Volume 1: The Wind Rises in the Heart of the Tree Chapter 23: Meet the Old Scholar
When I arrived at the anchorage, I handed over the dandelion, and the guard said that the dandelion is the only public transportation connecting the canopy area and the ground area, and the anchorage is all over the heart of the tree, and the place where the old scholar lives is not far from here, and it is not necessary to walk a few steps to get there, and there is no need to change cars to move forward.
The canopy area is not as flat as the ground area, but extends countless thick tree trunks, these trunks are very wide and very flat, and the demon clans walk on the branches, and there are pulled up railings on both sides, and the railings are covered with all kinds of plants, and the careful flower Mei also saw the pea shooter and red lily that she had seen in the outpost, and there were many flowers that could not be named, and all the buds were gathered at this time, and they looked unremarkable. But look at that head, it's really powerful when it's time to fight.
The guards and a few people got acquainted with each other, and introduced to everyone that this is only the outer branch area, and the trunk in the center of the trunk area is even larger, and the sparsely populated area here, the only benefit is that it is clean, which is also the reason why the old scholar chose to live here, firstly, he is more than five thousand years old, and secondly, the plant improvement plan he is engaged in also needs to be kept secret.
The guard pointed to a large petal-shaped building in front of him: "We have arrived." ”
The petal-like building sits in a tree knot, and the road separates from each side, surrounding the building in a circle that extends into the distance. The door to the building is closed, but there is a circle of various plants swaying from side to side below, needless to say, it must be the unique plant guards of Treeheart City.
The guards took a few steps forward and came to the front of the building, and before they could knock on the door, a small door was rolled up from under the petals, revealing a passageway.
The bamboo belly gave a salute to the door. Turning back to the crowd and beckoning, "Come in." ”
When everyone entered through the door, they entered a hall where all kinds of plants were busy, all doing their own business, and no one paid attention to them. A parrot with flapping wings flew down from the second floor of the hall: "Hello everyone, I am the secretary of the pedant, please come with me, the pedant is waiting for you." ”
The parrot secretary led everyone up to the second floor and opened a door, behind which there were full bookshelves, and the shelves were neatly filled with all kinds of books.
Seeing this scene, Gu Tingfeng, who was a book-lover, suddenly had his eyes lit up, and he wanted to pounce on it to flip through it, but was pulled by Ou Qing: "This is impolite." ”
An old voice came from within, "Come in, dolls." ”
Everyone walked around the layers of bookshelves, and finally saw an old ---- turtle at a table.
The old tortoise was not small, carrying a thick shell on his back, the old tortoise's face, neck and limbs were covered with wrinkles, and there was a spectacle on his face, and a bright lamp hung over his head, just enough to illuminate the whole table.
The old turtle slowly raised his right hand and beckoned: "Hello dolls, my name is Yin, you can call me Yin Scholar." ”
Gu Tingfeng, who was still crazy just now, saw this obviously long-aged old turtle, straightened his clothes, and gave a new standard scholarly ceremony: "Yin is a good scholar." ”
A few people behind him painted a gourd and said, "Yin is a good scholar." ”
Wait for a few people to introduce themselves. The old scholar still nodded, looking slow, and pointed to the six chairs next to the table next to him: "Sit down." ”
A few people sat down one by one, only to find that the chairs of several people were uneven, but they were all in place, just enough to put their arms on the table in the most comfortable way, and at first glance, the old pedant had prepared in advance. But there's one more one I don't know who to give.
The old scholar turned his head to look at Xiong Qian, and said to the empty space next to him: "It's really Xiong Wei's son, now they owe Shuxin City a big favor." ”
The old pedant spoke in the open space that was dark, and a few people didn't pay attention to the situation over there just now, and then a person came out, and a few people looked at it, and it turned out to be Tiger Thorn Plum.
Tiger Thorn Mei had taken off her battle robe at this time, wearing a red tight leather armor, her green hair was tied on the top of her head with a hairpin, and she was not powdered all over her body, looking heroic.
