Chapter 360: Morning Tour to Beihai Mu Cangwu
"Are you looking for it?"
At this time, a voice sounded from the fox's ear.
The fox turned around and saw Du Ruo coming to her side without her knowing when.
At this time, Du Ruo had a smile on his face, holding up one hand. In his hand there was a crystal that looked like an ice crystal. The crystal was about the size of a palm. The void was suspended in the palm of Du Ruo, reflecting the light from the instrument beside him. There seemed to be mist flowing inside.
"Mr. Du, have you finished your training?"
The fox did not answer first, but raised the question first. It was obvious that to her, whether Du Ruo had finished his training was far more important than whether the researchers next to her could capture the spiritual energy.
On the contrary, the researcher who had just spoken next to him looked at the crystal in Du Ruo's hand, his eyes motionless and unable to move away.
"Well, the training is over. This should be the spiritual energy you need. Hurry up and pack up and go down the mountain. It's going to snow heavily soon."
Du Ruo was in a good mood with a smile on his face. He threw his hand and the crystal that was still floating in front of him came in front of the fox.
"Mr. Du, this??"
The fox looked at the crystal in front of him and subconsciously stretched out his hands to hold it. It felt cold to the touch, just like a large piece of cold jelly, and did not feel like a hard object.
"This is a crystal formed by spirit and water. It just looks like ice, but inside it is not much different from water. As long as the spirit energy is inside, it won't leak out. You can use objects to probe in and try the experiment. Okay, it's snowing. I should go back."
Du Ruo kindly explained, and then a breeze blew, and Du Ruo's figure disappeared from the spot like smoke in the blink of an eye.
"Chief?"
The researcher looked at the crystal in the fox's hand and couldn't help swallowing his saliva before he spoke tentatively.
"Pack your things and carry them down the mountain first. This thing is for you to study. Don't worry... Hmm? It's snowing. Pack up quickly!... You, escort me down the mountain!!"
As the fox spoke, he kept the crystal in his hand, not daring to be careless or give it to anyone else.
As she was talking, snowflakes fell from the sky and landed right on the fox's face. The cool feeling on her face was a little itchy in such weather, but she didn't care at all. Instead, she turned around and immediately asked someone to escort her down the mountain. Although they said they were escorting her, they were actually escorting the crystal in her hand.
……
"It's going to snow heavily. Be good and I'll buy you something delicious tomorrow."
Du Ruo's body fell on the balcony on the second floor. As soon as he landed, Tiger Pioneer climbed up from the balcony floor and rubbed Du Ruo with its big head.
Du Ruo just touched its big head, then let it continue to lie down, while he walked into the house.
Du Ruo took off her clothes quietly and got into bed.
As soon as she got in, Xiang Yuanyuan came up like an octopus and hugged Du Ruo.
Du Ruo didn't say anything. He just held her quietly and fell asleep together.
At this moment, Du Ruo had no time to study his mind or soul, and just let himself fall asleep quietly.
……
“Wow~ It’s snowing!!! Such a heavy snow!!!”
Early in the morning, before Du Ruo got up, Li Qiyao's muffled exclamation came from the third floor.
Now, Li Qiyao is the first one to get up at home, and she is quite like Du Ruo who used to get up to practice martial arts before dawn.
"Huh? Honey, is it snowing outside? Tiger Vanguard is still sleeping outside? It doesn't have a nest, will it be cold?"
In the very quiet environment before the daybreak, Yuanyuan was the first to hear Li Qiyao's voice.
But when she heard that it was snowing heavily, the first thing she wanted to do was not to get up and check, but to start worrying about Hu Xianfeng who was sleeping on the balcony.
"What are you thinking about? That's a tiger. It can sleep in the snow without a nest or hibernation in the Northeast where the temperature is dozens of degrees below zero. It has a true pure yang body. Don't move. I'll hold you and sleep for a while."
Du Ruo didn't even open his eyes. He had known about the snow for a long time and was not surprised. For some reason today, perhaps because he was in a good mood, he just wanted to stay in bed and sleep a little longer.
