That night, Bai Yan rarely did not fall asleep peacefully, and lay down on the bed early, staring at the ceiling of the hut, and remained awake for a long time.

Lu Xi didn't come back long after he went out, and after Bai Yan felt that someone was sleeping in the lower bunk, he couldn't hear any movement anymore, and he couldn't even notice the sound of breathing.

She's pretty calm.

Bai Yan lay on the bed, breathing slightly, but his consciousness was still awake.

Well, I'm so uncalm, I guess it's because I have too little contact with women, so I'm too nervous. Why don't you react so much to other women? Maybe Lu Xishen is just the type he can't cope with...

Well, it's definitely not love, what do you think?

After thinking about it for a long time, the more he thought about it, the more chaotic he became, Bai Yan stuffed himself with a reason, so he tried to empty his head as much as possible, squinted and fell asleep.

When I woke up, the sky was dark, and when I looked at the status bar, I actually slept for six hours, and I also obtained a positive state of [full of vitality].

When Bai Yan turned over and got up, the girl in the lower bunk was gone.

At this time, he no longer has the mood of suffering from gains and losses last night, after all, he is still the cold guy, even if it is really the object of love at first sight, with psychological preparation, he will not almost lose his sense of proportion like yesterday. What's more, he also hinted to himself that "this is not love, it's just a simple lack of experience in dealing with women".

Before she got up at this time, Bai Yan walked to the worship hall of the shrine, folded her hands and bowed a few times, and then threw some incense money of one hundred copper coins into the money box.

Since Hakuri Reimu said that he would accept it for the next few days, and he didn't refuse at that time, even if this money-greedy witch was not around now, Bai Yan couldn't take it seriously, this was his usual style.

Just as he was about to go to the back of the shrine, Bai Yan saw a figure swaying in front of the side hall of the shrine.

Lu Xishen was carrying a bamboo broom, sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground little by little, sweeping all the leaves into the dustpan on the side.

Her movements are a little jerky, and at first glance, she doesn't sweep the floor much in her daily life, and she has a dusty temperament. At the moment, I was a little angry.

However, this is normal, in reality, many people will buy an all-round family housekeeper, as long as a command, you can clean the house. What do you want to do with sweeping the floor?

Bai Yan didn't have a lot of money since he was a child, and he didn't buy a housekeeper robot, so he could do housework and meals. Wu Yinhe and the food of the two of them are generally cooked by him.

Bai Yan didn't say hello, nor did he approach, just stood in place and quietly looked at Lu Xishen in the distance.

At this time, this girl was not as amazing as Bai Yan yesterday. Although the crystal-like cold temperament is still there, compared to Lu Xishen, who had an infinite wind god in Bai Yan's eyes yesterday, the girl in front of her has become much more ordinary.

Calm down and look at it today, there is no heartbeat from yesterday, well, yesterday was really too nervous, psychological effect.

Thinking so, Bai Yan stepped forward and greeted politely.

"Good morning."

"Okay." Lu Xishen raised his eyes and looked at Bai Yan. Said softly.

Bai Yan was facing those black jewel-like eyes, and his heart suddenly tightened.

He couldn't help but want to say a few more words, but he didn't have any reason, hesitated for a moment, and only said: "I'm going to cultivate, goodbye", and went to the backyard.

"Goodbye."

The girl behind her whispered, still sweeping the ground in a clumsy posture, as if Bai Yan had never come.

The backyard of Hakurei Shrine is not small, and there is a little thin field in the courtyard. Growing some crops, this is not what Bai Yan is looking for. Bai Yan's target was the towering giant tree not far away.

Bo Li Reimu's original words yesterday were to let himself go under that tree to comprehend, and Bai Yan could understand it. But I can't understand it at all, what is the relationship between the tree and the energy of Gengjin?

This tree has the thickness of several people hugging, Bai Yan stood under the tree, and suddenly felt that he was small, and the height of several Bai Yan was not as high as this tree.

System Prompt: You have discovered the Strange Tree.

Bai Yan stood under the tree, frowning and thinking. The system didn't say anything other than this one prompt, and I didn't know what to do.

But it's not in vain to be trapped and die here, there are many problems encountered since I was a child, and I don't have a family, so I have to come up with my own solutions.

