Above the mage!

Chapter 396 Test
The Bee-humming Woods that the dark-skinned man mentioned is located on the south bank of Lake Elsmere, right next to Lake Elsmere.

Gao De found out the exact location of the Beehive Woods, thanked the fishermen, and then walked towards the direction of the Beehive Woods.

As we approached the woods, a breeze blew past, and the lake water gently lapped against the shore, making a pleasant gurgling sound.

Immediately afterwards, the lake breeze blew through the woods, and a faint buzzing sound rose one after another.

The sound was not harsh, but it was indeed extremely noisy, intertwined with each other, just like the sound of a bee.

The name is apt.

The forest is not big, with only about twenty trees in total, arranged in an orderly manner, and the distance between each tree is relatively wide.

Each of these bee-blowing trees is extremely thick and straight, with bark that is a unique dark gray and covered with irregular lines.

Gao De touched it with his hand. Not only was the texture hard, but the lines also had slight bumps and depressions, like winding paths spreading across the bark.

Looking at the tree trunk again, there are densely packed small holes, which look very much like a honeycomb.

These holes vary in size, some are as thick as a thumb, and some are as small as a needle hole.

A faint unique smell of trees wafted over, which was the unique smell emitted by the resin, with a slight sourness, and it was not pleasant.

But it is not unpleasant, and has a rustic and primitive scent.

The fishermen had peeled off a small piece of bark from almost every one of the twenty or so bee-bell trees, revealing the tender wood inside.

Afterwards, the fishermen used a hemp rope to hang a small bowl-shaped container with a rough surface and slightly upturned edges below.

The thick resin slowly seeps out through the holes and drips into the container below.

The newly-flowing honey resins have a viscous texture and sparkle with a charming luster under the sunlight. Their appearance is surprisingly similar to honey.

Gao De observed carefully for a moment.

He had only heard about the effects of this buzzing resin from fishermen and had never verified it himself.

After a moment's thought, he took down one of the containers.

The buzzing resin in the container is already half full. When gently shaken in the container, it is still in a viscous liquid state.

With a slight movement of mana in his body, Gaode cast [Magic Trick] to warm the buzzing resin in the container, and then used [Wind Dance] to speed up the evaporation of the solvent on the surface of the resin, thereby accelerating its solidification.

With these two approaches working together, the resin is changing rapidly.

The originally flowing golden liquid gradually lost its agility, and soon, it completely turned into a brown solid.

At this time, its surface looks extremely smooth, and it has a certain glossiness under the sunlight.

Gao De gently pressed the solid buzzing resin with his fingers, and it immediately deformed and dented slightly under his fingertips.

But after he let go, it instantly returned to its original shape, showing unique elasticity.

Gao De cast the [Cat Claw Technique] again, using his sharpened nails as daggers and stabbing into the solidified buzzing resin.

With a "puff" sound, like a sharp blade piercing into a soft object, his nails immediately sank into it but did not penetrate completely.

The resin exhibits amazing toughness.

After Gaode pulled out the nail, the small holes on the resin quickly closed, leaving only a very faint and barely noticeable mark.

Gao De's eyes lit up again and again.

Of course, the testing is far from over.

The most important test has not yet been done.

Gao De brought the solidified buzzing resin to the shore and used [Water Control] to control a stream of lake water to pour over the buzzing resin. As soon as the water touched the resin, it was like encountering an object with extremely strong repulsive force, and immediately turned into round water droplets, sliding rapidly along the surface of the resin.

The surface of the grease was barely wetted, leaving only a few tiny water stains.

Just as the dark-skinned man said, the waterproof effect of buzzing resin is extremely significant.

Gaode then controlled the water flow to wrap around the solidified buzzing resin, and then condensed it into ice, freezing it inside.

That wasn't enough, he pulled out the North Wind and got closer to the ice.

The icy cold contained in the north wind was released in an instant like a raging cold wave, causing the already extremely low temperature of the ice to drop rapidly by dozens of degrees.

Then, Gao De stood there quietly and began a long wait and observation.

He was very patient and waited for almost an hour before he took the initiative to remove the ice.

As the spell was lifted, the ice melted and turned into water droplets, which quickly slid down the surface of the buzzing resin.

After experiencing the extreme cold, this piece of solidified buzzing resin is still flexible and without any cracks. There is no difference compared to an hour ago.

Its stability in extremely cold environments far exceeded Gaode's expectations.

After a brief thought, Gao De picked up the buzzing resin with his mage hand, suspended it in the air, and then cast [Acid Splash] to create a ball of green acid, mixed it with the lake water, and splashed it on the buzzing resin.

Just like before, the lake water mixed with acid fell on the buzzing resin and immediately turned into round water droplets and slid down.

There is no sign of corrosion on the resin surface.

Finally, Gode stretched out his right hand, and a ball of fire suddenly rose up from the ground.

【Fire-burning technique】

He used the flame to heat the solidified buzz resin, wanting to test how the buzz resin would perform under high temperatures.

The result was far beyond Gao De's expectations.

The resin is extremely stable at low temperatures and also has this property at high temperatures. It does not begin to soften until it reaches temperatures close to 100 degrees Celsius.

After softening, its plasticity is extremely good and it can be easily molded into various shapes. Then when the temperature drops and it solidifies again, its strength remains almost unchanged.

After completing this series of tests, Gaode looked back at the small patch of buzzing trees with a completely different look in his eyes.

This bee-buzzing tree, which is disliked by many people, is completely a pearl covered in dust!
Gode ​​quickly returned to the woods.

He glanced over the bee-humming trees and found capsules scattered among the branches and leaves.

Gao De immediately used the magician's hand, and the illusory ghost hand quickly shuttled between the branches and leaves, picking a few capsules from the bee-blowing tree.

Then he casually broke one of them open.

With a "pop" sound, the capsule split open.

Sure enough, the seeds inside were immediately revealed: oval, brown, and smooth.

There is no doubt that the Buzzing Tree is a completely new species of tree. When planted in the North, it can give birth to Yggdrasil.

But for Gaudet, the Buzzing Tree means much more than that.

It is not only the "nutrient" that gave birth to Yugathixila, it has greater uses in itself.

Therefore, this time Gaode was not satisfied with collecting one or two tree species.

He used the magician's hand once again to pluck all the twenty or so buzzing trees, collecting more than two hundred capsules in one go. Only then was he satisfied.

(End of this chapter)