Qin Tiexin walked out of Jinyu and returned to the square. There were obviously more eyes around him.
The monks who were waiting in the square gathered around and asked about the situation inside. When they heard that the woman in red had not only obtained the middle-grade Law Artifact sword embryo, but also the sword heart flower and a complete set of golden needles, there was a suppressed exclamation and envy in the crowd.
"The Sword Heart Flower... can enhance the perception of the sword's will. It has a price but no market outside!"
"That set of golden needles is worth at least three to four hundred Spirit Stone, right?"
"The people of Jinyang Sect are already strong, but now they are even more difficult to offend."
Amid the discussion, the woman in red had returned to the Jinyang Sect. She sat down cross-legged, placed the sword heart flower in front of her knees, closed her eyes and adjusted her breath. The faint golden halo emitted by the sword flower enveloped her, making her heroic face look more solemn. Zhou The monks from several small and medium-sized sects gathered around stared at Jian Xinhua for a few times, but finally did not dare to step forward - the combat power displayed by the woman in red in the Golden Realm, as well as the six eager disciples of Jinyang Sect, were enough to make most people extinguish their inappropriate thoughts.
Qin Tiexin walked to Liuyun Sect and sat down. Li Yun took the gold concentrate ore he handed over, looked at it carefully, and nodded. "It's of good quality. You can redeem some Spirit Stone when you go back, or keep it for refining weapons later. I don't know if there are similar things in other domains."
Liu Qing also came back, his face still a little pale, but his eyes were bright. He put away his gold concentrate ore, sat cross-legged three steps away from Qin Tiexin, and began to adjust his breath and recover.
The sky - or the eternal gray chaos in the ruins - gradually became darker, but there was no alternation of day and night, just the change of light and dark. The square became quiet, and the monks sat cross-legged, seizing the time to recover, or prepare for tomorrow's Wood Domain.
Qin Tiexin Close your eyes and look inside Dantian.
"Hunyuan Jue" was running, and the surrounding rich Spiritual Qi slowly flowed into the body. Although Wu Spirit Root practiced slowly, in this Spiritual Qi-rich ruins, the recovery speed was not bad. He adjusted his breath for about an hour, and his condition was basically restored.
Opening his eyes, he saw Liu Qing practicing her spells facing the open space.
Liu Qing Hand Seals Hand Seals his fingertips glowed with a light green light, and he muttered a curse in a low voice. On the ground in front of him, several weeds slowly grew and entwined, forming simple knots - this is Wood Element's basic Law Technique "vine wrapping technique", which can restrain the enemy's movements.
Liu Qing practiced very seriously, adjusting every detail repeatedly until the speed and intensity of the vine winding reached a satisfactory level. Then she started practicing other Wood Element Law Technique.
After the Wood Element monks in the square heard about the assessment rules of the Golden Realm, they also had a rough guess about the rules of Wood Element, and they all looked for opportunities to familiarize themselves with their Wood Element Law Technique.
Qin Tiexin looked at it for a while, then stood up and walked to the woods on the edge of the square.
He only knows one Wood Element technique - it is also the "vine wrapping technique". It is one of the basic Law Technique techniques that he learned when he was a foreigner, but he doesn't use it much.
With his hands Hand Seals, he mobilized Wood Element Spiritual Qi. A faint green light shone on his fingertips, but it was far less solid than Liu Qing's. He used it on a clump of weeds on the ground. The weeds moved and knitted into a ball, but they were loose and weak. They would fall apart with a slight effort.
Qin Tiexin frowned and did not continue. He was not a magician in the first place, and the temporary effect was limited.
He calmed down and continued to adjust his breathing with his eyes closed.
The chaotic light dimmed a little more, and time passed in silence.
On the second day - or the second day that everyone silently counted in their hearts, the green portal in the center of the square suddenly lit up.
Soft green light rippled like water waves, and a line of ancient cyan characters appeared above the door frame:
"Wood Domain: Spring comes to dead trees. Introduce vitality into dead trees and make them sprout new buds. The time limit is one stick of incense. Those who are not wood Spirit Root will be hostile to the vegetation."
After the font appeared, the halo inside the green door stabilized and turned into a green vortex.
This time more people got up than at Jinyu.
Wood Spirit Root is more common than gold Spirit Root, and many monks also practice Wood Element Law Technique, about a hundred people in the square walked towards the green door. Liu Qing and Qin Tiexin looked at each other and stood up at the same time. Li Yun also stood up - she is water Spirit Root, water is born of wood, and the wooden realm should be less repulsive to her than the golden realm.
The three of them stepped into the green door.
The scene in front of me changed again.
It is no longer the coldness of metal, but a lush forest everywhere. Towering ancient trees have lush branches and leaves, and sunlight - this time it is real sunlight, warm and gentle - shines through the gaps in the leaves, casting mottled light and shadow on the ground. The fresh breath of vegetation is permeated in the air. Take a deep breath, and feel comfortable in your heart.
But Qin Tiexin just took two steps and stumbled.
Looking down, he saw a vine stretching out from nowhere and wrapped around his ankle silently. The vine was not tight and broke with a slight effort, but a new vine immediately emerged from the soil at the break.
