Chapter 2 Fruit Appreciation

In today's world, the immortal paths in Hongmeng are prosperous. Since the human race overthrew the once-prosperous demon rule ten thousand years ago, on the basis of those who have passed down to absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth through spiritual crystals to practice various immortal paths, various complex magical and powerful Taoist magic powers have been created in the painstaking thinking of countless strange people and strangers over the long ten thousand years. Today, the Hongmeng human race's cultivation world is indeed a prosperous scene of blooming with a hundred flowers.

After the human race drove away the demon clan and unified the Hongmeng realms, it has not yet formed a court like the previous demon clans that unified the world. On the contrary, powerful cultivation sects and aristocratic families have replaced the rule of the former demon clan and become the most powerful force in the Hongmeng realms.

The cultivator who is commonly known as a monk is the identity that everyone in the world is most awe-inspiring in this prosperous era. Even in the hearts of ordinary people, the relationship that can be associated with the cultivation world has been called the immortal fate. This shows that.

Under this background, the people who practice the truth in Hongmeng are naturally like countless people, and thus form the mysterious, magical, magnificent and colorful world of cultivation in the hearts of ordinary people. Among them, the wealthy and famous families and families in the main world headed by the "Four Rights and Seven Mysteries" are naturally the most powerful group of people on this Hongmeng continent. But in addition, there are more and countless ordinary people. Yes, even in the cultivation world, compared with those famous disciples, there are still monks who live in difficult life, commonly known as casual cultivators, who are struggling to survive and pursue their dream of immortality and immortality.

The number of casual cultivators is extremely large, and no one knows how many people there are. However, it is generally believed that among the cultivators with a huge number of people in the cultivation world, the lowest-ranking casual cultivators account for at least half of all the cultivators. These casual cultivators have their own sources, some of whom have obtained some introductory Taoism secrets, or have luck in having a good fortune, and of course, there are also people who leave and walk alone in the world for various reasons. In short, the reasons are all strange and there are all sources, which can be regarded as a special scene in the Hongmeng World Cultivation World.

The main source of customers for shops like Shen Jiatian First Floor that operates spiritual materials and treasures for cultivation are these seemingly endless cultivators.

At present, Shen Shi walked briskly to the long counter on the west side of Tianyi Floor. At this time, there were many people standing on both sides of the counter. There were shopkeepers of Tianyi Floor with uniform clothing. Outside the counter, there were all kinds of people, most of them were casual cultivators, and a few of them looked extraordinary. I wonder if they were disciples from several nearby cultivation sects. After all, Xilu City is the most prosperous city in the Tianyin Mountains of Yinzhou, and all kinds of spiritual materials are the most complete. Some monks from the disciples of the sect often come to Xilu City to look for something that is urgent during their practice.

The little girl who just called Shen Shi was standing in a corner of the counter, and there was a man standing outside the counter. After calling Shen Shi over, Xiaohong smiled first, as if she was a little embarrassed, and whispered: "Xiao Shitou, this customer wants to sell a 'black copper fruit', but I'm not very ripe with this kind of spiritual fruit. Please help me see it?"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Okay."

But at this moment, a shocked and slightly angry voice came from beside him, saying, "Are you mistaken? How did you Tianyilou do business? Not to mention this black copper fruit, now you have found a hairy child to identify my rare spiritual fruit. Is there something wrong with it?"

Chen Shi turned his head and saw that the person who was talking was the one who was standing opposite Xiaohong just now. He was a middle-aged man, dressed in an ordinary manner, and there were already many wrinkles between his eyes and eyebrows. He looked like a depressed and unsuccessful wandering cultivator. At this moment, he looked a little angry on his face and stared at him and Xiaohong.

