Qingkong didn't know how long he had climbed up, he only knew that his hands were a blur of flesh and blood, with countless blood blisters on them, and then worn out in blood pus. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Despite this, he couldn't stop because the sound of the deer's breathing on his back was getting weaker and weaker. The voice in his head kept reminding himself to persevere, that they needed to get out of here as soon as possible, and not only that they needed to get out of here, but that they needed to find a healer to heal the deer.

But the height of the ancient tree is beyond Qingkong's imagination, and it may be that he climbed too hard, so he never saw the end. The abyss beneath his feet was pitch black, and the road above was bright, but it was still impossible to see how far it was. He only reassured himself that he was about to climb to the top of the ancient tree by the fact that the diameter of the ancient tree was shrinking. He had also explored the surroundings of the ancient tree, but when he had reached the edge with difficulty, the cliff-like desperation forced him back to the trunk in the center, and he had to climb to the top to be able to penetrate the barrier of the ancient tree and summon the fat to respond.

"Ahem......" The deer on its back made a faint sound.

Qingkong only stopped climbing up and put her down. Luckily, the branches of the old tree are thick and long enough for two adults to lie side by side. However, the higher the branches have begun to become thinner than the branches under their feet, which means that the road ahead will be more difficult.

Qingkong looked at Lu'er, and her appearance made him feel distressed for a while. The original Peugeot's small face has been invaded by black and purple at this moment, its turquoise eyes have become cloudy and colorless, and its chapped lips are full of coagulated black blood. She needs water, and she needs it herself.

He took out the water bladder from his arms and carefully dripped the water from it onto her lips. During this time in the ancient tree, there was no food or water, and he could only rely on the rain that he received not knowing how long ago. Qingkong watched as the water droplets entered Lu'er's mouth little by little, and he pursed his equally chapped lips, but in exchange for a hot sting. He resisted the urge to drink water, because there was not much water left in the bag, but the end of the bag was far away, and he could not expect the next rain to come soon.

After a few breaths of respite, Qingkong once again carried the deer on his back and struggled to climb the ancient tree.

After climbing for a long time, the air began to gradually feel a little cooler, but Qingkong saw the dawn of victory. Not only did the surrounding branches and leaves begin to become thin and sparse, but he could even see the outside world through the sparse leaves. He really wanted to share the joy of this moment with Lu'er, but all Lu'er could respond to him was the faint sound of breathing, and he only quickened his feet.

Finally, when Qingkong stood almost at the top of the ancient tree, the sun seemed to have just risen, and the faint morning light greeted him. Looking into the distance, he couldn't help but be shocked by the sight in front of him—as if he was stepping on green clouds, with endless forests and thin clouds in full view.

He put his finger to his lips, and a weak chirp sounded, and without the shield of dark magic and ancient trees, a fat figure soon appeared in the distance. It roared, stopped in front of the ancient tree, shook its massive head and roared. Qingkong knew that the separation of the past few days had also made it miss itself immensely, but without his summoning Qiming, it would not be able to find its place.

After Qingkong saw the fat child, he finally felt a trace of joy in the past few days. To his delight, it had grown in size again, and was now large enough to carry himself and the deer on it. He carefully placed the deer on the dragon's back, and then dragged his tired body up as well. He caressed its fat neck, felt its metallic scales, and commanded it to take off. He didn't know where to go, but he wanted to get out of here as quickly as possible and find water and food.

When the fat little carried them in the air, the view below was obscured by the thick branches of the ancient trees, and it was impossible to tell where they were flying. And there was no movement around him except for the sound of flying and whistling wind, as if he had come to an isolated place. He didn't have any way, if Lu'er was awake at this time, he could still let her guide the way, and now he could only rely on his instincts to control the fat flying.

After flying aimlessly for a while, a noisy voice finally appeared to break the silence, and although he didn't know what was waiting for him, he finally gave Qingkong a glimmer of hope. He fantasized that maybe he came to the sphere of influence of a certain Phantom family, or maybe he happened to come to Lu'er's family territory by mistake, but maybe it was ......

As the source of the voice drew closer, a bad premonition came out of his heart, confirming that all the speculations were wrong. Because there were countless small black dots in front of him, which were gradually getting bigger, and they were approaching him, and he looked behind him, and sure enough, the same situation appeared. Qingkong's face was covered with a layer of security, and he wouldn't think that these black spots were ordinary birds.

