The reason why it is said to be facing away is because this camphor tree has a very anthropomorphic appearance. Its crown and branches are naturally shaped during the growth process. When viewed from a distance, it does not require too much association ability.
You can see a majestic shape similar to that of Arhats and Heavenly Kings in temples.
Years of growth have made the trunk of the camphor tree bifurcated, like two thick legs standing upright on the ground, and it also has a huge, clearly defined "head", which is its trunk crown.
In addition, there is a cluster of particularly well-developed side branches at the shoulders, which are roughly proportional to the human body, extending out for more than ten meters, like thick arms stretched out flat.
This arm lies directly above the seemingly calm water waves of Beishan Lake. The lake water ripples slightly, interacting with the city wall-like granite pattern of the breakwater. There are slight twists and turns, but overall it does not cross the extension line of this thick horizontal arm.
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"Is this Sakaemon?"
"Yes, during the Third World War, earthquakes caused changes in the terrain of the mountains. The floods from the upstream poured down and soon submerged the ancient capital and invaded other cities downstream. However, due to terrain, coincidence and other reasons, it could have caused greater damage.
The floods stopped here and formed a huge barrier lake. In the following decades, although there were repeated crises, the lake water generally stayed behind this camphor tree and did not take a step forward.
The citizens thought the tree was magical, so they named it "emon" based on local folk custom, which roughly means the guard guarding the royal court. It is said that the tree species of this tree was transplanted from the sunken Saga Prefecture on Kyushu Island.
Saga was called Saga in ancient times, so it’s called Sakaemon.”
Ronan already had a preliminary understanding of the specific information through his own observations and the information provided by Yin Le, but it was still a relaxing experience to listen to Yin Le retelling the mysterious legend like telling a story.
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Looking at "Sakaemon" at this time, he really looks like a strong man with a strong body, using his arms to forcibly stop the vast waves, and with his back to the lake, ignoring the threat, he is very bold and has a powerful beauty.
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Of course, it is impossible for the Sakamoto City government to completely pin the safety of the city on a camphor tree. According to records, when Sakamoto was founded, the builders were still doing record-breaking earthworks behind this big tree.
, a series of water conservancy projects such as dams were built to completely control the possibility of Beishan Lake's southward invasion. The semi-abandoned hydropower station that Ronan was going to visit soon was one of the results of that time.
The designers of the water conservancy project should have taken into account the folk beliefs and left ample space for the camphor tree to grow when building the dam. And this "sacred tree" is not rude. The thick roots of Qiu Jin are not only deep.
It is deeply rooted in the ground, and a considerable part extends on the surface. It is covered with pale green moss and looks ancient.
Yin Le continued to introduce, "Actually, this tree is not too old, only about a hundred years, but its growth momentum is very strong, and it is larger than some thousand-year-old trees. Logically, there should be some distortion.
.It’s just that the plant distortion is relatively mild. After long-term monitoring and research, the Sakka City government did not find any obvious problems, so it left it alone.”
Luo Nan looked over and murmured, "The incense is very strong."
It is now around eight o'clock in the evening, which is the time when citizens go out for leisure. Many residents or tourists come to this camphor tree. According to local custom, they go to the tree to high-five and salute. The flow of people under the tree has been constant.
It's a relatively full state, with an endless supply, and it does look quite intimidating.
Yin Le flipped through the information, learning and selling now. "Local worship to gods is usually done in the morning, but according to legend, when the flood reached behind Sakaemon, it was nightfall, so it is believed that Sakaemon has divine power.
It's more abundant at night, and the worship is done after the sun goes down. If it were during the day, there wouldn't be so many people."
Ronan nodded slightly. It was no wonder that the citizens of Sakai City offered a large amount of incense and belief. This camphor tree did have some spirituality.
Its vitality is astonishing. It can absorb a large amount of nutrients from the surrounding land, the air, the water behind it, and even more distant areas, and effectively distribute it to the roots and branches. At the same time, it also has some
"Restraint" has formed a relatively healthy symbiotic relationship with the surrounding environment. This is no longer a state that ordinary plants can achieve. It is basically true to say that it is a plant-like abnormality.
