Minna followed closely behind Ladlow and burrowed into the forest, followed by Alex

Radlow refused to reveal where he was going, and just told them to follow, but in the dense forest late at night, only a little moonlight leaked through the branches overhead, and it was almost pitch black all around, Minna barely managed to keep up with the memory of playing in the forest with Radlow when she was a child, but Alex struggled and whispered, "Little La..."

"Shut up!" Radlow jerked his head back, lowered his voice and reprimanded, glaring at Minna by the way, "Don't call me by that stupid name!" ”

Alex reluctantly changed his words: "Okay, Radlow, it's Radlow, right?" You see, you're familiar with this place, so naturally it doesn't matter, but Min... Minna had a hard time keeping up, so why couldn't she get some lighting? It will be convenient to see the road, and if the torches are not suitable, we can use illumination"

Radlow stared at him, "You're not stupid, are you?" Make a little light in the forest at night, and you'll be spotted in no time! Give me a little quiet! Don't let the patrolling elves hear you! He leaned in again and whispered, "Is this man really reliable?" I'm going to take you to a very secret place."

Minna nodded: "He is my friend, he can definitely be trusted, I am willing to vouch for him"

Radlow looked at Alex a few more times, and reluctantly accepted: "Okay, although he is really stupid" After that, he beckoned them to continue walking, and Alex resisted the urge to roll his eyes and followed

They walked deeper and deeper, and gradually, Minna could no longer recognize the way, and the surrounding trees were as thick as four or five of her, and when they looked up, it was pitch black, and the branches and foliage were so dense that no light could be seen through, and there were countless large tree roots intertwined along the way, adding a lot of obstacles to their progress, and from time to time, small creatures that moved passed by their feet, and Minna and Alex were a little hairy in their hearts

Fortunately, by this point, Radlow had relented, allowing them to use a small illumination, and under the light of the small ball of light, Minna could clearly see that the roots of the trees at her feet were entangled with the weeds, and the piles of fallen leaves had been half rotted and turned into deep mud; Tiny green snakes emerged from the mud, completely ignoring their few humanoid objects and scurrying into the void under the tree roots; Swarms of insects of all sizes passed by them; Suddenly, I noticed that the branch in front of me was wriggling, and when I looked closely, I realized that it was a python

Minna was sweating profusely, and carefully shifted her steps, keeping her eyes as far behind Radlow's back as she could, while Alex pursed her lips tightly, as if she didn't care much, but in fact she pulled up the hem of her robe with one hand and performed the most basic suspension technique, trying not to touch the rotten mud at least five centimeters below the ground

They walked for more than three hours, almost reached the center of the elven forest, the trees here are exceptionally tall and thick, the thinnest one is as thick as ten Minna, and there are many tall plants growing around, which makes Minna have an illusion, as if she is in another world, not the flowers and trees have become bigger, but she has become smaller, and only when she sees the insects and snakes under her feet has a little sense of reality

Suddenly, her feet stumbled on the root of the protruding tree, and she almost fell to the ground, and the lighting technique was interrupted, and suddenly the ground was dark, and after her, Alex hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and played a silver and white lighting technique, and said: "Forget it, I'll come, you watch the road carefully," Minna smiled embarrassedly and thanked her, and continued to chase after Radlow

I don't know how long it took, they finally came to an extraordinarily thick old tree, Minna looked at the small clearing around her, and looked at the tree for a few moments, thoughtfully: "This is the place where you want to take us here?" It seems to be... What kind of ritual place do the elves hold..."There were strange grass knots hanging from the trees, and some stone chairs were placed around them, but they all seemed to be very old, and there were some signs of weathering

Radlow wiped the sweat on his forehead and nodded: "You guessed half right, this is actually the Earth World Tree a long, long time ago, I estimate that it was at least 10,000 years ago, and it has already withered and died, I think the Earth Elves probably don't know about this place now, right?" ”

More than 10,000 years ago, the World Tree? Minna was amazed, looked up and found that except for the trunk of the tree, which was as thick as a large house (twice as thick as Grandpa's treehouse), it looked like a normal tree, but there was not a single leaf on the branches... Wait...

