blue whales under the stars

There was not only one person returning to the lounge of the European tour group, there were seven or eight people in a team looking at each other in blank dismay at the closed door of the lounge.The boy who pushed the door first stuttered halfway and began to fall into deep self-doubt: "Who pinches me, am I dreaming just now?"

Just as someone stretched out his hand to touch him, the door of the lounge behind him was pulled open with a "swish".The head of the group used their most familiar expression—that is, no expression, standing at the door, looking down at them with their obvious height advantage.

A group of people shivered together, and the range of stuttering also spread: "Tuan, group leader!"

The culprit had already buried his head in his chest, wishing he could tuck himself into a storage pocket.He moves like a groundhog whose tail is pulled, and there are one, two, three, four, and one whole family of groundhogs by his side.

Kur looked at the team members in front of him. Just as he was about to speak, a small light purple head suddenly appeared on his shoulder.

Kool turned sideways to make room for Sandor.The two of them had just stood up when a suspicious voice came from not far away: "What are you doing here?"

The group of people in front of them responded honestly: "Senior Clever."

The person who came was a tall and thin boy with gray hair, wearing a pair of thin-rimmed round-frame glasses. After he approached, he saw Kuer behind the crowd. After nodding to the others, he said to Kuer: , I was just looking for you."

The Groundhog Squad dispersed as if they were about to receive an amnesty, and left the precious opportunity to get along with the team leader to the "school girls" and their deputy team.Clever looked at the back of the squad with some doubts: "What happened to them?"

Kuhl's neck was injured and his vocal cords were involved, so Clever didn't really intend to ask for an answer. He carried his lunch box into the lounge and only noticed the two dinner plates on the table.

"Huh?" Clever realized that there was one more person in the room. He turned his head and glanced at Sandor, who was blocked by Kur's figure, and waved his hand to greet him, "Hello."

This time he asked Kuer sincerely: "Boss, your friend?"

Kur nodded, and Sandor didn't want to burden him with his words, so he introduced himself: "Hi senior, I'm Sandor Renao, a first-year elemental student."

"I'm Clever Ivan." Clever adjusted his glasses, looked at Sandor seriously, and said, as if he remembered something, "Are you the little girl who helped out?"

……

Kur corrected with a hoarse voice: "Boy."

Clever raised his eyebrows: "Leverley and I are talking about school girls."

Kuhl began to re-evaluate the use of the fork just now.

Before the leader and the deputy group were about to discuss each other with a fork, another deputy group finally brought the topic back to the right track.Clever opened the chair and sat down, and put his own lunch box on the table: "I just came back from my teacher, and there is an ancient book in her collection, which records an example similar to your current situation."

The other two people in the room looked at him.

Clever glanced back at the door, raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and the door automatically dropped the latch.When he simply placed the restraint in the house, Kuer said in a hoarse voice: "I thought that the pursuit of silent spells is to have no sound."

Clever coughed lightly: "The sense of ritual is also very important."

Kool was noncommittal.

Clever motioned in Sandor's direction calmly: "Shall I continue?"

Kur nodded.

A flash of surprise flashed in Clever's eyes. He guessed that this freshman had a special identity, but he didn't expect that the other party was so special that he didn't even need to avoid keeping the secret of this situation.However, Kuhl has always done things properly, and Clever did not delay any further. He took out a roll of parchment from the silver chain on his wrist, and rubbed some quaint characters and patterns on it.

Clever explained: "The first paragraph says that in the 32s of the 40nd century, the son of a gardener from an upper-class aristocratic family showed signs of magic poisoning. After two years of treatment, the gardener's son was safe, but the elements The potential finally dropped to the first order."

Sandor frowned.

Clever didn't notice it, and he continued: "The sign of magic poisoning mentioned in it shows that there are black marks all over the body. The elemental energy first appears black impurities, and then it is gradually occupied by black, and finally it is completely blocked, so his Potential will drop so quickly."

"The previous ones don't have much to do with us," Clever said, "but look at this."

He laid out the sheepskin roll and pointed it to Kur: "Does this diagram look familiar?"

Sandor sat across the table and couldn't see the contents of the parchment clearly, but after seeing what Clever was referring to, Kuer's expression on the opposite side became obviously serious.He looked around, as if looking for something, Clever grabbed an empty water glass from the table and handed it to him.

Kuer took the water glass, put his five fingers together, and slammed down with his palm, the movement was crisp and neat.The water glass in his hand shattered at the sound, but Kuer's strength was controlled very precisely, the glass split into two sharp lines along the wind of his palm, other than that, no debris splashed out.

Clever took half of the cup from him, and compared the split cross-section with the schematic diagram.It was only then that Sandor noticed that there were some deep or shallow black marks on the section of the cup split by Kuhl's palm.

The cup is made of clay, and the color is very uniform. There are no black stripes on the outside or inside. These black stripes appearing on the fractured surface can only come from the person who touched it.

Clever put down his glass: "Very similar."

"However, your specific situation is different from his. The gardener's son has been deteriorating and has not improved, and finally lost his potential. Boss, your process is exactly the opposite of his. The black part is getting less and less."

