Volume III, Chapter 94
Chen Fan understood the thoughts of the two, and did not agree, but he did not refuse, to become his true friends, the two still need to work hard.
To be honest, Chen Fan still has a good impression of Yu Ruoxi and the others, otherwise Chen Fan would not have agreed to go with the two of them at all. Yu Ruoxi's practice of including them in the protective circle when they met Chen Fan for the first time made Chen Fan have a good impression of him, and the person who can help others at this dangerous juncture should be a person worth befriending, but because Chen Fan's own identity is special, there are many enemies, and he doesn't know Yu Ruoxi's situation, so he didn't really make friends with him for the time being, but he didn't refuse, it depends on how everyone gets along in the future.
That night, Chen Fan took the initiative to undertake the task of keeping vigil in the first half of the night, although Yu Ruoxi and Uncle Ming both persuaded him, saying that it was okay to leave the task of vigil to the people of their White Jade Clan, but Chen Fan still insisted on doing it. This is Chen Fan's principle, what should be done by yourself will definitely be done, and what should not be done by yourself will never be done, everyone should walk together and undertake vigil tasks for each other.
And Chen Fan didn't work hard at all to go to the vigil, he would ask Shui Yiyi and them to scatter around to guard, and notify him if there was anything, he just changed places to cultivate.
Shui Yiyi is not human, they don't need to sleep at all, and it would be a waste not to keep vigil.
Yu Ruoxi and the others saw that Chen Fan insisted on doing this, but they had no choice but to agree.
The forest at night appears even darker, and the moonlight, which is not very bright, can only turn into beams of light after the barrier of the forest, which shines on the ground, forming spots of different sizes, adding a unique beauty to the dark forest.
Add two sticks of dry wood to the fire. The bright light of the fire dimmed, then brightened again, and in the darkness in the distance, a low beast roar could be faintly heard.
Chen Fan didn't care, all he was thinking about now was the new information that suddenly appeared in his mind when he finished killing the beast at noon today:
The first opening condition of "Path of the Beast Hero" has been completed, and the "Path of the Beast Hero" will be activated by completing the second opening condition.
All the time. Although Chen Fan wanted to learn the skills of other races, he didn't know the opening conditions and didn't have any hints, so he could only sigh lightly. Today, I finally know the conditions for opening the "Path of the Beast Hero", only by obtaining four more elite Beast Souls, you can open the "Path of the Beast Hero", and then you can learn the skills of the Beast Clan.
At this critical juncture, which is very much in need of strength, such a great gift was actually delivered. Chen Fan was secretly happy in his heart.
Judging from the newly obtained information, the "soul of the ordinary beast clan" is the soul of the beast, although I don't know how to collect it, but it should be that every time a beast is killed, a soul will be automatically added, that is to say, Chen Fan just kills, the soul collection aspect. He doesn't need to worry about it.
Looking at the ordinary beast souls collected today, there are actually hundreds of them. It seems that there are so many beasts killed today.
And today, I haven't even collected a single "Soul of the Elite Beast Clan", that is to say, even the soul of the ironback ape cannot meet the conditions of the "Soul of the Elite Beast Clan", that is, a more advanced beast is needed. Even the Ancient Beasts, and literally speculated, the "Soul of the Elite Beasts" refers to the soul of the Ancient Beasts, which is the most likely.
Because even if it is an eleventh-level beast, it is still a beast, not much different from other beasts. It's just that the attack power is a little bigger, and the ancient beasts are different, between them and the beasts, there is an essential difference, whether it is from the bloodline, strength, wisdom, etc., it is completely different. Therefore, Chen Fan concluded that this "soul of the elite beast clan" was the soul of the ancient beast. In other words, as long as Chen Fan kills the four ancient beasts, he can open the "Beast Clan Hero Road", and then he can learn the skills of the Beast Clan.
Although this is just his own speculation, Chen Fan is basically sure, and as long as he goes to find an ancient beast to kill, he can verify whether this idea is right or wrong.
Thinking of this, Chen Fan couldn't wait for dawn now, and then set off to kill an ancient beast to verify it.
This idea can only be had by Chen Fan, and everyone else is eager to never encounter an ancient beast, because once it happens, it will definitely be a bitter battle, no matter who wins or loses, casualties will definitely be unavoidable, and if you are unlucky, you will basically be wiped out. Therefore, the practitioners who came here to take risks were very afraid of encountering ancient beasts, and only Chen Fan would be eager to come to an ancient beast for him to try now.
