Chapter Seventy-Five: The Holy Spring
Holy Spring.
Ye Ci came to the destination of the Sacred Snow Mountain.
It's not a good place to find.
At least Ye Ci has been swimming here for a day, but he still hasn't found the location of the holy spring. Sitting in the depths of the dense forest, Ye Ci burned a bonfire, relying on fresh bear meat on the fire, and he didn't have much seasoning on his body, so he couldn't cook all kinds of delicious items, so he could only make the simplest barbecue. Luckily, the meat of the snow bear is relatively high-grade in terms of ingredients, so even if it is cooked in a very simple way, it will improve physical strength more than some low-grade foods.
The fourth squatted beside Ye Ci, lowered his head and sniffed the aroma coming from the bonfire, and drooled. However, he didn't eat it secretly, just looked at Ye Ci and begged her with silent eyes to hurry up and give him something to eat.
Ye Ci was holding a quill pen and sketching on the map he bought from Rogue Rabbit No. 1, marking the path he had traveled that day in detail, and by the way, drawing the significant objects in the small environment everywhere clearly. She could feel the fourth child squatting around her, that eager look, she slowly exhaled, looked at the fourth child and said, "I said, you should lose weight, many people say that your ass is too big, so it will be ugly." β
The fourth child didn't care at all about Ye Ci's words, and even began to hum and chirp, as if to say that he was very satisfied with his figure.
"But your ass is too big, and it will be slower to run, and if you run too slowly, I will consider not having you." Ye Ci squinted at the fourth child, and threatened very unhappily, this guy is too good to eat, he is too busy finding food for it every day, and it is ,.........,really shameless to cook it.
The fourth child snorted very unhappily, but he could see that he was a little begging, he should be saying something, but Ye Ci didn't understand.
The bear meat on the bonfire was already roasted to the fullest, she sighed and took out a piece of bear meat from it, and dangled it cruelly in front of the fourth child, just not to give it food. The fourth child's eyes were about to fall on the piece of bear meat, and it was unwilling to let out a whirring sound, like withdrawing jiΔo, and like a quarrel. Ye Ci was very satisfied with the trouble she had caused to the fourth child, so she nodded and threw the meat in her hand directly to the fourth child, looking at his happy appearance Ye Ci smiled, held her chin with her hand and said, "This is the last time, you must lose weight from tomorrow." β
The fourth child grunted very dissatisfied, but obviously it didn't take Ye Ci's threat to heart, after all, for the fourth child, as long as he lived today's life, as for tomorrow's affairs, it was better to leave it to tomorrow to think about it.
Ye Ci took a piece of barbecue and ate it slowly while watching the sunset in the distance. The red sun was about to set behind the mountain. The Sacred Snow Mountain without sunlight would be even colder, and she couldn't help but sigh, when will she find the Holy Spring? You know, she doesn't like the cold weather at all.
As the last rays of sunlight disappeared behind the horizon, the night finally covered the land.
Suddenly, the fourth child, who was immersed in eating meat, raised his head and looked around vigilantly, his little ears moved and his nostrils grew, and a low roar came out of his throat. This is the most instinctive reaction of the fourth child when he discovers the danger. Ye Ci was slightly stunned when he saw him, did he find anything?
She kicked the fire away with a single kick, and brought in some snow from the side to extinguish all the sparks. The sound of the cows creaking came from the charcoal of the campfire, and it was particularly harsh in the quiet forest. The fourth child followed Ye Ci's side with a somewhat restless look, and it let out a low roar while tensing the muscles of its whole body, as if it wanted to explode.
Ye Ci hurriedly stretched out his hand and patted his nose gently, signaling it to be quiet, and made another gesture to let it squat down. Although the fourth child was a little unwilling, he still obeyed Ye Ci's arrangement and squatted beside her.
A hunter will never choose a random place to rest in the wild, and the place he chooses must have a route where he can escape smoothly, and there must be a shelter where he can hide himself.
Ye Ci is the same, although she is in the depths of the dense forest, but the place she chose, the back is an open path, and in front of her there are a lot of dead branches piled up, in the dark night in such a place, it is easy to hide her figure.
