Luo Binhan was speechless. The blue magpie's bones didn't weigh much, but they weighed heavily when they hit the ground. He felt that his abdomen was hit hard by an iron hammer, and his spirit seemed to be freed forever, heading to the carefree world on the other side.
Before he could smile, a bony slap fell on his face.
"Luo Han!" Lan Que screamed, "Can you still hear me! Give me some response!"
The Indian skeleton falling from the sky grabbed his collar and slapped his face with left and right palms, with a series of moves and fierce luck. In that hot touch, Luo Binhan gave up the transcendence of the spiritual world and was once again trapped in the pain of this worldly life.
"Stop fighting," he said dying.
Blue Magpie hurriedly stopped harming him and helped him sit up from the grass. Until it was convinced that Luo Binhan was not in danger, it complained: "Aren't you in a daze? Why did you suddenly move a few meters to the side! I calculated it well and thought of landing directly next to you, but that's it. A little error!"
"Yes, you were preparing for a sudden landing." Luo Binhan said, "Now you blame me for not finding the right place to stand?"
He said this, but his eyes quietly moved to the side, trying to catch some absolutely innocent hugging monster. But this time, August disappeared like before.
Lan Que asked him to take some painkilling powder and corrected the position of his ribs. The process took less than ten seconds, completely beyond Luo Binhan's previous knowledge. He couldn't help but ask: "Have you upgraded?"
"Upgrade? You mean the efficiency of my spells has improved? That's because I found new casting materials."
Lan Que showed Luo Binhan the medicinal powder he had just used to relieve pain. It has a pale golden color with shimmer around the edges.
"What is this?" he asked.
"I think this is some kind of plant similar to the tree of life on the planet Kabala." Blue Magpie said eagerly, "This is exactly why I came to you, Luo Han. Did you see the firelight flying out of the mountains last night? "
"That's when the bandit leader came out." Luo Binhan said.
His description made Lan Que tilt his head, as if he had doubts about the intimacy of the relationship between him and Jing Huang. It was difficult for Luo Binhan to explain this complicated relationship and their accustomed communication mode, and to be honest, he was still a little angry with Jing Huang. Therefore, he pretended not to notice the blue magpie's surprise, and only urged it to explain its purpose.
"...Anyway, I found the source based on the trajectory of the fire. It was a deep valley completely surrounded by cliffs. Do you know what I found inside? A whole golden forest with properties similar to Kabbalah's tree species of life! I haven't found it yet. I've decided how to name it, but I guess it must be the sacred forest in the prophecy mural. Those leaves do contain active life energy, but I didn't find the legendary 'Sun Fruit'. Logically speaking, there should be at least one there. Nine fruits exist..."
"Ten." Luo Binhan interrupted, "They are all piled on the boat."
Lan Que rushed into the Silence without saying a word. It found the fruits brought by Jing Huang in the bridge room, and danced wildly like a pirate ghost after seeing the treasure. Then it lay down on the pile of fruits, covering the shining golden light with its body.
Luo Binhan mercilessly dragged it down and told it that those shiny fruits had become the private property of Silence, and that the blue magpie had no body organs to digest the fruits.
"Of course I'm not here to eat it!" Lan Que argued, "And according to the alliance's regulations, these fruits should belong to local residents. It doesn't just belong to you if you grab them."
Luo Binhan's conscience agreed with Lan Que's point of view, but his head did not agree with his conscience. The final conclusion was that he had no intention of returning these beautiful fruits to their original owners.
He dragged the blue magpie and said, "Stop talking nonsense, we are pirates."
"You have so many, can't you give me one?" Lan Que reluctantly grabbed the corner of the table with his bony fingers so that Luo Binhan could not easily drag it away from the pile of fruits, "I only need one! Half!" One! Or just a small piece! It’s really important!”
