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When Mo Li heard the movement and turned around, he found that Meng Qi was looking at him with a complicated expression, while the branches kept sweeping the branches and leaves, and the right half of Meng Qi's face was flushed red.

"...Maybe it wants to come down?" Meng Qi's voice was dry and depressed.

The tree was designed to be difficult for his face, and it was useless to avoid it.

The ink carp was speechless, what came down?This place is not a place where auras meet at all, and it is not suitable for planting trees at all.

"Is that the way I carry it?" Meng Qi asked again, he wondered, Shan Ling is always so picky?Anyway, whether it is carrying it or dragging it away, it is even necessary to give opinions!

The ink carp said feebly, "It's a tree, not a baby, so what's the posture for carrying a tree?"

Meng Qi let out an "oh", then gave the tree to Mo Li with no expression on his face, and explained sternly, "My face hurts!"

"Myrrh."

Doctor Mo said that the bag fell into the ground, and the pain in his face could not be healed.

The branches swayed, and the ink carp subconsciously poured a spiritual energy into it. The tree immediately became quiet, and stayed on the ink carp's shoulder obediently.

"Let's go."

Mo Li continued to walk forward with the tree on his shoulders, and Meng Qi followed behind, his eyes full of surprise.

Losing spiritual energy is the same as losing internal energy, except...it's hard for others to see when it's a tree, not to mention that Meng Qi hasn't realized the relationship between spiritual energy and internal energy until now. After all, according to common sense, it's okay to send internal energy into trees?It's almost like breaking a tree trunk!

Ink carp breeding parameters for many years, very experienced.

Generally, he would not instill spiritual power directly, it would be better to crush the pills and put them in the soil.But this is a tree made of dragon veins, unlike the white ginseng at home, it can directly absorb spiritual power, which saves a lot of trouble.

The mountain road is rugged and muddy.

When the morning sun loomed in the sky, Mo Li finally found a lonely peak.

On the right is a cliff formed by cracks. On the left, the ground bulges to form a steep mountain. This mountain is too small, the top is only the size of a room, and the top and bottom are basically the same thickness. go up.

The mountain is not too high, and there are no other high points around it, so it looks lonely.

Small peaks like this are very common in the mountains. If they look like people or things, they can be regarded as beautiful scenery. If they are nothing, even gods and ghosts have no part in them.

Because the mountain was too steep, it was not easy to leverage lightness kung fu, so Mo Li could only carry the tree up with Meng Qi.

"The sun, the moon and the stars are on the top, and the earth veins are on the bottom. That's it."

The ink carp found a suitable location and started digging holes to plant trees.

Without a shovel or a shovel, one can work with stones--the internal force is released externally, which is so convenient for martial arts masters to walk in the rivers and lakes.

"There is only such a tree on the bare mountain, will it be too noticeable?" Meng Qi asked.

Mo Li thought about it and found it very reasonable.

Meng Qi was considerate, and continued to ask: "A tree is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Find a taller tree to block it?"

"..."

According to this principle, we need to find a taller tree, so that when the thunder strikes, it will be able to bear it for us.

"Build a small pond with stones to store rainwater. If a lightning strikes a tree and causes a fire, the water can also put out the fire." Meng Qi was refreshed and kept talking, "But the effect of the pond is limited, so we should dig a ditch Let's build it with stones, so that the fire can't burn here."

Mo Li felt that Meng Qi probably didn't want to plant this tree anymore.

Thinking about this and that, worrying endlessly.

——Taijing Longmai, who has lost his memory, is also very concerned about his kind.

Doctor Mo silently turned his head and continued digging.

"That's it, I'll find a suitable tree." Meng Qi clapped his hands and prepared to go down the mountain.

"Wait." Mo Li hurriedly called the person to stop, and said helplessly, "It doesn't have to be like this, if the mountain spirit is there, it will urge the trees to protect itself, but..."

The dragon vein is dead, and he doesn't know what the tree is.

