The Legend of the Demon Hunter

Xiao Zhu had never expected that the old man in front of him, who he had never met before, would react like this when he saw him for the first time. He was at a loss for words. At this time, Cai Er stood up and helped Xiao Zhu out, saying, "Grandpa Yanshi, Brother Xiao Zhu is not a bad person."

Yanshi looked at Cai'er, and his expression immediately softened, like the clouds dispersing and the sun shining: "My dear child, you are still young and have never walked out of the Mirror Forest. How can you know the good and evil of human hearts? The human race is the most evil race in the world, no doubt about it."

After hearing what Yan Shi said, Xiao Zhu understood roughly that Yan Shi was not targeting him, but had a deep hatred for all human beings. However, facing the current situation, he also felt powerless and didn't know what to say to gain the other party's trust.

"Grandpa Yanshi, Brother Xiaozhu is really not a bad person. It was Sister Nuomi who asked us to come here." Cai'er explained again.

"Nuomi? Is it her?" Yanshi stuffed the red-hot iron block in his hand into the fire, then put the hammer on the iron felt beside him and patted his black hands. Although this had no effect, his hands were still dirty.

Yanshi walked out of the shabby house and looked Xiao Zhu up and down. He was puzzled and said, "Nuomi has lived for a thousand years. She experienced the catastrophe firsthand, and her loved ones died in that catastrophe. Why would she make the same mistake as the farmer and the snake?"

Xiao Zhu and Cai'er couldn't understand what Yanshi was talking to himself. Yanshi frowned tightly and didn't seem to want to explain to them.

"No, the only entrance to the Mirror Forest is now guarded by the Howling Moon Wolf Clan. How did you convince the Howling Moon Wolf Clan to come here?" Rock seemed to have discovered the key to the problem and immediately looked up at Xiao Zhu and asked.

"Howling Moon Wolf Clan?" When Xiao Zhu was in the Howling Moon Wolf Clan, he had been in a coma. He had no idea what was happening there. Now that he was asked by Yan Shi, Xiao Zhu was stunned for a moment.

"Didn't you encounter the Howling Moon Wolf Tribe when you came to the Elves?" Rock looked shocked. He thought that something unexpected happened to the Howling Moon Wolf Tribe.

"No, senior, it's just that I was in a coma at the time. I didn't wake up until I came to the elves and was treated by the elven queen. I don't know anything about what happened before." Xiao Zhu replied.

"Then who brought you here?" Rock asked.

"It's Shi'er." The purpose of Xiao Zhu's trip was to ask Yanshi to save Shi'er, so he told him the whole story.

He talked about how he got injured and how Xia Shi escorted him all the way here to save him.

After hearing what Xiao Zhu said, Yanshi fell silent. Xiao Zhu saw that his dark and powerful hands were trembling slightly, which meant that his heart was also in turmoil.

"It has been more than a thousand years, the Demon Cult has made a comeback, and the Shenyue bloodline has reappeared in the world. Could it be that the catastrophe is going to happen again?" said Rock.

"Senior, what did you say?" Ever since Xiao Zhu saw this rock, he felt that the other party had been talking nonsense.

"Well! Well! Come with me in! Since Nuomi has already recognized you, I, an old guy who should have been buried long ago, have no right to say anything more." Yanshi walked to another room, pushed open the door and walked in.

Hearing Yanshi's words, Xiao Zhu knew that there was hope for Xia Shi's earth spirit, and he said gratefully, "Thank you, senior!" Then he and Cai'er followed Yanshi into the room.

The furnishings in the room are simple, and the few pieces of furniture are mainly made of stone, which also shows that Rock is a person who does not care about these details of life.

The most eye-catching thing is that there is a circular stone platform on the far left of the room. There is nothing on the platform and no one knows what it is used for.

Yanshi noticed Xiao Zhu's gaze and said nonchalantly, "That is the confession platform. Over the past thousand years, I have often sat there to reflect on my own actions. If I had not helped Jin Ling'er to forge that damn blood colored glaze, I would not have caused so much suffering to the people of the world. Not only did it cause the human race to suffer a catastrophe, but more tragically, it also harmed the seventy-two alien races of the Lost Continent."

Xiao Zhu looked at the rock in confusion and asked, "Senior, are you really from the same generation as the Demon Sect's Jin Ling'er? As far as I know, those things happened more than a thousand years ago..."

Xiao Zhu didn't ask the second half of the question. What he wanted to ask was: "How did you live for more than a thousand years?"

"Well, yes, it was all over a thousand years ago. It has been 1574 years including this year!" Rock answered thoughtfully.

Xiao Zhu recalled the records he had seen in the History Museum of the Shenxue Sect of Huanling Kingdom. At that time, the time that Changyu Jinnian showed them was exactly "1572". Now, two years have passed, and the time point is exactly the same as what Yanshi said!

So, is Rock really a person from that era? How did he manage to live for more than a thousand years?

Yan Shi guessed Xiao Zhu's question and took the initiative to answer: "The elves are kind-hearted and have been blessed by God, which is the power of the Tree of Life. Therefore, their lifespan can reach ten times that of humans. For example, the elf queen Nuomi has lived for more than two thousand years. With her cultivation, if nothing unexpected happens, she can live for at least five thousand years. In this world, the only creatures that can compare with the elves in lifespan are the legendary dragons."

"As an old man, I have lived in the Mirror Forest for many years and have been nourished by the life force emitted by the Tree of Life. I was already old and frail a thousand years ago, but I didn't expect that in the following hundreds of years, my body would grow backwards, just like a dead leaf turning green again, and gradually recover to my prime."

"But I know that I have committed serious sins, so I choose to live in the far west of the Mirror Forest, far away from the elves' habitat. I sit in meditation and repent every morning and midnight, hoping that my dirty soul will not defile the pure and kind elves."

"Once the news that the Tree of Life here can prolong life is leaked, those greedy humans will flock here. By then, the elves will surely suffer. This is why I am extremely disgusted with humans coming here."

After hearing what Yanshi said, Xiao Zhu finally understood Yanshi's reaction when he saw Xiao Zhu, and the secret of how he could live for more than a thousand years.

"Senior Yanshi, I have been to Huanling Country and seen records about Jinling'er, the founder of the Red Lotus Sect. The records called Jinling'er a saint and praised her for saving the poor people in the Buluolan Snowfield. But the record was interrupted when Jinling'er went south. What happened after she went south? Why is your evaluation of her so completely opposite?" Xiao Zhu asked.

Rock snorted coldly and said, "Humph! Religious records are just embellished stories. Those cruel and inhumane facts will certainly not be recorded by them. It can be said that Jin Ling'er is the biggest sinner since the birth of mankind. Even those butchers who kill people without blinking an eye, their sins are not even one tenth of Jin Ling'er's."