It's hard to persuade people to do things they don't want to do.

Unless you can give a good enough reward or enough security.

Li Weiji and Li Yi can obviously only promise the latter.

The identity of the queen's special commander, the high-level seraphim's mighty armor, seems to have some weight.

Alicia had said before that no one in this area could compare to her parents-in-law in terms of fishing experience, but her father-in-law Gunther was already old, and the only one who could lure the monster out was her mother-in-law, Ini.

Looking at Yini's thin body, Li Yi didn't believe that this woman could help him, but Li Weiji firmly believed that this was the only way.

The two of them made a request to trap the water monster, and Ini looked at her angry husband, who hesitated a little before putting down her food and changing into a fisherman's leather coat.

"Listen to you, that water monster likes things that glow."

Yi Ni packed up tightly and walked into the dark night, and Li Weiji and the three followed.

"If that's the case, I can get some glowing bait, but I need your help because I can't touch it."

Led by Ini, they walked several thorny paths, stopping in front of a cave.

There was a gust of wind blowing in the cave, and Li Weiji unconsciously thought of the blizzard, and subconsciously tightened his arms.

"What kind of place is this, why I never found a place near town."

It was Lingbao who spoke, and he slipped off Li Weiji's shoulder.

Inni bypassed the weeds in front of the cave and said, "Don't hide it from the commander, I am the descendant of the Ash Whispering Wind, this cave was once the secret base of the ancestors, and after two hundred years, there are only some bats and spiders left in it."

"Then we're here for ......"

Without waiting for Li Weiji to finish asking, Lingbao, who broke into the cave first, screamed: "Luminous moss." ”

It was the first time for Li Weiji to see Lingbao so excited, he followed into the cold cave, only to see that the walls of the cave were covered with fluorescent moss everywhere, and the whole cave was like a dream.

He asked, surprised, "Are these the baits you are talking about?" ”

Ini followed Li Yi into the cave, shook her head and said, "No." I'm talking about eating these mosses, they're in the mud, you see. ”

Lingbao lay on the ground and observed carefully, shaking his head and worrying about something. A moment later, he dug through a piece of mud with his hands and feet, and pulled out a glowing worm from it.

"The glowing worm, oh, is green all over, with the same head as an ant, a body similar to a maggot, but with two pairs of spider feet in the ribcage, like a firefly's tail but emerald-like light."

The insect writhed in Lingbao's hand, and Lingbao handed the insect to Li Weiji.

"Strange creatures, I've never seen a bug like this with a combination of multiple biological characteristics." Lingbao's light voice echoed in the cave, "Looks like I need to get some samples back and study them." ”

Li Weiji held the insect in his palm, and his palm flickered and dimmed like breathing light.

Ini took out a large cloth bag and said, "Dig up, dig more." If I have enough bait, I'm sure I'll be able to lure the monster out. ”

Li Yi didn't say a word, picked up a small stone, and lay on the ground to dig it up.

Although Li Weiji had doubts, he was not far behind, and took out the steel sword as a shovel.

Needless to say, Lingbao naturally still uses his hands and feet as a digging tool.

After digging quietly for five minutes, the three of them had no more than a hundred insects, and they didn't even cover the bottom of the big cloth bag.

"Actually, I'm curious." Li Yi opened his mouth to break the silence, "Don't you think this cave is very strange, it's cold, and it has glowing moss, and glowing insects......"

Li Yi's question is actually Li Weiji's question, but there is no appropriate time, and he can't open his mouth to ask questions. Now that the question was asked, he was just in time to hear what Ini would say.

"My ancestor was an excellent ranger, and she was well versed in all kinds of jungle survival techniques. For a long time, she made this cave her home, competing in archery with the harpy above the cave during the day and practicing swordsmanship with the brown bear outside the cave at night. Until one day...... I shouldn't have said that. ”

Ini was silent for a long time, and finally spoke, "May the goddess Merando forgive me." One day, a woman wearing a red cloak and a hood found the ancestor, knowing the ancestor's abilities, so she was willing to pay a high price to hire the ancestor to find her long-lost son for her. According to the clues provided by the woman, it took the ancestors two full years to reach the heart of the Maguuma jungle in the west and the center of the Irana desert in the east, and finally retrieved the woman's child from a group of Istanbul pirates. When the ancestor returned to the cave as agreed to hand over the child to the woman, the woman lifted her hood and revealed her true face......"

Lingbao interjected: "According to the requirements of the plot, this woman must be the incarnation of the goddess Merando."

Innie was very dissatisfied with Lingbao's contempt for God, and she shouted, "Please show more respect for our faith."

Lingbao rolled his eyes, ignored it, and continued to dig for insects.

