The soul of nature is really conservative and open at the same time!
Looking at the shy Ella flying away, Matthew was filled with emotions.
He returned to the cabin and recorded the conversation with the goddess in handwritten form. Although he was exempt from the intellectual mystery lock, Matthew was not 100% sure that he would not be disturbed.
the following few days.
Matthew's tree planting business has slowed down a bit.
In the past month, he planted 452 trees, which was simply unimaginable in the past.
To achieve such efficiency, Ella is indispensable.
Without her working day and night to germinate the seeds, and Matthew mastering the "rapid growth" spell, the results over the past month would not have been so remarkable.
Theoretically speaking.
Rolling Stone Town only has March, April, May and October every year as the suitable seasons for tree planting, so Matthew should go all out.
Unfortunately, however, the saplings in the greenhouse are almost exhausted - there is indeed something wrong with the oak seeds Matthew bought last time. Many of the seeds cannot even be saved by Ella, the soul of nature. After that time, Hongshang Jeff never showed up at the Rolling Stone Fair again.
No one in the town usually goes to Watcher's Heights. For a while, Matthew lost the source of the seeds.
He took the time to entrust another merchant to help carry the goods, but it was unknown when he would get the goods.
Logistics in this world is still too inefficient after all.
On the other hand, there are still many things before Matthew, such as advancement or building a cemetery.
In the underground cave.
The silver moon zombies are walking around unconsciously.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
A few crows flew out of nowhere and dared to peck at the carrion on the zombies, but their pointed beaks were blocked by the "Tree Skin Technique".
The crow persisted for a while, but couldn't eat the meat, so it flew away angrily.
Deep in the cave.
Several figures are still busy.
"Yes, just nail it here, thank you for your hard work!"
The mage's fire and the torch together illuminated a corner of light.
There are longing figures on the wall.
Under Matthew's command, several defenders gathered the last circle of fence around the wall and erected a wooden sign spray-painted with red paint outside the fence.
The wooden sign says——
"Matthew's Cemetery (Beware of zombies!)"
After adding several alarm traps arranged by Matthew himself, the general scope of the cemetery was delineated.
The cave where the cemetery is located was originally an abandoned underground mine.
There are several passages around it that lead deep underground.
In order to prevent unnecessary complications, Matthew not only set up warning wooden signs around the cemetery, but also blew up several passages.
In this way, the cemetery becomes a closed underground space except for a few paths leading to the oak forest on the surface.
Matthew's zombies and skeletons will move freely here.
Although there are no single rooms.
But it is much more spacious than the previous undead dormitory.
"When I come back from White Rock City, I will plant a full circle of 'Acacia japonica' near the fence. Only then will the negative energy in the cemetery have a chance to circulate automatically."
I gave a small tip and sent away the garrison members who were helping with the construction.
Matthew stood at the edge of the fence thinking.
Behind him were the sparse shadows of the undead.
To others, this scene would only be scary.
But for the necromancer who is accustomed to seeing it, it reveals an indescribable beauty.
"But the seeds of Black Locust are not cheap. Alas, as expected, no matter what era it is, it is difficult to make a living without money."
Matthew shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly.
The Black Locust is a plant that grows in the underworld. Like the Phantom Butterfly, the Black Locust feeds on negative energy. The difference is that when the undead are active at night, the Black Locust will release a certain amount of negative energy to promote the place.
Negative energy cycle, only during the day they will absorb a small amount of negative energy for growth.
The biggest advantage of this plant is that it does not require sunlight, just water, and can be planted underground.
And once the cemetery is surrounded by black locust trees.
The negative energy here will almost never leak out.
At that time, Matthew also planned to add some things that the undead liked in the cemetery: coffins, shrouds, negative energy springs, bulk bones, ropes, saws, saprophytes...
Matthew's goal is to turn this place into a miniature negative energy plane!
in the future.
He even wants to integrate the ecological circles of the above-ground and underground spaces with each other to form a closed loop that can circulate each other.
He even thought of names for related fields.
"It's called "ecosystem"!"
"Iondor doesn't seem to have such a field yet. When I advance to Legend and can create my own field, the ecosystem may become a higher-level new field to cover "Oak Tree" and "Undead"."
"Now my body carries two legendary ways. I must find a way to cover or control them. Even if I can't do this, I must at least balance them with each other."
Just when Matthew was leaning on the wooden sign and thinking.
Suddenly there was a sound of rolling gravel deep in the cave.
Matthew's heart tightened.
That was exactly the direction of a tunnel he had previously blown up!
Before he could gather the undead.
A shiny bald head appeared from the other side of the tunnel.
When I saw Matthew.
The bald man was also stunned for a moment:
"We meet again, um, Matthew, right?"
Matthew looked behind Li Weiqi in surprise:
"Mr. Li, what are you doing?"
