Karn had wanted to go to the bazaar to see if there were any magical creatures for sale, but it was not much different from what was sold in other ports, it was all ordinary fish, shrimp, and poultry.

However, the fruits and vegetables here were quite strange, and as far as Karn could see, most of them were species he had never seen before, orange vegetables with long thorns, fruits that changed color according to the weather, so they bought some to take home.

In addition, Karn discovered that the Ionians not only accepted coins, but also supported the exchange of rare seeds or feathers.

"Maybe the creatures we're looking for aren't allowed to be hunted and sold, and if they can't be bought in the market, we'll have to go to the wild to find them." Coming out of the smoky market, Kai'Sa held a hot spicy shortbread in her hand, nibbling on it in small bites, well-behaved and cute.

Following Kaisha's words, Karn looked out into the mountains outside the village.

Wairi is a coastal village built on a sandy beach at the foot of the mountain, and on the other side of the sea is a dense mountain with a variety of creatures.

He looked around and didn't see the Noxians' outpost, but he noticed the ancestral hall somewhere on the mountain. He quietly lifted his blindfold, and through the contrast of the patterns and colors of everything he saw with his left eye, he saw a figure squatting on a tree outside the ancestral hall, just as they had observed the village in the first place.

"Is something big going to happen in the city?" Karn muttered.

"Why do you feel that?"

"Look ahead."

Kai'Sa looked back from Karn and saw several Noxian soldiers interrogating passers-by in the street, just in time to stop them on their way back to the inn.

"They're them again? What the hell are you looking for? ”

"Maybe something important has been stolen from the outpost, otherwise how could you be so concerned about just throwing away a little supplies."

As if thinking of something, Karn looked back at the ancestral hall on the mountain...... He suddenly felt that the man was watching the movements of the Noxian soldiers.

"I'd suggest bypassing them, it's still early anyway." Kahn said.

Despite wearing Ionian costumes, their conspicuous hair color makes them instantly recognizable that they do not belong to Ionians, so they have a high chance of being interrogated.

Like some Noxian deserters trying to survive among those they abandoned and hurt by them.

Even though they weren't wearing armor or weapons, the Noxians' expressions were always instantly recognizable. It is an inherent hostility, or a sense of superiority that cannot be concealed.

"Where to go? Drink tea and wait for them to leave? Kai'Sa saw a teahouse on the side of the road, and although it didn't have a name, all visitors to the town could immediately see the teapot sculpture at the front entrance.

"No, let's go to the mountains."

……

There was snow on the mountain, and Kaisha's attention was all on the white.

She shook the branches, causing the snow on the leaves and the ice on the branches to fall, and had a great time, unconsciously following Karn to the ancestral hall she had seen earlier.

The abandoned ancestral hall was empty, and the door was open so you could see inside.

Not a single one.

"Campfire?" Kai'Sa found a bonfire in the ancestral hall, she walked over and squatted down to pick up a handful of ash and looked at it: "It was left yesterday, it looks like someone is resting here." ”

"Anyone?" She stood up and shouted, but no one answered her.

Karn looked around, but found no figure.

"It seems that the other party doesn't want to see us."

He left the ancestral hall and climbed to the tree where the man had squatted before, and saw that the Noxians had moved to another street. And he looked around again with a gentle movement, but still there was no sign of the man.

Did the other party leave? Or are you avoiding them?

"Karn, come and see!" Kaisha's cry was heard, and he jumped off the tree and came to the back of the ancestral hall.

He also thought that Kai'Sa had found someone, but he didn't expect that it was a tree that made Kai'Sa make a sound.

"Is there something hidden under this tree?" Kai'Sa pointed to a small tree, the trunk of which was twisted upward, two tall, bare branches, only the branches were dotted with a few fine maple leaves, and produced red pine-cone-like fruits, which stood out in the snow.

And at the base of the tree, a flat cobblestone is wound, on which are carved closed indentations, which look like some kind of seal.

"Isn't it possible to dig this thing up and find something good?"

Kai'Sa apparently thought the cobblestone was like a manhole cover, and wanted to open it to see what it was.

Karn, however, stepped directly on the stone, reaching out to stroke the trunk. He scraped it with his fingernails, and the bark was opened, and blue-green fluorescent sap flowed out of it, and he could feel the abundant magic flowing through it.

"It's like letting the sap flow into the dent and the seal can be opened." Kahn said.

Just then, a shout came from above.

"Stranger, don't touch the Shoushengmu!"

The two followed the sound and saw a little girl standing on the eaves of the ancestral hall, watching them vigilantly.

"It turned out to be hiding on the roof, no wonder I couldn't find it."

Karn blinked, and was stunned as he could see the little girl's outfit, as if someone had ...... It felt like Karn's first sight of Taliyah, who was a few years younger than he remembered, and that plausible feeling.

The girl in front of her had long black hair tied into a sky-high ponytail, her clothes were thin, her face was slightly immature, and she looked ordinary. But she held a scythe and a cloth bag rolled up around her waist, an outfit that reminded Karn of someone.

Outlier Thorn Akali.

But it was not exactly the same, Akali had very obvious tattoos, and the little girl was obviously younger, and her skin was clean, except for some dust, there was no trace of tattoos to be seen.

Could this little girl, who looked younger than them, be the person?

"What happens if you touch it?" Kai'Sa asked curiously, not thinking that this little girl, who had no magic at all, could pose any threat to them.

The girl frowned and said, "I don't know, you just came." Destroying the Shousheng will anger the guardian spirit of this land, it will kill you, one life for another, and maintain the balance between the two realms, this is the equilibrium. ”

"Equilibrium...... Are you a member of the Equilibrium sect? Karn walked away from under the tree and asked the girl.

"Not anymore." The girl replied coldly.

This answer convinced Karn that the little girl was Akali, only four or five years younger than he remembered.

An assassin in his infancy? He decided to tease her.

"Why break away from the Equilibrium Sect?"

Akali's expression darkened, but then she said with a cold face: "I do what I want, you don't care." ”