Chapter Twenty-Three: The Night Elves

During this time, Anna has made rapid progress in both martial arts and fighting energy, and she has already stepped into the ranks of high-level swordsmen with one foot, and the breakthrough is likely to be only between breaths. According to her current cultivation speed, within three years, she may be able to become a high-level sword master. If the legend of the elves is true, Anna is likely to become the first elf to rely on reaching the Holy Rank to get rid of the curse of the Spirit Fruit!

Seeing Anna's ability improve so rapidly, the guilt in Li Zijun and Jenny's hearts also lightened. Anna and Anne felt the kindness of Li Zijun and Jenny, their guards slowly disappeared, and they gradually opened their hearts to Li Zijun and Jenny, and they got along more and more harmoniously.

"Ed, where did you put your hand? You little pervert!" Anne saw Li Zijun, who was exchanging martial arts skills with Anna, sliding his hand along Anna's slender waist, and she immediately stood up and scolded loudly.

These days, Li Zijun and Anna are always exchanging some martial arts experiences with each other, and it is inevitable that there will be occasional physical contact between ears and temples. In the face of a peerless beauty like Anna, it is difficult for Li Zijun to control himself from having some additional thoughts. What's more, Li Zijun doesn't think he is a righteous gentleman again, so it is inevitable that there will be more movements in his hands.

Originally, as long as Anna expressed a trace of dissatisfaction, Li Zijun didn't dare to make any more moves, but because of the effect of the spirit fruit, Anna also had a little concern for Li Zijun in her heart, which also made her always shy and silent about Li Zijun's increasingly inch-inch 'salty pig hand'. This is equivalent to giving Li Zijun greater encouragement, and he is becoming more and more bold. Although Anna didn't say anything, Anne, who looked gentle and lovely, quit, always ignoring the image of a lady and exposing Li Zijun's lustful behavior, and becoming more and more pungent to him!

"Go, go, go! Don't you see that I'm exchanging martial arts skills with Anna! Don't make trouble here!" At the beginning, Li Zijun was a little embarrassed to face Anne, but later he saw that Anna didn't say anything, and his skin became thicker and thicker! But Anna didn't have the spirit of a dead pig like Li Zijun, she was blushing when Annie said it, and she couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into.

"Sister, you have to be careful of this guy, he is taking advantage of you when he is exchanging martial arts with you! You must not hurt him!" Anne said loudly, not at all afraid of Anna, who was already ashamed to hide her head in her arms.

Li Zijun has become more and more aware these days that Anna and Anne's looks and personalities are diametrically opposed. Anne, who looks gentle and virtuous, has a pungent personality, while Anna, who looks cold, is even more delicate and lovely. And because of the relationship between the spirit fruit and that ritual, Anna, who received the traditional education of the elf race, already decided that she belonged to Li Zijun. Therefore, Anna not only does not feel disgusted by Li Zijun's behavior, but at times, she even expects Li Zijun to offend her.

"Don't talk nonsense! Master Ben has just turned thirteen years old this year, and he is not yet an adult! Don't ruin my reputation!" Li Zijun continued to protest.

"Bah, you evil aristocrats, which one of you doesn't have a dozen or twenty women at your age! What do you believe in the saying that adults are not adults!Sister, did Ed just put his hand on your ass!" Anne shouted without hesitation, her behavior of this giant 'two' made Li Zijun dumbfounded, and Anna was even more ashamed and ran straight back to the room.

"My God, is this the word that comes from the mouth of a beautiful, kind, gentle elf?" Li Zijun looked up at the sky and sighed in pain.

Anne was still trying to argue a few words, when a subordinate brought Kuqi in.

"Monkey, this time you went back with the people of Bingham, how are they doing now?

Originally, Li Zijun wanted to go to Bingham's tribe to have a look, but due to Wells's defection, the matter was delayed. Later, on the return trip, Li Zijun encountered another attack, and although he repelled his opponent, Li Zijun was still a little injured, and Jenny was even more worried about his travel. Li Zijun didn't say much in the face of his sister's obstruction, so he had to stay.

It just so happened that Bingham's eldest brother wanted to send some food to the tribe, and Li Zijun couldn't follow him, so he sent the monkey out to help him explore the way.

"Young master, there is no road after entering the mountain, and only a few people with sickles can open the way in front of them. Although we didn't encounter a single demonic beast along the way, we did encounter a lot of beasts, but fortunately, the guards sent to me by the young master were effective, so no one would lose their lives. But there are still some grain carriers who can't dodge and are bitten by wild beasts, and it's not easy to walk down this way!"

"How are the people of the dwarven tribe doing?"