Li Weiqi rubbed his hands, feeling a little embarrassed:
"In the past few days, I followed the scent of the group of underground creatures and took away the nests of three underground creatures, but in the end they ran away. Two days ago, I fought with a group of Terrorclaws that had just woken up from hibernation.
One of them was almost driven to the aboleth's territory, but in the end it went around in circles and returned to the same place."
"When I was close to the surface, I accidentally lost my way and had to use unconventional ways to find my way."
Matthew walked over quickly.
It was discovered that a passage that could only allow one person to pass appeared in the place where it collapsed before!
The side was littered with gravel.
Matthew was a little shocked:
"Mr. Li, did you dig the cave with your bare hands?"
Li Weiqi said enthusiastically:
"Don't call me Mr. Li, call me Li Weiqi, or Li."
"As for the cave, of course I didn't do it with bare hands, I used "qi"."
gas?
Matthew had heard a little bit.
He knew that it was a kind of extraordinary energy practiced by monks, and it had completely different properties from magic power.
"Li, I noticed that your anger seems to be a little different."
Matthew recalled the roar of the dragon coming from behind when he was confronting the enemy that day, and couldn't help but ask one more question.
According to his knowledge, ordinary monks cannot make dragon roars.
Li Weiqi's professional suffix is "Shenlong Zongzong", which shows that he is also a special one among monks.
"Indeed." Li Weiqi did not avoid taboos, but introduced generously:
"The "Shenlong Temple" where I was ordained belongs to a more special branch of the martial monk sect. We not only practice Qi, but also strive to use Qi to simulate the form of transcendent life in the universe. The giant dragon is just one of them. There are also martial arts in Shenlong Temple.
The monk simulates the giant whale of the deep sea and the snake of the sky.
Because of this simulation, our Qi often carries different temperaments and attributes.
Compared with ordinary monks, our practice is more difficult. Not only do we have to follow the precepts and practice our Qi senses, but we also have to track the transcendent creatures we simulate when necessary."
Speaking of which.
A wry smile appeared on his face:
"This path has its pros and cons. Simulating transcendent life gives us stronger practical capabilities, but if this kind of transcendent life no longer appears in this plane, we will almost permanently lose the possibility of advancement."
Matthew was stunned when he heard this: "So these years..."
Li Weiqi said cheerfully:
"So I have been running around outside all these years, hoping to find traces of the creature I simulated. Unfortunately, it has never been seen in the mortal world since it left a paw print at Shenlong Temple two hundred years ago.
It has appeared, I suspect it has left this plane."
Matthew couldn't help but ask:
"What is that creature?"
Li Weiqi said the uncommon word in very standard common language:
"coiled dragon."
"That is a strange giant dragon that was active in the Eastern Continent in ancient times. It is different from the five-color dragons, metal dragons or rare dragons in Irondor. The Panlong is an older and more powerful true dragon!"
"According to the records of Shenlong Temple, Panlong was born as a legend. When he became an adult, he would possess the power of a high-ranking legend or even a god. I realized Qi because of its paw prints, but I couldn't find more of it because of the delay.
He hesitated without trace."
"Maybe, this is fate."
The giant dragon of the Eastern Continent?
Matthew felt excited and blurted out:
"Then do you know Su Country?"
Li Weiqi looked at Matthew in surprise:
"You actually know the most famous country in the history of the Eastern Continent?"
Matthew wondered: "Historically?"
Li Weiqi nodded:
"I once traveled around the Endless Ocean and the western coast, and got to know some Sioux people living there. They told me that a very powerful empire once appeared on the Eastern Continent, but it fell into disrepair more than a thousand years ago.
was destroyed.
It is precisely because of the destruction of the empire that you can see some Sioux tribes on the long coastline of the Arun Sea and the surrounding islands. Their ancestors came across the sea in huge ships hundreds of years ago and settled in Al Ain.
After many years, now only the facial features of the Sioux people remain, and most people have integrated into the local life."
Destroyed a thousand years ago?
Matthew was confused.
If what Li Weiqi said is true.
So what happened to the building ship that Samantha encountered in her childhood?
Matthew wanted to ask again.
Li Weiqi already smiled and said:
"Are you going to keep zombies and skeletons watching our conversation?"
Matthew quickly took him away from the cemetery.
Walking in the oak forest.
Li Weiqi closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
When you open your eyes.
His face was also full of curiosity:
"You planted this oak forest yourself? It's unbelievable. I can feel the love of the oak trees for you, and your natural affinity. Hoho, no monk of mine is as welcome as you in the forest."
"But you are clearly a necromancer, and you have also built a cemetery. Wait, do you also plan to imitate the Sioux people and follow the path of balance between life and death?"
Matthew's heart moved:
"The Sioux people's way of balance? Can you explain it in detail?"