Its cry finally made Luo Binhan stop his hand and start to face the blue magpie's request. Although Luo Binhan didn't know the use of these fruits yet, he felt that he could actually share some of them--of course not the troops, but since Jing Huang told the crew members to eat one before leaving, he would deduct it from his own share. There seems to be no problem in giving a little to the blue magpie. Lan Que really helped him a lot.
"Tell me why," he demanded.
Lan Que must have heard the looseness in his tone, but he still scratched the corner of the table alertly.
"I thought of a recipe when I discovered that forest." It said quickly, "Magic crystal dust, dragon scale powder, centipede mugwort...and of course mud leaves! But I still lack the last ingredient, which must be It is a positive substance filled with local etheric essence.”
"These fruits." Luo Binhan said.
"Yes, yes, that's them! I tried to use leaves as a substitute, but the effect was definitely not up to expectations."
Lan Que took out a crystal bottle engraved with runes from under his cloak. The bottle is filled with an amber solution, and a pale golden leaf floats in it.
"Luo Han, I need fruit." Lan Que said word by word. "This formula is just a hypothesis of mine. I don't know how effective it can be. I must make every ingredient achieve the best effect." !”
The almost desperate pleading tone almost made Luo Binhan hand over the fruit on the spot. He controlled his hand in time and continued to say to the White Tower apprentice: "What is the use of this medicine?"
"I hope it will send the user to the moon realm." Lan Que said, "If the dose is enough, then the user will go very, very deep into the moon realm, and even directly enter the dreamland of a certain species. You know what that means. What are you wearing, Luo Han?"
"Meaning falling into the fire?"
"Sea of Fire? No, that has nothing to do with the Sea of Fire? We are going to send the Ten Thousand Insect Butterfly Mother into the dream of the first original species! Let her be eaten in there!"
Luo Binhan looked at it confusedly, but Lan Que misunderstood his level of knowledge. It nodded with understanding: "I know, I know. I'm not sure that I can definitely connect to the first original species. In fact, the properties of the Tree of Life are more in line with the properties of the second original species, but I think we can use some Ritual to make up for it, such as snake sloughing, dead corpse, or any spell runes linked to death..."
"Stop it." Luo Binhan said, "Don't tell me about those things that are and are not. Now I will ask you to answer. If you answer correctly, I will give you the fruit."
The blue magpie immediately stopped in the air. It was motionless, just nodding its head obediently.
"That medicine you prepared can make living creatures dream?"
The skeleton nodded.
"Dream things die?"
"That's a little different from the death under the alliance's conventional definition." Lan Que whispered, "But yes, it will stay in the dream forever until it is completely digested by the First Original Species - as long as it does enter the First Original Species kind of dream."
Luo Binhan thought of the silver dragon and the hound in the sea of fire. How does it introduce itself? Silver-tailed Faelong? The second original species?
"What exactly do you mean by original species?" he asked.
Lan Que was about to start explaining. Before it spoke, it even made a movement that looked like a deep breath. Luo Binhan judged from this that the answer would be extremely complicated and lengthy. He immediately stopped and asked Lan Que to explain in only three sentences.
"They are usually considered to be eternal concepts." Lan Que chose the words with great pain. "They have unity and uniqueness in all star layers. Their bodies cannot be observed, and only the body can possess it. Physical entities and manifestations of personality.”
"And what is the first species you mentioned just now?"
"Death." Lan Que said decisively, "The first original species points to death, and the second original species points to life. These are the two original species concepts that mages are most familiar with. We don't know yet whether we can really call them life. ...But when you go deep into the moon realm, you can see their dreams, Luo Han, all original species feed on souls, but the first original species is the embodiment of 'death', which can theoretically kill anyone. Something that conforms to the concept of life, and I mean life in the mystical sense. Its dream can definitely kill the butterfly mother of ten thousand insects! As long as we can send ten thousand insects in..."
Its voice gradually became lower, and the determination in its tone disappeared. Luo Binhan didn't understand the principles of spells or potions, but Lan Que's performance showed the success rate of this matter.