She walked over to the old pedantic table, sat down on the remaining stool, and spread out a book in her hand on the table, on which was written in block letters "Criminal Psychology".
Tiger Thorn Mei stared at the old turtle and said, "Old pedant, can you lend me this book for ten days, and it will definitely be returned in ten days." ”
"Of course there is no problem, diligence and inquisitiveness are the advantages of young people, and they should be praised." The old turtle glanced at the title of the book: "Yo, change your major." ”
Tiger Thorn Mei raised her eyebrows: "Of course, I didn't need to look at it when I was a whistle before, but now I have made a secret flower hall, of course I have to learn this." Are you sure this cub is Xiong Wei's only son? ”
"Of course, I can't compare to you in terms of fighting, but when it comes to recognizing people and things, the old man and I are smart and tight." After the old turtle finished speaking, he also put his hand on the glasses frame on the bridge of his nose to emphasize his tone.
Tiger Thorn Mei didn't expose the old pedant, a pair of bright eyes looked at Xiong Qian, turned his head to stare at the old turtle and said: "Since it's confirmed, then you should ask for details first, and I will go to tell Lord Zuo Dharma Protector first and say goodbye." ”
After Hu Tingmei left, the old scholar turned around and beckoned to Xiong Qian: "Little doll, come here, come to me." ”
Xiong Qian jumped out of his chair and ran around the table to the pedant, who picked him up and placed him on the table, put the Tianfang-style glasses on the bridge of his nose on the table, and carefully looked Xiong Qian up and down with cloudy eyes.
"Doll, can you tell me where you're from?"
"Okay." Xiong Qian had a good impression of this old pedant, so he told him what had happened in 1510. The old scholar listened to the details of the battle between him and the two human children who went into the forest and fought with the land lord, and said to Hua Mei: "The little flower demon is good, leading a group of little dolls can actually defeat the pseudo-god with weakness and strength. ”
Where did Gu Tinglan yawn: "Grandpa Pedant, you are so dark here, don't you have any money to buy a lamp?" Do you want me to lend you money, my brother still has some crushed spar left. ”
"Hahaha." The old turtle burst out laughing: "I am naturally afraid of light, so I left a lamp in order to manage these books. yes, old man. ”
The light above shook back and forth a few times in agreement.
"Oh, what are you doing, Grandpa Pedant?"
"I'm just researching some flowers and plants to make Treeheart City better defend against foreign enemies and serve us, and those pea shooters and other things you see are all my inventions."
Gu Tingfeng thought of the defensive plants that could be seen everywhere in the outpost and in Tree Heart City, and couldn't help but be in awe, and then thought of the books on the shelves, and asked with a probe in his head: "Grandpa Pedant, can I look at the books on the shelves?" I promise not to take it. ”
"No problem, just look at it, don't mess it up, old man, give him some help, he's a mortal, I can't see it here."
The light on his head shook for a moment, and then split into two, one beam of light still stopped above the table, and the other followed Gu Tingfeng, and Gu Tingfeng followed wherever he went. Gu Tingfeng saw that there were books to read nearby, so how could he take care of anything else, Chong Yin Xue thanked him, and hurriedly went to the bookshelf to find a book to read.
These bookshelves are very high, and the books on them can't reach the wind, so he flips through the bottom to read, but he is dumbfounded, he recognizes every word on these books, and he doesn't know what it means when they are connected, such as "The Development and Utilization of Photosynthetic Effect in Plants", "The Inheritance and Sequencing of Genes", "The Advantages and Development of the Six Reincarnations", "The Origin of All Things" and "On the Difference between the Aesthetic Concepts of the Dragon Clan and the Demon Clan" and so on. He didn't find any of the Four Books and Five Classics, Confucius, Mencius, and so on.
After flipping through for a long time, no one could understand it, so he muttered and casually smoked this illustrated "The Origin of Everything" and sat back at the table.