Another Life: Elf Archer

"I don't know how they are doing there every year?"

Beside a small pool in the forest, Qinghua was sitting on a boulder half-immersed in the pool, shaking his legs, holding his chin, and turned to ask Fuling.

Fuling hugged her knees and sat next to her. After hearing this, she looked towards the direction of Hidden Flower Valley, as if expecting to see Nian Nian or someone else appear.

Unfortunately, apart from the two of them and Xiao Qing, who was sleeping soundly, there were only a few people left by Zimo to protect them.

Those people seemed a little embarrassed to approach the two sisters. Several grown men were sitting around under a big tree not far away, chatting.

"Xiao Qing hasn't woken up yet?" Qing Hua looked into the grass not far behind her.

"I just watched it, and I haven't woken up yet." In order to make Xiaoqing sleep comfortably, Fuling also specially found a cool grass area for Xiaoqing, and made a small bed thickly covered with hay.

"...Wake up." Qinghua looked at the grass and blinked.

"Huh?" Fu Ling also looked back and saw Xiao Qing rubbing her eyes and sitting up, looking around blankly.

After seeing Qinghua Fuling, Xiaoqing showed a big smile, climbed up and waved to them.

"Xiao Qing, come and sit here." Qing Hua also greeted.

When Xiao Qing ran and jumped up to Qing Hua, Fuling raised her head and looked at the sky.

It seems to be noon. If everything goes well, good news should come soon, right?

"Xiao Qing, where do you want to go next?" Qing Hua touched Xiao Qing's head and asked cheerfully, "Do you want to follow us all the time? We will take good care of you!"

"I don't need you, I can support myself!" Xiaoqing flattened her mouth and snorted.

"Haha, that's right, Xiaoqing, all you need to do is get more sun and drink more water!" Qinghua pinched Xiaoqing's round face.

"Well, I, I want to go back to find my sister, and Nian Nian." Xiaoqing looked at Qinghua, then at Poria, and murmured in a low voice.

Qinghua and Fuling looked at each other. They already knew Yu Tao's true intentions from others, and also knew that Xiao Qing and the other little flower demons were just the "food" kept by Yu Tao and the others, but who of them No one mentioned this matter to Xiaoqing.

Not only the two of them, but also others deliberately avoided Xiao Qing when discussing this matter and the subsequent "Rescuing the Nine-Colored Immortal Deer" plan.

Poria sighed, hugged Xiaoqing with some pity, and said softly: "Xiaoqing, do you think your sisters are okay?"

"Of course, sisters are the best to us!" Xiaoqing rolled her big eyes and replied without thinking.

"Then what if one day you suddenly find out that those sisters are all bad people?"

"Bad people? But they are very nice to me!"

"Just because they are nice to you doesn't mean they are good people. And what if they are just nice to you on the surface? In fact, secretly, what if they want to hurt you in the future?"

Fuling said cautiously.

Xiaoqing shrank her body and moved further away from Fu Ling's hand holding her.

"No way, my sisters can't possibly want to hurt me!"

"What I said is in case, it's just a hypothesis." Fu Ling explained patiently, "Suppose your sisters want to eat you, do you still want to go back?"

"I, I, I want to ask clearly, I want to go back..." Xiaoqing's voice became lower and lower, her two little hands were twisted together, and her head was lowered.

Just as Fu Ling was about to reach out to hold Xiao Qing's hand, she saw Xiao Qing standing up, walking backwards to avoid her hand, and retreated to the foot of a big tree, where she lowered her head and sat down silently.

"Sister, is Xiaoqing okay?" Qinghua glanced at Xiaoqing who was suddenly depressed with some worry.

"It's okay. She must have realized something. Let her think about it for herself." Fu Ling put down her raised arm and turned around to look at the clear pool water. "Xiao Qing is also a monster after all. He should be able to understand monsters." It’s a rule of survival, just give her some time and let her grow up.”

Qinghua still looked worriedly at Xiaoqing, who was sitting on the ground with his head hanging down and curled up into a ball. Then he sighed softly and decided not to disturb Xiaoqing. He turned around and told Fuling about their past few days. trip to the Qinling Mountains.

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Every year, I hear the sound of boulders falling, and the sound of hunters breaking through the air.

The cloak that was originally dragging her heavy steps had been blown half-dry by the wind, and now hung like a huge brown wing that was fluttering in the wind, hanging behind Nian Nian.

Nian Nian really wished she had a pair of wings, because she had already estimated that with her current speed, which was already the highest, it was still impossible for her to leave the valley in 15 minutes.

Even if she could rush to the gap where Zimo and others were in the next second, how could she immediately deceive Yu Tao and sneak into the fighting parties, and how could she escape by jumping up the high cliff in a short time?

Even though he knew that it was too late, he did not slow down every year. Instead, he still looked ahead firmly and rushed towards the original goal.