"There are about 10,000 people in the dwarven tribe, and their lives are quite difficult! many families have only one piece of clothing, and even then, their clothes are in tatters. If it weren't for the food sent by Carpenter, they probably wouldn't have survived this winter!Their houses are also crumbling, and I'm really worried that a heavy snowfall will crush their houses!" the monkey said with a sigh.

"How did a big tribe of tens of thousands of people become what it is today?" asked Li Zijun suspiciously.

"According to their patriarch, they used to live in caves, and each family had its own cave, and the caves could grow the food they needed. But a few years ago, a big dog suddenly came, and kept barking in the cave, and all their warriors could not get close to the big dog when they went up. Zuihou and they really couldn't live in the cave anymore, so they had no choice but to leave the cave and set up some temporary houses outside the cave to live in. The dwarven tribe wanted to wait until the big dog ran out of food, and then they would leave the cave. But what they didn't expect was that after all of them walked out of the cave, the cave was actually closed, and no one could enter or leave there. The dwarven tribe lost the mineral deposits in the cave and the food in the cave, and life became more and more difficult, and recently it became a problem to even eat, so they thought of going out of the mountain to seek help. ”

"Big dog, what kind of big dog, do you see it?" asked Li Zijun curiously.

"I followed the people of the dwarf tribe to the outside of the cave to take a look, and I didn't find anything unusual at the entrance of the cave, but I just couldn't enter the cave, and I didn't know Weishenme. I didn't see the big dog they said either, but I heard them say that it was twice as big as a mammoth. It shouldn't have been able to get into the cave at all, but it did, but I never saw the big dog!" said the monkey, shaking his head.

When Li Zijun heard this, he immediately became interested.

"The food sent by Carpenter didn't last long, and I persuaded them to follow me back to Salat City, but these people just wouldn't leave, and I couldn't do anything about them. Carpenter was about to send someone to bring them some food and clothes again, young master, do you want to go with him too?" At this time, seeing Li Zijun's expression, he was more sure of his thoughts, and asked with a smile.

"Ed, let's go check it out, I haven't seen a dog bigger than a mammoth yet!" Anne had forgotten what had just happened, and pulled Li Zijun and pleaded.

"I'm a pervert, aren't you worried about me insulting you?" Li Zijun said as he looked at Anne in a daze.

"You can try, I don't believe you can go without me helping you intercede with Sister Jenny!" Anne ignored Li Zijun's eyes, and deliberately puffed up her chest in the face of his gaze.

Dizzy! Dizzy! Li Zijun hurriedly looked in other directions.

Although Li Zijun was a little unconvinced by Annie's words, he couldn't deny Annie's statement. This girl has won the hearts of everyone in the Hou Mansion, if she really gets in the way, and she wants to go to the mountains to walk, I'm afraid it's really not easy. Thinking of this, Li Zijun immediately changed his face and tried his best to please Anne. It took a while for Anne to be satisfied with Li Zijun's performance, and she smiled with him.

The last time Li Zijun encountered Belinda's attack, although the process was a little thrilling, it also let everyone see Li Zijun's strength and the power of the hand crossbow. Being able to suffer only a little minor injury under the full force attack of the Sword Master, Li Zijun has already let Jenny see his ability to protect himself.

The crossbow was able to injure Juggernaut, although it took advantage of Belinda's negligence, but it was enough to prove the power of the crossbow. After receiving the news of Li Zijun's attack and the meritorious work of the crossbow, Bingham was like crazy, and with the help of his fellow clansmen, he rushed to produce one hundred and fifty crossbows within two months, and almost all the guards of the Hou Mansion were equipped. If it weren't for Li Zijun's timely discovery of Bingham's madness, Bingham would have been in a hurry, and he couldn't wait for all the troops on the Seine Peninsula to be equipped with crossbows to ensure Li Zijun's safety. Looking at Bingham's haggard expression, Li Zijun once again felt the friendship of this dwarf brother!

After several months of training, the guards have become more and more mature in their use of hand crossbows, and their cooperation has become more and more tacit. As long as they were prepared, the thirty people cooperated, and even the Sword Master could not rush directly in front of them.

With these assurances, coupled with Li Zijun and Annie's hard work in turns, and at the same time, Jenny also considered that more than half a year had passed since Li Zijun was attacked, and it was unlikely that the Holy Rank master would always be guarding the outside of the Hou Mansion, so she agreed to Li Zijun's idea of going around the mountain. It's just that she also asked Li Zijun to promise that he would never leave the guard to act alone. Seeing that Jenny agreed to her request, Li Zijun of course agreed to her conditions, and immediately went back to prepare for a trip with Sister Anna.

Jenny mobilized thirty guards and didn't tell them what they were going to do, just told them to go home and inform them that they would need to be out for at least two months in the near future.

