Chapter 14: Heartbreak
Aoki's current platform took about a month to grow to its current size. In other words, he will have three months, and his mental power will not improve at all.
This is undoubtedly a big blow to Chen Mo, who uses spiritual power as his main combat ability.
"Is there a way to speed up the growth rate of spiritual power?"
"As I grow, so does the speed at which your spiritual power grows. In addition, planting plants with special energy here can also speed up the growth of mental power, and the more powerful the plant, the better. 」
Hearing this, Chen Mo knew that his mental power would not be stagnant for three months. But then again, this style has a sense of déjà vu to a strategy management game.
This platform is the power plant that produces energy, and it depends on it to open the land and build the building.
No matter how Chen Mo wants to plan the Astral Boundary Platform in the future, he must first develop this most important energy source, otherwise he will not be able to do anything.
"But how can I tell which plants are suitable for transplantation?"
"You use your psychic power to contact and meet the right species, I will remind you. 」
"Thank you then. 」
"To help you is to help me, only when you become stronger, my growth will not be restricted. 」
Chen Mo nodded, although Aoki's words were straightforward, this kind of symbiotic and win-win relationship is the condition for the two sides to get along for a long time.
If Aoki unilaterally paid without asking for anything in return, Chen Mo wouldn't dare to believe him. The kind of protagonist Wang Ba in the novel is shocked, and countless little brothers cry and beg to surrender and bow down The plot is just a good look, Chen Mo is used to the common people, and there will definitely be no one else who should be his little brother, this kind of Long Aotian-style idea.
"One thing I've always wanted to ask is, if I can bring in special plants, can I also bring in ordinary items and store them here?"
Chen Mo wanted a portable space, but he had been thinking about it for a long time.
"It is not recommended that you do this, ordinary items will not be able to withstand the baptism of energy here, and will only turn to ashes. 」
Hearing Aoki say this, Chen Mo knew that there was no hope.
But fortunately, Chen Mo found that the square box was a spatial item, and it could hold ten cubic meters of items through spiritual power, which was enough for now.
After leaving the Star Boundary, Chen Mo began to experiment with the three abilities he had acquired.
The Great Library of Eternity is the most useful. As long as Chen Mo has seen and felt something, it will be recorded in the library as a book, and even the spiritual resonance can be memorized. In this way, in the future, Chen Mo only needs to successfully cast a spell once when he learns a spell, and he will no longer need to rely on spells to guide him in the future.
In addition, the management of memories is the responsibility of the library, so Chen Mo himself will not have the embarrassing situation of having memories stuffed in his head and not being able to forget if he wants to, and will only remember relevant memories when he needs to.
As for the fountain of energy, it was to absorb the energy that the starlight turned into a liquid state to supply Chen Mo's mana consumption. Judging from the fact that Chen Mo consumed one drop of a basic spell, the energy pool the size of a basin was enough for Chen Mo to squander it wantonly.
If you think about speeding up, the biggest effect is to double the speed of his spiritual power resonance, that is, the speed of spell casting is also doubled. And it's the ability to grow, and the potential for the future is as expected.
Originally, because of his long study and meditation, Chen Mo's results in spells were not very satisfactory, except for learning some simple spells, the more advanced ones seemed to be weak, and it also took a lot of time, and as a result, Chen Mo's mental strength became a serious deviation.
The three abilities he has obtained now have slowed down the development of his spiritual power, but they have turned Chen Mo's path to learning spells into a smooth road. All in all, it's not a loss.
Since he decided to take the path of spells, of course Chen Mo would not let go of the opportunity to ask for benefits like Zhao Ling'er.
Although the spells in the cat-man village are more like the Western magic schools, and Zhao Ling'er learned the Eastern Xianxia style, but the green dragon spirit wood in Chen Mo's body is an oriental divine object, and the energy spring of the astral realm is a universal energy source, so there is no difficulty in learning Zhao Linger's spells, basically Chen Mo can trigger spells with the resonance of spiritual power.
After that, Chen Mo learned a total of ten offensive spells that he lacked, such as the Wind Mantra, the Whirlwind Mantra, the Thunder Mantra, the Five Thunder Mantra, the Ice Mantra, the Xuanbing Mantra, the Fire Mantra, the Samadhi True Fire, the Earth Mantra, and the Flying Rock Spell.
As for the spell that goes up again, it's not that Chen Mo can't learn it, but Zhao Ling'er is busy, and she is going to hack the moon to death for the eleventh time.
Immortal Er and Immortal Five, Zhao Ling'er is relatively insensitive to play, maybe those contents are too unfamiliar to her, far less than the touch that Xian Yi gave her.
One night, there was a cry next door to Chen Mo.
Zhao Ling'er lived in the house next door to him, and when he heard the crying, Chen Mo strangely went over to visit.
