Chapter 117 Leaving the Fire Wood and the South Stone Willow (II)

Hearing Merge's denial, Banan sighed and said rather disappointed: "It seems that we have been looking for so long in vain......"

Merge shook his head, "Not necessarily. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"That sentence woke me up. "You hear the sound of water, so we can go to the source of the sound and see if there is any other wood suitable for making pipes." ”

"Where the water and fire elements are intertwined, and in such a dense fire environment, you should be able to find some suitable wood. ”

"Well, let's go to the source of the sound of the water. Banan nodded, turned and walked in the direction of the sound of water.

However, Banan hadn't taken a few steps before he suddenly pointed to the dense bushes under his feet and exclaimed, "Look, Merge, is this a fire wood?"

Merge approached Banan, crouched down and peeled through the dense branches, and saw a stump about half a meter in diameter.

The crimson stump section is densely covered with circles of pale black growth rings. The stump was flat and looked unusually old with signs of wind and rain, and it was clear that the tree had been cut down for many years.

Merge reached out and touched the port of the stump a few times, his brows furrowing more and more, "It's a tyrannical thing!"

"What's wrong, Merge?"

"When I saw the relatively young off-fire tree before, I felt very strange. There is no sign that this extinct volcano has erupted in the last 500 years, so how can it be less than 20 years old from the burning wood?"

Merger's brows furrowed, "It stands to reason that there should be a fire tree more than five hundred years old in this extinct volcano, and I didn't understand until I saw this stump now. ”

He tapped his fingers a few times on the stump. "Looking at its rings, the stump is a tree that is more than six hundred years old, but because the person who cut it did not cut it in the right way, the good tree has died. ”

"If you don't cut it in the right way, it will basically not grow new shoots. Merger paused. "If it weren't for the fact that the environment here is very suitable for the growth of fire-free wood, even the small fire-free wood from before would not exist. ”

"Merge, do you mean that the little Off-Fire Wood is the new sprout from the dead stump of the Fire-Leaving Tree?"

"Yes. Merge nodded, "The person who cut down this tree must be a layman, because he did not take the body of the tree from the fire wood in the right way, and almost killed the tree." ”

Merge gritted his teeth, "Interests are smoking, and they are fishing!"

Banan understood what was going on. He was also very angry, "This kind of person who only covets immediate interests is indeed hateful!"

"Let's go......," Merge shook his head, "I hope this little firewood won't suffer such a fate again." ”

............

A moment later, Merge and his party followed the direction from which the sound of the water came to a deep pool.

Banan looked at the calm pool of water, and there was a cloud of doubt between his eyebrows. "When I heard the sound of water, I thought there would be a small waterfall here. However, when I walked here, I found that it was an unusually quiet deep pool. So, where did the sound of water come from?"

After carefully looking at the deep pool in front of him, Murge did not find the inlet or outlet, so Murge was also curious. The sound of water near the deep pool, what the hell is going on.

Merge walked to the edge of the pool and crouched down, dipped his finger in the water, and put it in his mouth.

After tasting the water, Merge's eyes lit up. He said slowly: "The sound we hear is the sound of the underground water flowing. ”

"Underground water flow?"

Merge nodded, "The water in this pool tastes salty and has a faint smell of the sea, so there should be an underground water flow at the bottom of this deep pool, connecting to the endless abyssal sea. ”

"Connected to the Endless Abyss Sea...... Banan looked surprised, "This is the middle of the Tianyue Mountain Range, and the distance from the Endless Abyss Sea is half a distance from the Tianyue Mountain Range. ”

"This is not surprising. Merge smiled, "Let's see if there's any wood nearby that is suitable for making pipes." ”

Banan nodded, and followed Merge as he searched around the deep pool.

Half an hour later, Merge and his party searched for suitable wood, and unconsciously walked slowly to the other end of the deep pool.

Suddenly, Merge seemed to see something, stretched out his hand and pointed to the edge of the deep pool and exclaimed, "Nanshi Liu!"

Without waiting for Banan to ask, Merge trotted all the way to the edge of the deep pool in the direction he was pointing. Seeing this, Banan hurriedly followed Merge.

At this time, there was a strangely shaped plant in front of Merge, with a twisted trunk and abnormal bark folds, and this was exactly what Merge called the southern stone willow.

The blue-gray bark of the southern stone willow looks extremely ugly, and the overall shape of the trunk is curved, and the branches are fangs and claws. There are several willow-like branches at the top of the willow branch, which hang down into the water surface of the deep pool. However, on these few scarce branches, there is not a single leaf, and it looks bare.

If it weren't for Banan's ability to perceive the rich breath of life emanating from this South Stone Willow, just looking at the appearance of the South Stone Willow, he would definitely think that it was a plant that had long since died.

Merge stroked the folded bark of the South Stone Willow with an excited face, "It's no wonder that there is a strange tree like the South Stone Willow here, the endless abyss sea is connected to the bottom of this deep pool, the salt content of the water is very high, and this place is an extinct volcano, and the intensity of the fire element is just in line with the growth environment of the South Stone Willow." ”

Seeing that Merge's eyes lit up, Banan asked very curiously, "Merge, is it rare to see Nanshiliu?"

"Very rare!" Merge nodded vigorously, "The southern stone willow is a magical tree that grows in the depths of the sea, in the area of the extinct volcano under the sea, and it is also the best wood for making pipes. ”

"But......" Merge frowned, distressed again.

"But what?" Listening to Merge say that the southern stone willow is the best wood for making pipes, Banan was very happy in his heart, but seeing Merge's sad face at this time, Banan's heart sank, and he was a little worried that this southern stone willow would be like a wood from the previous fire, and it could not be made into a pipe for various reasons.

"The wood density of Nanshi willow is extremely high, and the hardness is even more than that of the earth fire crystal, and I am now a little worried about how to break this Nanshi willow, and it is under the condition of not hurting the life of Nanshi willow. ”

Merge's eyebrows were full of sorrow, at this moment the weapons on his body were only some tool knives and a heavy sword, the tool knife was sharp enough but too small, and the heavy sword was big enough but not as hard as the South Stone Willow, so for a while, Merge didn't know how to take wood on the South Stone Willow.

"It would be a pity if it was uprooted, after all, it is too rare, and it is very rare to meet a tree more than 500 years old in the interior. ”

Banan stared at Nan Shiliu for a long time, and then slowly spoke, "Or, let me try......"

Merge's eyes flashed, "Banan, do you have a way?"

"Have you forgotten that our people have the ability to communicate with trees and flowers. Banan glanced at Nanshiliu, "However, many trees have no intelligence, only the instinct to keep growing, so they can't communicate with each other. ”

Banan shook his head, "I'm not sure if this southern stone willow gave birth to a faint spiritual intelligence, if not, then I can't help it." ”

"A dead horse is a live horse doctor, Banan, you can try it first. (To be continued.) )