Since Glacier Snow Lotus was originally given to the Emei Sect by the descendant of Lu Ban who designed Feilai Temple, it means that this Lu Ban descendant must have had a way to get in touch with Glacier Snow Lotus.
Yan Shou is also the heir of Lu Ban. It would be a huge disgrace if he was helpless against Glacier Snow Lotus in the end.
According to his idea, since the glacier water around the glacier snow lotus is extremely cold, living creatures must not be allowed to approach it. Designing and making a mechanism to pick wood is the best way.
But this trap wood cannot be controlled by using the Yin Wood Soul Locker like Sanyuan, because according to Master Guanyun's instructions, the glacier water can even freeze the soul.
Therefore, the picking tools must meet the following three conditions.
First, being able to come and go freely in extremely cold glacial water.
Second, there must be no life, not even a soul, otherwise you will die.
Third, you must be obedient and flexible, otherwise you may harm the glacier snow lotus during the picking process.
It is easy to solve each of the three separately, but when the three become parallel conditions, the difficulty of the problem increases exponentially.
Yan Shouyi sat on the ground and thought hard, and slowly came up with a plan.
Because it is purely used as a tool, the designed prop can be completely separated from the biological shape, retaining a body that can swim like a fish, plus a mechanical pliers like a crab, which can be used to cut lotus roots and dig out lotus seeds.
In order to satisfy the second and third dual conditions, Yan Shouyi decided to use the wooden puppet body method to separate a strand of the scattered soul in his body to control this fish-like crab-like thing, and at the same time place a A few Lihuo Talisman to maintain one's own temperature and resist the cold.
In this way, one can achieve absolute control over the props without harming the glacier snow lotus without having the soul frozen by the glacier water.
It is worth mentioning that the method of injecting the soul uses the secret technique of the wooden puppet body. This is a very painful process for others, but not for Yan Shouyi.
The secret of "Wooden Puppet Dharma Body" is that after the descendants of Lu Ban made the puppet Dharma Body, they had to forcibly peel off a strand of their own souls and inject it into the Puppet Dharma Body, so that they could control the Dharma Body from the first perspective.
For an ordinary descendant of Luban, to forcibly strip away the soul is tantamount to pulling out bones and cramps, and they have to endure indescribable pain.
But Yan Shouyi is a corpse puppet of Tiansha. His soul is already scattered. The enemy cannot really attack his soul. He can just peel off his soul at will without feeling pain.
With a preliminary plan in place, he rummaged around in his satchel and found a piece of birch wood that had an advantage in cold resistance.
Birch trees love light, are intolerant of shade, tolerate severe cold, have strong adaptability to soil, have deep roots and are resistant to barren soil. Its bark is as smooth as paper, and you can even write on it with a pencil.
There is nothing unusual about ordinary white birch wood, but taking it out of Yan Shouyi's satchel, it is naturally not simple.
This piece of white birch is about the size of two palms. Its surface has clear lines and is as smooth as a mirror.
It was left by Yan Shouyi's grandfather.
Yan Baixiang once went to North Korea and fought a battle there. At that time, artillery shells blasted away an iceberg, and a fallen birch tree was sealed in the mountain. According to Yan Baixiang's speculation, this birch tree may have come from two thousand years ago and has been The ice was only discovered by him until now.
Because of his limited ability, Yan Baixiang could only cut off the best piece and bring it back. Since then, he has never found a chance to use it, and now it appears in Yan Shouyi's bag.
Next comes design, engraving, and assembly...
This process took the longest, but Yan Shouyi enjoyed it very much and did not notice the passage of time at all.
It was only when he occasionally stretched and changed his position that he realized that Long Feicheng and the others had already fallen asleep, and five or six hours had passed.
Yan Shouyi named this design "Yu Crab", which is concise and concise, and it is famous and understandable.
It wasn't until around six o'clock the next morning that the fish and crab finally took shape. Looking at the palm-sized little monster, Yan Shouyi was very satisfied.
The little fish crab has the body of a fish, but there are slender crab claws on both sides of the body. Its belly is big, like a small puffer fish, but there is a groove on its back, which is just big enough to hold lotus seeds.
There is a secret compartment at the bottom of Xiaoyu Crab's body. This secret compartment is also found on Sanyuan's body. It is used to store Tao charms. You can use Tao charms directly when necessary.
According to Yan Shouyi's plan, this secret compartment is used to store the Lihuo Talisman. As long as the core temperature in the body exists, the soul he injected into the fish and crab will not be frozen.
After testing the body of the fish and crab, once Yan Shou confirmed that there was no problem, he began to peel off the soul and inject it into it.
This process is very fast. Almost as soon as you close your eyes and open them, the fish and crab suddenly come to life and start to swing their tails and claws.
At this time, Long Feicheng and others also woke up one after another. Seeing a small wooden monster in Yan Shouyi's hand, they all came over curiously to observe.
"Brother Yan, how did you create such a strange creature? It's a bit like Cthulhu!" Long Feicheng chuckled.
Yan Shouyi didn't quite understand what Cthulhu was. He shook his head without explaining and walked out of the room to find Master Guanyun.
Master Guanyun and grandma Wen Yuxian stayed up all night, chatting about things from their childhood. They comforted each other, and the guilt and sadness in their hearts were alleviated.
However, when they saw Yan Shouyi coming with fish and crabs, they were still surprised. They didn't expect that he would move so fast and that he had already thought of countermeasures to deal with the glacier snow lotus.
Master Guanyun was also a little impatient. She had also coveted the Glacier Snow Lotus for a long time, so she immediately took Yan Shouyi to the Immortal Pond.
When they arrived at the Immortal Pond, Master Guanyun retreated, leaving only Yan Shouyi and Wen Yuxian. Even Ling Xiaoxiao could only guard outside and could not come in.
Just one night, when Yan Shou saw the glacier snow lotus again, he found that its petals had withered and the lotus pods had become much larger. It is estimated that it will not be long before the glacier snow lotus will completely wither and then enter the next thirty-year cycle.
In other words, if you can't pick it successfully today, you will have to wait thirty years before doing it again.
"Shouyi, are you confident?" Wen Yuxian asked.
Yan Shouyi was full of confidence: "There will definitely be no problem!"
"Okay, let's give it a try!" Master Guanyun urged.
The transparent glass at the bottom of the fairy pool is controlled by a mechanism. Master Guanyun activates the switch, and the glass opens. The glacier water in the upper and lower parts mixes together, and the temperature around the fairy pool suddenly drops by dozens of degrees!
Ordinary people simply cannot bear this kind of coldness.
Yan Shouyi took a breath: "I still underestimated the coldness of the glacier snow lotus... but my fish and crabs should not have a problem coping with it."
After that, he threw the fish and crabs into the fairy pond, and he sat cross-legged by the pond, closed his eyes, and devoted himself to controlling the fish and crabs in the fairy pond.
