The voices are slowly floating, light and soft, gradually revealing sentimentality.
As she spoke, Ning Man'er's tears had already flowed down from the corners of her eyes to her cheeks and hit the vines lightly.
Crying and crying, she was also tired, Linglong curled up in the small tree root groove, fell asleep with moist eyes...
On the desolate land, a huge dead tree and a sleeping girl curled up under the tree form a sad painting.
This painting is still, and time alternates. In the past every spring, summer, autumn and winter, she would curl up under the tree. Now she is tired and sleeps like this, as if she never wants to wake up again, and wants to be with her. The old tree fell asleep together.
The Silent Forest was completely silent, and the sky was still empty. Occasionally, there was a gust of cold wind, but there was no sound.
Wind and sand rolled up, slowly eroding the last remains of the old sacred tree.
The branches of the withered old tree swayed slowly and made a creaking sound, and the extremely withered leaves were crumbling...
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the lifeless leaves finally fell off the old branches, falling one by one, slowly and lonely.
The old sacred tree was very tall, and the process of falling leaves lasted for a long time. After a long time, the leaves that fell from heaven to earth finally fell to the roots of the tree.
These old leaves just covered Ning Man'er's curled up wooden bed, wrapping her delicate body.
The sleeping girl didn't notice it, and subconsciously grasped the old leaves with her small hands, and the corners of her pink lips slightly lifted, looking peaceful and pitiful.
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Fallen forest.
"Chu Mu, what's the matter?" Pang Yue stopped and looked back at Chu Mu who had suddenly slowed down.
Chu Mu didn't answer. At this moment, he was holding the little tear crystal in his hand, staring at the picture in the tear crystal with rapt attention.
The picture in the tear crystal was a little fuzzy, but Chu Mu saw the depths of the silent forest from this drop of Ning Man'er's tear crystal, saw Ning Man'er curled up alone under the dead old tree, saw her Stop talking to himself, seeing her fall asleep tiredly...
It's like a wounded girl snuggling in the arms of her grandpa who loves her the most.
Because of the soul contract, Chu Mu not only saw Ning Maner's picture at this time, but also saw Ning Maner's past memories.
Every paragraph in this memory is so simple, including Ning Man'er's cuddling and talking, it is also so simple, but I don't know why, after seeing the picture of Ning Man'er presented by the tear crystal, my heart feels sour , I really want to fly to the depths of the silent forest now, hug her, and comfort her.
"Chu Mu?" Pang Yue called Chu Mu again.
Chu Mu came back to his senses a little bit, and glanced at Pang Yue.
"What's wrong?" Pang Yue continued to ask.
"It's nothing, I thought of something. How far are we from the Silent Forest?" Chu Mu asked.
"It's not far away, and we will arrive in a few days. There are some problems with our previous route, otherwise we can arrive earlier." Pang Yue said.
"Oh, let's go as soon as 1:30, Ning Man'er is already in the Silent Forest, I'm worried that Kang Ruodong and the others have already noticed." Chu Mu said.
Chu Mu is really worried about Ning Maner now.
"Okay." Pang Yue nodded.
Everyone could also see that Chu Mu was very anxious, they all sped up their speed, and started running towards the direction of the Silent Forest Fortress.
…
About two days later, the Silent Forest Fortress finally appeared in the eyes of everyone in Chu Mu.
After entering the fortress city, the five immediately started looking for the whereabouts of Kang Ruodong and others.
"The Kang Ruodong you are talking about, I don't know if he is in the city, but a group of people started to enter the Silent Forest a day ago, and they all seem to be very strong." A guard guarding the city said.
"A day ago?" Chu Mu immediately frowned.
This news was undoubtedly bad news for Chu Mu, because Kang Ruodong and the others were definitely going after Ning Maner, if he was a day later than them, they might have taken Ning Maner away.
Chu Mu was immediately anxious, and he didn't want to waste too much time in this fortress city.
"Chu Mu, let's go to the depths of the Silent Forest now. The terrain of the Silent Forest is relatively complicated, and they may not be able to reach the depths of the Silent Forest in a day." Prince Chao said.
When the five people were inquiring with the guards, at a position about 500 meters away from Chu Mu and the others, a Shenzong member stared at the five of them.
After a long time, this Shenzong member seemed to have affirmed something, and hurriedly ran towards somewhere.
Chu Mu didn't realize that someone was staring at him just now. After getting the exact news, the five of them immediately headed out of the city.
Not long after running outside the city, suddenly a group of people chased up from behind, and their target was obviously Chu Mu and the five of them.
"Chu Mu, there are ten or twenty people behind!" Ye Wansheng said.
Chu Mu turned his head, glanced over, and immediately saw a familiar face.
"It's those He Shangguan and the others I met in Lincheng!" Prince Chao immediately recognized three of them.
"Why are they here?" Pang Yue asked puzzled.
In that group of people, there were indeed three people, He Shangguan, Caiyun and Wanjun, but what Chu Mu didn't expect was that since they also came to the Silent Forest.
In this way, it is not a coincidence that the three of them came to Lincheng. Like myself, it is very likely that they went to ask the old sect master about Kang Ruodong blocking Ning Man'er on the Tianjie Monument.
"How could it be him??" Suddenly, Xiaoxiao looked behind in surprise, and fixed her eyes on a person.