The root system is still there, and the remnant spiritual energy is reborn. It looks like a dragon vein, but who can tell for sure?There are many spiritual creatures in the world, like the white fox in Qimao Mountain, which can understand human nature, but it is not a dragon vein.

Planting the tree in a place rich in aura is just a glimmer of hope in Mo Li's heart.

Mo Li was thinking about it, when he suddenly felt a hand reaching out to hold him, he raised his head in astonishment, and met Meng Qi's eyes.

"I think it is full of life, it must be alive." Meng Qi said firmly.

"I hope so……"

Mo Li stood up and straightened the tree trunk, then buried the soil in the pit.

The tree trunk began to shake, and Meng Qi subconsciously went to help it, and then found that it was not the tree trunk that was unstable, but the mountain was shaking.

Another aftershock?

Meng Qi found that the cracks at the bottom of the mountain closed slightly.

"Doctor, the mountain spirit is still there."

As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Qi staggered, staring blankly at the tree he was supporting.

The tree got smaller!Shrunk!

From a big tree with luxuriant branches to a sapling the size of a fist!When the leaves fall to the ground, they become nothing.

Meng Qi: "..."

I carried the tree all the way, and I struggled to lift it up the mountain. What happened?It doesn't get smaller early, it doesn't get smaller later, the tree becomes smaller as soon as it is planted, is this against yourself?

Meng Qi belatedly realized that he was not even surprised that the tree was abnormal.

Probably because I believed in my heart what the doctor said about the mountain spirit.

——It’s not a mountain spirit, what could it be?Dryad?

Meng Qi subconsciously rubbed the center of his brows, he wanted to take a Ningshen Pill to reassure himself, but the doctor lost his luggage and there was no medicine.

The ink carp touched the trunk, and vaguely felt the faint aura belonging to the earth veins, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

No need to transplant trees or do anything else.The dragon vein of Mount Silang does still have a glimmer of life, and the rediscovered place where the aura gathers is more suitable for its recovery than the abandoned place.

It will not be long before this dragon vein develops self-awareness, and even takes human form.

The warm sunlight shines on the much thinner and bald tree crown. It can be vaguely seen that the branches are in the shape of a dragon, and the tree crown is facing the rising sun.

The ink carp lost some spiritual energy again, but this time it was rejected.

The tree has been connected to the earth veins, and it will suddenly shrink when it sends out all the spiritual energy. Its growth depends on the spiritual energy circulation between the sky and the earth.

The leaves that remained on the branches shimmered and disappeared soon.

Mo Li let go of his hand and stood up slowly, his figure blurred in the backlight.

Meng Qi next to him thought to himself, who is this person who believes in mountain spirits and can communicate with them?

According to ancient books, there are many witches in Chu, who dance to sacrifice to the mountain gods and speak kindly to the gods.It's been a long time, and people today can't see it anymore.

Chu Wu is different from alchemists. This is a very old legend. Meng Qi used to only talk about it, but now he has to think about the possibility of Chu Wu's existence.

However, this is Pingzhou in the northwest, which is completely in two directions from Chu, and it is not close to Taijing.

Why did the Chu Wu family wander all over the place?Is there any other reason for this?

Finally, there is no ancient book saying that Wu Chu is afraid of cats!

Meng Qi was puzzled by the fact that he was afraid of cats, but he had already confirmed Chu Wu's conjecture in his heart-reading a lot of books, there are also disadvantages, no matter what absurd thing is, you can find an explanation by citing classics.

It's also very reasonable!

***

For the surviving people in Qiuling County, the long night finally passed.

The sun was rising, and smoke curled up from the charred ruins, choking people's breath.

The thunderstorm in the second half of the night barely controlled the fire, and the heat that burned all night melted the nearby snow. It was not very cold this morning.

Most people stayed up all night, and the aftershocks made them dare not close their eyes.

Fortunately, the location of the camp was chosen well, there were no falling rocks nearby, and there were no casualties except for the trembling when it shook.

