From afar, he could see the dark clouds above the river.
The closer he got to the Forest of Fairies and Giants, the colder the river became. This coldness ignored Gu Qing Shan's strength and directly affected his body and soul.
— — what a miraculous river.
Lightning flashed across the sky.
The rain continued to pour.
The sky was dark.
Gu Qing Shan stood on top of the river, feeling a bit doubtful.
— — -something must've happened in that forest.
He calmed himself down a bit, slowed down, and slowly flew towards it.
Finally, his feet landed on solid rock.
His surroundings became dark.
Two lines of glowing text quickly appeared:
[You've left the domain of Gear Fort]
[You've now entered the domain of the Forest of Fairies and Giants]
Gu Qing Shan thought briefly and flew backwards.
He left the Forest of Fairies and Giants' domain and returned to the river.
Light shone down.
The world regained its light.
Although it was a bit gloomy, it wasn't completely dark like the forest.
"How strange, that darkness seems to belong to the forest itself"
Gu Qing Shan pondered and leapt back onto the rock on top of the river.
The world became dark again.
Gu Qing Shan casually formed a presence concealment hand seal and tried releasing his inner sight.
In the void of space, scattered and chaotic powers were clashing against each other, creating chaos.
Gu Qing Shan's inner sight was limited to a radius of a few dozen meters, unable to extend too far.
— — something seems to have happened here.
Gu Qing Shan quickly made up his mind and became cautious.
Wielding the Earth sword in hand, Gu Qing Shan slowly walked deeper into the forest.
The forest was even darker, almost invisible to the naked eye.
Occasionally, the sky would be illuminated by lightning, but would quickly be covered by darkness again.
Gu Qing Shan slowly walked forward in the heavy rain.
After walking for a short while, he suddenly stopped.
Not too far away, a thin man was lying in a pool of blood, moaning in pain.
He wore tattered tree bark clothing, both his hands and feet were shackled, his expression haggard.
Most importantly, there was a brand on his arm.
— — slave brand.
Exactly the same as the one on Reneedol's arm!
The bean-sized raindrops hit his body, completely drenching him.
Gu Qing Shan walked forward, let go of the Earth Sword, then lifted up his clothes to check his wound.
The man sensed that someone was coming and raised his head with difficulty, "Save … save me."
Gu Qing Shan cast a healing spell and gently pressed it on the other party's wound. "Who are you? Why are you here? "
His gaze fell on the shackles.
The shackles were covered with beautiful runes and emitted the power of the Law of Confinement.
— — One of the benefits of being able to communicate with the Laws was that some objects that contained the power of the Laws could be roughly understood with just a glance.
This man's power was sealed.
Strange, since Reneedol was also a slave, why wasn't she wearing shackles when she was found?
"Ugh …" That person groaned, his spirit roused.
A surge of life flowed through his body, healing his wounds.
It was now that the man had the strength to answer Gu Qing Shan's question:
"I'm a slave captured by the Jungle Elves. Recently, a war broke out between the elves and the giants, so us slaves took advantage of the chaos to escape"
"How did you become a slave of the elves?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"I came from the upper reaches of the River of Fate, a militia of the Silver Kingdom — — -"
While Gu Qing Shan was listening, the sound of thunder resounded in the sky.
Gu Qing Shan swung her sword without hesitation.
Kih!
An arrow was knocked away.
Gu Qing Shan stood up and stood in front of the man.
"Who is it that won't even let a dying man go?" he curtly asked.
Two figures walked out from the forest.
A man and a woman.
Their bodies were taller and more slender compared to humans, their hair was black and gold, and they both held bows in their hands.
They were the Jungle Elves.
They were a highly civilized race that often received generous gifts from the Laws of Reality, powerful and wealthy.
"You're quite strong, no wonder you dared to save an escaped slave" the male elf observed Gu Qing Shan and commented.
Gu Qing Shan shrugged and explained: "I don't mean to fight with you, but this person was heavily wounded, so I felt like I should save him"
This elf should also be quite skilled in assassination.
Taking advantage of the explosion of thunder just now, that arrow was still quite lethal.
