Chapter 225 Surprise Discovery, Pack Up and Take Away
"Okay, after a night of hard work, we finally got it done!"
"If you, Wan'er, hadn't insisted on hiding all the gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, jade and other valuables that could be collected in this old nest of the Fan family, our cleanup work would have been completed long ago."
"I don't want those treasures to be left here and picked up by others, so I hide them and keep them for my own use in the future."...
The next morning, just as the hour of Chen arrived, Li Dingguo, Wan'er and Hongmei, who had been busy all night, finally finished their work.
The three of them immediately eliminated all remaining traces and breathed a sigh of relief.
These huge amounts of money and materials, which are enough to rival a country, are not available for use by the family for the time being, but once the Fuxing Army enters the country in large numbers in the next few years, they will be able to play a huge role.
The soldiers and people of the Restoration Army, who have ended the big-pot meal model, will need a lot of money to support them if they want to operate smoothly in the future, both in military and people's livelihood.
"We will go to the Fan family's spiritual fruit garden and spiritual herb garden, dig out some precious spiritual herbs, spiritual roots, and spiritual fruit trees, then tie them up with tough ropes and have Da Jin take them back to the island in the middle of the lake to plant them."
Li Dingguo said to Wan'er and Hongmei, "The golden Bodhi tree of the Fan family should be a very high-grade spiritual root. We must transplant it to our island in the middle of the lake."
"I took some time to try it out earlier. I meditated under the Bodhi tree and felt that my understanding had greatly increased."
"This is a spiritual tree that is of great help to the improvement of practitioners' understanding. It is very appropriate to plant it in our family compound."
Li Dingguo had previously taken some time to check out the golden Bodhi tree and tested its magical effects, and he already had an idea of what it could do.
This is at least a ninth-level spiritual root, and perhaps even higher in grade.
I don’t know where the Fan family got it from.
It seems that the Bodhi tree is not growing very well, probably because there is only a small spiritual vein underground in the Fan family's house.
The golden Bodhi tree has been in the possession of the Fan family for no more than a hundred years.
Li Dingguo, who was quite knowledgeable about spiritual herbs and roots, could clearly sense with his divine sense that the golden Bodhi tree, although more than ten feet tall, was actually a relatively large sapling.
It is definitely not as good as the Five-Colored Sacred Tree in terms of quality. At least it cannot gather and form spiritual veins like the Five-Colored Sacred Tree.
But no matter what, this golden Bodhi tree is also a tree with extremely high-grade spiritual roots.
"Take some spiritual herbs and roots back to Fuxing Island outside the Great Wall. As long as the quantity is not too large, it's still possible."
"Da Jin is so strong, it should be no problem for him to carry something weighing about 10,000 kilograms and fly slowly."
Wan'er's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she nodded her head repeatedly, and hurriedly agreed, "But in this case, it will be inconvenient for us to go to Taiyuan City to play this time."
"Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. I'll go shopping again when I have time."
"Take home as many of the rare spiritual herbs and roots here as possible, especially those spiritual fruit trees we don't have yet, as well as those high-level spiritual grain seeds. We must take them away."
Wan'er is a big foodie. When she heard what Li Dingguo said, she was immediately very happy. She then took Hongmei's hand, turned around and trotted away, preparing to collect some ropes and other things to pack various spiritual herbs and roots.
Li Dingguo was not idle either. After seeing Wan'er and the others leave, he went to a large warehouse nearby, took out a dozen pieces of coarse cloth, and soon returned to his original place.
Wan'er and the other two were only away for a while, and came back with a large bundle of ropes each. They excitedly strode towards the spiritual fruit garden together with Li Dingguo.
The big golden eagle kept Li Dingguo's instructions in mind and kept circling over the Jiexiu city, taking care of its duty diligently and responsibly. At the same time, it hunted all kinds of spiritual birds that flew up from the city to prevent any external communications from within the city.
The three of them came to the golden Bodhi tree that was more than ten feet tall. Li Dingguo signaled Wan'er and Hongmei to stand farther away. Then he used his spiritual thoughts to communicate with the earth spirit rune in his sea of consciousness with all his strength.