Xiang Yuanyuan was quiet for a while, but finally couldn't resist the temptation to go see the heavy snow, so she put on thick clothes and got up.
"Wow, what a heavy snow~~"
As soon as she went out, Xiang Yuanyuan exclaimed, and then went downstairs in her woolen slippers.
"Yesterday they said it would be sunny today, but today it suddenly snowed so heavily, and I heard that it was snowing all over the province."
Li Qiyao responded to Xiang Yuanyuan, and the two of them stood at the door of the house and looked outside. At this time, there was nearly thirty centimeters of snow in the yard.
It is not common to have such heavy snow in Anhui Province, especially in recent years. In the past, even if it snowed heavily, it was only on the top of Mount Huangshan. At the foot of the mountain, it was just a bit of snow and melted quickly after it fell.
"Hey, Qiqi, let's go build a snowman."
Xiang Yuanyuan bent down slightly, grabbed a handful of snow, and then squeezed it hard.
"This is not good. It's too cold. Is this okay for you?"
Li Qiyao also wanted to try it, but she was still a little worried when she saw Xiang Yuanyuan with a big belly.
"It's okay. I'll change into a pair of non-slip boots and help you later."
Xiang Yuanyuan squeezed the snow hard in her hands, then threw it out, clapped her hands, and was about to change her shoes to play in the snow.
When Du Ruo came out of the room and stood on the balcony on the second floor, he saw Xiang Yuanyuan and Li Qiyao standing in the yard, making an ugly snowman.
Tiger Vanguard was lying next to the snowman with a big snowball on his head.
At this time, snowflakes were still floating in the sky and fell on the heads of the two women. They didn't feel cold, and their hair was covered with snowflakes.
"Roar~~"
Tiger Vanguard noticed Du Ruo, growled, and then wanted to stand up and say hello to Du Ruo.
"Oh~ Don't move, I haven't taken the photo yet. If you fall down again, I won't give you the chicken to eat."
But before the tiger could get up, Xiang Yuanyuan slapped it on the head and gave it a lesson.
"roar~"
Tiger Vanguard could only lie down again, with his big head resting on his two paws, lying there helplessly, with only two lines of white mist coming out from his mouth and nose. His body was now covered with snowflakes, and he no longer had the ferocity he once had. Instead, he looked a bit cute.
Du Ruo took a look and decided not to disturb them playing below. Instead, she boiled a pot of hot water and made some sugarcane and red dates water.
Then, he slowly closed his eyes while lying on the lounge chair on the balcony, ready to start studying the changes brought about by the 10% progress of the Golden Elixir yesterday.
Du Ruo closed his eyes and observed himself first. The three flowers on his head had been taken back into his body, but the soul in his body had not stayed in its original position since he had no idea when.
He actually moved in and lived in Sanhua. It seemed that he was living quite comfortably and had no intention of coming out.
The five energies that had already returned to their origin also began to change, becoming more condensed. However, after Du Ruo adjusted them, he did not find many differences.
After checking his body, Du Ruo used his soul to drive his mind as he did before. In an instant, his mind jumped out of his body.
As soon as his mind left his body, Du Ruo immediately noticed something different.
Before, the mind was just a thought. After jumping out of the body, it could explore or "see" some things outside.
But in fact, this thought is just like a puppet, completely controlled by the soul.
But now it is a little different. My mind has left my body, and I actually feel like my soul has left my body, although it is still controlled by my soul. If I was just a puppet before, that sense of direction can still be in the body, which is where the soul is.
Now, there is a feeling that a part of the soul has been separated and attached to the mind. The feeling is very wonderful. Although it does not have the reality of the body, it seems to be easier to control.
"Mind" glanced at Du Ruo and saw that Du Ruo, who was sitting in the seat, opened his eyes and looked over.
When they looked at each other, a very strange feeling emerged.
The "mind" bowed, then saluted "himself", then Du Ruo closed his eyes, and the "mind" lightly jumped down from the balcony and landed in the yard. "???"
Xiang Yuanyuan and Li Qiyao were still rolling snowballs with a smile on their faces, but Tiger Pioneer, who was lying on the snow, was looking in the direction of his "mind".
