They followed a trail discovered by the mourning birds, avoiding any potential Dryad and into the depths of the dark forest, where they had never been before.

"Hey, how far are we from the Tree of Eternity?"

Fang Nuo's regret of not being able to make it to the bottom of the Eternal Trace Tree the last time he met Xiong Zhen is still impressive—after all, it hasn't been long since that night.

"Didn't we follow the witch-sama to prevent that newcomer from messing with his brains?" The little black in the sky asked.

"Didn't they go in the direction of the heart of the forest, too?"

Fonno drilled up and down in the thick snow, sometimes feeling tired, and began to regret why he didn't bring a certain large gentle bird with him.

But on second thought, the emu's claws are not suitable for walking in the snow at all, and even if they are brought here, they cannot be used as a means of transportation.

"Alas," he couldn't help but sigh against Huang Xian's identity, "I really hate my short legs!" ”

"It's okay to slow down a bit." Miraculously, the bird queen comforted the queen who had her claws inserted into the trunk of the redwood tree, which was missing branches and was close to the ground.

"It's still very light." She looked up and looked at the blue sky above through the gaps in the leaves, "Another time and space will shelter us." ”

"Sometimes I'm really puzzled, do you believe in witches, or do you believe in the sky?"

Cangtian is "different time and space", well, he remembers this sentence, but forgets who said it.

The Bird Queen ignored him.

Maybe it's because he's used to his usual gossip, so he can ignore them decisively at this time.

Suddenly, she dived, then hovered in front of Fang Nuo:

"Look ahead."

Through the feathers of her flapping wings, Fang Nuo could catch a vague glimpse of the overgrown path behind her, with a slightly odd layout of plants.

Well...... It doesn't seem like it's natural, nature is never willing to let the spectacle happen to the most ordinary weeds – most of the time.

"There's a battle there? I mean, once upon a time...... Just now? ”

Fang Nuo was not low-minded, and he didn't need the Bird Queen to say what she had discovered, he could tell what he had observed in time.

"Those 'capable people' have passed by here." He lowered his voice and spoke his judgment.

"It seems, it does." Xiao Hei in the air also lowered his height slightly, "It should be the dryad who created such a chaotic scene." ”

"Damn it." He complained, "We avoided the creatures who were good at sneaking up and fighting in the forest environment, and we just happened to run into the scene after their battle? ”

"Calm down," Fang Nuo felt something tugging at the hair on his chin, and without even thinking about it, he knew it was the Emerald who was doing the trick, "at least we haven't rushed in. ”

"What's wrong with you?" So, he lowered his head and asked softly.

"The breath left over by the fairy beast...... "The blind spider gasped and replied, "Your personality is too low, so it's hard to feel the pressure." ”

"A demon beast like me, which has been cultivating for several years, and whose personality is not low or high, and is just right, happens to be the most sensitive to the aura of the high-level beast clan...... It was quite a challenge for me. ”

"I'm going to play dead for a while, it's a new skill to teach you, big man."

After the emerald finished speaking, he really turned into "emerald", and his slender legs also changed into strong strings, all of which were wrapped around the silver chain that had hung around Fang Nuo's neck.

"Hello?" The snow-white little beast tugged at the "ornament" on its chest, which had obviously gained a little weight, "What skill do you want to teach me?" ”

"Hello?"

Emerald didn't answer his question.

Perhaps, only at a certain time, he will wake up and talk to himself in that unpleasant tone and voice that does not conform to the image, Fang Nuo thought to himself.

I always feel that there are some ......

I didn't feel anything about the accident.

He blinked, mentally calculating the time he had been in contact with the emerald.

Although the other party has given himself some useful knowledge and helped him comprehend a little method of controlling spiritual power, well, it is quite useful.

"Then I hope you wake up soon, Emerald."

Fang Nuo, who didn't have much turmoil in his heart, thought silently, and then, under the urging of the mourning birds, gradually approached the woods that had just ended the battle.

"Say," he tried to talk to the mourners, "have you ever learned about the orc self-seal...... Or is it a 'miracle' that transforms itself from a living creature into an object? ”

This may be the trick that Emerald wants to teach him before closing his eyes.

"Shh Blackie gestured to him with his wings, "Maybe there's a dryad lingering." ”

"Impossible." But he was immediately slapped in the face by the bird queen next to him, "There is a very powerful beast clan that has left a breath here, and he must have eliminated all the creatures and opponents in his field of vision before leaving here." ”

"There is nothing alive here except for the redwoods—" she spread her wings, raising the heights, "and the ruined weeds and vines. ”

"Isn't there still us?" Fang Nuo took a few steps to directly below the Bird Queen, allowing her to cover herself with shadows, of course, more shadows of trees in the vicinity.

"The traces left by sharp weapons, and the smell of gunpowder...... and poison. The Bird Queen ignored his joke as before, "The former is a weapon belonging to the witch-sama, and the latter two must be from her companions." ”

"The name you knew was a fake carriage merchant as soon as you heard it." Xiao Hei took over his queen's words, "It seems that there are quite a lot of means to use?" ”

"So, he's actually a powerful orc?" He obeyed the bird queen's conjecture and expressed his doubts.

"The witch is a human being, she will destroy all the dryads that stand in her way, and the only one of her companions who left her breath before leaving before leaving is the merchant, right?"