"Whoosh!"
He made a mysterious seal with his hands, exhaled and said: "Duh!"
A ray of ochre-colored light emanated from the palm of his right hand, shot into the ground in front of him, and disappeared.
"rumble……"
All I saw was this golden Bodhi tree, with a layer of soil on its roots, slowly rising from the ground.
Under the precise control of Li Dingguo's mind, the Bodhi tree and its huge roots were quickly separated from the ground, and fell diagonally to the ground.
A large pit several meters in radius appeared where it originally grew.
The earth spirit technique that has reached the great level can not only be used to loosen the soil and turn the land, but can also easily accomplish many things that seem incredible to ordinary people.
Digging out a big tree and keeping its roots intact seemed like a huge amount of work, but Li Dingguo got it done in no time using the ancient five elements basic magic.
The three men wrapped the roots of the golden Bodhi tree with coarse cloth to prevent the soil covering the roots from falling off during the air transportation, thus damaging the roots and losing water.
Then they tied the roots of the tree firmly with ropes, and before leaving for home tonight, they tied it to the special large saddle on the back of the golden eagle.
Li Dingguo chose to set off tonight, hoping to use the cover of darkness to quietly leave Jiexiu City.
Otherwise, the giant golden eagle would be too shocking if it flew away from the sky above Jiexiu City with so many spiritual roots.
After finishing this important task, the three of them immediately dispersed and went to the spiritual fruit garden and spiritual herb garden left by the Fan family to select some spiritual herbs and roots that were not found on their own island in the middle of the lake and dig them out.
Wan'er and Hongmei had also achieved some success in their practice of earth spirit arts. They were able to dig out the spiritual herbs and roots that they had set their eyes on without any damage, with quick and easy movements.
The spiritual plants that were prepared to be taken away were generally not very tall. Only the few spiritual fruit trees that Wan'er liked were more than ten feet tall, so it was a bit troublesome to dig them out and pack them.
"Brother Dingguo, I found something good in the Fan family's spiritual herb garden!"
After a while, Hongmei flew over from the nearby spiritual herb garden and said excitedly.
"Hongmei, what good things did you find?" Li Dingguo asked curiously.
Hongmei is a very steady person and rarely loses her composure. Now that she has come here so excitedly, she must have discovered an unusual treasure.
"Yes, it is this kind of spiritual rice."
Hongmei handed a blood-colored spiritual rice to Li Dingguo and said, "Brother Dingguo, look, this should be the dragon tooth rice mentioned in ancient books."
"It's a pity that there are only a dozen seedlings here, and they are still a long way from maturity."
When she went to search the Fan family's spiritual herb garden, she was surprised to find that in a spiritual field with the richest spiritual energy, there were more than a dozen blood-colored seedlings growing alone.
Since the Fan family used the best spiritual fields to grow these plants, as long as Hongmei was not stupid, she could guess that there was something complicated going on.
She hurried forward and checked these strange seedlings and plants. She remembered that she had read an ancient book about spiritual herbs and roots in the library on the island in the middle of the lake. Finally, she confirmed that this was the legendary top-grade spiritual rice, Dragon Tooth Rice.
According to records in ancient books, the growth period of dragon tooth rice is very long, and it requires a lot of spiritual energy during the growth period. It takes at least nine years to mature.
These dozen or so young dragon tooth rice seedlings should have been obtained by the Fan family not long ago.
In order to keep it secret, it was planted in the spiritual grass garden in the backyard of the old house in Jiexiu, instead of being planted in the large spiritual land controlled by the Fan family, to speed up its growth.
Rumor has it that the Fan family controls a large spiritual land.
The legendary Dragon Tooth Rice was so precious that, in order to keep it secret, they didn't even dare to plant and cultivate it in their own sacred land. Instead, they hid it in the sacred field in the back garden of their old house.