The speed of the fat was very fast, and the group of black dots was close at hand in a blink of an eye, and after seeing their faces clearly, Qingkong's face became extremely ugly. It was actually the Black Pterodactyl of the Dark Alliance! He still remembered this group of huge, terrifying-looking monsters, and he had seen their ferocity from the crystal ball of the university scholars before, but he didn't expect to encounter them here.

Qingkong looked at the dying deer, his fists clenched and wanted to lift the phantom bloodline, but he couldn't feel a trace of strength in his body. He was too tired to run, let alone fight against this dense and ferocious monster. Moreover, when he came to him, he found that each black pterosaur was carrying a pilot. Or a rebel of all races with a bow and arrow, or a dark puppet in a black robe, or an orc who is half human and half beast......

Before he could react, a cold arrow shot at him. Fat swooped down sharply, grasping its scales tightly with one hand and holding the deer with the other to prevent her from falling. Thanks to the small alertness, the attack managed to dodge the past, but at the same time cost the attackers. A few streams of flame breath went straight to a black winged dragon in front of him, and above him was a traitor wrapped in a black robe, and the short crossbow in his hand was loading arrows. He looked at the dragon's breath that was heading straight for the door, and he couldn't do anything, and slapped the monster below him to dodge. However, the monster did not pay any attention to the danger of the person on its body, and continued to rush forward. As a result, a dragon's breath hit him directly, and after body contact, his clothes melted as they burned, and a heart-rending scream resounded through the clouds.

But his encounter did not stop the Black Wing Dragon Soar's attack, and countless huge bodies frantically attacked the sky. These mutated dragons are big, but they are not as fast as Fatty, who shuttles among them, biting and scattering dragon breath. After receiving fatal injuries, many black pterosaurs were planted directly into the forest below. But even if the fat is so powerful, it is still a little difficult to withstand in the face of overwhelming attacks, not to mention that there is still its owner on his back to take care of.

Qingkong clutched at the fat little while his brain was spinning rapidly, and he was trying to figure out how to escape the encirclement. But even he knew it was futile, and the feeling of powerlessness disgusted him, and he stared hatefully at the dark coalition forces around him who had cornered him. Suddenly, his eyes looked downward, then he gritted his teeth and patted the fat man. After receiving the command, the dragon quickly twisted its body and swooped down sharply towards the ancient forest below.

His intention was to return to the ancient forest, although he managed to climb out of the ancient tree with great difficulty, but he had no choice but to do so due to the situation in front of him, because there were at least countless ancient trees in the forest as shelter, and they were completely targets in the sky. But the Dark Alliance will not easily give up the prey in front of them, and steel needles like arrows shoot out. Since they are diving downward, their backs are completely exposed to the enemy. Unable to race against the rapid steel arrows, its huge dragon wings were pierced through countless blood holes by a rain of arrows in order to protect the sky and deer from damage.

Qingkong's eyes were blood-red as he watched as Fat was pierced by a rain of arrows, anger and helplessness intertwined. Eventually, the fat, scarred body suddenly lost control, like a giant kite with a broken string, spinning and falling rapidly.

The sky was dizzy, and with the rain of arrows that followed, everything was even worse. Qingkong exerted his last strength, grasping the fat scales with one hand and holding the deer in his arms with the other, but the huge impact and weightlessness still made him unable to grasp the fat scales, but fortunately the deer was tightly held in his arms. They broke away from their fat bodies and fell down to the turquoise forest sea below without resistance. The ancient woods below were constantly being pulled closer, and the Black Pterodactyl Ao behind them was no longer able to catch up with them, but this did not change their situation, but only became more dangerous. Because the branches of ancient trees are all underneath, these thousand-year-old branches are as hard as metal, and the chance of flesh and blood hitting them is less than falling to the ground to survive.

At this point, he wrapped his body around the deer, though he knew that there was no guarantee that she would not be harmed, and that the hard, sharp branches would pierce their bodies directly. But beyond that, he could only pray in his heart for the protection of the dragon tu, hoping for a miracle, even if he never believed in such prayers.

The speed of the fall made him feel like everything around him was blurry, and his stomach was tumbling, but it was nothing compared to the pain he was about to face.

Perhaps the Dragon Guardian really heard his prayers, and when he and the deer fell into the green ancient forest, they did not pierce their bodies with branches as hard as steel, but continued to fall smoothly all the way. It seems that he will not die from the hole of the iron branch, but he will not escape the fact that he will be broken into meat sauce. But fate seems to be deliberately opposite to what he thinks, and the "poof" contact with the body soothes the tense heart of the sky.

