It was the morning light again, three or four miles away from Zhongjiabao, beside the pool at the foot of the mountain, Zhongyao swallowed his saliva and tried hard to suppress the urge to dig a piece of soil and send it into his mouth.

There were more than a dozen people around, including Elder Zhong, Ji Xiaozhu, and Zhong Shancun, while others were selected tribe guards. Everyone held their breath with their swords and was ready to fight.

The fungus demon was an imminent threat. Elder Zhong wanted to wait until another person in the Zhong family arrived before taking action. He was also a Qi Refining Master, but she was still far away in Du Kingdom, so she could only bite her teeth.

The two tribe guards worked together to throw a big rock into the pool, until the ripples calmed down, and there was still no movement.

Elder Zhong frowned and said, "There has not been a trace of movement in the past two days. Could it be that he has run away?"

Zhong Shancun said: "The water level has dropped by at least half, so the vine demon should not be able to hide it. We used to play with water, which was only about ten feet deep."

Thinking of the moment when the vine demon was at his feet, the heroic young man's face became ugly.

Ji Xiaozhu looked back and saw a long ditch more than ten feet deep and five or six feet wide extending from the stone fort and connecting to the pool. She shook her head and said, "Even if the water level has not dropped, the monster cannot be hidden."

Zhongyao squatted down and picked up a handful of silt from the water: "Mr. Gao taught me the method of distinguishing qi when hearing the earth, I'll try it."

He put the earth to his mouth and twitched his nose like he sniffing nectar. In fact, he used the cover to activate the true energy of Jiutu and sucked a few strands into his mouth.

He has to take some acting skills even if he eats a lot of money. It's so difficult for him.

[Zhongjiabaotan soil has no place, one of the local areas, the second transfer is required.]

Following the information, there is a prompt of "one ounce/one hundred pounds".

Damn, I have to eat a hundred pounds!?

Zhong Yao cursed secretly that when he turned around, the most ate Jitu was only twenty kilograms.

I remembered the well soil I ate the day before yesterday, and after a change of mind, I brushed the well soil promptly, and it was indeed 100 kilograms. However, the number in front was seventeen kilograms, which he ate when he and the vine demon were fighting in the well.

A special-meaning of soil such as temples, tombs, etc. can be used in one bite. This pure and natural soil has a requirement for quantity.

Forget it, one hundred pounds is just one hundred pounds. Anyway, after the second transfer, you can eat ten times the soil you used to have every day.

He was burned by several sights, and he did not dare to eat anymore. He continued to pretend to sniff the soil and secretly input the Jiutu true energy into the ground.

Fish fry swim, crabs crawl, earthworms drill, water plants sway, countless details in the pool appear in Zhongyao's heart, and each detail is like a ripple, outlining the scene under the pool in the turbulence.

This ability is really a magical skill, just like a radar.

Zhongyao sinks his spiritual thoughts deeper and immediately makes a discovery.

After checking for a while, it was confirmed that it was correct. Zhong Yao stood up, threw the soil in pain, pointed to a place in the pool and said, "Go down and pull up the things under the water."

Seeing everyone surprised, he explained: "I'm sure if the fungus is not here."

Zhong Shancun took the initiative and took a clan guard into the water. In a short while, the two of them came out of the water, dragging branches as thick as their arms.

It is the branch of the vine demon, but the skin is dry and the stem is obviously dead.

This is definitely not the true body of the vine demon, it is just the abandoned part.

"There is a hole under the water!"

Zhong Shancun said: "It's very deep, I don't know where to go."

Everyone turned their heads at the same time and looked to the east.

Outside the pool is a wasteland full of weeds. One or two miles away, the sound of water is surging, and it is a river.

The river and Guanshan are the same name as Guanshui, but they are more used to being called Huihe.

"Hundreds of years ago, this was still the bed of the Gray River."

Elder Zhong suddenly said, "The vine demon actually came from the river!"

Zhongyao snapped his fingers: "Go!"

The "river soil" in the countryside has also been settled...

This river is also the living river of Zhongjiabao. Because the river water is turbid and the water is like lead-gray all year round, it has this name.

The Hui River is not big, and the widest part is only about a hundred feet in early spring. According to Elder Zhong, the Hui River a few hundred years ago was a big river, at least three times wider than it is now.

Zhongyao used the same trick again by the river. After eating a qian of river soil, the amount required was still 100 kilograms.

He tried to sense, but this time he failed. The water vapor was too abundant, shattering the earthy atmosphere, and he couldn't understand the situation in the river at all.

"It takes at least 200 kilograms to find someone to dig soil by the river, by the pond, and in the wells of the ancestral hall."

Zhong Yao told Zhong Shancun: "Take it back to the study room, I want to carefully distinguish it and figure out the situation of the fungus."

Zhong Shancun bowed: "Ode to the Lord!"

Being the fortress lord is good, and you will get some soil for food with just one order.

Ji Xiaozhu and Elder Zhong did not show any surprises. It would be great to have Mr. Gao take the blame. No matter how strange things are, no one doubts.

However, eating dirt in front of everyone is not weird, but shocking, and Mr. Gao can't bear the blame.

Ji Xiaozhu couldn't help but say, "No wonder you always lie on the ground at any time. It turns out that you have learned such strange skills from Mr. Gao, aren't you afraid of others' jokes?"

