Chapter Thirty-Three Fruits That Increase Strength
"Crack!"
Jiang Xuan and the other two people approached the whip tree holding a simple big shield, and the longest branch was the first to pull it over with great force, making a crisp sound when it hit the shield.
"Keep going, go slower."
Jiang Xuan walked at the front, Chi Shao was in the middle, and Shi Loach was at the back. The three of them slowly moved towards the whip tree.
"Pa bang bang..."
As the three people approached, the whip tree was enraged, and countless branches fell down, hitting the big shield and making a series of noises.
The large shield perfectly defended against attacks from above. The three people under the shield were unscathed and were getting closer and closer to the trunk of the whip tree.
"Almost successful!"
Chi Shao was very excited. She had never thought that one day she would be able to pick the fruits of the whip tree herself. It was like a dream.
Jiang Xuan and Shi Loach were also very excited. They took the opportunity to speed up their pace and came to the bottom of the whip tree.
The whipping sound of the whip tree became more intense, but apart from losing some bark and sawdust, the big shield was still very strong.
The fruits of the whip tree mature relatively early. Although it is summer now, the fruits are almost ripe and exude an attractive fruity fragrance.
"You guys hold on to your shield, I'll go pick the fruit."
"Okay."
Jiang Xuan swallowed, released one hand, moved towards the trunk of the whip tree, and stretched his right hand towards the nearest fruit.
The fruit of the whip tree is green and oval when unripe, and turns purple when ripe. A gap will open at the bottom of the fruit, revealing the fragrant pulp inside, attracting prey.
The fruit Jiang Xuan wants to pick is a ripe purple fruit. Through the crack at the bottom, you can clearly see the full red flesh inside.
Jiang Xuan accurately grasped the fist-sized fruit and twisted it gently, and the handle of the fruit was immediately broken.
The fruit was successfully picked by Jiang Xuan.
"Pa bang bang..."
After the fruit was picked, the whip tree became even more angry, beating the big shield crazily, but to no avail. Its branches were not strong enough to break an entire row of thick wood.
After successfully picking one, Jiang Xuan continued his efforts and picked all five fruits he could reach. He even stabbed down the taller fruits with a bamboo spear.
Half an hour later, almost all the ripe fruits on the whip tree had been picked, and most of the ginger Xuan was filled with half of the animal skin bag.
The poor whip tree probably never expected that it would finally have a powerful attack method, but it encountered the shield made by Jiang Xuan.
If it could talk, I'm afraid it would be jumping up and down and cursing.
"Let's go!"
Jiang Xuan tied the animal skin bag to his waist with satisfaction, and then withdrew with Chi Shao and Shi Loach holding their big shields.
After they left, the branches of the whip tree hung down feebly. After whipping for so long, they were probably very tired.
After the three of them got away from the whip tree, they threw away their bulky shields, and then began to excitedly check out the results of this harvest.
"Get rich, get rich!"
Jiang Xuan put down the animal skin bag and untied the strap. Looking at most of the fruits in the bag, he suddenly smiled and felt extremely good.
"Can eating this fruit really increase your strength?"
Stone Loach picked up a fruit and looked at it over and over, still somewhat doubtful about the legend of this fruit.
Chi Shao was not sure because she had only heard of such a legend but had never tried it herself.
Jiang Xuandao: "If there is anything to guess, you will know after you try it."
Jiang Xuan casually picked up a whip tree fruit, broke it in half along the crack, then cut off a small piece of pulp with a stone knife, grabbed a bug on the tree, and placed the pulp in front of the bug.
Legends are legends after all. Jiang Xuan does not dare to be careless. He must make sure that this fruit is non-toxic before he can eat it with confidence.
Insects are relatively weak and generally poisonous fruits. Insects will die quickly after eating them.
The insect didn't have any intelligence. After smelling the attractive fruity aroma, it immediately lay on the fruit and started to chew it quickly. It looked like it was very happy.
Jiang Xuan was still uneasy, so he caught a few other bugs and fed them some fruits from the whip tree.
Half an hour later, the bugs were not only safe and sound, but were even looking for the pulp everywhere.