With a "boom", the cliff at the gap in the barrier suddenly cracked open, and gravel and sand rolled down, burying the thick vines twisting at the bottom of the cliff.

"Crash!" were heard several times, and the vines that had been weighed down by the sand and gravel immediately broke out of the ground. While they were constantly being bent by the sand and gravel, they weakly intertwined with each other, forming a large, sparse green network. The ground held up under the offensive of Zimo and others.

I just arrived here every year and this is what I saw.

Zimo's men surrounded the gap tightly, with swords swinging wildly and people shouting. Some pushed boulders down and smashed them down, some wielded big knives and slashed randomly, and some held fire blunderbuss and pointed them at him. Continuous shooting at the bottom of the cliff.

I didn't have time to think too much about it. I glanced at him and found Zimo among the crowd, who was enjoying the results of the battle. A quick arrow was pointed at him in an instant.

The people around Zimo accidentally saw the arrow and pulled away from Zimo with panic on their faces. They then pointed to the location of Niannian and motioned for Zimo to take a look.

Zimo saw Nian Nian, but he had no intention of stopping the attack. Instead, he raised his hand and waved with a smile, and his whole body sank suddenly.

sink?Nian Nian was startled, and suddenly felt the ground shaking, like a furious wave coming, causing her to stumble uncontrollably and fall to the side.

Everything happened too fast, and Nian Nian's eyes were still on Zimo's group. Just as she fell to the side, Zimo and everyone around him disappeared from her sight. Only a billowing cloud of smoke was left.

Then she heard a series of "rumbling" thunder sounds, which exploded from in front of her to the back of her head, and nearly a hundred people screamed and shouted, one after another, soaring into the sky.

The mountains and cliffs surrounding the entire valley all collapsed in the blink of an eye.

The piece of cliff where Zimo and others were on seemed to have been torn off by sharp teeth, leaving only a ferocious and irregular bite mark, with swaying trees on it, and the roots of the trees were exposed from the soil at the break, and they were black. The soil was constantly shaking off from above.

There was smoke and dust everywhere under the bite mark, and countless black figures could only be vaguely seen struggling in it.

Nian Nian tilted, and another wave of earth rolled over her feet. The balance she had just maintained was broken again. She lowered her head to look at the boiling earth under her feet. A wave of gray air mixed with gravel and sand shot straight up. The ground slapped her face.

She stumbled and then looked up. From her mouth to her trachea, it was as if she was filled with sand, which made her unable to breathe.

Just when Nian Nian thought she was about to be knocked to the ground by this wave of sand and stone, she suddenly felt her waist tighten, and a huge pulling force came from her waist, which not only stabilized her figure, but also He also took her away from the cliff where the air waves were rolling.

Nian Nian looked down and saw a thick green vine wrapped around her waist. She looked up again and saw the other end of the vine: a large group of shapeless tendrils revealed a picture of a person looking at her. Face.

That's Yu Tao.

Nian Nian felt relieved, but his throat tightened the next second.

A small figure jumped out from the smoke and dust in the sky and rushed directly towards Yu Tao.

That's... Xiaoqing?

Why is Xiaoqing here?

This question flashed in Nian Nian's mind. The vines that had been pulling her towards Yu Tao suddenly stopped, and Yu Tao's entire upper body emerged from the vines at the other end.

Xiaoqing had already rushed to Yu Tao's feet and was looking up at her anxiously, as if she wanted to say something.

The ground shook again, and Nian Nian could not stand steadily, so he had to grab the thick vines that were still firmly tied to his waist.

She looked at Yu Tao's face as pale as paper and her human form that could no longer maintain its full form, and knew that Yu Tao must have been very weak due to the impact of the barrier's collapse.

She looked at Xiao Qing standing on tiptoes and raising her head, seemingly smiling, while Yu Tao stretched out her hand to Xiao Qing.

A hand with five fingers transformed into five green tendrils touched Xiao Qing's neck.

Nian Nian's heart was frightened. He ignored the waves of earth under his feet and flew towards Yu Tao and Xiao Qing.

"no, do not want--"

Nian Nian threw herself into the air and was pulled by a strong force. The thick vines that had been wrapped around her waist were lifted high, and she was thrown to the ground in the distance without mercy.

After hitting the ground, Niannian felt a heavy blow on his back. Suddenly his vision went dark and his throat felt sweet, as if something was welling up.

She gritted her teeth and swallowed the sweet taste that came to her throat. She struggled to stand up and wanted to see how Xiao Qing was treated by Yu Tao.

As soon as she raised one elbow, she suddenly felt a strong gust of wind coming, and a small figure landed on her hand with a "bang".

Xiaoqing! ?Could it be that she already! ?

Yu Tao! ! !

Nian Nian's eyes were splitting in an instant, and he suddenly turned his head to look at Yu Tao in disbelief.

but,

Without Yu Tao, there was nothing, except an overwhelming raging fire.