Pang Yue looked around and found that Xiaoxiao was staring at a young man wearing a bamboo hat.
This man should be one of the leaders of the group, with seven or eight people following behind him.
"Who is he?" Pang Yue asked.
"It's my elder brother Huo Lei, one of the most powerful young disciples in our Monster Beast Palace!" Xiao Xiao said.
That group of people was indeed divided into two factions, one was the members of Shenzong headed by a man wearing a brocade robe, and the other was the members of the Monster Beast Palace headed by the Huo Lei that Xiaoxiao mentioned.
It's strange that none of these people had any obvious identification marks on them. You must know that Shenzong members would directly show their authoritative identities when they travel.
"Officer Xu, it's them!" Suddenly, an angry voice came from behind. This voice belonged to He Shangguan!
The soul pet driven by the brocade-robed Officer Xu was very fast, and quickly caught up with Chu Mu and the other five with the people behind him, and Huo Lei from the Monster Beast Palace also caught up with them.
"Xiaoxiao, why are you here?" Huo Lei saw Xiaoxiao at a glance, and his brows were immediately frowned, looking very unhappy.
"It's not that you asked me to investigate that matter, so I've come here." Xiaoxiao said.
"Nonsense!" Huo Lei sternly shouted, and continued, "Are you going to Silent Forest? Can you take care of this matter? Go back to the fortress city for me, and don't let me go anywhere."
Huo Lei said to Xiao Xiao with an elder attitude.
"You're not my father, why should I listen to you!" Xiaoxiao said very annoyed. She hated the big brother Huo Lei speaking to herself in such an orderly tone.
Huo Lei's face darkened immediately.
"Brother Huo, this girl is... her friends are very arrogant, she killed two soul pets of my subordinates..." said Chief Xu.
"It's my junior sister from the same school, and her family teacher is also her father. This girl has a weird nature and is not easy to restrain. If she offends her, please forgive me, Chief Xu." Huo Lei said politely.
"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Xiao's daughter... Naturally, we won't embarrass Miss Xiaoxiao. This matter can be handled calmly, but it's actually not a big deal, do you think so?" the chief officer Xu said with a smile, his gaze very He quickly turned to the three subordinates behind him.
Shangguan He wanted to say something else, but when they heard that Xiaoxiao was Mr. Xiao's daughter, their faces changed immediately.
He Shangguan is not a fool either, Master Xu would never offend Mr. Xiao from the Monster Beast Palace for people like himself, so he had no choice but to smile and said: "Indeed, we were at fault for that matter."
"You, and you, follow Miss Xiaoxiao and escort her back to the fortress city." Huo Lei glanced at the several subordinates behind him and said.
Master Xu looked back at his subordinates, and said, "You guys stay too."
After speaking, Master Xu turned his gaze to Chu Mu and the others, and said, "Let's stay in the fortress temporarily, and we will settle this matter after we return from the Silent Forest."
Chu Mu's heart sank immediately, this group of people obviously wanted to put them under house arrest in the fortress city.
However, Kang Ruodong had already left a day earlier, if he was delayed in the fortress, Chu Mu was really worried that Ning Man'er would fall into Kang Ruodong's hands.
"Chu Mu, what should we do now?" Pang Yue asked immediately.
These people are very strong, especially that chief officer Xu and Huo Lei, the first disciple of the Monster Beast Palace, who have definitely entered the immortal level, and it is impossible for them to head-to-head with their strength.
"Let's go back to the fortress first," Chu Mu said.
Chu Mu knew very well that it would be unwise to confront these people head-on. Chief Officer Xu and Huo Lei must also be eager to find Kang Ruodong in the Silent Forest. It is impossible for them to waste time here. Instead of confronting them head-on, It's better to obey first, let these two stronger people leave, and then go to the Silent Forest after they leave.
Chu Mu took the lead to put away the soul pet, and the others had no choice but to recite the incantation to bring the soul pet back into the soul pet space.
Huo Lei and Chief Xu's subordinates stepped forward and sealed the five souls.
"You keep an eye on them, do you understand when we come back from Silent Forest?" Officer Xu glanced at He Shangguan, Yun Cai, and Wan Jun and said.
Huo Lei also left three of his subordinates behind, telling them to take care of Xiaoxiao and stop her from running around.
Watching his subordinates bring those five people back to the fortress city, Officer Xu glanced at Huo Lei and said, "We have to hurry, Kang Ruodong has been gone for a day."
"Don't worry, he still has to go around the middle and outside of the Silent Forest, we won't be much slower," Huo Lei said.
After the two finished speaking, they took a group of men and galloped towards the depths of the silent forest!
…
Hun Nian was sealed and escorted back to the fortress city, Chu Mu and the five were imprisoned in a courtyard.
With Xiao Xiao present, although He Shangguan, Yun Cai, and Wan Jun had deep resentment towards Chu Mu and the others, they still didn't dare to take any obvious revenge. Respectfully.
"Chu Mu, I'm sorry, I caused you to not be able to reach the Silent Forest in time." Ye Wansheng said to Chu Mu with a face full of shame.
Chu Mu shook his head, and said, "It's okay, I asked Bai San to go to the Silent Forest two days ago, and it should be able to protect Ning Man'er soon. And... what do you think of these useless people? Can you put us under house arrest?"