Time flies, and twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Time has left no mark on Liuli, but in recent years, when she sits on a tall branch and while away the time, she always thinks of Bailing, and her heart aches.
Twenty years ago, he vanished without a trace. Liuli searched every inch of the forest, but Bailing could neither find him alive nor dead. Liuli's greatest fear was that he had been eaten by some wild beast, but she couldn't even find a single human bone.
Thinking of this, Liuli lowered her eyes and sighed softly, "My Bailing, if you were still alive, you would surely be very tall by now, wouldn't you? Perhaps even taller than me...?"
"Why did you disappear?"
A rare look of melancholy appeared on Liuli's small face.
Just then, footsteps sounded, and two hunters carrying longbows and arrows came over one after the other. They talked in hushed tones as they walked, and Liuli, with her excellent hearing, heard everything clearly from the high tree.
In fact, Ruri often hid in the tall branches to eavesdrop on passing hunters, and used this to learn about the outside world she longed for.
"...Uncle Wu's grandson is really pitiful. I heard that when he was found, his body was already cold, his heart had long been ripped out, and there was a huge bloody hole in his chest...tsk tsk, it's a gruesome sight..."
"Jiao Ergou from the east of the village was in his thirties and had just gotten married. His wife had gotten pregnant before the New Year and was about to give birth a few days ago. But in the middle of the night, someone just took the baby out! I live close to his house. I heard the noise when I got up in the morning and ran over to see what was going on. The body was horribly gruesome... Just one glance made me lose my appetite for days..."
“I’ve heard that this isn’t just happening here. Several years ago, similar things were reported in other places. The dead were all young boys and girls whose hearts had been ripped out and eaten… Some people say it was the work of demons, but didn’t our ancestors say that demons couldn’t enter the Central Plains?”
"Sigh, who knows... Many eminent monks have come to the village these days, they must be here to exorcise demons and save us. I just hope they can catch those damned bastards soon, otherwise we won't be able to live like this!"
"yes……"
The sound faded into the distance, and Liuli lowered her eyes, muttering to herself, "The Demon Clan..."
As dusk approached, Liuli was about to return to Fox Plains when suddenly a dozen sharp whooshing sounds shattered the tranquility of the forest. Liuli was startled and turned to look, only to see a dozen or so dark figures flying from afar, flashing past in an instant, and then disappearing into the depths.
They flew too fast for Liuli to see their faces clearly, but judging from the direction they were heading, they seemed to be heading straight for Fox Plains through the forest. And looking at the raging demonic flames around them, what else could they be but demons?
Liuli's expression changed. The demons had indeed emerged. She just didn't know how they had gotten past the Xuanyuan Barrier.
With a swift movement, she transformed into a white light and followed behind the dozen or so black-clad demons.
Ahead were more than a dozen black lights, while the white light that Liuli had transformed into followed them from a distance of a hundred feet. The group of people traversed the forest, dodging the large trees on their path, and rushed forward quickly.
Suddenly, the leading figure among the dozen or so black lights abruptly stopped and revealed himself, appearing to be a man dressed in black. The other figures behind him quickly followed suit, but their forward speed was extremely fast, and by the time they stopped, they had already far surpassed the leading man, standing in front of him in a row.
The man in black suddenly stopped and turned around abruptly, saying in a deep, cold voice, "Who is it?!"
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