Hearing Linglong's words, Ye Li showed a little regret on his face, he really wanted to go down and have a look, but now it is indeed a lack of strength, and he can't go down at all.

Feeling that the life force around him began to gradually erode his body, Ye Li could only helplessly start to fly up.

He had just begun to learn to fly, but he was full of enthusiasm for flying, and even when he reached the stone staircase, he did not want to take the stone staircase again, but accelerated his speed and sprinted towards the top of the abyss at high speed.

Soon, Ye Li came to the stone gate at the top of the abyss, and after arriving here, Ye Li was able to use the runes that Luffy had taught him to teleport out.

Ye Li, who was suspended in mid-air, flicked his fingers, and suddenly a rune array appeared in his hand.

The stone gate above emitted a burst of golden light, enveloping Ye Li.

Ye Li's eyes flickered, and when he returned to normal, his figure had already appeared on the stone platform outside the stone gate.

After being slightly stunned, he couldn't help but take a deep breath of the outside air.

The progress of his cultivation did make Ye Li feel extremely excited, but the free air was something more comfortable, and he had been in the gourd for twelve years.

This kind of life like a prison sentence made him feel uncomfortable.

Looking at everything around me that was both familiar and unfamiliar, I couldn't help but feel a little stunned.

Soon several guards came to Ye Li's side, and when they saw Ye Li, a vigilant look appeared on their faces.

"Who are you and what are you doing here!?"

The guards surrounded Ye Li and asked.

Ye Li was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm Kou Shi, a friend of Lu Fu." ”

Hearing Ye Li's self-reported name, several guards were shocked again.

"It's really you, you're really not dead!!"

After confirming Ye Li's identity, the guards had already put away their vigilant expressions.

Ye Li scratched the back of his head and said, "I'm really not dead, what's wrong?"

One of the guards said, "It's been a year since you entered the abyss, and we all thought you were dead inside, and only the Great Chief thought you were definitely not dead.

A few of us were sent to guard around here just to wait for you, but we all thought that you had been assimilated and dissolved by the life force. ”

Hearing his words, Ye Li smiled and said, "That's really hard for you, I really didn't die."

By the way, Luffy said that when I come out, you can take me to meet him. ”

The guard said, "Yes, that's what the Great Chief did.

Please come with me, my lord, and I will take you to the Great Chief. ”

Ye Li nodded in agreement, and then left the sea abyss with the guard, walking in the direction of the Great Chief's Village.

Along the way, Ye Li felt that everything around him seemed very unfamiliar, but there was some familiarity in the strangeness.

Twelve years is only a year for everyone, but for Ye Li, it has been too long.

Ye Li got used to the strangeness of time as he walked, and began to constantly think about the past.

After some time, the two finally came to the door of the Great Chief's Village.

The guards took Ye Li all the way into the stockade and came to the door of a large house.

"Wait a minute, sir, I'll go in and make a message. ”

After the guard said something to Ye Li, he walked straight into the Great Chief's Village.

After a while, a teenager rushed out of the house and came to Ye Li with an excited face.

"Brother Ye, you really didn't die, hahaha!!

I know how can anything happen with your ability!!"

The person who came was indeed Luffy, he looked more mature than in the past at this time, but when he saw Ye Li, he still showed a pure smile that a teenager should have.

"Hehe, I've been in for a while, but it's fine. ”

Ye Li said with a smile.

Luffy looked Ye Li up and down, he faintly felt that Ye Li had changed, but he couldn't tell what had changed.

And Ye Li was also looking Lu Fu up and down at this time, he hadn't seen him for twelve years, and he felt a little strange in his heart.

"By the way, Brother Ye, I'll call Xiaoqing, it was drunk by me last night, it should still be lying down at this time!!"

Hearing Luffy's words, Ye Li was stunned for a moment and said, "What, Xiaoqing is drunk, what's going on!?"

Luffy laughed and explained, "Ever since you entered the abyss, Xiaoqing has been wandering around the abyss.

Later, when I saw it, I served it with good food and drink, and then we got acquainted.

After all, it has saved my life several times, and I am very grateful to it, and it knows our relationship, so it is kinder to me than to other people.

I haven't been waiting for you to come out, Xiaoqing has been wandering outside the abyss.

I often go there to check on the situation, and I eat and drink with it.

After Xiaoqing learned to drink, every time he was addicted to alcohol, he would fly to the village to look for me, and yesterday he came again.

I got some liquor for it to drink, and it got drunk. ”

When Luffy talked about getting drunk Xiaoqing, he had an extremely smug smile on his face.

Ye Li could see that Luffy regarded Xiaoqing as a playmate of the same age, and only when the teenagers were having fun together, would they treat drunken partners as a kind of fun.

After Ye Li smiled, he said, "Okay, then you can take me to see Xiaoqing, many years...... I haven't seen it in a year, and I miss it a little bit. ”

Xiaoqing also saved Ye Li's life, and Ye Li also regarded it as his partner completely, so when he talked about Xiaoqing at this time, he also missed it a little.

After Luffy said "um", Bento ran in front first, and took Ye Li all the way to the back of Dazhai.

"I've made a cave in one of the mountain walls over here, so that it can rest comfortably, and I'll take you there. ”

As he spoke, Luffy led Ye Li towards the back mountain.

The people in the stockade, when they saw Ye Li, showed some curiosity on their faces, after all, there were not many people who knew him, and most of them were wondering who the people around the big chief were.

Soon, the two came to a cave in the back mountain, and there was a slight snoring sound from the cave.

Ye Li was stunned when he heard this, and said, "This guy sleeps so deeply. ”

Qingluan is a demon beast after all, and it seems that he has really drunk too much when he sleeps like this, otherwise he will definitely be very alert to the movements around him.

However, this also shows that Qingluan still trusts Luffy quite a lot, otherwise he would not let himself drink unconsciously.

After smiling, Ye Li walked into the cave first, and sure enough, Xiaoqing was resting on a pile of soft grass not far away, his constantly undulating chest and the slight snoring sound from his mouth made it look like he was indeed sleeping soundly.