What did the fourth child find?
Ye Ci hid behind the dead tree, staring closely into the distance, wanting to see what kind of danger made the fourth child so nervous.
This forest was the place she had chosen to perch, and when she chose it, she noticed that there were few wild animals in this place, so she had the courage to light a bonfire here and roast bear meat.
The terrain of this forest is very complicated, even if there are not many wild beasts rushing in, Ye Ci is sure that he can leave with ease.
However, it was strange to say that for so long since she had been sitting in this dense forest, not a single beast had been noticed. Ye Ci didn't take this matter to heart, but now that he thinks about it, he feels very wrong, is there something here?
Just as Ye Ci was thinking about this question, she suddenly saw something swimming in the dark forest, and then, she knew the answer to what she suspected.
I see.
Why there were no beasts or monsters in this dense forest, until now she finally figured it out. It turns out that the real ruler of this dense forest is not a beast, but a ghost.
Ghosts are very strange creatures, because of the sunlight during the day, so only a few ghosts will appear to swim dΓ ng, and most of the ghosts will not come out until they want to go down the mountain, which is probably the so-called Hundred Ghosts Night Walk.
Although the sky was getting darker and darker, Ye Ci looked at the ghosts around him more and more.
Their level is around level one hundred to one hundred and twentie, and it is very difficult to attack them with Ye Ci's current strength, so unless it is absolutely necessary, Ye Ci will definitely not take the initiative to attack these guys who are swimming around.
The ghosts have no entity, and their attacks are mainly spiritual attacks, and the physical damage is relatively small for them, and their main fear is fire damage and holy light damage, if there is a high-level sacrifice to level up here, it would be a good thing. And she, a hunter, is obviously very irrational in facing these monsters here.
Ghosts are not without weaknesses, they stay in the dark for a long time, and they have no physical body, so their senses of sight, hearing, touch, and smell are useless, but they have a very strong sense of sound. If the player uses the skill casually, it will be keenly noticed by the ghosts, and there will be no mistakes. From this point of view, Ye Ci felt that ghosts and bats were more similar.
The fourth child is too big, although he is very strong, but when facing creatures above level 100, no matter how strong he is, he will only be shot to death in a few clicks. Therefore, Ye Ci put away the fourth child, and now in such a situation, it will be more convenient for Ye Ci to keep himself alone.
Just as Ye Ci had just put away the fourth child, a faint ball of light suddenly floated out of her package, Ye Ci was a little surprised, what is this?
Although this ball of light doesn't have any skills, it is a bit of a tension to suddenly emerge from such a ball of light from his body surrounded by so many ghosts. Ye Ci didn't think about it, and immediately stretched out his hand and pinched the ball of light in his hand, and put it tightly into the leather coat on his body, covering its light tightly.
Ye Ci raised his head and looked around vigilantly, and found that these ghosts did not find this ball of light, so he thought about it, and boldly let go of this ball of light from his hand, and watched it float slowly. At this time, it was strange that she was carefully observing the ghosts around her, these ghosts seemed to have discovered this ball of light, but they did not show any strange behavior for this ball of light, they looked at the ball of light as if they saw the air.
The ball of light circled around Ye Ci, and Ye Ci found that there was also some thin light on his body, and these lights seemed to be the same as the light of the ball of light.
The question is, what is this ball of light?
Ye Ci checked the genus of this ball of light, only to find that it was the ball of light released from the magic spirit that Moore gave her.
She remembered that Moore had said that by following the magic elf, she could find the secret of his immortality, and that she could find a way to die for him. And the ball of light in front of her just circled in front of her, emitting a faint light, and its movements were light, as if telling Ye Ci to let Ye Ci follow it. Ye Ci stood up cautiously, without making any sound, and the ball of light also flew a little higher, and then floated slowly forward.
After floating a few steps, it found that Ye Ci did not keep up with him, so it flew back and began to circle around Ye Ci, and Ye Ci confirmed that this ball of light really guided him. She looked at the ghosts that were still wandering aimlessly around her, went into hiding, and then followed the ball of light into the distance.
