Chapter 78: Finding the Truth of Wood (1st Anniversary)
Mountains at dusk, outside a small town on the east side.
Lorraine Hill stood on a high mountain rock, overlooking the people in the town below. Under the spontaneous organization of the townspeople, they left here one after another, carrying various luggage and heading towards the valley on the west side.
Although she wanted the townspeople to throw away their luggage and walk faster, she gave up the idea after asking.
For the people on this land, every piece of food and material is precious. If Nuo is abandoned, they may not survive the cold winter and face the threat of starvation.
For this reason, she had to wait for a while, and then lead people to clean up the surrounding demons to prevent the migratory team from being attacked.
"Everyone has moved away, sir. We just checked the town and there is no one left in it." A man in black with a ghostly face came forward.
"Okay." The slightest breeze between Lorraine Hill's fingers also dissipated. She also checked with the breeze sense just now. It was true that no one was left, and then she turned and left.
In these few days, she led this black-clad ghost-killing envoy around, leading people from many villages and small towns into the deep valley.
Fortunately, these teams don't have to follow them all the time. As long as they clean up the surrounding monsters, they are basically safe. Even if they encounter a few monsters, there are extraordinary people from the village in the team who will come out to fight, so they can still protect themselves.
After leaving this place, Lorraine Hill led people to the west again. Not long ago, she received a message from Granny Gro, saying that she wanted her to go back.
After passing through the desolate land and arriving at the valley again, there were already many demon tribes gathered around here. Most of them were stationed outside the valley. Only a few young women and children were sent to the valley to take good care of them.
After all, the space in the Rift Valley is limited, and it is not suitable to squeeze them all together. Now that these villages and towns have gathered together, there are many more extraordinary people in and around the Rift Valley. Along the way, Lorraine Hill also saw several people from the Undead Sequence 5.
Most of them are village leaders.
Seeing the girl wearing a ghost mask fall into the valley, some residents who originally lived in the valley saluted respectfully, while the newcomers watched curiously as the beautiful girl walked into the shrine.
In contrast to the noisy scene outside, the shrine is very quiet. Grandma Geluo is still kneeling in the shrine, with a hazy dragon vein lingering around her body, as if she is sensing something carefully.
The girl stood quietly aside and waited for a long time before Granny Grotto opened her eyes tiredly.
"You're back, Jia Lan. Are you okay these days? Let your mother-in-law take a look."
"Yes." The girl responded softly and walked up.
Seeing Lorraine Hill's intact appearance, Granny Grotto seemed to feel a lot more relieved. After thinking for a while, she slowly spoke.
"I asked you to come back this time because I want your help with something."
"You said."
"You should have heard of Ning Zi Zhao Ye Palace."
"Yes, it is said to be a branch of the Xiangyu Sect. It is currently based in Mushanzhou."
"Yes, that's true." Grandma Grotto responded with a sigh, and then continued.
"Originally many years ago, Zhaoye Palace would often send people to patrol the Ximu Mountains. At that time, the world had not changed. Many of these patrolling disciples were elites of the fifth and sixth levels. There were basically no demons in the Ximu Mountains.
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"Although it is still barren, fortunately, we don't have to worry about our safety."
"What happened to Zhaoye Palace?" Luo Lanxier recalled that he had not seen any disciples of Zhaoye Palace for more than half a year since he came here.
"Later, the world changed, and many of the disciples of Zhaoye Palace also regressed in cultivation, so they temporarily retreated. At that time, not only people, but also demons were affected, so they were all at peace for a while."
"It's just that later, when the demons gradually recovered and began to emerge from the cracks in the ground to cause trouble, these Zhaoye Palace disciples did not send people to patrol the mountains as before."
"And the last disciple I heard about meeting was three years ago from the Zhaoye Palace. It was reported by a member of the Youchi clan who was looking for medicinal herbs in the mountains."
"After that, I asked people to go to the Zhaoye Palace station to inquire, but that station was blocked by a barrier and ordinary people couldn't get through."
"Since I couldn't get in touch with him, I gradually gave up the idea of asking him for help. Later, I used my connections to contact the Xiangyu Sect and asked for some assistance."
"Then it took a long time until you came." At this point, Granny Grotto looked at the girl in front of her again.
"I was a little disappointed when I saw you alone at the time, but it was beyond my expectation. You kid, I'm afraid you are the treasure of the Xiangyu Sect. They are actually willing to let you go out alone to practice, which is quite courageous.
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"Okay, I unknowingly said something off-topic. Actually, I still want you to visit the residence of Teruya Palace this time."
