novelhk Chapter 400: Keeping the Word and Helping the Ugly Pig (2)
Chapter 400: Keeping the Word and Helping the Ugly Pig (2)
Before Ugly Pig could speak, Ci Hao spoke first: "You kid don't believe me, right? You don't believe what I said that no one is willing to give the Moon Dew to others to drink, right?"
Chu Xiaomu shouted: "I just don't believe it!"
Ugly Pig still roughly described the location of the Moon Dew Tree, paused, and then continued: "Moon Dew is an extremely rare treasure for those who cultivate spirits. If you can drink a cup of it, your spiritual power may rise, from soft light to rainbow flying, from rainbow flying to golden pool, and even from golden pool to Ruyi. You, a city dweller, would collect the Moon Dew and give it to an ugly and smelly beast spirit like me to drink. I really thought too much..."
Ci Hao laughed loudly and said, "Ugly freak, you also know that you are ugly and smelly? Hahaha, you still have a little self-awareness."
Chu Xiaomu found it even harder to accept the two beast spirits looking down on him than if they had cursed him viciously. He kicked Ci Hao, then jumped onto Cheng Huang's back and shouted, "Let's go, let's go find the Moon Dew Tree now. If we can collect some Moon Dew, I'll bring it to Ugly Pig. It's just a few drops of Moon Dew!"
Ci Hao shouted, "Let's go, if you can resist the urge to drink, I'll kowtow to you three times!"
Ci Hao led the way and went wherever he said.
After walking for about three hours, the east began to brighten.
Ci Hao quickened his pace and said, "We have to hurry. Once the sun comes out at Chenshi, the moon dew will disappear. Even though the sun may not come out in this weather, there will be much less moon dew and it will be impossible to collect."
Chu Xiaomu cursed in his heart: "You are the only one who walks so slowly. You should have walked faster!"
Seeing a narrow mountain road ahead, he squeezed his legs together, rode over Ci Hao's head, and rushed forward, thinking that he would come to a fork in the road.
Ci Hao shouted behind him: "Why the hell are you running so fast? Wait for me!" The man and the horse had already gone far away.
Chu Xiaomu remembered the approximate location of the old moon-dew tree that Chouzui had mentioned, and slowed down his horse as he was getting closer.
After climbing up and down seven hills, we saw a curved ravine on the left side of the path, and a gurgling stream about ten feet wide on one side of the ravine. It was exactly the location described by Ugly Pig.
He dismounted, turned left, entered the ravine, and walked deeper into the ravine.
By this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and Chu Xiaomu put out the torch.
The ravine is winding, and the slopes on both sides are neither steep nor gentle. The trees on the slopes are lush and green, and the further you go in, the darker and denser they become.
Soon, the ravine came to an end.
I saw a not-too-tall ancient tree growing against the cliff, and the ravine had come to the end.
This ancient tree is like a giant umbrella that stretches out towards the cliff. Its branches are densely woven, tightly covering an area of thirty or four meters in radius.
What is amazing is that the leaves of this tree are all white on the lower side, shining like countless silver coins.
Although the sky was slightly bright at this time, the moon had already set in the west, and the valley was still very dark. However, under the moonlit old trees, it was a different scene, with only a bright light, like a clear night in autumn when the moon was full.
Chu Xiaomu stood under the tree, looking at the silver leaves on the tree, and suddenly he was in trouble. He had found the Moon Dew Ancient Tree, but how should he collect the Moon Dew? He had completely forgotten to ask that ugly pig.
He thought about it for a moment and came up with a plan. He took the sheepskin water bag from Cheng Huang's back, emptied the water inside, hung it on his chest, walked to the trunk of the Moon Dew Ancient Tree, and climbed up.
But then I heard two horse neighs and a sudden sound of wind behind me.
Chu Xiaomu just realized that it was Cheng Huang who was trying to hit him. He was trying to dodge sideways when he was hit in the waist.
He was afraid that Cheng Huang would get hurt, so he didn't dare to use his original force to resist. He was knocked over and over again before he stopped. Cheng Huang didn't use much force to knock him over.
Chu Xiaomu understood that Cheng Huang did not allow him to climb the tree to collect moon dew. Or maybe this method simply did not work.
I saw its two big round eyes staring at me without blinking, breathing heavily from its nose, and it looked a little angry.
Chu Xiaomu got up and asked, "Qisheng, you don't allow me to pick the moon dew?"
Cheng Huang shook his head to indicate no.
"Is my method wrong?"
Cheng Huang nodded.
"So what should we do?"
Cheng Huang was seen walking around under the Yue Lu ancient tree, and suddenly jumped high up, picked a small branch with leaves from the ancient tree, walked to Chu Xiaomu and handed it to him.
Chu Xiaomu held the small silver-leaf branch, confused for a moment, not knowing what Qisheng meant by this.
He held it in his hand and looked at it over and over again. There was not a single drop of dew on the leaves. Even if there was, it would have fallen off when Cheng Huang jumped and broke.
Said: "There is no moon dew on it."
Cheng Huang walked to the slanting tree trunk, pointed to a place on the trunk with his lips, and then pointed to the twig in Chu Xiaomu's hand.
Chu Xiaomu walked to the tree trunk and took a look, only to see a small tree hole at the location Qisheng pointed out. It was dark and there was nothing special about it.
Chu Xiaomu was even more confused and asked, "You want me to stick this branch into this tree hole?"
Riding on the yellow horse, he shook his head.
"What do you mean? Well, I wish you could talk."
But suddenly, it started to swing its head in circles, over and over again.
Chu Xiaomu scratched his head and had no idea what it meant.
Ci Hao said behind him: "You really have shit in your brain, you can't even understand this! It's asking you to use leaves to fold a small bowl to catch the moon dew!" This guy has also arrived, it seems he can walk very fast too.
Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "So that's how it is. Thank you so much." But he was very unconvinced in his heart. Qisheng just made that gesture of shaking his head in circles, but who the hell knew that he was asking me to fold a small bowl with leaves.
I was also thankful that this foul-mouthed Ci Hao followed me, otherwise even if I guessed for a year until I died, I probably would never understand Cheng Huang's meaning.
Chu Xiaomu has been playing with folding small bowls with leaves since he was a child. He can fold it in just a few seconds. He simply folds the extra silver leaves into a lid, which he opens and closes. It fits perfectly.
Then he asked Cheng Huangdao: "Are you asking me to do this?"
Cheng Huang finally stopped shaking his head. He raised his head and chirped twice, as if to say, Chu Xiaomu, you are not that stupid.
Chu Xiaomu understood now. Cheng Huang wanted him to use the small bowl made of leaves to collect the water at the tree hole, hoping that moon dew would flow out of it.
He walked to the tree trunk, placed the small silver leaf bowl under the tree hole, and waited patiently.
Ci Hao held his stomach and laughed loudly, saying, "You are such a fool, do you think you can receive the moon dew like this? You won't receive even a drop even if you wait for a hundred years."
But then he saw Cheng Huang raising his hind legs and kicking the trunk of the old Yue Lu tree twice with great force.