Chapter 2702 Mu Ling's Movement Trajectory

The air was already very silent, and after the squeak of the wood spirit, it became even more stagnant.

Angel couldn't hold his face anymore, and after much hesitation, he said: "How about you, the wise master, ask it? It will answer, and I will be the witness, which will make it more real."

The wise master looked at the wood spirit who continued to play dead, and sighed softly in his heart: "No need, let you answer."

He knew the wood spirit too well, and the wood spirit couldn't speak a complete sentence in front of so many people.

The fact that Angel could make the wood spirit squeak had surprised the wise master. It would be almost impossible to say more.

After a pause, the wise master said: "Who did you just say to the wood spirit that you wanted it to see? Who did you mean?"

From what Angel said to the wood spirit, the wise master had already grasped the key point. Perhaps the wood spirit was willing to leave with Angel because Angel made a promise to the wood spirit. And there was a key person in this promise: him.

Who is this him? Why did the wood spirit want to see him? Even to see him, it took the initiative to leave the most secure comfort zone for it.

"About 'him'..." Angel did not answer immediately, but mentioned another thing: "I wonder if the wise master still remembers that I asked a question before: What is the true body of the wood spirit."

Wise master: "Remember."

His answer at that time was: I don't know. Because the wood spirit never mentioned its true body, the wise master did not ask in the end due to various external factors and the character of the wood spirit. It was just based on the common nature of the spirit, guessing that it was something closely related to humans, or jewelry, weapons or crafts, etc.

At that time, the wise master thought that the reason why Angel asked about the true body of the wood spirit was to find the trace of the wood spirit in the ladder of the hanging prison.

But now Angel mentioned this question again, obviously there is another story.

As for the specific inside story, after thinking for a while, the wise master had a vague guess in his heart...

Angel: "The trajectory of the wood spirit after its birth must be familiar to the wise master. The master thinks that there is someone who has a profound impact on it in its trajectory, making it willing to leave at all costs just to see him?"

Although Angel is asking a question, both Angel and the wise master know that this question has only one answer.

"No."

"It was born in a place where witches and ghosts are prevalent. It hid and stumbled to the other dimension. Under the guidance of Miss Xixia, it came to the ladder of the hanging prison. In this process, it did not meet any creatures with which to communicate except Miss Xixia."

"If Miss Xixia was the person it was willing to see at all costs, it would have left long ago."

"So, it must have wanted to see someone else."

At this point, Angel looked at the wise master. He believed that the wise master should have the answer.

Sure enough, after a moment of silence, the latter whispered: "Is it going to see the original owner of its body?"

"That's right." Angel said so much, it would be strange if the wise master still couldn't guess it.

Angel: "The reason is so simple. I promised to take it to see the original owner, so it agreed to leave here with me."

Having said that, the wise master didn't think the reason was really that simple.

Mu Ling's character is timid, not stupid. If anyone can trick it out with a few words, it would be too childish, and it would be even more unworthy of the wise master's teaching of Mu Ling day and night.

So, Angel must have done something else. First, let Mu Ling notice him; second, let Mu Ling believe him. And this may be the key to the problem.

Seeing that the wise master was still looking at him with suspicion, Angel sighed: "That's why I said let the wood spirit speak for itself. You will definitely believe its words. What I said... won't it be that I have to tell you everything?"

Angel said the last sentence very softly, as if he was mumbling to himself, but the wise master still heard it.

Although Angel was ready to take off his vest, he still felt a little uncomfortable at this moment. He enjoyed acting under a vest...because what did the vest do to him, Angel?

"The reason why the wise master doesn't trust is the lack of key evidence." Angel pointed to the cane on the table: "This cane is the evidence."

The wise master looked at the cane, and all kinds of things about this cane flashed through his mind.

He saw Angel refine the cane with his own eyes.

At first, he felt that the cane seemed familiar, and later he found that one of the silver ornaments on the top of the cane was very similar to the ornament made by the No. 6163 experiment subject. This discovery made the wise master a little worried, worried that the No. 6163 laboratory had been killed by them, so the wise master personally went to see it through the magic array. After confirming that No. 6163 was safe and the silver ornament was also on it, the wise master completely dispelled his doubts.

