Chapter 23 The Magical Use of Spirit
The next day, early morning.
In the hot summer, even though it is still early in the sky, there is still a bit of heat in the air.
North of Shanhai Village, in the old forest.
After having breakfast at home, Ling Yi and Zhang Lei, who had greeted Ling Xiaoshan and Zhang Dahe respectively, each brought an iron birch slingshot, a cloth bag with polished stones, and a sickle. , flint, ropes, dry food, etc., followed by Ah Huang and Miaomiao, they entered a place that many adults in the village stayed away from.
As soon as they entered the forest, they saw Ah Huang wandering around and looking happy. Meow Meow, who usually looked aloof, also jumped up and climbed up to the high branches of a big tree, overlooking it from a high position.
Because the canopy of trees overhead blocks the increasingly hot sunshine, the temperature in this old forest is at least three to five degrees lower than outside. Ling Yi, who was sweating, suddenly felt refreshed.
A gust of wind rushed through the forest, bringing greetings from the northern land of Douluo Continent to Ling Yi and Zhang Lei.
According to Ling Yi’s inquiries from various sources, behind the forest, which is more than twenty miles deep, the mountains stretching for an unknown distance seem to be connected to the "Ice Forest" in the north of the [Tian Dou Empire].
As for the "Ultra North" further north, that is unknown. It is obviously beyond the cognitive scope of the people Ling Yi can currently contact.
Stepping into the forest, Ling Yi held a sickle in one hand and caught the stick that Meow Meow had pushed down from the branch above his head with the other hand. His whole person looked solemn, loose on the outside and tight on the inside.
Even though this is only the outermost edge of the old forest, only seven or eight meters away from the sun-drenched place behind it.
In a forest with a complex environment, it is always right to be cautious.
The most unlucky guy in "The Change of Stars", Immortal Emperor Niyang, a dignified eighth-level Xuanxian, a powerful being in the immortal world, obviously got a huge opportunity from the divine world, but because of stepping on it He was poisoned to death by a poisonous insect in the God Realm.
What the hell is this? !
This is both a matter of luck and lack of caution. As a time traveler, Ling Yi often takes this as a warning.
It can be said that the 'unlucky ghost' Ni Yang Immortal Emperor and the 'gou sage' Li Changshou were both regarded by Ling Yi as a beacon on the road of cultivation.
It’s just that one is a negative example and the other is a positive example.
Holding a black wooden stick about the thickness of a thumb and about one meter long in his hand, Ling Yi occasionally pushed aside the dead branches and leaves on the way forward, and swept away some vines and weeds that were entangled in the road.
This scene made Zhang Lei, who was a few steps behind, feel a little jealous.
Although, he also had a wooden stick in his hand that Meow had just pushed down from the high branch of another big tree.
This one is thicker than the one in Ling Yi's hand. It is about the thickness of a small egg. It is nearly one meter and a half long. It is an overall dry yellow color. It is not as black as Ling Yi's one with some traces of metal. Glossy ones sell well.
"A Yi~"
Zhang Lei staggered away from Ling Yi in front of him and struck the wooden stick in his hand diagonally forward. He glanced at the stick in Ling Yi's hand and said: "Today Let's go and have a look at the "Iron Birch Tree". I also want to break an iron birch branch..."
Looking down at the withered yellow wooden stick in my hand, I saw that there were two more on it. Bug eyes and a thin crack, a look of disgust flashed in the eyes:
"Look~" Zhang Lei waved the wooden stick in his hand towards Ling Yi: "I only put it on the tree for a few days, and two eyes were eaten by insects——"
"Okay~" Ling Yi took the time. Glancing at the wooden stick that Zhang Lei raised, he nodded to him: "As long as there is one of the right size -"
After saying this, Zhang Lei adjusted his direction with a smile on his face. Walk towards the location of the "iron birch" tree in the old forest.
Along the way, Ling Yi was focused and always paying attention to the goings-on around him.
Thanks to the development of the power of the soul in recent years, in addition to the great progress in mental power, Ling Yi's five senses have also been greatly developed.
As long as he pays attention to the induction, everything within a radius of tens of meters will be reflected in his mind.
It's just that the farther away it is, the blurrier it becomes, and the closer it is to him, the clearer it is. For example, right now, Ling Yi could easily sense the crawling tracks of some insects and ants in the grass a few meters around him, and his ears automatically simulated a "rustling~" sound.
