She ran too fast, and the night fog in the dense forest was thick. She saw a familiar shadow slowly emerging in the fog in front of her eyes. Lin Yuan's heart trembled, but she didn't have time to stop, and she ran into the man's arms.
The man did not dodge, he gently spread his arms and gently held her embarrassed body.
"Sister Linyuan." The familiar cold embrace is very much like the sea where she lives in her distant hometown.
Lin Yuan's eyes were red, and she hugged the opponent's waist tightly. The tears falling from the corners of her eyes turned into beautiful blue pearls, which fell to the ground crisply.
"Mountain Master, Mountain Master, Mountain Master, Mountain Master, Mountain Master..."
She was so excited that she could not speak coherently. She seemed to have thousands of words in her heart, but she could only clumsily chant his name again and again.
It was the first time that Balian saw her crying so hard. The mermaid tears that the sharks shed when they are sad are all pure souls, which are very harmful to the body and mind, so the sharks rarely cry.
Amidst Lin Yuan's choked cries, light rain gradually began to fall from the sky. The world in the mountains became more and more misty, and the deep woods soaked in the gentle rain became more mysterious and beautiful.
When a shark meets water, he turns into a fish, and Lin Yuan is no exception. His legs were completely soaked by the rain just after he turned into a fish, and then he turned into a cold and beautiful silver-blue fish tail.
Lin Yuan couldn't stand up, and her body immediately went limp, lying on Bailian's chest and almost falling to the ground.
With quick eyes and quick hands, Bai Lian put his hands through her waist and held the fishtail under her buttocks.
When the shark is not on guard against hostility, the fish scales on his body are not sharp and aggressive. They are cold and slippery to the touch. The fish scales are extremely soft and cool to the touch, just like fine jade.
Fish tails are a taboo for the sharks, so Bailian didn't dare to touch them as he was already under Wu Xiamen. He half-crouched down and was about to place Lin Yuan on his lap.
But this time she was not anxious or shy. She raised her eyes with red eyes, as if she had lost her soul, biting her lips until they bled: "Mountain Master... I'm sorry for you, Lu'er was lost to me."
Bailian's mind was buzzing, and he didn't react for a long time. He frowned hard and whispered: "Sister Linyuan, what did you say? Xiaolu'er was lost?"
He had clearly predicted something, the traces of the monks stationed outside the mountain border, and the situation in the outside world.
The image of the demon trainer beating and trampling the little demons with torture and awakening was dancing in Balian's mind. His throat suddenly became blocked, as if a piece of burning charcoal had been stuffed into him, burning all his internal organs!
Little deer, his little deer.
The innocent and kind little deer who was willing to donate blood for him to eat... is missing?
Balian has never told anyone how important Luer is in his heart.
He never told anyone.
Only he himself knows.
The deer was the first kind gift he received when he came to this world. At that time, he was not tolerated by the sky. In the vast vast land, the first deer he picked up was ordinary and weak, but it was like him. We have gone through the most difficult time.
Balian knew how difficult the road he chose to go down was, so he released the little deer into this safe mountain forest, letting it run freely and happily in the mountains, chasing tomorrow.
However, his deer... disappeared!
"I'm sorry, Mountain Master, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." The woman in her arms kept crying. Although Bailian didn't say anything, Lin Yuan didn't know that the deer that he personally brought into the mountain to protect him meant so much to him. means nothing.
Balian raised his head and let the cold raindrops pour on his face. After a long time, he lowered his head and gently patted Lin Yuan's trembling back. His eyes shrouded in mist and rain were very light and so gentle that they were unreal: "Sister Lin Yuan, Stop crying, this is not your fault, can you tell me what happened?"
His deer has always been very well-behaved and listened to Lin Yuan's words. If it were on its own, it would never leave the mountain without authorization.
In this case, there is only one possibility.
Someone outside the mountain knew that there was a spiritual deer in the mountain. It was white as snow and had pure spiritual power. He coveted it and used extraordinary means to lure the deer out of the mountain.
Bai Lian had no intention of blaming Lin Yuan. Xiao Luer had never been left in the care of anyone, let alone lost by her.
Seeing the man in his arms almost bursting into tears, his look of self-blame was also moving.
Balian picked up her cold body, knowing that she had shed too many tears and been away from the shore for too long and her body must be suffering from lack of water. He did not let go. He held her and walked closer to the lake step by step. Their bodies were soaked in the cold water. in the lake, relying on each other.