Ini buckled off a piece of moss and said, "The ancestor only saw the child turn into a crow and stay on the woman's shoulder, and then the ancestor was completely blind, but the ancestor's heart was illuminated. Without eyes, she can still hit every shot. The ancestors believed that they were favored by God, tested by God, and blessed by God. In remembrance of all this, she built a statue of God in the depths of this cave, and then left the cave and traveled around to spread the gospel of God. Later, she took part in the famous Battle of Kryta, which gave the town of Quagmire. The story of the cave and the goddess is a family secret that has been passed on for generations, and each generation of heirs will visit the cave to pay homage to the statue of the goddess and realize the spirit of the ancestors. ”

"Wait." Li Weiji stuck the steel sword on the ground, stood up straight and said, "I remember that Madame, you believe in Lisa's ......."

"My husband believes in Lisa, so I believe in Lisa." "In fact, the skills of our ancestors have been almost lost to my generation. There are only a few books left on paper, and I regret it. Fortunately, my daughter-in-law is very talented, and I passed on everything I could to her. Didn't the Commander ask her for a few tricks? ”

Li Weiji rolled his eyes and said tentatively: "The spear that Vico used to fish......"

Before he could finish speaking, Ini graciously admitted, "I taught my husband those methods, and then my husband taught my son." It seems that you have also learned. ”

Li Weiji's heart was like thunder, he held his sword in both hands, like an eagle rushing towards Yini.

Li Yi was shocked, he protected in front of Yini, and shouted: "Lao Ji, what are you doing?"

The eagle spread its wings, Li Weiji held the sword with both hands, his arms were strong, and the sword body drew a semicircle. The sword was in the air, Li Weiji jumped up, the sword body smashed down, Li Yi couldn't dodge, and the steel sword hit his left arm. The Seraph's high-level armor received this heavy blow, and it immediately dented and deformed.

With one move, Li Weiji hurriedly threw his sword and inspected Li Yi's situation.

"Lao Yi, are you okay?"

"Holy, you're crazy. The old man also has to fight. Li Yi twisted the deformed armguard, "Fortunately, it's the back of the knife." What the hell is going on. ”

"Ugh. I just wanted to demonstrate the move I learned earlier, I calculated the distance, and if you didn't get in my way, this move would have failed. Li Weiji said, "Madam, can you see that trick just now?" ”

"It looks like you're really related to my family." Ini nodded, "I saw my grandfather use this move, and then it was lost. Where did you learn it? ”

Li Weiji looked at Lingbao and lied: "I accidentally learned from the old book of the Seraphic Headquarters, which only has the word whisper on it, and I didn't take it to heart before. I just heard what Madame said, the bow and arrow and spear skills I learned today are all from your ancestors, and when my heart moves, I naturally think of the swordsmanship I learned before, so I can't wait to show you. I apologize for being reckless, and I hope you will forgive me. ”

At this moment, Li Weiji suddenly figured out a lot of questions, but the current situation was inconvenient to say, so he had to secretly raise his middle finger at Lingbao.

Lingbao was digging the worm intently, as if he didn't see his small movements.

Li Yi gave Li Weiji a look, Li Weiji's right thumb rubbed the second joint of his index finger and slid to the fingertips, Li Yi nodded and moved to the position of Lingbao.

Lingbao smiled at Li Yi and said lightly: "Don't worry, I'm here, I'm not going anywhere."

Li Weiji said to Yini: "It is really a blessing in the next three lives to be able to learn these exquisite skills."

Inni waved her hand and said, "Lord Seraph, since the ancestor left this cave, for two hundred years, I didn't expect her former skills to be presented again in this way, this may be the arrangement of the goddess."

Speaking of this, Yini took Li Weiji's hand and said, "Why don't you take this opportunity to go to the goddess statue to hold a inheritance ceremony, and all these things in my family will be handed over to you."

Lingbao patted the mud on his hands and feet and said, "Can we participate in this ceremony?"

Ini reluctantly said, "Then come on."

Yini and Li Weiji walked side by side in front, Lingbao followed closely behind, and Li Yi walked quickly and slowly, always keeping a distance of five steps from Lingbao.

Walking to the depths of the cave, I saw a big tree growing very abruptly, and a little moonlight peeked in from the cracks in the cave wall and sprinkled on the canopy.

Ini stopped in front of the tree and sang an unknown song that stirred and rustled the leaves.

In an instant, countless white threads hung down from the canopy of the tree, as if the moonlight had condensed into a solid body, but in close detail, countless spiders were hanging.

Li Weiji and Li Yi couldn't help but take a step back.

Lingbao stepped forward and widened his eyes.

The spider silk swayed from side to side, gradually twisting together, and a statue appeared as if it were nothing.