In addition, there is a more special place...
At this time, the yacht was very close to the embankment and could not go any further, so it temporarily anchored and stayed on the water. From this position, Ronan observed simultaneously with his sight and mental induction. He was silent for a long time.
Yin Le was silent for a while in cooperation, but after a few minutes, seeing Ronan continuing like this, he couldn't help but ask softly, "Sir, is there a direct relationship between this camphor tree and the trace of that man?"
The so-called "that person" is Snake Language.
This time Yin Le came to Bancheng, his initial goal was to help Ronan search for traces of Snake Whisper's body.
Snake Whisper is a well-known curse mage in the world. Last year, she went to Xia City in an out-of-body state to cooperate with the association's actions and tried to harm Ronan. Later, the operation failed. Many people saw that she was captured by Ronan using secret methods, but
No one knows whether he was imprisoned or killed outright.
Therefore, Yin Le and Mrs. Halder were not surprised at all that Ronan wanted to find Snake Whisper's body. As for what Ronan was going to do with Snake Whisper's body, he could whip the corpse to vent his anger, threaten torture, make medicine and serve food, etc.
, it’s none of their business.
The most important thing is to be able to consolidate and deepen the relationship with Ronan through this kind of thing.
Yin Le didn't just want to give Ronan a good impression in terms of work. Before coming here, she and Mrs. Halder devised quite a few plans on how to enhance their relationship with Ronan. During the next few days in Sancheng,
She will verify them one by one to see which one will work better.
Judging from the situation just now, at least Ronan was not completely indifferent to some of her actions, nor was he angry. This was a good start, but how to do it next would be just right.
Problems not to try.
Yin Le turned his attention to Ronan again.
Ronan was still looking at the camphor tree in the distance and the figures flowing under the camphor tree, very focused. What kind of scene would appear in his eyes through mental induction was not something Yin Le could guess, but it made her even more excited.
curious.
There is no doubt that Ronan is a mysterious and powerful person, but the more you understand him, the more you understand that in a sense, he is just a simple and even innocent boy.
Powerful power, surrounding malice, ever-increasing dangerous tests; special childhood experiences, good family education... All kinds of complex and contradictory conditions combine to form Ronan's special character that is almost split personality.
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It is not easy for Yin Le to develop a relationship with such a person. Moreover, he is in a lower position and begs for favor in a flattering manner. What's more, she may face backlash at any time. Ronan's varied and changing personality is like a set of
The rapidly rotating fan blades appear to be one unit at high speed, but if touched head-on, they are deadly weapons that can break your fingers.
In fact, it was probably her neck that was broken!
As soon as she thought of this, Yin Le's heartbeat speeded up a lot. But she thought that she was surrounded by a mentally strong person with super sensitive senses, and she had to control it. It was really hard!
When I was trying to adjust my breath, Ronan's murmur came to my ears.
"What a beauty."
Is that me?
Yin Le's heart suddenly skipped a beat, but she soon discovered that she was really showing the wrong feelings.
Because Ronan was looking at the shore from beginning to end. His eyes passed through nearly one kilometer of vast night and locked on a special point in the flow of people under the camphor tree.
Although Yin Le is also a person with abilities and a spiritual side, neither the distance between her eyes nor her mental telepathy is enough to support her to see the details on the lake shore. She can only indulge her mind to speculate that the young man in front of her seems to have really arrived.
It’s the age to be interested in the opposite sex…
Ronan spoke again, this time to Yin Le, "Can the boat dock?"
Yin Le quickly recovered and responded, "There is no dock nearby, but the boat is equipped with a fishing boat. We can bypass the front breakwater and land from the east area."
"Really? That's good, we are lucky." After Ronan said that, he no longer missed the scene on the shore, turned around and went to the lower deck.
Yin Le hurriedly followed behind, connected the words of the man before and after, reorganized the logic, and suddenly discovered a difficult problem: "If he went ashore to see beautiful women up close, or even go one step further...what should I do?"
Do you want to help, do you want to help with suggestions, or do you want to help directly?"