They were saved, he thought, and although he didn't know where they had fallen, the lake, the sea, the river, but it was certain that they were saved.

The speed slowed down in the water, and the sky hugged the deer tightly and prepared to poke out of the water. He felt that the temperature of the water was a little warm, not like the water of a lake or a river in the wild. Without much thought, Qingkong just wanted to swim up quickly, after all, the deer was already breathing weakly, and she couldn't breathe in the water.

Holding his breath, he struggled to swim upwards as he watched his surroundings, guarding against any danger that might arise at any time. He found that the place they were in wasn't really big, it seemed to be just a small lake, and if they fell in a slightly wrong direction, there was a chance that they would come into contact with the hard ground. After looking around, Qingkong suddenly noticed a strange thing, in this small lake, there are no living creatures or plants, this is a strange thing in an ancient forest, as if everything in it has been cleaned up. And he also found out why the water was so hot, because there was a constant spring below.

His gaze continued to move with his suspicious heart, and suddenly there seemed to be two white sticks slowly sliding into the water near the edge of the lake in front of him.

Qing Hollow was startled, his tightly closed mouth suddenly opened, and warm water poured in. He thought of the dark coalition forces that were chasing them, and he didn't know what the hell they were doing with these two "sticks".

The choking on the water was painful, but the water was right above his head, and he kicked hard, bringing his body and the deer out of the water. As soon as he came out of the water, Qingkong gulped the air greedily, he was already physically and mentally exhausted, coupled with the tossing in the water just now, there were only dizzy stars in front of him. There was some noise in his ears, but he couldn't hear it because of the water in his ears.

He suddenly remembered the two white "sticks" he had seen in the water, and he struggled to look in that direction, but the feeling of exhaustion clouded his eyes. He could only vaguely see a human face, mixed with anger and shyness, swimming towards him little by little. Could it be that the two white sticks were two legs? That was the last thought in his mind, and then he lost consciousness.

I don't know how long it took, but I woke up, to be precise, from hunger and chapped lips. A soft touch underneath the body. He struggled to open his eyelids, which had been hanging on his eyeballs, and the long-lost light slowly came into view.

He found himself in a large room, all decorated in an old-fashioned way, but it felt very gorgeous to match. Qingkong has lived in the most noble and gorgeous place in Qingyun City since he was a child, the Cloud Palace. But it couldn't be compared to here, and he could feel the shock that this place could bring him, a kind of power from the ancient.

It must have been the owner who saw that face before she fell unconscious and brought her here, but what about Lu'er? Not only was she physically and mentally exhausted like herself, but she was also poisonous! Qingkong glanced at the large room, but there was no one else but himself.

"Lu'er!" Qingkong dragged his tired body, and his weak voice had no strength.

There was no answer, and his voice only lingered in the room for a moment, then faded into darkness.

He carefully looked around the room, which was much larger than he had imagined, and the room he was in was only one of the side rooms. Stepping out, he found himself in a more spacious room, surrounded by walls carved with huge murals.

As he approached, he found that the mural was about an elk head with a crown, and its sharp antlers were as lush as the branches of a tree that had been around for thousands of years.

Is it ......the elk emblem? Qingkong couldn't help but think that Lu'er had mentioned her family, if she really fell into the territory of the Luer family by mistake, then she should be safe now. Thinking of this, Qingkong's worried mood relaxed slightly, but he still walked to the door, ready to go out and find out.

As soon as he reached for the door and was about to push it open, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, and he hurriedly took a few steps back in vigilance.

Then came the sound of chains clattering. It turned out that he was imprisoned, and he couldn't get out even if he pushed the door just now, and Qingkong felt that things were not as simple as he imagined, and he didn't know what was waiting for him.

The door opened, and the first two guard-like men to enter stood on either side of the door, staring at him with unfriendly eyes. Immediately after, two maids with three-tiered wooden boxes walked in one after another. Without saying a word, they placed the wooden box on the table in the room and left with the guards at the door.

When the sound of chains rang again, the sky came back to its senses. He didn't say a word just now, just because he saw that their eyes were as green as his own. In other words, the same color as the deer's eyes, although many of the eye colors in the phantom clan are blue, but combined with the patterns on the wall, Qingkong is even more sure that they should be in the territory of the deer family now.

He looked at the three-tiered wooden box placed by the maid on the table, and a fragrance came from inside. In an instant, the hunger suppressed by vigilance and suspicion struck me again. He walked over to the table and opened the wooden box with both hands. Sure enough, there were several sumptuous dishes inside, and although the dishes were very different from those in their hometown, even if it was a live fish in front of them, they would devour it at this time.