"It was here that the ancestors built the statue of the goddess, and who knew that the wooden statue would take root and sprout and grow branches and leaves. Then it blossomed and bore fruit, but the fruit was full of these tiny spiders. Then there was a clear spring in the cave for some reason, and even the moss in the cave changed, and the insects that ate the moss also changed. ”

"Incredible." Lingbao exclaimed, "There has never been any mention of such a change in Eternal Alchemy. ”

"The power of God is beyond comprehension." Ini reverently said, "Honor the gods." ”

Li Weiji waved his hand and said very seriously: "I'm sorry, I don't believe in any gods. I thought the Inheritance Ceremony was a tribute to you, but if it was to an ethereal deity, then I couldn't do it. ”

The gods twisted from spider silk dispersed, the moonlight dimmed, and the trees withered in an instant.

"If you have transgressed the majesty of God, you will be punished by God."

This sentence came with the yin wind rolling in.

The yin wind passed through the pores of the cave, like the hiss of a poisonous snake spitting letters, with a terrifying poignant, rolling from a distance, whipping the lonely dead trees, and the leaves scattered with the wind.

Li Weiji and Li Yi stood back to back, shouting at the same time: "What person!"

A faint green light rose from the canopy of the tree, and the light fell on the dead branches, transforming into a sturdy woman, who looked three or four points like Ini in appearance.

This woman is dressed all over her body, and her muscles are very beautiful, and she looks like a body that can only be achieved by maintaining physical training all year round.

Li Weiji handed the steel sword in his hand to Li Yi, drew out the wooden bow, pulled the bowstring, and [long-range shooting] was ready to go.

Without waiting for Li Weiji to release the arrow, the woman in the canopy was one step ahead of him, shooting arrows with a bow, and in the blink of an eye, five fan-shaped arrows had been shot in front of Li Weiji's eyes.

Before thinking about it, Li Weiji released the bowstring, pushed Li Yi away, and rolled to the left. Li Weiji's arrow flew towards the canopy, and the woman didn't know where to change out of a giant sword, lunges forward, holds the hilt of the sword with her right hand, and rests her left arm against the body of the sword. I only heard the sound of "ding", and the arrow hit the broad sword body, causing no damage.

At this time, Li Yi also reacted, he picked up the steel sword and ran a few steps to the tree, the tip of the sword was pointing upward, he jumped up and stabbed a few times, but he couldn't hit the woman at all.

"There's a kind of you coming down." The angry Li Yi shouted, "What kind of skill is hiding in a tree." ”

The woman on the tree said slowly in a cold tone: "You are not my opponent."

The woman pointed at Li Weiji and said, "If you dare to insult the light of God, suffer death."

The giant sword in the woman's hand turned into an iron-tired longbow in the blink of an eye, and the arrows flew in her hand, fast and coherent, and the ordinary ten shots were actually used by her like a mechanical crossbow, wave after wave.

Ten arrows rushed like thunder, not giving Li Weiji time to react.

In a hurry, Li Weiji ran quickly towards the left side of the cave near Li Yi, dodging the first two arrows, but the third arrow hit his heel, fortunately, the arrow failed to penetrate the armor, but the huge impact made him stumble.

As soon as his body slowed, the fourth arrow followed him like a shadow, and the sharp arrow slashed through his neck, and blood seeped out.

Regardless of the pain in his neck, he struggled to run two more steps, and the fifth feathered arrow hit the left side of his helmet, and his temples ached.

Not daring to slack off, Li Weiji rolled to the right to avoid the sixth and seventh arrows.

Hearing the sound of clanging metal on the ground, Li Weiji felt a chill in his head, and the fifth arrow just now actually knocked his helmet away.

Losing his armor and body, he suddenly became nervous, the eighth arrow had already flown towards the center of his eyebrows, he didn't dare to hesitate, he protected his head with both arms, and the arrow pierced through the arm guard of his right hand and pierced into the flesh.

"Ah......h......h

Before Li Weiji could finish shouting, the ninth arrow flew towards his throat with a scream that broke through the air.

Between the lightning and flint, Li Yi stretched out his left palm to block Li Weiji's throat, and the arrow penetrated the back of his hand, Li Yi snorted and said, "Lao Ji, quickly find a way to get her down from the tree."

Li Weiji got up quickly, calmed down, and aimed at the woman's waist [close-range flat shot].

The arrow was like a meteor, the woman didn't expect Li Weiji to be able to fight back in this situation, her waist hurt, and the whole person seemed to be a spinning top that was pulled away and fell under the tree.

Li Yi saw the woman fall to the ground, her blood was full of blood, and she was about to raise her sword to pursue, when the tenth arrow hit the ninth arrow, and the ninth arrow passed through the palm, Li Yi's good man was covered in sweat and cried.

The tenth arrow took the place of the ninth arrow, leaving it in the palm of Li Yi's hand, this arrow dragon roared, his whole person was overturned by the huge force and lay to the ground, his flat left palm was nailed to the ground, and the 70-centimeter-long arrow was only visible in the feather tail.

