The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 118 Making a Fire
Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

During this month, when Ding Lin was not practicing, he would open the mountain protection formation. There was no need to seduce people in any way. The spiritual energy all over the mountain was the best bait. In just a short time, the mountain became bustling again. It was no longer just plants, but rabbits running and birds flying. Although there were not many intelligent ones among them, the mountain was full of brilliance. It was the state of being full of vitality and all things competing to flourish.

at night.

The fifth fairy leaned against a huge rock, took out a pill and swallowed it, then forced herself to close her eyes, but she couldn't calm down and meditate. What happened a month ago still made her feel frightened. Recently, the mountain has become more and more lively, and the environment is becoming more and more similar to the wild, especially at night.

The five senses seem to be infinitely magnified.

Insects buzzing around.

There was another "click" sound not far away.

Suddenly, a "whoosh" sound came from the small lake.

This month, the lake on the top of the peak looks more and more like a lake. Plants always adapt to the environment quickly. Aquatic plants have grown in the lake. At first glance, it is impossible to imagine that this place was just a pile of rocks a month ago. Ding Lin also caught some fish and shrimp and put them into the water to make the small lake closer to nature.

It is written in the Black Water Sutra: The mind merges with heaven and earth, the body is outside of the material world, and suddenly, the soul appears.

This might help Ding Lin find the Earth Soul.

Ding Lin still hasn't found the earth soul, but the movement in the lake really startled the five fairies.

Another gust of night wind blew by, and the leaves rustled. Against the backdrop of all these numerous sounds, this originally insignificant movement could actually disturb one's heart and make one feel upset.

The fifth fairy opened her eyes and turned her head to look around. After all, she was in the Dan realm. Although she was seriously injured, she could still see in the dark. In her eyes, the white snake was curled up in the cave, with its back straight and its eyes closed. It was immersed in cultivation without distraction. Although the cave was simple, it had a dome above, barriers below, and stone walls on all sides. It was still a place to stay.

The green snake, which had been inseparable from the white snake, disappeared without a trace.

As for the carp spirit, it disappeared very early. Its aura disappeared into the water, making it impossible to track it.

It seems that I am the only one on this huge peak, all alone and lonely.

In front of me, a few mosquitoes had escaped from their nests by the lake and were buzzing and flapping their wings non-stop. Sometimes they separated, and sometimes they tangled together in a ball, which was very annoying. Not far away, a hare was looking around cautiously, with one of its front legs slightly raised. It was this leg that had just stepped on a dead branch and broke it. On the surface of the lake, a fat fish floated to the surface, lazily pushing away the waves, and made another light sound.

The fifth fairy let out a long breath and looked up. The sky was full of bright stars. The effect of the elixir began to take effect. The pain in her body was relieved a lot. She leaned back slightly and simply stopped practicing. She looked at the stars in the sky silently. That was her home. However, she looked for them one by one. On this earth, the Vega hidden among countless points of light like the grains of sand in the Ganges was nowhere to be found.

Another gust of night wind came, and suddenly there was a sense of sadness.

Summer is the time when plants grow the fastest. After a month of stimulation, the grass seeds sown by the white snake a month ago have completely grown out, and green roots have taken root in the cracks between the gravel. Although it cannot change the landscape yet, it can already cover up most of the ugliness.

During the day, it looks prosperous.

But at night, this blue color is also obscured.

The darkness always seemed to swallow up everything. The outlines of the cracks in the rocks were magnified, as if they had returned to the original bare and uncovered state.

The five fairies were in a daze.

Suddenly, a ray of light jumped into the field of vision.

It seemed to be on the mountainside more than ten miles away.

The fifth fairy was stunned again. She stood up so that her eyes could penetrate further, and then she used all her strength to finally see vaguely that it was the green snake. She lit a bonfire, pulled out a small animal of unknown origin, skewered it with branches and was grilling it, while looking around cautiously, as if she was afraid of being discovered.

fire.

If only there could be a fire.

I can also light a fire.

Such a thought popped up in my mind.

People always yearn for light.

Especially in the dark.

The fifth fairy stood up and picked up things between the cracks in the rocks. The four seasons went by, and all things were born and died. Every moment there was a birth and a fall. Even in summer, there were many broken and fallen branches between the cracks in the rocks. She picked them up one by one, and soon had a full bundle.

"Wow!"

Firewood spilled in front of the boulder.

The fifth fairy wanted to gather them one by one, but suddenly found that she had no idea how to start, so she could only gather them together randomly. She was precious and had been brought up in a pampered manner since childhood, so how could she have done such a job?

Even she didn't know the concept of firewood before.

She saw people using firewood to light a fire by chance in the village when she was looking for the Weaver Girl.

The firewood she picked up was hard to describe. Some of it was as thick as a child's wrist. They must have been broken by the wind. They were long and had green skin.

How to light a fire.

The fifth fairy thought about it, and suddenly found that she didn't know how to proceed. After all, her cultivation was not high. Although she carried many good things with her, most of them were personal belongings of a girl, plus some elixirs for emergencies. As for magic weapons and the like, she had a flying shuttle in her hand, so she naturally didn't need to bring the rest, but now the flying shuttle was lost.

