Chapter 168: Out of Reach

The nine Lepeilians had been looking for them all the way down the stream, but after entering the forest, Mono still led them along the stream. This stream, which meanders through the city of Jianing, through the forest, and into the East China Sea, gradually widens as the mouth of the sea approaches, but there is still a big gap with the general river, and even at night, the scenery on the opposite bank is clearly visible, the sound is clearly distinguished, and the width of the water surface can be imagined.

Titis looked into the water and exclaimed, "The stream here is so clear, you can see the bottom of the water at night. ”

"Well, because the Streamer Priests have purifying powers, the habitat of the Streamers is usually very clean. Sang Wu explained.

"No wonder the smell here is so refreshing," the cleanliness Kelath nodded suddenly, and then wondered, "There seems to be an almost unpleasant fragrance wafting in the wind...... It's strange, it's not like the aroma of flowers and trees, but it's very natural, and it smells pleasant, what is this smell?"

"Heh, that's the breath that emanates from the Streamer. Although they have different forms, they don't know why, but their breath is the same. Sang Wu said with a smile.

No wonder I always felt a little familiar around me. Murch took another deep breath, took a closer look, and confirmed, "Last year, when we passed through the Forest of Death and met the Streamers, we also smelled this special smell. ”

"When I heard you say that, I remembered that it was indeed the smell. Rhodes also affirmed.

Future Sukarana hadn't had any news from the streamer for more than half a year, and he was a little concerned about the friend next to him, so he took the opportunity to ask, "Moye, have you found all the Riesssi?"

"Well," replied Mano, "they came back not long after the war ended at the beginning of the year. ”

"Great, so you've finally met your father?" Mirai also knew something about Mono's past, and couldn't help but be happy for him.

"Father, heh......" After he mentioned it, Mono couldn't help but think of the past. At that time, he understood the word "father" in the same way as the Lepelian people, so it was difficult to understand and even adapt to the Sirven priest's statement that there were no kinship titles such as "father" and "mother" in the streamer. Looking back on it now, I don't think it's funny, so I replied, "I saw it, but I still can't call him 'father', haha......"

"Huh, why?" the future was puzzled.

In terms of the cognitive boundaries of the Lepelian people, the question is obviously very complex, and I am afraid that it will take a big circle to explain it clearly. Therefore, Mono decided to avoid the question about his father for the time being, and began to explain again: "Although I have inherited the physical characteristics of the Lepeilian people, in fact, I am not related to the Lepelian people. ”

"This ......" The future is indeed even more confused.

"You've lived with the Fiji people for a long time, so you must know something about the history of the Fiji people, right?" asked Mono.

"Well, does your birth have anything to do with the history of the Fiji people?" Futures wondered. Shi Jiayan once showed him a volume of navigation logs that had been passed down for more than a thousand years, which was the suicide note of the ancient Fidian people, recording the encounter between the Fiji people and the Streamers, as well as the thrilling disaster that caused the disappearance of the Streamer Star.

"It has a lot to do with it. If the Fiji people hadn't been shipwrecked in the East China Sea and then rescued by the Streamers, there would be no me in the world. Mano continued, "There is a tree of life in the homeland of the Streamers. The reason why it is called the Tree of Life is because the blood of the Streamer people comes from here, and it is closely related to the life of the Streamer people. The Streamer once used the blood of the Tree of Life to save a seriously injured Fiji man. But in fact, the blood of the Tree of Life cannot be fused with the blood of the Lepelian, just as the blood of the Streamer cannot be fused with the blood of the Lepelian, it can only help the injured to repair the damaged flesh. On top of that, the blood of the Tree of Life is also alive in its own right, and it can survive independently in the body of the Lepelian and be genetically transferred to the next offspring of the Lepelian. But if the Lepelian who had the blood of the Tree of Life in his body died for some reason and left no descendants, the blood of the Tree of Life that remained in his body would also die out naturally. However......"

"However, the Fiji man who was fortunate enough to be saved by the Streamer more than a thousand years ago successfully left offspring, and the blood of the Tree of Life has been passed on?"

