Chapter 962 – Cutting down trees

Chapter 962 – Chopping Down Trees
Xu Chuniang touched her nose and smiled awkwardly.

“We first came here, there is no concept of immortal crystals at all, and thought that six hundred immortal crystals is a small amount, I did not expect to owe a huge sum of money, and now I am worried about this.

This is not to follow your old man, up the mountain to cut down the snow accumulation pine to come?”

“Haha, the Accumulated Snow Pine grows on top of higher isolated cliffs, a complete Accumulated Snow Pine is worth at least ten Immortal Crystals, and those in good condition are priced even higher.

If the little girl wants to earn immortal crystals, she’ll have to follow closely.”

Elder Gong said, once again speeding up and walking up a steep path.

He had chosen this path on purpose, the cliff side where the snow accumulating pines grew were all sheer walls, even more treacherous than this path.

If the other party couldn’t even cope with this trail, even if they went to the lonely cliff, it would be difficult to accomplish anything.

While keeping an eye on the path beneath his feet, Gong Lao used his afterglow to observe Xu Chuniang behind him.

Seeing that she not only kept up with him, but also walked steadily with every step, with an appearance of being able to walk with ease, he then withdrew his gaze and continued to rush without further distraction.

After traveling along the steep mountain road for half an hour, the temperature around him was getting lower and lower, and the rocks under his feet were, without him realizing it, replaced by thick layers of ice.

There was even a cold mist that could not be melted, shrouded in the mountains and forests, setting off the two figures in a floating manner.

Only this imperceptible cold fog, hidden a fatal crisis.

Because no one knows, under the cover of the cold fog, the next landing place, is the ice wrapped in the rocks, or empty.

Gong Lao’s face became a little more serious, and his speed slowed down a lot, continuing to move forward based on his experience and familiarity with the trail.

Lost footsteps in the air although may not perish, some stumbling, always inevitable.

“Be careful, the cold fog is able to isolate vision and divine sense, keep your body’s center of gravity, follow my steps, and remember not to step in the air.”

“Yes.”

Xu Chuniang knew that Gong Lao was well-intentioned to remind her, she raised her spirit, keeping Gong Lao’s landing point in mind, not daring to make a mistake.

So carefully traveled for half an hour, the surrounding cold fog gradually had signs of dissipation, the front finally appeared a lonely cliff.

There are several snow pines, facing the wind and frost proudly grow in the cliff side, their branches and trunks thick and gnarled, at a glance is not easy to break.

“See that lonely cliff in front, next, we have to fly over from this side, the mountain wind is very strong, pay attention to controlling your body, or else you will most likely be blown down by the mountain wind.”

Gong Lao glanced back at Xu Chuniang and instructed a few words before taking the lead to ride the wind.

It could be seen that Gong Lao’s control over his body had reached an extremely high level, and was even able to skillfully use the power of the mountain wind to move forward.

He smoothly leapt over the cliff and arrived on top of a lonely cliff with snowy pines, looking back over his shoulder.

Xu Chuniang didn’t make a move, but first stretched out her hand and felt the strength and direction of the mountain wind.

After gaining a rough understanding of the strength of the mountain wind, she thought for a moment, added a Law of Wind to her body, and flew lightly towards the opposite cliff.

With the addition of the Law of Wind, those mountain winds treated her as if she was nothing, and even if the strongest mountain winds fell on her, they couldn’t shake her in the slightest.

Xu Chuniang gently leaped and landed beside Gong Lao, her feet stepping on the snow, making a “crunching” sound.

“Only cedar pines that have grown for more than a hundred years will have the special scent of cedar when burned.

You can tell how old they are based on the thickness of their trunks, as well as the number of forks in their branches.”

Elder Gong swept a glance around and pointed at one of the cumulus cedar trees and said.

“For example, this Accumulated Snow Pine, its trunk is no more than the thickness of a fist, and its branches have only nine forks, meaning that its age, is no more than fifty years. An Accumulated Snow Pine that is less than a hundred years old will only branch out every five years under normal circumstances.”

Xu Chuniang scrutinized the Jixue Pine in front of her, firmly memorizing what Elder Gong had said.

“Will the time interval for growing branches be longer for Jixue Pines that are more than a hundred years old?”

“Not bad, they only grow a new branch every ten years.”

Elder Gong nodded slightly, signaling Xu Chuniang to look to the other side.

“Like this Accumulated Snow Pine, the trunk is three times as thick as the previous one, and the branches have twenty-two forks, meaning that it’s over one hundred and twenty years old.”

Saying that, Elder Gong walked over towards the Accumulated Snow Pine, and in his hand, at some point, a sharp axe appeared out of thin air.

He stroked the branches of the Accumulated Snow Pine and leisurely said, “When cutting down the Accumulated Snow Pine, you have to start with the branches first, and then cut down the trunk at the end.

The cutter must be in high spirits and always maintain the balance of his body so as not to fall off the cliff, I’ll demonstrate it once, watch.”

Gong Lao tugged on one of the branches with his left hand, lifted the axe with his right hand, drew a graceful arc in the air, and gently landed on the root neck where the branch joined the trunk.

The axe fell, only to hear a “click” sound, the branch should fall.

In Gong Lao’s hands, there was an additional cedar branch.

“The bark of the cedar tree is capable of refining white pine paste, which can be used to make spices and also refine frostbite cream.

The cedar wood after the bark is removed, it can only be used as fuel.”

Gong Lao put away the cedar branch in his hand, and with ease, he pulled over another branch and cut it down according to the law.

He first cut down all the branches on this accumulated cedar before finally aiming at the trunk and swinging the axe in his hand to cut it down.

Gong Lao cut down the snow pine to extremely skillful, his movement range is very small, every time his hand up and axe down, can accurately and accurately cut in the same position.

After a hundred or so cuts, the axe made deeper and deeper gaps in the cedar’s trunk.

In the end, the Snow Pine snapped with a sound, and was lifted up with one hand and put into his bag.

Gong Lao turned his head and looked at Xu Chuniang in a good mood.

“How about it, learned it, right? Actually, this Accumulated Snow Pine is just a little bit harder, and it takes a lot of effort to cut it down, it’s nothing difficult.”

Xu Chuniang nodded, pulling out the quarry chisel from the small world, “Let me try.”

“Alright, you cut this one.”

Gong Lao’s gaze swept around the lonely cliff and found a Jixue Pine that was just over a hundred years old.

“This one is the easiest to cut down, if you can’t even cut down this one, don’t waste your time and go down the mountain before it’s too late.”

Xu Chuniang didn’t care about Gong Lao’s attitude as she carefully walked towards the snow accumulating pine, stopping half a step away from the cliff and following the other party’s example, she tugged on a branch that was closest to her.

She held the quarry chisel in her right hand in reverse and chiseled down hard at the connection between the branch and the trunk.

“Clang!”

The quarry chisel chiseled into the neck of the root, going three full quarters of the way into the wood, while half of the branch’s connection with the trunk was chiseled off, and the other half was still glued on top of the trunk.

She pulled out the quarry chisel and tried several more times, finally cutting down the branch in one piece.

(End of Chapter)