Chapter 5
"Fan, run faster!" Ah Hui said in a low voice. She pulled the exhausted Ah Fan and stumbled towards the outer periphery of the bigger fire.
"Ah Hui...... We...... Why are you running out?" Ah Fan panted, his voice trembling uncontrollably from the violent wheezing.
She looked at their clenched hands in a daze, and she couldn't figure out what was going on. An hour ago, they were collecting medicine for their mother, and now they are running for their lives?
Looking up, she saw the fire spreading on both sides, burning the paradise where she had grown up. The animals around them ran after them, and soon many of them overtook them, and all of them who did not escape from the fire were burned to death.
Ah Fan began to doubt, not suspicious of the wildfire, but suspicious of Ah Hui beside him.
"Mother and brother, they ......" Ah Fan asked tentatively, but was interrupted by Ah Hui before he could finish speaking.
"They're going to get out. Ah Hui didn't look back, grabbed Ah Fan's hand and said firmly.
Ah Fan didn't realize at the moment that Ah Hui was talking about "escape". Under what circumstances do we need to use the word "escape"?
They are extremely embarrassed at the moment, the fire is preceded by heavy rain, this fire can be burned is obviously deliberately arranged by someone, and it seems that only the human race can use this kind of magic now. This is very clear in Ah Hui's heart.
And this fire has been burning for an hour, if there is no change, the mountain owner would have extinguished the mountain fire a long time ago, but I am afraid that the human race will come to the door.
The mountain roads were so rough that they couldn't walk smoothly even during the day, let alone at night and in a panicked situation.
Ah Fan looked up at Ah Hui, she was dragged by Ah Hui to escape, and her hands were scratched many times by the branches and grass along the road, but Ah Hui's hands did not have a trace of scars.
She knew that the plants in the mountains had long lost their closeness to her, but in such a comparison, she would still be jealous.
Ah Fan's arm was scratched by Ah Hui very painfully, no, her whole body hurt. She didn't understand why they were running to the place where the fire was spreading, when the forest center was the safest, so they were simply going to die!
She didn't believe Ah Hui, even though they grew up together.
Ah Fan has always hated Ah Hui, hated that her mother was kind to her, hated that her brothers gave her precious medicinal materials, and hated Ah Hui's lukewarm attitude towards anyone.
Ah Hui is just a flawed lonely spirit adopted by her mother, obviously she is the most beautiful mountain ghost in the clan, and she is the most beloved little daughter of the mountain owner!
In the past, Ah Fan used to play with the elves in the mountains in one place, but in the past hundred years, although she has often been with Ah Hui, she has always been wary of rejecting her.
She likes to make some small moves in places that Ah Hui doesn't know, which makes Ah Hui embarrassed and uncomfortable. Even the finger-long scar on Ah Hui's face was left by Ah Fan when he knocked her off the cliff.
However, to Ah Fan's dissatisfaction, Ah Hui didn't care about eating those broken objects, as long as she threw them away, she could get better ones. Even if Ah Hui hurt his face, he didn't take it to heart, he still practiced and collected medicine every day, and never cared about the beauty and ugliness of his face, which made Ah Fan even more angry, and the anger and jealousy in his heart quietly grew.
Today, the two of them came out to collect medicine together, Ah Fan originally wanted to make her suffer a little injury, but after a few hours, Ah Hui kept a distance from her, so that she couldn't get close.
A quarter of an hour later, it was suddenly dark. Ah Fan was puzzled, but Ah Hui was stunned for a few breaths, and immediately grabbed her hand and pulled her down the mountain.
It's all so weird.
"Don't!" Ah Fan forcefully broke away from Ah Hui's hand, and her body suddenly lost its focus to make her take two steps back, and she fell to the ground all of a sudden.
Ah Hui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly went over to help her up, but she avoided her.
Ah Fan immediately got up, held his arm that was scratched and shouted, "Why don't you go to my mother and kiss them? Obviously, there is the safest place! Ah Hui, do you want me to die?"
"I'm saving you. We can go out through the forest ahead!" Ah Hui looked at her in surprise, her eyes shining with fire. She can't explain so much to Ah Fan now, the most important thing is to leave as soon as possible.
"Someone came in. The Mountain Ghost Clan can't fight people now, and we need to leave Tongshan as soon as possible. ”
"What are the little human clans afraid of, you are afraid, but I am not afraid! You are really disgraced by our mountain ghost clan! If you want to leave, you will leave by yourself. Ah Fan sneered, and his beautiful eyes were full of disdainful sneer at Ah Hui.