There was still a seriously injured Ancient Beast Snow Wind Fox in his accumulation pool, but Chen Fan didn't plan to kill it to verify it, there was no special reason, he just didn't want to kill it. But this reason is enough for Chen Fan, he originally did things according to the likes and dislikes in his heart.
The night is deeper!
"Smack!" A piece of firewood was burned and burst open, scattering dozens of sparks, and suddenly, the bright firelight pulled Chen Fan's shadow to the ground for a long time, and the slightly thin figure looked so lonely and desolate in the dark and silent forest.
A figure suddenly hugged Chen Fan from behind, holding Chen Fan's chest tightly with both hands, and his whole body was attached to Chen Fan's back, while his head was resting on Chen Fan's right shoulder, close to Chen Fan's face.
A low whimper came out of the person's mouth, and at the same time, a series of water droplets dripped down, and in just a moment, all the clothes on Chen Fan's chest were wet.
The familiar breath, the familiar body, and the all-round barrier-free scanning of the super sensibility, Chen Fan already knew when the person came out of the tent, but he didn't say anything, he didn't know what the person was going to do.
When the soft body was pressed against his back, listening to the low whimper, and feeling the tears that seemed to be still warm in his chest, Chen Fan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"What's wrong with you?" Chen Fan's gentle voice sounded in the dark night, shattering the silence of the forest.
"Woo ......" responded to Chen Fan with a low whimper and tears like broken pearls.
Gently holding the pair of small hands on his chest, Chen Fan wanted to pull them away, and then look at the girl behind him head-on.
The girl felt Chen Fan's intention to pull her hands apart, and couldn't help but hug her harder, and at the same time cried out in her mouth, "Don't ...... Don't leave me, woo......"
I felt the horror of the girl behind me. Chen Fan gave up the intention of pulling her hands away, but gently patted the little hands and said softly: "Don't worry, I'm here and haven't left you." ”
"Don't leave me, don't......! Grandpa doesn't want me anymore. Don't you leave me too, woo......"
"Why am I going to leave you? Don't worry. ”
"Yes, you will!...... I saw my grandfather just now, but ...... But my grandfather didn't want me anymore, he asked me to leave, and then he left by himself. And you, I desperately called you, but you ignored me and let me run and run alone. But I can't find you no matter how I look for it, woo......"
After being slightly stunned, Chen Fan understood that the girl had just dreamed.
Think about it day and dream night night.
The girl had lived with her grandfather since she was a child, and suddenly her grandfather left her, leaving her and her two senior brothers, and a new "elder brother". The girl's heart could bear it, and she fainted from crying at first. But later, I could only accept the facts and force my face to laugh. Fortunately, she has a cheerful personality and is naturally optimistic, and the "big brother" is really good to her, constantly telling her jokes. and tried his best to tease her so that she could get normal, and the smile reappeared on her face.
But at night, when she is alone with no one, she can't help but think of her grandfather. I think of the happy days when they were together in the past, but unfortunately, this kind of day can no longer be found, I don't know how many times I dreamed back at midnight, and I wet the pillow towel with tears, but the next day I can only clean up my mood and start a new life. The pain in her heart had nowhere to complain, and she had been suppressed all the time, and soon after, the incident of the young man in white occurred, and she was forced to leave her home where she had lived for several years.
The bloody massacre of the day gave the girl a sense of unreality, as if she was independent of the world and out of place with others. She has a pure nature, she only loves to collect and refine medicines, and she is not very interested in martial arts, let alone killing, but the real battle in front of her makes her unable not to accept the fact, this battle reminds her that she will live in this environment in the future, and the peaceful life of the past is gone, but her heart is desperately resisting this fact.
She misses her grandfather very much, and she really wants to live the kind of carefree life she used to live with her grandfather, although poor, but happy. She was afraid that if she lived in this environment in the future, she would even forget about her grandfather, and she would never remember the life she lived with her grandfather in the future.
The boundless dark forest, silent, looking at the relics left by her grandfather, in this strange environment, it is doubly sad. The faint roar of the beast made the girl even more hesitant, making her involuntarily feel abandoned.
The scene in the dream made her heart ache even more, the indescribable loneliness made her fragile heart that had been supporting alone all these days collapse instantly, and at this moment after waking up, she suddenly wanted to see her "Brother Chen", she wanted to see him immediately, and then, hugging him tightly, never letting go.