The ball of light is not as cautious as Ye Ci, it doesn't seem to have any sense of danger, it just keeps drifting towards its destination, even if there are a few ghosts in front of it, it will rush between them without care, and see Ye Ci sweating profusely after him.
Strangely, though, the ghost seemed to be very tolerant of the ball of light, and didn't even react to its rampage. It's just that Ye Ci's courage is not so big, she has to walk around, and as she goes, she has to use the short sword in her hand to carve all kinds of marks on the trees on the side.
It's dark now, and the map doesn't have a comprehensive indication of these places, so if Ye Zi doesn't mark it, he may easily get lost in this dense forest, and he won't be able to find his way out. I don't know how long I've been in the woods, anyway, Ye Ci has seen a lot of ghosts, and gradually she has also discovered one thing, the light that the ball of light puts on her body can resist being discovered by ghosts, so she doesn't need to be so cautious.
After discovering this, Ye Ci's speed of travel was finally a lot faster.
I don't know how much time it took to go around, but the ball of light finally stopped. Ye Ci also stopped, just looked into the distance, and saw that there was a majestic temple in the mist, and its whole body was carved out of white sè stone, and under the vast reflection of the snow, it actually showed a bleak white sè. I don't know why, this white sè is very reminiscent of death.
Ye Ci looked sideways at the ball of light, only to see that it was brighter, and it actually illuminated a large area in this dark night. Fortunately, there are ghost territories in the vicinity, and if it is a place where some beast lives, you will definitely find two people.
After a pause, the ball of light continued to float towards the temple.
Ye Ci could only continue to walk behind the ball of light, and she had to avoid the increasing number of ghosts while not forgetting to look at the temple. The temple is embedded in the mountain, and from the outside, you can only see the majestic door. However, it was a little dilapidated, perhaps because of the snow-capped mountains of the Sanctuary, where it was covered with snow and ice, and even the entrance to the temple had been covered by snow. There are a lot of sharp ice cubes hanging on the top of the temple, and from time to time some ice cubes will fall, but if you are not careful, you will be pricked on your body.
I don't know what god statue this temple is worshipping and it looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, and it is hidden in the hidden place of the Sanctuary Snow Mountain, so there is no way for players at this stage to find this place.
It's weird.
There are no ghosts at the door of the temple, and they seem to be very taboo about the contents of the temple. Even though the temple has been abandoned, the contents still seem to have a certain deterrent ability for these ghosts.
The ball of light floated in easily from a few snowdrifts at the entrance of the temple, but Ye Ci was not so lucky, she could only put the fur gloves used for warmth on her hands, and laboriously climbed over the loose snowdrifts, stepped on the collapsed boulders, and laboriously climbed into the temple.
The temple has long been deserted.
There weren't any monsters in it, but there were a lot of rats.
Rats are truly amazing creatures, and they seem to be seen everywhere, both in the game and in reality. They are not afraid of the cold or the cruelty of the environment, and are always the most lively group of creatures.
When Ye Ci walked into this dark temple, the ball of light in front of him could illuminate the way, and the most passers-by on the road were probably these rats, and they walked by in groups of three or five, swaggering past Ye Ci's side, and they didn't seem to be afraid of this strange human being.
After walking for a while, Lou entered the temple through the passage.
The view suddenly widened, and although many parts of the temple had collapsed, you could still see the huge dome painted with very beautiful frescoes, and the temple was surrounded by beautifully crafted arched windows. As for the altar of the temple, there is no idol of the gods, but only a small fountain.
The outside of the main hall is not visible, it should be very dark logically, but I don't know what is installed in this temple, there is actually a faint light that illuminates the entire temple, and Ye Ci can see everything here clearly without effort.
Under the main altar, there were many prayer chairs scattered on both sides, but they looked very old, Ye Ci lightly touched one of them with his hand, and the chairs were scattered on the ground with sharp and gorgeous. It looks like it's been rotting for a long time.
When was this temple abandoned? Nobody knows.
The light of the ball of light gradually faded, and finally disappeared in front of Ye Ci's eyes, and it seemed that there was already a secret about the reason for Moore's immortality. Ye Ci climbed over the pillars and rubble that had fallen between the temples and walked towards the main altar.