"Maybe they ran into something else on their way into the forest." Fang Nuo muttered quietly, "Someone...... Human-friendly orcs. ”

"Are we going to continue on this path?" He felt like he was asking the point.

Even if they were already in front of the woods where the battle had taken place, they hadn't really entered it yet, and it was still too late to choose a detour.

"Also, can any of you tell me the answer to my question?"

The two mourning birds glanced at each other, and Xiao Hei took the lead in flying high into the sky, while the Bird Queen stayed by Fang Nuo's side, sharing her wisdom generously as before:

"The living orcs actively choose to transform into objects, either it is some kind of miracle of transformation, just like you yellow immortals transform into humans, or some kind of round bird."

"Otherwise......" her tone gradually became strange, as if she was talking about something that could be called confidential, and therefore needed to brew the atmosphere first.

"It's a kind of self-protection measure that we call 'incarnation'."

"Avatar?" This kind of question-and-answer dialogue is really stupid, but it can't be helped, who calls yourself ignorant.

"You should know," — how many times he's heard this phrase in the past few days? Fang Nuoqiang pressed the rebellious spirit in his heart that was born for no reason, pricked up his ears, and listened carefully to the introduction of the Bird Queen, "After the death of high-ranking demon beasts, their soul crystals may be precipitated from their bodies in the form of items. ”

"That is their 'symbol', the embodiment of their hearts in reality when they are alive."

"Yes." Fang Nuo seemed to have heard Xiao Hei's shout beckoning them to go down another path, "I've seen it before...... I've seen a lot. ”

In the underground works underneath the church school.

He's still equipped.

They were carried with him, but they seemed to be invisible, unpointed out or questioned by any creature who should have noticed them.

"Demon beasts that like knowledge in their lives are likely to turn into carriers of knowledge after losing their lives, and correspondingly, if they are people who like to exercise brute force, they may become weapons."

"It's funny." Fang Nuo nodded, "It's very ...... 'romantic', when I first learned about it, I thought about it for a day and a night—if this kind of thing could be precipitated from my own body, what would that thing be?" ”

"Oh." The Bird Queen lowered her eyes, "I've always thought you're a kid who likes to learn, so you should be able to turn it into a book." ”

"I think so too." Fang Nuo pursed his lips and reluctantly agreed.

"And the 'incarnation'—" she spread her wings and flew to catch up with her companion, "is a way to know this 'answer' in advance, a kind of 'miracle of suspended animation.'" ”

"Unlike ordinary breath-holding and other lame methods of pretending to be the deceased, it is a real 'miracle' that requires the use of atmospheric spiritual power to do it."

So, the embodiment of the blind spider emerald is an "emerald"?

He really knows how to name himself.

"How can a demon beast that has fallen into a state of suspended animation bring itself to life?"

"There are certain conditions that need to be met." The Bird Queen, who had already found a new path, shouted at him, "The right temperature, climate, ambient sound, spiritual power concentration, and certain potions and herbs...... And the call of close friends. ”

"The last item isn't really necessary." "But you know, emotional offensives often work wonders. ”

"I don't know." Fang Nuo at the bottom replied uncooperatively.

"When you return to the family, maybe you'll understand."

The Bird Queen knew exactly what the little beast below was expecting these days—getting in the carriage, going back to Huangxian Ridge, and maybe something else she wanted to do, but certainly not staying in the mountain village.

"You're really good at saying good things." Fang Nuo flattered, and then followed the movements of the two birds as well, towards the new path they had discovered.

……

The redwood forest is still a redwood forest, but as they walk, the shape of these trees gradually deviates from the original impression of the demon beasts on them.

Some trees have dense scales growing on their thick trunks, spreading all the way to the roots, and they are quite smooth to the touch, a bit like snake scales.

Some of the trees bulged up in the part near the surface, and the inside seemed to be filled with liquid, and when they were punctured, they all spilled out, making the surrounding monsters slimy.

The trunks of some redwood trees have turned an eerie dark green, and in the forest during the day, how to look at it.

"Hmm......" The farther deeper into the forest, the less the snow could get Fang Nuo's interest, "Are you sure we're on the right path?" ”

The snow was getting thinner, and he was a little sullen.

Besides, stepping on uneven ground, littered with gravel and hard clods of dirt did not make the beast feel as pleasant as running on snow.

Here, you can't even have a snowball fight, Fang Nuo thought to himself.

He still remembers pinching a few snowballs on the way and throwing them one after the other, or at once, to the sound of the emeralds on his chest.

Some hit dead trees on the side of the road, and some brushed the wings of the mourning birds and flew into the unknown distance.

It wasn't until Xiao Hei was annoyed by him and picked up the pebbles on the side of the road and threw him that he stopped this childish behavior purely to pass the boring time on the road.

"Are the plants here influenced by the Eternal Tree?" He asked the birds soaring in the sky, "That's why they all look so weird?" ”

"Nope." The queen of birds in the sky replied in a calm and serious voice, "They are sick." ”

"Not so long ago," there was a tinge of pathos in her tone, "an unknown but powerful force passed by here and made them like this. ”

"If you don't find the culprit of all this, let him retract his influence......"

She gradually lowered her height, and her words were full of pathetic emotion:

"They will lose their lives very quickly."