He thought of Master and asked her, is there a way to quickly improve her strength?

Master said, "The main purpose is not to let you feel the aura in the trees.

Most importantly, you learn to harness those aura.

I have a way to quickly increase your strength. ”

Hearing her say that there is a way, Mei Lin's eyes lit up.

He was looking forward to listening to Master.

Master said, "I told you that the more years you get, the more energetic the aura in the trees.

The wooden pagoda is made of thousand-year-old gloomy wood, and the aura inside is very heavy.

If you can use them, then defeating Ding Qi shouldn't be a big problem.

The aura of gloomy wood was hidden three meters underground.

Just dig up the underground palace in the middle of the wooden tower to find it. ”

Don't be too late to do it, because the appointed time is getting closer and closer.

At dawn the next day, Mei Lin left the construction site and rushed to his hometown by bus.

Seeing him enter the courtyard, his parents greeted him.

Mei Lin was afraid that they would be worried, so he didn't tell them the truth.

He rested for a while and headed to the backyard.

The two gates were still tightly closed, and the courtyard was littered with black gloomy wood.

No one has come in since the wooden tower collapsed.

He walked over to the tower and tossed the broken wood aside.

The base of the tower was exposed, and the statue was smashed to pieces by the wooden tower.

The statue is in the center of the wooden pagoda, and the place that Master said must be under the statue.

With his mind in mind, Mei Lin swung his shovel and dug up.

After a while, a bluestone slab was revealed.

The bluestone slab was more than a foot thick, black, and was painted with strange patterns, which were supposed to be a kind of sigil.

At the edge of the seal, a row of fist-sized seal characters is written.

Mei Lin looked at it for a while before recognizing it, and it read, "The slate must not be opened, otherwise a catastrophe will come!" ”

Mei Lin sat on a piece of wood in wonder, wiping the sweat on her face while looking at the words.

He thought, anyway, the Mei family has enough troubles, and he doesn't care about one or two more things.

The most important thing now is to improve your strength quickly.

Taking his attention, he began to pry the slate.

The slate was heavy, and Mei Lin couldn't pry it open with a lot of effort.

I really had no choice but to ask my father for help.

Looking at the blood-like seal characters on the long stone slab, Mei Shaohua asked Mei Lin, will this cause trouble?

Mei Lin was actually a little worried, but he had no choice.

Anyway, it's a dead end, so it's better to let go and fight!

It doesn't matter if it's a blessing or a curse!

He told his father that it would be fine, and that his grandfather had told me about it before.

Listening to Mei Lin, Mei Yuan mentioned this matter, Mei Shaohua's doubts were dispelled.

He and Mei Lin each held a crowbar, and the two of them worked together.

A stone bar was finally overturned, and the black hole under the stone bar was hollow, I don't know how deep, and a cold air came to my face.

Mei Shaohua asked him a little uneasily, do you really want to go down?

Mei Lin nodded vigorously.

He asked his father to find a long rope and fasten one end of the rope to the stone slab.

Grabbing the rope in one hand and a flashlight in the other, he slid underneath.

It was much deeper than he thought it would be.

It slid down for two or three feet before his feet landed on the ground.

His feet were soft, as if he had stepped on some living thing.

He shone a flashlight at his feet, and was surprised to find that black snakes were crawling under his feet.

They are the thickness of a wrist and covered in grid-like scales.

Their eyes have degenerated, leaving only two small dots.

Mei Lin subconsciously took a few steps back and leaned her back against the wall.

The snakes didn't attack him, but crawled into the depths of the space.

Master's voice came, and she seemed to see them too.

"Don't be afraid of them, they are attracted by the gloomy wood essence, they have been living here, and they will not hurt anyone."

Hearing Master's words, Mei Lin's hanging heart fell into her stomach steadily.

He walked into the space.

Feeling the sound of the ground shaking, the black snakes fled into the darkness in a panic.

The space below is not large, and in the innermost part of the space, the roots of the trees at the top of the cave stick in like black snakes.

Mei Lin was also surprised, but she didn't expect the wooden tower to be alive.

Underneath the root of the tree, there is a statue.

The statue is white, with no dust on it, as if it was carved from a very precious white marble.

It's a woman's appearance.

Her figure is very perfect, bumpy and convex.

The roots twisted together to form a round ball the size of a watermelon.

Just above the neck of the statue.

The head of the statue is entangled in the roots of a tree.

Looking at the figure of the statue, Mei Lin felt very familiar, very similar to the master.

He stood under the statue at a loss, but he didn't see where the essence of the master was.

He was wondering, and the master said angrily, what are you still looking at? Hurry up and take down the essence of the gloomy wood!

Listening to what Master said, it was as if the roots of the tree were surrounded by what he was looking for.

He grabbed the roots that had fallen from the statue and climbed up, then cut them off with a carpentry knife.

The roots of the tree are like life, and when they are cut off, they twist painfully.