The speed at which he ate could be described as a whirlwind, and when his stamina was replenished, he could feel the power of his bloodlines slowly recovering.

After resting for a while, Qingkong cautiously paced to the door, wanting to listen to the movement outside, but it was so quiet except for the sound of his own breathing. He pushed the door tentatively, only to be answered by the sound of chains. Although I don't know what locks me, as long as it's not the Yangang chain, with the current recovery of my bloodline strength, it only takes one punch. The thought flashed before there was another sound of footsteps in the distance, as if they had seen his inner thoughts and came to stop him.

Sky took a few steps back. The chains were reopened, and a group of people entered, this time without maids, all guards in colorful leather armor. The guards stood in two columns, and a young man walked in at last, his face was beautiful, and his green eyes were even deeper, and as soon as he entered, he stared at himself, as if he was puzzled by his eyes, and perhaps guessed his identity.

"Whoever you are, if you have any intentions on this visit, our Keys will definitely make you lose more than you gain!" the young man warned in a stiff Mandarin.

But this warning made Qingkong's heart happy. That's the name of the family that Luer used to tell herself.

"How's Lu'er?" he blurted out what he was most concerned about at this time.

"Lu'er?" the young man bewildered, and his tone softened a little. But he didn't answer Qingkong's question, but looked at him sharply: "The family wants me to take you over, and he wants to ask you a few questions in person." ”

Qingkong knew that he had no choice, so he obediently walked out silently with him under the watchful eye of a group of guards.

When they walked out of the old house, they realized that it had been built on an old tree, and the sound of the chains was caused by the branches of the old tree. The branches of the ancient tree spread upwards from all sides of the huge house, threatening to envelop it at any moment. And the most puzzling thing is that there is no other way to go around except for the branches under your feet.

Soon the young man gave the answer. The branches that had been spreading upwards slowly fell under his "command", and landed at their feet to become a path in all directions.

Qingkong was surprised, he knew that this was "Monogatari". I also understood that even if he opened the door just now, he would not be able to escape from here, because there was no way out.

The young man glanced at him and said meaningfully, "You'd better not have any ideas, if you fall, you'll not be as lucky as last time." With that, he walked over to one of the countless thick vines.

Last time, he thought of the warm water and two white sticks.

The guard behind him pushed him, and he could only put away his memories and keep up with the pace of the young man in front of him. The vine was wide enough for five people to pass side by side, and with one guard on each side of the sky, there was more than enough space. The field of vision widened as he paced, and he looked around and couldn't help but be shocked by the scene in front of him. Tall buildings emerge one after another, all of which stand on incomparably thick ancient trees, and the buildings are connected by this branch and vine. Wherever the young men of the Case family walked, the vines around them automatically stretched out under their feet to form a straight "road".

After walking for a while, they stopped. Sky found that there was an extremely vast building in front of him, but from the outside, it looked like a giant elk head. Ancient branches stretch out on both sides of the building, like horns of a skull.

The young man paused for a moment, then continued his walk towards the "head".

Inside, Qingkong realized that there was actually a castle in this huge head. It was heavily guarded, and there were blue-eyed clansmen everywhere, which he could observe, and he didn't know which ones were conjured up. The high main hall appeared at the end of the long staircase, and if there was no accident, it was the place where he was going. Sure enough, after the guards behind him opened the door of the main hall, they were left with themselves and the young man.

The young man glanced at the sky, as if warning him something. But Qingkong ignored it, he wanted to know more about Lu'er's situation now.

As soon as he entered the main hall, an invisible pressure suffocated the sky, and the heads of countless elk around him were carved to life, and the momentum exuded by the guards here was also different from all before.

The young man led him slowly to the inner hall, where the person who was waiting for him was there, but not alone.

In the upper seat of the inner hall, a middle-aged man with a colorful crown sits upright. He put his hands on the armrests of the seat, his blue eyes showed majesty, and he had a scrutinizing expression, he should be the head of the Keys family. Next to him sat a young-looking woman, equally blue-eyed, with long yellow hair hanging down her chest. Qingkong felt that she was very familiar, and thought carefully in his mind, it turned out that this face was somewhat similar to Lu'er.

Both sides were looking at each other, but the sky received several pairs of eyes at the same time.

"Who are you?" asked the middle-aged man in a strong voice.

"I'm from Qingyun City. Qingkong replied lightly.

