Chapter 69 Silver hairpin?
Bai Mo just saw him reporting to someone, obviously they were exchanging locations. Now he also sensed the six people who had just entered the woods from outside, so he was too lazy to pretend anymore, and a silver light flashed in his eyes.
With a wave of his hand, the branches wrapped around the man's head flew up, and the fair-skinned young man was trapped in place by the space and could not move.
A light breeze blew through, clearing the willow branches in the air before they fell into Bai Mo's hands. Bai Mo injected his magic power into them and found that the willow branches had no intention of taking him to another space. Instead, the branches became brighter and had a little more vitality.
There is also a hint of intimacy coming from the branches.
Isn't it activated by magic? Bai Mo was puzzled, and tried summoning and wind magic, but none of them were absorbed by the branch, and instead made it wilt.
Is it communicating through thoughts?
Bai Mo thought of the hint of closeness to him that the branch just dropped from, and had a not very reliable guess in his mind.
So he conveyed his desire to leave here to the willow branch in his hand, and immediately it felt like a switch was turned on.
There were slow spatial fluctuations around the willow branches, and they became more and more intense.
He quickly changed his mind and said that he didn't want to leave.
Bai Mo judged from the green-headed thief's behavior that he had to communicate his location through the mobile phone just now that this space teleportation should be random, but there is a limit on the distance. He can't leave now.
"Third brother, what are you doing standing there with a dagger in your hand? Give that pretty boy a stab."
A somewhat sharp voice came from the woods. Bai Mo turned his head and saw six people of different ages with some defects in their bodies slowly walking towards him.
The leader was a short man in his forties. One of his eyes was missing, and the other one was gleaming with ferocity.
As soon as he got closer, he realized something was wrong. A wave of space emanated from the willow branches above his head and immediately enveloped him.
Bai Mo had tried it just now. Willow's spatial displacement ability has signs, so how could he possibly succeed?
His eyes focused, cold silver light flashed in his pupils, and a star mark disappeared at an extremely fast speed. The branches on the heads of the six people opposite were all taken down by an invisible force and flew into the air.
"Boy, you're looking for death!" Someone shouted in shock, a hot breath emanating from him.
When the leader saw that he could not escape, a fierce light suddenly flashed in his eyes. Without saying a word, he took out a flaming dagger and slashed at Bai Mo.
“Purple Flame Slash!”
In an instant, the high temperature as if being in molten lava enveloped the area, and the surrounding grass and trees directly burned, and a condensed and blazing high-temperature flame slashed directly towards Bai Mo.
Bai Mo's pupils shrank, and a light suddenly shone in his eyes. Silver light instantly formed a space shield in front of him.
However, the attack power of the demon-slaying equipment is often extremely strong. The space shield was shattered in just a few breaths. Although the purple flame slash was also half dissipated, it still slashed towards Bai Mo.
Facing the violent flames coming towards him, Bai Mo felt like his hair was about to be set on fire. In an instant, he activated his soul mark.
"Aura Shield!"
Without any warning, a two-meter-high shield like a wall appeared in front of Bai Mo. The dark golden color looked heavy and solid under the illumination of the flames.
With a loud bang, the Purple Flame Slash hit the spiritual light shield, burning a black mark and then dissipated.
"Want to run?!"
Through the sound-detecting earrings, Bai Mo captured the chaotic footsteps that faded away in the explosion. The wind gathered under his feet, and the wind track spread out, turning into a whirlwind under his feet. He went straight up three feet off the ground and caught up in the blink of an eye.
Then he stretched out his hand and used telekinesis to imprison all these people.
After he collected the seven branches, he felt a greater sense of closeness. Thinking that his spatial magic could be injected into them, Bai Mo guessed that this should be related to his spatial system.
However, the current goal was to bring this group of people to justice, so he took seven people to Mingshui Town.
Bai Mo was also planning to go and take a look at the branches of the so-called Liu Zu.
On the way, he met a few people, probably townspeople returning from outside.
They saw the seven people floating behind Bai Mo, and they subconsciously showed expressions of fear at first, and then turned into surprise.
They looked at each other silently, some ran quickly towards the town, while others followed Bai Mo silently with hope in their eyes.
