Chapter 279: The Missing Feather Crane

Mirror Flower Village exists in a secluded valley outside the dense forest of the Soul Separation Realm, and Xia Qiu learns more about this village from the village elders.

According to him, he was the third person to reach the village, and he had no way of knowing if there were any other villages in the Soul Realm, and the two people who had come to the village before him were no longer there. It may not be appropriate to call them human, they are just souls who were in a near-death state and survived, but for some reason, they are not able to return to their bodies for the time being.

The elder's real name is called Wan, and his body is a white tiger, and he was also a very famous monster. He, like Xia Qiu, was born with the ability to leave the soul, and the most incredible thing is that he is an old acquaintance with Ouyang Yong. He was mortally wounded in the battle between Li and Qingyun hundreds of years ago, and his soul was trapped in the realm of the Soul Detachment.

When he first arrived here, he felt very dazed, and he had too many questions about this strange world. His first thought was to try to go to the end of the world, but it didn't work for a long time. Later, he had to return to the starting point, and found the valley outside the dense forest not far from where he first entered the Soul Separation Realm.

It was like the island that he had finally discovered after a long time of wandering alone in the vast sea, and the curling smoke rising from the two delicate cabins in the valley made him excited. There lived a man and a woman in the two cabins, and after listening to their descriptions, Wan roughly deduced that they had entered the soul separation realm much earlier than herself.

And he also found many similarities with himself in them, the first of which is that the two of them have the same soul separation ability as him, and the second is that they have both experienced death, so Wan has a bold guess in his heart, that is, this place should be reached by those with soul separation ability when they are close to death, similar to Huangquan excessively.

When the man and the woman first arrived here, they had made the same attempt as Anhui, starting from the same point and exploring in two directions, but they also failed, and finally chose this valley as a place to settle.

Wan decided to stay and build his own house next to their wooden house. Later, many residents of this place were welcomed one after another, and with the increase of buildings, the village also took shape. Through contact with Anhui, the villagers knew that he was once a general in the army of the demon king Huli, and he had the honorable status of a prince, so they asked him to name the village. He thought about it carefully, although the scenery here is beautiful, but it lacks a sense of reality, so he thought of the mirror flower and the moon, and finally the mirror flower became the name of this place.

After the village was named Jinghua Village, everyone elected him to become the elder of the village because of their respect for Anhui. Since then, the village has been growing in size for hundreds of years, and Anhui has managed it in an orderly manner. As its name suggests, the scenery of Jinghua Village is neatly covered with elaborate wooden houses, each of which is planted with wild oats and vegetables cultivated from edible plants found in the dense forest. Since there are no four seasons here, it is always spring, and the fruit trees in the village are full of various fruits all year round, which can be picked and eaten by the villagers at will.

At first, people began to disappear in the village, and Wan, like everyone else, only thought that they might have gone out on an adventure. But then a person with a relatively stronger ability to leave the soul told Wan and the others with certainty before he disappeared that he disappeared because he could return to his original world, which meant the recovery of his body.

So, on the one hand, they learned that when they entered this world, their bodies were not dead, but for some reason their souls could not return to their bodies for the time being, and they could only stay in this world and drift. There are two reasons why the person here suddenly weakens and disappears, one is that he can return to his body, and the other is that his body eventually dies.

Disappearing from here is not scary for them, so they do not grieve every time someone leaves, but perform simple rituals. Offering a bouquet of flowers in front of the house of the disappeared person and dancing and singing for him or her is regarded as a farewell, which makes Xia Qiu think of the joys and sorrows of the world. In the words of Elder Wan, whether it is to return to the original world or to die, it may be better than to exist endlessly in this realm of soul separation.

Anhui also divided the work among the villagers, and set up a tool workshop for making labor and living tools, a sewing house for weaving and sewing, a brewing workshop for winemaking, a hunter's house for hunting in the jungle, and a medical hall for treating injuries and diseases, but the most important was a spar workshop for mining and managing spars.

After entering the realm of soul separation, the demonic power cannot be used. Wan took precautions to think that although the current life is comfortable, once an unknown enemy appears, combat effectiveness is a must, so it is necessary to enhance the strength of Lin's soul. And through his accidental discovery and research, there is a kind of green crystal in the mountain, which can be of great help to the improvement of spiritual power.

This oylite looks a bit like an emerald on the outside, but it is much more crystal clear, with fine golden impurities visible in the spar. Not everyone can use the power from the chlorite well, so Wan established the spar workshop, where the spar will be selected and milled after it is mined, and the moderate consumption of this powder can improve a certain amount of spiritual power. The function of this gemstone powder is similar to that of the flowers on the antlers of the Bauhinia elk, which exists in the Infinite Heavenly Realm.