The small fountain on the main altar was not large, but the water was very clear, but the spring of Po Spring was blocked by a lot of dust and gravel, and the beauty of the water could only flow slowly down the spout.
Ye Ci stretched out his hand, wanting to pick up all the rubble that blocked the fountain's mouth, but he didn't want to hear a majestic shout: "Stop." Mortal! Who gave you the right to touch the purest fountain in the world...
Holy Spring!
Compared to who the majestic shout came from, Ye Ci was obviously more sensitive to the word Holy Spring. She looked at the fountain tightly and couldn't help laughing, this is the mountain and the water are in doubt, and the willows are dark and bright and another village. Now that the holy spring has been found, Ye Ci will also have time to see who was shouting at him just now.
She turned to look at where the sound had come from. I saw a man in a long robe slowly walking out of the darkness, his age looked no more than thirty or forty years old, but Ye Ci didn't think that he was really so young, because from his eyes, Ye Ci saw the vicissitudes that seemed to have gone through thousands of years.
Throwing a scouting spell to this man, all with question marks.
Ye Ci exhaled and raised his eyebrows, okay now there is a random NPC in the game
's level is higher than his own, and it's better to be respectful, after all, it definitely doesn't hurt to be humble. So Ye Ci immediately bowed respectfully to the man.
"Hello this honorable sir, I am just a passing traveler who has been lost in the snow-capped mountains of the Sanctuary in this dark night, and has inadvertently broken into this ancient temple. I found out that the spring water here is so mΓ that I have no ill will and just want to see its original beauty. β
The man had already walked to Ye Ci's side, he was very tall, looking at Ye Ci who was saluting condescendingly, there was no expression on his face, and after a while, he said: "Mortal, I smell the smell of death in your body My intuition tells me that you are not completely telling me the truth. β
The smell of necromancy?
Ye Ci frowned, what did he mean? Is it an arrow of light or a ring, or something else? She looked at the man with some confusion and said strangely, "The smell of necromancers?" But I haven't been in contact with any necromancy, have I? β
The man closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if feeling something deeply, and it took him a long time before he exhaled. "That's right, that's the smell of necromancers, this undead soul has gone through thousands of years, and he hasn't found a way to destroy himself."
Ye Ci came to his senses, and it turned out that he was really talking about Moore. She nodded hurriedly: "So you're talking about Mr. Moore." β
"Moore?" The man opened his eyes and looked at Ye Ci: "Is he calling this name now?" β
"Yes sir." Ye Ci nodded: "I was entrusted by Mr. Moore to find a way for him to die on the continent of Maga. Ye Ci showed a somewhat sad expression when he said this: "Although the word necromancy is not a good word, this gentleman, what I saw from Mr. Moore is a sad person. β
"Mortal, if I'm not mistaken, you seem to be interceding for Moore?" The man looked at Ye Ci quietly for a while, and then he defined Ye Ci's performance in a hurry.
Ye Ci was slightly stunned, she didn't know who the other party was now, and if she answered him rashly, it would bring some inconvenience to the following tasks. So she thought for a while before she said slowly: "Sir, I'm just a mortal and I can only see where I see, so I'm just telling the truth about everything I see." β
The man didn't answer Ye Ci's words immediately, but just stared at her for a long time before sighing and saying, "Elves are indeed the kindest race in the world, and they never want to look at the ugly side. Don't you know that this will cause you to suffer again and again? β
Listening to this man's words, it was as if he knew some kind of elf.
Ye Ci thought about the arrow of holy light that he had wrapped, and suddenly had a bold idea in his heart, could it be that this person also knew the elf king Derr? This idea popped up in my head again and again, and it boiled irrepressibly.
At this moment, Ye Ci's brain was like a fast-moving machine, and all the calculations about the Elf King Dorr were immediately connected.
The Elven King Dore once participated in the battle with the king heroes of various races against the Demon King Naga, and finally died in battle. Of course, there is also a theory that he did not die, but was sealed by the Naga.
The Elven King Dore had gone through that battle with Moore, the lord of Black Mud City, and in that battle, in order to pursue eternal power, Moore obtained the immortal body, which is now the necromantic body that this man is doing.