It has been almost ten years since Whitehead was selected as the guard of the Hou Mansion, and due to the limitations of his talent, he has not made much progress at the level of a sword master over the years. But Whitehead was a very loyal man and a neat man, having served as captain of the guard many years ago. Originally, most of the guards with his qualifications were arranged to take up more important positions in the coalition army. For this reason, Li Zijun also asked for his opinion, but at that time, his only son was seriously ill, and he had to politely dismiss Li Zijun's good intentions. After learning of Whitehead's situation, Li Zijun and Jenny took care of Whitehead in all aspects, trying not to let him leave Sarat City so that he could have more time to take care of his son.

Speaking of which, Whitehead's son's illness is a bit strange, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and he can never find the root cause of the disease! Fortunately, Whitehead's family has already been able to enjoy free medical treatment, which has slightly lightened some of his burden.

Li Zijun and Jenny didn't want Whitehead to participate in this trip, but Whitehead really didn't want to be taken care of all the time, and because his son's condition was relatively stable during this time, he took the initiative to ask to participate in the escort mission, and seeing Whitehead's insistence, Jenny had to agree to his request. In order to make Whitehead feel more at ease, Jenny also gave him some supplements. Whitehead went home at this time, on the one hand, to say hello to his wife, and on the other hand, to send the tonic back to his son.

"Although my son has been getting better a lot recently, what if there is a recurrence, what should I do if I am home alone?" Hearing that Whitehead would be away for at least two months this time, his wife complained unhappily.

"The young master and the second lady have taken care of us enough over the years, and they let me come back with these supplements today. I didn't let me participate this time, I took the initiative to ask for it! The young master and the second lady are so kind to us, we should be grateful to them! I have already explained to those brothers who stayed in the Hou Mansion, if you have anything to do, go to them, they will help you!" Whitehead explained a few more words to his wife, then looked at his son, and returned to the Hou Mansion.

No sooner had Whitehead stepped out of the house than a greengrocer-looking man came to his door.

"Cousin, why is my brother-in-law in such a hurry?" said the vegetable vendor, looking at the women who were still busy in the yard.

"The Hou Mansion has a mission, and your brother-in-law is leaving for a while!" Whitehead's wife said with a sigh.

"Jim's condition is just getting better, how can he leave at this time, how long will he have to go this time?"

"Over the years, Master Ed and Miss Jenny have always taken good care of Whitehead, rarely giving him the tolerance to go out of the house, and giving Jim some supplements from time to time. What makes us even more grateful is that the young master and the young lady also waived all the expenses for Jim's treatment. This time, Whitehead himself took the initiative to participate, and we can only repay the kindness of the young master and young lady in this way!"

"Cousin, the family members of the Hou Mansion guards with such qualifications as my brother-in-law should enjoy free medical care, this is the rule of the Seine Peninsula, but it is not their kindness!" said the vegetable vendor, pouting.

"Except for the Seine, which nobleman's family member you have heard of can be treated for free? Not to mention the family, but the guards themselves were wounded, and what did the nobles do to them? Let's take a look at what the young master and young lady did? Not to mention it, let's just talk about those instructors in the coalition army, they were disabled in order to protect the young master. The young master not only kept them all, but also sent someone to take care of their daily life, and I also heard Whitehead say that when they reached a certain age, even if they no longer worked, the young master would pay them living expenses on time. I have never heard of such a nobleman treated his subordinates except for us in the Seine! Brewster, I will not hear what you said today, and I will not mention it again next time. ”

"Okay, okay! Blame me for being too talkative! Cousin, how long does my brother-in-law have to leave this time? Do you want your brother and sister to move over and help you?"

"No need! Your brother-in-law has already arranged for those brothers in his Hou Mansion to come over to help from time to time, and I don't know exactly how long he will be able to come back, but it shouldn't be too long, so I won't trouble my brother and sister!" In fact, Whitehead's wife wanted this cousin to come and see it often, but when she heard what he just said, she suddenly remembered Whitehead's previous reminder that she must not tell the time and place of his trip, which is very likely to bring unnecessary danger to the young master and young lady! The woman swallowed back the words that came to her mouth.

"Okay! I'll come to see you often during this time! If you're all right, I'll go sell vegetables first. Brewster saw that the woman was reluctant to take care of herself, and turned away.

The vegetable vendor carried the basket in the vegetable market for a day, and it was not until dusk that the vegetables were sold clean, and he dared to walk out of the city.

When the greengrocer walked out of the city gate, it was already completely dark, but he did not speed up his pace, and still looked unhurried. Gradually, there was no one around the greengrocer, and he looked around and finally made sure that there was no one. He immediately climbed up to observe a large tree in Haode, hid the pole and the basket on the top of the tree, and he looked around again from the tree, and then jumped down from the tree, and then ran into the distance.