Lin Yuan knew that he had always been gentle, but she never expected that after this change, he could be so gentle, silently soothing her emotions with every move.
It was really useless to continue crying like this. Lin Yuan shook her fish tail, rolled up Bai Lian's waist to prevent him from sinking into the lake, and recounted everything that had happened in the past few months.
Lu'er left the mountain and disappeared when Lin Yuan returned from Xianling City.
At that time, she mistakenly thought that Fang Geyu died in the sea world of the Bronze Gate. Unable to suppress her grief, she returned to Kongcang Mountain.
Unexpectedly, just after returning to the mountains, another bolt from the blue occurred.
In the mountains, Jinsheng suffered a serious injury for some unknown reason. He was drunk all day long, like a puddle of mud, and ignored him when he spoke.
He didn't know when the little deer was lost.
Lin Yuan was alone and anxious. She didn't know where to start, so she went down the mountain and inquired at the foot of the mountain.
After this investigation, we found out that the village at the foot of the mountain had been suffering from the plague inexplicably a few days ago. The strong men and women in the village were able to resist and passed away.
But the plague was so contagious that it afflicted those young children. They had high fevers day and night and were dying.
The villager in the mountain tried numerous decoctions but to no avail, so he had no choice but to go up the mountain to save the gods.
Lu'er was docile by nature and very affectionate towards children. He didn't want to see the suffering of the children in the mountains, so he collected the nourishing elixirs in the mountains and secretly went out of the mountains to give them to the villagers door to door.
Who would have thought that this plague was a trap set up by mortal monks to capture Luer. Before Luer even left the village after delivering the elixir, he was surrounded by more than a dozen monks, who set up a net and formed an array. Take away.
The villagers in the mountain originally worshiped Bailian, the owner of the mountain, and had to ride spiritual beasts to deliver medicine. They were so grateful that they could watch these outsiders wantonly catching deer.
But mortals are of no use after all, and those who resist with anger will only gain a painful lesson, so they can only keep this matter in their hearts and tell Lin Yuan.
"In the past six months, I have been asking around, and I heard that the Tianxi Sword Sect is recruiting disciples recently. Those monks from outside the mountain are going crazy to catch monsters and try to enchant the weapons. Lu'er is afraid that he will suffer because of this. It's a pity. I've been checking for a long time, but I haven't been able to get any information about Lu'er. Now half a year has passed, Mountain Master, you say..."
The more Lin Yuan spoke, the more frightened and uneasy her face became. She couldn't help but grab Bailian's arm, and she was about to cry: "Do you think Lu'er has already..."
Balian's eyes were lowered and his pupils were dark. He gently interrupted her: "No."
The corners of his lips were raised, and he was smiling, but the smile was cold to the core, making his body shiver inexplicably: "Even if I go through these mountains and rivers, I will still find the deer."
In the night, between his fair and fair face, the maroon mark of the devil's bone flashed between his eyebrows.
Lin Yuan couldn't help but tremble, feeling that there seemed to be something different about Balian's return this time.
Balian felt her flinch, put away her smile, patted her cheek, and said: "Sister Linyuan, there is no need to blame yourself, no one wants to see such a thing happen."
She has lost weight, and there is no flesh on her cheeks. Although her appearance is still beautiful, her appearance is haggard. I think it has tortured her a lot in the past six months.
No matter how angry Balian was, he couldn't take it out on her.
"Master, is the spirit deer you just mentioned a snow-white deer with horns as blue as the stars and the sea?"
The bat demon who followed Balian into the mountain realm had not even taken a second look at the mountain scenery when he vaguely heard that a deer raised next to Balian had also been caught by those damn humans. While my heart was warm and angry, I couldn't help but think of a deer I had seen from a distance in the prison car a few months ago.
There are countless monster trainers in the world, and the number of monsters caught is naturally not a minority.
The monsters riding around her changed one after another, many of which she couldn't remember clearly, but she was particularly impressed by the deer.
There was no other reason. She remembered that the deer was imprisoned alone in a carriage at that time, and the monsters captured around her were basically monsters that transformed into humans. Only the deer had an animal body. Complete, not incarnated.
According to common sense, it can only be regarded as a low-level spirit monster, but for some reason, it can be treated with such caution by that group of humans.
The bat demon guessed that the deer was either born with special blood or had taken some rare treasure the day after tomorrow that changed the purity of his body.