And with the help of his innate powerful spiritual power and the help of green crystal powder, Wan's strength has become very powerful, and the enchantment that now shrouds the entire Mirror Flower Village is made by relying on his own strength. The reason why he created this powerful barrier was to block the white bats.

Things were exactly as he expected, and after hundreds of years of peace and quiet in Jinghua Village, the enemy finally appeared. A few years ago, there were only people who happened to see white bats in the dense forest, but soon, the number of these monsters began to increase, and they were supposed to be engaged in some kind of activity in an organized manner.

At first, they did not attack the villagers of Jinghua Village, and although there are various opinions about their existence, they are still unharmed. But just recently, their activities have become more frequent, and some villagers have been captured by them.

Wan once led several villagers with strong spiritual power to find their base camp, and finally found their location in a very secret place in the deepest part of the dense forest. But let alone entering the base camp, it is very difficult to even get close to that place. In desperation, he abandoned his plan to rescue the captured villagers, and instead used an enchantment to protect the villagers and forbid anyone to leave the village. This enchantment only works on white bats, which is why Xia Qiu was able to enter the village without any problems, while white bats couldn't.

The Feather Crane Immortal and Elder Wan had known each other for several years, because his appearance confirmed the various speculations of Wan and others about why the soul disappeared in the realm of soul separation, and he was deeply respected as the only person who could come and go here and in the present world freely, and he also became a very good friend of Anhui. He would occasionally come to Jinghua Village to talk to Wan, and the deeper he interacted with him, the more Anhui could feel his mystery and loneliness.

The last time he came to look for Wan was a few days ago, and he seemed so flustered that day, which had always been as deep as a quiet night. Wan soon discovers that he is wounded, and when he tries to treat him, he refuses. He told Wan that for some reason, he would not be able to enter the Soul Separation Realm for a short time. But the only thing he can't worry about is an agreement with a human girl, that is, Xia Qiu. Wan promised that if she met Xia Qiu, she would stay in the village to protect her.

Before saying goodbye to Anhui, the Yuhe Immortal left a few words, and his words were more like a prophecy. He tells Wan that Xia Qiu is the one who can find out the truth about why the White Bat is in the Soul Realm, and that she will eventually defeat the mysterious person who created these monsters and controlled them to do evil.

After listening to Elder Wan's introduction to Jinghua Village and the reason why he was entrusted by the Yuhe Immortal to help her at Elder Wan's residence, Xia Qiu came to the temporary residence prepared for her by Elder Wan.

This empty house is not far from Xiaomo's house that she rescued before, and when she was just rescued, Xia Qiu thought she was a boy. Because she shaved her hair very short, and although she was not tall, her limbs were very slender, but later she learned that Xiaomo was a little girl, and the big brother in her mouth was the Yuhe Immortal.

Xiaomo helped Xia Qiu pick up a new futon from her mother-in-law who was in charge of sewing in the village, and then pretended to be curious and walked around the house, looking east and west, looking so curious about everything, but Xia Qiu could feel that she was not distracted, she must have something to ask herself when she stayed.

"Sister Xia Qiu, do you know that big brother too?" Finally, Xiao Mo couldn't help but ask.

"Yes! He's a friend of mine. ”

Xia Qiu leaned the bow and arrow he carried on the corner of the wall, put the simple bag on the shelf, and then looked around the all-wood hut. Although the house is not large, the beams are high, and there is a window on the ceiling that faces the direction of the bed. If you lie in bed, you can see the sky through that window.

"I ran out of the village to find the big brother. I knew him when he first came to the village. ”

Speaking of the Feather Crane Immortal, Xiao Mo actually became a little shy.

"There are so many white bats outside, and besides, Lord Wan also forbids the villagers to leave Jinghua Village, and you still go out to find him?"

Xia Qiu didn't understand what kind of friendship this child had with the Feather Crane Immortal, so that she could be so desperate, even at the cost of putting herself in danger.

"I overheard the conversation he had with the elders as he came back. I...... I wasn't eavesdropping, I just happened to see his back and followed him. As a result, he said that he might not be able to come here for a while, and that he asked the elders to leave you in the village if they see you. ”

"He probably has something to do."

"I don't think so, he seemed to have been injured when he came that day, and although he tried his best to hide it, I could see it."

"So you can't trust him, can you?"

"Yes, although the eldest brother doesn't like to laugh, he is very gentle, and I have never seen anyone so beautiful as him, he is like an extremely noble divine bird that I have seen in my dreams."