Chapter 13: A Quiet Night

"You'd better wait in this place," Andorra said to the crowd, "that guy is not easy to deal with, and when I shout or whistle, you can start coming in the direction of me, and you will know how I got there." However, please come in one-on-one, and there should be a three-minute interval between each pair. As soon as he finished speaking, he took Wu Guang, a native of Shuguo, to find a way nearby.

They soon came to a large wooden door, behind which they saw a large area of low wooden houses, some with straw roofs, and buildings stacked with logs: warehouses, horse pens, animal pens, and a long row of wooden houses. To the south of the tall fence are rows of beehives with bell-shaped roofs made of straw, and huge wild bees are flying around, and the sound of burrowing in and out fills the surroundings.

Andorra and Wu Guang pushed hard open the heavy door and walked down the wide road towards the main house. The noble-looking, sturdy horses approached them, looked at them with what seemed to be a wise expression, and then they spread their legs and ran to the main house.

"They are the owners of the same house: a stranger is coming!" replied Andorra.

Soon they came to the inner courtyard, which consisted on three sides of the main house and the houses on either side, and in the center there was a very tall oak tree with strong branches that stretched in all directions. Next to him stood an old man with a beard and hair as thick as Andorra's, with strong exposed arms and legs, dressed in a knee-high woollen coat and leaning on a huge axe. The docile horse stood beside him, its nose resting on his arm.

"There's a guest hereβ€”" he said to the horse, "these fellows are uninvited guests, but they are certainly not bad people! one of them is an old friend of mineβ€”" he laughed haughtily, and walked over with his axe aside.

"Andorra, old friend, white-robed mage, moving fountain of Calagon, greatest sage of the Terrans, what do you want to do with me?" he asked in a hoarse voice, his tall stature making Andorra look much shorter.

"Please help. The white-robed mage said.

"Help? you ask me to help?" the man stared at the people of the tree country around Andorra, and said loudly: "Who are you this guy who can't open the vein? ”

"Old friend, this is my companion, the greatest novelist in the world, he can write many vivid stories, and we invited him to join the adventure party," Andorra laughed, obviously accustomed to the rudeness of his friends, "Mr. novelist, you should take the initiative to introduce yourself, shouldn't you?" he said, looking at Wu Guang behind him.

"Hello, in Xia Wuguang, I am from Shuguo, please give me a lot of advice. Wu Guang bowed deeply, he didn't have a hat to salute, although the lack of buttons was awkward, but at least it wasn't that bad.

"Mr. Wu Guang regards him as a well-born, wise and intelligent Shuguo person. "Andorra is very amusing when he speaks for Wu Guang, for fear that Hai Weng will misunderstand him.

"Yes, as long as it's an old friend and you're not a bad person," said Heon, "well, I know who you are, or I know your name." What do you want?"

"To tell you the truth, we lost our salutes, horses and food on the way....."

Andorra didn't finish his sentence when Heon interjected: "Where are you going?"

"The Tomb of the Black and White Emperors. ”

"Interesting, interesting," said Heyon with a smile, "fourteen more to die, and don't think that I won't see them if you wait for them from a distance, for I have sensed them all from the moment you set foot in my territory." But to tell the truth, this adventurous team is a first-class master except for this great novelist! Wouldn't you, an old man, be heartbroken if these children with a bright future were sent to their deaths?"

"I didn't mean to, that's what my young friends meant," said Andorra, "and I have come for two purposes: first, to replenish our lost horses, food, and luggage, and second, to give us some advice, after all, the Tomb of the Black and White Twin Stars is too dangerous." If I remember correctly, none of the explorers who entered the tomb have ever come out. ”

"Have you made up your mind?" asked Heon, half-convinced.

"Yes, unwavering!"

"Then you'd better come in and tell me what you think, and I promise I won't tell anyone. "I've received a lot of explorers here, and there are many people who have explored the tomb of the Black and White Emperors, and the information I've gathered may be helpful for the rest of my trip." ”

They followed him all the way on, and then entered a large living room with a fireplace in the center. Although it was summer, there was still charcoal burning in the fireplace, and it seemed that the owner of the house was afraid of the cold. Black smoke drifted down the chimney to the roof, and they passed through the hall, lit only by the fire and the door**, and through a small door, they came to a balcony supported on both sides by tree trunks. Facing south, the balcony still shone with the warm glow of the sun, until the garden next to the staircase was bathed in golden light.

They sat on the benches while Andorra began to tell the story of the past, and Wu Guang sat on the benches, shaking his legs, looking at the plants in the garden and pondering their names. Less than half of these flowers were recognizable to him, and as a novelist, he should have dabbled in a wide range of them, so he had to make up names for varieties he did not recognize.

"Have you seen Li Xuan?" Hai Weng seemed a little incredulous, "The King of the Qingqiu Fox often comes to visit me, and he is a very kind demon hero. ”

"Yes, he is a very reliable friendβ€”" Andorra said with a smile, "and my friends and I were very happy to be warmly welcomed by him." ”

"Okay, old friend, let your friends in, it's not good to stand outside. Heyon said.

