Chapter 25: Wood Release Technique My fingers touched the wall. The touch of the wooden board in front of me was hard but not cold, and it was smooth due to the paint. Lin Jue opened his eyes wide and dared not blink. It's not that he wanted to learn from others, but magic itself is interesting and wonderful, especially for him. For ordinary people in this world, this experience must be very attractive, but most people can't meet demons, and are afraid of them. It's difficult for them to make demons agree to their requests, and they don't dare to easily put their safety in the hands of demons. If there were no danger, few people would refuse to experience the feeling of passing through a wooden wall. And Lin Jue has a pair of extraordinary eyes. In his eyes, he only felt that the vital energy in the wall was flowing, forming a mysterious structure. Suddenly, the spiritual charm of this vital energy flowed out of the wall, and the whole wall suddenly became illusory. The touch of the fingers suddenly became wonderful. It seemed as if the wall had changed, becoming like water and air, and passable. It also seemed as if it was one's own fingers and arms that had changed, becoming part of the wall. "..."
Lin Jue's fingers just penetrated into the wooden wall. At the same time, Lin Jue immediately felt that familiar strange feeling. The tree demon's force did not stop, slowly pulling him from the fingertips to the palm, and gradually half of his forearm was inserted into the wall. It feels cool and sticky, strange and mysterious. "If I let go of your hand now, your arm will be stuck in the wood. I heard that some sorcerers have no other skills but to deceive people like this. So in the future, when you go to other places, don't easily agree to let others pull you into the wall. This is not only true for walls, but also for water and soil. They may not let you out." "Been taught a lesson." "Please pull your hand out slowly." "it is good!" Lin Jue slowly pulled his hand out, and only let go of the branch after it was completely pulled out. His five fingers kept moving. He looked down at his hands and found nothing unusual. He then touched the wall in front of him and the touch was the same as usual. This feeling is really amazing. So wonderful, so wonderful. At the same time, Lin Jue was basically certain— The ancient books have already responded. "Is there any difference between the 'Wood Release' practiced by humans and the magical power you are displaying?" Lin Jue couldn't help but ask. "It's not big, but it's not small either." The voice of the tree demon came from the wall. "For things in the world, even if it's just one category, there may be thousands of ways, but there is only one way. I heard from others that the demons and spirits were originally ahead of the human cultivators. It's probably because the human cultivators saw the abilities of us plant and wood demons, so they fumbled and created similar methods." "Why do you know so many things?" "You don't know that the spirits here originally secretly worshipped a god. Although I haven't heard about that goddess for many years, we are still connected." "Miss?"
"It's inconvenient to tell you more about the spirits and monsters." "Of course, of course." Lin Jue nodded, "I'm just surprised that you know so many things even though you can't go out." "If I were to go out, I would know all these things in a year. It is precisely because it is inconvenient to go out that it took me decades to know only this little bit." "Very learned." Lin Jue was complimenting, but he also felt it sincerely. At the same time, he sat back on the bed next to him, picked up the wick of the oil lamp, and then let the lamp sway, and continued to ask: "Are there many goblins and ghosts here?" "Not many, but there are some. There are even fewer in the city, but there are some who live like humans among the people, but I won't say who they are. There are more in the wastelands in the mountains outside the city, but because this is not a remote and desolate place, there has been no war recently, and it is not far from Qiyun Mountain, so even if there are wild monsters and ghosts in the mountains, there are few that are very rampant and cruel." "So it sounds like Qiyun Mountain is really amazing?" "Of course, Qiyun Mountain is one of the four famous Taoist mountains. I don't know the others, and I haven't been to Qiyun Mountain in person. I can only guess from the legends that it is probably really powerful." "How do you say this?" "Some of the powerful demons I know are afraid of the name of Qiyun Mountain. Even the City God in the city seems to have some connection with Qiyun Mountain. I have also heard other rumors before, saying that some demons who did evil fell into the hands of Qiyun