Dark Fairy

Chapter 35 Lei Liu
Although a hundred-year-old willow tree is rare, no one cares if it grows in the yard. It belongs to the family. Whether to keep it or cut it down and burn it is the business of other families.

So when Bailang cut down the tree, no one was around to stop him. However, people passing by outside the wall would murmur from time to time, wondering why such a big tree should be cut down if it would not be good to keep shade. Lose.

Fortunately, it was winter, and the trunk of the willow tree was bare. After Bailang cut it down, he didn't take much effort to clean up all the details. According to what the female ghost Lingyu said before, only the trunk was left.

After finishing all this, the sky darkened slightly, Bailang went out to a small noodle stall by the street to deal with a bowl of oil residue noodles, and when he came back, he saw Lingyu, a female ghost who hadn't shown her face today, standing coldly. On the edge of the regular willow tree trunk, I touched the trunk with my hand but passed through it, and could not touch the entity.

Even though Bailang walked to the yard and closed the door, and walked to the side, the female ghost Lingyu still didn't raise her head, as if she was completely indifferent to Bailang's approach.

Bailang stood quietly by the side for a while, and as far as his eyes could see, the female ghost's white dress in his yin and yang vision, with an exquisite figure and exquisite appearance, for a while, Bailang had a feeling of looking at a desolate but lonely woman. There is a kind of special aesthetic picture scroll.

This strange feeling made Bai Lang stand there in a daze for half a cup of tea before he came back to his senses, secretly alert in his heart.He quickly said: "What should we do next?"

But the female ghost Lingyu didn't answer Bailang's words directly, but asked seemingly out of context: "Do you know what willow trees mean to ghosts?"

Without waiting for Bailang's answer, Lingyu continued to ask and answer herself: "Willow trees naturally attract yin, and they have very good similarities with ghosts. And the older the willow tree, the more yin energy it gathers, attracting ghosts to step on it. It can even become a ghost. Natural shelter.

But it is also because of this characteristic that a hundred-year-old willow tree will be implicated by its own characteristic of attracting yin. Under extreme yin, the balance of yin and yang in all directions will be broken, and the punishment of thunder from the sky will come down imminently.The extreme yin of the willow tree is counteracted by the extreme sun of thunder.

Ninety-nine percent of the century-old willow trees were directly destroyed by thunder and ceased to exist.Less than [-]% of the remaining ones can survive and sprout again.It's just that after the thunder punishment, its extreme darkness was no longer publicized.This kind of willow is also called thunder willow, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is rare in the world. "

Bailang was surprised when he heard it, it was the first time he knew that there were so many sayings about willow trees.

"According to what you say, this willow tree is Lei Liu, which is rare in the world?"

"That's right. I was wounded and fled here many years ago. I wanted to take a pass. Who would have thought that I would bump into this willow tree and experience the lightning punishment. Then I found that it did not fly into ashes and annihilate under the lightning punishment, but retained a trace of life. So I hid and waited for this newborn willow tree to take shape. You don’t know how rare this kind of newborn willow is outside. What’s more, I couldn’t even think about it in advance. .

It's just a pity, although I know how to concoct and use Lei Liu, but my injuries are too serious.There is no such thing as strength.It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was dying.It is impossible to interfere with Lei Liu's core, let alone make the best use of it.He could only use Lei Liu's yin energy to gather slowly to recover.But now that Lei Liu had fallen to the ground, there was no way out.

Either I ride the tide and get the big break.Either it's a waste of work, and you lose a lot.

Having said so much, I just hope you can understand that you must listen carefully to the next thing and do it seriously without making any mistakes.Once my opportunity fails because of you, not only will you not be able to obtain the next exercise, but you will also be remembered by me. In the end, a bad death will be your only end.

do you understand? "

Bailang: "."

He didn't say a word, but Bailang was already scolding him in his heart.I've heard of people who cross rivers and demolish bridges, but now the river has not even been crossed yet and they are planning to have evil intentions?Yesterday, they were all talking softly, laughing and joking, but today their appearance has completely changed.

It is said that women are fickle, but this female ghost can change much faster than women.

As for swearing harsh words or retaliating, Bailang didn't act rashly.He really has nothing to do with him now.Not only can't it be hurt, but it can't be kept.Once this trouble slipped away, and when the injury in its mouth improved slightly, Bailang felt that he couldn't even sleep well.It's better to wait and see the changes first, if you want to stick to it, don't pretend to be too stubborn, and you will fail at both ends.

Seeing that Bailang didn't say a word, but nodded with a serious expression, the female ghost Lingyu smiled sweetly, but there was no warmth in that smile, and her cold makeup was even more chilling to the heart.

"Now, I will tell you how to dig open the trunk and take out the heart of the tree. You must memorize every word, understand?"

"Yeah!" Bailang continued.

Half an hour later, the female ghost Lingyu finally explained the steps that were far more complicated than Bai Lang had thought.

"So I can't hit it hard with an ax, right?"

"of course."

So Bailang curled his lips, pulled out the inferior short knife from his waist, and began to plan the willow tree according to Lingyu's words.

As a former social animal, Bailang is no stranger to complicated and cumbersome procedures, and even takes them for granted.Coupled with his current skills and ability to use swords, it is not too difficult to deal with the other party's request, but it is very cumbersome and troublesome.

Bailang felt like he was doing a delicate job similar to anatomy. He squatted next to the tree trunk and first removed the bark, then followed the grain to remove the wooden structure bit by bit. Finally, it was not until more than an hour later that he finally found the center of the tree trunk. I found the "heart of the tree" mentioned by the female ghost Lingyu at the bottom.

"This is Tree Heart?!"

Bailang looked at the purple jade-like prism in front of him, about four inches long, as thick as a wrist, embedded in the wood of the trunk, but it didn't fit in with the wood.With the three lanterns lit on the side and the moonlight, there is an illusion that the crystal is also emitting light.

"That's right, this is the heart of the Thunder Willow tree! The main material for making umbrellas. Now follow the last part of what I said, and peel off all the three inches of wood around the heart of the tree, and be careful not to hurt the heart of the tree." Originally The female ghost Lingyu's voice was cold and clear, her voice was obviously trembling when she spoke at this time, and it could be heard that she must be extremely nervous at this time.

After another time of burning incense, Bailang took out the wood around the heart of the tree as required, and held it with both hands. It looked like a cylindrical wood carving with a jade inlaid in the middle.

"Later, I will show some light and shadow on the wood of this willow tree. You use the knife in your hand to gather the energy of the knife to copy and carve the lines. Remember, do it bit by bit, don't worry, but there must be no trace wrong!"

After Bai Lang nodded in agreement, pieces of complex line structures appeared in the form of phantoms on a piece of thin wood that he had cut out in an orderly manner.
(End of this chapter)