Chapter 13: Ten thousand years of peach wood and sycamore
"Wutong?" Hearing this, Fang Guiyuan and Chen Jiu glanced at each other, held a wine jar and looked up and asked Zhu Xuan, "What kind of Wutong?"
Anyway, without even thinking about it, you can guess that it won't be an ordinary sycamore that can make Zhu Duan so excited!
Tao Yao was always paying attention to the progress of things in his body, and when he heard Zhu Xuan's words, he was immediately fished out, although his eyes were covered up with all his might, he could still see his expectations.
Zhu Broken back his hands, with a sigh on his face, "I didn't expect it to be like this, I thought I wouldn't feel the same sycamore breath again in my life." β
Fang Guiyuan: Don't gossip if you have the ability, don't you see that Tao Yao is almost "fetal gas" by you now?
However, how can Zhu Xuan's character be like Fang Guiyuan, and after sighing for a while, he said directly to Tao Yao: "Do you remember the secret realm I once visited? In fact, when I accidentally entered it by mistake, I not only found that strange gourd, but also a piece of decayed sycamore wood heart that was about to turn to ashes......"
After a pause, Zhu Duan had a little memory and amazement on his face, and he also sat down with Fang Guiyuan and them, picked up a wine glass, and didn't drink it, "At that time, I was tormented by the formation left over from that secret realm to protect, and I bled all the way and ran away, but fortunately, the sky did not kill me, not only let me take the treasure, but also let me see the sycamore wood heart in a dry garden." β
"Although the wooden heart has died to ashes, the residual power is still there, and the residual temperature still burns the grass for several miles around, which is extremely domineering. What I felt in Tao Yao's body this time, I felt that it was the same as the breath left in the sycamore wood heart, but one was already a dead thing, and the other was still a new life!"
"This ......" Chen Jiu was also a little surprised after listening to Zhu Xuan's description, "Is there really such a powerful sycamore?
Fang Guiyuan kept nodding in agreement beside him.
Tao Yao...... Tao Yao...... He is a hardcore otaku and has never been out, there are still the most peach trees on Jintao Mountain, where have you ever seen a sycamore like that?
It can't be blamed that he didn't recognize the mass of qi in his body......
"Listen to you...... Is that the legendary Sycamore Emperor Tree for the sacred bird Phoenix to inhabit in ancient times?" Fang Guiyuan thought about the ancient books he had read, then compared them and asked.
There are many species of trees in the world, and those plane trees of different styles are distributed all over the world, but they still have the confidence to talk about half of them!
However, it is not a random plane tree that can attract the phoenix, which is a picky and strange bird, only the plane tree that can grow to the point of thousands of meters can be selected as a habitat by the phoenix familyββββ and the plane tree is also a kind of ancient tree with great power in the legend.
It's just that now the Sycamore Emperor has been extinct for a long time.
Zhu Duan nodded, "That's what I guessed, after all, it's rare to see a sycamore with that kind of ability!"
Then he turned his head to Tao Yao and said, "Daoyou Tao Yao, the qi in your body is the wood spirit of the Sycamore Emperor Tree in the early birth period!" But ......" Zhu Xuan gasped again, and said a little hesitantly: "What kind of ancient tree species are you, how can you give birth to the Sycamore Emperor Tree?"
Fang Guiyuan and Chen Jiu immediately pricked up their ears: although they knew that Tao Yao was an ancient relic, they really didn't know which one!
Anyway, the matter has been figured out, and Tao Yao, who probably felt that the air mass would not hurt him much, also fell halfway, and he was much easier to speak.
"It's not something that can't be said, but you didn't ask, and I didn't bother to mention it. β
In stock!!
Fang Guiyuan's soul of the melon-eating masses immediately rose up, and he diligently poured Tao Yao a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "Then we ask now, you can tell us about it!"
Tao Yao drank the wine, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Actually, although I bear the name of an ancient relic, in fact, there is nothing strange about it, if you want to ask me where I come from, it has also been mentioned in the books you have read." β
"For example......"
Fang Guiyuan shook his head, counting on Tao Yao to give him some hints-how many years have they all lived, how many books have they read?
"Just like the big willow tree on the edge of the Santu River in Hades!" Tao Yao still smiled.
"Big Willow Tree, are you the brother of that Liufu Jun?" As soon as Zhu Duan heard Tao Yao say about the big willow tree next to the Santu River, he immediately reacted.
"I see......," Fang Guiyuan also understood, and took the opportunity to shake his head and start dropping his book bag, "It was mentioned in the ancient books that when the Divine Tree Jianmu was ordered to be cut down by the Emperor of Heaven, he once scattered his own seeds in three places, but which three places were there, and so far I only know one of them, the one that was scattered on the edge of the Santu River and grew into a willow tree, as for the other two...... No one knows about it, and there's not much to write about it. β
The so-called Jianmu is actually one of the most famous sacred trees in ancient times, and its body is huge enough to hold the heavens and the earth, and its branches and leaves are so large that it is said to have covered the area of a country.
And it is also mentioned in the Book of Mountains and Seas - "the emperors rely on it up and down". Of course, the more detailed and credible record is the Chronicle of the Three Realms, compiled by professional monastics.
According to the "Chronicle of the Three Realms", the gods in ancient times often traveled with the human world in the heavens through the natural ladder of Jianmu, and some capable mortals could also go to the heavenly realm by persevering in climbing Jianmu - which made the heavenly immortals feel a little uncomfortable.