Minna stared at the roots of the big tree, which was covered with green ground, fresh moss, and a new branch sticking out, and two small green leaves on it were particularly conspicuous: "Didn't you say that the tree is dead?" How can it still grow leaves?! ”

Alex's heart moved: "Here... Is there something that contains the magic of life? He stretched out his hand to gently feel the earth magic element in the air, and found that there was a faint vitality that filled the surroundings, and as soon as it touched the earth light element in his hand, it immediately emitted a thin layer of white light, and in the darkness, it was as bright as the moon

Minna was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly went to look at Radlow, who did not answer, but only motioned for them to follow him

Turning behind the World Tree, Minna saw a large chunk of the ground sink for some reason, revealing the tangled roots and dirt inside, and Radlow slipped into a large cavern between the roots, Minna and Alex glanced at each other and hurriedly climbed down

The cave is very large, and there is a stone case in the center, on which are placed several withered rattan baskets, although the fruits in it have long been dried up, but Yan Se is still very bright, and there is a stone bench under the stone case, and an extremely old wooden staff has fallen next to it, which is obviously also a place where the ancient elves gather or hold some kind of ritual

But this is not the destination of Radlow, he walked directly to the back of the stone case, he thought that there was only a place for the roots of the tree, and when he turned a corner, there was actually a hole, which was pitch black, and he couldn't see what was going on inside Radlow didn't say a word, so he jumped in, Minna snorted softly, looked at the hole and was stunned, turned back and shrugged at Alex, and then jumped down

Alex couldn't stop it, and secretly scolded this guy in his heart for being too imprudent, who knows what's in the hole?! He walked around the entrance of the cave twice, sighed helplessly and jumped resignedly

Inside was a slide made of tree roots, he slipped all the way to the bottom of the hole, and with a bang seemed to hit someone, and when he heard the familiar "ouch", he knew that he had fallen on Minna, and couldn't help but be angry: "What are you doing?" Why don't you get out of the way?! ”

Minna didn't answer his question, just kept staring ahead, and Alex noticed something was wrong, so he followed her gaze and froze

In this small two-story tree hole, there was nothing, only a clear spring in the corner, emitting a silvery white light, and there were small balls of light floating above the water, slowly floating in the direction of Radlow, Ladlow stretched out his hand to catch it, and the ball of light immediately became active, flying around him

Minna held her breath, slowly got up and walked over to lie on the edge of the spring, looking at the silver light in fascination, and then looked at Radlow, reached out and tried to touch the surface of the water, as soon as her fingertips touched the spring water, there was immediately a cool feeling transmitted from her fingertips to her limbs, and the whole person was suddenly refreshed, and the tiredness and sleepiness caused by the long time disappeared in an instant, her eyes lit up, and she gently plucked the spring water, and the silver light flowed in her fingertips, emitting a little starlight, surrounding her

Alex looked at this scene, dumbfounded, but soon came to his senses, also walked to the edge of the spring, and lightly tapped the ball of light next to Minna, the ball of light seemed to be shy, and immediately dodged him and reached out to touch the spring There were also a few starlights around him, he suddenly moved in his heart, and his hand emitted light magic, straight into the spring, and suddenly countless balls of light came out of the spring, filling the entire tree hole

Minna took a deep breath, looked at the surrounding balls of light in surprise, and turned to Radlow: "What is this?" Is it the fountain of life? ”

Radlow looked at the ball of light flying in the cave a little dazed, and turned his head to reply when he heard the words: "I don't know what this is, when I was a child, I always liked to run around in the forest, trying to attract my mother to come to me, here is where I accidentally found out, I accidentally drank a few sips of spring water, and my stomach hurt very badly, but then I suddenly had the ability that no one else has, and this is it" He stretched out his palm to show her a seed in the palm of his hand, and soon, the seed germinated, and then grew leaves, pulled high, and grew a flower bud, which soon blossomed and withered

Minna touched the small plant: "This is the ability to control the plant, right?" When I was a child, I remember you saying that it was the elves who lost their talents for many years."

