When I came here, I made the 'Red Tail Ginseng Soup', and the Red Tail Ginseng used grew on rocks.
It’s in the cracks and doesn’t get the sun all year round, so it doesn’t need sun essence at all.”
Liao Minmin looked embarrassed, and a hint of vague contempt flashed between her eyebrows.
Born in a small mountain town, she had never come across such rare ingredients. Even red tail ginseng soup was the first time she had heard of it.
Yu Ziang hesitated for a moment, then bravely said: "No, although red tail ginseng cannot get sunlight, it still relies on the essence of the sun to grow."
When Fang Ya saw someone daring to refute her face, she immediately became angry: "What are you talking nonsense about? Do you know what red tail ginseng is? Have you ever seen red tail ginseng?"
Yu Ziang blushed and said: "In the early years, my mother suffered from yin deficiency and illness. My father spent a lot of money to buy one. I have seen it and heard them introduce red tail ginseng..."
The words he spoke became softer and softer, and the more he spoke, the less confident he became. To the wealthy, precious things like red tail ginseng are just ordinary ingredients, but to people from poor families like them, sometimes they are just ordinary ingredients.
Good medicine that can cure diseases and save lives is rare to come across in a lifetime, so he is not sure that what he heard at the beginning is right.
If he couldn't bear to see Liao Minmin being wronged, he would not say anything at all.
Seeing this, Chu Youwei defended herself: "Junior brother Yu is right, the growth of red tail ginseng is indeed inseparable from the essence of the sun."
Fang Ya frowned, "Although my knowledge of spiritual food is shallow, I also know that the environment where red tail ginseng grows is never exposed to the sun, so where can the essence of the sun come from."
Chu Youwei asked: "Then do you know why red tail ginseng is called red tail ginseng?"
"What do you mean?" Fang Ya was puzzled: "Isn't it because the whiskers on its tail are red and black?"
Chu Youwei chuckled and said: "Its red and black whiskers are due to the influence of the sun's essence."
Fang Ya frowned, expressing doubts, but seeing Chu Youwei's understanding and composure, she couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
Chu Youwei said carefully: "Although the red-tailed ginseng grows in the crevices of the rock walls and does not receive sunlight all year round, the environment in which it grows must be accompanied by a low-level soul beast called the 'red-tailed scorpion'. The red-tailed scorpion is still
Good sunlight will store the absorbed sun essence in the scorpion tail."
Fang Ya faintly realized something and her face turned pale.
Chu Youwei continued: "Although the red-tailed ginseng cannot be exposed to the sun, it is often exposed to the red-tailed scorpion. The two have a symbiotic relationship. The red-tailed scorpion relies on the aura of heaven and earth gathered by the red-tailed ginseng to grow, while the red-tailed ginseng relies on the red-tailed scorpion.
The excreted feces are used as nutrients to absorb the restrained essence of the sun."
"This is the origin of the name red tail ginseng!" Fang Ya's pale face suddenly turned sickly pale after hearing the word 'excrement'. She thought that she had just eaten so much before leaving home, and even the dregs of the food were not left.
I couldn't stop feeling nauseous.
Lu Pingping quickly stroked Fang Ya's back and helped smoothen her breath.
When Liao Minmin and Liao Minmin saw Fang Ya looking like this, they immediately felt a sense of relief, and they also gained further respect for the senior sister Chu Youwei in their hearts.
Chu Youwei then spoke again: "Do you know why I need to explain this?"
Fang Ya endured the turmoil in her stomach and said angrily: "You just want to disgust me! I will remember you!"
Chu Youwei chuckled disdainfully: "After this assessment, you and I should never have a chance to see each other again. Do I have to be so petty to bully you?"
Fang Ya frowned: "Then tell me why?"
Chu Youwei pointed to a hill in the distance and said, "You will understand when you pick Yujin dates."
Liao Minmin was suddenly startled and said in a panic: "Is there a soul beast like the red-tailed scorpion beside the Yujin jujube tree?"
Fang Ya was confused and said in surprise: "It's...it's that bee just now!"????????????????
"Quite clever," Chu Youwei saw that he was exposed and stopped showing off. He immediately said: "In areas where the 'Jade Green Bee' appears, there is a high probability that there are Yujin jujube trees. The two are also in a symbiotic and complementary relationship."
Tang Youfu opened his mouth in panic at this time: "The Jade Green Bee is extremely poisonous. If it takes a bite, your whole body will be as hot as if you are suffering from severe wind and cold, and you will be in pain; in severe cases, you may even be burned alive by it, even if there is fire in your body.
Even the movement of qi cannot withstand the power of the sun's essence contained in its toxins."
Liao Minmin was suspicious: "How do you know so much?"
Tang Youfu was afraid and said: "Our father was stung by a jade green bee when he went hunting in the mountains many years ago. Just one bite made him lie in bed for several months before he recovered."
