32. Misunderstanding
Zuo Lin's first reaction was to throw away the bow in his hand and clasp the sword together with both palms. This is not a druid's martial arts, but a very orthodox empty-handed white blade from Sun Lao, a typical domestic product.
It's like a sword in the hand of the guy who slashed with a sword. The quaint sword body seemed to be tattooed with a looming dragon, and the gauntlet was carved with extremely delicate cloud patterns, and even decorated with a silver silk ribbon, floating in the air. This sword was so simple and beautiful that it didn't look like a weapon, and now it barely left Zuo Lin's vital point.
Desperately injured, Zuo Lin waved his left hand to meet him. The arm guards that the blades turned into were not shattered like Zuo Lin had originally thought of the ground, but were cut into two pieces like a piece of jelly touching a dinner knife. The sharpness of the sword far exceeded Zuo Lin's imagination. Zuo Lin was taken aback, when the sword cut through Zuo Lin's skin, the slightest coolness was soaked in blood, but fortunately, Zuo Lin temporarily twisted his waist, and relied on the speed of shaking his shoulders to save the entire left hand from the fate of being cut off.
The sword-wielder snorted triumphantly, and then swung a sword horizontally. Zuo Lin ducked away, but two long blades that had already turned into leaves were staggered in his hands and slashed towards the throat of the sword wielder. The sword in the sword-wielding hand could not hurt Zuo Lin without moving his footsteps, and Zuo Lin could no longer hand over the long blade even an inch. The two exchanged tricks like this.
The long blade that suddenly appeared in Zuo Lin's hand may have startled the sword-wielder, and he jumped back and stared at Zuo Lin coldly.
Although the force of nature has been consumed a lot, Zuo Lin still has a considerable amount of spare strength, and more importantly, the two of them are now fighting on the land he has just activated. Zuo Lin softly chanted a three-character incantation, and on the ground, the originally flat soil was arched piece by piece. The roots of the surrounding plants are like snakes that have been dormant for a long time, and they can't wait to show their strength.
The sword-wielder severed a branch that swung at him from the air, and jumped backwards again. He had never seen such a strange situation on the ground before, and he was also a little surprised. And before he landed, a tree root wrapped around his leg. What made him even more troublesome was that before he could cut off the roots of the tree that were entangled, the long blade in Zuo Lin's hand had already stabbed at him.
"Break!" shouted the sword-wielder. A powerful force poured out of his body, not only shattering the roots of the tree that were entangled, but also causing Zuo Lin to stagnate slightly. By the time Zuo Lin attacked again, the sword-wielder had already jumped out of the space shrouded in the green trees. Although he had never seen such a situation before, it did not seem to prevent him from noticing how dangerous this small part was for him.
In this simple confrontation like lightning and fire, Zuo Lin can basically judge that the opponent's strength is indeed above himself, but it is not too high. And now, it's time to fight for the initiative. Zuo Lin didn't use the Vajra Banyan Tree, and it was too conservative to use the Vajra Banyan Tree to defend in the situation of having this small piece of land activated, although he was reluctant to leave this place where he could occupy a local advantage, but it was still very simple to attack the sword-wielder. Zuo Lin chanted a few more incantations, and the plants in the small piece of land that were activated suddenly began to grow rapidly, the trunk did not grow, but many new branches stretched out, if you look closely, you can find that these branches are not full of leaves, but bulging pods.
Demon Breath Pea, this can be regarded as a magic weapon-level plant weapon that integrates attack and defense of plant-based druids. As Zuo Lin finished chanting the last mantra, all the pods pointed their sharp corners towards the sword-wielder, and the two skins of the pods opened slightly, like small mouths.
A sympathetic smile hung on the corner of Zuo Lin's lips, and he waved his left hand lightly......
Whewβeach pod blew a pea out of that cute-looking little mouth, whistling and shooting towards the sword-wielder.
The frightened expression on the sword-wielder's face made Zuo Lin quite proud. However, the sword-wielder did not panic. "Heaven and earth are infinite, and Qiankun borrows the law!" he shouted.
Boom-boom-boom was accompanied by a loud sound, and two not-so-huge explosions rose in front of the sword-wielder. The waves of the explosion disturbed the density of the peas, blowing away some of the peas that were already far away and had exhausted their strength. Although the remaining peas still smashed the sword-wielder's clothes and swollen the sword-wielder like a pig's head, there didn't seem to be much damage other than that.