This is "vegetation hostility".
Non-wood Spirit Root monks here will be naturally repelled and interfered by plants, Qin Tiexin there are Wood Element Spirit Root is just relatively low, so the strength of the vines is not high. Rogue Cultivator, who is on fire Spirit Root next to him, is miserable - every time he takes a step, the surrounding branches deliberately stretch out to block the road, and grass seeds keep popping up in the grass and hitting him. Although it is not fatal, it is very annoying.
Light blue water glowed around Li Yun, and the water grew trees. She was much less disturbed than in Jinyu, except for the occasional falling leaves blocking her eyes.
Liu Qing, on the other hand, was like a fish in water. He walked in the front, and the surrounding vegetation not only did not block him, but tilted slightly towards him, as if to welcome him.
After everyone walked forward for a while, an open space appeared in front of them.
In the center of the clearing stood a dead tree.
The tree is about three feet tall, with a thick trunk, but its body is gray and black, its bark is cracked, its branches are dry, and it has no leaves. It stands there alone, in sharp contrast to the surrounding lush forest.
Dozens of wooden stakes are scattered around the dead tree. On each wooden stake are placed a knife, a length of hemp rope, and a bowl of water - these are the assessment props.
An old voice sounded, "Introduce vitality into the dead wood and make it sprout new buds. There is no limit to the method, and the time limit is one stick of incense."
As soon as he finished speaking, the wooden Spirit Root monks immediately stepped forward and each chose a wooden stake.
Liu Qing walked quickly to a wooden stake, picked up the knife, looked at the dead tree again, and then Hand Seals his hands, the palms of his hands glowed with a soft green light. He pressed his palms on the trunk of the dead tree, and the green light slowly seeped in - this is Wood Element's basic Law Technique "Rejuvenation Technique", which can inject vitality and promote plant growth.
The other wood Spirit Root monks also used their own methods. Some used the "nourishing technique", some used the "vitality spell", and some took out special spiritual liquid from their arms and smeared it on the trunk. Li Yun tried to use the "water therapy technique", hoping to have an effect.
Qin Tiexin was in no hurry to step forward.
He observed the spell casters carefully. The effect of Liu Qing's "Rejuvenation Spell" was the most obvious. Where the trunk of the dead tree touched his palm, the gray-black bark gradually showed a faint hint of green. The effects of other monks were uneven, and some could only make the bark moister.
Qin Tiexin tried to release a "vine wrapping technique" on the dead pile in front of him, but as expected, it had no effect.
Time passed little by little. One after another monks had passed the test. Li Yun gave up after trying without hope.
Qin Tiexin walked to an empty wooden pile, picked up the knife, turned and walked towards the woods next to it.
He selected a young tree with lush branches and leaves, and carefully cut off a finger-thick branch with buds with a knife. The cut was smooth and the buds were not damaged.
Then he walked back to the dead tree.
There were several monks around who cast doubtful glances - Why would this man chop down live branches if he didn't cast spells on dead trees?
Qin Tiexin ignored it.
He thought that when Ink City was a child, Tofu Xishi next door not only made tofu, but also liked to play with flowers and plants. The yard was full of various plants. Qin Tiexin often went to her place to help his grandfather buy tofu, and also helped move things, repair fences, and so on. Sometimes he would also watch her playing with flowers and plants.
He remembered that one time, Tofu Xishi half of the old plum tree in the yard was dead. She was reluctant to cut it down, so she used some kind of "grafting" method - cutting twigs from the healthy plum tree next to it, attaching them to the branches of the dead tree, tying them tightly with cloth strips, and covering them with wet mud. After a few months, the dead tree actually sprouted new shoots.
Qin Tiexin thought it was strange at the time and asked specifically. Tofu Xishi smiled and explained, "This is called borrowing life. The dead tree is not completely dead, the roots are still alive, but the branches are dead. Attach live branches and give it a path, and it will know how to live by itself."
Now that I think about it, maybe this method can be used to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
He recalled what Tofu Xishi did back then. He first used a knife to cut a bevel on the main trunk of the dead tree, about half an inch deep, and the cut was smooth. Then he also cut the bottom of the living branch into a corresponding bevel to expose the fresh cambium layer.
He pressed the bevel of the living branch against the incision of the dead tree, aligning the cambium layers of the two, and then tightly wrapped it with the cut vines to fix it. Finally, he scooped up a bowl of water, mixed it with some soil, and applied it to the grafted area.
After doing this, he used his hands Hand Seals - this time it was the only "vine wrapping technique" he knew.
Weak green light seeped out from his fingertips, not to inject life but to guide. He used the spiritual power of the vine wrapping technique to carefully wrap the grafted area so that the live branches and the incisions of the dead trees fit more closely. At the same time, he used the spiritual power of Wood Element to slightly stimulate to promote the integration of the two.
The whole process was rough and clumsy, and compared to the skilled Law Technique around, it was like a child's nonsense.
But when the stick of incense was half-burned, the buds of the living branches at the grafting point of the dead tree trembled slightly.
Then, very slowly, a little bit of new green bloomed.