The ancient books that Hongmei had read mentioned that Dragon Tooth Rice was a top-grade spiritual rice eaten by those practitioners in the Spirit Refining Realm during the ancient Qin Dynasty.
Eating a grain of dragon tooth rice cooked with spiritual rice every day can meet the daily practice needs of a cultivator in the spirit refining realm. It is a priceless treasure!
The cultivator in the Spirit Refining Realm, whose trace has now disappeared, was said to be able to fly and hide underground, and his combat power was extremely terrifying.
A head of dragon tooth rice cooked with spiritual rice can satisfy the cultivation needs of a strong man in the spirit refining realm.
The ancient books that Hongmei had read also mentioned that a mature dragon tooth rice weighs about half a pound.
The dragon tooth rice seedling in Hongmei's hand is about two feet tall.
It is said that a mature dragon tooth rice plant is as tall as 16 feet and looks like a fruit tree.
If an ordinary person saw it, they would never believe that it was a seedling.
"Yes, this is the legendary premium spiritual rice, Dragon Tooth Rice!"
Li Dingguo took the blood-red seedling handed over by Hongmei, examined it carefully, and said in surprise, "The Fan family is so lucky that they found two treasures, dragon tooth rice and bodhi tree, in their nest one after another."
He thought of the Fan family in the history of the previous life on Earth. Their history of prosperity in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties could be described as smooth sailing.
In this magical world, the Fan family is even more so, they are a wealthy merchant family with great fortune.
Be it the golden Bodhi tree or the dozen or so dragon tooth rice seedlings, they are not treasures that can be bought with money. One needs great luck to encounter them.
Ever since Fan Ming led the family to rise, not only has it been smooth sailing in recent decades, but the family has also produced many talented people. Li Dingguo has become increasingly aware of the mysterious power of good fortune.
If the Fan family had not provoked this more fortunate guy, thus leading to their early destruction, their rise would have been even faster in the next few decades, and it would have been reasonable for them to eventually become a top force.
Now most of the Fan family's foundation has fallen into his hands, and the Fan family has gained nothing this time.
"Ha ha……"
Thinking of this, Li Dingguo couldn't help but chuckle.
This time, during the long-distance raid to the south, not only did he successfully achieve his goal, but he also obtained two rare treasures. It was hard not to be happy.
In other words, Li Dingguo's own foundation was already extremely rich, and the treasures he obtained now were just icing on the cake.
If it were any other force, they would probably be ecstatic and would not be able to calm down.
"Hongmei, our lake island has become a large sacred land. It is perfect for growing and cultivating these dozen dragon tooth rice seedlings."
"With the nourishment of the special life spirit emitted by the five-colored sacred tree, perhaps the growth period of these dozen dragon tooth rice seedlings will be greatly shortened, just like the three top-grade dragon scale horses Dahei, Baixue and Xiaoxue."
What he said was not groundless, but had precedent.
"Brother Dingguo, if that's the case, it would be great!"
Hongmei heard this and said happily, "When these dozen legendary dragon tooth rice plants mature, they can be used as seeds for small-scale breeding and cultivation."
"When the dragon tooth rice we planted on Huxinling Island can be mass-produced in the future, it will be a great joy."
In this age which can be described as the end of the Dharma, being able to eat the dragon tooth rice that was only available to those Qi-refining masters in the spirit-refining realm during the ancient Qin Dynasty is something that makes people yearn for it just by thinking about it.
Without further delay, the two flew towards the nearby spiritual herb garden together, carefully dug out the dozen or so dragon tooth rice seedlings, and packed them meticulously.
Then the two of them went to the spiritual herb garden and searched it carefully again, digging up more than a dozen kinds of spiritual herbs and roots that they didn't have at home, and packed them up as well.
Half an hour later, Li Dingguo and the other two were ready to return and were waiting for night to fall.
Wan'er said that after finishing her business in the south, she wanted to go to Taiyuan City in the northeast to play for a while, but this trip is definitely not possible.
It doesn’t matter. There will be plenty of time in the future to travel around the Chinese mainland and there is no need to rush.
(End of this chapter)