As soon as he entered the town, Bai Mo saw a few people in the uniforms of the Magic Association waiting quietly at the intersection. Not far away, Xiao Lingling was also standing coolly with his arms folded.
Seeing Bai Mo, the members of the Magic Association immediately stepped forward, and the old man in the lead expressed his gratitude to Bai Mo in a solemn tone.
"Hunter, I am Chang Qing, the president of the Magic Association of Mingshui Town. Thank you for catching these green-headed thieves. They have brought too much harm to the town. I, an old man, have also given an explanation to the townspeople."
Seeing that President Chang spoke so earnestly, Bai Mo could only repeatedly say that it was his job as Bai Mo of the Bai family to arrest such evil people. There was no need to thank him. It was understandable that he, an old man, was old and weak and could not deal with a group of evil people who had gone astray.
By the way, I would like to ask if the hunter commission is issued by Mingshui Town.
"We have reported this matter to the higher-level magic association. I think this commission was issued by them. I can write a certificate for Bai Xiaoyou to show that your commission has been completed. What do you think?"
Chang Qing smiled at Bai Mo and said that he was really grateful to Bai Mo. As a native of Mingshui Town, he was helpless because of the other party's spatial ability when such a terrible thing happened in Mingshui Town, and his intermediate level cultivation was wasted.
He is almost at retirement age, and if this matter is not handled well, he is afraid that he will not have a peaceful life after retirement.
Bai Mo nodded happily after hearing this and completed the commission. He thought of Liu Zu's matter and asked again:
"Chairman Chang, I would like to go and see the Liu Zu of your town. Is that possible?"
"No problem. I'll go get Old Man Shi. He's the one who knows the story of Liu Zu the most. I'll ask him to take you there."
So, under the guidance of President Chang, Bai Mo and Lingling came to an ordinary courtyard and met an ordinary old man who looked very old.
When he heard that he wanted to bring two young men who had done favors for Mingshui Town to visit Liu Zu, Old Man Shi agreed immediately.
He chased President Chang away like a fly, then walked slowly in front of us, leading the way and asking questions with a smile.
"What do you want to know? I will try my best to answer it for you, old man."
"Grandpa Shi, when did Master Liu leave?" Lingling asked as she walked by.
"Legend has it that when a devastating flood came, Liu Zu protected us. He is our totem. He made it difficult for the water to recede. After that, there was no record of Liu Zu's deeds."
Bai Mo took the willow branches out of the space, and then said, "Grandpa Shi, I found that those green-headed thieves rely on these willow branches to appear and disappear. This is the ability of the space system. So, Liu Zu is the totem of the space system."
"Alas~" Looking at the withered branches in Bai Mo's hand, Old Man Shi sighed, "Those kids, why are they like this? The tree left by Liu Zu finally sprouted, but they..."
Old Man Shi sighed again, then he remembered Bai Mo's question and said slowly: "I am not a magician, nor have I been to school, so I don't know what the space system is like. However, I know that our ancestors called Liu Zu the hollow willow, and I wonder if it has something to do with what you said."
"Hollow willow?!" Bai Mo and Ling Ling looked at each other, and Bai Mo asked, "Ling Ling, have you heard of it?"
"I don't know much about totems." Lingling shook her head, and then said, "From the name and the ability of the willow branches, I think it should be one."
After walking for a short while, the three of them arrived at the park in the center of Mingshui Town.
The park is full of lush vegetation, numerous flowers and plants, and fluttering bees and butterflies. As we go deeper, the trees around us disappear.
Only the lawn was left, with some scattered white flowers dotted in between. In the middle of the lawn, a small willow tree grew alone, without a single branch or leaf on it, and its branches were withered, giving it a sense of old age. If it weren't for the tenacious breath of life, no one would believe that this tree was actually alive.
"This is Master Liu." Old Man Shi stopped and said to the two people behind him.
Bai Mo quietly looked at the main trunk of this unremarkable willow tree, but found that the willow branches in his hand trembled. He let go of his hands, and saw the willow branches fly up and all sank into the trunk.
Old Man Shi did not show any surprise, as if he had seen a god, and kept muttering, "He's alive, he's alive!"
However, the willow tree did not move, the willow branches did not grow back from the trunk, and the willow tree's vitality did not improve at all.
Seeing this scene, Old Man Shi looked disappointed.