There is also the sound of high-frequency flapping of the wings of mosquitoes and flies in the surrounding air; inside the trunk, there are insects parasitizing, sucking the sap of the big tree...
< br>Ling Yi can visualize these scenes in his mind without having to use his eyes to see them.
This is the way of spiritual cultivation that Ling Yi relied on from the many novels he read in his previous life, including "The Emperor of the Galaxy". He spent several years imitating and copying the spiritual cultivation method based on this world and his own talents - —The second stage of deep sleep!
Unfortunately, just like the introduction in that novel, deep sleep cannot move and must be absolutely quiet. If the body moves slightly, it will wake up
Want to reach the third level The movement in the stage has entered a deep sleep. Currently, Ling Yi only has some guesses, but he still can't get in.
......
After a while, Ling and Yi arrived at their destination.
Here, it is still in the outer area of the old forest, but it is also several miles deep. The surrounding trees are taller, and the sunlight filtering through the forest is much sparser than before.
A clearing with a radius of about thirty meters suddenly appeared among the dense forest. In the center of the clearing was a small dark tree about twelve or three meters high.
Compared to the surrounding trees that are all 20 meters upward, this dark tree with a metallic luster does seem a bit small.
"Iron Birch Tree" is a kind of soul power plant. The specific age is unknown. Anyway, my grandfather Ling Changqing said that when his father, Ling Yi's great-grandfather Ling Xu, was young, this tree grew in Here it is.
At that time, the tree was about ten meters high. After so many years, it may not have increased even one meter in height.
As for the name "Iron Birch Tree", how did the villagers of Shanhai Village, which is remote, backward and poorly informed, know about it? The villagers themselves don't know. It seems that the older generation has already called it that. When did it start? The old people who are still alive can't figure it out. It seems to be more ancient~
It's not that no one has paid attention to this soul power plant. Compared with going to the soul hunting forest to hunt soul beasts, Soul rings, this "iron birch tree" that grows honestly in the ground, are much safer.
But unfortunately, there is currently no soul master in Shanhai Village who can turn this "Iron Birch Tree" into a soul ring.
Another one is this "Iron Birch", it is so hard!
Several adult laborers spent a long time chopping with axes and hatchets. The blades of the knives and axes cracked, their arms became weak, and they could only leave a few marks on the trunk.
Over the years, the villagers of Shanhai Village have only been able to pick up some naturally fallen branches and make the best use of them according to their size, length and shape. And even these fallen branches are as tough and strong as ordinary iron tools, and they are not easy to be eaten by insects or worn out.
Faced with such a tough "iron birch tree", why did Ling Yi agree so casually and help Zhang Lei break a branch?
Obviously, the life of cheating is such self-confidence!
For example, the iron birch stick in Ling Yi's hand was the one he climbed up the "iron birch tree" last year and took it from a branch seven or eight meters above the ground.
Then and that moment, the same as this moment.
Zhang Lei was very lucky. He came here specifically for this purpose. Unlike before, he came and went in a hurry every time. After spending a little effort, he found a branch on a branch that was about the same size and length as the stick in his hand. .
I saw that Ling Yi raised his foot and kicked at the root of the tree. He was like a monkey. Using his hands and feet together, he climbed up to the middle of the "Iron Birch Tree" in the blink of an eye and arrived at the target. on the branches.
Take a step forward, then squat down and sit down, straddling one-third of the branch with a diameter of about fifteen centimeters.
Clamp the branch with both legs, hold on to the branch with one hand to steady yourself, and hold the sickle in the other hand. The blade of the blade is attached to the root of a branch a few feet in front of you, and you grind it carefully.
Ling Yi mobilized his mental power to sense the texture of the joints at the roots of the branches.
At a certain moment, Ling Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, and the sickle he raised slightly in his hand "swiped" and dragged...
"Chi——"
Accompanied by a subtle sound With a sound, a branch that seemed to be made of black iron broke and fell to the ground.
'It's a pity~' Ling Yi sat up straight, pressed his hand on the tree trunk under his crotch, stood up, and shook his head silently in his heart: 'Although I can learn the idea of Pao Ding's solution of the cow, I can No matter how thick it is, it can be done with ease, but the forward movement of this move is too long, and now I can only divide the material...'
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