Using the light technique to summon a luminous sphere and holding it in his hand, the door Mo knocked on Zhao Ling'er's door, and the door was not closed tightly, Chen Mo pushed it open as soon as he knocked.
At this time, Zhao Linger didn't play the game, just shrunk up and sat on the bed crying.
"What's wrong?" Chen Mo pulled a chair and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Brother Chen, in fact, I'm just an illusory character, right? My feelings, all my experiences, are set by others, and my life is just a game, right?"
As the communication between the two sides gradually began to deepen, Zhao Linger slowly understood this world, and slowly understood what kind of existence was in the phantom land where she appeared, which would turn the illusion of another world into reality.
For this reason, Zhao Linger played the game repeatedly, just for the conjecture in her heart.
And then, today, it dawned on her.
"There is no brother Xiaoyao, no sister Yueru, no Yiru, I have nothing......
Zhao Ling'er, who was emotionally out of control, began to have abnormalities in her body, her legs began to close and change into a snake tail, her hair stood up like flames, and her huge spiritual power even shattered the clothes on her body.
"No, you're not alone. 」
Chen Mo's deep voice attracted Zhao Ling'er's attention.
"Yes, you're a character in the game, but you're never alone in this world. Think about it, since you can come to this world, then Li Xiaoyao, Lin Yueru, Li Yiru, Xiaoman, your mother, grandmother, and even your grandmother may be somewhere in this world, isn't it?"
Chen Mo's words made Zhao Ling'er begin to calm down, and her fluttering hair turned back into soft green silk, draped over her naked delicate body.
"If you're scared, then I'll go with you to find it. Li Xiaoyao can accompany you back to Miaojiang, and I can also accompany you to find your relatives, even if there are thousands of mountains and rivers. 」
Seeing that Zhao Linger's demonized state gradually subsided, Chen Mo picked up the quilt on the bed and wrapped Zhao Linger, leaving a small head exposed.
"Brother Chen, why are you so good to me. 」
"Of course, it's because I like you. 」
"Huh, this, I ......" Hearing Chen Mo say this suddenly, Zhao Ling'er became quite at a loss.
"It's not just me, there's a lot of people like me. Although you are just a game character, there are many, many people who like you. Watching you laugh, sad for you, and crying when you and the water monster died together. You know, I was really happy when I met you, because you are still alive, living in this world, if I were a teenager younger, I would never give you back to Li Xiaoyao's bastard, but now I am old. 」
Chen Mo smiled self-deprecatingly.
"Now that I think about the happiness you've had, I'm happy. Sleep, tomorrow everything will be fine. This is just the beginning of another adventurous journey, and the end is not yet in sight, so why grieve. 」
Originally, there was a plan in the village to let the children go to larger towns to study, and Chen Mo also wanted to take this opportunity to take a look at the outside world, but the unexpected situation made the village have to cancel this plan.
The canopy of the sacred tree turned yellow again.
The whole village was panicked by this change, and Chen Mo was also invited over as soon as possible.
A regeneration technique of the green dragon's divine power was sacrificed, and the crown of the sacred tree returned to its original emerald green, but this time, everyone was not as happy as before.
Chen Mo put his hands on the holy tree, carefully scanned it with his spiritual power, and finally found something unusual in the holy tree.
"Ling'er, come and take a look. 」
After that night, the depression between Zhao Ling'er's eyes and eyebrows dissipated a lot, and there were fewer people staying in the house. When getting along with the children in the village, sometimes I unconsciously show a faint gentle smile.
It's just that she still likes to play games very much, but it's not the fairy sword series, this time she is obsessed with the Xuanyuan sword series......
After Zhao Ling'er approached Chen Mo, her ears were a little red. After all, that night, everything was gone.
It's just that Chen Mo looks like nothing has happened, and Zhao Linger always feels that he is thinking nonsense alone.
Zhao Ling'er calmed down, put her palms on the tree, and used her spiritual power to sense this holy tree.
After a while, Zhao Ling'er withdrew her hands and said, "I sense a death aura inside, absorbing the life of this tree. 」
What Chen Mo saw in the demon leader, the black giant dog, was the black energy emitted like black smoke. However, in the sacred tree, Chen Mo saw an unknown existence that was as black as ink and made people's hearts palpitate, and it was constantly absorbing the green energy that represented life, which was also the main reason why the sacred tree was yellow.
It's just that this thing is very hidden, and if Chen Mo hadn't deliberately checked the holy tree, he really wouldn't have found its existence. It's just unclear how it actually parasitizes the sacred wood.
Chen Mo looked at Zhao Ling'er's thoughtful appearance, and asked, "Did Lian Lian think of anything?"