She was very scared that the scene in the dream would become a reality, and when the time came, she would be left alone, she had already lost her grandfather, and she didn't want to lose "Brother Chen" again.
The irrepressible impulse in her heart made her immediately rush out of the tent, run behind him, and hold him tightly, tightly, never letting go.
The familiar body temperature and unforgettable manhood gave her an indescribable sense of security. At this moment, she suddenly felt very happy, the loneliness and fear of the past, the depression in her heart, at this moment, all disappeared, her heart, felt more relaxed than ever, as long as she was held like this, she would no longer feel afraid.
She hoped that time would stop forever at this moment, so that she could hold him all the time, not leave her, and not leave her alone in this world.
The faint wind is drifting, the tears rob the peach blossoms, it is difficult to stop the thousands of tears, and it is difficult to see the feelings.
Chen Fan has never seen his biological parents, nor has he felt family affection, let alone how his relatives will feel when they pass away, but at this moment, he empathizes with the girl's sad and hesitant mood.
"I promise you that I will not leave you, never!"
He suddenly understood what the girl wanted. So he gave her an affirmative answer, and his tone was so affirmative, so dignified, so sincere, without the slightest hesitation. There is no slightness in the slightest, this is a real promise!
Receiving the answer she hoped for, and feeling the care implied in his tone, her tears rolled down again, but this time it was no longer tears of fear and hesitation, but tears of happiness.
Her hands clenched tighter, as if to merge him into her body.
Forest. It's still so dark, heaven and earth, it's still so lonely, but the girl's heart is already full of happiness. Misfortune has passed, happiness has come.
The dry wood in the fire was once again bursting open. The firelight suddenly lit up, clearly reflecting the girl's delicate face.
There are two lines of tears on the delicate little face. The corners of her mouth turned up slightly, revealing a sweet smile, those bright eyes had closed, and there was an even breathing sound in her nose, she was already asleep!
For the first time after the death of her loved one, she fell asleep so quietly.
Listen to the girl's soft, even breathing. Chen Fan gently wrenched the girl's hands and wanted to carry her into the tent to sleep, but although the girl was already asleep, her hands were still tightly clenched, as if she just needed to relax a little. Chen Fan will run away.
Standing up slowly, Chen Fan carefully held the girl with his backhand, so as not to accidentally wake up the girl.
Holding the girl with his backhand, Chen Fan's body leaned forward slightly and lifted the girl on his back, so that the girl could sleep more comfortably.
The night is as cool as water, and the bright moon in the sky has slowly tilted, indicating that a new day is coming.
The first rays of sunlight in the early morning finally penetrated through the cracks in the leaves.
The early birds began to chirp and then fly in search of food, and the dead forest suddenly began to come to life.
The slightly cool and moist air was inhaled into his lungs, and his spirit was lifted, Chen Fan moved slightly, soothing some of his hands and feet that were slightly stiff because he had carried the girl all night last night.
There are already people on the side of the white jade team who are getting up one after another, preparing breakfast, and a new day has begun!
The "symphony" of the crowd broke the silence of the early morning, and at the same time disturbed the girl's sweet dreams.
Slowly opening her eyes, the girl was still in a half-asleep state, looked at the surrounding environment in a daze, and suddenly found that she was actually lying on a man's back, and the man's hands were supporting herself in turn, and she couldn't help but be startled, the sleepiness in her brain immediately disappeared, her head was raised suddenly, and her body suddenly became stiff. She didn't know why she was on a man's back when she woke up.
Just as she was about to make a move, the familiar manly breath came into her nose, and after a moment, the events of last night immediately came to her mind, she suddenly understood, she put her head back on the back of the man in front of her, feeling the breath that made her feel extremely comfortable and safe, and her body slowly relaxed.
"Wake up?" a familiar voice came, still as gentle as last night.
"Hmm!" the girl replied softly, moving her head back and forth on the man's back to make herself more comfortable, but there was no sign of getting off the man's back.
"Now that you're awake, shouldn't you come down? You know, a certain person is not light, and if he continues like this, one day, he will become like those pigs. There was a teasing tone in his voice, and at the same time, he was also full of love and pity.
"Phew, you're a pig!" the girl gently slapped the man with her hand, a happy smile appeared on her face, the magic barrier in her heart had disappeared last night, and the lively and loving girl had returned.
"Hehe, everyone is already up, and you little pig is still sleeping, you see, everyone is waiting for you to have breakfast. ”
"Ahh
As soon as she woke up, she focused all her attention on the man in front of her, not paying attention to the situation around her, and now seeing so many people looking at her, she couldn't help but blush with shame.