Mountain." At this point, the tree demon paused and told him: "That boy Yuan Zhong called a young man from the Wei family, and he is sitting at the gate below." "Ok?" Lin Jue thought about it for a moment and understood. There must be some property or valuables stored in the house. Although Wei Yuanzhong left, he was still worried, so he asked the young people in the family to guard the door. "Human nature." Lin Jue just said so and didn't think there was anything wrong with it. "You are quite free and easy." "That's right." Lin Jue didn't care much and continued to ask, "What about Yishan?" "Yishan? There are fewer rumors about Yishan, mainly because Qiyun Mountain is for worshipping gods, while Yishan is for practicing magic. In addition, Yishan is remote, and few people go there. Even I rarely hear about Yishan." Worship the gods? Practice magic? Lin Jue sat in the upstairs room of the Wei family, chatting with the monsters and ghosts without any fear, asking for advice and absorbing the knowledge about monsters and ghosts in this world. This tree demon obviously knew about mortals' curiosity about these fantastic and magical things, so it kept telling him what it knew, solving his doubts, and answering whatever he asked. As they chatted, Lin Jue roughly understood why it was inconvenient for it to go out but knew so many things - Trees are silent, but this one is a talkative one. However, neither Lin Jue nor the tree demon noticed that in the alley outside the house, in addition to the young man from the Wei family who was sitting at the door waiting, there was also an old Taoist who was standing quietly listening to them talk. The Taoist seemed to merge into the night. Before I knew it, it was a night. …Lin Jue returned to the inn and opened the ancient book in the room. As expected, there was an extra page on it: Wood escape technique, one of the five elements escape techniques.
Heaven produces five elements, and the earth bears yin and yang, all of which can be used as paths. Therefore, yin and yang and the five elements all have escape methods, which are inspired by heaven and earth and born from the great way. If you practice, all things in heaven and earth can come and go freely. If you practice to a high level, you will be in harmony with all things when you practice, and you will be the same as all things. Nothing can hurt you, and you can walk between gold and stone and walk on water and fire. If you want to learn the Five Elements Escape Technique, you need to have a sense of the Five Elements and be in harmony with the Five Elements. You cannot practice it if you are not in harmony with them, and you cannot practice it if your mind is full of distracting thoughts. “Can’t those who don’t agree with it practice it? “Do you need a special talent? "Or is it like the Fire Aversion Technique, which requires one to comprehend the spirit of fire? If someone is unable to comprehend the spirit of plants and trees, or has disliked plants and trees since childhood, then they cannot learn it?" Lin Jue frowned and guessed, then reached out and pinched the page of the book. Suddenly, words rang in my mind: "Among the five elements of escape techniques, earth escape is the most commonly used, but also the most dangerous to practice. Water escape is the second most commonly used and the most dangerous, but also pretty useful. Wood escape is the third. “The Wood Release Technique originated from the spirits of plants and trees. To practice it, one must be close to plants and trees, and have the talent of the five elements. "Beginners can penetrate living wood, and those who practice further can penetrate dead wood. Advanced ones can pull others into grass and wood, and hide themselves in thinner grass and wood that is different in shape or even smaller than themselves. It is said that those who have achieved great success can even use the roots of grass and wood, and the intertwining branches and leaves to move. The roots are not broken, the branches are not sparse, and they can travel a thousand miles a day. No wooden object in the world can be damaged in the slightest. "Those who are not gifted with the five elements cannot cultivate. Those who cannot feel the spirit of wood cannot cultivate. Those who often cut down trees and tear up grass at will will find it difficult to cultivate to a high level. “When performing a technique, you should try to get rid of all distracting thoughts in your mind. If you cannot do this, it will be difficult to achieve success and you will easily get stuck. "..." Just by listening to the previous introduction, Lin Jue felt a lot of mysterious and elusive flavors. How to get along well with plants and trees? Moreover, people who often cut down trees and pull out weeds indiscriminately seem to