He wanted to just give the fruit to it regardless, but in the end he asked: "Will your medicine work on the butterfly mother?"
Lan Que replied a little hesitantly: "I don't know, Luo Han. There is no book that tells me how to deal with the Ten Thousand Insects Butterfly Mother, and I am not a battle mage... I am not even a mage! I have never I completed a research project independently, and this formula is still new. The only thing I know now is that the mud leaves will be effective on the camouflaged insects on the surface, but that does not mean that the medicine I prepared will also be effective on the formed hatchlings. I don’t even know if it can work on humans. After all, the effect is just my guess..."
It began to shake disheartenedly. At this time, Luo Binhan stretched out his hand to support it and said, "I can give you the fruit, my dear."
The blue magpie was frozen again.
Luo Binhan continued: "But you must first prove its effect, at least on people. How can you prove that a person has gone to the moon realm? Will the body disappear? Or will the scars in the dream appear on the body? "
Lan Que looked at him blankly, as if looking at a stranger. It wasn't until Luo Binhan asked a few more times that it came back to its senses and said, "That depends on the form of entering the moon realm. That's why I came to you, Luo Han."
"You want to test medicine on me." Luo Binhan said, "Why me?"
"That's because of your eyes, Luo Han. I don't know if you noticed this, but there is a curse hidden in your eyes..."
"I know." Luo Binhan said. Suddenly he accepted this without any problem.
"That's an ancient law's curse, and it will definitely bring about some... changes in you. I can't say that this is a good thing, but the ancient law is born with a deep connection with the moon, which means that as long as you go through the appropriate rituals , your eyes can easily see the scene of the moon realm. And if you drink the medicine I prepared, it should allow you to enter the moon realm immediately, which is the spiritual realm and the land of ether..."
"We need to try it." Luo Binhan interrupted and said, "As long as I can enter the moon realm, will this medicine be considered successful?"
"Half the battle is won."
"That's not bad."
Lan Que hesitantly raised the crystal bottle, which was an "inferior potion" made from golden leaves.
"You may see a blood-red wasteland." Blue Magpie said, "The living moon, the crow speaking human language, the giant snake frozen in the ground, the dancing skeleton..."
"Dancing skeleton?" Luo Binhan interjected, staring at it.
"I'm not kidding!" Lan Que screamed, "You have to hear every word for me! It doesn't matter when you see all this, you just need to stand there and wait until the effect of the medicine wears off. You will wake up. But don't move around! Remember, Luo Han? Don't enter any cave, passage or door! Villages and cities are definitely not allowed. If the people inside want you to go in, you must clearly refuse and say If you don’t want to go in, say you will never go in! Don’t listen, don’t look, don’t ask, don’t answer, and absolutely don’t have any contact with them, and don’t agree to pay anything!”
While chattering incessantly, it tremblingly opened the cork of the bottle and dipped a very small drop of solution into it. That amount is too small even for feeding ants.
Luo Binhan stood aside and waited, watching Lan Que touch the bone finger dipped in potion to his lips. Just one centimeter away from their contact, the blue magpie stopped.
"I don't think this is a good idea, Luo Han." It said desperately, "This is too pointless. I can't let you risk your life for the sake of the residents here. There are only three days left, we should escape Inform the alliance..."
"This is not for those savages." Luo Binhan said.
Of course Lan Que would not understand what he meant. Luo Binhan grabbed its wrist bone and shook it solemnly a few times. At that moment, a strong throbbing hit him, as if he hadn't realized that there was some kind of wonderful friendship between himself and Blue Magpie until this moment.
"Do you still remember the content on the mural?" he asked Lan Que.
"Of course! Are you talking about the trees in the painting? I thought it simply referred to a thousand years..."
"I mean that, 'I wish that person was you.' "
He bit the skull's fingertips and tasted a slightly sweet bitterness in his mouth. The astringent taste quickly paralyzed his body, dragging him into the darkness of unconsciousness.