Radlow nodded: "Yes, I can use this ability to give birth to plants, control the direction of plant growth, and in a few years, I can do more" He lowered his head and scooped up the spring water, "When the Fountain of Life dried up, I hadn't been born yet, so I don't know what it looked like But this place is not far from the fountain of life, and the roots of this World Tree spread widely, and there happened to be one that stretched out next to the Fountain of Life, perhaps, it was through the cracks in the ground that seeped into here at that time, right?" ”

Minna then understood, but this is not the fountain of life?

Alex took an eight-pointed star pendant from his neck, it was made of wood, it seemed to be quite ancient, he said: "Although it is already certain, it will be clearer if you try it" He dipped the pendant into the spring water, and after a while he picked it up, the surface of the pendant was no longer the original gray face, Minna only touched it lightly, and felt that there was a strong protective energy on it

She looked at Alex, who nodded: "This is the earth magic weapon made by the predecessors with the branches of the World Tree, which has long been useless, I used it as a talisman, and now it has recovered its original strength It seems that this spring water contains powerful life energy even if it is not a fountain of life."

Minna was really overjoyed, and jumped on Ladlow excitedly, almost dragging his little body to the ground: "Little La, thank you so much If it weren't for you, we really don't know what to do!" ”

Radlow blushed and ripped her away: "Don't hold me like this, like I'm a child, obviously I'm older than you..."

Minna ignored his whispering, hurriedly took out a large crystal bottle, and wanted to pour the spring water, but suddenly stopped and looked at Ladlow seriously: "Xiaola, does the elf queen know about this spring?" ”

Radlow was stunned, shook his head, and whispered, "I... I didn't dare tell them that they wouldn't admit me because I had the power that the elves had lost, so I got the approval, and if I told my grandmother about the spring, she would have made all the elves drink it! When the time comes, everyone will have the ability to control plants, and I'll just—" he bit his lip: "I want to be with my mother more, and when I'm old enough to protect my mother and me, I'll offer this spring and they won't say anything."

"Little Ra," Minna looked at Radlow, feeling a little sad as she put away the crystal bottle, and Alex asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"The Elven Queen doesn't know, if we take the spring away like this, if she knows in the future, she will definitely say that we are thieves and despicable humans! Xiaola will also be heavily punished by then! So... I think I should tell her first."

Alex hurriedly said, "If the three of us don't say anything, how can she know?" What if I told her and she wouldn't give it? ”

"She'll give the ground," Minna clenched her little fists, "she didn't refuse to help us in the first place, but the fountain of life dried up, so she didn't promise to have the spring now, why did she refuse?" We went to destroy the monsters, not only to protect the humans, but also to protect the elves."

Alex sneered, and was about to refute her, when he suddenly noticed something, and immediately changed his words: "It makes sense for you to say this, in fact, when the Demon Domain invaded more than a hundred years ago, it was stopped by the Bright God Sect and the Elven Race, so now that the Demon Domain has once again started the idea of the mainland, it deliberately separates these two parties, and only after the other countries are resolved, will they turn back to deal with them After all, it is impossible for the Demon Domain to tolerate the existence of forces that have the ability to restrain them, and the Elf Queen will definitely understand this and agree to our request." He took the bottle from Minna's hand and squatted down to fill the spring water: "Fill the spring water first, and then go to her, the road is so far, it's too troublesome to come back and forth."

Minna hesitated, but felt that Alex's words made sense, so she didn't stop them

However, at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the entrance of the cave: "What if I don't agree?" ”

The three of them were startled, turned around in unison, and found the elven queen standing under the entrance of the cave, looking at them coldly

(Why did the starting point smoke three minutes before midnight ...) ）