Alas, the Devil's Breath Pea is a more powerful vegetable. Zuo Lin couldn't help but scold a little. However, to improve this kind of plant weapon, which is quite advanced and consumes a lot, is not something he can do now.
"Actually, this kind of demonic trick has also been used. Didn't Elder Sun teach you to respect the old and respect the virtuous?" the sword-wielder shouted angrily.
"What?" Hearing that this sword-wielder suddenly shouted out Sun Lao's name, Zuo Lin was shocked: "Ask this master, who are you?"
"Lingyun Sword Li Xu, don't say that your master didn't tell you who I am, seeing that Lingyun Sword actually dared to make such a ruthless move, I would have known that I would have made more efforts to knock you down first. Li Xu said dissatisfied.
This is called the big water that washed the Dragon King Temple, and his family doesn't recognize his own people. Zuo Lin really didn't recognize the Lingyun Sword, because Sun Lao hadn't said in detail how to identify this thing, or Sun Lao didn't think it was necessary to recognize this thing at all. But Li Xu is very impressive. Li Xu should be in his 80s now, in the twenties and thirties, Yan Hokusai once took the young Li Xu to travel to Europe and the United States, and later returned to SH, Li Xu continued to practice with the elders of the family, while Sun Lao continued to operate in SH. Yan Beizhai has not seen Li Xu a few times, so it is normal that he can't recognize him. Li Xu is also one of the few old friends who still saw Sun Lao after he lived in seclusion in the mountain village, and it seems that it was in the 6 and 70s. At that time, Li Xu's cultivation was considered a small achievement, and he went out to practice, and met Sun Lao when he passed through the mountain village by chance.
Li Xu, who belongs to the Taoist cultivation sect, has a solid foundation, but the so-called Taoist cultivation system that is promoted according to the realm is still very restrictive. Although Li Xu's ability is a little higher than Zuo Lin's, if he can't improve his realm, then he won't be able to open up the gap. And the druid's natural power system, there is no such problem, time and accumulation are the key, as for the realm, although there is such a statement, but it is a relatively unpopular theory, and there doesn't seem to be much druid research in this area.
ββ¦β¦ Then what should I call you?" Zuo Lin was stunned for a moment, and still said a sentence inexplicably. Zuo Lin did not doubt the identity of what Li Xu said. In the battle, this Taoist cultivator has been using hand-to-hand combat moves, which can be regarded as leaving a lot of leeway. Being able to tell from the spells used by Zuo Lin that Zuo Lin has a relationship with Sun Lao is also enough. The people who have fought with Sun Lao, those who can be swept into the scope of the great traitor and evil, are now corpses. However, Zuo Lin really didn't know what to call Li Xu. If you want to talk about age, it's not too much to call Li Xu's grandfather, but Li Xu traveled with Sun Lao as Sun Lao's junior back then, which is a generation later than Yan Beizhai as Sun Lao's attendant, and this title is really hard to determine.
Li Xu was stunned for a moment and said, "Just call me by my name, since I am a disciple of Sun Lao, I am not good at trespassing." His tone was full of smugness.
"Li Xu, how did you get involved with those panda smugglers?" Zuo Lin asked casually, and the branches of the Demon Breath Pea began to gradually retract. In this battle, Zuo Lin consumed a lot.
Li Xu pursed his lips, put the sword behind his back, and said, "They don't know that I am the Lingyun Sword, they just think that I am a fake Taoist who can use the Trace Array. The Cloth Mystery Array is just to catch the two pandas in the reserve and not be discovered, and now, those two pandas should be in Yingxiu. β
After a few words of greeting, and roughly communicating the recent situation of the two and the dynamics of the smugglers, Zuo Lin said: "I want to hurry back, they have someone to answer Yingxiu, I am afraid that the people from the public security will not have time to arrange it, so let them run away." β
Zuo Lin sat cross-legged on the ground, removed the armor from his body, and began to treat the wound on his left arm.
And Li Xu also sat unceremoniously on the edge of the left forest, pinching up a spirit to heal himself.
"Okay, wait a minute, you can go to the show by yourself, since the matter has been pierced, with the intervention of the public security or something, I can let go and kill all those rabbit cubs. It's so hard to pretend to be an unscrupulous Taoist these days. Li Xu smiled gloomily, making Zuo Lin feel a little creepy. With a gesture of his hand, a huge blue backpack flew from behind a large tree not far away.