Tongshan is her home, and she doesn't want to leave even if she dies.
However, Ah Hui easily said the words of leaving Tongshan in front of her, which meant in Ah Fan's heart that Ah Hui had never regarded Tongshan as her home, she just regarded this place as a foothold.
Ah Fan's green eyes sank in an instant. Oh, he is a lonely spirit, how can he have a sense of belonging to Tongshan.
The trees around him were burning, and there were subtle sparks splashing, falling on Ah Hui's clothes, and the brown skirt was burned with a few small holes in an instant.
She pinned the hair behind her cheek and reached out again.
"Quick, mountain lords, they all want you to escape. ”
Ah Hui's expression remained unchanged, still as indifferent as before. Even if the wildfire rages, it can't disturb the mirror world in her heart.
But at this moment, there was clearly a storm condensing in Ah Hui's eyes, like a whirlpool mixed with countless sharp dark thorns, once he fell, he would definitely not survive.
She had to keep herself alive. Ah Hui thought.
When Ah Fan saw Ah Hui like this, fear suddenly arose in his heart. But her proud self-esteem could not make her bow her head, so she could only grit her teeth and resist.
"Don't use your mother to bluff me! My mother is the lord of a mountain, how can there be no way for a little mountain fire mother. Don't you know what fire is to us mountain ghosts!?
And why are you taking me outside? Ten miles away is the Terran village, and if we go out like this, what will the Terrans do to us!?"
Ah Fan was anxious and angry, and she saw that there was no panic or fear in Ah Hui's eyes. Ah Hui was very calm, as if she knew something.
"It must be you, you want to hurt me! you want me to die!" Ah Fan gritted his teeth and glared at her. The vines around him were agitated, as if they were about to attack at any moment.
"Don't make a fuss!" Ah Hui noticed the abnormality around her, and also understood that the movement around her was because of Ah Fan.
She frowned, and she was about to lose patience.
Time was of the essence, and they couldn't afford to spend it like this. Ah Hui took a deep breath and grabbed Ah Fan's hand, trying to forcibly take her away.
"I promised the mountain lord to keep you safe. ”
However, Ah Fan, who is older and has received the true inheritance of the mountain master, is not an incompetent person.
"Don't touch me!" Ah Fan glared at Ah Hui, stopping her from stepping forward. But Ah Hui ignored her gaze and insisted on taking her away.
Ah Hui knew that Ah Fan was likely to use the spell of the Mountain Ghost Clan on her this time, but she couldn't do anything to Ah Fan. This is the rule she has set for herself since she was a child. Once she made a move on Ah Fan, she was ashamed of the kindness of the mountain lord to her.
"You forced me!" Ah Fan waved Ah Hui's hand away and took a few steps back. "Don't blame me. ”
"Up!" The yellow roots burst out of the ground, and the twisted roots were contaminated with the flames around them as soon as they appeared.
Ah Fan didn't care about this, and the red roots swung towards Ah Hui with fierce flames. Ah Hui hurriedly dodged sideways, and extinguished the fire on her body by rolling. When he looked up again, Ah Fan had already run back.
Ah Hui set off to catch up, but as soon as she took a step, an orange afterimage roared on the left. This whip is no longer the same temptation as before, but it is really with murderous intent. Ah Hui was stunned for a moment and was pumped up. The whip hit her in the chest, and she vomited blood and collapsed to the ground on the spot.
Seeing this, the vines that drew her immediately wrapped around her and tied her tightly. She watched Ah Fan run towards the dark red forest, and gradually disappeared. She trembled and struggled, she knew that if Ah Fan went back, it was very likely that life would be worse than death.
"Ah Fan! Ah Fan!" Ah Hui shouted, but no one answered her.
The land under the light of the fire flickered brightly and darkly, and Ah Hui clung to the grass beside her, trying to break free. However, the reality is so helpless.
She couldn't remember how long she lay down until the fire ignited her hair. The burning sensation of being burned by the fire made her wake up immediately, and the pain in her body was unusually clear. She couldn't move, and could only let the tongue of fire rage on her.
Ah Fan didn't believe that she might be excusable, but she didn't expect Ah Fan to really want to kill her. Is the mountain ghost with murderous intent really still a mountain ghost?
Even though she was burned in flames, she still couldn't believe that the race closest to God would fall like this.
She closed her eyes, thinking of Fan's face. Ah Fan's eyes were full of hatred when he finally looked at her, and there was a sparkling amber in his hateful eyes, and a fuchsia totem flashed on her face......
This is the strange thing about Ah Fan, the eyes of all mountain ghosts are green, how can it be that color.
