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. Looking at it from a distance, without much association, you can see a majestic shape similar to the 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 just 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. It is slightly zigzag, but overall it does not cross the extension line of this thick horizontal arm.
"Is this Sakaemon?"
"Yes, during the Third World War, earthquakes caused changes in the terrain of the mountains. The floods from the upper reaches poured down, quickly submerged the ancient capital, and invaded other cities downstream. But 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. Sakagi The citizens thought the tree was magical, so they named it 'emon' based on local folklore, which roughly means the guard guarding the royal court. It is said that the tree species of this tree were transplanted from the sunken Saga Prefecture on Kyushu Island. Saga was called Saga in ancient times, so it is 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. .
Looking at "Sakaemon" at this time, he does look 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. .
Of course, it is impossible for the Sakka City government to completely pin the safety of the city on a camphor tree. According to records, in the early days of Sakajo's founding, the builders built a series of water conservancy projects such as dams and dams behind this big tree with record-breaking earthworks 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 folk beliefs and left ample space for the camphor trees to grow when building the dams. And this "sacred tree" is not rude. Not only do its thick and thick roots penetrate deeply into the ground, but also a considerable part extends on the surface. It is covered with pale green moss, making it look 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 speaking, there should be some distortions. The impact. It’s just that the plant distortion is relatively mild, and the Sakka City government did not find any obvious problems after long-term monitoring and research, so it left it alone.”
Luo Nan looked at it and murmured: "The incense is very strong."
It is now around eight o'clock in the evening, which is the time when people go out for leisure. Many residents or tourists come to this camphor tree and follow local customs to high-five and salute in front of the tree. The flow of people under the tree has always been relatively abundant, with an endless stream, and it does look quite intimidating.
Yin Le flipped through the information and learned now: "Local worship to gods is usually done in the morning, but according to legend, when the flood reached behind Sakaemon, it was just as night fell, so it is believed that Sakaemon's Divine power is more abundant at night, and 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, and 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 is "restrained" and 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 no longer move forward, so it temporarily anchored and stayed on the water. From this position, Ronan observed simultaneously with sight and telepathy. Silent for a long time.
Yin Le was silent for a while in cooperation, but after a few minutes, seeing Ronan going on 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, he went to Xia City in an out-of-body state to cooperate with the Federation's actions and tried to harm Ronan. Later, the operation failed, and many people saw that she was captured by Ronan using secret methods, but no one knew whether she was imprisoned or killed directly.
Therefore, Yin Le and Mrs. Halder were not surprised at all when Ronan wanted to find Snake Whisper's body. As for what Ronan was going to do with Snake Whisper's body, it was none of their business to whip the body to vent, threaten to torture, make medicine and serve food, etc.
The most important thing is to be able to consolidate and deepen the relationship with Ronan through this kind of thing.
Yin Le doesn't just want to give Ronan a good impression in terms of work. Before coming here, she and Mrs. Halder had devised quite a few plans on how to enhance their relationship with Ronan. During the next few days in Sakai, she will verify them one by one to see which one will have better results.
Judging from the situation just now, at least Ronan is not completely indifferent to some of her actions, nor is he angry. This is a good start, but how to do it next is just right, it is still a question that is not sure, but has no choice. The hard problem of not trying.
Yin Le turned his attention to Ronan again.
Ronan was still looking at the camphor tree in the distance and the moving figures under the camphor tree, very focused. What kind of scene will appear in his eyes and mental induction is beyond Yin Le's guess, but it makes her even more 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. .
Develop a relationship with such a person. Moreover, being in a lower position and begging for favor in a flattering manner is not an easy task for Yin Le. What's more, she may face backlash at any time - Ronan's inconsistent and changing personality is like a set of rapidly rotating fan blades. They seem to be one at high speed, but if they are touched head-on, they are a weapon that can break fingers.
In fact, it was probably her neck that was broken!
At this thought, 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!
While he was trying to adjust his breath, Ronan's murmur came to his 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 sight passed through nearly one kilometer of vast night and locked on a special point in the flow of people coming and going under the camphor tree.
Although Yin Le is also a person with abilities and a mental 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 could only indulge her own thoughts and speculate: the boy in front of her seemed to have really reached 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 problem: "If he went ashore to see beautiful women up close, or even go one step further...I Are you going to help, are you going to help with suggestions, or are you going to help directly?"
Today's Ronan is quite different from the image of the Guaiguaipai kid in Xia City. With Yin Le's intelligence channels, of course he would not take the "paternity test" controversy of the past few days seriously, but the more this happens, the stronger the contrast becomes.
"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 Sakagi It is not impossible to suddenly awaken and explode in such a strange area, without the usual restraints..."
In Yin Le's wild thoughts, she and Ronan boarded the fishing boat equipped with the yacht, took a detour to the shore, and spent some time walking from the breakwater to "Mr. Sakaemon".
The camphor tree looks bigger and more majestic when viewed from a distance than when viewed from a distance. At this time, Yin Le could already feel a slight sense of the vitality circulating in the surrounding air, as well as the power of faith coming from the chaos of the surrounding worshipers, but there were already certain rules.
"After decades of accumulation, it has actually become 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 Leyou looked around. After searching with clearer criteria, she soon saw a "monk" meditating with his eyes closed in the shadow of the thick branches with "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 his hair is kept very short. He looks more like a practitioner who is not in the Five Elements. The surrounding citizens who came to pay homage were not surprised by this man's presence.
"He is a person with abilities, but he shouldn't 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 more obvious "sect characteristics". With rich experience like Yin Le, they can be identified at a glance.
The "monk" in front of me obviously does not have that characteristic. However, the Qi of his whole 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 figures.
Awakened ones, and very powerful, with 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 gained in-depth understanding through special channels. She spent two minutes sorting out the information and was about to report it to Ronan. The boy beside her moved slightly, stepped into the crowd of people leaving in front, and went straight to the way she came.
"Sir!" Yin Le whispered subconsciously, then quickly woke up, pursed his lips and followed closely.
Thinking of what Ronan said before, she raised her eyes and looked forward. Sure enough, about seven or eight positions away, there was a good-looking woman, wearing a local traditional kimono, with her head slightly lowered, walking slowly with the flow of people.
Yin Le couldn't see the woman's face, but she 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 her unconsciously turned their gazes and looked more closely. Basically, it is certain 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 responding: "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 back, he would prepare a closed vehicle such as a speeding car - so that at least when attracting Ronan's attention, he would not be troubled.
At this time, Yin Le was suddenly touched again and turned to look at the camphor tree. The big tree itself did not change much, but the cultivator under the tree slowly stood up, clasped his hands together, saluted to the big tree, then bypassed the flow of people and left in another direction.
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