A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

  Chapter 54 The Way of Balance

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  Soul of Nature is really conservative and open!

  Looking at Ella who flew away shyly, Matthew was filled with emotion.

  He returned to the hut and recorded the conversation with the goddess in a handwritten form. Although he was exempt from the puzzle, 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 has planted 452 trees, which was unimaginable in the past.

   Ella contributed a lot to achieving such efficiency.

   Without her working day and night to germinate the seeds, and Matthew mastering the "rapid growth" spell, the results of this month would not have been so remarkable.

   In theory.

  In Rolling Stone Town, only March, April, May and October are suitable seasons for planting trees, so Matthew should go all out.

Unfortunately, the saplings in the greenhouse were almost exhausted—the oak seeds that Matthew bought last time were indeed faulty, and many seeds could not be saved even by Ella, the soul of nature. The husband never appeared in the market in Rolling Stone Town again.

  No one in the town usually goes to Watcher Heights. For a while, Matthew lost the source of the seeds.

  He took the time to entrust another merchant to help bring the goods, but it is unknown when he will get the goods.

  The logistics in this world are still too inefficient after all.

   On the other hand, there are still many things before Matthew, such as advancing, or building a cemetery.

  In the underground cave.

   Silver moon zombies are walking unconsciously.

   "Ah! Ah! Ah!"

   A few crows flew from nowhere, and dared to peck at the carrion of the zombie, but the sharp beak was blocked by the "tree skin technique".

  The crow persisted for a while, but couldn't eat any meat, so it flew away resentfully.

  Deep in the cave.

   Several figures are still busy.

   "Yes, nail it here, thank you!"

  The mage's fire and the torch together illuminate a corner of the light.

  There are figures on the wall.

  Under the command of Matthew, several guards gathered the last fence around the wall, and erected a wooden sign painted with red paint outside the fence.

  The wooden sign reads—

  「Matthew’s Cemetery (There are zombies inside!)」

  After adding a few alarm traps that Matthew personally arranged, 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 leading to the deep underground.

  In order to prevent outbursts, Matthew not only set up warning wooden signs around the cemetery, but also blew up those passages.

  In this way, except for a few paths leading to the surface oak forest, the cemetery has become a closed underground space.

  Matthew's zombies and skeletons will move freely here.

  Although there is no single room.

   But it is far more spacious than the previous undead dormitory.

   "When I come back from White Rock City, I will plant a whole circle of "Locust of the Underworld" near the fence, and then the negative energy in the cemetery will have a chance to automatically circulate. "

   gave a little tip, and sent away the guards who helped with the construction.

  Matthew stood on the edge of the fence thinking.

  Behind him, there are sparse shadows of undead.

   This scene seems to be only scary to others.

  But for the necromancers who are used to seeing it, it reveals an indescribable beauty.

   "But the seeds of black locust in the underworld are not cheap. Hey, sure enough, no matter what era it is, it is difficult to move without money."

  Matthew shook his head slightly in his heart and smiled wryly.

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 life of the place. negative energy cycle, only during the day will they absorb a small amount of negative energy for growth.

  The biggest advantage of this kind of plant is that it does not need sunlight, it only needs water, and it can be planted in the ground.

  And once the cemetery is surrounded by black locusts.

  The negative energy here will hardly leak out.

  At that time, Matthew also planned to add some things that the undead liked in the cemetery: coffins, shrouds, negative energy springs, loose bones, ropes, saws, rot sac plants...

  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 to form a closed loop that can circulate with each other.

  He even thought of the names of related fields.

   "It's called "ecosphere"! "

   "Aindor doesn't seem to have this kind of domain yet. When I am promoted to legend and can create my own domain, the ecological circle may become a higher-level new domain to cover "oak tree" and "undead". "

   "Now my body carries two legendary ways, and I must find a way to cover or command them. Even if I can't do this, at least I have to balance them with each other."

   Just when Matthew was leaning on the wooden sign and dreaming about Pianpian.

  Deep in the cave, there was a sudden sound of rolling gravel.

   Matthew's heart tightened.

   That is the direction of a tunnel he blew up earlier!

   Didn't wait for him to gather the undead.

  A shiny bald head emerged from the tunnel.

  When I saw Matthew.

  The bald head was also taken aback 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, a little embarrassed:

"In the past few days, I followed the group of underground creatures by smell, and took away the nests of three underground creatures, but they ran away in the end. Two days ago, I fought with a group of Dreadclaw monsters that had just woken up from hibernation. One, was almost driven to the territory of the aboleth fish, and finally went around and returned to the original place."