"Are you sure Edlaide is going out lately, and it's going to be a long time?" Zacharias asked, looking at the man in front of him, if Whitehead's wife would be surprised to see this man! Her cousin Ernest was no longer dressed as a vegetable vendor, but transformed into a sturdy warrior.

"Whitehead is a captain of Edlaide's guard, and someone like him must be of Ed or Jenny's level to be dispatched. And Jenny is unlikely to be away from Sarat City for long, so I conclude that Edlaide will be out in the near future. Ernest was no longer cowering, he was unusually shrewd and capable! He was the eyeliner that Abigai had planted in the city of Salate, and after Abigai's death, he took the initiative to find Zacharias and help him spy on Edlaide's every move.

"Some time ago, in order to help the people, Carpenter purchased food and clothing on a large scale. I stumbled upon the men of Ed who had been to the tribe with them once, and I thought he might have been so impressed that he wanted to visit the dwarven tribe. Ernest looked at Zacharias and said respectfully.

"You mean to say that the purpose of Edlaide's trip is the mountains, the dwarven tribes?" Zacharias asked, uncertain.

"Ed is unlikely to be away from the Seine for a long time at this time, and even if he had, Jenny would not have agreed! Sir, this is a godsend, and we should seize this opportunity!" "Abigay once saved Ernest's life, and Ernest turned to Zacharias to avenge Abigai. Therefore, he is particularly keen on assassinating Li Zijun!

"Can the Night Elves really be reliable, and if they fail, will they betray me?" Although Zacharias hated Li Zijun on the surface, he was actually more afraid in his heart! At this time, he flinched a little.

"The Night Elves have always had a good reputation in this regard, and they have never been heard of betraying their employers. And even if they want to betray, they can only betray me, the Earl of Abigai, and they will never be able to find out about you!"

"Sir, last time Edlaide took most of your belongings away by capturing Meredith!

Ernest's words hit Zacharias's sore spot, and he finally made up his mind.

"You contact the Night Elves immediately, I must make sure that Edlaide never returns to Salat City this time!" Zacharias said viciously as he thought of the scene where Colorado helped him 'move'.

As the name suggests, the Night Elves are a group of elves who cannot appear in the sun! From the day they are born, as long as the parts that are directly illuminated by the sun or moon will appear, they will have terrible black magic patterns. No one can tell the origin of these magic patterns, and no one can explain the appearance of the dark moon elf weishenme!

The elven race had ruled over the human race for a long time, and they had always considered themselves to be the darlings of the gods! But almost at the same time as the appearance of the Dark Moon Elves, terrible things such as the Spirit Fruit also appeared, and immediately after their appearance, the elven race began to go downhill, and they were finally driven to the corner of the continent by humans like other intelligent races in the Youlan Continent.

The high degree of timing coincided with each other, allowing the elves to attribute the Night Elves and the Spirit Fruit to the reason why the elves were finally defeated by humans. The elves concluded that they had brought bad luck to the elves, and the elven queen began to order the expulsion of the adult night elves!

In the eyes of humans, the Night Elves are monsters blessed by the devil, and even if you look at them more, you are worried about being contaminated with bad luck. Even the elven hunters, who make it their profession to capture elves, stay away from the night elves and have no interest in it!

The other intelligent races lacked even the slightest sympathy for their strange group, and the Night Elves became a group abandoned by the entire Youlan Continent.

The Night Elves have no territory of their own, no friends, and no home of their own on the Orchid Continent, and they endure the spitting of all intelligent races like rats!

The only thing to be thankful for is that the elves only expel the adult Night Elves, and the Night Elves must have a special talent in magic or martial arts, which also allows more Night Elves to continue to survive after leaving the Elven Forest.

Slowly, the poor group of elves gradually gathered. In order to live with dignity, they had to kill people as a profession, and since then, the Night Elves have become a unique race that kills for a living!

If it weren't for the time when the Night Elves developed, the Youlan Continent had been in constant disputes, and I am afraid that someone would have taken action to eliminate them a long time ago. By the time the situation in the Youlan Continent stabilized, the Night Elves had developed their own shili. Whoever wants to finally eliminate them will have to pay a huge price. What's more, because the Night Elves' residence is erratic, and the Night Elves have always adhered to the principle of not intervening in the battles of the various shili, in the end, several major shili in the Youlan Continent tolerated the existence of the Night Elves!

The Night Elves have a very strong reputation and credibility among the ranks of professional killers! They analyze and research their target in great detail before taking on a mission. Once they decide to take on the task, they will do whatever it takes to eliminate the target, rarely fail, and never betray their employer's information!

Therefore, when Ernest heard that Zacharias agreed to him, he smiled extremely proudly. In his eyes, Li Zijun is already a dead man!