Chapter 40: Assassination in the Rain
After Tianshu left, Luo Yao was a little uneasy.
Yayu stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her, "What's wrong with you?" ”
"It's nothing, it's just that I'm a little worried about Brother Tianshu and Brother Jieran." Luo Yao pushed his claws away, frowned and said, "I don't know why, I always have a feeling that this matter is not so simple. ”
Yayu comforted her, "Don't worry, eldest brother and Brother Jieran have experienced a hundred battles, even if there is really any conspiracy, they can think of a way to crack it." ”
Luo Yao smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid that they won't cooperate, and they will tear each other down." ”
"No, the two of them still know how to take care of the overall situation." Yayu took a bite of the apple, puffed out her cheeks and said, "Don't think too much. ”
Luo Yao looked up at the window and said softly, "I hope." ”
Outside, it was overcast and heavy rain was coming.
Luo Yao took Yayu back to do her homework, and then sat alone on the windowsill eating grapes.
In late autumn, the air also becomes extremely cold. Luo Yao sat for a while and felt a little cold, and was about to tell the maid to bring a piece of clothing, when he saw a figure standing there outside the temple gate.
Luo Yao was curious, climbed through the window, and fell outside the palace.
"Who's there?" Luo Yao shouted outside the door, "Come out, I see you." ”
After a while, the man walked in slowly, still dressed in black, his light purple eyes glowed like cold jade under the reflection of the light, and the aura on his body was several times colder than the air outside.
"Brother Jieran," Luo Yao said in surprise, "Didn't my father send you to the elven realm on an errand?" Why are you still here? ”
Jie Ran's eyes flashed, "You know everything?" ”
Luo Yao nodded and said truthfully, "Brother Tianshu told me before leaving. ”
Jie Ran lowered his gaze and did not speak again.
Luo Yao asked tentatively, "Brother Jieran, is there something wrong with you coming to me so late?" ”
Hearing this, Jie Ran hesitated for a while, and finally seemed to have finally made up his mind, and said, "Luo Luo, I want to ask you for a favor." ”
"You say, I'll help if I can." Luo Yao said immediately.
"This plague in the elven world, I suspect it has something to do with Yue Jue." Jie Ran paused and said.
Luo Yao was shocked, "How can these two things be related?" ”
Jie Ran explained, "You should also know that the plague only breaks out when the five elements are scattered. Most of the people of the Protoss practiced the Light Spirit Yuan and absorbed the essence of the sun, moon and stars, and it stands to reason that the Five Elements should be the smoothest, which is also the reason why there has been almost no outbreak of plague in the Divine Realm.
The first few plagues broke out after years of continuous wars between gods and demons. However, this time the plague broke out, and there was really no obvious trigger. Except for some time ago, the Holy Treasure Yuejue, who maintained the spiritual power of heaven and earth, was lost. ”
Luo Yao suddenly realized, "You mean, someone used the power of Yue Jue to change the five elements of the God Realm, which led to the outbreak of this plague. ”
Jie Ran nodded, and said, "However, this is just my speculation, and there is no actual evidence. It is still necessary to go to the scene to have a look, and then make a conclusion after finding real evidence. ”
"So you want me to go to the elven world with you to see if there are any traces of Yue Jue's use?" Luo Yao said.
"I'm sorry, Lolo." Jie Ran nodded, and said apologetically, "Although I don't want to involve you in either, but after all, you are the moon god of destiny, I just thought about it, and there is indeed no one more suitable to do this than you." ”
"Before, you said that you wouldn't let me be polite to you, but now you are so polite to me." Luo Yao looked up at him and said, "I said a long time ago that it is my duty to find Yue Jue, Brother Jie Ran, you don't have to feel guilty for implicating me, since this matter involves Yue Jue, then I am duty-bound." ”
Without further ado, Luo Yao went back to the house to clean up, and the two stepped on the cloud car to the elf world.
The night breeze accompanied by heavy rain came as promised, and the stars were obscured by dark clouds.
Although the cloud car isolated the wind and rain outside, the cold breath still came in through the wall cover, and Luo Yao couldn't help but shiver.
Jie Ran took off his snow fox cloak, draped it on Luo Yao's body, and cast a spell to increase the flame in the furnace, and asked her, "Is it still cold?" ”
Luo Yao smiled sweetly at him, shook his head, turned his head to look outside and said, "It seems that the rain won't stop tonight." ”
"It's okay, we're almost there." Jie Ran said as he looked at the elven emblem hanging on the high mountain in the distance.
The entrance to the Elven Realm is located between the mountains, surrounded by a steep canyon, and only a chain bridge can be used as a way to enter it.
As they got closer, two guard elves stopped their cloud cart and said, "Stop!" ”
Jie Ran showed the Golden Order of the Protoss, and the two elves hurriedly knelt down and said, "I've seen the envoy." ”
"The elves have a rule that anyone who enters must cross the rope bridge and are not allowed to take the cloud car, and I ask the envoy to forgive me." One of the guards said.
Jie Ran nodded, "Got it." ”
After helping Luo Yao out of the car, Jie Ran cast a spell to conjure an umbrella inlaid with the pearl of the night, stretched it out and put it on Luo Yao's head, and then said, "Let's go, watch your feet." ”
It was the middle of the night, and the night, which was already very dark, was obscured by dark clouds and heavy rain. The faint chirping of the bone-eating crow in the mountains, accompanied by the echo of the hollow valley, looked particularly terrifying in the dark night.