"Lao Ji." Li Yi yelled, "Lao Tzu will adjust the pain to the lowest next time." ”

Like a strong man breaking his wrist, Li Yijian shaved his tail and slapped the ground to get up, blood splashed everywhere. Enduring the pain, he held the sword in both hands and rushed to the woman, swinging the steel sword. The woman swapped out her short bow and jumped back to avoid Li Yi's ferocious attack, shooting a poisonous needle at the same time.

The needle was silent, and would not even be noticed if it weren't for the green light that reflected a little moss. Fortunately, Li Weiji's eyes were sharp, he ran and knocked Li Yi away, and the poisonous needle pierced his ear. Li Weiji's whole body fell to the ground heavily, but he didn't feel any pain.

It doesn't hurt to fall to the ground, it doesn't hurt to shoot through your ears, it doesn't hurt to your arms, it doesn't hurt to your neck.

Secretly screaming is not good, Li Weiji hurriedly got up and shouted to Yini: "Do you have any ancestral potions in your family......"

This woman appeared too suddenly, and this battle came too suddenly, and Yini seemed to be still in a dazed and helpless stage, and now when she heard Li Weiji's shout, she finally came back to her senses, took out a small blue jar from her pocket and threw it to him, and replied, "Try this."

Li Weiji stretched out his hand to take the medicine, Li Yi jumped to his side, and the steel sword was horizontal, blocking the woman's sight. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Weiji hurriedly pulled out a large piece of oily substance from the medicine jar and smeared it on his ear, and after a while, a hot pain came, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lao Yi, you apply it, this medicine has a miraculous effect."

Li Weiji and Li Yi swapped places, he pulled the longbow to the full, and the [close range shooting] had already cooled down.

Li Yi applied the medicine to the tattered palm, and the palm healed quickly, except for a little pain, there was no abnormality.

Just when Li Yi was happy, the woman with the short bow looked at Yi Ni in a daze, she put away the short bow, curled her loose hair, and asked softly, "Are you?"

Ini replied respectfully, "Later generations will not be able to see their ancestors."

"Hereafter?" The woman's expression was solemn, "What era is it now?" ”

Lingbao, who had been hiding on the side for a long time, replied, "Two hundred years later."

The woman sighed leisurely and said, "A dream for a hundred years, is it going to come true?"

As soon as the woman's sigh ended, an iron dagger fell in front of Li Weiji: "If you are really the person I am waiting for, pick up the dagger and accept my test."

Li Weiji knew that he had triggered the plot, so he no longer hesitated, picked up the dagger and stood in front of the woman, he bowed and saluted: "Ashes, whispering wind, junior students, please advise."

Ash Whispering Wind replied, "You don't seem to know how to wield a dagger, do you need me to teach you a few tricks?"

Li Weiji hurriedly said: "I can't ask for it."

Ash Whispering Wind held a dagger in his left hand and demonstrated two tricks to Li Weiji.

First move: [Hunting Strike]

[Dodge attacks with arcs while stabbing your enemies, poisoning them.] ]

[Poisoned: Deals toxic damage and reduces healing by 33% for enemies.] ]

[Dodge for 1.25 seconds while arcing.] ]

Second move: [Crippled Claw]

[Throws daggers at your enemies, inflicting bleeding and mutilation.] ]

[Bleeding: A ruptured wound that continues to lose health.] ]

[Crippled: Movement speed reduced by 50%.] ]

[Combo Finisher: Physical Projectile.] ]

These two moves didn't seem difficult, and Li Weiji quickly learned the first move.

When learning the second trick, Li Weiji threw the dagger back and forth, and practiced for more than ten minutes before he accurately hit the bat hanging upside down at the top of the cave.

Ash Whispering Wind fiddled with the dead bat and smiled, "Looks like you've learned." Many people are not used to my left-handed play, and your learning talent is very good. ”

Li Weiji replied: "Thank you for the compliment." But I don't understand one thing, how can I take it back if I throw it out? Wouldn't it be strange if you had to go out of your way to pick up a dagger every time you fought? ”

Hearing this, Ash Whispering Wind threw Li Weiji a pair of leather bracers and said, "You are thoughtful. The capital of my dagger is specially made and there are holes at the end of the tail to attach the wire. I gave you a bracer with a clockwork spring, and the spring has a wire rope that can be attached to the dagger. All you need to do is shake your wrist to touch the spring and recover the dagger. Let me tell you in advance, the springs are self-winding and take 15 seconds. ”

Ash Whispering Wind's explanation was very detailed, and Li Weiji quickly put on his wrist guards and fastened the steel cable, and he tried to shake his wrist, but nothing happened.

