Chapter 26: The Stranger
Wang Lung looked at a red-black, slightly fish-scale-like piece of wood less than three inches in his hand, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
After the flame of the fire tree fault was exhausted, no crystal nucleus was produced, and Wang Lung was unwilling to cut down a few more fire trees, and in the end, the crystal nucleus was not found, but a piece of Yan scale wood was found.
Although Yan Scales Wood is not a cherished material, but for the current Wang Long, it is not used, if you give one, the other party can also raise your eyelids, the reason why you say this is completely based on the value of Yan Scalewood.
After the fire tree is cut down, there is no trace of annual rings in its section, only inexplicable flames come out, and after the flames disappear, there will be a certain chance of forming a Yan Scale Tree, as for the fire tree, Wang Lung originally did not know the name, but after seeing the Yan Scale Tree, he already knew that this tree is called the Red Flame Tree, and it is the only tree that forms the Yan Scale Tree.
How to judge the year of the red flame tree, in fact, it can be distinguished from the scale wood formed after its calcination, the surface of the scale wood has a layer of light silver, like a fish scale-like pattern, around the whole scale wood to form a round line like the annual ring version, look at the formation of the pattern of the annual ring and the length of the scale wood can distinguish its year.
Each circle of annual rings represents a hundred years, and each inch of length represents a thousand years, the Yan scale wood in Wang Long's hand is just three thousand years, three inches long plus less than a whole circle of annual rings, and the fish scale-like silver veins are dispensable, the reason is that the use of Yan scale wood is too single, it is the main material for refining the fire attribute spirit weapon of the cultivator in the foundation building period.
The spiritual weapon refined from Yan scale wood is of average quality and has a single attribute, unless the Yan scale wood that is more than 10,000 years old may be able to enter a magic eye, and then cooperate with other materials, as long as the forging skills are skillful. It is not difficult to refine the spirit treasure.
Alchemy forging tools Wang Lung didn't have these skills, he hadn't studied them systematically, but he knew most of the materials used, this Yan scale wood may not be anything to the brothers and two, but in Wang Long's eyes, it can be worth some spars.
After putting away the Yan Scale Wood, Wang Lung smiled bitterly. The purpose of cutting down the Red Flame Tree was not achieved, he thought that everything in the entire space was transformed into crystal nuclei, but the result was not what he wanted.
If he really guessed it, Wang Lung would immediately return to the ground and destroy all the rocks and red flame trees within a thousand zhang of the outer periphery of the Pure Land, as for the strange snake, let it go, Bai Yue Shame probably has nothing to do with the other party, Wang Lung doesn't want to provoke the other party's anger again.
It's a pity that the result obtained is not what Wang Lung wants, and the Red Flame Tree grows here in the first place. It has nothing to do with the crystal nucleus, and the strange snake will continue to search.
Thinking back to earlier today, when he returned to the hot spring for the second time, he had just approached the hot spring, and he saw a fire spirit beast flashing above the hot spring, in fact, Wang Lung should not have done such a senseless thing from the beginning, since the fire spirit beast showed its head in the hot spring, it was obvious that the other party was hiding here. It must have something to do with that strange snake.
There is no justification for the existence of the Red Flame Tree, whether it is artificial or innate. Wang Lung didn't want to ask anymore, he could only keep going until he pulled out the strange snake and conquered the other party completely, otherwise Arlinn would not have thought about passing the experience questions he had given him. There was a fire spirit beast staring at Baiyue Shame from the side, and Wang Lung had no hope of leaving Baiyue Shame behind.
After having a single Yan Scale Tree, Wang Lung didn't plan to cut down all the Red Flame Trees he saw, and Wang Lung knew very well the purpose of his trip. Becoming a cultivator through training is Wang Lung's constant goal, and the value of Yan Scalewood is not yet to the point where he can give up his dream, even if he can achieve it, in his opinion, there are still two months left, and the half-year period set by Arlinn is coming up, and he himself doesn't know how big the space is, until he solves the strange snake, he doesn't have the heart to become a lumberjack.
Just as Wang Lung continued to look for the strange snake, a figure suddenly appeared in a place not far from him, this figure was all fiery red, including clothes, hair, skin, etc., everything on its body was fiery red, and it looked like an ordinary human being, but it looked a little weird, and its face was covered by a flame, so it couldn't be seen clearly.
