Some scholars have argued that the word "druid" is understood in two parts: the first half is largely related to the Greek word "drus", meaning oak tree, and the second half is similar to the Indo-European ending "-id". Although the scholars of Druid's history in the Druid Council disagree with this statement, the oak tree is indeed very special to the Druid. At the very least, in the Druid's Force of Nature system, acorns are an extremely common and high-quality spellcasting material.

The oak tree in the racecourse is a little unusual, the diameter of the trunk is probably more than 10 meters, and the height of the whole tree is probably tens or even hundreds of meters. Due to the lack of tall buildings near the castle as a reference, it is impossible to calculate the height of the tree for a while. Even if there is no castle, this mountain-sized oak tree alone is enough for tourists to visit.

Bernard led Zolin to the edge of the oak tree, where an entrance to what appeared to be a tree hole was fitted with a round wooden door. Pushing open the wooden door, Bernard stepped inside.

walked in with Bernard, only to find that this "tree hole" is really a big deal. In the middle of the trunk of the oak tree, it actually grew naturally into a room of more than a dozen square meters. Naturally, this is the hand and foot of the druid. The floor of the room was covered with a floor cut from light volcanic rock, with incantations and other motifs carved into the floor, and filled with the notches were a material that glowed with a faint blue sè, what appeared to be some kind of shell powder mixed with a mashed juice of the Druid's modified woad plant, mixed with a little bit of pine wax and the like. It's a great conductor of energy.

On the stone platform in the middle of the room, a man was lying. The man was so thin that he looked like a skeleton, but his face was serene. Strands of roots hung from the roof of the naturally grown tree cavity chamber and were implanted in the patient's chest and abdomen, and judging by the blackened appearance of the exposed parts of the roots, the toxins were extracted from the person's body. From under the stone platform, several rattan-like plants with delicate spikes grew around the patient's limbs, and the fine thorns pierced into the patient's skin. In addition to the face and limbs, the patient's body was covered with a thin blanket made of two layers of fine linen. In fact, although this was the process of treatment, Zuo Lin was very skeptical that what else could this patient feel besides pain, so where did the serenity on his face come from?

Zuo Lin swept it with the power of nature and discovered how the Spirit Gathering Array could last so long. Under the stone platform, as the core of the Spirit Gathering Array, it was actually a heart of a tree, a heart of a tree with a diameter of more than 10 centimeters. The creation of the Heart of the Tree was absolutely accidental. Those ancient trees that have grown for hundreds of years will inevitably have some roots and whiskers will age, and some branches will be infected with insects, and some will die and have some metabolic problems. At such times, these ancient trees have no choice but to follow natural selection and find a way to survive. Since the bark is the main way to transport nutrients, the woody part of the trunk is usually the part that is discarded when the nutrients are not available. This is the reason why many older trees have hollow holes in the middle. These woody parts will gradually die after being cut off from the main nutrients, but some trees, due to their age, have a considerable amount of nutrients stored inside the trunk itself, and these nutrients will gradually shrink to a core area that supplies the trunk, and if such a tree can be found before the nutrients stored in the trunk are exhausted, a jade-like heart can be peeled out of the seemingly dead trunk.

In the days when it was popular for druids to make a staff for themselves to make spells more powerful and to cast spells more smoothly, a small tree heart was an essential ingredient for staffs. To conceal the sight, the heart of a tree is set on jewelry such as necklaces or rings, which has become more popular since the Inquisition. Due to the disappearance of forest belts due to deforestation around the world, it is now difficult to find a heart the size of a fingernail. A heart like this one is as big as a coconut and is a miracle.

"We gather energy with a spirit gathering array, which is then purified and filtered through the heart of the tree, nourishing the body with the power of nature instead of getting nutrients from food. The oak root whiskers were then used to extract the toxins from his body. His bones were almost as hard as diamonds by the forces of nature, and his muscles and nerves were about to become conductors of energy...... But his organs have been gradually failing. He now needs very little energy, which is constantly replenished through the Spirit Gathering Array, and we often ask doctors and nurses to give him infusions to replenish glucose and minerals, but his body's own digestive system is almost destroyed, and he can't digest the protein ingested by the outside world, so he constantly extracts it from the fat and muscle stored in the body. …… His body gradually became extremely thin. Moreover, we also found a problem, which is that over the years, the bones of his body have turned into crystals, the muscles have become materials like silicone, plastic, ceramics, etc., and there is only less and less place in his body for him to consume on his own. "Bernard's tone is desolate.

