Volume 1 Chapter 5: Wu Xing Jian Zong Chapter 3: Huo Sang Guo

  There was indeed a hole behind him, and it was the same hole that Jiang Feng crawled out of. However, it wasn't a cave or anything like that. It was a light hole that suddenly appeared there. The most important thing was that this hole was slowly disappearing.

  In Jiang Feng's line of sight, the hole he crawled out of disappeared. There was no mountain in front of him, and he had no idea where he came from. Looking around again, as well as the sun in the sky, Jiang Feng suddenly felt very lucky. Because if he had discovered the entrance to the cave a little later, he might not have been able to get out.

  "What kind of place is this, it's so weird. Can't even let people live." Jiang Feng said to himself.

  In any case, they still had to leave first. Before leaving, Jiang Feng used a few stones to mark the ground. He also carefully observed the surrounding scenery so that he could remember this place.

  Looking at the position of the sun in the sky, it should be noon now. As for Jiang Feng, who is not familiar with this place at all, he can only casually find a direction to move forward. As for the extra memories that appeared in his mind, he couldn't tell Jiang Feng where this place was either. Because those memories were useless anyway.

  As he walked, Jiang Feng heard the sound of water. He ran quickly for two steps and saw a pool of water. The sound of water he had just heard was the sound of water gushing out from the pool.

  The pool is round in shape, with a diameter of about 5-6 meters. Like the Jet d'Eau that Jiang Fan has seen before, there is water constantly gushing up from the middle.

  The water in the pool was not clear, and one could not see to the bottom. Jiang Feng, who had been thirsty, did not go to drink from the pool. Because he was attracted by a small tree on the edge of the pool.

  It was a small tree only half a meter high, like a potted plant. The small tree had seven or eight baby-fist-sized bright red fruits. Jiang Feng, standing by the water pool, could smell the fragrance emitted by the fruit.

  Smelling the fragrance, Jiang Feng felt his stomach growling with hunger. He involuntarily swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva and leaned in closer to the small tree, carefully examining the fruit on it.

  "It smells so good, it shouldn't be poisonous, right." Jiang Feng muttered to himself as he reached out to pick the fruit.

  He plucked a fruit, rubbed it carelessly with both hands, and took a small bite. As soon as the fruit entered his mouth, Jiang Feng felt a refreshing sensation, accompanied by a fragrant aroma filling his mouth. Just as he was about to chew, a figure appeared beside him. The moment the person appeared, they stretched out their hand and struck Jiang Feng's back of the head.

  Suddenly, Jiang Feng's entire body leaned forward, and his attempt to chew the fruit was interrupted. Before he could steady himself, he felt the person behind him press down on his neck, forcing him to dunk his head into the water basin.

  Jiang Feng, whose upper body had entered the water, struggled desperately. However, the person holding him showed no intention of letting go. The man simply raised his head, his face tense as he stared at the sky.

  Almost a minute later, the person holding Jiang Feng finally pulled him up. At the moment he was pulled up, Jiang Feng, who had been struggling with his hands in the water, grabbed something floating on the surface of the water.

  Choking on several mouthfuls of water, Jiang Feng almost suffocated and didn't have time to see what he had caught. The moment his body left the water, he fiercely swung the thing in his hand towards the person behind him. However, that person easily dodged it.

  He coughed violently several times, spitting out a lot of water, and the fruit he had eaten was already spat clean. It wasn't until then that Jiang Feng clearly saw the person who had just attacked him. After seeing clearly, Jiang Feng was furious.

  "You're crazy, don't you know that can kill people!" Jiang Feng shouted at the person who attacked him.

  The person who attacked Jiang Feng was someone Jiang Feng had seen before. It was the woman who had suddenly appeared and disappeared without warning. When faced with Jiang Feng's questioning, the woman didn't say anything. She just stared at the thing in Jiang Feng's hand.

  He cursed continuously for several sentences, but didn't see the woman say a word. Jiang Feng's anger subsided a bit. It was only then that he discovered the woman's gaze had been fixed on his hand all along. Following her line of sight, Jiang Feng saw that one of his hands was holding a fruit with a small bite taken out of it. The other hand was clenched around a strap. The other end of the strap was connected to an old gourd.

  "What are you looking at? Don't you know that just now I almost got killed because of you. Tell me, have you always wanted to get rid of me?" Jiang Feng said loudly.

  The woman then withdrew her gaze and said calmly, "If I hadn't timely hit out the fruit you swallowed, you would probably be dead by now."

  Upon hearing this, Jiang Feng was taken aback. He immediately looked at the fruit still clutched in his hand, and his heart suddenly turned cold.

  "This thing won't be poisonous, will it?" Jiang Feng guessed and asked.

  "It's not only non-toxic, but also quite good stuff. However, you can't eat it." The woman said calmly.

  Take another look at the bitten fruit, and then look at that woman. Jiang Feng really didn't understand what this woman was saying. If she wanted to kill herself, why did she just pull herself up? But if she wasn't going to kill herself, why did she do that? If the fruit really couldn't be eaten, it would have been fine to speak up beforehand. Why bother doing that?