"Hey, it's warm here. Play with them and take care of the house. I'll go out and take a look."
The Tiger Vanguard that the "Mind" saw was like a huge furnace, emitting heat waves all over his body, but the "Mind" did not hide it at all and reached out his hand as if to touch the Tiger Vanguard's head.
The "mind" was talking, but the two women and Tiger Pioneer didn't hear it at all. Only Tiger Pioneer seemed to feel Du Ruo's "mind" and wanted to get up, but was suppressed by Xiang Yuanyuan with a snowball.
When I tried to look for it again, the yard no longer had the same feeling as before.
Du Ruo's "mind" went out of the yard, and with just a thought, his "mind" arrived in the clouds ten thousand meters high. It felt as if there were no spatial constraints.
Speed and gravity all lose their meaning in front of the "mind".
The "mind" just roughly identified the direction, and then just flew in the sky at an extremely fast speed.
This feeling of flying far exceeds Du Ruo's speed of flying in the sky.
When the speed reached a certain level, Du Ruo's "mind" saw an airplane in the sky that was almost motionless.
Airplanes, birds, clouds, mountains below, buildings, and even the wind - at this moment, they are all left behind by the "mind" flying at high speed.
"Hahahaha~~"
Du Ruo's "mind" was flying in the sky. The feeling of freedom and pleasure made his "mind" couldn't help laughing out loud.
But no one could hear this sound. Only after Du Ruo's "mind" left, the sky and the earth were filled with a few rumbling thunders.
In the blink of an eye, Du Ruo didn't know how far he had flown, but the sky seemed to be getting darker and darker, and the mountains and city buildings under his feet soon turned into a bright sea.
When the "mind" saw the sea, it seemed to become interested and did not want to stay in the sky any longer, so it suddenly dived towards the sea.
It did not fall into the sea, but when it was close to the coast, it just stood in the sky, and then looked at the sea with interest. Several fishermen with tanned skin were operating the net-collecting machines on the fishing boats and rolling up the trawl nets in the sea.
"Xin Shen" watched the fishing net being slowly pulled up and saw smiles on the fishermen's faces. He knew that this trawling should have a good harvest.
"Xin Shen" watched for a while, watching the fishermen completely pull up the fishing net and harvest a lot of shrimps, crabs and octopus. Of course, the most numerous thing in the fishing net was the ugly anglerfish.
Watching the fishermen on the boat starting to cast their nets again and two people skillfully sorting the catch, "Xin Shen" smiled and flew in another direction.
The "Mind" flies very fast, and it does not just fly in the sky. Occasionally, when it sees a forest, it will go down to check out the small animals in the forest.
When you encounter a city, you will shuttle through the tall buildings.
From the sea to the plateau, it actually only took a moment. From the plateau to the desert, grassland, and then to the snow-covered north, Du Ruo's "mind" just followed his heart, shuttling through mountains, lakes, oceans, forests, and cities at an extremely fast speed.
"Is this what the ancients said, 'Traveling to the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening'?"
After the "mind" wandered around, it returned to the second-floor balcony, entered Du Ruo's body, and continued to stay there obediently.
After digesting all the information, Du Ruo opened his eyes and couldn't help but sigh. While speaking, Du Ruo sat up, and the sugarcane and red dates water on the fire had just been boiled.
"Hubby~ What are you talking about Beihai?"
Du Ruo had just poured the boiled water into two cups when Xiang Yuanyuan's voice rang out from behind him.
"I didn't go to the North Sea, but I just took a tour of the South Sea and saw that the fishermen there caught a lot of anglerfish. Let's eat anglerfish for lunch."
Du Ruo pulled Xiang Yuanyuan to sit down and placed two cups of hot tea in front of Xiang Yuanyuan and Li Qiyao. But before Xiang Yuanyuan could get the hot tea, he put Xiang Yuanyuan's frozen red palm into his arms.
"Anglerfish? But we don't have any dried anglerfish at home. We still have dried longli fish. I'll fry some dried longli fish for you to go with your drink at noon."