After a little thought, Li Weiji understood what was going on, and secretly praised himself: "It seems that the spring on this bracer can only be triggered after the dagger flies out, and it will not affect the normal battle in peacetime." ”

Adjusting his breathing slightly, Li Weiji tried to relax his mind as much as possible, but his left hand unnaturally clenched the dagger and said, "I'm ready." Seniors, let's do the question. ”

Ash Whispering Wind nodded and said, "The test is easy. I will fight you only with a dagger. Within ten minutes, you can force me to change weapons, or hit me once with [Crippled Claws] to win. ”

When Li Weiji heard this, he immediately took a bow and shot an arrow, and the arrow reached the ash whispering wind, and she made a move [Hunting Strike], and the arrow was perfectly dodged by the arc. Just as the woman dodged the arrow, Li Weiji hurriedly discarded the longbow and replaced the dagger, and with a flick of his left hand, the dagger flew out, which was the [Claw of Cripple].

This should be a must-hit blow, Li Weiji repeatedly deduced its angle change in his mind when he learned this move, and he was very confident that the dagger would hit the position he wanted.

So, the moment the test began, he immediately thought of using his longbow [Ranged Shot] to force Ash Whispering Wind to arc and dodge, and [Claw's Claw] landed where she was after arcing.

"Does this seem too easy?" Seeing that the dagger was about to be stabbed, Li Weiji felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart.

Sure enough, the dagger missed, because the Ash Whispering Wind didn't appear where Li Weiji wanted, and after using the arc step of [Hunting Strike] to dodge the arrow, she put the dagger away and forcibly interrupted the position movement of the arc.

Li Yi, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, felt something in his heart, thinking of the ghostly sword he had made when he hit Lydi.

"You're smart, you learn things quickly, and you use them quickly." Ash Whispering Wind played with the dagger, "But the actual combat experience is still far behind. ”

Li Weiji took back the dagger he threw and said calmly: "I have never used a dagger to fight, and the two skills taught by my predecessors are only beginners, and I am very satisfied with the first time I can use them like this."

Lingbao nodded secretly.

But Ash Whispering Wind laughed, "The first time I stabbed a brown bear in the heart with [Claws of Cruelty]."

Li Weiji ignored the verbal stimulation, picked up the wooden bow, and opened the posture of [close-range flat shooting], and said loudly: "I hit the seniors once with this trick just now, I don't know if I can hit the seniors a second time."

The sound of arrows and the sound of speech reached the ears of the Ash Whispering Wind, and she did not move, threw out her left hand, and chuckled, "This arrow is full of power, and the head is upright, and it will definitely not be dodged by ordinary people."

"To be honest, I can't hide from it."

The dagger was thrown into the arrow, and Ash Whispering Wind flicked her wrist, and the dagger fell backwards into her hand.

"Can you still use it like this?"

Li Weiji and Li Yi spoke in unison, but the two did not say the same thing.

Li Yi sighed that he could hit the arrow with a dagger, while Li Weiji sighed that he was able to use his wrist to reverse the thrown thing back to the point of force, which involved an unimaginable balance of power. The more people who know about physics, the more they understand the complexity.

Li Weiji shook his head and said to himself: "The fur I learned from my predecessors has been exhausted, and I am smiling and generous, it seems that I am not the person my predecessors are waiting for."

His demeanor was calm, and he seemed ready to be killed by Ash Whispering Wind and quit the dungeon.

Unexpectedly, Ash Whispering Wind waved his hand and said, "There's no need to rush to admit defeat, you haven't done your best, have you?"

Li Weiji thought for a moment and said with a smile: "The seniors have the intention to advise, this kind of opportunity really shouldn't be missed." Regardless of whether I am the one who has to wait for the seniors, take me a sword. ”

Li Weiji took back the steel sword from Li Yi's hand, [swooped] like an eagle, and in an instant, he was already close to the ashes and whispering wind.

As a seasoned ranger, Ash Whispering Wind would give the enemy a chance to get close, she rolled on her side on the spot to dodge the [Pounce] leap attack, but she never thought that Li Weiji would directly throw the steel sword over, and in desperation, she had to use [Hunting Strike] to dodge the steel sword. Li Weiji saw the opportunity, took out the dagger and stepped forward in an arc, stabbed back with his left hand, only to hear two sounds, first the steel sword landed, and then the dagger tip hit the dagger tip with a string of sparks. Li Weiji immediately rolled backwards, pulled away from his opponent for a certain distance, and threw out the [Claws of Disability] with a good string, how did he know that the opponent also made the same move, and the two daggers collided together.

Ash Whispering Wind smiled, her wrist shaking, intending to retrieve the dagger.

Li Weiji's wrist also flicked, but instead of retracting the dagger, he sent the dagger half a foot forward.