This man did not touch the ground, and floated slowly like a ghost, looking at the direction he was taking, if Wang Lung had been here, he would have known that it was the passage that he had passed through after going down to the hot spring, and every time he looked at it, he felt palpitations.
I don't know how far this person has drifted, the passage he walked on seems to have no end, and the surroundings are not like the dark red rocks that Wang Lung saw, as for what it is, I am afraid that even Wang Lung will not be able to tell here, because this place is very dark, and it can be said that he can't see his fingers.
In the dark Tongdu, there was nothing to be seen around, and a fiery red figure slowly floated into the depths.
Suddenly, the man stopped, looked up into the distance, and saw no expression on his face, but raised an arm, and in an instant a burst of flame shot out from the direction of his finger.
The speed of the fireworks was so fast that they disappeared in the blink of an eye, and when the man saw the flames disappear, he stopped moving, and floated in place, as if waiting for an echo, without any sound, and it was very strange.
About a time later, in the depths of the passage, rows of things like candlesticks suddenly appeared on both sides, and two of them extended from both sides of the passage every ten zhang, and in an instant they came close to the strange man, and the flames released by the strange man shot back from the depths of the passage as if they were spiritual, and every time they passed a candlestick, they would ignite the flames on the candlestick.
When all the candlesticks were lit, the flame disappeared into the strange man's body, and the strange man continued to float forward.
After ten minutes, the strange man finally stopped, looked at the closed door in front of him, and made the same movement again, but this time, before the flames could shoot out, a helpless voice sounded all around.
"You've let Spirit Flame clear the way for you, so why bother doing more, come in. ”
After hearing the sound, the flame in the strange man's hand was instantly extinguished, and he floated towards the cave door without looking back, and he did not see any movement to open the door, as if he passed directly through the cave door invisibly, and the cave door never opened.
If Wang Lung was here, he would be able to find that this place was somewhat similar to the Pure Land he had visited, but the area was half smaller, and there were also three palaces. The Moon Dragon Palace, the Dragon King Palace, and the Nameless Palace are all here.
The doors of the three palaces are also closed, and Wang Lung has a stone bed in the place where he planted Baiyue in the Pure Land, and there is an inconspicuous pale yellow stone table opposite the stone bed, and there are three stone benches around the stone table, which is the only difference between this place and the Pure Land.
Now there are two strange people sitting at the stone table, and the reason why these two people are very strange. One was a red strange man who had just come in and couldn't see his face clearly, and sitting next to him was a young scholar with dark skin and a single horn on his head, but this person was very burly, don't look at him sitting, he was also a tall man, dressed in the clothes of a scholar's son, and gently shook it with a folding fan in his hand.
"Why did Brother Firefly have time to come to me, could it be that your Flame Crystal Body has already been cultivated?" asked the one-horned scholar.
The fiery red monster is named Hotaru. It seems to be very familiar with the one-horned scholar, but there are two strange people living in seclusion here, and I don't know what it has to do with the Pure Land.
Firefly Hua chuckled and said: "Brother Huangyan, you are knowingly asking, the body of the younger brother Yanjing has just been cultivated, and before it is stable, you met the young master to enter the Pure Land, and the eldest brother is too, you don't stop the young master from planting flowers." Instead, let me out, how can it end now. ”
Huang Yan smiled and said, "It's not that the eldest brother is lazy. Some time ago, the ancestor came and said that as long as the young master did not enter the three palaces, he would let him mess around in the Pure Land, although you and I have a task in our bodies, and we must not let others plant flowers in the Pure Land. But who is it, after all, he is the young master, even if the master knows, not to mention that the ancestor himself gave an order. ”
"Hmph, big brother, you are very light. Why don't you tell me about the ancestor, and make the little brother a bad guy behind his back. ”
"Brother don't blame, when the ancestor came, you were in retreat, not that the elder brother said you, you have been in retreat for 500,000 years in order to condense the body of the flame crystal, if you didn't know the elder brother's cultivation technique, I would have thought that you were reincarnated." Seeing that Yinghua wanted to defend himself, Huang Yan waved his hand and continued: "This can't be blamed on your elder brother and me, even if the Supreme Elder they all thought that you had disappeared, the Supreme Elder had summoned me many times to tell me your whereabouts, if it weren't for my cleverness, hehe, I'm afraid you wouldn't have a chance to practice into the body of Yan Jing." ”
Firefly Hua sighed lightly and said: "Yes, if Elder Taishang knew, he would definitely prevent me from cultivating the body of Yan Crystal, for this technique, and in order not to let Elder Taishang and others find out, I have only been in retreat for so long, and now I have finally succeeded, but ......"