Patting the man on the shoulder, the girl exclaimed shamefully, "Don't put me down quickly." ”
"Hehe!" The man smiled, squatted down, gently put the girl on the ground, and then turned around and looked at the girl with a smile, Chen Fan's familiar face appeared in front of the girl's eyes.
"Let's go, let's go wash up first, and then we'll go to breakfast. Chen Fan took the girl's little hand. So he walked towards the girl's tent.
"Little junior sister, did you sleep well last night?" Seeing the girl coming over, Gao Qiang also made a rare joke.
The girl lowered her head, blushed, and did not speak, but her steps were a little quicker than before.
All morning. Chen Hong didn't speak, just took Chen Fan's hand and walked silently, but his face did not have the melancholy of the past, but replaced it with a happy and happy smile.
The morning trip was relatively smooth, and there was basically no danger, but because the Baiyu clan sent a few people to stay in place this morning to take care of those seriously injured, they didn't follow, which caused a serious attrition of the Baiyu clan.
In yesterday's Great War. Five people died in the White Jade Clan, and there were also five who were seriously injured and unable to continue fighting, and the team of only twenty people in total lost half of the people at once, plus the need to leave three people who were also slightly injured to take care of those seriously injured, then there were only seven left.
Fortunately, the main force is basically still there, and Uncle Ming, the absolute main force, is definitely here, and one of the four guards of the Great Perfection of the Day After Tomorrow was seriously injured. One was left to take care of the wounded, so two followed. Coupled with the four ninth-level masters of the day after tomorrow, including Yu Ruoxi, this is the battle lineup of the White Jade Clan.
In terms of Chen Fan, Gao Qiang, Ma Shan and Chen Hong are negligible, Chen Fan is the peak of the day after tomorrow, plus seven water elements equivalent to congenital second-level masters, the lineup is strong. The combat effectiveness far surpasses that of the White Jade team.
The combined combat power of the two teams was enough to come and go freely on the periphery of the Dense Gorge Forest. However, now they were targeting the middle of the Thick Gorge Forest, where the danger was far beyond the periphery, and terrifying Ancient Beasts often escaped from the middle part of the Thick Gorge Forest. If something unfortunate happens, the outcome is unpredictable.
Brushing aside a vine hanging down in front of him, Uncle Ming turned his head and said to Chen Fan: "Little brother, it is not far away to the middle part of the Thick Gorge Forest, although there is no clear demarcation, but we generally divide the part inside the gorge in front of it as the middle part, and the outside is the periphery, because in that gorge, it is much more dangerous than the outside, and ancient beasts also appear very frequently." ”
"Hmm!" Chen Fan nodded and continued to walk forward.
Soon after, everyone came to a relatively wide gorge, this gorge is relatively wide, the distance between the left and right sides is at least five zhang, the cliffs on both sides of the gorge are dozens of zhang high, almost straight towering, there are some small trees growing tenaciously on the cliff, from time to time in a certain position of the cliff stretch out their arrogant body, to show the world their indomitable spirit.
On the gorge, it is not smooth, but overgrown with weeds and strange rocks, and there is only one path that can barely be said to be smooth for people to pass through.
Yu Ruoxi and Chen Fan discussed it and decided on the candidate to explore the path.
Walking in the front was one of Yu Ruoxi's four guards, followed by Shui Qi, and then there were two ninth-level practitioners of the day after tomorrow, followed by a ninth-level experienced person and Shui Liu, and in the middle were Yu Ruoxi and Chen Fan. Gao Qiang and Ma Shan followed Shui Er and Shui Shan respectively, Shui Yiyi followed Chen Hong's side, Shui Si and Shui Wu walked behind Chen Fan, and Chen Fan pulled Chen Hong to walk behind Uncle Ming and Yu Ruoxi.
The gorge was about two miles long, and the first one was smooth, but about two-thirds of the way through the gorge, there was a roar of beasts from inside the gorge, and at the same time, there were bursts of shaking from the ground.
As soon as Yu Ruoxi gave the order, everyone immediately stopped advancing, took out their weapons, and quickly approached each other to form a simple defensive formation. Chen Fan also ordered Shui Qi and the others to come back, and then put them outside the defensive formation as the first defensive front.