"Although the other party is a little cold, the current situation is critical. The dragon veins under the Ximu Mountains are getting stronger and stronger, and the surging Nine Netherworld Qi will only explode more and more violently. If there is no external force to balance it, those gaps in the broken cave sky will
More and more demons and monsters will appear."
"By then, their numbers will probably be overwhelming, and the current extraordinary beings from the Zhen clan will be unable to resist."
"And the only ones who are close by and have the strength and willingness to support are the disciples of Zhaoye Palace. They are one of the disciples who came to the sect and are very powerful. It is indeed their duty to guard this place."
"I have no choice but to explain the situation carefully. I don't think they will just sit idly by. After all, if it breaks out completely and endangers the surrounding states and counties, even a big sect will be punished and censored by the dynasty."
"I understand." After listening carefully, Lorraine Hill nodded solemnly.
"Good boy." Grandma Grotto breathed a sigh of relief, then took out a small wooden box from her side and pushed it in front of Lorraine Hill.
"I don't have anything valuable here, so I'll just give this to you." After opening the wooden box, one of the purple fruits appeared in the girl's eyes.
There is a touch of white frost on the surface of this fruit, and there is a trace of cold air floating around it. If you reach out and touch it, you can even feel a chill.
[Purple Nether Tree] (Rare Coral Grade): At the bottom of the Nine Netherworld, on the edge of the dark river, there is a tiny tree with branches thousands of miles away. Its fruit allows people to walk through their lives all over again in their sleep, in order to understand
See the original intention and the source of worries. The older you are, the better the effect of taking it will be, and the higher your mood will be improved.
"This is what I got when I entered the Jiuyou underground many years ago to inspect the dragon veins. At that time, I mistakenly entered a gap in the cave sky and saw the broken branch of Xunmu. There were three fruits hanging on it, so I picked it off."
"If you take it directly, you can recall your life and see the source of your troubles and sorrows."
"In the past, this fruit might not be of much use, but now that the world has changed and the requirements for your character have increased a lot, I think it will be able to help you a lot." After Granny Grotto finished speaking, she placed the wooden box in Loran Hill.
Palm.
"This..." If this thing is exposed to the outside world, I'm afraid it will cause a frenzy of looting, especially if major companies are rushing to introduce representatives of their own factions.
Seeing that the girl was still hesitating, Granny Grotto touched her hair lovingly.
"Silly boy, accept it when it's time to accept it, so that you won't let others down, and your goodwill will continue. If good people don't get good rewards, then who wants to be a good person?"
After hesitating for a while, Lorraine Hill bowed his head to thank him, and then accepted the brown wooden box.
"Thank you Granny Gro."
"Well, that's good." Granny Grotto smiled and nodded.
The two chatted for a while, Granny Grotto told the girl the location of the Teruya Palace and the precautions. After the explanation, Lorraine Hill waved goodbye and walked out of the shrine.
Looking at the girl's retreating figure, Granny Grotto seemed to have settled something in her mind.
Although I could not pass on what I learned, fortunately, I met such an outstanding junior in my last years.
Then she clapped her hands lightly, and a woman wearing a witch costume walked into the hall.
"Lord Ge Luo." Judging from his face, it was Qing Ling who reunited with Granny Ge Luo not long ago.
"Qing Ling, I will ask a group of ghost-killing envoys to escort you to Chiding Mountain in the east to meet you later... When you were young, I took you to see it. I think it will recognize you.
.....After meeting him, you communicate with him like this..."
After hearing this, the witch raised her head and looked at Granny Grotto in shock, seemingly in disbelief.
"Has it already reached this point?"
"This is our last and worst plan. Relying on outsiders for everything will become a dream in the end, and it's time for us to make the final decision..." After Granny Grotto finished speaking, she stood up slowly and walked slowly to the shrine.
At the door, you can overlook the clan of ghosts coming and going in the valley.
"I had many beautiful dreams when I was young, but in the end I chose this place. Although it is barren and desolate, it also allowed me to avoid all kinds of interference from the outside world and gain peace and tranquility."
"But you didn't have to be like this. I heard the old man in the village once said that you are..." Qingling seemed to want to argue, but Granny Ge Luo raised her hand to stop her.
"There are not so many ifs in life, what you choose is the truth, and I have never regretted such a life."
The setting sun gradually set, shining into the deep valley again, dyeing the shrine and the old man a light golden color, and the white hair on the temples also became beautiful at this moment.
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PS: By the way, today is the first anniversary.
On this day last year, I published the first chapter, and before I knew it, I had been writing the book for a year.
Thank you all for your support. I will make a list of thanks in the past few days?(?>?)?