Sure enough, in the center of the tree's roots, there was a round wooden knot the size of a human head.

The appearance of the wooden knot is exactly the same as that of a human head, and even the facial features are very clear, but they are cyan.

A wooden knot replaces the head of the statue.

It seems that the wooden knot in the shape of this human head has existed for a long time, and the body of white marble was carved later.

Mei Lin also didn't understand how there could be such a thing under the wooden tower where Lu Ban's book was stored.

Master was right, the essence of gloomy wood must be inside.

He cut off the thickest root above the knot.

Red blood-like juice flowed out of the knots.

Master said anxiously, quickly block it, don't let it run out, otherwise it will be useless!

Mei Lin hurriedly took off her clothes and plugged the gap.

Fortunately, the sap finally stopped coming out.

Mei Lin then slid down from the statue.

Master said, "This is the essence of gloomy wood.

If you follow the alchemy method passed down from your ancestors, refine it into pills and take it, and it will work. ”

Mei Lin took it in her arms, grabbed the rope and climbed up.

When he arrived at the exit, Mei Shaohua was anxiously waiting for him.

Seeing him come out safe and sound, Mei Shaohua breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked curiously at the wooden knot in the shape of a human head in Mei Lin's hand.

He'd never seen anything like it before.

In order not to alarm the others, Mei Lin did not leave.

He asked his father to go back and fetch the casserole that his grandfather used for refining medicine.

To refine the essence of gloomy wood, the best fuel is gloomy wood.

Merlin gathered some gloomy woods, lit them, and placed them under the casserole.

But to his surprise, the wooden knot was very strong, the casserole was burned red, and the wooden knot showed no sign of melting.

Mei Lin made the fire even stronger.

With a crisp snap, the casserole shattered in half, and the knot fell directly into the fire.

Merlin hurriedly got it out of the fire.

He had to ask for another teacher.

Master told him, "The knot is full of gloomy wood essence, and of course an ordinary casserole can't dissolve it.

The Mei family's alchemy technique is passed down from alchemy, and refining ordinary pills is no big deal.

But it doesn't work against gloomy wood essence. ”

So what to do? Mei Lin asked.

Master said, "If you want to dissolve the essence of gloomy wood, you must use the bronze Dan furnace. ”

The bronze furnace is extremely precious and valuable, and it is a rare thing.

Mei Lin has never even seen it.

"Zhao Ziyi has a wide range of roads, maybe he can think of a way."

Mei Lin thought about it, so he called Zhao Ziyi.

Zhao Ziyi asked him, "What do you want the Dan furnace to do?"

Only the ancient warlocks who liked alchemy could use that kind of thing.

It is very rare in the market. ”

Thinking that Mei Lin cured Zhao Yuhan's illness, without waiting for him to explain, Zhao Ziyi continued, "Recently, there was an auction in the provincial capital, and I heard that there were people selling Dan furnaces at the meeting.

As for whether it can be bought, it's hard to say, because it's a very sought-after thing.

If you're interested, I can give you a ticket. ”

Of course, Mei Lin couldn't ask for it, he said goodbye to his parents, and then returned to the provincial capital with the gloomy wood essence.

That night, Zhao Ziyi drove to the gate of Mei Lin's construction site.

Hearing that Zhao Ziyi was coming, Manager Zhao hurried out.

Zhao Yuhan was also in the car, and he called Mei Lin.

When he arrived at the door, Mei Lin saw Zhao Ziyi chatting with Manager Zhao.

Zhao Ziyi let Mei Lin get in the car and told him, "Let's go to the auction, I have three admission tickets in my hand, I can give you one." ”

Mei Lin was very happy, but Zhao Ziyi's words poured cold water on him.

Zhao Ziyi said, "The things in the auction are very expensive, I can help you."

But I'm a businessman, and if it's beyond my means, I can't help it! ”

Mei Lin had to nod, he didn't want to make it difficult for Zhao Ziyi.

Zhao Yuhan sat in the co-pilot seat, looking preoccupied.

Seeing Mei Lin getting into the car, he just greeted him and didn't speak again.

Zhao Ziyi said, "Among the four major families in the provincial capital, the Zhou family is most interested in this kind of thing.

If they take a fancy to us, then our plans will fail. ”

Mei Lin has heard that among the four major families, the strength of the Zhou family ranks second, which is stronger than the Zhang family.

The Zhao family can't compare with them.

The Zhang family and the Zhao family together can barely compete with them.

This is also one of the reasons why the Zhang family has always wanted to marry the Zhao family.

The Zhao family had the same idea.

Mei Lin said, thank you Uncle Zhao, of course it's good to be successful, if it doesn't work, I'll think of other ways.

Zhao Ziyi said with a smile, "When my father was dying, I told me to help you more."

Don't worry, I'll do my best. ”

Hearing him mention the old man of the Zhao family, Mei Lin's heart was a little sour, so he simply didn't think about it anymore.