  "When approaching the surface, I unfortunately lost my way and had to use unconventional methods to open the way."

  Matthew walked over quickly.

   It was discovered that there was a passage that only allowed one person to pass through the place where it collapsed before!

  Beside it is sprinkled with gravel.

  Matthew was a little surprised:

   "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 is fine."

   "As for the cave, of course it wasn't with bare hands, I used "Qi". "

gas?

  Matthew has heard a little bit.

  He knew that it was a kind of extraordinary energy practiced by monks, and it had a completely different nature from mana.

   "Li, I noticed that your Qi seems a little different."

  Matthew recalled the sound of the dragon roaring from behind when he confronted the enemy that day, and couldn't help but ask one more question.

  According to what he knew, ordinary monks couldn't make dragon chant.

   And Li Weiqi's professional suffix is ​​"Dragon Sect", which shows that he is also a special one among monks.

   "That's true." Li Weiqi didn't shy away from it, but introduced it generously:

"The "Shenlong Temple" I was ordained to belong to a special branch of the monks. We not only practice Qi, but also try 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 the Shenlong Temple. The monk imitates the giant whale in the deep sea and the snake in the sky.

  Because of this simulation, our chi tends to carry different temperaments and attributes.

  Compared with ordinary monks, our practice is more difficult. Not only do we have to follow the precepts, cultivate our sense of aura, but also track the transcendent creatures we simulate when necessary. "

   Speaking of which.

  A wry smile appeared on his face:

   "This path has advantages and disadvantages. The simulation of transcendent life gives us stronger actual combat capabilities, but if this transcendent life no longer appears on this plane, we will almost permanently lose the possibility of advancing."

  Matthew was taken aback when he heard the words: "So these years..."

   Li Weiqi said frankly:

"So I've been running around outside all these years, hoping to find traces of the creature I simulated, but it's a pity that it has never been in the mortal world since it left a paw print in Shenlong Temple two hundred years ago. After showing up, I suspect that it has left this plane."

  Matthew couldn't help asking:

   "What's that creature?"

   Li Weiqi uttered the uncommon word in a very standard common language:

"coiled dragon."

   "That is a strange giant dragon that used to be active in the Eastern Continent in ancient times. It is different from Aindor's five-color dragons, metal dragons or rare dragons. Beaulieu is an older and more powerful true dragon!"

"According to the records of Shenlong Temple, Beaulieu was born as a legend, and when he became an adult, he possessed the power of a high-level legend and even a god. I realized Qi because of its paw prints, but it was also because I couldn't find more about it. Followed and hesitated."

   "Perhaps, this is fate."

  The giant dragon of the Eastern Continent?

   Matthew was thrilled, and blurted out:

   "Then do you know the country of Su?"

   Li Weiqi looked at Matthew in surprise:

   "You actually know the most famous country in the history of the Eastern Continent?"

  Matthew wondered: "In history?"

  Li Weiqi nodded:

"I have traveled around the Endless Ocean and the western coast, and met some local Sioux people. They told me that a very powerful empire once appeared on the Eastern Continent, but it was established more than a thousand years ago. was destroyed.

It is also because of the destruction of the empire that you can see some Sioux tribes on the long coastline of the Arun Inner Sea and the surrounding islands. Their ancestors came across the sea on huge boats hundreds of years ago and settled in Ain After many years, only the facial features of the Sioux people are preserved, and most of them have integrated into the local life. "

   Destroyed a thousand years ago?

  Matthew fell into doubt.

  If what Li Weiqi said is true.

  Then what happened to the building boat that Samantha encountered in her childhood?

  Matthew wanted to ask again.

  Li Weiqi laughed and said:

   "Are you going to keep zombies and skeletons watching our conversation?"

  Matthew hurriedly took him out of the cemetery.

   Walking in the oak forest.

   Li Weiqi closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

  When you open your eyes.

  His face is also full of curiosity:

   "You planted this oak forest yourself? It's unbelievable. I can feel the oak trees' love for you, and your natural affinity. Hoho, I am not as popular as a monk in the forest."

   "But you are clearly a necromancer, and you have also built a cemetery. Wait, are you planning to imitate the Sioux people's way of balancing life and death?"

   Matthew's heart moved:

   "The way of balance for the Sioux people? Can you tell me in detail?"

  Li Weiqi said solemnly:

   "Yes, but there is a price for everything."

  Matthew nodded and said:

   "Whatever you want, just ask."

   Li Weiqi blinked:

   "Give me a sip of water, thank you."

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  (end of this chapter)