become an obstacle to the practice of this magic, and find it difficult to achieve perfection. Is it because they have no respect for plants and trees in their hearts? Listening to the latter part, it seems even more mysterious and ethereal. Lin Jue seemed to understand but not quite. So he stayed in Danxun City for the next few days. He originally planned to leave the next day, even if he was invited by Wei Yuanzhong, he planned to sleep for one night and then leave. However, he had chatted with the tree demon for nearly a night, and learned the wood escape technique from it. He could not ignore this affection no matter what. And its skills were still in the hands of the Wei family, so Lin Jue had to stay in Danxun City and wait for the Wei family to get the talisman from the Qingdi Temple in Luosu County. I just happened to be studying the technique of Wood Release. Whether it is about this magic, or about "getting close to plants and trees" or "feeling the spirit of wood", if you have any questions, there is nothing better than asking a tree. I'm afraid that even the great practitioners' attainments and insights in this area are not as good as its. Five days later, in the barren mountains outside the city. The Wei family had already followed the tree demon's instructions. All the men in the family went into battle and dug out the tree stump along with the root ball and soil underneath. They also hired an ox cart and, with great effort, finally got it to the mountain. Dig holes, transplant, cover with soil, and water. Everything was done with extreme caution. Lin Jue also put in some effort and then stood aside to watch carefully. If it were just like this, a tree stump without even a branch or a leaf, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to survive, and the rest would have to rely on God's help. It is the so-called Qingdi Talisman.
There are not many statues of Qingdi in temples in the world. It is said that in Luosu County many years ago, the one and only statue of him in the world was covered with dust. At that time, a poor man was wandering in the wilderness and was drenched by the rain. Suddenly he saw the statue half washed away by the rain and half buried in the mud. He felt that the fate was similar to his own and could not help feeling emotional. So he dug it out, cleaned it, and placed it in the temple next to him. This behavior might have been inspired by the Green Emperor, or the Green Emperor already had the idea of appearing again to gather incense and offerings, so he gave him a magic scroll in his dream, taught him how to draw talismans, and asked him to be a temple priest for him. With the help of this magic tablet, by setting up the altar and performing rituals and drawing some talismans, one can borrow the divine power of the Green Emperor. I heard that this temple keeper gradually became a greedy person. Whenever someone came to ask for a talisman, he would charge several taels of silver. I don't know whether the Wei family was afraid of the tree demon's revenge, or they were truly repentant, or they were afraid that their unfilial behavior would be known to the world or even they would be punished after death. In short, they were sincere enough to change their ways, and they really got a talisman from the temple keeper. At this time, Lin Jue just watched them take a bowl, burn the talisman paper, recite prayers, and put the talisman paper into the water. "Gululu..." It seemed to be in harmony with something, causing some magical reaction. When the talisman paper entered the water, it did not go out, but continued to burn into ashes. The Wei family poured water on the tree stump. Lin Jue seemed to sense something and turned his head to look into the distance. "call……" On that hot and quiet summer day, a breeze suddenly blew from somewhere, as cool as spring, blowing up everyone's hair and clothes, causing the Wei family to feel strange. Looking back again—— At some point, a small bud appeared on the edge of the tree stump, and it grew rapidly, producing a branch nearly one foot long and as thin as a grass stem. When blown by the wind, it trembled and unfolded a few tender leaves. Lin Jue couldn't help but open his eyes wide. There really is a Green Emperor and divine power. It's so magical. It turns out that only by going out can you gain such knowledge. "call……" The young leaves are still trembling in the wind. Lin Jue walked forward. "Now it seems that you have nothing to worry about. Thank you for answering my questions these days." Lin Jue bowed deeply and said, "I will say goodbye now." "..." Stand up straight and you will see a few more peach gums on the tree stump. There was a faint voice that was hard to hear, and it seemed to be asking him to take it away. (End of this chapter)