You must know that in ancient times, human beings were not enlightened, and what they advocated was fanatical god worship, in order to meet the gods they believed in, it was able to truly go to heaven!
As a result, there were too many star-chasing clans who came to heaven later, which caused the daily decadent life of those immortals to be seriously affected.
When you go to meet your admirers, you have to be serious, you have to be kind...... But in this way, you can't drink or chat with your friends anytime and anywhere!
How can this work?
And there are some bold people who steal the things of the gods as so-called souvenirs, although they are not good treasures, but they are enough to stir up a big mess in the human world!
So in the end, the Emperor of Heaven ordered to cut down the building wood, and from then on cut off the communication between mortals and the heavenly realm, and the Jedi Tiantong!
And when he was about to be cut down, he divided the seeds he had raised with great difficulty into three and scattered them to unknown places to continue his existence......
And after years of research, the cultivation world has also determined the identity of the "son of Jianmu" for the big willow tree.
However, the current big willow tree has also cultivated through his own efforts, and has officially been canonized by the Son of Heaven in the Underworld, and has become the king of the City God's Mansion in a place.
Belch...... From this, Tao Yao's reluctance to forge ahead can be compared...... Obviously, there is such a powerful background......
"That's good!" Tao Yao nodded and admitted, "but although we can be called brothers, we haven't actually met, we were just born to know each other's existence." I won't talk about my Willow brother, you all know him. I took root in the place of Mt. Kinmo, and as I grew, it grew into a peach tree, and the last one, born in Shonan, was called Otsubaki ......."
"Is it the big chun tree mentioned in Zhuangzi's "Getaway"?" Zhu Xuan shouted.
Fang Guiyuan was so frightened that he choked on drinking, patting his chest and coughing non-stop.
Chen Jiu smiled evilly on the side and watched him make a fool of himself.
And Tao Yao and Zhu Duan became more and more addicted the more they talked, and basically ignored the two troublemakers next to them.
"That's right, it's that big chun, after the collapse of the building tree, the three seeds left behind each generated three different tree species, now think about myself, I guess...... Alas, a lesson from the past. β
"Hahaha, Daoyou Tao Yao, your situation is normal. You are the masculine tree, and the sycamore is also the tree of the fire sun, and it is not common for him to be born through the body of a Taoist friend?" Zhu Duan smiled and comforted Tao Yao.
"But now it's better to find a way to move that air mass out, after all, it's the first time we've experienced something like this, so it's better to be careful!"
"Yes...... But now there is no Wutong Huangmu to make a shell for that mass of qi...... "Fang Guiyuan, who had recovered his breath after coughing, leaned over and interjected, with two traces of blush on his face.
"This is indeed a problem...... Zhu Xuan muttered, "Tao Yao Daoyou's body should be the first Sycamore Emperor Tree bred here, although it is still in its embryonic form, but because of this, we can't treat other things casually." I don't know if you have a magic weapon made of sycamore emperor wood in your hands? β
Fang Guiyuan immediately made a bitter face, "How can there be such a magic weapon? The magic weapons that can be made of Wutong Imperial Wood must have been inherited from ancient times, you said that with the current state of the cultivation world, who can have it? There are few pieces left by my master, I can be sure that there is no wood in them!"
Chen wine is also a little troublesome, after all, if this problem can't be solved, then Tao Yao's wine won't be able to get it!
"Neither do I...... And even if you can find someone who has it, people may not be willing to do it, right?"
"Otherwise, go and find that guy Zhuang Xiyi? Isn't he a descendant of Zhuangzi? Maybe he will be able to get something. β
"That family has only had a friendship with Tsubaki! besides, who knows where he dreamed again?" Zhu Duan sighed.
Zhuang Xiyi, as a successor, must of course take the inheritance of ancestral skills as the primary condition, and work hard every day in sleepwalking......
"That'...... What about the East China Sea, there is Lao Liu and the old dragon king, it is still a famous rich place, you can always find something......" Fang Guiyuan came up with another idea.
But it's also possible. Zhu Duan first agreed with Fang Guiyuan's words, after all, in their small group, Liu Chongyuan is the richest one, it's really not good, isn't there still the Dragon Palace, it's a big deal to learn the monkey in the textbook, they will go in a group......
"That's okay...... Tao Yao also agreed, but he also said, "It's a pity that my body can't move, and I don't want to mess around with the wood spirit of the Wutong Emperor Tree, so I'd better stay here and wait for the good news." β
Fang Guiyuan: To be honest, you're just lazy and homely......
"Okay, then I'll go with Lao Fang and Lao Chen, and Tao Yao Daoyou will wait for the time being!" Zhu Jue finally set the tone, stood up and hugged his fist at Tao Yao, and planned to call Fang Guiyuan and them to set off together.
Chen Jiu quickly packed up the blanket and other things, and stretched out his hand to pick up Fang Guiyuan, who was still sitting.
"Alas...... Don't price, don't price!" Fang Guiyuan struggled, "It's not too late for me to leave after watching this sunrise, you see how beautiful this sunrise is!"
When they heard this, they looked at Fang Guiyuan's handββββ only to see that a round of red sun in the east was gradually emerging on the horizon, breaking through the flowing clouds on it, and slowly spreading red light all over their bodies with great power......
Really nice view.
"Boom-" Tao Yao's body suddenly heard a sharp birdsong from the dense branches of Tao Yao's body as the morning sun rose, calling people's hearts fluttering.
Everyone was a little shocked -
"This ...... Fang Guiyuan, your sister's recruit is still a part-time big?"