Jiang Xuan was finally relieved. Even the poisonous insects were not poisonous, which showed that even if the fruit was poisonous, the strong physique of the tribesmen could survive it.
"I'll try one first."
Jiang Xuan picked up a fruit, rubbed it, and put it in his mouth.
However, Chi Shao quickly snatched away his fruit, quickly put it into his mouth, took a bite and swallowed it.
Chi Shao smiled at Jiang Xuan and said, "I've been craving for it for a long time, and I couldn't hold it back for a while."
However, Jiang Xuan knew very well that there was only one reason why Chi Shao did this, and that was that she wanted to test the poison first.
Although I have tried it with bugs, the poisons in the jungle are all kinds of strange, and someone must eat them first before you can really feel at ease.
Chi Shao quickly ate all the fist-sized fruits, then tied the animal skin bag and said: "Let's go find plants that eat insects first. There are so many fruits, you can eat them slowly when you get back."
Jiang Xuan knew that she was using this excuse to delay time, and was silently moved.
Chi Shao was really kind to him. No matter what kind of danger he encountered, he was always the first one to attack him, for fear that Jiang Xuan would get hurt.
Under tacit understanding, the three of them continued to walk in the swamp, looking for plants that eat insects.
Not long after, they actually found a plant.
This plant is called clapping flower.
There are red flowers growing on the top, which bloom very brightly. The whole plant has only two leaves, and the leaves are shaped like two big hands.
This kind of plant attracts insects by the nectar in its flowers. When the insects fly over, the two ghost-hand-like leaves quickly attack, attacking from both sides, and kill the insects with a "snap".
Finally, the bug fell to the ground and was quickly wrapped by the root system of the clapping flower. It was slowly digested and would not be carried away by the ants.
Jiang Xuan dug up seven or eight seedlings of the clapping flower. Because it was already getting late, the three of them took these seedlings and a bag of whip tree fruits and set foot on the return journey.
In the evening, the three of them returned to the Vine Tribe.
Jiang Xuan first planted the seedlings of the clapping flowers in the ground, then returned to the bamboo house and opened the animal skin bag containing the fruits.
At this time, half a day had passed since the red peony had eaten the whip tree fruit. There was no sign of poisoning from the red peony, indicating that the fruit was non-toxic.
"Sister, did you feel anything after eating the fruit?"
Jiang Xuan looked at Chi Shao expectantly.
Chi Shao thought about it carefully and said: "When I came back, I felt much lighter all over my body and not as tired as before."
Jiang Xuan's eyes lit up, which showed that the fruit of the whip tree is indeed magical, at least it can make people stronger after eating it.
"Where is your strength? Has your strength increased?" Jiang Xuan is most concerned about whether eating the fruits of the whip tree can increase his strength.
"I'll know after I try it."
Chi Shao walked out of the door, found a large stone that she was familiar with, hugged it with both hands, and raised it above her head.
"Huh? My strength seems to have become much stronger! It was not so easy to lift this stone in the past."
Chi Shao gently put down the big stone and tried other stones to make sure that her strength had increased.
"Great! It seems that the legend is true. The fruit of the whip tree can indeed increase people's strength."
Jiang Xuan was so excited that he couldn't express it in words. It seemed that his hard work was not in vain.
At the same time, he thought of more things.
Legend has it that warriors from some large tribes can grow in strength much faster than ordinary warriors because they can eat the fruits of some magical plants.
Now it seems that the whip tree fruit is obviously one of those magical plant fruits that can increase strength when eaten.
If we can find more magical plants and pick more fruits in the future, there may be three-color warriors, four-color warriors, or even five-color warriors in the Vine Tribe in the future!
Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan's heart surged.
A powerful tribe needs powerful warriors to protect it.
If the Vine Tribe can add a group of powerful warriors through this method, then it will truly gain a foothold in this wild primitive jungle.
That night, Jiang Xuan divided the pieces among Red Shao, Uncaria, Stone Loach and Nanxing. As the leader, he himself got two more than others.
After Jiang Xuan ate a fruit himself, he felt that part of his body's potential had been stimulated. The fatigue from the day was gone. He was full of energy and his muscles were stronger!
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Thanks to the book friend "Anti-inflammatory drugs must die" for the reward.