Kool didn't show much joy: "The speed is too slow."

Clever also knew this. After school started, in addition to his personal studies, the team tasks of the European tour group also gradually increased. Coupled with the Skyhunting Club who was watching from the sidelines, it was no wonder that Kur felt that his recovery was too slow.

He continued to translate the contents of some parchments: "The person who saved the life of the gardener's son at that time was the young master of the upper-class nobleman. He tried to use the energy of the light element to expel the black impurities in the body of the gardener's son, and the effect was very good. That's right. It's just that the young master's personal ability is not enough, and he still couldn't make the gardener's son heal in the end."

Ku Erdao: "Not capable enough?"

Clever shrugged: "It says so."

The real situation is hard to say, the 1000th century is one of the centuries with the most obvious status, and only the son of a gardener was injured.This kind of thing has passed for nearly [-] years, and who knows the truth.

Clever said: "Since the records say that light elements are useful, why don't we find a light magician to try?"

Kuhl's injury has become a heartache for the Ouxingtuan. Now that he can make some progress, Clever's spirit has been cheered up. He analyzed: "There has been no new light magician in the mainland for decades. The famous light magicians have been recruited by the church, and the only two types of magicians missing in the academy are light magicians and dark magicians."

Although you can go to the church to find someone, but that involves too many implications, and the cost may be higher than recovering slowly.

"Or," Clever tapped the table with his fingers, "we can also find an elemental student of the light department. Although the college has not received a student of the light department for a long time, I just found out that one of the freshmen this year happened to be There is one, how about asking him to come and help?"

——whale——whale——whale——

Mu Ye, who didn't know that he was missed by someone far behind him, was writing seriously in his notebook with an ink pen.

After leaving the mountains and forests, he bought paper and pens in nearby towns for backup. When the two set off from the seaside, some more notebooks with the humidity of the sea breeze were added to Starman.The book that Mu Ye is writing now is "Records of Bird's Back Flying". He just named it two days ago. Compared with a formal record, it is more like a loose and leisurely record.

On the opened page, there is a big bird with round head and round wings painted on the left side, and the same round eyes are also painted on purpose, which looks cute even at a glance.Below the picture are the properties of the crystals that Big Bird ate today, as well as its cry and body length ratio.The page to the right of Big Bird is about the place where the two stayed today. This is a small forest that doesn't even have a trace on the map, but the shape of the leaves inside is surprisingly beautiful.

When Mu Ye was seriously taking notes, Bai Cang watched quietly behind him, and by the way, when his mouth was empty, he reached out to feed him a new fruit.

The two have flown more than 300 miles all the way, and they are getting closer and closer to their destination.The letter bird basically lands once every half a day, and flies back to the ground to rest at night.Most of the time, they will not enter the town, but choose to settle in the outskirts of the city or in the woods, in case the oversized letterbird attracts any attention.

If you don't go to the city, you have to come by yourself for meals and breaks. With Mr. Lan Jing around, Mu Ye ate very satisfactorily all the way, and his originally thin cheeks became a little rounder.

After living in the mountains and forests for 18 years, and trekking through mountains and rivers alone, after meeting Mr. Blue Whale, Mu Ye only felt that he had met the best companion animal in the world.Whether it's going to St. Paul's College or traveling together on such a long journey, Mu Ye feels that the road ahead is full of expectations.

Every day is brand new, every day has surprises, and every day when I close my eyes, I look forward to the next day.

The destination that Xinniao received was Yarman, and it didn't know the way to the mountain forest, so it needed Mu Ye and Bai Cang to go by themselves.However, the distance from Yarman to the forest is very short, and it only takes half a day to hike. Compared with the long distance to the beach, the last part of the road is very short.

As before, the letter bird with the St. Paul's logo on its body entered the border without any hindrance.The place it chose to land was a small piece of woods within the national border. Yarman's area is not large, but it is surrounded by mountains and forests, and the environment is very good.The letter bird folded its wings and landed on the ground, and accidentally bumped a tree with its snow-white buttocks.

When Bai Cang jumped off his back with Mu Ye in his arms, he just heard Xinniao's aggrieved cry.Seeing that the weight on his body disappeared, Nobudori turned around by himself, trying to straighten the tree with his head and long neck.Its wings are too big compared to the tree, and it will blow the tree away if you are not careful.But even though it was so serious, the final result was still not very satisfactory. Although the tree was pushed back by its head, it was pushed too far and turned in another direction.

After being tormented by Xinniao, even the roots of the young tree turned up. Xinniao looked at the crooked tree in front of him, then turned back to look at the two of them, and let out a very innocent cry.

Bai Cang: "..."

stupid bird.

He reached out and grabbed Mu Ye who wanted to go up to help, and asked the child to stand behind him and not run around.Afterwards, Bai Cang raised his hand and hit Xinniao's head lightly with a water polo, making him back up a bit.Facing the expectant sight coming from behind him at the same time, Bai Cang was relieved and helpless. He waved his hand, and several water chains formed from the air, pulling the tree back upright.