Xiang Yuanyuan's face was filled with smiles, her hands were warm in Du Ruo's arms, and her face was full of happiness.
"I don't want to eat dried fish. I want to eat fresh fish."
Du Ruo shook his head. The dried fish sent by the navy were usually large and precious fish, but most of them were given away.
"Anglerfish doesn't seem to be a rare species of fish. I'm afraid it's hard to buy in town or city."
Li Qiyao, who was standing by, held the boiled sugarcane juice in her hand. She took a sip of the sweet taste, which helped to dissipate a lot of the coldness in her body. However, after hearing Du Ruo say that she wanted to eat anglerfish, she couldn't help frowning.
"It's okay. Someone will bring it to you at noon. Come on, drink some to get rid of the coldness in your body."
Du Ruo smiled and didn't explain much. He just picked up the water in front of Xiang Yuanyuan and handed it to Xiang Yuanyuan.
"Mm, delicious~"
Xiang Yuanyuan didn't take the sugarcane juice that Du Ruo handed over to her. Her hands were still in Du Ruo's clothes. She just leaned her head over and started drinking it in small sips.
After drinking the sweet and warm sugarcane juice, her eyes narrowed and her face was filled with happiness.
"Wow~~ The clouds in the sky today are so unique."
When Li Qiyao saw this scene, she rolled her eyes, picked up the teapot, poured herself a cup, and then looked at the sky in the distance.
The sky had cleared up at this time, and you could see clouds in the sky arranged neatly. The clouds were stretched out long and slender like snakes. When arranged together, they looked more like a huge whirlpool covering the sky and the sun. This whirlpool was so huge that it seemed as if there was no end in sight.
"That's true. Come on, Qiqi, let's go upstairs to take pictures."
Xiang Yuanyuan only noticed the clouds in the sky at this time. Her eyes immediately lit up. She no longer cared about keeping warm and quickly pulled her hand out of Du Ruo's arms. She drank the sugarcane juice in Du Ruo's hand in three or two gulps, and then hurriedly pulled Li Qiyao to the third floor.
Du Ruo just smiled when he saw this, and didn't follow him up, let alone explain that this celestial phenomenon appeared after he practiced yesterday.
Du Ruo also poured himself a cup of sugarcane and red dates water. He took a sip and it was indeed sweet, with the unique flavor of sugarcane.
After drinking, Du Ruo came to the balcony and looked down. Tiger Pioneer was still lying obediently beside the ugly snowman, with a snowball on his big head, not moving at all, only his tail was wagging, looking a little cute.
"Why are you still lying there like an idiot? Why don't you come up quickly?"
Du Ruo found this situation somewhat funny and shouted in annoyance.
"Roar~~~"
When Tiger Vanguard heard this, he immediately became energetic and shook his body to shake off all the snow on his body. After shaking off the snow, he raised his head and let out a long and hearty roar.
The voice was deep and powerful, but before it could travel far, it was stopped by a loud roar.
"Why are you yelling? Every time you yell, the baby kicks me!!!"
Xiang Yuanyuan's voice came from the third floor. It was not loud, but it stopped Tiger Vanguard's roar abruptly.
"Woo~~"
Tiger Vanguard hung his head a little aggrieved, and even made a whimpering sound that only a little tiger would make.
Du Ruo just smiled. It was indeed impossible to let it roar like a tiger so early in the morning, otherwise it would definitely cause panic among the villagers.
……
The fox did come before noon, and not only that, she brought half a big fish. The fish was only half, but it was also transported in a pickup truck.
"Sister Fox, are you here to bring the anglerfish?"
As soon as Xiang Yuanyuan saw the vehicle stop, she hurried out. After seeing the fox, she leaned over to look at the vehicle behind.
"Um... yes, it's an anglerfish, haha. The navy sent it here. It was sent over in Hainan this morning by a military plane."
The fox was stunned for a moment, then thought of the mysterious Du Ruo, and immediately no longer found it strange, but walked towards the pickup truck behind him.
There was a huge box on the pickup truck. If it really contained half a fish as the fox said, the fish must be quite large.
(End of this chapter)