Today's Ronan is quite different from the image of the guaguaipai child in Xiacheng. With Yin Le's intelligence channels, of course he would not take the "paternity test" incident a few days ago seriously, but the more this happens, the more the contrast becomes.
It's powerful.
"Logically speaking, my understanding is more likely to be wrong. But if it is true as the wife said, Ronan is now a depressed child whose adult consciousness has just awakened, but his instincts are suppressed because he has not yet awakened. When he arrived in Sakajo
It is not impossible to suddenly awaken and explode in such a strange area, losing the usual restraints..."
While Yin Le was thinking wildly, she and Ronan boarded the fishing boat equipped with the yacht, took a detour to land, and spent some time walking from the breakwater to "Mr. Sakaemon."
The camphor tree looks bigger and more majestic when viewed from a close distance than when viewed from a distance. At this time, Yin Le can already slightly feel the vitality flowing in the surrounding air, as well as the chaos of people visiting the surrounding areas, but there are already
The power of belief in certain rules.
"After decades of accumulation, it has actually grown to a large scale! If it is a small sect, it can basically use this to awaken several ability users who are familiar with this field. Well, there are many sects in Saka City, even if
Most of them have low upper limits, and they are 'industry insiders' after all, so they shouldn't be so blind together. Then..."
Feeling touched, Yin Le looked around. After searching with clearer criteria, she soon saw a "monk" meditating with his eyes closed in the shadow of the thick branches of the "outstretched arms" on the west side of the camphor tree.
It is said that he is a monk just because he wears a large robe similar to a cassock and keeps his hair very short. He looks more like a practitioner who is not in the Five Elements. The citizens who come around to pay homage have a deep impression of this man.
It's not surprising that it exists.
"He is a person with abilities, but he should not be a Buddhist."
Compared with the "secret cults" that hold up half of the sky in the other world, in the context of the new era, the presence of traditional religions is very weak, at least compared to the scale that almost monopolized the field of faith before the war, it is completely disproportionate.
However, once a person with abilities emerges among them, they will often have relatively obvious "sect characteristics". With rich experience like Yin Le, they can be identified at a glance.
The "monk" in front of him obviously does not have that characteristic. However, the energy in his body is quite harmonious with "Sakaemon", and he is also tainted with the aura of faith, and has a completely different quality from the secular characters.
The Awakened One is also very powerful and has additional bonuses near "Sagaemon".
Yin Le frowned, feeling that she still had too many omissions in her intelligence collection work in Bancheng, so she immediately made up for it and conducted in-depth understanding through special channels. She spent two minutes sorting out the intelligence and was about to report it to Ronan.
The young man moved slightly, stepped into the crowd of people leaving in front of him, and headed straight for the way he came.
"Sir!" Yin Le whispered subconsciously, and quickly woke up, pursed his lips and followed closely.
Thinking of what Ronan had said before, she raised her eyes and looked forward. Sure enough, about seven or eight steps away, there was a good-looking woman, wearing a local traditional kimono, with her head slightly lowered, following the flow of people.
Move forward slowly.
Yin Le couldn't see the woman's face, but he saw that the slightly exposed skin on the back of her neck was as white as jade, and her walking gait was so elegant that the men and women around him unconsciously turned their gazes and looked more closely. Basically.
You can be sure that she is a beauty above the standard.
Of course, in terms of this "sight distortion power", Yin Leben is not inferior, and this just makes Ronan a little dissatisfied with her: "Be low-key, don't attract attention."
At this moment, Yin Le felt aggrieved. He was stunned for a moment before replying, "Then I will collect information about that person first."
Ronan still stared at the woman and just nodded in recognition.
Yin Le breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time vowed in his heart that no matter where he was, he would prepare a closed vehicle such as a flying car, so that at least it would attract Ronan's attention without causing him any trouble.
At this time, Yin Le was suddenly touched again, and turned to look at the camphor tree. The big tree itself had not changed much, but the practitioner under the tree slowly stood up, clasped his hands, and walked toward
The big tree saluted, then bypassed the flow of people and left in another direction... (https:)