The tremors on the ground were getting stronger and stronger, and the roar of the beast was getting closer and closer, and even the sound of the beast running was clearly audible. Soon, a huge tiger similar to a giant tiger, but with a larger body and blood-red eyes, rushed out of the woods in the gorge, ran into the gorge, and rushed towards everyone.
The huge body leaped up, and when it fell again, it was already two feet away, and a few bits of blood fell on the ground that passed. The giant tiger quickly approached everyone, and soon, the giant tiger appeared clearly in front of everyone. I saw that blood kept flowing from the mouth of this giant tiger, it seemed that it had been injured, and the injury was not light, and on the forehead of the giant tiger, a triangular blood-red mark appeared on it, and its eyes shot a terrifying blood-red light, forcing the people in front of it.
"Second-level Ancient Beast Blood Tiger!" Uncle Ming had already exclaimed in surprise for the first time, in order to remind everyone to pay attention.
Chen Fan's heart moved, Ancient Beasts, just right! You can verify whether your thoughts are right or wrong. So, telepathy was activated, and he ordered Shui Si and Shui Wu, who were standing behind him, to step forward immediately and assist Shui Qi to kill the Blood Tiger in front of him as soon as possible.
After receiving the order, Shui Si and Shui Wu immediately flew up and rushed straight at the rushing Juli Tiger, and at this time, the Juli Tiger had already made contact with Shui Qi, who was standing at the front of the team.
Seeing that the tiny human in front of him actually dared to block his way, the blood tiger was furious, roared violently, his body flew up, and his front paws slapped towards Shui Qi. I thought to myself, this tiny human being, under the slapping of his giant claws, must have turned into a meat pie with one claw, and when the time comes, as long as he quickly kills the humans in front of him and rushes out of this gorge, it will be much safer.
Just as he was about to be happy, he suddenly felt as if his front paws had entered a cloud of viscous mud, and his speed immediately slowed down, and at the same time, a light blue ball of light shot towards him.
The Blood Tiger was startled, and its other front paw was raised, barely blocking the flying ball of light. In the loud bang, the blood tiger felt a shock to his body, and a powerful force came from his front paws, even if this power was not weaker than his strength in his heyday, and at this time he was seriously injured, and his strength was only about eighty percent of his heyday, unable to compete with this force, and his body was immediately hit backwards and slammed into a boulder.
After rebounding to the ground, before the Blood Tiger could come to his senses, he saw that a light blue ball of light had already flown in front of him.
It was too late to dodge, and the blood tiger had no choice but to reluctantly raise his front paws and swing out, fighting hard for the ball of light, and after another loud noise, the ground was forced to burst out of a deep pit, dust was everywhere, and mud and gravel flew around.
The Blood Tiger was once again forced to hit the boulder behind him, the blood in his mouth gushing out rapidly, and the injuries in his body were already showing signs of intensifying.
After the dust cleared, three girls with black veils appeared in front of the blood tiger's eyes, and on the right hands of the three girls, there was a ball of light that emitted a light blue light that was slowly rotating, and their left hand stretched out towards themselves, and suddenly, the blood tiger only felt a shock to his body, and his whole body was already scared.
The right hands of the three girls raised forward at the same time, and the ball of light suspended in their hands shot out, hitting the blood tiger.
The Blood Tiger was unable to move at this time, unable to dodge as he watched the three balls of light blast towards him.
"Boom!" The power contained in the three balls of light exploded at the same time, and the blood tiger's protective strength could no longer resist it, and it shattered.
The violent force immediately attacked the body of the blood tiger, causing the blood tiger to be injured and injured, and the blood in his mouth was like a spring, spurting out wildly, and his limbs were weak, and the blood tiger fell to the ground weakly.
The third girl's right hand flipped over, and a ball of light appeared again, and then her right hand was raised again, and the three balls of light hit the blood tiger at the same time again.
The Blood Tiger, who had already fallen to the ground with serious injuries, could no longer resist the simultaneous bombardment of three balls of light, and its head was immediately shattered, and a large hole was blasted out of its back, and flesh and blood flew sideways.
The unlucky blood tiger was unlucky when he was injured and fled, and he actually ran in front of Chen Fan, and it happened that Chen Fan just needed to kill an ancient beast to do the test, but he really hit the muzzle, and under the joint strangulation of the three women, he finally died with a whimper, and even the soul did not escape, and it was given to Chen Fan.
Looking at the new prompt that appeared in his mind, Chen Fan finally determined that his idea was right, and the "soul of the elite beast clan" referred to the soul of the ancient beast. (To be continued......)