That night, in a hall at the entrance of the Geyue Hall in Dangyang City, the disciples of the Vientiane Sect were sitting and chatting, and only Lin Xian was shocked to look through a pile of files.

Hua Lanting asked him, "Xian Jing, what are you looking at? Is there any news about Master Heshang and Lin Fengzhi in the daily information of these Song Moon Societies?"

Lin Xian replied while tidying up: "Xiong Chengmao has reconfirmed that after Master Heshang and Lin Fengzhi came to the Houtu Continent, they joined the Taihe Sect and the Tianyi Sect respectively, Lin Fengzhi led people to exterminate the Shadowless Sect and then hidden, Master Heshang has appeared in many places, but his whereabouts are erratic, Xiong Ba said that he will notify us as soon as there is news." ”

Lin Xian raised the file in his hand again, and continued: "The ordinary daily information about the movements of the Houtu Continent every day within the Geyue Society is here, except for the two masters of the river, I can't see other important content with a secret level and displayed in jade slips, but in the past few days, I have found two things worth paying attention to from these public information. ”

"Ahh He walked over, ready to listen.

When Lin Xian was about to speak, there was a noise of quarreling from the side, and he glanced at it, it was Yi Liunian who was arguing with Song Feifei about something.

Song Feifei took a sip of water, stood up, condescendingly, and said something loudly to Yi Liunian with his eyebrows fluttering.

She danced with her hands, and when she said about rising, her saliva splashed, and some of it sprayed on Yi Liunian's face.

Song Feifei was a little embarrassed at first, and when he saw that Yi Liunian was wiping, he immediately pretended to be angry, and said angrily in a loud voice: "What's the matter? Senior Brother Liunian, you dislike me." ”

Yi Liunian is no longer as frizzy as when he was young, and seeing Song Feifei's anxious look, he said with a smile on his face: "No, I'm just wiping evenly, that's it." ”

"Poof!"

Song Feifei took another sip of water at this time, listening to Yi Liunian's words, he didn't expect him to tolerate it so much, he didn't hold back for a while, and a sip of herbal tea sprayed on his face.

Yi Liunian turned to Lin Xianjing: "Xianjing, you don't care about your mother-in-law, brother, I haven't reached the time to sleep and wash my face yet." ”

Lin Xian couldn't help laughing: "Blame me, blame me, I didn't educate well." You two be quiet, I'll get down to business with Lan Ting. ”

"I noticed two strange things. ”

"One is about the Taihe Sect and the Tianyi Sect. These two pagan cults, one in the south and one in the north, used to do their own bad things in their spheres of influence, and the water from the wells did not interfere with the water of the river. ”

"But recently, many disputes on the Houtu Continent have occurred where people from two sects have appeared at the same time, and they are still peaceful, so there is a problem, I suspect that Taihe and Tianyi have secretly joined forces. ”

"If so, what do they want to do?"

"The second thing is about wildfires. ”

"This incident went unnoticed to me at first, and there were only sporadic records in the intelligence at first, but the problem was that it became more and more frequent, which was abnormal. ”

"What's wrong?" Hua Lanting asked.

"Mountain fires are not uncommon in this season, but first, these wildfires are more likely to occur in the mountainous areas where some Xiuzhen sects are located this year, second, after the wildfires are extinguished, they will be repeatedly rekindled, causing heavy losses to these sects, and some have to be forced to move away, and third, the rekindled wildfires are mostly aroused by thunder. ”

Hua Lanting said: "It's a pity that he didn't bring Mu Qian this time, he can communicate with the trees and flowers, and he should be able to find out the reason, otherwise, let's ask someone from the merchant on the Houtu Continent to send the news back and ask him?"

Lin Xian was shocked and said: "It's also a way, I'm afraid that the exchange of information is too slow." I asked the people of the Geyue Society, and they said that there are a lot of eucalyptus trees in the area where the incident occurred, and that wild and artificially planted eucalyptus trees are very widespread on the thick soil continent, because the land here is sparsely populated, and according to past experience, eucalyptus trees can quickly recover after wildfires, allowing vegetation and ecology to recover. ”

"Eucalyptus?" suddenly a voice was heard in the corner.

The one who spoke was Wan An.

Wan An is a man in his thirties, with an ordinary appearance, and he is the kind of person who can't be found when he falls into a pile of people.

After he was rescued, he learned that the only relatives in the world, Wan Daigo and his wife, had passed away, because he was sad, and because he was still a stranger to the people of Vientiane Gate, and his cultivation barely passed the Yudan realm, it was estimated that he was also inferior in front of everyone, so he always shrank in the corner and bowed his head and kept silent.

Hearing Wan An speak, Lin Xian asked in surprise, "Brother Wan, do you know what's going on?"

Wan An shook his head: "I don't know why the wildfires are rampant, but I know a little about the habits of eucalyptus." ”

It turned out that Wan An's qualifications were average, and he was not interested in martial arts cultivation, so even with the guidance of a famous teacher like Wan Daigo and his wife, his cultivation has been progressing slowly. But he grew up in the mountains and forests since he was a child, and he knows plants very well, and most of his energy is used in this aspect.

When it came to what he was good at, Wan An immediately became sharp and eloquent. After his explanation, everyone understood what eucalyptus trees are all about.

