Chapter 9 Identifying Characteristics of Plants

After the popularization of the special affairs team, Qin Chuan already knew how to use the equipment and items column, and could take away the herbs and fruits in front of him for emergency use.

He carefully picked the herbs, trying to preserve their medicinal properties as completely as possible, and then put them in the equipment and items column.

As if guessing Qin Chuan's thoughts, Shui Hua came to the low shrubs with fruits, controlled the water flow to brush past, gently held the falling fruits and placed them on the ground.

When Qin Chuan filled an equipment and items column with herbs, which was ten times the amount Shui Hua had picked before, there were already more than a dozen fruits piled in front of Shui Hua.

"Well done." Qin Chuan rubbed Shui Hua's head and put the fruits away.

With Shui Hua's ability to identify plants and trees, he had a lot of confidence in his survival in the wild.

After collecting the fruits, Qin Chuan cupped his hands around his ears and listened carefully.

Just as Shui Hua said, he did hear the sound of water flowing vaguely.

Thinking of the introduction in the wilderness survival guide, Qin Chuan lay on the ground without hesitation, with one ear pressed against the ground, trying to catch a clearer sound.

Seeing this scene, Shui Hua blinked and showed a blank look.

"Woof?" (What are you doing?)

"I'm judging which direction the sound of water is coming from."

"Woof~" (That's from over there!)

Shui Hua raised a paw and pointed at something, with an expression of "Do I need to lie on the ground to listen to this?"

Qin Chuan: "..."

He stood up silently and patted the dirt on his body without leaving a trace.

I almost forgot that Shui Hua has extremely keen senses.

"Let's go, let's go over there and take a look."

He raised his legs without hesitation and moved in the direction indicated by Shui Hua.

Shui Hua followed Qin Chuan closely, with a thoughtful look on his face.

It was considering whether it should pretend that it didn't see what happened just now.

After all, Qin Chuan seemed to be very embarrassed...

"Woof~" (This fruit can quickly restore physical strength!)

"Okay, take more."

"Woof~" (This herb can detoxify!)

"Pick it!"

"..."

The man and the beast walked and stopped, and the empty space in the equipment inventory became less and less.

After following Qin Chuan for hundreds of meters, Shui Hua suddenly sniffed, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"Woof! Woof!" (Wait! There are good things nearby!)

"What good things?" Qin Chuan stopped and showed an interested look on his face, "Is it another special herb?"

Shui Hua sniffed it carefully again, and an uncertain look appeared on her face.

"Woof~" (I don't know either, but it should be of great help to me.)

"Then go and have a look." Qin Chuan spoke decisively.

Improving the level of the contracted spirit beast is currently the main way to become stronger in the dream world.

The special affairs team has specifically emphasized this point, and Qin Chuan himself also agrees with it.

If you can really find something good that can make Shuihua stronger, you must not let it go easily.

Shuihua nodded heavily, sniffed carefully all the way, and finally raised his head suddenly and looked at the cliff on one side of the valley.

About fifty meters above this cliff, a branch stubbornly poked out from the crack of the rock. On the branch hung a water-blue fruit, about the size of an apple, plump and round, with a crystal glow on the surface.

It's a good thing at first glance.

"Woof!" (That's it!)

Shuihua shouted, feeling the unique attraction from the fruit, its eyes were full of desire.

"This cliff..."

Qin Chuan approached the cliff in front of him and looked at the fruit fifty meters high.

This cliff is not as steep as a knife, but it is also inclined at about seventy degrees. Fortunately, it is covered with rocks, so it is not difficult to find the foothold.

For a canine spirit beast like Shuihua, climbing the cliff is very difficult, but for Qin Chuan, although it is a bit troublesome, it is not completely impossible.

After all, there are many rock climbing techniques introduced in the wilderness survival guide.

He was sure that he had memorized them well, but he had never practiced them.

After grabbing the protruding rocks at the foot of the mountain to test the feel, Qin Chuan made up his mind.

"Shuihua, wait for me down there, I'll go pick the fruit."

He shouted, grabbed a handful of rock ash on the ground, rubbed his hands, and climbed up without hesitation.

"Woof!" (Be careful!)

Shuihua squatted under Qin Chuan nervously, looking up high. Every time Qin Chuan stepped on a new foothold, its expression became a little nervous, until Qin Chuan stood firm again, it could breathe a sigh of relief.

One step, two steps...

Qin Chuan quickly climbed to a small platform about ten meters high and took a short rest.

Because it was his first time, he made some small mistakes just now, and his physical energy consumption was greater than that of professional rock climbing. At this moment, he no longer had the strength to continue upward.

He took out a fruit from the equipment inventory and ate it. After resting for a minute or two, Qin Chuan felt that he was almost fully recovered.

Without having time to marvel at the speed of the fruit's recovery, Qin Chuan quickly used his hands and feet to continue climbing up.

Once is new, twice is familiar. This time, Qin Chuan's movements were obviously more agile.

He didn't reach a height of 25 meters until he was exhausted again and took out the second fruit to start recovering.

When he ate the fruit for the third time to recover, he was less than ten meters away from the water-blue fruit on the cliff.

Looking at the bright light on the water-blue fruit, Qin Chuan continued to climb up.

Eight meters... five meters... two meters...

The distance between him and the water-blue fruit was getting closer and closer. He was about to reach the water-blue fruit with his hand, but suddenly his feet were empty.

The stone that Qin Chuan used as a foothold suddenly broke.

At the critical moment, Qin Chuan quickly changed his center of gravity and barely supported his body with both hands to avoid falling directly.

However, there was no new fulcrum around his empty foot, so he could only try his best to maintain the current state. As his physical strength was exhausted, he would eventually fall down.

The water splash below was so anxious that it jumped up the cliff to help, but it fell heavily to the ground after climbing less than five meters, with a frustrated and anxious look on its face.

Feeling the constant pain in his hands, Qin Chuan gradually calmed down.

"Water splash, use the rapids on my feet!"

As the voice fell, a stream of water hit the sole of Qin Chuan's shoes heavily.

The rapids that flew to a height of nearly 50 meters no longer had the powerful force that had just been released, but the remaining force still easily pushed Qin Chuan up.

At the moment when the pressure on his hands was released, Qin Chuan took advantage of the momentum to grab upwards, picked up the water-blue fruit and threw it into the equipment and item column, while stepping on another fulcrum that he could not reach before.

His hands also grabbed the stone in front of him, and after a period of shaking, he finally stabilized his body.

Success!

Listening to the cheers of the water below, Qin Chuan showed a bright smile on his face.