Listening to Lingling's muffled voice, Bai Jiu also felt troubled and spoke hesitantly.
"Baby, I think your grandma is right. You are still too young, and this is a long journey. Your family will be worried."
Even with two adult tree people protecting them, the parents still couldn't let go.
In the past, we went to the elves because the two tribes were not far away, and we could go back and forth in one day. The dangers on the road were also within controllable range.
Now we are going to the territory of humans and mermaids, and there are too many uncontrollable factors.
Lingling stopped talking. The little girl squatted down and huddled herself in a ball, looking aggrieved. From a distance, she looked like a gray figure.
The surrounding tree people and Sophia didn't know how to comfort the sad Lingling, and the surroundings fell into deathly silence for a moment.
After a while, to everyone's surprise, Holly spoke.
"Elder, how about letting Lingling go with Tag and me to see Sophia off?"
The little ball on the ground moved its feet slightly.
Seeing the elder's murderous look, Holly swallowed nervously and continued, "Tag and I have been adventuring among the human race for many years. We believe that our fighting ability is decent and we are more than capable of dealing with anything we encounter along the way."
"Also, the route I'm exploring this time won't come into contact with too many human towns, so the danger level will be greatly reduced and the speed will be greatly increased."
"Even I think the carriage can only run fast and go back and forth in about seven days."
"Why not treat this as a journey, or an adventure, for the little one?"
"And most importantly, we can't keep Lingling trapped in the forest forever. She's at a very lively age."
Moreover, whether Lingling cannot live without adults like them, or adults cannot live without Lingling is still a question worth discussing.
Holly bravely finished a long speech and looked at Ashley nervously.
Ashley's eyes were complicated as she looked at the stubborn little boy who had silently stood up and hugged his thighs because of what Holly said.
He let out a long breath and said somewhat in a defeated tone, "Let me think about it again."
Having said that, she turned around and looked at the horizon, thinking silently for a while.
Just when Holly thought there was no hope, Ashley finally spoke.
"Okay, I promise, you two must protect Lingling for me."
"Also, Lingling's human form is too cute and too eye-catching. Her treeman form, on the other hand, looks just like an ordinary sapling and is less eye-catching."
"So, if Lingling really wants to go with you, she has to maintain her tree-person appearance and squat in the flowerpot, disguising herself as an ordinary sapling."
"Okay! Grandma." Lingling's tender little voice sounded, her tone firm and excited.
As he said this, as if he was afraid that Ashley would change her mind, he ran to a big tree and turned into a sapling, then ran back with his little clothes and shoes in his arms.
Sophia in the lake looked at the scene of the "tree coming alive" in surprise.
But she was a smart person and did not ask questions rashly. Her treeman friends would naturally explain to her when they wanted to.
After Lingling handed the clothes to Holly to hold for her, she walked up to Ashley obediently and promised again: "Lingling will be good and listen to uncle. Send your sister off and come back soon."
Ashley's eyes warmed up and she shook the tree canopy to dispel the bitterness in her heart.
"Okay, grandma knows Lingling is a good boy. Go early and come back early. You just came back from going out and you have to leave again soon. Grandma will miss you very much."
"Okay, I love you, grandma." She turned around and looked at the brothers who gathered next to her: "Lingling loves brothers too. Brothers, wait for Lingling to come back from her adventure~"
The five brothers were reluctant to leave their sister. They all wanted to tell their grandmother that they would go with their sister, but their uncle only had two children and could not take care of so many children, so in the end they did not make the request.
......
Finally, Ashley returned to the territory in person and brought three cups of spiritual liquid, some of Lingling's daily necessities, and a small and exquisite ceramic flowerpot filled with the most nutritious soil she had found.
He carefully placed Lingling, a small sapling that was only one meter tall, into the flowerpot to let it adapt. Seeing that the little guy had adapted well, he looked at Holly and Sophia who had already prepared.
"Have a safe journey and be safe. I have cast a tracking spell on Lingling that I learned from the elves. If you don't return within nine days, we will go out and look for you at all costs."
Holly nodded solemnly.
"Don't worry, Elder. Nothing will go wrong!"
Sophia's eyes flashed with determination, and with a serious and delicate face, she assured the worried Ashley, "I swear on my life that I will protect Lingling, even if it means sacrificing my own."
The mermaids' means of attack are mental attacks and sonic attacks. When they are awake, they are extremely powerful. As long as someone with bad intentions makes eye contact with her or does not cover their ears, she can destroy their brains.
She was caught before because she was careless and was anesthetized the whole time, so she couldn't perform at her best. But now she is not restricted.
Ashley nodded with relief, their kindness was not in vain after all.
Never mind, just let them go.
"Go, children, I'll wait for your good news."
......
In the middle of the forest road, the carriage rumbled forward.
Holly and Tag were driving the carriage in front, talking in low voices.
In the carriage, a mermaid girl with delicate features was lying on the edge of a water tank that was fixed firmly. The water in half of the tank submerged most of her body, and her blue tail was leisurely hanging on the edge of the tank.
The girl's eyes curved into a smile as she watched the little creature running out of the flowerpot and running around lively in the gap between the carriages, and she couldn't help laughing.
"Lingling, aren't you tired? The carriage is still moving, be careful not to fall."
The sapling that was jumping up and down and left and right froze for a moment, then returned to normal and swayed its leaves.
"Lingling, it's okay, sister. Let me tell you, there's a small crack in the wooden planks here. I just saw a few small houses and some strangely dressed uncles appear outside. Oh, and there are also some carriages that are even more beautiful than the one we're riding in, and they're running very fast."
The little guy shared his experiences with the mermaid Sophia.
Sophia listened quietly, and patiently answered Lingling's strange questions from time to time.
The two sisters talked as they walked, just like they were on a sightseeing tour.
Holly and Tag, who were sitting in the front, eavesdropped from time to time, but soon found themselves uninterested and continued to drive the car seriously, while also chatting about the adventures they had experienced.
Just when they drove to a big tree and planned to take a rest.
Suddenly the carriage was stopped by two men.
"Stop! Stop right there!"
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