The Elven King Dore had fought with the demon king Naga's minion Gyoga and wounded him with his beloved arrow of light, but although he was a creature of darkness, he did not die because of the arrow of light, he fled in a hurry and took the arrow of light with him. Then Nobo summoned Vuga, and betrayed his spirit, and allowed Withgga to use this arrow of light to make an environment for his spirit hΓΊn in the forbidden land of the Dora tribe, and he unintentionally obtained this arrow of light. Natasha, an elven arrow merchant who seemed to have seen everything, instructed herself to come here to cleanse the contaminated arrow of light.
In the Sacred Snow Mountain, the magic spirit that Moore gave to Ye Ci played a role, turning into a ball of light and leading Ye Ci to the Holy Spring.
The Holy Spring is there to cleanse the Arrow of Light, but on the edge of the Holy Spring, Ye Ci meets the man who seems to have a prejudice against Moore.
From the conversation with this man, Ye Ci learned that this man not only knew Moore but should also know the elf king Dole.
I remember that Moore, the city lord of Black Mud City, had promised Ye Ci that as long as she found a way to die, then he would definitely tell Ye Ci everything he knew about the Elf King Dole.
All of this seems to have something to do with the Elf King Dole, but if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to have much to do with it, they are inextricably linked together, forming a huge mission system that can't be imagined at all, Ye Ci feels that he seems to have only touched the tip of the iceberg of this mission, and the even more huge tasks are all hidden in the darkness that no one has discovered.
"Do you know Dore, the Elven King?" After contacting all the clues, Ye Ci boldly asked the man, her voice was eager not only because she was an elf, but more importantly, the elf king Dorr had been on her mission since she was just reborn, but he had been hidden behind all these tasks, whether it was the relationship between race or occupation, she couldn't wait to know the past of this legendary elf king, but she didn't know what this man would know and what he would tell herself?
The man was not surprised that Ye Ci would ask such a question. After all, the elven king Dorr is the king of all elves, and his presence makes the history of elves extremely shocking and powerful. He suddenly laughed, and from his sleeves came a pair of beautiful hands, white and slender, which did not look like a man's hands at all, but grew on a man's body. He moved his fingers slightly, and the fingers flicked like a dance, and then the ten fingers crossed together, "It seems that the elves can make a deal." β
"Deal?" Ye Ci was a little stunned.
This word is not unfamiliar to Ye Ci at all, but the unfamiliar thing is that this word is often said from Ye Ci's mouth, but now it comes out of a mouth, which really makes Ye Ci laugh: "What deal?" β
"I'll tell you about the Elven King Dore, and you tell me about that necromancy." The man smiled softly: "Look, how fair, none of us take advantage of anyone." I'm as curious about the present of that necromancer, just as you're curious about the Elven King, and it's a wonderful thing for us to say what we know and fulfill each other's curiosity. β
Ye Ci stared at the man's face tightly, his smile was very beautiful, and it could even be said that this man's smile was really beautiful. It's better than the smile of all the beautiful men Ye Ci has ever seen. Although he looks to be thirty or forty years old, when he laughs, you think that he is so heartless, even bright. His smile was as if it had a huge magical power that one had to fall into.
Ye Ci felt that his head was a little dizzy, something was wrong. She tried to move her fingers, but found that her fingers wouldn't move. Her heart sank suddenly, not good! This guy can do illusions, he must have put some kind of magic on her, and if he continues to stare into his eyes, he will suffer 100% of the loss.
Trying to close his eyes downward, but the underside of his eyes was like a pot alloy bracket that couldn't be closed at all, Ye Ci took a deep breath, I don't know where the strength came from, he turned his body violently, and turned his back to the man, only to find that the back of his back was full of sweat. And her muscles seemed to be out of force at this moment, so that she couldn't hold her hands tightly.
The man looked at Ye Ci's back, raised his eyebrows, and did not speak. Instead, he quietly looked at her trembling back and laughed.
"It's not fair." Ye Ci took a few breaths before speaking slowly. She no longer turned around, but turned her back to the man, looking at a crumbling pillar in the temple in the distance, as if only the mess there could make her feel a little interested.