Fang Ya's face was already pale, but now she was full of panic. She trembled and said to Chu Youwei: "You knew it was so dangerous, but you still didn't stop me? Did you do it on purpose?"
Chu Youwei glared at Fang Ya seriously and scolded: "Yaozi was your first choice, and you also insisted on picking these Yujin dates. Now that you know there are dangers, you start blaming others?"
"Is it just child's play for you to treat yourself as a spiritual dish?"
"This is not a place for a young lady like you to pamper yourself and have fun!"
"If you don't dare to pick even the simplest Yujin dates, I advise you to give up as soon as possible. The hardships of the spiritual delicacies are far more dangerous than you think!"
Fang Ya bit her lip in grievance, feeling ashamed after being scolded, but there was a hint of stubbornness in her eyes that she was unwilling to compromise.
Lu Feng stood on one side, seeing such an angry side of Chu Youwei for the first time. Seeing her sassy and fierce posture and her stern scolding, he couldn't help but feel that there was something different about her.
Buzz buzz...
Everyone came to the foot of a cliff and saw from a distance a jujube tree three to four meters high, growing crookedly in the corner. It was covered with crystal-clear red-green fruits that were as shiny as jade.
Dense swarms of bees were flying around the date trees, making a noisy buzzing sound.
Even without Tang Youfu's warning in advance, you can still feel the danger when you look at the bees in front of you, all red and green, with long, slender and sharp needles at the front.
"Chu, Senior Sister Chu~" Fang Ya was finally scared. Just these noisy buzzes made her tremble with fear. Not to mention stepping forward to pick and act like a tiger snatching food, even if she got close,
She doesn't even have the courage.
"Want to give up?" Chu Youwei looked at Fang Ya with a cold face.
Fang Ya nodded in embarrassment. Although she was unwilling to do so, she still felt that her life was more precious than giving in and being embarrassed.
"What about you?" Chu Youwei looked at Liao Minmin and saw her with her head lowered, as if she was deceiving herself by saying, "You can't see me, you can't see me."
There are some similarities.
"I..." Liao Minmin lowered her head and timidly for a while, thinking that this opportunity to enter the village to seek a teacher was hard-won, and she didn't want to miss the opportunity to be with Yu Ziang.
Now it’s time to grit your teeth and stand up.
Suddenly, Yu Ziang, who had been huddled behind her, took a step forward.
"I'll help you."
Yu Ziang's voice was also trembling, and the look on his face was frightened, but his eyes were very firm.
Although it was just three ordinary words, it made Liao Minmin's heart tremble, and her eyes immediately became wet. She couldn't bear to scold: "You don't want your life."
Yu Ziang said: "I just noticed that there is a creek not far away. I can try to divert those bees away and create opportunities for you."
When Lu Pingping heard this, she quickly held Fang Ya's hand and pulled her forward, "Miss, I, I can help you in this way."
Fang Ya was delighted, but then she shook her head, "With your little strength, you can't outrun that swarm of bees."
"Hey, it's just a few dates. I didn't expect that someone would die to pick them..."
She said with a self-deprecating smile, "It's not like I have never eaten the dim sum made by Yujin Zao. I ordered too much at that time and wasted a lot..."
Chu Youwei saw the deep regret and self-blame on Fang Ya's face, and understood that she already knew that food was hard to come by, and she could already understand the hardships involved.
With his heart softening, he no longer embarrasses the two of them.
“The way to pick Yujin dates is actually not difficult.”
Chu Youwei's words immediately attracted the attention of Liao Minmin, Fang Ya and others.
Looking over, he saw Chu Youwei taking out a small elixir bottle and a palm-sized takraw ball from the bag.
Lu Feng smiled peacefully. Before setting off, he saw that Chu Youwei had left alone for a while, and he had already guessed that she must have gone secretly to prepare the 'tools' needed to collect food supplies for this trip.
Chu Youwei looked at Fang Ya and Liao Minmin and asked bluntly: "How are your archery skills?"
Fang Ya shook her head bitterly. Although she had the strength of the Condensation Realm, she could barely do it if she was asked to embroider a red dress and perform a sword dance, but her ability to shoot a bow and arrow was really not good.
Although there were bows and arrows prepared by the traveler's family in her luggage, with her current level, she could barely draw the bow. As for where to shoot, she couldn't help herself.
Liao Minmin glanced at Yu Ziang, who took out an ordinary bow and arrow from his bag.
The shape of the bow and arrow is very simple, even crude, and it looks like it was polished and made by ordinary hunters themselves.
The fact that the two of them shared a Nai ring for storage also showed that their family circumstances were not very good.
Liao Minmin said: "I don't have any other abilities, but I have been strong since I was a child. I can draw my father's bow and arrow at the age of eight. It's no problem to hit the jujube tree, but if Senior Sister Chu wants me to shoot those