This hand made Zuo Lin envious. Although the cultivation progress of Dao is extremely slow and there are still many restrictions, the skills in space and material control in the Dao system are not available in the Druid's natural power system, and there is not even anything similar. Although each has a different way of fighting, and each has its own merits when fighting, the use of Dao art in ordinary life is much easier than that of the force of nature.
"I went after those guys, they were the other way, along the provincial highway directly south, not back to Yingxiu. There are other people who pick up the goods along the way. As for these two little ones, I will entrust them to you. Li Xu said with a smile.
Zuo Lin opened the zipper of the backpack and was immediately startled, there were actually two giant panda cubs in the backpack, which looked to be only about 2 months old, and the meat was huddled together.
"That's what the research center is for?" Zuo Lin asked.
"Of course," Li Xu seemed to feel that Zuo Lin was making a fuss, and said, "The price of an adult panda is only half of that of a cub." The two adult pandas cost $20 million, and the two little ones are $40 million. They bought someone to get it out of the research center, and I used a trick to steal it out when I asked me to stop you from tracking it, and I guess they haven't found out yet. β
"40 million ......" Zuo Lin opened his mouth wide, and he really felt a little unbelievable.
Li Xu explained: "It's normal. If you look at the zoo in any country or city in the world to introduce pandas, not to mention how high the threshold is, the research funds to be handed over to the Wolong Giant Panda Research Center will cost 1 million US dollars every year. Annual Feeding Costs...... I guess it won't be less. This thing doesn't have a short lifespan either. 20 million is a buyout, and it's a good deal. There are so many rich people in this world, who knows what they are thinking. If you have your own private zoo, there are not one or two in this world. β
Zuo Lin didn't know what to say. The two panda cubs in the bag are really cute and cute, so cute that people can't help but want to bite into it. The panda cub was not afraid of life at all, and his beautiful big eyes looked at Zuo Lin curiously. The natural aura of Zuo Lin's body made them like it very much.
"By the way, I didn't pay attention to what these two little ones were eating, it seems that they haven't been completely weaned yet. β¦β¦ If you have enough energy, leave now, or the little one will be hungry and some of them will make trouble. Li Xu said with some embarrassment, "I'll chase after me." As soon as this is over, I will go to SH to find you. β
The two who also like to be vigorous and resolute quickly separated in this way, although Li Xu is quite old, but perhaps because most of his years have been spent in diligent cultivation, his temperament is very consistent with the appearance he is now showing in front of the world - in his 30s, he is a little reckless.
looked at the backpack containing two panda cubs, and Li Xu, who had disappeared after a few jumps. Zuo Lin couldn't help but sigh again. Does he have the potential to become a nanny? Yan Hokusai was so relieved that he handed over Yan Yingxue to himself, and now, Li Xu almost threw this package of living creatures worth 40 million to him as if he was going to get rid of a hot potato. If Yan Yingxue is here, she will definitely jump up happily, she likes to take care of this kind of little thing that is still growing, full of curiosity, and childish and cute. However, now he has to do to send the two panda cubs back as quickly as possible.
It shouldn't be very comfortable to have two panda cubs in one backpack. Zuo Lin put one in his backpack, anyway, he removed the tent sleeping bag and other things that took up space, and now the backpack was empty. The other one was simply held in his arms and tied to his body with a belt, which did not affect his movement much.
After reconfirming his position, Zuo Lin rushed towards the research center, and he had to send the little ones home first.
The research center has found that two panda cubs are missing, and the person in charge of guarding them is nowhere to be found, and the Ministry of Public Security has called the research center, asking the research center to send enough forces to search and confirm the number and location of all pandas in the wild. The entire research center is now in a mess.
When Zuo Lin appeared at the door of the research center with a panda in his arms, the effect was even more shocking. No one came to ask what Zuo Lin was here for, no one asked where the pandas came from, in fact, no one even asked if the two pandas were the two that were stolen by the research center in the morning. It was not a welcome that greeted Zuo Lin, but the muzzle of the black hole. Several armed policemen pointed guns at Zuo Lin, staring at him. The staff of the two research centers approached cautiously.
"Be careful," Zuo Lin tried to loosen the strap on his chest to lower the panda, and his face was gentle. The staff saw that Zuo Lin had no malicious intent, and they also came up with a smile and prepared to take it. As for how Zuo Lin got it, it's not the top priority now.
I don't know if Zuo Lin's actions made people misunderstand, but a ranger with a shotgun standing behind Zuo Lin smashed the butt of a rifle on the back of Zuo Lin's head.