The bones crystallize and the xìng plasma of the muscle tissue begins to change...... If it weren't for the Spirit Gathering Array, this was definitely not something any druid could have done in his lifetime. Even if the life span of the lion line is super long, it will not work. And even with the Spirit Gathering Array, this kind of change will not be able to happen in a few years or even more than ten years. Zuo Lin asked slowly, "Excuse me, how long has this patient been subjected to such treatment?"

"From 1948 to now, 58 years. Bernard said lightly a jaw-dropping length of time.

"'58 years......" Zuo Lin said, "although this method can save his life, but it is too painful." ”

Bernard said helplessly: "Not exactly. He didn't feel pain himself, because I cast a spell that forced him into the 'Emerald Dream', his consciousness in the world he imagined himself. And his body is faithful to the outside environment...... and drug reactions. Over the years, we have tried many treatments, but they have not succeeded, and in the end, we can only put him back into the Spirit Gathering Circle and continue to use this method to maintain his life. ”

Now Zuo Lin understands why Bernard brought him to try it, the current state of this patient, I don't know if the treatment is effective, but even if the person who treats him deliberately wants to harm him, I am afraid that the probability of success is very low.

"What kind of disease did this patient kill?" Zuo Lin sighed and asked.

"Heavy nuclear radiation shè and a series of unknown poisons...... After that, there are the various residual drugs left over from so many treatments in the past. Most of them are Western medicines...... That is, chemicals. Bernard was a little disgruntled, and it seemed that the mess of treatment options over the years had made him dizzy.

Zuo Lin hurriedly pressed his left hand on the patient's shoulder, and a force of nature swept through the patient's body. For the druids, especially those who have healing skills among the druids, this kind of jīng reading with the power of nature is much higher than the B-ultrasound, CT, MRI and other techniques that have been scientifically developed by modern science and are widely used in hospitals.

The patient's body was littered with traces of nuclear radiation shè material, some even on his crystallized bones. There are also dots on the musculature. Compared to the spokes, those unknown poisons are less damaging. It's just that the poison is mixed with the blood, and it seems that the blood is not converted into poison, if it were not for the continuous extraction of tree roots, I am afraid that the blood of the patient's whole body would have become poison. If these spokes and poisons had happened to an ordinary person, if it hadn't been for the Gathering Array that had been fighting against the erosion of the body by the power of nature for decades, and if it weren't for the druid's spell to let the entire oak tree absorb and digest those poisons for him, this person would have died hundreds of times......

"Is there any reason why he has to live? I think it's better for him to live than die. Zuo Lin thought about it carefully and shook his head uncertainly.

"He's Mr. Sun, the only confirmed survivor of that mission your teacher refused to participate in. He was the vice-president of the Druid Council, the wise man who wore the silver oak coat of arms, the rare pure spell druid in the council, and the Greek Sophocles ......" Bernard said sincerely, "for any reason that he should live." And I'm sure you, and Mr. Sun, would like to know what happened to that failed operation. ”

Zuo Lin thought for a moment and said, "I definitely can't cure him." But I might be able to make things better for him. ”

Bernard gratefully shook Lezolin's hand and said, "That's enough." Any improvement will earn us more chances to try to save him. ”

Zuo Lin said modestly: "I will do my best, although I am too far behind Teacher Sun, but it is indeed as you said." There's something special about our approach. …… Moreover, after this trip to Europe, I will go looking for Mr. Sun. I believe that if he had known about the existence of such a patient, he would have helped him. Now, I need to prepare some materials. ”

One of the benefits of being in Council HQ is that you have almost everything you need to use for your druids. As long as Zuo Lin travels, he must bring the indigo mustard with him, and the Tianxin Lotus ointment is indispensable. Due to the complexity of the treatment of Sophocles this time, many of the druids in the council headquarters came to watch. In the evening, after dinner, when the god Jīng, accompanied by Bernard, stepped into the tree hole room again, several people had already gathered in the room. Two dozen emergency lights were hung on the walls and ceiling of the room, creating the effect of shadowless lights in the operating room. At this time, Zuo Lin found that there was a circle of low cabinets around the room, which were full of decades-old treatment plan records, medical records, and other things, and several cabinets were full of various medicines. The druids who came to watch sat quietly on the low cabinet after bowing slightly to Zuo Lin. Wait for Zuo Lin to perform the healing technique. …… No one came here to see the jokes, and this unity is perhaps one of the reasons why the Druid Council has been able to survive for so many years. Everyone gathered together with blessings and a desire to learn.

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