Chen Shi wanted to speak but stopped. However, Xiaohong was on the Tianyi floor for several years. He was also experienced in dealing with these casual cultivators. He was not angry at the moment. He smiled slightly and said, "Don't be angry, don't look at Xiao Shitou, but he is the only beloved son of our Tianyi floor manager. He grew up in the Tianyi floor. Not to mention anything else, this building trades various rare treasures, magic medicines, and various spiritual herbs in the daily trading floor. This little guy knows more than anyone else. He has learned from several old men in the building for several years. Now his eyes are poisonous. Even Elder Song from Xuanyin Gate once came to see him and was amazed. He had told us that if he encountered something hesitant, just come and ask our young master."

After hearing this, the casual cultivator looked a little angry, but there was still a bit of suspicion between his eyebrows and eyes. He looked at Chen Shi up and down, obviously not fully trusting Miss Xiaohong's words.

Chen Shi was not angry, and looked at Xiaohong, thinking that this person was probably a casual cultivator who came to Xilu City from other places. Otherwise, if he was a monk who often walked around Xilu City, he would probably have heard of the name of Xiaoshitou on Tianyifang, one of the two major shops in the city.

When Shen Shi ignored the suspicious gaze of the casual cultivator, he leaned against the counter and said to Xiaohong: "Where is the thing, let me see it first."

Xiaohong turned to look at the casual cultivator and said, "Cheer?"

The cultivator hesitated for a moment, frowned, and finally reluctantly reached out and took out a wooden box from his arms, put it gently on the flat counter with a precious and heavy place, and said, "Look at it." After saying that, he seemed to have thought of something again, and hurriedly reminded him, "Just look at it, kids, don't touch it with your hands, otherwise you will lose the spiritual energy of the spiritual fruit or destroy this rare treasure. I won't have a break with you!"

Chen Shi glanced at the middle-aged cultivator, agreed with a smile, then took the wooden box and put it on the counter without leaving the counter. He first gently touched the surface of the wooden box with his hand, pondered for a moment, paused for a moment, then released the buckle and opened the wooden box.

As the lid of the wooden box opened, a faint fruit fragrance faintly floated out of the wooden box. Under the common eyes of the three people, they saw several layers of soft blue satin in the wooden box, and a black fruit the size of a thumb was parked in the center. It was blue-black and deep, with a round and full appearance, and the peel was shiny, with a faint black light, which looked quite good.

Chen Shi looked at the black fruit carefully, and he didn't mean to touch it with his hands. He just stared at it without saying a word, as if he was thinking. However, the middle-aged man who was a casual cultivator was anxious and could not wait to say for a moment, saying, "How about it, my black copper fruit is good. This was something I finally picked in Gaowu Mountain in the northern part of Yinzhou. Looking at this quality, it can be worth at least ten... No, at least fifteen spiritual crystals can be sold, right?"

Chen Shi was silent for a moment and gently pushed the wooden box containing black fruits in front of the scattered cultivator. The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "What do you say?"

Chen Shi smiled and said, "This guest, I'm sorry, we won't buy this thing from Tianyifang."

The middle-aged man's face immediately sank, but before he could get angry and curse, Chen Shi had already spoken: "Because the thing in this box is not the black copper fruit ranked second in the Hongmeng Pharmacopeia published by the Gods and Fairies, but a kind of mixed fruit unique to Gaowu Mountain, called the Black Snake Fruit, which has no spiritual power contained in it. Whether it is for the practice of monks, or for the alchemy and medicine, it is useless."

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, his face changed drastically, and he stared at the boss with a hint of blood, revealing a bit of fierce light, and said viciously: "Bastard, you'll talk nonsense anymore, believe it or not, I'll kill you!"

Chen Shi's face remained unchanged, and he stood there calmly. However, when the little girl on the other side of the counter heard this, she changed her previous kind expression. Her expression suddenly became cold and said lightly: "This guest, please be careful. Although Tianyifang opens the door to do business, peace is the most important thing, since this building is the industry of Xuanyinmen, it is not so easy to be bullied by people casually."