He walked around the tree many times, looking closely around the tree, and to the millimeter it was indistinguishable from any other tree that could be found everywhere—there were fallen leaves on the ground, countless branches were jagged upwards, and a few birds perched on the branches. Except for its slightly larger stature, it's an ordinary tree.

Bai Yan casually stretched out his hand and pressed it on the tree, and couldn't help frowning.

The bark of this tree is as smooth as a freshly peeled egg, and it is completely unrecognizable from the outside.

Just as Bai Yan felt strange and pondered, a call came from behind him.

"Hey."

Bai Yan suddenly turned his head and saw a red and white Hakuri Reimu appear at the entrance of the backyard, with a sleepy-eyed and lazy look.

"Good morning, Miss Bori."

"Huh-"

Hakurei Reimu yawned unladylike and stretched her waist, the girl's graceful curves were unobstructed, and Bai Yan was a feast for the eyes, but Hakurei Reimu herself didn't care much.

However, in the face of such a beautiful scenery, there was no fluctuation in his heart, at most he praised his good figure.

"I saw you go to worship before, it's good." Bo Li Reimu smiled a little at Bai Yan, "Since that's the case, I'll teach you a little bit, and you still have to do it yourself." ”

… It turns out that yesterday, the Hakurei witch maiden's joking advice before she left was testing herself.

Bai Yan was shocked in his heart, and swallowed his saliva unconsciously, if he hadn't gone to worship just now, then the Boli witch would definitely not come back to mention herself, and he didn't know how much time he would have to waste here.

He said sincerely: "Please speak." ”

Bo Li Reimu said, "Bai Yanfei, have you seen the birds in the tree?" ”

Bai Yan raised his head, if he remembered correctly, there should have been five birds, and when he looked at it, it had become eight at this time.

"There is something special about this tree, and it has nothing to do with you what it is, you just need to know that this tree is very special and can circulate energy like a human vein. All the birds in the tree you see love the breath of this tree, and they stop on it, if there is no external interference. I won't move for a whole day. ”

After listening to Reimu's words, Bai Yan compared the current location of the birds to the presumably in his previous memory, and with his observational power, he didn't find any mistakes. In other words, the bird's position really hasn't moved at all during these few minutes.

Reimu continued, "And the outside force... You see. ”

As soon as she stretched out her hand, she randomly cast a red spell, and the red color immediately seeped into the tree, and within a few seconds, a strong red light bloomed around the entire tree. The eight birds in the tree were frightened at once and scattered in all directions.

"Well, that's it. Ordinary wind and rain can't drive these guys away, only energy, the energy that escapes, whatever it is, can scare them away. Of course, it will be quick to come back, because they love the tree after all. ”

Sure enough, Hakuri Reimu's voice had just fallen. There was a ** bird that flew back and continued to stand on the treetops.

"What you have to do is very simple, scare them away, and don't scare them away." Hakuri Reimu spread her hands, "As for the details, think for yourself." ”

Reimu didn't mean to finish his words, but Bai Yan probably understood what to do, and he thanked Hakuri Reimu seriously, and Hakuri Reimu left with an indifferent expression.

Seeing Bo Li Lingmeng go away, Bai Yan looked up at the bird in the tree. At this moment, the number has increased to twelve, but compared to the size of this giant tree, it is still a drop in the bucket. Bai Yan estimated that a hundred birds parked on this tree would not be enough to see.

He pressed a hand to the bark of the tree, which was as smooth as an egg, and began to channel the energy of the whole body into the tree's body.

As soon as the Geng Qi was transported in, Bai Yan was shocked that there was a vein in the body of this tree. The leaves have veins, and the trees have roots. This is normal, but the body of a tree has veins like a person, which is very surprising, this thing should no longer be a tree in the normal sense, but a dryad.

Bai Yan began to advance the Gengjin Qi in the veins of the tree.

From Hakuri Reimu's words, Bai Yan had already understood the content of his cultivation, "scare them away, or don't scare them away", which means that just like the witch used her own power to scare the birds away just now, first scare them away with all her strength, and then control the energy, so that Gengjin's qi can get close to the birds, but not scare them away. Mastering the balance between receiving and releasing is the cultivation that Bo Liling dreams of letting Bai Yan do.

The former should not be difficult, and it should be possible to achieve it as long as you unleash your power to the fullest, but the latter, considering the incomparably sharp interest of Gengjin's qi, should be very difficult. Hakuri Reimu gave herself fifteen days, seven and five natural days, and she should also have this consideration.