  At this time, the woman looked into the distance and then turned to Jiang Feng and said: "Someone is coming. Be careful yourself, don't mention me to anyone. Not even your mom."

  As she spoke, the woman took a step towards Jiang Feng. Then she disappeared suddenly. Jiang Feng looked around to the left and right, but couldn't figure out where the woman had gone. Nor did he see anyone coming over.

  "What a total neurotic. How unlucky, to run into someone like this. If I had a mother, I wouldn't introduce you to her." Jiang Feng muttered to himself in great dissatisfaction.

  After muttering to himself for a couple of sentences, Jiang Feng looked towards the water pool. He found that the steel helmet he had worn on his head earlier was now floating in the water pool. So he put down the gourd in his hand and stretched out his hand to scoop up the helmet.

  "It's actually not sinking, what material is it made of?" Jiang Feng said in dismay, looking at the steel helmet in his hand.

  Take another look at the fruit in his hand, which had been bitten off a small mouthful. Jiang Feng swallowed hard and restrained the urge to eat it down. Even if this thing wasn't poisonous, who knew whether that woman would suddenly pop out again and press him into the water pool once more. Since he couldn't bear to throw it away, Jiang Feng put the fruit inside his helmet and then wore the helmet on his head. Only then did he have the mind to examine the gourd he had fished out of the water pool.

  The calabaza was less than thirty centimeters high, with a piece of cloth tied around the middle. But it didn't look like a cloth strip, but rather something made from plants. It looked like just an ordinary calabaza. Moreover, it was a very old one, already covered in dense fine cracks all over its surface. There were also some blurry patterns on it, resembling some unknown text. Only they were too blurry to make out. Jiang Xing couldn't even see a single character clearly.

  Shaking it, he found that there was a sound of water inside the gourd. Jiang Feng thought that maybe after soaking in the water for so long, water had seeped in. He thought about pulling out the plug from the mouth of the gourd and pouring out the water inside. This gourd could be kept to hold some drinking water, which wasn't a bad idea either.

  Who would have thought that the plug, which seemed to be easily pulled out, couldn't be pulled out no matter what. It was as if it had been firmly glued together. Even the broken and tattered strap couldn't be untied or torn apart.

  "What a terrible thing. Why is nothing going smoothly today?" Jiang Feng muttered in frustration.

  He was depressed, also thinking about who that woman was, whether she was a ghost or not, when he suddenly discovered several shadows in the distant sky flying quickly towards here. Taking a closer look, they were actually several people flying in the sky. Seeing those few people, Jiang Feng's eyes widened instantly.

  After a few seconds, the five people fell to the ground. The five people didn't even glance at Jiang Xiang's peculiar appearance and rushed towards the small tree by the pond. Each person had a fiery gaze in their eyes.

  "Heavens! Is this really the Fire Spirit Fruit?" someone exclaimed in surprise.

  "That's right, it must be. Just like what's recorded in the classics. I didn't expect that we would actually encounter it."

  "Seven whole ones, this time we're in luck."

  Looking at the excited expressions of the five people, Jiang Feng only then realized that the fruit on the small tree was indeed good stuff. Otherwise, it wouldn't have made them look like this. But Jiang Feng didn't say that he had discovered it first, he just tied the gourd to his pants and stood up, looking at those few people. At this time, those few people also looked towards Jiang Feng.

  "This Daoist friend, judging from your appearance, seems to have not cultivated. This place is extremely perilous, for a Daoist friend, it's probably very difficult to survive. If the Daoist friend is willing to divide this Fire Spirit Fruit with us, we will naturally escort the Daoist friend out of here." A man wearing a long shirt, looking like a scholar, said to Jiang Feng.

  "Yes. Here, the Fire Spirit Fruit, we six people, each of us can get one. As long as we leave here, relying on this Fire Spirit Fruit, we will definitely be able to join a sect. At that time, our future prospects will be boundless." Another young man said to Jiang Feng.

  Looking at those people looking at him with their eyes, Jiang Feng smiled and said: "No problem, of course not. Anyway, there are so many, one person gets one and still has one left."

  They say one thing, but actually think another. Jiang Feng was very clear that the other side had five people, while he only had one. He couldn't win a fight. The most important thing was that these few people were all flying over. Although they were standing on something and flying over. But they were still flying over.

  When Jiang Feng said this, the five people were very satisfied. One of them nodded and said: "Since our Taoist friend agrees, let's each take one bead. Please go first, our Taoist friend. As for the remaining one, we'll discuss it later."

  The five people surrounding the small tree all took two steps back, making way for Jiang Feng. Originally not thinking much of it, just as he was about to go up and pick a fruit, Jiang Feng noticed that those five people were all on high alert against others. Even the items they had stepped on with their feet, which were used for flight, were also floating beside them.

  "You all come first, I'll go last. If it really doesn't work out, then I won't go either," said Jiang Feng.

  Seeing the appearance of those five people, Jiang Feng didn't dare to go and pick the fruit. Probably as soon as he picked it, he would be the first to die. Those five people didn't even pay attention to Jiang Feng, still being vigilant against others.