Holding the animal skin scroll, I murmured to myself:
"The main material requires a hundred-year-old peach heartwood, supplemented with pure yang blood to inscribe runes, and then inserted into the Yin nest at the time when the yin energy is at its heaviest at midnight."
It doesn't seem too difficult to make, but where are we going to get this century-old peach wood heartwood?
Luo Tianhe, Li Huai, and I all fell silent.
Without the main material, the animal hide book is useless; no matter how many talismans are recorded on it, they cannot cause any fundamental damage to the Yin Nest.
Just then, Old Chen suddenly slapped his thigh and burst into laughter:
“I know where to find century-old peach heartwood. My seventh uncle asked me to help him chop firewood before, and he told me the location of a peach grove. The peach trees there died decades ago, but there must be peach heartwood that hasn’t completely rotted.”
Old Chen's words put us all on the edge of our seats. This Seventh Uncle was truly farsighted; he probably foresaw this day long ago.
"Pure Yang Blood,"
Actually, both Luo Tianhe and I are capable of this. Li Huai's yin energy is too heavy, and his blood is inevitably tainted with it, so he definitely can't do it. As for Old Chen, he's too old, and his pure yang blood isn't as intense.
"I can handle this."
Luo Tianhe patted his chest and agreed.
He also knew about my condition, that I was often in a state of excessive blood loss.
Moreover, my blood is usually used for drawing talismans, so it is extremely precious. Since he doesn't usually draw talismans, he doesn't need my blood, so it doesn't matter if I take some out now.
Without further ado, we finalized our plans and set off immediately.
We must hurry while it's still daytime and the villagers haven't come out yet.
During the day, the village still resembles a dead village.
I couldn't help but recall my first day here. Back then, although the villagers didn't talk to us, they were all busy with their own things, which was much better than now.
At this moment, every household in the village had their doors tightly shut, preventing any sunlight from shining in during the day. The entire village looked like a tomb.
Suddenly, Old Chen, who was leading the way, stopped and turned to us, gesturing for us to look ahead.
We then noticed a figure standing at the intersection ahead, his back to us. That figure was incredibly familiar – it was Wang Fugui!
"How could this guy be here? Uncle Qi clearly said that they wouldn't be out during the day!"
I forced out a sentence through gritted teeth, feeling extremely resentful.
Although this road is not the only way to the peach orchard, since they can block this intersection, they can also send people to block other intersections.
"Something's not right with that guy."
Old Chen stopped us from backing away.
Logically speaking, this thing should be quite responsive.
After all, they are extremely sensitive to yang energy, and we were already quite close to him, yet he didn't notice us first.
"He's in hibernation, but for some reason he's at the intersection. Let's be careful and walk around him without bumping into him."
Old Chen pondered for a moment, then whispered to us.
I looked at the figure with some suspicion. Was that really the case?
But Old Chen knew we might not believe him, so he went over there first.
He carefully walked past him, and sure enough, Wang Fugui did not react at all.
Seeing this, the rest of us followed.
As I walked past Wang Fugui, I turned my head to take a look. I saw that he was standing there stiffly with his eyes closed.
Suddenly, I noticed that his eyelids were trembling, as if they were about to open.
"Run! He looks like he's about to open his eyes!"
I gave a low shout and then charged ahead.
Although I don't know the direction of the peach forest, it's a straight road with no forks in the road for a while, so running straight ahead should be fine.
When Lao Chen and the others heard what I said, they were initially puzzled, but when they saw me running, they couldn't help but follow along.
As I ran, I kept turning my head to look, and sure enough, before we had even started running for half a minute, Wang Fugui suddenly moved.
This Wang Fugui is indeed extraordinary. After all, it is personally controlled by Chen Hua, so it's not too strange that it has these special abilities.
Fortunately, his steps were so stiff that he couldn't keep up with our speed. We ran for a short while before Wang Fugui disappeared behind us.
Once we were out of his sight, we stopped running, rested for a while, and then continued to be led by Old Chen.
Before long, we arrived at the peach forest on the back mountain. This time, everything went smoothly, and we didn't encounter anything strange again.
However, this peach grove was quite desolate. The dozens of acres of peach grove were not green at all, only half a meter deep withered weeds and charred black, bare peach trees.
"This is too big. Let's split up and search separately, with each person responsible for a section."
I said with a hint of helplessness, "If it weren't for a last resort, I wouldn't want to split up."
We divided the area among ourselves, with each person responsible for a section, trying our best to look out for each other.
After making a rough division, we began searching for century-old peach wood heartwood.
Time passed by, and we had almost finished exploring the entire peach orchard, but we still hadn't found anything.
Because they couldn't find suitable ones, either they weren't old enough, or they were already rotten.
“This won’t do. It’s getting dark. I feel like they must know what we’re looking for – the century-old peach heartwood. Otherwise, Wang Fugui wouldn’t have stopped us at that intersection.”
Luo Tianhe said somewhat anxiously.
"There's just one last small piece left; there's bound to be a suitable one."
Li Huai said with certainty.
Just then, I spotted a particularly thick peach tree, and I couldn't help but feel delighted.
It's so thick, I don't believe it's less than a hundred years old, and it hasn't even started to rot yet.
Li Huai and Luo Tianhe, along with the others, noticed the change in my expression and gathered around to look at the thick peach tree.
The next moment, joy involuntarily appeared on the faces of the group.
But once my initial excitement wore off, I sensed something was amiss.
The tree is covered with strange spiral patterns, like tree rings growing outwards.
What's even stranger is that the soil around other peach trees is a dark reddish color, but the soil under this peach tree has turned completely red, which looks very ominous.
"Be careful, I have a bad feeling about this peach tree, it might be a trap," I warned.
Upon hearing my words, everyone stopped in their tracks and stood there examining the century-old peach tree.
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