However, when you actually try it, you realize that this first step is quite difficult.

Although there are not as many of this tree as in the human body, there are only a dozen in total, but Bai Yan doesn't know which one can reach those branches, and the Geng Qi in the veins of the tree is already blocked and has a bad flow, if you disperse your own Qi again, the strength will become much weaker, this tree is so big, Bai Yan's Geng Qi in the body at this time must not be enough to shake the birds in the entire tree away, and maybe even one of them will not be able to scare away.

After thinking about it for a while, he quickly changed his mind, his goal was only to purify and extract the pure Gengjin Qi, not necessarily to scare away all the birds, so just take a bird and test it first.

Having made up his mind, Bai Yan twisted the scattered Gengjin Qi into a strand, and immediately his strength increased a lot.

[Golden Scale Open] is activated!

Geng Qi's own ability "Golden Scale Open" can provide Geng Qi with a powerful explosive force, Bai Yan violently exerted his strength, and a strong Gengjin Qi rushed towards the branches along the thickest veins.

Bai Yan raised his head and locked onto a branch in the direction of two o'clock, and he could clearly feel that Gengjin's qi was there, and on that branch, a bird was parked.

Even if he relied on the explosion of the golden scales, Bai Yan's Geng Qi was almost exhausted when it reached the branch, no matter how hard Bai Yan tried, he was a little far away from the bird that didn't move.

The Geng Qi in his body was about to be exhausted, Bai Yan had no choice but to let go of his hand from the tree, and his whole body suddenly felt a sense of detachment, and a sense of dizziness came to his head all of a sudden, and the feeling of Geng Qi being exhausted made him almost want to vomit.

He immediately sat cross-legged under the tree and began to follow the trajectory of the star map, repeating the cycle, in order to recover his energy, while his mind kept thinking about the next attempt.

Failure on the first attempt, in fact, it is also expected, if his Gengqi is pure enough, he can turn into a strong point to break through the obstacles in the veins, and failure, which happens to prove his shortcomings. So what's next?

Bai Yan began to simulate the form and operation mode of the Geng Qi in his mind, and used the time to recover the Geng Qi to constantly modify and change.

Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is not to dare to face failure, and if you dare not face failure, you will never succeed.

Bai Yan tried again and again, and in the sky not far from the towering giant tree, there was a dark and dark black gap that Bai Yan could never see, and slowly opened up in the sky.

The next moment, the figure of Hakuri Reimu appeared here.

She frowned slightly: "Why are you here?" It is said that with [White], you will not appear in the Void Realm very often. ”

"I miss you a little, so I came." The soft female voice said softly.

"Don't joke with me, Purple, let's get straight to the point." Hakuri Reimu sighed, her face slightly serious.

The gap was completely opened, and the sage Qi Zi walked out of it. This is a woman with a peerless demeanor, with a breathtaking aura in her every move, and she holds a folding fan to cover her mouth.

"It's a shame that Reimu isn't as fun as it used to be."

There was a hint of ridicule in her tone, but the folding fan covered half of her face, but there was no smile in Qi Zi's exposed eyes.

Hakurei Reimu said: "You and I both know that I couldn't go back before, although you are still the same Yakumo Purple, but I am no longer the Hakurei Reimu I used to be." ”

"That's why we have to create a future." Qi Ziji's indifferent words revealed incomparable firmness, "It's just another time." ”

She looked Reimu up and down with watery eyes, and her eyes were slightly dark: "The last time I accompanied me, it was also called Bo Li Reimu... But it's not you. ”

Reimu was silent.

After a while, she pointed to Bai Yan, who stood up and stretched out her hand to the giant tree again, and asked, "Is he the Gengjin you are looking at?" How do I remember... Not him? ”

"We're looking for..."

The voice paused suddenly, Qi Zi wanted to say something, but he took it back again, and finally said: "He is a variable." ”

"Ah, even you can't control everything." Bo Li Reimu reached out and patted Qi Zi's shoulder, who was taller than her, looking old-fashioned.

Qi Zi glanced at her with disgust: "It's not big or small." ”

"Old woman, phew~"

Bo Li Lingmeng stuck out her tongue fiercely, Qi Zi snorted lightly when she heard this, and was about to reach out to tease her, but she couldn't help but chuckle.

Hakuri Reimu, who had never smiled, finally had a little warmth on her face.

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