Sun Mo got Monkey to lead the way, and they sprinted wildly for over 15 miles before they stopped beside a pool. After that, he let everyone check their bodies and took a bath.
He managed to contact Little Silver, and Holy Pharaoh had also returned.
Sun Mo calmed down.
Soon, the bonfire was lit, and the aroma of roasted meat filled the air.
"Sun Mo, what's going on exactly?"
Li Ruolan could not wait any longer and asked eagerly.
She also came to a realization now. How could a proud person like Sun Mo be afraid of a 5-star great teacher?
Everyone turned to look at him.
Sun Mo smiled and told them the reason.
"That vine is good stuff, but the best treasure isn't it, it's this!"
As Sun Mo spoke, he took out the 'root' that was carefully wrapped in deerskin and threw it on the ground.
"What do you mean?"
Xianyu Wei didn't understand.
Although this rhizome was as long as a small arm, there were even more vines. After all, this was a darkness plant that had lived for hundreds of years. Its root system was huge.
"Touch it!"
Sun Mo gestured.
"Allow me!"
Qin Yaoguang was very curious. She rushed out first and reached out to grab the root.
"How do you feel?"
Sun Mo asked with a smile.
"Eh? It's hot and slippery. "
Qin Yaoguang was surprised. This wasn't a human's hand or leg, so why was it hot?
"Sun Mo, stop keeping us in suspense."
Li Ruolan urged.
"It's actually not the root of that vine, but a parasite."
Sun Mo explained, "It's called 'No Return'. It isn't a plant but a type of fungus that lives in the roots of plants. Because it can't survive on its own, the earliest person who discovered it named it No Return."
It was a bacterium similar to rhizobia.
"Fungi?"
Everyone was dumbfounded.
No matter how he looked at it, this rhizome looked like a plant.
Sun Mo naturally knew what these calabash brothers were thinking. "That's why it's said that nature is ever-changing and mysterious. You mustn't be deceived by the appearance of some species."
"In order to adapt to the environment and survive, the forms of living creatures will be strange beyond your imagination."
Upon hearing Sun Mo's solemn tone, Li Ziqi and the others hurriedly stood up and lowered their heads to bow.
"I've learned my lesson."
"Sit down, there's no need to stand on ceremony."
Actually, Sun Mo didn't care about such etiquette. It was fine as long as there was respect in his heart.
"Teacher, what effect does it have? Is it still the sleeping and losing weight that you mentioned before? "
Qin Yaoguang was curious. She suddenly exerted force and threw the root to the ground.
"What are you doing?"
Lu Zhiruo jumped in fright.
"Didn't the teacher say that it was alive? I want to see how it looks. "
Qin Yaoguang felt that by doing this, she would be able to wake No Return up.
"It's useless. Your eyes can't see this kind of fungus."
Sun Mo introduced, "This species of darkness doesn't have any medicinal effects by itself. It only has a miraculous ability, and that is that it can live as a parasite on certain plants, allowing the plants to evolve to the next level."
"Evolution?"
Everyone was puzzled.
"For example, a grapevine. If a Returnless parasites on it, the grapes that the grapevine bears might be big, round, and very delicious, or they might be seedless. Or they might have thick vines and leaves, but they might not bear any fruit.
These were the contents recorded in the books Sun Mo had obtained from the system.
"In other words, the effect of No Return on plants might not be good?"
Li Ziqi analyzed.
"No, I should say that it might not be good for humans, but it's definitely good for plants. It's better for them to adapt to the environment because the longer the plants live, the longer this fungus will live."
Humans would definitely not like it if it couldn't bear grapes. But to the grapevine, it shouldn't matter. On the contrary, it would be less ravaged by some omnivores that loved to eat grapes.
"If it's transplanted onto the roots of some rare herbs, it might be able to evolve into a herb with an even stronger medicinal effect?"
Mei Ziyu's expression stirred.
To alchemists, the thing they desired the most was to find herbs with strong effects.
"That's right. After we return, we can start breeding and cultivating them."
Sun Mo glanced at Mei Ziyu. "Ziyu, I'll have to trouble you for this matter."
"No problem."
Mei Ziyu liked flowers and plants. "However, I don't know much about this' Angelica '. I'll need your cooperation."
"Mn!"
Sun Mo naturally wouldn't shirk from this.
With No Return, it meant that a type of herb could evolve in many different directions. If this continued, he would eventually encounter one that was the most valuable.
"I feel that given how miraculous it is, it can be ranked in the top 100 of the mysterious species of darkness."
Li Ziqi's eyes flickered. The Central Province Academy should be able to keep their ranking for sure this time around.
"Those people from the hundred seedlings thought that we were scared away, but they didn't know that the most precious thing had already been taken away by Teacher. Moreover, it was right under their noses."
Lu Zhiruo felt that her teacher was very impressive. He was simply toying with his opponents in the palm of his hand.
After the papaya girl said this, Sun Mo received a wave of favorable impression points.
"It's the cautious expression of that monkey of yours that reminded me. Otherwise, I'd have taught you guys about this fungus."
Sun Mo sighed.
He felt a lingering fear at the thought of it. Who would have thought that Zou Qi had a trump card up her sleeve?
As expected, one mustn't underestimate great teachers in the world.
After lunch, Sun Mo brought his group and rapidly left this area, heading toward the depths of this primordial forest.
With the newly captured monkey to lead the way, Sun Mo could avoid some dangerous areas in advance and avoid encountering some powerful ferocious beasts. Moreover, he wouldn't be like a headless fly running around randomly.
This monkey was very intelligent and knew the location of some heavenly ingredients and earthly treasures.
Naturally, Sun Mo headed toward the most dangerous areas.
Usually, the most dangerous areas would mean that the value was the highest.
...
Turning back time a little, the teachers and students of the hundred seedlings stared at this vine, feeling a little worried.
"How are we going to bring this back? Dig the entire vine back? "
"Are you stupid? Can a plant survive after leaving the soil? Moreover, there's still half a month before the competition ends. Why are we going back so early? "
"Do you guys think that its value is enough for our school to maintain its ranking?"
The group of people chattered and the atmosphere was very relaxed. It was because such a performance would be rewarded by the school. In any case, they had obtained a peak-grade alchemy pill.
"We really shouldn't have let Sun Mo leave. He definitely knows a way to preserve it."
A female great teacher sighed, feeling a hint of admiration in her heart.
"Be content. You've already humiliated him enough. Speaking of which, this is the battle spoil that he discovered first."
Cui Xiangxin's lips twitched.
"Get the headmaster to headhunt Sun Mo. Look at those personal students of his, each of them is stronger than the other. This means that not only is Sun Mo knowledgeable, but he also knows how to teach students."
The female great teacher's eyes brightened.
(If that's the case, I'll have a chance to be colleagues with Sun Mo. In the future, we can even have dinner together or attend the Night Roaming Lantern Show or something.)
Maybe, they might be able to develop a relationship.
"Everyone's discussing so enthusiastically. I can't bear to disturb you guys."
A voice suddenly rang out in everyone's ears.
The female great teacher's group turned abruptly and saw a middle-aged man walking out leisurely. His gaze roamed around the vine.
"Dark great teacher?"
Zou Qi's expression was solemn.
The other party was wearing a long green robe. At the bottom, there were pictures of branches and vines embroidered on it.
"Haha, other than people from our Dark Dawn, who would have the guts to find trouble with you guys?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Let me introduce myself. I'm Lü Cangqiong from Dark Dawn. I'm the Right Guardian under the green-robed old man!"
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