The two daggers were entwined together, and Li Weiji saw that the plan had succeeded, and he was happy to come from it, kicking the ground with both legs, using his shoulders as the fulcrum, pressing the steel wire, rolling forward close to the ashes, whispering wind, and picking up the steel sword that had been thrown aside, [the hilt slammed], hitting her left shoulder.

The left shoulder was hit hard, and the ash whispering wind was in pain, unable to retract the dagger, only to hear Li Weiji's voice behind him: "Senior, offended." ”

Li Weiji didn't know when he walked around behind her, his right hand pressed her right shoulder, and his left hand held her left hand at the same time, like a puppet.

The wrist shakes, the spring reverses, the wire shrinks, and the dagger retracts.

Seeing that the dagger was about to retreat into his palm, Li Weiji's left hand was forcefully horizontal, and the two daggers were flying high, and the tips of the daggers hit each other at a 45-degree angle, but at the same time, they hit the throat of Ash Whispering Wind, stabbing a little bright red.

Ash Whispering Wind was not angry but rejoiced: "Two hundred years of waiting, it's worth it." ”

Li Weiji doesn't care whether it's worth it or not, this battle came without logic, and he is now confused and urgently needs someone to answer his questions.

He is such a person: because he pursues logic and reasonableness too much, he often has to say everything clearly, ask clearly, and answer others clearly.

"Senior, I didn't expect you to be so vigorous and beautiful at the age of two hundred." Li Weiji lost no time in praising it, and at the same time led the topic in the direction he wanted.

As expected, women always love to listen to compliments.

Ash Whispering Wind chuckled, "How can anyone be immortal for two hundred years, my body is only 20 years old. ”

After chuckling, she soared into the air and walked back to the top of the dead tree.

The wind cleared, the moonlight re-sowned, the trees grew green in the blink of an eye, and the cave resounded with a slight but pleasant tinkling of spring water.

"Before I leave, just ask questions." The Ash Whispering Wind seemed to see through Li Weiji's thoughts.

"I'll come first, I'll come first." Lingbao came out of the corner, and he asked the crucial question, "Why can you exist for two hundred years?" ”

Ash Whispering Wind looked at Lingbao, "Asura? What made you run to the surface? Oh, I forgot, the flame dragon trembles, and the Destroyer has driven you out of the earth. ”

Lingbao is speechless, the black history of the race is always embarrassing.

Ash Whispering Wind continued, "Goddess Merando sealed a wisp of my soul in the statue, so I have only been around for two hundred years. ”

Li Weiji asked, "Why did the goddess seal your soul in Nanyou?" ”

In fact, he had already guessed the answer, but he still wanted to hear it confirmed by Ash Whispering Wind in person.

"For the Goddess said that my descendants would bring to me a man who did not believe in her but who could spread her spirit, and that this man needed my guidance."

One sentence solves a lot of puzzles.

"When I was dying, the Goddess suddenly appeared, and she told me that in the future there would be a magical boy who had no faith but could spread the most selfless mercy. Fate will arrange for my descendants to lead him under this tree, and when he says that he does not believe in any gods, my soul will be awakened. Then I'm going to give him a question, and the difficulty of the question depends on my mood. As soon as he passes the test, my soul will disappear. ”

Li Yi asked inappropriately: "Then he should have passed the test, why haven't you disappeared yet?" ”

Ash Whispering Wind made an aiming gesture at Li Yibi, causing Li Yi to hide behind Li Weiji.

"Little friend. I don't want to disappear so soon, can't I? Ash Whispering Wind joked, "Seriously, I was going to take a moment of your time and listen carefully to how this world has changed over the past two hundred years. However, looking at my descendants like this, I can roughly imagine that the world has not changed for the better. ”

The joke was followed by a mutter: "Someone must fight bloodily before there can be freedom in the world." ”

After muttering to himself, Ash Whispering Wind pinched his chin, looked sideways at Li Weiji, and asked, "Do you believe it?" ”

"Letter. I don't believe it either. Li Weiji said: "I believe because I know that only action can change the world." I don't believe it because I'm not sure if this change is good or bad. ”

"Looking forward to your actions on the world." Ash Whispering Wind looked extremely relaxed, "When I announce that you have passed the test, I will disappear completely. After I disappear, you'll be given a nine-sided die that will guide you on the rest of your journey. ”

After saying this, Ash Whispering Wind turned to Ini, "My descendant, won't you say something to me now?" ”

Ini said quietly and very calmly, "May you rest in peace. ”

The Whispering Wind of Ashes laughed, hearty laughter echoing through the cavern with the tinkling of spring water.

"I declare ...... in the name of a follower of Merando"

"Wait." Li Weiji interrupted, "Last question, just now you said that the test questions are determined by your mood, I want to know if you were in a good or bad mood when you came up with the questions." ”

"Tut-tut......" Ash Whispering Wind pointed at Li Weiji, "I didn't expect you to be quite competitive." I'm sorry to tell you that I was in a very good mood at the time, and the questions I gave you were the easiest level. ”

Li Weiji was speechless, he and Li Yi fought hard, thinking that the test was relatively difficult, but he didn't expect that it was only the easiest level, and the joy of clearing the customs was diluted by more than half.