At this time, Angel clearly pointed out that the cane was the so-called "evidence", which forced the wise master to look at the cane again.

The body of the cane was made of a derivative of the wood spirit, and there should be nothing worth mentioning.

Is the doubt still on the cane head?

The wise master looked at the silver ornament that No. 6163 also had. The most attractive thing about this ornament was the exquisite logo carved in the hollow: a knight's rapier with wings, inserted among thorns and roses.

The same logo, the Wise Lord had seen before, was on Angel's gloves.

At that time, the Wise Lord was indeed a little strange as to why the self-made pendant of Experimental Subject No. 6163 had the same logo as Angel's gloves. However, Angel's behavior was strange at that time, and there were a series of coincidences that the wise master could not explain. This incident was regarded as one of these coincidences, and was forgotten by the wise master.

But now that I think about it carefully, there is quite a lot worth mentioning here.

There is no doubt that Experimental Subject No. 6163 pursues "beauty". It becomes wise because of "beauty", but can it, having just become wise, be able to make such exquisite hollow carvings by itself?

Impossible, this kind of hollow carving is the crystallization of skills accumulated over several generations. Even No. 6163, who has an excellent talent for appreciating "beauty", can only judge that it is beautiful, but cannot create it.

So, where did the ornament No. 6163 come from, and what does it have to do with the ornament on the head of this cane?

The wise master always felt that there was a vaguely connected thread in his mind, connecting various clues together, but he always felt that a key link was missing.

The missing key link must be related to the wood spirit.

Because it is impossible for Angel to mention the cane inexplicably, and the most noteworthy thing about the cane is the head...

Suddenly, a sentence appeared in the mind of the wise master.

What is the true nature of the wood spirit?

This was what Angel said at the beginning. He mentioned this sentence first. At that time, the wise master thought that he said this sentence to introduce the concept of "the master of the wood spirit body".

But now that I think about it, if we really want to find out the owner of the wood spirit's true body, there is no need to specifically ask: What is the true nature of the wood spirit?

Because 99% of the spirits born in the Southern Territory are closely related to humans. So when we talk about the spiritual nature, we can already think about the ontological owner of the spirit. There is no need to ask what the true nature of the wood spirit is.

After previous observations, the wise master knew very well that Angel was a person who seldom said anything. He couldn't have asked this question out of the blue, this sentence must have some meaning.

What is the true nature of the wood spirit? The wise master once guessed, and there is no doubt that it must be related to humans. His guess was jewelry, weapons, or furniture ornaments, etc...

But now, Angel deliberately pointed to his cane and said, "The key evidence is right here."

It's no longer hinted, but made explicit.

Thinking of this, the wise master said: "The body of the wood spirit is a walking stick?"

It sounded like a question, but the wise man's expression was very determined.

Angel nodded: "It's probably true, but the wise master still thought a little less. Just knowing that the wood spirit's body is a walking stick is not a key piece of evidence, is it?"

The Wise Lord did not speculate this time. It was originally an exchange of questions, but now it has become Angel's guidance to answer the question, and he fell into passivity. This was not the Wise Lord's original intention.

Therefore, the wise master asked directly this time: "Then what is the key evidence you mentioned?"

Angel: "I said, the key evidence is right here."

Angel repeated his previous words while pointing his finger at the cane again.

The wise master looked at the cane, and an idea suddenly came to his mind that made him a little unbelievable. This idea was even a bit unbelievable. But seeing Angel constantly emphasizing the cane, the wise master thought that maybe this idea was a little bit possible?

For the first time, the wise ruler said in a hesitant tone: "Is this cane the true form of the wood spirit?"

Angel raised the corners of his mouth and narrowed his eyes into crescent moons with a smile: "Correct answer."

Seeing Angel who just didn't celebrate with flowers, the wise master was confused.

"This cane... let's just talk about the body. I saw you refining it with my own eyes. How could it be the true form of the wood spirit?" Even though the wise master had answered hesitantly before, he really wanted to believe the answer he gave. , he still wasn’t sure at all.

Angel: "The body of the staff is also a derivative of the wood spirit."