"Alas...... Why do you sigh and sigh, your cultivation of the body of Yan Jing is just stealing one-ten-thousandth of the energy of the sun, this loss is nothing at all, there is no need to mind, not to mention, this is what the master and his wife have verbally promised, as long as it is not discovered by Elder Taishang and others, besides, even if Elder Taishang finds out now, your body of Yan Jing has been completed, can you still disperse this technique, it is impossible. ”
Firefly Hua nodded and said: "Brother is right, Elder Taishang is upright, sometimes he is really unkind, but his attitude towards things is convincing, since the junior brother's exercises have been completed, there is no need to worry." ”
Huang Yan said: "Haha, that's right, what's more, when the ancestor came some time ago, even if you can't retreat, can't you see what you're going to do with the ancestor's supernatural powers? ”
Firefly nodded and said: "Thank you eldest brother for solving the puzzle for the younger brother, but then again, the younger brother is not here for Yan Jing's body, but for the young master, and now I have offended the young master a lot, you can help me find a way." ”
"How do you say this, you just stole two of his hundred moon smuggling, as long as you don't steal it again. ”
Firefly Hua sighed lightly and said: "If that's the case, the little brother has just finished the retreat, the young master happened to be planting Baiyue Shy, at that time I was just starting to have magical powers, and I wanted to try how powerful it was, so I sent tens of millions of incarnations, at that time I didn't know that he was the young master, and when I saw someone planting flowers in the Pure Land, I stole Baiyue Shy." ”
Huang Yan asked puzzledly, "Then why did you steal it a second time?"
"Hey, don't talk about the second time, if I had known that he was the young master, I wouldn't have stolen it the first time, at that time I had just attained supernatural powers, and before I was stable, after the incarnation was sent out, I gave my own orders to let them do their own thing, and I was busy with retreat and didn't pay attention to it at all. ”
Huang Yan suddenly asked, "You won't instill the orders left by your master into your avatar, will you?"
Firefly nodded and said, "Yes, I thought that there would be anyone in this place, so I just gave a few orders, but when I understood, the young master had already come to the door." ”
Huang Yan asked: "Are you saying that the first two times to steal the young master's Baiyue shame were done by your incarnation, not your original intention, in this case, just talk to the young master to make it clear, let the young master continue to plant the hundred moon shame, what else is difficult to resolve?"
"Hey, my brother, when the young master came down, I think you should know, at that time, my incarnation had just returned, and I was practicing the crystallization body outside the cave, and I happened to be bumped into by the young master, even so, I didn't know that he was the young master at that time, and after recovering all the incarnations, the young master just followed, and he also imprisoned my three incarnations, I said this, you should understand." ”
Huang Yan nodded in a daze and said: "You are ruthless, it seems that the young master has already entered your body, this is a little troublesome, your body is the supreme yang essence fire, and the body is a space of its own, with the young master's current ability, if you don't take the initiative to release him, I'm afraid he won't think of it in this life, but, even so, you just need to ...... No, what did you just say, when the young master entered, he still imprisoned your three incarnation......s? With your unstable powers, can you say ......?"
Firefly Hua sighed and said: "Yes, if the supernatural power of my crystallized body is already stable, even if the young master imprisons my incarnation for tens of thousands, it doesn't matter, I can open the internal space and release the young master, but not now, you know, the space in my body is self-contained, one day in the outside world, one year in it, and after I stabilize the supernatural powers, I am afraid that the young master will have thousands of years in it, as far as I know, the young master has only only only realized the cultivation in the early stage, and the longevity is also a thousand years, and he has no life at that time." ”
Hearing this, Huang Yan laughed: "You are not offending the young master, but asking him to die, this beam can be big, if you don't get it right, the master will not spare you." ”
Firefly smiled bitterly and said: "Who said it wasn't, that's why I came to ask you for help, brother, the young master can't afford to wait for thousands of years, but the young master should be able to bear it in a few decades." (To be continued......)