"Qingyun City?" the head of the family asked rhetorically, staring into his eyes with a puzzled expression.

"You are a Terran, how did you run to our family's territory, and how did Lu'er be by your side, and what happened to the injuries in her body?!" The woman on the side asked in a continuous sharp voice.

The head of the house waved her hand to calm down, and the woman may have sensed that she was a little too excited, and pursed her lips to say nothing, but she could see the deep anger in her eyes.

"It's the Dark Alliance," Qingkong said in a hateful tone, "they destroyed Qingyun City and made it their puppet army. They chased us all the way, killed the scholars, and seriously injured the deer...... Forcing us to fall from a great height, thanks to the grace of fate, we fell into the water. ”

After the pretty woman heard his words, for some reason there was a layer of shame and anger on her fair face. And the head of the Keith family had a solemn face, he had been a participant in the Battle of Zhongzhou, so he naturally understood what he was talking about.

"Who are you, even if it's these demons, why are they so desperate to hunt you down?" the Keith Master stared at the sky.

Qingkong didn't know if it was a wise choice to tell him who he was at this point, but when he thought about it, he had no choice, especially if it was just a false identity at this time.

"I am the son of the lord of the city...... Sky. ”

Qingkong's answer shocked several people in the main hall, and only the head of the Keith family had a calm expression.

"I met Lu'er at the slave market in the east city of Qingyun City, and I rescued her from the slave owner......"

"Slave owner?!" the pretty woman's blue eyes widened, and her body trembled, "I told Lu'er that the Terrans are a hypocritical, filthy, and unscrupulous race for profit......!"

"Janie!" the head of the house stopped the woman's words and motioned for the sky to continue.

Aoku looked embarrassed, and he felt that the woman named Jenny seemed to be deliberately targeting him. At a glance, the lower body of the woman in the tulle dress attracted his attention, and the two white "wooden sticks" were in his mind, and it turned out to be ......

He snorted and continued, "Later, we met again in the Dragon Valley, when I was in distress, thanks to the help of the deer...... I wanted to send her home after leaving Dragon Valley, but who knew - when we came out of Dragon Valley, the traitors had joined forces with demons, and Qingyun City had fallen to the Dark Alliance. Families are missing, people are displaced......"

"Helplessly, we have no choice but to flee. From the Northern Sources to the Savage West, from the Dance of Fire and Fire to here, we have spread the news of the coming darkness wherever we go. But those demons still chased us when we first entered the Cloud Forest, and the Muyuan University scholars sacrificed themselves to let me and Lu'er escape from the predicament......"

"Muyuan University scholar?" the head of the family stood up suddenly, the light in his eyes trembling a little, "He...... He's gone?"

Sky nodded and acknowledged that he couldn't deny the facts, no matter how much he didn't want to believe it was true. The patriarch of the Case family in front of him saw him nod his head in acknowledgement, his green eyes mixed with anger and sadness. The scholar once said that when he traveled the world and came here, the patriarch of the Keith family in front of him was only a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy. It seems that the university scholars must have given him a lot of things that are still unforgettable.

"Even if the scholar sacrificed himself, we couldn't escape the orcs and the black wing dragon Ao. The deer was also poisoned..... Lu'er!" This memory made Qingkong suddenly ask, "How is Lu'er now?"

"She's fine, but she still needs to recuperate for a while. The head of the Case family replied.

Qingkong breathed a sigh of relief, and the most feared thing in his heart at this time finally had an answer.

"Patriarch, in fact, I am not only here to send the deer home, but also to hope that you can send troops to resist the Dark Alliance. Because their current strength is different from that of more than ten years ago, all races in the world need to quickly unite against them, and the longer the time drags on, the greater the chance for them to break through one by one. ”

The head of the Keith family nodded, "I understand this, although our family is in the depths of the forest, in fact, we are also aware of the imminent movement of those demons, but we didn't expect them to attack so quickly." ”

He looked at Qingkong again, and his tone was not aggressive at the beginning, "Since the entire source of vitality has been reduced to darkness, then you can stay in our Keith family, and it will be the last thing I can do to thank you for bringing back Lu'er and for being able to do for the scholars of Muyuan University." ”

Qingkong shook his head slightly, "Thank you, Patriarch, I have other things to do, I just need to rest here for a few days, and then I won't bother anymore." ”

"Oh, where are you going?" asked the head of the house.

The blue eyes flashed in the sky, and he said something that surprised everyone.

"The Tulin family. ”