Chapter 7: Out of the Elven Forest
Seeing that she had made up her mind at this moment, the old man didn't say anything more, but told her: "When you go out of this elven forest and cross the elven valley, you will see the elven castle, and the elven queen lives in the elven castle." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
The Sultan nodded, seeing that it was getting late, and the light in the elven forest had dimmed, although she did not feel hungry or thirsty after eating the spirit fruit, but this trip must be a long way, and she would not rush to meet this time and a half, she decided to rest here for one night first, and then set off at dawn.
After talking to the old man about their plans, they went around and found some dead branches and leaves to pile up a simple "bed", and they could only sleep like this for one night tonight. After getting it done, it was completely dark, the Sultan sat on the pile of leaves and talked with the old man for a while about the spiritual realm and human affairs, the wood spirits obviously slept more, and the surrounding wood spirits woke up for a short time and then fell asleep one after another, only the old man and the stout tree spirit accompanied the Sultan, but at this time they were already yawning, the Sultan couldn't bear it, so he said goodnight to them and let them sleep first.
The surroundings were completely quiet, but the Sultan lay down and closed his eyes but could not fall asleep, thinking of his life in the world, thinking of his parents, thinking of all the strange and thrilling things of today, and thinking that this trip must be difficult, and he thought about it for most of the night before falling asleep.
She woke up the next day at dawn, when the wood spirits were still asleep, the Sultan got up and hesitated, but decided to wake up the old man Mu and say goodbye, after all, she came to this elven forest, and this kind old wood spirit gave her great help and care.
In order not to wake up the other wood spirits, the Sultan had to approach the foot of the old man's tree, lowered his voice a little and called the old man, and after a few shouts, the old man woke up, yawned, and then said with a smile: "Hehe, the girl woke up so early?" β
The Sultan nodded and said, "Thank you for helping and taking care of me yesterday, I am ready to leave and want to say goodbye to you." β
The old man blinked in a deep voice, then shook the trunk of the tree, and fell a fresh branch full of green buds from the top of the tree, he smiled and said: "The girl has a long way to go, and I don't know the way, and pick up my spiritual branch and bring it, it can help you guide the way, and there can be some meager spiritual power to keep the girl safe at the critical moment, this trip is a little risky except for the section of the road from the elf forest to the elf valley, and there will be no danger when you reach the elf valley area, the girl must take care of this trip!" β
The Sultan picked up the small branch and shook it in his hand, thanked him gratefully, and then set off to walk forward, along the way there was the spiritual branch of the old man of the wood to guide the way, but there was no need to worry about taking a detour or going in the wrong direction in this boundless forest, the road was also very smooth, but this forest is really big, just walked all the way, and walked for more than a month unconsciously.
There is really nothing but trees all the way, and the Sultan can only pick up leaves all the way to collect rain or dew as water to drink, but the rainy weather here is very little, and when he can't collect water, when he is thirsty, the Sultan has to cherish a small bite of the spiritual fruit to quench his hunger and thirst. At night, lay a layer of leaves as a bed to rest, fortunately, there are no insects and beasts in this elf forest, and sleep is still at ease, only in case of rainy days, you need to build a simple small shed with dense branches and leaves.
Afraid that she would not remember the days here, she picked up a slightly soft wooden stick, and every night before going to bed, she used her fingernails to pick a deep mark on the stick, and the Sultan took it out every day and counted it, and today is the twenty-eighth day of her journey. On the way, I occasionally met some tree spirits who woke up and would be surprised and kind to say hello or talk to her, but I didn't encounter any fruit trees or anything like that along the way, so it seems that the spirit fruit of the spirit fruit king is even more precious, so the Sultan has always been reluctant to eat, and every time he is thirsty, he only carefully bites a little bite, but it lasts for more than a month.
At this time, the spirit fruit before was afraid that it had been absorbed and digested, and she felt a little hungry, the Sultan stopped, looked down at her clothes that were so dirty and broken that she couldn't bear to look at directly, she hadn't washed her hair and bathed and changed her clothes for more than a month, and the smell on her body made her feel a little unbearable, if there was a mirror, she thought that she would be able to see an authentic beggar like herself from it at this moment. Sighing, and from the rattan tied around her waist took out the cork stick, stared at the nail marks on the top and counted carefully, the whole twenty-eight is right, in a forest walked for almost a month and did not go out, it really made her cry without tears, she looked at the sky, the sun was just over, it was noon, and I don't know how long it would take to get out of this forest.
Touched the gurgling belly, or take a rest first, and then eat a spirit fruit to ensure the physical strength before continuing on the road, she found a big tree to sit on, and took out the spirit fruit that she had eaten a few bites from the placket of her clothes, it has been more than a month, but this spirit fruit is still as full and fresh as when she first picked it, and the fruity fragrance is tangy.
The Sultan took a big bite, chewed the spirit fruit and turned into a mouth full of juice, the Sultan just swallowed a mouthful, and there was a yawn behind him, the Sultan was used to staying in this elven forest, and he was not surprised at all, he just calmly stood up from the ground and turned to look up at the big tree she was leaning on, only to see that the big tree had woken up, and saw that the Sultan was slightly stunned, and then he said: "Yo hehe, isn't this a little human girl?" How did you get here? Girl, where are you going? β
The Sultan smiled politely and replied, "If I want to go to the Elven Castle, I have to go out from here to the Elven Valley." β
"To the elven castle? Oh, there's still a stretch to the Elven Valley, but this Elven Forest is almost out of the way, and I've heard from the tall trees next to it that you can see the vine walls on the outskirts of the forest from here. β
Hearing what the tree spirit said, the Sultan was overjoyed, and almost burst into tears: "Really? So I'm about to get out of the Elven Forest? β
The tree spirit pierced his eyes with a "hmm", then looked at the spiritual power branch in the Sultan's hand, and said: "But girl, you have to be careful when you go out of the vine gate to the elven valley, it is far away from the demon spirit clan, and generally there will be no demon spirits to go there, but without the protection of my elf clan's enchantment, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be encountered, although you have the spiritual power branch for self-defense in your hand, the general demon spirit is still not afraid, but if you accidentally run into a high-level demon spirit, I am afraid that it is dangerous, and there are many dangerous plants on the road, the girl should be careful." β
The Sultan nodded cautiously, she still had a long way to go, danger was inevitable, and she could only try her best to save her life. No matter how difficult and dangerous the road ahead is, at least at this moment she is about to get out of this elven forest, and it can be regarded as a small pass, and she is a small step closer to the way home. Thinking of this, she hurriedly ate the remaining spirit fruit, shook her spirit, waved goodbye to the tree spirit of Fangcai, and continued to walk forward under the guidance of the spiritual power branch.
The tree spirit said that he saw the vine gate, which was obviously not far away, but the Sultan was still some distance away, and seeing that night was falling, the Sultan did not want to rest at the moment, so he simply took advantage of the moonlight tonight to continue his journey in the night.