Luo Yao unconsciously shrunk his neck and leaned closer to Jieran's side.
"Don't be afraid," Jie Ran seemed to sense her emotions and whispered comfortingly, "I'm here." ”
His voice is still cold, but it has been reassuring for hundreds of years.
Luo Yao answered in a low voice and walked towards the chain bridge.
The rain was dripping down on the bridge, making a ticking sound. The wind swayed the bridge slightly, and the wooden planks on the bridge creaked.
Jie Ran held an umbrella in one hand and walked forward with Luo Yao in the other. Suddenly, he felt a sharp light coming, instinctively pulled Luo Yao sideways to avoid it, and when he reacted, he turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw several bright silver needles inserted in the position where they were standing just now.
Jie Ran raised his eyebrows coldly, drew his sword, and protected Luo Yao behind him.
"Inform the guards that there are assassins here." Luo Yao also reacted and shouted at the two elves guarding the door.
The two elves hurriedly responded, and were about to whistle, when they saw two silver needles flying, hitting the throats of the two of them, and the two elves immediately fell to the ground and stopped breathing.
All this happened so fast that Luo Yao and the others didn't even have time to stop it.
"What kind of ability is sneaky, and you have the courage to come out and compete." Jie Ran looked around and said in a cold voice.
"Hehehe." A dry and hoarse laugh rang out, obviously the voice of a person, but it seemed to come from all directions.
"Si Ming Xingjun has a good calculation and wants to use the method of agitation to provoke me out. Unfortunately, I'm not stupid either. You are one of the best masters in the heavenly realm, and I may not be able to win a battle with you clearly, but it is better to sneak attack in the dark to have a higher chance of winning. The voice continued.
"Shameless." Luo Yao spat out.
"Hehehe, so what? We don't have as much morality as you Protoss. For us, it's the results that matter. The man said.
Jie Ran knew that the opponent was insidious and cunning, and his strength was not weak, so he didn't dare to underestimate it, and he still had Luo Yao around him to protect, so he was more careful and put on mental alert.
Sure enough, after a moment of silence, another round of more intense attacks struck.
The silver needles are mixed in the heavy rain, mixed with the falling rain, which makes it difficult to distinguish. With his fighting instincts over the years, Jie Ran swung his sword to block the silver needles one by one.
But the attack angle of the silver needle became more and more tricky, and in the end, it all attacked Luo Yao.
Jie Ran frowned, blocking in front of Luo Yao, shielding her from the attack of the needle rain.
At this time, the person hiding in the dark seemed to chuckle, and then the raindrops around him turned into flying needles in an instant, taking advantage of the gap between Jie Ran blocking the needle for Luo Yao, and stabbed Jie Ran.
"Brother Jieran!" Luo Yao exclaimed.
Just now, he only cared about blocking the flying needle that stabbed her back for Luo Yao, but he exposed his back to the enemy. In an instant, Jie Ran's placket was full of blood flowers.
Standing up straight, Jie Ran raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and sneered at a mountain top in front of him, "The Suwen Dragon Clan is good at illusion, the dark rain flies needles, and the silver flowers flow red. If I'm not mistaken, your Excellency should be Zilong, one of the four protectors of the Dragon Realm. ”
"Hehehe, it's worthy of Si Ming Xingjun, it's really powerful. But what if you know who I am? Today, you and this little girl are going to die here. Zilong smiled grimly.
"I don't think so. The fight just now was just to test your position, and it was inevitable that it would be a little embarrassing," Jie Ran hooked the corners of his mouth lightly, urging his spiritual power, and the silver needle that pierced into his body spurted out with blood, "Next, I'm going to do it for real." ”
As he spoke, he raised two fingers and recited a mantra, and suddenly a blue light surrounded Luo Yao, and the silver needle pierced the wall of light and was blocked.
"Wait for me here." Jie Ran glanced back at her and said, then dodged and rushed straight towards the top of the mountain where Zilong was invisible.
Zilong didn't expect that he even found out where he was hiding, and he was a little light before, and he didn't set an enchantment for himself, at this time Jie Ran rushed straight in front of him, he couldn't dodge for a while, and before he could raise his arm, he was stabbed in the right hand by Jie Ran's sword.
Zilong screamed, and all the silver needles on his cuffs spilled. wanted to turn around and escape, but Jie Ran was faster than him, and his sword fell, but in the blink of an eye, his head had been cut off.
"It's okay already, let's go." Jie Ran returned to Luo Yao's side, lifted the barrier around her, and then said.
"It doesn't matter what you hurt, right?" Luo Yao tugged at the hem of his shirt to check on his injuries, but he reached out to stop him.
"It's not a big deal, it's just a little flesh injury, I'll just use my mana to heal it myself in a while." Jie Ran smiled and said, "Let's go to the valley first, find a room to shelter from the rain, I'm worried about you catching a cold if you stay outside for a long time." ”
Luo Yao looked at him and said angrily, "When will you stop thinking about me?" When can I think more about myself? ”
Hearing this, Jie Ran was stunned, and then smiled lightly, "I'm afraid it's a little difficult, I've developed a habit for so many years." ”