"The fire last night could be seen by people in the vicinity of ten miles away. With such a big commotion, what happened in Qiuling County, there is no one in the ten miles and eight villages who doesn't know..."

There was a lot of discussion among the people, some were going to seek refuge with relatives and old friends, some were still thinking about going to Sijiapu.

"Everything is quiet, there is no clothes or dry food, where can we go in the cold winter?" Zheng Zheng from Qiuling County said loudly, "When the ground in the county is not hot, we will look for something that can be used."

This arrester Zheng is very prestigious, and everyone responded one after another.

It is said that it is a county seat, where there is still a city now, it is just a ruin.

Police officer Zheng quickly took people to an abandoned pottery kiln outside Qiuling County last night, and found a lot of utensils. The earthen pots used to boil hot water were obtained from the pottery kiln.

Qiu Hong followed an old woman and sent the earthen pot to several patients who had broken legs.

After busying around, she suddenly saw two familiar figures in the camp.

"doctor?"

Qiu Hong blurted out, and she immediately covered her mouth again.

Although the ink carp's clothes are covered with dried mud, everyone in the camp looks like this, which is not too eye-catching.

In a low voice, Mo Li told Qiu Hong the whereabouts of those hard laborers. Of course, he didn't say anything about Longmai, but only said that the Si family wanted to rebel and that Si Zhuan had another teacher behind him.

"... Brother Ling's bones were not recovered, and I don't know where he was buried. I'm sorry, but please listen to me. Although the Si family is dead, the gold nuggets hidden by the Si family cannot be destroyed. There must be someone else looking for it."

Qiu Hong lowered her eyes, saluted with choked up sobs.

Mo Li persuaded earnestly: "There are many ambitious people who have contacts with the Si family. They are the same as the Si family. If General Dangkou fails to find the place where the Si family hides gold, these people will show up sooner or later. Qiu There are not many survivors in Ling County, you have inquired about the gold mine, even though you did not attract attention, you still have to be wary of being found by others."

"I have a cheap life, why should I be afraid of life and death..."

"Who's life is cheap, and whose life is expensive? Is the life of the magistrate of Qiuling County expensive? Where are you at the moment?" Mo Li asked back.

Qiu Hong wept and said nothing, Mo Li saw her expression and knew that she had listened to her words.

"Me and..." Mo Li looked at Meng Qi behind him, and vaguely brought the name over, "My friend and I will stay in Qiuling County for a few days, if you want to leave but are afraid of being found out, we I can take you for a ride."

"How dare you trouble your benefactor."

"I just listened to some news for you, so I can't call it a favor."

While Mo Li was talking, he suddenly heard a noise from a distance. It turned out that the soldiers under General Dang Kou's command had returned.

Apart from Liu Dan who was trapped in the cracks in the ground, many people also escaped the catastrophe.

Police officer Zheng San heard about the Si family's ambushes and murder of the imperial army last night, and shook his head again and again, lamenting that the Si family had rebelled and killed General Liu, and the second step would definitely be to attack Qiuling County.

Without this earthquake, Qiuling County would inevitably encounter a big change. The people in the Si family shop are fine, but people like him who make a living in the county government don't know what will happen.

It's so difficult to distinguish between good and bad in the world.

Hearing that the Si family was going to rebel, these people in Qiuling County stopped clamoring for the Si family to pay for their lives, and even wanted to run away in panic.

The camp was chaotic, and Liu Dan was carried back by the soldiers under such circumstances.

"The general is injured and needs to recuperate."

General Liu's personal soldiers approached Zheng Kuai and asked, "Is there any doctor here?"

Zheng San hesitated: "I saw a doctor last night, but then there were so many people and messy, I don't know where to go..."

Before he could finish his sentence, an old woman who took care of the patients interjected, "The doctor is over there, I saw it."

The personal soldier looked over subconsciously, and then——

"..."

No, he's used to it.

The general should be used to it too.

The soldiers looked at Liu Dan, and found that his general was seriously injured and fell asleep.