Chapter101:TheDarkElf

Onthehilloutsideofthesmalltown,YunXisawtwelveshootingstarsshootingacrossthesky.

"Ihopethateverythingwillgosmoothly."YunXiprayedtothestarswithhisfingerscrossingtogether.Afterthat,hefelthisseeds鈥檚ituationsthroughthethreads,hethentookadeepbreathwithrelief.

Itseemedthattheseedswouldn’tlosetheirefficacyaslongastheywerestillunderthestarlight.

Althoughitwashardtofeeltheseedsthatweretoofaraway,theinvisiblethreadswerestillunbroken.Hehopedthatafterobtaininghisseeds,El’phyllis,Milei,andYeLiwouldbesuccessfulintheirlives.Itwasareallypainfulthingtosaygoodbyetothem.

"El’phyllis,Milei,andYeLi,Ihopethatsomeday,wecanmeeteachotheragain!"

Withthiswishinhismind,YunXiturnedbackandbegantoheadbacktothesmalltown.However,ashewalkedtothefootofthehill,animpulsionwassuddenlyraisedinhisheart.HesuddenlyrememberedthesecretbasethathehadbuilttogetherwithHuaHuo.Thereweretoomanysweetmemoriesthere.HehadspenttoomuchtimewithHuaHuo,El’phyllis,Milei,andYeLiinthere.Hischildhoodsweetheartsandhimoftenplayedgamesinthatplace.

Inthespring,theyoftenpickedwildflowersnearthere.Inthesummer,theywereoftenbarefoot,playingbesidethestream.Intheautumn,theyoftenbakedsweetpotatoesinthere.Exceptforthewinter,theydidn’tgotherebecausetheweatherwastoocold,theyhadlefttoomanysharedmemoriesinthere.

Afterheleftthesmalltown,itwasverylikelythatnobodywouldgotothatplaceagain.Hewasafraidthatthetreewhichwasengravedwiththepattern"YunXi-HuaHuo"wouldgraduallybeforgotteninhisheartwiththepassageoftime.

"Ifso...I’dbettergotheretotakealastglance."YunXiwhispered.Hedidn’tknowthathehadmadeastupiddecision,whichhewouldregretforalongtimeinthefuture.Afterall,hecouldn’tpredictthefutureandcouldn’tseewhatthesituationinthevalleywasnow.Underthemoon,YunXileisurelywalkedtothevalley,hisandhischildhoodsweethearts鈥檚ecretbase.

Thatplacecontainedtoomanyofhismemories.Hismemorywasbecomingmoreandmoreclearashewalkedtowardsthatplace.Inthere,hehadexperiencedthehardestlimitpracticeinhislifeandsqueezedouthisgreatestpotential.WhenYunXiwalkedtotheentranceofthevalley,hesawtheswordmarkwhichhehadleftthelasttimehewasthere.However,somethingintheairwaswrong.

"It’sthetasteofblood.Didsomeinjuredanimalrunintothisvalley?"YunXisniffedwithaconfusedlook.

Wellthatwasrare.YunXididn’tknowthereason,butveryfewanimalswouldcometothisvalley.Atleastafterhimandhischildhoodsweetheartshadbuiltthisvalleyastheirsecretbase,hehadneverseenanywildanimalscomingtothisplace,asiftherewassomepowerprotectingthisvalley,makingitafantasticplaceofpeace.However,itlookedlikethisplacehadbeeninvadedbysomeunknownanimalnow.Thescentofbloodwassostrong.Hehadafeelingthattheanimalmustbehurtbadly.

"Isitadeerorsheep?"YunXiwasn’tgoodatdistinguishingthesmellofdifferentanimals,however,itshouldn’tbesomesmallanimallikerabbit,becausethescentofbloodwastoostrong.

YunXididn’tthinkthatitwasaferociousbeast.Afterall,thisplacewasn’tintheremotemountains.TheFiveTigerGeneralshadkilledalltheferociousbeastsnearthesmalltown.YunXiwalkedintothevalley.Hesniffedthescentofbloodinthedarkandsearchedfortheinjuredanimal.

Underthemoon,thegrassinthevalleywascoveredwithhazylight.Thiswashisfirsttimecomingtothevalleyinthedeepnight,andhefoundthatitwasmorevivifyingthaninthedaytime.Maybetheunknownanimalwasfollowingitsinstincttocomeheretotrytofindsomeherbs.However,YunXididn’tthinkthatitwasstillalive.Evenifitwasadeerorsheep,afterbleedingsomuch,itshouldbeunabletosurvive.

YunXihadpreparedhimselftofindandburytheunknownanimalashislastcommemorationbeforeheleft.Thenhesawher,thelonelyfigurewhowassleepingunderthetree.Shehadpalewhitehair,drawnpointyears,andwascoveredwitharagged,bloodycloak.Hecouldseeherblackskinandthe"V"shapedwoundonherbody.

ThiswasalivingbeingthatwasveryrareinEasternGod’sDomain.

"Dark...elf?"YunXiwasdumbfounded.

Itwasn’tadeernorasheep,butadyinggirl.Ifherchestdidn’tstillheaveslowly,YunXiwouldhavethoughtthatshehaddied.NomatterhowYunXilookedatit,theV-shapedwoundwasundoubtedlyafatalwound.Hecouldevenseeherbonesthroughthewound.Shewasseriouslyinjuredandthewoundwassocreepy.Itwasalreadyamiracletoseethatshewasstillalive.

"Ha...cough..."Thedarkelffeltthatsomeonewashere.Withaloudcough,shestrenuouslyopenedhereyes,gazingatYunXi.

"Well...doyouwanttosaysomethingasyourlastwords?Icanhelpyoupassonthewordstoyourfamily."YunXifeltsorryforher,buthedidn’thaveanymethodtosavethedarkelfgirl.

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"Come...here..."Thedarkelfgirlstruggledwithadangerousintenthidinginhereyes.

However,YunXididn’tnoticeit.Afterall,whowouldsuspectadyingperson?

"Well,IpromisethatIwilllistenverycarefully."YunXithoughtthatshewasgoingtosayherlastwords,sohegotclosetoherwithpity.

"You...don’tknow...he...iseverywhere..."Thedarkelfgirlcastaspiritualspell,tryingtocaptureYunXi’sbodyandsoul.

"Eh?Whatareyousaying?Canyousayitclearly?"YunXilookedatthedyinggirlwithaconfusedlook.

"Ga!"Thedarkelfgirlspatoutblood.Shewasonestepclosertodeathitself.

Shewantedtolive!Shemustsurvive!

Thedarkelfgirlusedherlaststrengthtodrawoutahalfgoldenflowerfromherinsidepocket,thenstrenuouslychewedit.

"Whatapleasantfragranceofflowers!"YunXismeltthescentoftheelf’sflower.Hisheartsuddenlystartedtobeatfaster.Hehadneversmeltthisscent,butitwassosweet,fragrant,andintoxicating.