"It's a lot like a demon eater, but with a different power to absorb. 」
Then Zhao Ling'er thought about it for a while, took out a string of jade Buddhist beads, and then the Buddhist beads changed into a bald little monk in front of everyone's eyes.
"Master, what kind of place is this?" Seeing a bunch of people with cat ears on their heads, the little monk looked curiously.
"Little Stone, come and see. Zhao Ling'er didn't know how to answer, but just beckoned to Xiaoshi and said something.
The little monk sensed the holy wood as he said, but it didn't take long for him to jump away.
"It's pure death, I don't think this thing is a thing from the yang world. 」
"Can you get it out?"
"I'll see if I can do it. 」
As he spoke, Xiaoshi clasped his hands together and recited Buddhist scriptures. The Buddhist mantra in his mouth turned into golden characters and hit the body of the holy tree.
Suddenly, it's like pouring water into boiling oil. A terrifying death aura escaped from the corner of the sacred tree, and slowly forced the Buddhist mantra of the small stone back.
"Master help me!"
Xiao Shi shouted, and his body immediately changed back to the original jade Buddha bead, Zhao Ling'er stepped forward at this time and took it in his hand, pouring the spiritual power on his body into the jade Buddha bead, and suddenly the light on the Buddha bead was great, and a phantom of a big Buddha appeared in mid-air, and he stretched out his hand to suppress the dead air.
It's just that the little stone misjudged the situation, that mass of dead qi has been parasitic in the holy tree for several years, and I don't know how much life energy it has absorbed, how can it be so simple on the outside.
At this time, the evil qi condensed into a black butterfly, and hit the palm of the Buddha, and then the two sides broke apart, turning into a situation of confrontation between the two breaths, one gold and one black. No matter how much Zhao Ling'er's spiritual power is infused, the other party will also have a corresponding improvement.
"Brother Chen, if this continues, I'm afraid that I will hurt the root of the Holy Tree. Zhao Linger said worriedly.
"I'll come too. 」
Chen Mo's big hand held Zhao Ling'er's small hand holding the jade Buddha bead, and the green dragon's divine power gushed out.
At this time, the surrounding Buddha light condensed into golden characters, and then these characters were connected and strung into chains, and they were wound around the holy tree, and they became tighter and tighter, and even turned into the holy tree, and then slowly dragged out the source of the dead qi.
As the shackles of Buddha words slowly disappeared, on the ground in front of Chen Mo and Zhao Ling'er, there was a small black insect the size of a thumb, with one gold stripe after another on his body. If you look at it with a magnifying glass, you can see that it is composed of small Buddhist scripture texts.
"That...... Brother Chen. At this time, a soft voice came from Chen Mo's side.
Chen Mo turned his head, Zhao Ling'er was blushing and looking down, Chen Mo's hand was still holding on to others.
"I'm sorry. Chen Mo hurriedly let go.
Although she has become a mother, Zhao Ling'er grew up in isolation on Xianling Island since she was a child, and although she and Li Xiaoyao ventured into many things, she only died with the water monster for more than a year, and her life experience is not much, and she is essentially the innocent girl on Xianling Island.
"Nothing. Zhao Ling'er blushed and smiled.
"I just wanted to do me a favor, nothing else. 」
Originally, Chen Mo didn't think much about it, but Zhao Ling'er's appearance reminded him of the soft touch of his little hands......
"I know. 」
Zhao Ling'er took back the jade Buddha beads, and Chen Mo also got rid of the trace of thought that came out of his heart. The two of them looked at the little black caterpillar on the ground curiously, but the dead air was sealed by the Buddha's words, so it didn't look special, it just looked listless.
"Ling'er, you Miao are experts in Gu cultivation, do you know what this thing is?"
Zhao Ling'er shook her head, she had left Miao Jiang since she was a child, and she was not good at Gu arts.
Chen Mo found a plastic box and put it away, waiting for it to be disposed of afterwards.
After this incident, the whole tree has shrunk a lot, but the internal troubles are gone, and it will get better.
"Elder Simmons, how do you take care of this sacred tree?"
"It's spring water from the mountains, and occasionally some alchemical potions. 」
The villagers saw the scene and became more and more respectful to the two.
"Don't use the spring water yet, this thing may have been mixed into the spring water when it was an egg, so the sacred wood will be parasitized unknowingly. 」
Hearing Chen Mo's words, the villagers panicked again, because they were all using spring water to refine medicines.
"Don't be nervous, you're all right, it's probably just me worrying. However, Elder Simmons, it would be better for you to arrange for someone to take me up the mountain to have a look. 」
"Absolutely. 」
The next day, Chen Mo first used the regeneration technique to restore the holy wood, and then went up the mountain with Zhao Ling'er, Nicole, and some villagers who led the way.
It's just that the more he looked at that mountain, the more Chen Mo felt that something was wrong.
Because of the mountains, he seemed to know......
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