he came from the void

"Auntie, have you seen a strange man with a lamppost coming ashore recently?"

"Holding a lamp post?" Such a conspicuous feature can be seen at a glance, the woman nodded: "There is such a person."

"How is he?" Kahn was pleasantly surprised, and he really guessed right, Jax was in a shipwreck and drifted to Barua.

"He is quite strange...he was washed ashore by the waves and brought back to the village by the fishermen. He was obviously soaked, but he would not let people take off his wet clothes, and he was not afraid of getting cold. He also likes to carry it everywhere. You have to take that lamp post with you even to the latrine."

"And then? Is he alright?" Kai'Sa then asked.

"It's good. Although he has some disabilities, he is in good health and has not been sick. The next day, in order to repay us, he started to help with some farm work. A boiled egg can make him do the work for a whole morning."

Although Kahn knew that the disability mentioned by the peasant woman meant that Jax only had three fingers, but just listening to the content, she always felt that she was talking about Jax's brain problems.

Yes, one egg can be hired for half a day, isn't it a brain damage.

Chapter 368 Treating the Symptoms, Not the Root Cause

The next day, Kahn got up early.

But the old people got up earlier, and they just drank the hot porridge just out of the pan, which is very warm in winter.

After thanking them for their hospitality, the two of them took a walk in the village, and the fragrance of the soil dug out by the farmers in the snow seemed as if spring had never been far away.

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Not long after, Yi also came out from the farmer's house where he was staying, with a twill bag on his shoulder.

He was a little surprised to see that the two were earlier than him.

"Are you going up the mountain too?"

"I want to visit the Wuji ruins." Kahn replied solemnly. He wanted to go up the mountain with him to investigate the source of the evil energy. He wanted to swallow these "evil energy" and help Yi in his own way.

"There's nothing to see on the mountain anymore." Yi sighed lightly: "Since they're all here, it's okay to have a look, and come with me."

"Going up the mountain? How can I be missed?"

With a deep voice, Jax came out from behind the haystack.

"Why did you go up the mountain again?" Kahn asked.

"I can see that there is something on this mountain that disturbs Master Yi's heart. I have to go and see what that demon is." Jax carried the lamppost like a weird exorcist.

Yi smiled and shook his head, and walked towards the woods, with the other three quickly following behind.

In the forest, I heard the morning song chanted by the birds.The sky, with all the clouds gone, is a rare clear sky.

It's just that the forest is still, as if it has lost its aura and is sluggish.

There used to be lilies on both sides of the path leading to the mountain, but they had withered in winter, and they could no longer accompany Yi to climb the mountain.After climbing for two consecutive hours, Kai'Sa had to stop to let out the heat. Even though the skin armor was wrapped around her body after mimicking, there were already some signs of overheating.

And Yi, who was wearing armor, was still walking briskly ahead. The Baluan people never found it troublesome to climb mountains, they were already used to the feeling of climbing.

Maybe this is the plateau blood.

After climbing for a while, the four finally reached the top of the mountain.

What appeared in front of them was a barren land, and the wreckage of a village was scattered in front of everyone.

It used to be a quiet mountain village, surrounded by picturesque scenery.This village named "Wuji" remembers Yi's childhood.

But all because of a poisonous fire, it became the ruins now.

The air seemed to still smell of ashes, and Kahn noticed that blood-sucking vines were growing here too.

This land spurred these vines to absorb and purify the poisonous water and ashes, but it was also polluted and polluted, creating evil spirits.

Yi set off again, heading for the cemetery.

Karn followed him, past overturned columns and stonework.

The remains of houses, schools, and shrines were all mixed together, including Yi's parents' workshop, which could no longer be found.

The accessible cemeteries are arranged in perfect symmetry, with spaces between the mounds for passage.

He walked through the gaps, touching the hilts of each of the swords planted in the ground.These are his memories of warriors, teachers, and apprentices, without missing a single sword.

"Your memories will last forever. May your names be remembered by the world. Please rest in peace."

There was not enough time for him to pay homage to them one by one, and the most important people did not go to pay their respects.