Although it is only the size of a grain of rice, and although it is only on a living branch, it is indeed a new sprout.
Almost at the same time, the wooden pile in front of Qin Tiexin lit up with green light. An old voice sounded in his ears, "Spring comes out of dead wood, achieved. Passed."
Qin Tiexin breathed a sigh of relief.
He looked towards Liu Qing - Liu Qing had already finished it, and more than a dozen spots of new green had grown on the trunks of the dead trees, full of vitality.
It's time for a stick of incense.
There were about thirty people in the field who had completed the assessment. The rest either had no effect or were unable to start at all, and were teleported away by the green light. Some people wanted to imitate Qin Tiexin's method, but unfortunately there was not enough time. Li Yun glanced at Qin Tiexin, nodded in encouragement, and was teleported away by a burst of green light.
The reward session begins.
The fastest three people each got a bottle of "Tree Heart Liquid" - a precious spiritual liquid that can improve physical fitness and clear meridians. Liu Qing got one bottle, and the other two bottles were obtained by a female cultivator from the Qingxia Sect and a genius from the Rogue Cultivator Mu Spirit Root.
Thirty-six people passed the customs, and each received a piece of spiritual wood. What Qin Tiexin got was agarwood, about half a foot long, wrist-thick, warm to the touch, and exuding a faint calming aroma. This is a good material for making Wood Element Law Artifact or used as medicine.
After the rewards were distributed, the old voice sounded again, "Wood Territory Guardian, appear."
At the edge of the clearing, an ancient tree ten feet high suddenly came to life.
Patterns resembling facial features appeared on its thick trunk, its branches were waving like arms, its roots were pulled out of the soil, and it walked towards the crowd with heavy steps. The ground shook slightly with every step it took.
Ancient tree guard, the peak of the ninth level of Qi refining, close to Foundation Establishment, has a lower cultivation level than the Golden Domain puppet, but is more flexible and not a dead thing.
This time, no strong person like the woman in red took the lead. All the monks looked at each other, and no one came forward for a while.
At this moment, a middle-aged Rogue Cultivator wearing a gray robe and an ordinary face walked out. He had several small bags hanging on his waist, holding a few strangely colored seeds in his hands, and a hoarse voice came from his mouth.
"Since no one is interested, then Cao will do his best. Let's make a deal first. If someone wants to take advantage of the situation, don't blame Cao for being poisonous and not having eyesight!"
He walked twenty steps in front of the ancient tree guard and stopped, scattering the seeds on the ground with his hands Hand Seals. The seeds sprouted immediately after they hit the ground, and several purple-black strange grasses grew out. The grass blades secreted a thick liquid and gave off a pungent smell.
The ancient tree guard seemed to hate this smell, and his movements were sluggish.
The middle-aged Rogue Cultivator took the opportunity to sprinkle another handful of powder. The powder drifted in the wind and stained the trunk and branches of the ancient tree guard, immediately corroding into fine black spots. The ancient tree guard let out a low roar and waved its branches wildly, but its movements became slower and slower.
It's poison! This person is a poison cultivator with the wood attribute!
The other monks couldn't avoid it and retreated one after another. The Poison Cultivator's attack was the most elusive. He didn't know when he would be plotted against him, so it was better to stay away.
Qin Tiexin watched with interest. Liu Qing's eyes flashed a few times, her breath wavering, and she finally chose to stop and watch.
The middle-aged monk took his time and threw various poisons and pills at the ancient tree guard with his right hand, taking advantage of the opportunity to release a few attacks. His left hand was always on Storage Bag, guarding against the "yellow bird" behind him. After a stalemate for a quarter of an hour, the ancient tree guard finally couldn't hold on anymore and collapsed to the ground, turning into countless blue light spots and dissipating.
A green wooden bow was left on the spot, with a light green aura flowing through the bow.
Doctor Rogue Cultivator stepped forward, picked up his bow, and bowed his hands to everyone.
The old voice finally said, "Hidden fortuitous opportunity is already in the forest. Those who are destined will find it. After a stick of incense, the woodland will be closed."
After everyone heard the words, they searched in the forest. After about half a stick of incense, the woodcutter Spirit Root who had obtained the tree heart sap found a spring behind a hidden bush - a pool of spring water glowing with light green. He carefully filled a few bottles and left with satisfaction without anyone noticing.
Qin Tiexin turned around and got nothing. Even if I used Brother Chen Xi's "Looking for Treasure Talisman", the light was moving around without any direction. It seemed that there were too many people around, which greatly affected its accuracy. After collecting a few leaves, I saw that the time was almost up and walked out of the wood domain.
Returning to the square, the green door was dim. The leaves in his hands turned into dots of wood-attribute spiritual energy and disappeared. Qin Tiexin was stunned for a while, and shook his head with a wry smile. It seemed that he was not allowed to be taken out of the wood domain.
Li Yun came up to welcome her, saw the agarwood in Qin Tiexin's hand, and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Qin's method... is quite unique. My grandpa likes to grow flowers. How about you teach me some other time?"
"It's a small thing." Qin Tiexin nodded and put the agarwood away. This time he can give it to Senior Brother Chen Xi to use as a puppet.