The five fairies suddenly found that they couldn't find anything to start a fire.

As for using magic power, although she can now barely use some magic power, she is a deity who weaves clouds and creates clouds, and clouds belong to water. She practices a water-related technique and cannot use it to light a fire.

The fifth fairy was stunned. She stared blankly at the pile of firewood for a while, pursed her lips tightly, then lowered her head and slowly curled up her body.

"Wow!"

There was another sound coming from the small lake behind me.

The five fairies did not look back.

……

midnight.

Ding Lin woke up from his meditation, his eyes cold. He searched in the middle of the night again, and the result was as expected, nothing was found.

"Wow!"

Ding Lin swung his tail, pushed away the waves, and floated to the surface.

Sensing around, the White Snake was practicing, while the Green Snake was hiding far away on the mountainside. It lit a fire and roasted a pheasant, drooling.

Ding Lin shook her head. With her previous experience and the time they had spent together, she certainly knew the White Snake's ideas. She only thought that the White Snake wanted to use this to restrain the Green Snake, but the demon was hard to tame, so how could it be changed so easily? The Green Snake was only obedient on the surface.

But over the years, the green snake might have been affected to some extent. At least what was roasted now was just an ordinary pheasant, not one of the few little demons in the mountains that had already awakened their spiritual intelligence. After all, the green snake was also in the Dan realm, and catching them would not be much more difficult than catching this pheasant.

However, it's hard to say.

Perhaps the green snake didn't dare to do so because it was afraid of him, the master of the mountain.

Ding Lin looked at the five fairies again.

Just like before, she leaned against the bluestone, but unlike the beginning, she had not practiced breathing exercises towards the moon to heal her injuries for several days in a row.

At this moment, she was shivering, her body almost curled up into a ball, and her shoulders twitching.

Is this... crying?
Ding Lin finally noticed the messy pile of firewood in front of the five fairies.

This is……

Want to make a fire.

It would be strange if the firewood could be started if it was stacked like this. After all, she was a fairy who was brought up in heaven and knew nothing about earthly affairs.

In the lake, Ding Lin flicked his tail slightly, waving out a demonic aura.

The "Black Water Sutra" he practiced has the word "water" in its name, so it is of course related to water and cannot be used to start a fire. However, the essence of magic power is to leverage nature, so the way to use it is naturally not limited to this system of magic.

When this evil spirit was sent out, two pieces of rubble on the shore rose up involuntarily, and then rushed towards the same place from two directions, and hit a group of scattered small dead branches in front of the five fairies.

"call out!"

A sound broke through the air.

The fifth fairy subconsciously raised her head and wanted to dodge, then she saw two stones approaching quickly, but they were not coming towards her.

The five fairies breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh!"

There was a crisp sound.

When two stones collided, a spark lit up in the air and hit the dead branch.

Then, a small flame started burning.

It was printed on the face, an orange-red color.

fire.

The five fairies’ eyes lit up.

But this dead branch is too small.

In an instant, the small flame that had just been ignited went out as the fuel was exhausted.

In the lake, Ding Lin shook his head and decided not to pay any more attention to it. He just let it go.

He had no intention of actually being a nanny.

"Wow!"

With his long tail wagging, Ding Lin turned around and swam into the water.

The flame goes out.

The fifth fairy was stunned for a moment. She heard the sound coming from behind her again. Turning back, she just saw the ripples in the moonlight and the last bit of the fish tail sinking into the water.

A sea of ​​red.

It's him?

The fifth fairy was a little absent-minded. She turned her head back and the flame went out. In the darkness, her eyes flickered a few times and her long eyelashes trembled. She didn't know what she was thinking about, but she pursed her lips unconsciously.

With Ding Lin’s demonstration.

Next, the fifth fairy began to try it herself. She used her magic power to control the collision of stones, and fireworks came out. However, the branches she chose were too thick and they did not ignite. She was stunned for a moment, then chose thinner ones. After trying again and again, the flames finally lit up again. With her previous experience, she was in a hurry and hurried to add more firewood. However, she had never done this before, and the firewood she picked up was as thick as a thumb. When such a thick stick pressed down on the twigs, the twigs that had just been lit were immediately extinguished.

The fifth fairy was not discouraged. She had roughly figured out the method. She just had never done it before. After all, she was not stupid. Then she not only lit the fire, but also chose thin branches when adding firewood. Finally, the flame continued. Then she tried again and again, from thin branches to thick branches, from adding a lot of firewood, to using a hanging fire to stoke the fire...

Try again and again.

By the time dawn approached, the ball of fire in front of the five fairies had taken shape.

In the darkness, the flames burned the branches, making a "beep pop" sound, which was imprinted on her face, making it red. The heat intensified by the summer bonfire, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on the forehead of the fifth fairy. She was a little further away and looked up. The stars in the Tianshan Mountains had all disappeared, leaving only the Morning Star twinkling, as if responding to the fire below.

The fifth fairy lowered her head and looked at the fire again. The firelight reflected in her pupils, flickering, and casting her shadow on the stone wall behind her, which kept twisting.

She pursed her lips again.

(End of this chapter)