Once the three characters of Xuanyin Gate are heard, the middle-aged casual cultivator's body was shocked, and most of the ferocious aura disappeared, but there was still a little anger and reluctance on his face. You should know whether the cultivators in the cultivation world are from sects, and the status of the disciples of the clans and ordinary casual cultivators is really huge. Even though the casual cultivator looks at the large number of people, among the so many casual cultivators, except for the extremely rare strange people, most of them are in the cultivation world. The characters at the bottom are never dared to provoke famous sects in the cultivation world. In terms of strength alone, these cultivation sects that can survive in the highly competitive cultivation world today cannot be underestimated. What's more, the Xuanyin Sect, which is well-known in Yinzhou, is not as good as the top sects of the Four Masters and Seven Mysteries in the Cultivation World, but compared with these casual cultivators at the bottom of the cultivation world, they are really giants. They can crush them to death with just a finger.

Chen Shi smiled, not caring about the viciousness of this wandering cultivator not long ago. He grew up on the first floor of this day since he was a child. He didn't know how many similar scenes he had seen. He just smiled faintly and said to the middle-aged wandering cultivator: "If you don't believe me, then I'll ask you. You said that this fruit is a black copper fruit. How did you determine it?"

The casual cultivator blurted out without thinking: "Is this more important? Of course, it is black all over, as big as a finger, and is born in the dark mountains and damp places. After ripening, it has a strange fragrance and is rich in spiritual effects. It is a necessary spiritual herb medicine for refining several spiritual pills."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "It's not bad, I'm memorizing the Hongmeng Pharmacopeia very well."

The casual cultivator was praised, and his expression immediately calmed down a lot, showing a little bit of lust. He snorted and said, "Nonsense, we casual cultivators who are traveling around the world rely on ourselves for everything. The monsters are too powerful and difficult to hunt. Most of the time, they can only rely on picking some spiritual herbs and spirit fruits to replace the spirit crystals to practice. If you have no vision, what can you do?"

Chen Shi smiled without saying a word, pushing the wooden box closer to him, saying, "There are so many spiritual herbs in the world. There are as many as 13,750 species recorded in the Hongmeng Pharmacopeia, most of which are briefly said. Let's take a closer look at the skin of the black fruit, um... pick it up and take a closer look at the light."

The casual cultivator was stunned for a moment, with a little suspicious look on his face. After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the wooden box slowly, turned halfway and looked at the bright place at the door, squinted his eyes slightly and looked carefully, muttering to himself: "This is obviously a black copper fruit, so I have to talk about the black snake..."

Before he finished speaking, his voice suddenly suffocated. At this moment, the young man's faint voice came from behind him, saying, "Did you see it? Is there a black shadow texture under the bright skin that is faintly distorted, shaped like a black snake?"

The middle-aged casual cultivator's body was frozen, holding the wooden box for a while without reaction, staring at the thing in his hand, looking incredible. However, the voice of the young man next to him was still calm and said, "The real black copper fruit is black, not the black and blue luster; there is also the big finger recorded in the pharmacopoeia, which actually refers to the little finger. This black fruit is too big. In addition, the reason why the black copper fruit is rare is that it grows in the remote and shady places in the mountains and forests is the most important thing that the fruit smells extremely strong after it matures, and it will attract monsters from the wild animals to eat soon, so this kind of spiritual fruit is rare on the market. And this is... "

Chen Shi shook his head slightly, smiled and said, "The fragrance is too light."

At this moment, the middle-aged casual cultivator was speechless, and a little cold sweat broke out from his forehead, but he couldn't say a word for a long time. Looking at his appearance, Chen Shi shook his head slightly, and said nothing more. He turned his head and greeted Xiaohong, who had a smile again, and then walked away.

There were crowds of people coming and going in the first floor of Tianyi. There were a row of lively scenes, and the rocks were passing by the crowd. When I walked to the gate, I accidentally looked back at the counter, but from afar, Miss Hong had already walked away to receive another customer who wanted to sell things. The middle-aged casual cultivator just now was still standing there like a wood.

Chen Shi pulled the corner of his mouth slightly, and stopped looking at it, and turned around and walked out of Tianyi Floor.
Chapter completed!