Ah Hui's non-counterattack against Ah Fan made her defeated, is she going to die here like this? No, absolutely not, she hasn't waited for him, she must not die!
Tongshan: She couldn't stay any longer. She hid for more than 300 years, and in the end she was still so unbearable. She still had to flee in embarrassment.
This time, Ah Hui used the spiritual power of her whole body to run the dead wood in spring. Dead Wood is a technique to bring herself back to life after death and thus reshape her body, but only if her body is burned with fire. This kind of technique, even if it is a mountain master, can only be used once in a lifetime.
The yellow-green light slowly swirled around her, and with each inch she weakened.
She can't just die!
The flames enveloped her whole body, and she endured the sharp pain in her body, waiting for the moment when her body burned out.
A cool breeze blew, and the flames around him were instantly extinguished.
Ah Hui opened her eyes and was shocked to find that the surrounding branches had formed hoarfrost at a speed visible to the naked eye! There were multiple burns on her body, and even the right side of her face was half scorched.
She stopped the operation of her spiritual power, and the operation of the dead wood in spring was cut off by her.
She struggled to break open the vines that were about to burn, jumped on the branches and looked out into the forest, only the fire on her side was extinguished, and the wildfire was still spreading on the east side of the forest.
Who is it? Ah Hui couldn't figure out who could have such ability.
She endured the pain of the burn and slowly climbed down, but when she was still a step away, she didn't step steadily, and fell down all at once.
"Ahh She curled up in the grass, her eyes closed and waiting for the pain to pass.
"Are you shivering?" a cold voice rang in his ears.
“...... Who?" She was afraid that she would meet someone, and tried to hide backwards.
"Me?"
Ah Hui felt the cool breath on the woman's body, which was impossible for the human race. Her hanging heart fell halfway.
Since the woman was willing to extinguish the wildfire in the middle of the mountain, she must not be with the Terrans.
"You...... Please...... Help me......" Ah Hui tugged at the muscles on her face with every word she spoke, and the pain made her a little dizzy. She tried to break open her eyes, but there was nothing but misty darkness in front of her.
"How can I save it?" the voice asked.
“...... Help me...... Rescue ...... They. ”
"Save you, or save them?"
Ah Hui gritted her teeth and was silent.
"Save you, or save them?" asked Jialan again.
“...... I...... Save me. Ah Hui opened her mouth in a daze, groping on the ground indiscriminately.
“...... Save me. ”
"Hey. Jialan looked down at her and said, "You say, why should I save you and save them?"
Jialan had already appeared, and was squatting on the ground at the moment looking at the half-dead Ah Hui. She looked carefully at Ah Hui's painful expression, and reached out to touch her face.
"Does it hurt?"
Ah Hui did not answer.
"It looks like it hurts. Jialan withdrew her hand and looked up at the sky. "Hmm, I don't know what happened to the female dedication, will you be upset if you don't see me?"
"This is the human world?" Jialan asked her, but Ah Hui was so badly injured that she had already passed out.
Jialan looked at her, thinking that she might not wake up for a while, so she dragged her to the grass and let her lie down.
She picked up the branch on the side and brushed the hair off Ah Hui's face, and saw her half-intact and half-black face. However, what made her feel strange was that the aura emanating from Ah Hui's body made her faintly familiar.
Her hand gently covered Ah Hui's face. Dots of blue light lingered on Ah Hui's face, slowly entering the wound that had festered. Her chill was the best medicine for burns, especially this unusual fire.
She didn't like to care about this kind of thing, but looking at Ah Hui's curled up body, she couldn't leave.
She smiled helplessly and simply sat down beside Ah Hui. "Actually, I don't want to know much about the past now. "However, I am afraid of something.
"Once you know......" She held her head and looked at Ah Hui, the expression on her face darkened. "I can't help it. ”
She already knew that her current strangeness must have something to do with her former "self". The previous "she" must have had a lot of trouble, otherwise she would not have appeared.
In fact, the closer she got to the time of successful transformation, the more panicked she became, and there was a strange sense of excitement in it.
Ever since she had killed the two fairy maids, her strange excitement had intensified, and even she couldn't control it.
Her eyes suddenly darkened, and it seemed that someone was calling her name in Jialan's mind. The brief image flashed, and she still couldn't see the man's appearance clearly.
"Hmm. Ah Hui was confused with pain. Jialan woke up and let go of Ah Hui's bruised hand
"I wanted to kill you. She said to herself. "But what do you know. ”
Although Jialan didn't want to go back to Xinghai, she didn't want to involve herself in some dangerous things, especially about her former "self".