"Yes. "But if the Streamer senses the summoning of the Tree of Life's blood, he will definitely transfer it out. The method of retrieving the blood of the Tree of Life, while simple, turned out to be quite cruel. All it was necessary to cut a small wound in the body of the Lepelian who had the blood of the Tree of Life in his body and drip a drop of the blood of the priest of Ryssersi. Subsequently, the blood of the priest will quickly merge with the blood of the Tree of Life, and the internal structure of Lepelian's body will be transformed, creating an environment suitable for the living of the Streamer Baby. This baby is a new life formed by the combination of the blood of the Tree of Life and the blood of the priest of Rysersi, and the only way to retrieve the blood of the Tree of Life in its entirety. ”

"Among the Streamers, Priest Rysersi is the only one who can retrieve the blood of the Tree of Life that has been stray outside. But the birth of every Resssi baby means the exhaustion of the mother's life, so I didn't have the opportunity to know the mother who I had taken her life from, and I didn't know if he was male or female. Mano sighed with mixed feelings.

"It turns out that it took more than a thousand years before and after you were born, it's really not easy!" the future couldn't help but sigh, "In fact, you don't need to feel guilty, among the Lepeilian people, there are not a few females who have lost their lives because of childbirth, which is the price of the cycle of life." Besides, more than a thousand years ago, if it wasn't for the Streamers who saved the shipwrecked Fitans, they would not have had a chance to reproduce, and they would not have ...... later."

It won't happen that much later...... Thinking of this, the future quickly closed his mouth, and said in his heart that he really wouldn't comfort people, and it would be far away if he continued. But if you think about it carefully, he should actually be grateful to the streamer. More than a thousand years ago, if it hadn't been for the Streamer who saved the shipwrecked Fergutan, he might not have had the opportunity to meet those two rainbow-like figures...... Realizing that his thoughts were involuntarily drifting away again, he quickly came back to his senses and asked instead, "By the way, why did you just say that you can't call him father?"

"Oh, yes, I was just about to tell you. "Actually, there are no such kinship titles as 'father, mother' or so on. ”

"Why?" said Future, surprised, "and what do you call your parents?"

"Streamers don't have a family concept, and naturally they don't have any kinship titles, and after they have names, they are all called by their names. Mano replied.

"I always thought that the streamers also had many relatives to refer to, but because I couldn't understand the streamer's language, I didn't ask in detail, I really didn't expect this to be the case!"

"Uh......" Mano couldn't help but laugh, "no name. ”

"Ahh

"Ha, because the priests of the Streamer Clan are all nameless ......," he said, and Mono suddenly pointed forward, "Look, we've arrived." ”

Mirai Sukarlana suddenly realized, and looked in the direction pointed by Mono, only to see that the front suddenly opened up, and the water surface was much wider, and before they knew it, they had reached the east coast. The eastern edge of the Devil's Forest is covered with cliffs, and when the stream collects here, it flows vertically into the sea. At this time, they were in the forest, the waterfall was out of sight, and they could only see an arc at the end of the stream, followed by the vast sea and the endless starry sky. The priests were in the midst of that magnificent picture, standing on the shore, on the rocks, or in the streams...... Beautiful!

"Wow—I've never seen such a mysterious and strange landscape!" Muki exclaimed.

From here, the end of the stream looks like an open forest door. The sea and sky outside the door are wide, the strange stones and trees by the door are scattered, and the inside of the door is even more dreamlike......

"Are those the priests of the Streamers? Noro was also shocked, although it was not the first time he had seen a streamer, but it was a rare opportunity to meet so many streamer priests at the same time. The fact that they were just there was enough for him to realize that it was a world that the Lepelians would never really touch, and that although it was close at hand, it seemed to be far away.

"Are all the eleven priests?" asked Kailas curiously, it was said that there was only one priest of each form group of the Streamers, but he saw that two of them were very similar in form.

"Well, they were all priests, but not eleven, but ten. Mano corrected.

Probably because of some fatigue lately, Kairaz thought he had seen it wrong, rubbed his eyes, refreshed himself, and counted again, but it was still eleven, and he couldn't help but be even more confused.

"The one with the silver horn on his head is the priest Paritian, who looks like two, but in fact he is only one. Mano explained. The reincarnation of the Paritian priest usually does not remain in human form in front of the Lepelians, and the reason why they did not transform into beast forms at this time should be because they felt that these Lepelians had no malicious intent.

"Why? They look like two people. Kairaz was puzzled, and the others looked at Mano with puzzled eyes.

"Each Paritian is an allogene, and they share consciousness. Streamers don't define things through appearances, so for us, it's one, not a couple. "You can also understand it this way: he has two bodies at the same time, but only one soul. ”