"Okay, okay, grandma is joking with you." Ash Whispering Wind brushed her hair, "It's kind of medium-to-high, you're doing pretty well." That kid is also remarkable, but unfortunately I don't have anything to teach him. One day, if he could find his guide, he would be able to do a great deal. All right. The old grandmother is leaving. Goodbye grandchildren. ”

Just listen to the whispering wind of ashes and say that you have won, the wind stirs the leaves, and the lively and interesting soul goes away with the moonlight.

A dice rolled to Li Weiji's feet.

The dice have nine sides, eight of which are empty, and the remaining one has a bear-like carving.

Stroking the bear's claws, information flashed through Li Weiji's mind.

[Ranger Dice of Destiny]

[Fate directs your future direction, provided that it withstands the test of fate.] ]

[The more you learn, the more humble you should be.] ]

[Turn the dice to transform your abilities.] ]

Li Weiji turned the dice, and nothing changed.

"As if it was teasing me." Li Weiji muttered.

Lingbao interjected, "It didn't tease you. You now only have one power, and of course you can't convert it. ”

Li Weiji put the dice in his palm, deliberately did not respond to Lingbao's words, and instead said to Yini: "I didn't expect such an incident to happen, it's been delayed for a long time, let's continue to dig worms." ”

Ini pointed to the old tree and said, "No need to dig up bugs. ”

Only then did Li Weiji notice that there was a green fruit in the dense canopy.

"What is this, it's so bright." Li Yi picked the fruit and couldn't put it down.

Ini took the fruit and walked into the sack and explained, "This is the condensation of the power of the goddess Merando. Once taken, there will be no more glowing creatures in the cave. However, with it, I can 100% lure the monster out. ”

Li Weiji looked at Yini, this woman obviously has amazing skills, but she is willing to marry an ordinary fisherman for the rest of her life, how much does she love this fisherman?

At the urging of Li Weiji, the group quickly returned to Yini's house and boarded the fishing boat piloted by Vico.

The lake reflects the sky, and the boat presses the stars.

Li Weiji, who was standing at the stern of the boat, looked up at the sky and said to Li Yi: "We have been back and forth for nearly fifty minutes, and time is tight." ”

Li Yi stood behind Lingbao and said, "We can all hold up the kind of battle just now, a monster should be fine." ”

Li Weiji shook his head: "Grandma, that's obviously a ...... There is an arrangement. If she comes up with two points to deal with us, we won't be able to defeat us for a round. ”

Li Yi said with a normal heart: "Things may not be as complicated as you think. Maybe it's fate that sees us paying too much, so we arrange for the grandmother to teach you skills in person, so that you can deal with water monsters and do the right thing for heaven. ”

Li Weiji's heart was a little lighter, preferably as Lao Yi said.

"You two talk, can you please not put me in the middle. Especially, I'm only thigh-high for you, don't you think this position is weird? Lingbao raised his head to express dissatisfaction.

"If we hadn't found out that you were so cunning, we wouldn't have made this decision." Li Weiji said angrily, "You made Alicia appear in front of me with a bow on her back, right?" That greatsword beginner's guide was prepared by you in advance, right? You've known about the cave for a long time, haven't you? Glow-in-the-dark moss, hey, you look like a horse when you're surprised. ”

Lingbao grinned, revealing a row of white shark teeth, and said shyly: "Although it is a little off, but you have already guessed it, why be so angry." ”

"I did study the cave, and in fact, the chloroplasts injected into the barracuda genes were extracted from luminous mosses." Lingbao got serious, "Two years ago, I read some interesting legends from the chronicles of Quagmire Town, followed the vine to find the cave, and after my diligent hands dug up, I found the giant sword beginner's guide from a pile of rags. The pages of that book were torn off, leaving only three tricks, and I had no intention of learning combat skills so I put it on the shelf. You know who I'm a person, and I like to pile up the stuff I collect. ”

Li Weiji answered: "You put the book together with the stone you picked up?" ”

"Hmm. At first, I wasn't interested in those stones. However, when the stone and the book are placed together, a fragment of divine writing appears on the cover of the book. Written by Ash Whispering Wind himself, this passage details the secrets of the cave. That's why I started studying those stones, and the items that can show the divine text must be extraordinary. According to the records, there must be three conditions for a person to trigger the goddess's bequest. First, it must be someone who has learned the skills of Ini's family tradition. Second, it must be a person without faith. Third, you must be a compassionate person. First, Alicia meets the conditions, but she has her own beliefs. Before you arrived in town, judging by your speech and demeanor, you were supposed to be followers of the Qurans, and I gave up on the idea of letting you solve the mystery. But who knows, I was told that you believe in Bathazar...... Strange to be, you humans tend to be very strong in your beliefs, and it is rare for you to believe in two gods at the same time, so I am mindful of you. ”

Li Weiji suddenly exclaimed: "Wait." You, me, she ......"