But Bai Mo felt a strong aura of space surging around the willow tree.
The originally withered tree trunk suddenly changed. A silver light with a hint of green rushed out of the trunk and landed in front of Bai Mo.
"Hmm?" Bai Mo was a little confused. He felt that he had established a soul connection with the thing in the silver light.
Bai Mo raised his hand, and the silver light seemed to have a spirit and automatically fell on his hand.
Then the silver light dissipated, and a silver wooden object with a hint of emerald green luster lay in his hand, shaped like a small spear with a wooden hairpin.
"Totem?" Bai Mo frowned and thought, but he saw that the originally dry willow tree suddenly came to life, with green branches sprouting one after another. In the blink of an eye, it became a willow tree with vigorous vitality.
"Alive! Alive!"
Old Man Shi shouted, he also saw what Bai Mo was holding. He exclaimed again, "This is Liu Zu's token, it's Liu Zu's token, you are the one chosen by Liu Zu, you have brought new life to Liu Zu!"
Looking at Old Man Shi who was shouting and yelling like a madman, Bai Mo signaled Lingling to be more careful and not get too excited, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain himself clearly.
He set his eyes on the willow tree, which had changed drastically. Normally, a totem coming to life would make some movements, but this willow tree did not. It now looked like an ordinary willow tree.
After careful observation, Bai Mo discovered that the branches and leaves of this willow tree were all green, completely different from the silver veins he had seen before, and he did not sense any spatial aura.
Bai Mo frowned and shifted his attention to the silver hairpin gun in his hand. From what Old Man Shi said just now, this should be the totem device.
Mo Fan's totem, the Azure Dragon Pendant, is very powerful and has many uses. Zhao Manyan's Baxia totem is a wooden fish that can strengthen defense.
I don't know what the function of this silver hairpin gun that I got in my hand is, but it looks like it is closely related to attack.
Thinking of this, he immersed his mind into the silver hairpin spear and soon arrived at the inner space.
Then he saw darkness. If he had not been able to sense the existence of space, he would have almost thought it was a void with nothing in it.
And in this dark and vast space, a silver seed with a hint of green attracted Bai Mo's attention.
"This is... the seed of the hollow willow?!"
Could it be that the hollow willow tree transformed its last bit of vitality into seeds and preserved them in this totem vessel?
Bai Mo guessed so, and he planned to plant the seeds in his yard.
There is a Totem in My Backyard
My mind circled around the internal space, but didn't find anything else. It seems that how to use this totem device still requires my own understanding.
Bai Mo separated his thoughts from the totem device and returned to the outside world, where he saw Old Man Shi looking at him excitedly.
"Young man, how old are you? Are you interested in staying in Mingshui Town to work? I'll introduce you to our most beautiful girl!"
As soon as he opened his eyes, Bai Mo heard what Old Man Shi said.
He took two steps back calmly, then changed the subject:
"Grandpa Shi, do you know what this silver gun is?"
"This is the token of Master Liu." Old Man Shi stared at the silver hairpin spear in Bai Mo's hand without blinking, but he didn't mean to ask him to hand it over. He seemed to tacitly agree that this thing belonged to Bai Mo, and he muttered to himself.
"Only those who possess it are the ones chosen by Liu Zu. Only they can communicate with Liu Zu and master powerful power. Seeing it will be worth it even if I die."
"What power?" Bai Mo asked hurriedly.
Old Man Shi shook his head. "I don't know either. These are what my grandfather told my father. My father told me these things again. Many things have long been forgotten. Sigh..."
Bai Mo and Ling Ling looked at each other and said, "Since the mission is over, let's go."
"It's boring. It's only been half a day." Lingling was a little dissatisfied. She hadn't felt anything yet, so how could it be over?
As he walked out, Bai Mo was thinking about putting the silver hairpin gun away. But as soon as this thought came to his mind, he felt the small silver hairpin in his hand suddenly disappear.
Then he felt something strange happening in his mind, and he quickly looked inside, and saw a silver spear floating in his own space system nebula.
Opening his eyes, Bai Mo saw Lingling's questioning look and shook his head, "It's okay, let's go."
After coming out of the park, Old Man Shi was busy talking about showing off with a few old guys, and left in a hurry, leaving Bai Mo and the other two behind.
(End of this chapter)
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