Although she has not yet transformed, she has never seen a mortal reindeer that is so beautiful and pure white, with hair like snow and clear eyes. It does not look like a demon at all, but more like a mythical beast kept in captivity by immortals on the distant spiritual mountain. .
Deer with such outstanding physiques are naturally extremely popular. Of course, they cannot be sold as cattle and sheep in the market.
Balian looked startled, and was pleasantly surprised that the bat demon could describe Lu'er's physical features. He suddenly turned back and looked at her intently, even ignoring that she had changed his master with You Ning at some point.
"Have you seen Xiaoluer?!"
Seeing his excited reaction, the bat demon knew that the deer demon held a very important position in his heart. Thinking of this, she strengthened her belief that she had not followed the wrong master.
All monks in the world regard monsters as tools and accessories, but this young man is the only one who sincerely cares about the life and death of his monster pets.
The bat demon did not dare to hide anything, and said hurriedly: "Seven months ago, I was caught in the siege by the demon trainers. At that time, I was transported to a major city in Zeguo to be sold in the black market. It was at that time that I saw After passing the snow-white deer you mentioned, Master, I vaguely heard the demon trainers say that the deer has pure blood and contains spiritual power. It is a rare treasure of monsters in this world. Although its cultivation level is lower, it is still extremely rare. It was He Fuling Weapon. The deer was extremely popular at the time and should have been sold seven months ago. But at that moment, I heard that it was favored by several dignitaries in the court. At that time, the bidding was hard to win. Next, the price was raised extremely high. The demon trainer was always greedy and only interested in profit. After seeing the value of the fawn, he stopped the auction and spent a lot of money to invite the Dark Crow Chamber of Commerce to escort him and quietly sent the fawn to the capital of Zeguo. In the underground city, Zeguo is a place where military officials and the backbone of the empire play dramas. The demon trainer released the news about Linglu, attracting the attention of these important officials and powerful officials in the empire. The sale price can naturally be raised to a sky-high price, allowing them to borrow it. The Tianxi Sword Sect will make a lot of money by recruiting disciples this time."
Balian frowned deeply and asked, "Underground city?"
The bat demon is the oldest, strongest, and most knowledgeable among this group of monsters. She went on to explain: "The underground dark city is an underground transaction blocked by an invisible and mysterious dark network force in the world. The city is similar to the black market where the three religions and nine streams of mankind gather, except that the power of this underground city is huge, and the organization behind it is extremely mysterious and powerful.
According to rumors, the Dark City organization has shady dealings with countries all over the world and even Beizhao Kingdom and Langya Demon Sect on the other side of the Endless Sea. Therefore, they are famous all over the world for taking both black and white.
No one knows who the boss behind the dark city is, but there, I heard that as long as you have money, you can buy anything you want. And it's not just Ze State that has underground cities, there are underground cities in Qin, Shu, Zhao and even many other small countries. "
"The Dark City is like countless ant nests, everywhere and interconnected. No one knows yet what methods the master behind it used to make the Dark City organization so large, throughout the world."
Balian listened carefully, looked up at the bat demon, and said, "Did you just say that as long as you have money, you can buy anything in the underground city?"
The bat demon nodded and said: "Strictly speaking, it is indeed true. Even if you are just an ordinary mortal, if you are carrying a huge treasure and enter the dark city world, even if you want a high-grade spiritual root, , there can even be channels to provide it.”
Hearing this, Balian was shocked. This dark city power actually reached this point? !
It can even easily change the differences between immortals and mortals.
What is spiritual root? Spiritual roots are a gift from fate, a blessing from God, a miraculous thing that only humans can give birth to.
It is not something that can be conceived by monsters or spirits. It is a miracle destined to be bestowed by God when one of the most blessed people in the world is born.
Selling spiritual roots means that the spiritual roots are dug out from the bodies of living people.
This underground city really lives up to its name, and what is going on inside is truly a dark transaction.
Having said this, the bat demon looked at Balian for a while, paused, and said hesitantly: "Although the underground city can provide you with everything you want, as long as you can pay enough, Master, what you want is that one The fawn is a fawn that cannot be replaced by ordinary deer. Now seven months have passed, and no one can guarantee whether the deer is still in the dark city, or whether it has been bought by someone..."
She spoke very tactfully.
The implication is that if the little deer really wanders around in the underground city, the end will not be too good. If a buyer sets the price and takes the little deer away, it is very likely that it has been refined into a weapon spirit at this moment.
The possessed demon's life and even soul belong to the master, and cannot be changed in life or death.