Zhongyao raised his palm on his head and shouted at Ji Xiaozhu: "Wo Wang!"

The girl laughed and patted her hand off: "Don't be so despised by myself!"

Elder Zhong advised with great sincerity: "Although this method is clever, it is always a trivial skill, and cultivation is the most important thing. Don't be neglected."

Zhong Yao responded on his face, thinking that if you see me eating dirt, wouldn’t you have a cerebral hemorrhage on the spot?

The operation to destroy the fungus demon ended here. There was no gain in those who started and ended up getting nothing, but everyone felt relieved. The fungus demon should have run away.

When I returned to Zhongjiabao, the originally green ivy had turned into yellow branches, hanging on the exterior walls, stone towers, whistle towers and bell towers, making the stone castle full of bleakness.

The fortresses and servants were carrying ladders and holding long poles to clear branches. From a distance, they heard Zhong Zhizhong shouting: "Don't worry about the bell tower, be careful of it falling!"

The bell tower is located west of Shibao, more than ten feet high, and is extremely damaged and has long been closed.

Zhongyao scanned the stone fort, and his doubts were not dissipated.

I always feel that the vine demon is a little strange, but I can't tell where it is, but unfortunately I have already run away.

In the meeting hall of the main building, Zhong Yao discussed the next action with the managers of each house.

"I'm sure you can't do it!"

When Zhong Yao talked about his plans, the new accountant manager Zhong Zhiqiang strongly opposed it.

"Even if this is an accident and the nightmare is not approaching, it would be better for us to prepare early."

Zhong Zhiqiang said: "If it is not an accident, it means that the nightmare has approached the mountain god temple. Fortress Lord, go check it out, it is too dangerous!"

Zhong Yao’s plan was to go to the place where the cheap dad had an accident and check whether the demon nightmare was really surging.

Zhong Zhiqiang's opinion is to be a mature and persevering method, but Zhong Yao is unwilling to wait.

This time, the manager of each house was rotated, and the only person in Tian Lin's house manager Zhong Chenglin talked about another situation: "Rumors are everywhere in the fort, and people are in panic."

"The Demon Nightmare is here, and we have a Fort Protection Array, which can keep people in the Fort. If the Demon Nightmare does not come, everyone is happy. No matter which one, we must confirm the situation as soon as possible and continue to drag it, and someone will run away."

The old uncle, who was full of wrinkles and seemed to be an old country farmer, was worried: "In another half a month, it will be spring plowing. Whether or not to plant this field is a question."

Elder Zhong pondered without saying a word. The old master was not good at such matters that he had to weigh the trade-offs.

Zhong Zhizhong also mentioned a question: "Going to the mountain temple should be more dangerous than today. You have to go to anybody who can fight. What if the vine demon kills a fight back, what should I do?"

Speaking of this, Elder Zhong had a plan: "Let's talk about it when Wei comes back. There are many masters and they are more comfortable in doing things. It's only three or five days. What's the idea of ​​the Castle?"

Wait for that crazy woman to come back?

Zhong Yao moaned secretly, only one of the dozens of people in the Zhong family was afraid of him, that was Zhong Zhiwei.

Thinking about it, he had no choice but to do so. He was not astonished as to go on a big adventure.

Wait for the mountain temple...

Remember that there are also sacrificial lands in the three types of rural areas related to the vine demon. "Sacrificial" refers to sacrificing gods rather than ancestors, Zhongyao was a little confused.

The Mountain God Temple is deep in Guanshan, more than ten miles from Zhongjia Fort and even further from Huihe River.

If the sacrificial soil associated with the vine demon is related to the mountain god, the size of this monster would be too large.

If not, is it related to the River God?

"There is a river god in the Gray River, but that is also a legend from hundreds of years ago."

Unclear why Zhong Yao turned to this topic, Elder Zhong still tried hard to recall: "The River God Temple has long been abandoned, and no one knows where it is."

Zhong Chenglin suddenly said: "The Land Temple is still there, but it is not effective at all. No one worshiped it hundreds of years ago."

Zhongyao quickly asked the place, and Zhong Chenglin smiled and said, "It's just under the bell tower. It was sealed before your generation was born, so you don't know that there is a land temple in Zhongjia Fort."

Zhong Yao's eyes lit up, and he just said, turning back to the previous topic: "Then let's wait a few more days."

At night, on the hillside outside the stone fort, the foundation of wooden piles and earth and stone had been completed, surrounded by a circle of wooden fences, and a round tent was set up on the thick wooden boards inside.

In the tent, Zhongyao opened his mouth with a comfortable face, sucked up silt streams of soil from his back basket, and turned out wisps of true energy to wash away the sore and swelling body.

He was in a hurry to eat dirt, but even though the study room outside was not built, he moved it out. After the meeting in the morning, Ji Xiaozhu took him to practice the exercises, and he practiced for the whole day.

The results were very good. He practiced the Ji family's Qingfeng Lingxiuyi to the eighth level of foundation building. Compared with the Zhong family's Hunyuan Ming Jin Gong, the Qingfeng Lingxiuyi is much smoother and more solid. He felt that he could completely rush to the ninth level of foundation building, which is the innate.

Fearing that Ji Xiaozhu's suspicion, he pressed his progress on the sixth level of the meridians. This still made Ji Xiaozhu amazed, saying that he should be her younger brother, but he was born in the wrong child.
To be continued...