Angel said as he picked up the cane and gently stroked the vines wrapped around the cane. The wood spirit seemed to like Angel's touch very much, and moved slightly, as if in response.

"Everything on this belongs to the wood spirit. Besides, isn't the wood spirit already wrapped around this cane? It's not an exaggeration to say that it is the true form of the wood spirit."

Angel's words sounded a little sophistry to the wise master, but the content of Angel's words attracted the wise master's attention.

Everything here belongs to the wood spirit.

This cane currently consists of three parts, the vine, the cane body, and the cane head. Needless to say, the first two are from the wood spirit itself. But according to Angel, the silver ornament on the head of the staff also belongs to the wood spirit?

The wise master did not think about the relationship here. He pointed directly at the silver ornament with carvings and asked Angel: "Is this also from the wood spirit?"

Angel nodded: "That's right. When the wood spirit was first born, this was on it, so it's not an exaggeration to say it belongs to it. Of course, from the perspective of item ownership, half of the ownership of this ornament belongs to it. It belongs to the original owner. But since the original owner accidentally lost the cane, all its ownership rights should belong to the wood spirit."

The wise master did not speak and signaled Angel to continue.

"However, the location where the wood spirit was born is a bit awkward, surrounded by witch ghosts. In order to protect the budding spiritual intelligence, it dared not move at will, fearing that it would attract the attention of the witch ghosts. This is reasonable."

After all, the wood spirit was right next to it, so Angel had to say "cowardly" in a more tactful way.

"Although the location of the cane is remote, there are too many witch ghosts, and someone will always find it. However, the IQ of most witch ghosts is not high, and they are not very interested in a "dead object."

"But at this time, a very special witch ghost appeared. It is still not interested in "dead objects", but it has an abnormal pursuit of "beauty."

When Angel said this, the wise master already knew that the so-called witch ghost in Angel's mouth was the experimental subject No. 6163.

So, the silver ornament on the body of the experimental subject No. 6163 was obtained from the wood spirit body? Then why is there still an ornament on No. 6163 now?

The wise master suddenly remembered that Angel had refined a cane of extraordinary nature on the spot. If he wanted to refine an ordinary silver ornament, wouldn't it be a matter of minutes? So, he exchanged a fake one for a real one?

That's not right... In fact, the silver ornament didn't have much value. It's a bit too much to distinguish between real and fake. It should be said that the new one was exchanged for the old one.

As expected, Angel quickly told the story behind it.

"The witch eye ghost who pursues beauty saw the small crown on the top of the staff and the carved silver ornaments, and naturally liked it, so he took it away. But our poor wood spirit didn't dare to resist, and could only watch his things being taken away. By the way, the witch eye ghost may have taken a silver ring, but because it didn't look good, it was discarded, and finally picked up by another witch eye ghost."

"The wood spirit only had the last ring left, which it cherished very much. Unfortunately, when it was in the other dimension, Xixia collected a toll, and the last ring was also lost. In the end, it could only climb the ladder of the suspended prison with nothing."

The wise master:... It sounds quite sad.

"Until we arrived, we were lucky. Along the way, we not only found the silver ring, but also found the carved pendant and crown on the special witch ghost and in its boudoir. Finally, we exchanged the last ring with Xixia and combined it into this staff head. It can be regarded as finding all the lost accessories for the wood spirit."

Angel said this, and the wise master had understood everything.

He did not comment on Angel's other actions, but simply because Angel exchanged the old for the new and obtained the carved pendant and crown from the experimental subject No. 6163, instead of obtaining them through killing, actually made the wise master look at it differently.

However, the wise master just kept these in mind and did not say them out loud. Just like Angel did not specifically mention how he got the pendant from No. 6163.

The wise master: "Your story sounds very coincidental, but it should be true. I just don't understand why you insist on collecting those ornaments. You already knew it belonged to the wood spirit?"

Angel put his hand on the table and motioned the wise master to look at his gloves.

In fact, the wise master knew without looking that the logo on Angel's gloves was exactly the same as the logo on the silver ornament. However, the wise master didn't know what this logo meant.

"I didn't know it belonged to the wood spirit at the time. I only knew that this logo represented my mentor, which means it belonged to my mentor. Since it is the mentor's thing, I will take it back no matter what."