The female elf stared closely at Gu Qing Shan and asked: "And who are you? Where did you come from? "
"I'm someone from the World Valley" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Ah? Please … prove your identity "the male elf was a bit surprised.
With a light tap of Gu Qing Shan's sword, an invisible force descended from the void of space and drifted around her sword.
At this moment, the two elves felt like they were hallucinating, thinking that the other party was the incarnation of the Forest.
"To be able to communicate with the world and receive the protection of a Law Behemoth, as expected of someone from the World Valley"
Saying so, the two elves put their bows away and bowed to Gu Qing Shan.
Their attitude was a lot better.
"Please wait a moment, we need to report this to the royal city" the female elf said.
She took out a nightingale and quickly whispered a few words into it.
The nightingale leapt to the sky and disappeared without a trace.
Gu Qing Shan asked: "Why did you want to kill this person just now?"
"Your Excellency, this is our slave, we have the right to punish him" the female elf explained.
Gu Qing Shan crouched down again and used her healing technique on the man's body, muttering: "I've always thought that the elves were an advanced civilization, I didn't think they'd still be a slave society"
The man on the ground coughed loudly, both hands on the ground, trying to stand up.
He tried a few times, but to no avail. Instead, he left a lot of scratch marks on the muddy ground.
Gu Qing Shan glanced at the scratch marks.
The messy handwriting spelled out a single word: [Hurry and run]
Gu Qing Shan's expression didn't change at all as she stood still.
After a bit of thought, he took out the Six Paths Great Mountain sword and cut off the man's shackles.
The man's eyes opened wide as an indescribable pressure erupted from his body.
"You were able to break their shackles — – let's go!" he shouted.
"Wait a minute, we can't leave just yet" Gu Qing Shan casually replied.
The man was shocked, then his expression changed.
Boom!!!
In the middle of the night, a bolt of lightning exploded, illuminating their surroundings.
The grass, the forest, the branches of the trees, everywhere were filled with elves.
They had been surrounded.
Gu Qing Shan glanced at the other side, only to see that the respect on the two elves' faces had already disappeared without a trace.
"Ahahaha, a slave from the World Valley can do a lot of things" the male elf laughed.
Gu Qing Shan doubtfully asked: "Do you always capture passersby?"
"Only the lowly can serve as a foil to the noble — – go!" the female elf declared.
Gu Qing Shan sighed.
At some unknown point, the sword in his hand had disappeared.
The rain stopped.
A darkness even deeper than the night rose from the forest, stripping everything around Gu Qing Shan and the man from the ground.
Chao Yin sword, [Drawn Shadow].
Heaven sword, [Drawn Shadow].
Earth sword, [Drawn Shadow].
Six Paths Great Mountain sword, [Drawn Shadow].
Four swords turned into shadows, Secret Art of Enlightenment, [Sword Shadow Pierces the Sky]!
Ooo — — -
The shrill sound of the sword howled, then faded into the distant sky.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
Drip drip drip.
The rain began to fall again.
A rain of blood.
Gu Qing Shan stood in the rain, holding the sword in her hand.
"Nobility never needs a foil, only ugliness does"
He casually commented.
The man next to her was completely stunned.
"Are all of you … from the World Valley this strong?" he couldn't help but ask.
Gu Qing Shan shrugged and replied: "I've only been here for a day, I'm only a new student"
"Then why did you come here?" the man asked.
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Ah, something happened on our side. Because I'm a new student, I was sent here to do some home visiting — — do you know a slave called 'Reneedol'?"
"Slave! You must be joking, the elves would never give that name to any slave! "the man loudly declared.
Gu Qing Shan didn't quite understand and asked: "What is it?"
The man replied: "That's one of the most beautiful words in both elven and giant languages, I only understood the meaning of this word after staying in the elven territory for so many years"
Gu Qing Shan was a bit surprised.
So, Reneedol isn't actually a slave?
But she's clearly wearing a slave's uniform, and there's a slave brand on her arm.
"I've also learned elven, but I don't know what the word 'Reneedol' represents in elven language" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The man softened his voice and replied: "A beautiful flower swaying in the wind of dawn"
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