Follow the traces left by the snake demon walking on the ground all the way to the depths of the cave.
The area inside is wider and is a natural cave.
There are stalagmites hanging upside down on it, and the ground is covered with hard rocks.
Although it is a den of monsters, there is no peculiar smell.
Not only that, it also has a fresh smell.
Follow the smell and find it on a piece of flat land in the deepest part of the cave.
A strange tree about one meter high, with luxuriant branches, leaves like red jade, and ginkgo fruits on its top appeared in sight.
"This is?"
Seeing the fruit trees, Hou Jiuming couldn't wait to check them out.
The plants, leaves, and fruits are all exactly the same as in the memory.
"Blood Jade Fruit!"
Hou Jiuming was very surprised.
This fruit is recorded in books. Wherever the fruit grows, blood will overflow and corpses will litter the fields.
It is extremely rare that it will not grow in places that are not extremely dangerous.
But now, this fruit is growing in a cave.
And it’s still so lush?
"Did a battle take place here?"
"How many people can die in just one cave?"
With such doubts, Hou Jiuming drew out his long knife and began to rummage on the ground.
However, after searching around the fruit tree, no bones were found.
"How is this going?"
No bones were seen, indicating that there were not a large number of dead people here.
But the Blood Jade Fruit is actually growing.
"Did it take too long and the bones have returned to dust?"
Puzzling for a long time, Hou Jiuming had no way of knowing why the Blood Jade Fruit grew here.
I have no choice but to give up.
However, it doesn't matter if the reason or not is not the reason.
The important thing is the Blood Jade Fruit.
This thing is a legendary thing in the mortal world.
It is said that this fruit is so unbelievable that if you take one piece of it, you will gain magical power and be immune to all kinds of diseases. It is something that even the emperor longed for.
Of course, this is just commonplace.
With Hou Jiuming's current status, he naturally understands.
This thing is a spiritual thing.
It is produced by gathering the essence of heaven and earth. It can be used as medicine to make elixirs and increase cultivation. It can also have miraculous effects when swallowed alive.
"No wonder the snake demon became a demon. It turned out to be such a chance."
It takes hundreds of years for this tree to grow into a tree, and it bears fruit once every ten years. It can only bear one fruit at a time.
The one on the top is as white as jade, obviously not as red as haze when mature.
"Such a precious tree cannot be left here. If it is eaten by some wild beast again, wouldn't it be too late to regret it?"
Thinking of this, Hou Jiuming ignored the immature fruit trees and continued digging with a long knife.
To avoid damaging the roots, be very careful when digging.
It took half an hour to dig to the bottom.
But at this time, the sound of metal clashing made him stop holding the knife.
Brush away the empty soil with your hands.
A bone as bright as white jade was revealed.
"There are really corpses, and they are not ordinary corpses!"
Ignoring the fruit trees, I kept digging with my long knife. After a while, a complete skeleton and some items were dug out.
A jade pendant, a broken short cone, and some decayed clothes.
Except for the short cone with some spiritual energy, these things are all ordinary things.
"Hey, what a pity. I thought it was chance?"
He shook his head, put away the short cone, dug out the fruit tree, and buried the corpse and belongings inside again.
This corpse is definitely not the corpse that Bao Wa's father said, but it must be that of a cultivator.
Otherwise, the bones would not be so magical. There is no trace of flesh and blood, but they are still glowing.
As for the corpse of the immortal cultivator mentioned by Bao Wa's father, it should have been swallowed by the snake demon.
For immortal cultivators, even if they die, their flesh and blood still contains spiritual energy.
For monsters and beasts, it is like a powerful elixir.
It would be strange for something like this to be buried at the door of one's house and not be devoured.
After understanding all this, Hou Jiuming felt disappointed.
This time, I originally came here for the corpse of the immortal cultivator, thinking that I could get something passed down.
Unexpectedly, except for a blood jade fruit, nothing was found.
"Forget it, I gained it but lost my life!"
After clearing away the complicated emotions in his heart, Hou Jiuming searched the cave carefully again.
After finding that there was indeed nothing else, he carried the blood jade fruit tree and left.
…………
Return to the valley again.
At this time, the big snake was completely dead.
It took half a day to remove the rocks on its body and get the snake demon out.
At this time, the demon snake's figure shrank significantly.
The blood in the eyes has dried up and turned black.
The mouth was squeezed by the boulder and became misaligned, with one fang exposed.
Other than that, his body remains intact.
After all, the attacks at that time were mainly aimed at the eyes and mouth.
He took out a long, versatile knife, cut along the snake's head, and made a deep wound on the neck.
After that, I tried my best to peel off the snake skin.
This is a good thing and must not be thrown away.
Afterwards, the body was disembowelled, the bones were removed, the bile was removed, and the snake demon was dismembered.
I thought it was a butcher's job, but I didn't expect to get something that made Hou Jiuming overjoyed.
When disemboweling the body, he cut open the stomach pouch with reluctance.
Unexpectedly, an ordinary palm-sized bag appeared in it.
As a demon, its digestive function is extremely powerful.
Even the bones of the cultivators were missing.
Not to mention an ordinary cloth bag.
Now it appears abnormally, it must not be an ordinary thing.
Sure enough, after inputting the spiritual energy, the bag changed drastically, as if the dust had been brushed away and the sun appeared again.
The ordinary gray cloth bag, under the blessing of spiritual energy, shone brightly, and a space of more than ten cubic meters appeared inside the bag.
"Space bag!"
Hou Jiuming was immediately overjoyed.
This thing is what he dreams of.
Now, it is right in front of you, and inside it is the relic of an immortal cultivator.
What a great opportunity.
I couldn't wait to take out the contents inside.
Dozens of crystal stones exuding strong aura, three pills in white jade bottles, four palm-sized pieces of yellow paper filled with mysterious patterns,
In addition, there is a shield with a large face.
Each of these things exudes a strong aura.
Needless to say, it must be something used by immortal cultivators.
Among them, the yellow paper was used by him when he went to Hard Rock City to meet the woman.
It is undoubtedly a talisman.
It is not known what the talisman is.
The three medicine bottles have no names, so it is not yet known what medicine they contain.
As for the shield, it is easy to identify and should be used for defense.
The last spar, looking at how full of spiritual energy it was, "could it be a spiritual stone that can be used for cultivation?"
I had some guesses in my mind, and tried to absorb them by running the exercises.
Immediately, rich spiritual energy poured into the meridians.
In just one week, all the mana consumed will be restored.
However, only about 1% of the spiritual stones were consumed.
"It's really a good thing. With it, you don't have to meditate slowly to recover your cultivation in the future!"
After briefly checking the harvest, Hou Jiuming tested the retrieval and loading function.
After playing with it for a while, I was satisfied and put the space bag on my waist.