The vitality of the eucalyptus tree is extremely tenacious.

Because the heart of the eucalyptus tree is hidden deep in the branches, natural wildfires can only damage its surface, and as long as the heart is not damaged, the eucalyptus tree can be quickly resurrected to give birth to new shoots and young leaves.

The reason why the vegetation of other trees has not been revived is that their hearts are on the surface, and after the root is damaged, they cannot germinate new branches from the branches, but can only re-sprout from the underground root system.

In addition, it is well known that sunlight is a valuable resource in the forest, and the more sunlight you are exposed to, the more energy the plant produces on its own, and the more vigorously it produces.

Therefore, in order to get more sunlight, plants will desperately grow upwards in order to occupy the most advantageous position.

However, it is the eucalyptus tree that is the first to recover, and the heart of the tree is not damaged, the new shoots sprout from the branches, and the eucalyptus tree will take advantage of the position, and the leaves of the eucalyptus tree will block out the sun, making it difficult for the sun to reach the ground, which will cause other vegetation to receive less sunlight, so that it grows slowly and even dies.

In addition, eucalyptus seeds have a hard shell, which is not easy to germinate under natural conditions, and needs to be calcined by a large fire. The seeds of other plants are burned to death at high temperatures and lose their activity, which also causes eucalyptus to recover the earliest and fastest.

As a result, the number of eucalyptus trees increases dramatically after each wildfire.

Because of this, fire can help eucalyptus trees survive and grow better, and eucalyptus trees can be said to be fire-loving trees that are not afraid of fire.

To attract fire, eucalyptus trees have evolved to enrich their leaves with oil.

This is why the presence of eucalyptus trees in the aftermath of wildfires makes fires difficult to extinguish.

In the aftermath of fires, eucalyptus trees replace other vegetation in a big way, and the increasing number of eucalyptus trees will inevitably lead to a larger area of fire that is more difficult to control in the event of another fire.

In nature, abundant vegetation is a good thing, because plants are autotrophic organisms that are able to convert sunlight into energy and store it, herbivores obtain energy by eating plants, carnivores then prey on herbivores, and after the carnivores die, the carcass is converted into new energy, which is a virtuous cycle.

However, this is not always the case with the increase in eucalyptus trees.

Eucalyptus trees are bad, and they have another property – they have evolved to be poisonous so that they are not eaten by herbivores, and only a few animals, such as koalas, are able to break down this toxicity and can feed on eucalyptus.

With more eucalyptus trees, other animals are threatened with food shortages.

The domineering nature of eucalyptus trees is also reflected in other aspects.

For plants to survive better, they need water and other nutrients in addition to fighting for sunlight. However, eucalyptus has a well-developed root system that can absorb a large amount of water and trace substances in the soil, resulting in desertification of the land and loss of fertility.

Eucalyptus is an evolutionarily successful tree species, with the position of the heart, the grease of the branches, the hardness of the seeds, the toxicity of the leaves, and the well-developed root system that give them an advantage in ecological competition.

But the consequences are also terrible, in areas with a lot of eucalyptus, the frequency of fires is high, the amount of other vegetation is low, and the local ecological environment is distorted.

After speaking, Wan An said, "This is what I know about eucalyptus. As for the other anomalies you mentioned, such as heavenly thunder, such as threatening the survival of the sect, I don't understand. ”

Lin Xian was silent for a while and then said: "Natural disasters often occur, it's not terrible, it's been like this for many years. But if you add man-made disasters, it's hard to say. ”

Hua Lanting asked: "You mean that there is a human factor in this?"

"I don't have evidence yet, but my gut tells me that there must be a demon when things go wrong. ”

While they were discussing, someone from the Geyue Club came in to find Hua Lanting and Lin Xianjing, and handed them a letter, saying that Xiong Chengmao had asked to bring it.

Unfold a look, in the letter, Xiong Chengmao said that the mountain area where the Geyue Club is located has frequent fires, the fire is huge, and it has caused manpower loss, and the big people in the club can't completely prevent the occurrence of mountain fires, the situation is very strange, and the Geyue Club has even prepared for the relocation of the headquarters.

Xiong Chengmao didn't have time to worry about other things now, so he suggested that the people from Vientiane Gate wait where they were, and contact them after the Geyue Society had settled down.

After reading the letter, everyone in Vientiane Gate discussed it and felt that something was strange, so they decided to rush to Dali Mountain in Fancheng, the headquarters of the Geyue Society, as soon as possible to find out.

Early the next morning, everyone set off and traveled at a rapid pace.

Chen Zhiyuan and Elder Chen Zhen of the Divine Rune Heavenly Dun Sect also decided to go with them after the Qimen Dunjia Dao Technique Exchange Conference.

A few days later, they entered the confines of Dali Mountain.

After entering the mountain, what you see along the way is really full of devastation, many places at a glance are large areas of scorched earth, not a single inch of grass grows, and the places where clusters of new green are eucalyptus forests.

Further up, the mountain gate of the Singing Moon Society has now been burned down, and many of the buildings in the first half have been turned into ruins and scorched black, and the people of the Singing Moon Society have retreated to the second half of the area.

After the report, Xiong Chengmao hurriedly came out to greet everyone, sighed as soon as they met, and after taking everyone in, under the inquiry, Xiong Chengmao explained the specific situation in detail.