"This used to be a lily garden," Yi said, his voice quickly becoming weary: "After that fire, this place became a vacant lot, and I turned this place into a cemetery in order to bury everyone as soon as possible. "

"You did the right thing." It was originally Yi Dui's self-report, but Jax added it in: "My hometown was also destroyed, but I couldn't even bury my comrades in arms."

"Oh?" Yi looked at him suspiciously.He suddenly discovered that there were many similarities between Jax's mask and his seven-degree insight eyepiece, and from what he said, he could tell that he was also a person with a story.

"Those monsters are raging in my hometown. No matter the living or the dead, they are transformed into monsters. The whole city has fallen, right in front of my eyes, and I can only run away." Jax said.

Yi pondered, unable to imagine what a tragic scene it was? But it must be much more horrific than what he encountered? Moreover, he did not see the scene when his hometown was destroyed.

Karn also wanted Jax to talk to Yi more, tell the horror of the void, and then trick Yi into the camp against the void.But Jax doesn't do that, it seems that from the beginning, he just wants to comfort Yi by comparing his misery.

"I'm sorry." Yi didn't think about it? He came to a grave.

In front of the grave lay a hammer, its head rusted from the moisture of the mountains.

"Master Dolan, I'm here to see you, old man." Yi took out a plate of fruit from his cloth bag and put it down: "I still remember when you first brought me to practice, you said that I swung my sword four thousand times a day and that I should become a blacksmith. Not a swordsman. Maybe I should have listened to you, inherited my parents' workshop, and became a swordsmith, so maybe the fire wouldn't happen."

"But I thought it through later. If I had chosen to be a blacksmith, no one would have inherited Wuji Sword. Forgive me."

Yi bowed deeply, then walked towards the last two graves, guarded by golden scabbards.

"Imai, Yibai."

Yi drew two short swords and put them into the scabbards on his parents' grave.Fits perfectly.

He took off his helmet, solemnly knelt down, and buried his head deeply.

Kahn noticed that some white silk was mixed between Yi's temples, and it fell on the robe.

"May the wisdom of your elders continue to guide me."

The sacrifice process was very simple, Yi put on his helmet, and seemed to have other things to do.

He meditated on the spot, and then his feet left the ground, suspended in the air.

Kahn saw it with his left eye, a wave of spiritual power spread over him, and Yi was communicating with the spiritual realm.

He also tried to look, but saw death and decay all over the place.

Acid and poisonous water have twisted the magic of the land, affecting the spiritual realm.

He saw spirits inhabiting another realm, entangled in demonized vines like the poor takin, and the essence gradually weakened.

The strong spirits will break free and abandon this evil land as the young people move.

Those who remain here have been corrupted or will soon be.

The land will eventually deteriorate completely.

"What are the roots of those vines attached to?" Kahn wondered.

Suddenly, Yi moved.

He drew out the piercing sword, which was infused with the power of the spiritual realm, he turned into an afterimage and rushed out, and the cemetery suddenly changed.

Jax's muscles twitched, and for a split second he wanted to shoot, to see if he could stop Yi.

But he endured it anyway.

After a flash, Yi returned to his spot, with the knife sheathed, maintaining the previous posture, as if he had never moved.

The vines collapsed one by one.Some slid off fallen roofs, others crumpled in place.

The rescued spirit body sang with joy, and the listless bamboo branches stood up, like students who had been named.

Yi smiled reassuringly, but he knew it wouldn't completely solve the problem.

Treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, and these vines will still grow again, covering the degraded land.

Chapter 369 Seed

"You didn't cut off their roots, that's not okay," Jax said, looking at the receding vines.

"Sixty days." Yi suddenly said, "Every sixty days, I have to clean up the vine, otherwise it will endanger the villagers down the mountain."

Jax put down the lamp post, looked at the eternal flame inside, and said to Yi: "It's better for me to burn the whole mountain, it's more useful to keep it. My lamp post is filled with eternity that will never go out Raging flames, purifying fires, are absolutely effective."

If it cannot be cured, it can only be destroyed.