"Okay. ”

Andorra whistled a long whistle, and Genesis and Autumn Wind walked in along the garden path and bowed deeply to them.

"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Hayon!" the two said in unison.

Then there are Dali and Erni, as well as Honglushan and Amu. Later, Arin and Asen also walked in, and finally there were the people of the Fog Country with umbrellas.

"We are going to look for our way into the Tomb of the Black and White Emperors, just outside the Great Heath, to the west of the dark forest," Andorra said, "and it was a complete accident that I came to your territory, and if our luggage, food, and horses are still there, we should continue on." ”

"Old friend, there are very powerful characters among your companions," Haiong raised his head, his eyes repeatedly between Autumn Wind, Genesis, Honglushan, and Yokosan, "but the Tomb of the Black and White Emperor Star is too dangerous. ”

"Yes," Andorra said helplessly, "but we have no choice." ”

Andorra then says that the people climbed up the pine trees and saw the gathering of wolves in the moonlight, and asked Heon what they had gathered for.

Hai Weng said, "I also noticed those wolf demons that night, the one at the head seems to be the leader, his strength is unfathomable, although it can't be compared with a demon king like the King of the Green Hills, but it is definitely not bad. It is the nature of the wolf demon to love freedom and wander in all directions, and those of them have come back from the four wolf demon clans, and it seems that the wolf demon will be dispatched as a whole this time. ”

Andorra sighed lightly: "The large-scale gathering of wolf demons will cause another war, which is different from the usual style of wolf demons. ”

"Well, old friend, a word of advice. The Black and White Twin Emperor Star is not only what you are looking for, but the entire demon clan is also trying to obtain. The wolf demon seems to want to revive the wolf clan through the power of the Black and White Double Emperor Star Ring. In the rest of your journey, you will definitely encounter obstacles from the demon clan. ”

"Thank you, old friend. "This is important information. ”

"Andorra, I want you to understand what you're doing," he said, "Every generation of white-robed mages will always sacrifice their lives for the sake of their faith, and I don't want to see you die like this, and the friends behind you." But if you insist on leaving, I can only help you in any way I can. ”

It was already dark in the hall, and Heyon clapped his hands, and several strong horses entered. Heyon spoke to them in his own language, and they walked out, quickly returning with a stick in their mouth. With a slight wave of his hand, the sticks lit up with fire, and stuck them in the shelves of the pillars around them.

Afterwards, everyone saw three white sheep demons with good bodies without saying a word, placing the plates, knives, and wooden soup spoons that they had brought in. They pushed the lower benches to the table, and the other two upholstered stools were pulled back. The main seat is engraved with sacred motifs from the hometown of Hayon.

Then came dinner time, which had not been served as formal since they had left the hills. The light of the fire shone on them, and on the table were two huge candles made of red beeswax. As they had dinner, Heyon would tell the story of this side of the Great Heath in a deep voice, especially the dark and dangerous forest they were about to face after crossing the Great Heath. It stretched to the north and south about the distance of a day's horseback riding, and the dark forest was in their way.

The adventurers listened and shook their heads, for they knew that they would soon be entering the Dark Forest, and that it would be their biggest trouble to find the legendary Spatial Rune Spirit Circle Cycle to love you. At the end of the dinner, Dali and Erni begin to tell their stories, but Haiong seems to be too sleepy to pay much attention to the adventure party.

They kept drinking red wine from the wooden bowl in front of them, watching the colors gradually descend outside. The flames in the hall were joined with new firewood, and torches extinguished the flames. The crowd was still sitting by the fire, watching the flames dance, and the pillars around them towered high and dark. Not knowing if this was the effect of magic, Wu Guang felt that he heard the sound of the breeze blowing through the treetops and the chirping of summer insects. Soon, too, he began to doze off, and the sound seemed to grow farther and farther away, and suddenly, he woke up suddenly.

The door slammed shut, and Heyon left. Everyone sat cross-legged on the ground, Genesis played the harmonica, Honglushan played the shepherd flute, the autumn wind blew the flute, the people of the fog country played the beat, the three sisters of the dragon country plucked the strings and pieced out the piano, and vigorously and Erni began to sing. They sang 2 for a long time.

The wind blows through the wasteland,

The leaves are falling;

Day and night go by,

Darkness.

The cold wind mountain range has passed,

Forest branches cry.

Beside the lake where the ground is cold,

The clouds in the sky are torn and broken,

Leap over the bare mountains,

Drifting away from the vast night sky,

The dazzling light of the stars illuminates the stars,

The night is misty and dotted with the ocean.

Feng'er lowered her head,

It's a lot of noise,

The weeds swayed,

Travel.

Wu Guang has been writing the outline of the novel. Suddenly, Andorra stood up.

"It's time to sleep!" he said, "and we should sleep, but Heon probably doesn't need to." We can sleep in his hall in peace, but I need to warn you that Heyon said one thing before leaving: it is better not to go out before the sun rises. ”