Chapter 46: The Slanting Wind Goes Through the Forest

The little fireflies reflected on the path in the forest, like a dream, and on a moonless night, Roland Hill walked to his small yard with this faint light.

His fingers groped in the dark shadow and touched the cold copper rings and grooves. Roland Hill took out the small copper card tied to his wrist, wrapped his fingers around it, and pressed it into the groove, a burst of pale golden light. The ripples spread from the door, illuminating the complicated patterns, and then there was a soft sound, and the door was released.

Holding the things she received today, she lifted her foot over the high threshold, stepped into the small courtyard, and closed the door with one hand.

Looking at the dark courtyard, Roland Hill blinked, two blue flames floated out from his side and landed on the palace lanterns in the courtyard, and then the two octagonal palace lanterns radiated soft warm light, illuminating Middle path and surrounding buildings.

Pushing open the door of the attic, the air inside was slightly cool.

There was a chirping sound, and then two birds flapped their wings, and little Lorraine Hill flew over, chirping around her head, and landed on the birdcage on one side. The two little heads looked at the things in Roland Hill's hands, looking for something to eat.

It seems that he forgot to bring food for these two little guys, and a trace of guilt and remorse rose in Roland Hill's heart.

She put aside the wooden box for her clothes, came to the yard, and looked at the surrounding trees.

It should also be possible to temporarily ripen common crops now. Roland Hill looked for suitable trees and focused his eyes on the tall pine trees on the side.

After choosing, she took the wooden flute from the house, went to the courtyard, and began to play it.

The blue-green butterflies, formed by the scattered magic light spots, appeared one by one on the side of Roland Hill. Seeing that she started to play the flute, two little birds also flew out, coiling and chirping above the courtyard, looking at the girl below curiously.

Following Roland Hill's playing, these butterflies flew up one by one and poured into the tall pine trees on the side. The green butterflies fluttered on the branches and stayed between the branches, turning into grains of smooth sand.

The pine trees that melted into the sand began to grow buds, and then quickly bloomed, bearing pine nuts one by one, adorning the branches.

The night wind blows, the branches and leaves sway, and these pine nuts collide with each other, making a slight wooden sound.

When Roland Hill finished casting the spell, the pine nuts also fell and were gathered in the center of the courtyard by the whirlwind.

Seeing the formation of plump pine nuts, the two birds happily circled in the air, and then landed on the stone slab in the courtyard. Looking at the scattered pine nuts in front of them, the fragrance of leaves and pine nuts also spread in this courtyard.

They stepped up and jumped to the front to peck at these pine nuts. The slightly hard shell was easily cracked under the beak of the bird, and the pine nuts with the oily fragrance entered their mouths. Among them, the Dai Ju even spit out the slightest flames, roasting the pine nuts to make it taste better.

The blue dark crow on the side didn't know much about flame-related abilities, so he looked at it enviously and continued to peck at the raw pine nuts.

Roland Hill came over, touched the little guy's head, and then a burst of air came from the ground, lifted some of the pine nuts, and flew into the air. , These flames burned through the pine nuts, infiltrating the heat evenly, and some of the pine nuts that were originally closed were also cracked, and there were bursts of pine oil in the courtyard.

Afterwards, the roasted pine nuts gathered again and landed on the clean stone slabs in the courtyard.

"Eat it, it should taste a lot better this way." Roland Hill touched the little guy with blue and black feathers, then sat on the bluestone beside him, looking at the two simple birds below.

She is also a little hungry, Roland Hill thought. Seeing that the two birds were eating happily, she also picked up a few clean pine nuts, peeled them off one by one, and blew away the brown-red oily skin, and the small, white pine nuts fell into the palm of her hand.

Leaning on the bluestone in the courtyard, Roland Hill looked up at the starry night sky, eating the nutritious pine nuts one by one, listening to the wind and insects at night.

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In the next few days, Roland Hill didn't go out much, and spent most of the time in his yard.

The first is to tidy up and clean the courtyard, remove the dust, and ventilate. Then I went to Changwufang to buy some daily necessities to fill the empty courtyard.

After cleaning up the yard, Roland Hill also began to learn those classics.

On a sunny afternoon, by the pool in the courtyard.

Tall pine trees were erected outside the fence, and some of them extended into the courtyard. Roland Hill lay on the bamboo lounge chair under the shade of the tree, looking at the outer door book in his hand. The two birds squatted on the pine branches, occasionally looking at the girl below and in the distance, then shrank their heads, closed their eyes, and took a small nap.

The pale yellow pages were gently turned, and occasionally the small horns were rolled up by the breeze, making a whirring sound. The ink-colored words were clear and neat, describing the origin of Huiluzhou and the origin of the Feather Sect.

No matter which organization or faction it is, at the beginning of its classics, it is never about skills, but about the inheritance and origin of their own faction.

Huiluzhou originated in ancient times. It is said that there was a crimson flame giant and a winged dragon fighting on the earth at that time. After the flame giant died, his body fell here, his head turned into a roaring volcano, and his body became a stream of flames that spread into the four states.

Among them, the most poisonous and hot one flows into Huiluzhou, burning the green hills, turning it into a sea of ​​fire, the earth transpiring, and gradually becoming white stone hot sand.

This situation has been going on for a long time, and the word 'Huilu' is not auspicious, but synonymous with fire, and the residents living around here are deeply affected.

This situation continued until thousands of years ago, when the Seven Phoenix Yingtian Zhenyan Palace Lord Volume

The waves of the South China Sea cross thousands of mountains and rivers like a river pouring down, quenching the fire of Huilu, and quelling this scorching wild fire. After that, the colorful phoenix planted the seed of yellow scorpion, and a large number of mulberry trees grew here, absorbing the heat and poison of the ground, condensing the water and soil, and opening up the dragon veins, allowing the heaven and earth to flow and taking away excess heat.

In this way, the place becomes a habitable land.

Many mulberry trees still grow in most of the land in this state and county today. Its leaves are not withered, and still maintain a bright yellow color. Some of these special and outstanding individuals are called Autumn Yellow Mulberry Trees, which are cultivated by local factions.

A few days ago, the material of the 'yellow yarn gauze' sent to Roland Hill used a lot of the bark fibers of these autumn yellow mulberry trees, which are not only tough, but also resistant to poison and fire.

Ordinary mulberry tree is not used for extraordinary functions, but it also plays a role in other fields. Its inner cortex fibers are long and soft, and have strong hygroscopicity. It is a good raw material for making mulberry paper.

The word '缃' in the Hanyu School, which means writing, and also refers to scrolls, also originated here.

Because it is suitable for papermaking and the raw materials are extremely rich, Huiluzhou used to be the place where many books were printed and produced, and the number of scholars gradually increased. Later, Hongchun, the fairy of burning incense, chose this place to build a school for this reason.

The expansion of knowledge is inseparable from books. With the printing of various books, the fame of Huiluzhou and the Feather School gradually spread, and they have become the famous door-to-door schools in Donglong Continent, which lasted for thousands of years. Even after several splits later, its name has not fallen.

The girl slowly flipped through the yellowish paper pages made of the mulberry tree, thinking about the distant and changing history in the book.

The afternoon wind passes through the pine forest, the branches sway, the two birds and one person are immersed in the quiet afternoon, and the time is also blurred and colorful.