"Maybe it won't be long before I personally burn this place, my hometown."

Jax heard the reluctance in Yi's words, and he seemed to be undecided for the time being.

"At that time, if you want to borrow fire, come to me, and I will accompany you at any time."

Kai'Sa blinked, they followed Jax for so long and didn't get the fire, but now he offered to lend the fire to Yi Shaoshan.

On the other hand, Kahn was thinking, if it was time to set fire to the mountain, could he just take away an eternal flame?Then there is no need to bitterly brush Jax's favor.

Only now, Yi wasn't considering Jax's suggestion.

"When I met Akali, I suddenly thought of a solution, and I don't know if it will work."

He opened the cloth bag and took out a seed from it.

"Isn't this the seed of Shoushengmu?" Kaisha's eyes widened like a squirrel meeting a chestnut, she was so impressed that she recognized it at a glance.

Only Jax didn't know Moriaki among those present.

Yi nodded: "I want to try."

He took the seeds to the gate of the cemetery, dug up the soil and planted them, and then watered them with the water from the frozen lake yesterday.

Shoushengmu may be able to guard this land, transform evil energy into spiritual energy, and nourish the natural magic of this land again.

Although Wuji Village no longer exists, there are still people living here.

Unlike Akali, who needed the assistance of spells, he was easy to sit and meditate. The long sword first radiated powerful spiritual power, and then diffused his body. The whole person floated into the air, and his feet left the ground.

This spiritual power was injected into the soil, and the seeds of Shoushengmu began to germinate, and drilled out of the soil.

A full season early, growth begins already in winter.

Suddenly, Yi fell to the ground with a tired face.The Shousheng tree has only grown to the height of a person, and it seems to have encountered some obstacles.

Kaisha grabbed Kahn's arm, Kahn took a look, and said to her: "The evil spirit has restrained the growth of Shoushengmu, those vines are like black lines, entangled under the whole ground, the root system of Shoushengmu Can't expand."

"Let's do this for today. It's unavoidable to climb the mountain every day recently." Yi looked at the sapling and murmured.

He was able to cut through boulders with a single sword, but he didn't have a good way to deal with the evil miasma buried deep in this place.I can only wait for another day to recover my energy, and then come up to take care of the saplings.

The mountain is not suitable for meditation. The seven-degree insight eyepiece that Master Dolan made for Yi can help him see the spiritual realm, and when he meditates, he will see the ruins all over the ground, which will affect his mood.

He picked up his backpack and headed down the mountain, looking for a quiet place to refresh himself through meditation.

Jax also went down the mountain with some lack of interest. He wanted to help but couldn't help.Moreover, Yi's state is obviously not good, and it is not suitable for learning.

Seeing that everyone else was going down the mountain, Kaisha's first reaction was to follow, but Kahn grabbed her arm and dragged her back.

"what happened?"

Kahn didn't speak, and waited until the two people in front disappeared into the path, and asked Kaisha to put on the helmet and watch for herself.

Kai'Sa complied, with nails covering her face and her eyes glowing.

She saw corrupted spirits emerge from the ground and surround the newly-born Shoushengmu, eating away at its natural magic.

"If we also leave now, Shoushengmu may not survive tonight. When I come here tomorrow, I will only see withered saplings, and the seeds of Shoushengmu are not easy to find." Kahn explained.

"Without a guardian spirit, Shoushengmu is really too fragile."

There was nothing to say, and the two immediately started to remove these original spirits corrupted by the vines.

The spiritual realm is a magical place. When you can see this place, you can influence your own power here, as if the spiritual realm has permanently opened the door to you.

After devouring all the undead in sight, the skin armor's hunger eased a little, and Kahn immediately set his sights on the killing vines that can corrupt the spirit body. These vines are the manifestation of the tainted natural magic here. .

Only when these vines are purified here, the land will be peaceful, and the Shoushengmu will grow vigorously, until finally the land regains its aura and recalls all the departed spirits.

Like an infected wound, it must be disinfected before it can be healed.

"Move your hands, let's pull these vines out of the soil, and be careful not to damage the cemetery as much as possible."