"What's fair?"
"We're not standing at an unfair angle. You can use my illusion to get the answer you want to know from my mouth, but I can only look at you with a blank eye, waiting for your almsgiving.
The active party of this transaction is always you, I can only passively bear it, this kind of transaction is unfair, I refuse.
Ye Ci took a deep breath and said his "answer".
"Refuse?" The man seemed to have expected that his proposal would be rejected, and he didn't get angry, not even a trace of superfluous emotion: "Is there any other reason to reject me besides that you think it's unfair?" β
"I can't tell anyone about Moore." Ye Ci said slowly, in the game, each NPC has its own xìng grid, although Ye Ci doesn't know much about Moore, but from the short contact with Moore, Ye Ci can guess that Moore doesn't want more people to know his secret, so Ye Ci will never rashly say Moore's secret before she understands the identity of the NPC opposite. Otherwise, it is easy to be disgusted by Moore, and if she is a little unlucky and disgusted by this NPC in front of her, then she is the real gain outweighs the loss.
"Why? His affairs don't seem to have anything to do with you, so it's okay to talk about them. β
"It's different." Ye Ci shook his head: "Elves are the race that can best guard secrets, I can't betray my race casually, what's more, I don't think I should tell you Mr. Moore's secret, although I haven't been with Mr. Moore for a long time, I think I should keep silent about his affairs." β
"You're such a stubborn person."
"It's not stubbornness, it's just the most fundamental criterion of a person, and keeping your mouth shut can earn the respect of others." Ye Ci sighed: "I don't want my gaffe to cause any trouble to anyone, I just think so." β
"It doesn't matter if you miss knowing about Dole?"
Ye Ci narrowed his eyes: "I think there are still many people involved in that battle, even if you don't tell me about the Elf King Derr, I believe that I can still get news about the king of our race from others." After all, hard work pays off. β
The man didn't speak for a long time, so Ye Ci couldn't guess what was going on, so he could only stand there quietly. I don't know how long it took, but the man finally laughed.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I can't believe that after all these years, you elves are still so interesting." The man turned to look at the fountain, then raised his hand and picked up all the rubble that had blocked the fountain, and the staked fountain gradually began to flow more and more and more happily.
"Do you think this holy spring is beautiful?"
Ye Ci looked at the holy spring with his spare eyes, and felt that he should be very safe if he didn't look into the eyes of any man. So, he turned his body, looked at the holy spring, and said matter-of-factly, "It's beautiful." β
It's beautiful indeed.
It's not that this spring is beautiful, but in such a desolate and even collapsed space, there is a pool of fountains that is so clear and complete, and against the soft light, it will naturally and unnaturally make people feel an indescribable beauty.
"I've looked up at it here for so many years that I've forgotten how old it is." The man smiled slightly, turned to look at Ye Ci's side face: "You are a kind elf, and your ability to keep quiet about Moore's affairs shows that Moore's vision of people has finally improved a little over the years." β
Hearing this, Ye Ci's heart finally fell.
Sure enough, if I had made a deal with this NPC just now, I'm afraid that I would be punished inexplicably now. She didn't know how the player who did this task in her previous life chose to face this Chinese NPC, but she thought that she didn't make a mistake this time.
"Who are you?" After thinking about it for a while, Ye Ci felt that it was better to ask about this person's identity.
"Who am I? If you don't ask, I think I've forgotten what my identity really is. The man exhaled a long breath: "I just remember that Moore used to call me Rabbi." Maybe that's my name. β
Rabbi? Ye Ci was slightly stunned, if she remembered correctly, the rabbi should have meant the teacher.
So this man is Moore's teacher???
No, this man looks much younger than Moore! You must know that Moore is more than a thousand years old, and if Moore is his student, I'm afraid that this guy will be many, much older than Moore.
Sure enough, it's an NPC.,A program is a program.,The age of more than a thousand years doesn't look like that at all.γ
"Moore asked you to come to me, did he regret his choice?"
Rabbi's words made Ye Ci slightly stunned, she thought carefully about all the words Moore had said to herself, and then nodded: "I think, Moore has indeed regretted it." β@γ