The three personal pronouns are inexplicable to Li Yi.

Lingbao smiled: "That's right. I said I once saved a Seraph. Lindell's steel sword is easy to use, right? I don't know why, but after entering the town, you seem to be a different person, and you don't behave like a person of faith at all. I have put a lot of effort into verifying whether you have compassion. In fact, you have a good heart, and when you hear Ini's cry, you go straight to her husband and ask her husband, knowing that Alicia is dedicated to her daughter, so she takes the initiative to give advice. You are a man of no faith but a compassionate heart, and you are a good match for me, and I am determined that you will inherit the ancestral skills of the Ini family. ”

"Not true. Wrong. Wrong. Li Weiji quickly cleared his mind, "When Alicia appeared in front of me with a bow and arrows on her back, I didn't know that she was going to sacrifice herself for her daughter. With your character, it is impossible for you to arrange for her to teach me the bow and arrow in advance until you are sure whether I have compassion or not. ”

Lingbao gave a thumbs up and praised, "This is what I said about deviation." In fact, I didn't know she would teach you how to shoot a bow and arrow, just as I didn't know that the skills that Vico uses to fish every day turned out to be the skills of the Ashes Whispering Lands. So, after you and I actually meet, I can't wait for you to learn the Greatsword Beginner's Guide. ”

Speaking of this, Lingbao touched his bare head and said with great depth: "In the cave, when you demonstrate archery skills and ask about Vico...... I had a quirky feeling. All of this is obviously my plan, but it seems that there is another larger, invisible hand pushing it, and I seem to be only a part of someone else's plan. This reminds me of your previous conversation, when you said this: Three minutes later, I'm going to go to Inni anyway, and a lot of things are out of my control. It's a strange statement, and you seem to know that things are going to change. ”

Li Weiji hurriedly took over the conversation: "This is just a general combat instinct, we have participated in many special missions, and every time we are in a critical moment, we will have a kind of vigilance. ”

"Maybe." Lingbao said in an indifferent tone: "Whether you have it intentionally or unintentionally, but you have all reminded me that maybe Eternal Alchemy has already arranged each of us clearly, and we are just on the route we should take." ”

Li Weiji suddenly laughed: "I'm so stupid. It turned out that the flaw was so obvious, but I only found out now. ”

Lingbao poked overboard to stir the water and shouted, "Don't say it, let your friend be kept in the dark for the rest of his life." ”

Li Yi spread his hands and said, "You two can't fool me by playing dumb riddles, because I don't care about these at all." What flaws, plans, and arrangements are all false to me. No matter how delicate the man-made things are, they can't compare to the treasures that God stuffed you. ”

Li Weiji and Lingbao nodded at the same time, deeply agreed.

Unexpectedly, Li Yi's words changed: "You better talk about it." The flaws in his story, I thought about it all the way, but I didn't understand it. ”

Li Weiji said with a smile: "His story is not flawed, it can also be said that it is all flawed." If you follow his train of thought, the whole story is complete and self-consistent, and there are no flaws. But when we jump out of the story, the reason why he was wronged as a pervert who touched his ass was all because he couldn't explain the misunderstanding to others. He! Also! Horse! Target! What! Wait! Clever! Bright! Person! Thing! ”

Li Yi suddenly realized, yes, Lingbao's intelligence and wit were even higher than Li Weiji's, how could he not explain a small misunderstanding?

Li Weiji said again: "I'm so stupid to be such an idiot." ”

Lingbao said: "Sometimes, the simpler the method, the more effective it is. ”

Li Weiji's tone sank: "I'm curious, what exactly do you need to make up such a story to cover up?" ”

A wave has not settled, and another wave has risen.

Li Yi sighed and said, "You talk slowly, I won't be a fool here." He turned around and went into the cabin and chatted with Ini about his home.

The fishing boat slowly sailed into the middle of the lake, the clouds covered the moon, and the night breeze blew on the face, which was indescribably refreshing.

Lingbao stretched his waist, rested his head on his arms, raised his eyes to the sky, and said comfortably: "This matter is not suitable for you now, but I promise you will know sooner or later." You're smart, and you're a little worse than me, but you have mental qualities that I don't have, and you're showing good combat power. I feel that from now on, we can really work together. ”

Li Weiji squatted down and said, "I want to hear about it." ”

"There's no rush. Kill the water monster and talk about it. ”

The boat came to rest in the middle of the lake.