After inquiring, the woodcutter told them that in the small village in front, only the village chief's family had extra horses, and asked Guan Heng and the others to go to the village chief to discuss the purchase of horses, and the village chief was hospitable, so everyone could spend the night at his house and then continue on the road.

Bidding farewell to the woodcutter, Guan Heng said to Prang and Hodley: "Our luck seems to be good, the matter of buying horses and accommodation has been settled, let's move on!" ”

When Guan Heng and his party arrived at the nameless village, it was already dusk, so they inquired about the way, quickly found the village chief's house, and were warmly welcomed by the other party.

However, at dinner, the village chief told them some bad news.

"You want to go in the direction of Digong City?! I'm afraid it's a bit difficult now. The old village chief said at the table, "Because, the road there is now blocked by some strange plants." ”

Miru asked, somewhat puzzled, "What strange plants?" ”

"Ugh." The village chief sighed: "It's a tall and strange cactus, blocking the road to and fro. ”

Everyone present was surprised, and they all thought in unison: "What kind of cactus will block the path of human walking?" ”

"Yes, old man." Guan Heng groaned slightly, and casually asked the village chief: "What do those plants look like, have you seen them with your own eyes?" ”

"Well, people from the village, I haven't been passing by there in weeks, but I did go there the other day to take a look." The village chief recalled: "Those cacti, each thirty meters high, strangely enough, their appearance is not green, but grayish-white! ”

Hearing this, there was no reaction among the people present, only Guan Heng and Pulang glanced at each other, and whispered a name: "White Thorn ......"

White thorn is one of the seven kinds of spiritual trees blessed by the goddess of nature in the elven forest, it has tenacious vitality and a high survival rate of artificial planting, so this plant is not known for its preciousness, but is said to be synonymous with death.

If only a small amount of White Thorn survives, it is also a precious enchantment material in the Elven Forest, and the arrow shaft and arrow shaft used to make a longbow are strong and durable, and the strength is not much weaker than steel.

In addition, White Thorn is a favorite thing for wind magicians, and can be used to craft various enchanted items related to wind magic.

However, the elves are extremely strict in the cultivation and care of this white thorn, and they will never dare to let this white thorn be planted in large quantities outside the elves, which is also the reason why the white thorn is called synonymous with death, because I don't know when this plant that has been blessed by the goddess of nature has been used by some people with a heart to do evil.

Hundreds of years ago, some magicians invented a way to induce the growth of white thorns, allowing the plant to spread indefinitely, thus covering large areas of land, and greedy people harvested white thorns for profit.

But the consequences of doing so are devastating - the more magically spawned white thorns appear, the water sources will dry up rapidly, and the area will become desertified.

When people were aware of these things, one-fifth of the continent of Ashton had become a desert, and this disaster directly led to the loss of countless civilians their homes and land, and people continued to fall and die.

"If it's really white thorns, it's not going to be easy, because these things dry up the water and cause the land to lose its vitality." Pu Lang whispered to Guan Heng, "It's really strange, plants like this have rarely appeared outside the Elven Forest, but I don't know why they appear in this poor country, and they are still near the royal capital of Kawulu. ”

At this time, Guan Henggang explained the matter of White Thorn to Hyde, Meilu, and Hodley, and he turned to Hodley and said, "Isn't there a way to curb the crazy growth of White Thorn?" Haven't you heard of it? ”

"I know." Prang replied, "It's to use a large area of fire magic to completely burn these white thorns, because when they come into contact with magical flames, they will wither from the roots, which is how people used to deal with them." ”

"That's right." Guan Heng pointed to his nose and smiled easily: "Meilu and I will both use fire magic, I believe that those white thorns can't stop our way at all!" ”

"That's it, Brother Fuxing......" As soon as Meilu said this, she saw Guan Heng glaring at her, so she hurriedly changed her words: "Guan Heng is right, my Fire Wave Technique is indeed a large-scale fire magic, and it should be no problem to deal with these white thorns." ”

When the old village chief who was making tea and pouring water for everyone next to him heard this, he said happily: "This is great, I won't hide it from a few people, these strange huge plants are giving us a little headache." ”

"We are in the middle of nowhere, and we have a lot of necessities that we need to buy from far away, or wait for merchants to come into the village to sell them." The village chief continued: "But after the road is blocked by huge plants, everyone has to go far to get out of the village, and if a few people can help dispose of the plants, thank God!" ”

"It's good, it helps us clear the obstacles to move forward, and we do good things." Guan Heng smiled and said to Meilu: "It's also a great joy for everyone." ”

After dinner, everyone was silent all night, and the next morning, Guan Heng and the others, led by the village chief, came to the avenue full of huge plants.

Raising his head, Guan Heng hugged his shoulders and looked at it for a long time, and then said to Pu Lang: "I haven't seen the real thing, but these things are indeed exactly the same as the white thorns recorded in the book, what do you think?" ”

"I think it's a white thorn." At this time, Prang squatted next to a plant, and while carefully examining it, he said: "The gray-white appearance is extremely similar, and the ground here is completely devoid of moisture, and there are large cracks and dry states, it should be certain!" ”

"Boom!" Hodley next to him looked a little frizzy, he hurriedly reached out and drew his sword, and slashed at the gray-white plant with a click, only a shallow white mark appeared in the position of the sword in the plant.

"What a hard thorn!" Hodley exclaimed, "This thing is much harder than stone." ”

"I'll try." Miru said as she took out her short-handled staff, gathering the fire elementals with a bang, and a fireball quickly formed, and then was thrown into the thorns.

"Boom!" The place where the fireball exploded suddenly shattered, and several white thorns were crackled in an instant, but the flames quickly extinguished themselves.

――[2016.2.21 Fifth Update, Good Evening Everyone, Lao Sha continues to ask for some Tibetan (⊙o⊙)]――