The raised soil on the ground was also washed by the water and returned to the roots of the tree. Bai Cang took out a Yuan Beast Ball from the Star Man, opened it to Xinniao, and then ordered him to go in with the bird language.

Bai Cang's method is naturally not the procedure for a regular animal trainer to use the Yuan Beast Ball, but he has always cheated with peace of mind, and Xinniao also fluttered its wings, and was quickly put into the Yuan Beast Ball.

The two people came out of the woods and found a shop area not too far away. After asking, they learned that this was the eastern area of ​​Yarman, only twenty miles away from the forest where Muye was.

They repaired here for a while, then set off and started walking towards the forest.It was spring, and the area of ​​Yarman was full of flowers and plants. Mu Ye pointed out various plants to Mr. Blue Whale all the way, with anticipation and happiness evident in his tone and actions.When he spoke, he also began to often end with "We have the same beautiful ones over there", which made Bai Cang also infected by his tone, and the smile on his face obviously became more.

However, unlike Mu Ye who was full of expectations, Bai Cang's heart was still heavily suppressed by a true or false guess.

It was already afternoon when they landed, and the two of them hurried on, but they still couldn't get back to the forest before dark.The long-distance flight was not an easy task, Bai Cang didn't intend to let Mu Ye exhaust his energy just to make the journey, not to mention that after leaving Yarman, the road back to the mountains was even more difficult than walking on the flat ground.The two stopped in a small town not far from the border of Yarman, and found a hotel to stay.

The further you go to the border, the more you can feel the remoteness and rigor here.The situation of the town is very different from the town when they landed in the afternoon. Not only are there fewer people, but some temporary protective facilities are also very obvious. In many inconspicuous details, traces of the beast horde can be seen .

There is a tavern near the hotel, and the dinner for the two of them was settled in the tavern.Mu Ye had already eaten a lot of fruit when he was on his way, but now he is not very hungry, and he is not very attentive when eating.It happened that someone was chatting at the table next to them. They seemed to be regular customers here. An uncle with a beard complained: "Every time they practice, they have to avoid it. I can't go back to my own home! It's really annoying!"

Someone on the side persuaded: "Forget it, they train to resist the beast tide. I heard that there are magicians and warriors among them, which is scary. If you get close and accidentally hurt yourself, you will be killed if you borrow your life from God." Not enough!"

Another person laughed at him: "You still say, you can't blame your stupid old man for this matter? Last time he chose a land to build a house, he was flattened by the army who came to train. As a result, the army came back again after 25 years , the house he built for you is still in the human training ground!"

There was a burst of good-natured laughter around, but Mu Ye couldn't help frowning.The beast tide obviously happens every 20 years, why did this person say 25 years?

The group of people chatted while drinking, and the atmosphere was very lively. Mu Ye was not very good at dealing with strangers. He hesitated for a while, and said to Mr. Lanjing: "I want to ask."

Bai Cang looked up at him: "Huh?"

Mu Ye hurriedly said, "I'll be right back," and walked towards the wooden table next to him. He found a kind-looking uncle, and said cautiously, "Hi, may I ask when the next beast swarm will be?"

The man was asked suddenly, looked at him curiously, and then said, "Son, are you an outsider? The next beast tide will be next year. If there is nothing wrong, don't come to Yarman next year."

Mu Ye's doubts deepened. When he left, the clan clearly said that there were three years left in the beast tide, and they wanted to send the young clansmen to training in advance.Thinking of this, he couldn't help but said, "The people who came here to train are Arman's army?"

The uncle said: "Yes, it's them. Outsiders are not allowed to approach military training, so they always find a small town with the fewest people to build a training ground. No, it's ours."

Mu Ye asked: "Then, does the army allow those who want to participate in the defense of the beast tide to join the training?"

The uncle looked surprised: "Why, they don't even allow anyone to look at them. All of them are soldiers recruited by Yarman early in the morning, and no one else is allowed to go."

He sighed: "If we hadn't been selected several times to build a training ground, we wouldn't know what they were doing, and the army would have kept the secrecy strict."

Mu Ye was flustered, but he couldn't show it. After he hurriedly thanked his uncle, he returned to Bai Cang.

Naturally, Bai Cang also heard the conversation between the two.He asked the person calmly: "Are you full, shall we go back?"

Mu Ye answered a beat later, and when the two returned to the hotel, he kept tossing and turning, unable to calm down.

He has already told Mr. Lan Jing the doubts in his heart, but now the situation is unclear, and Bai Cang can only comfort him to think about it tomorrow.After such a toss, it was almost midnight when Mu Ye fell asleep, but the next day when it was dawn, he got up from the bed inside Bai Cang.

The beast spirit does not need to replenish energy with sleep, Bai Cang noticed it when the person sat up.But Mu Ye usually doesn't wake up so early, even if they are busy on the road these days, they have never woken up in such a hurry.Knowing that the boy was worried about going home, Bai Cang didn't say much. The two left the town early and walked towards the forest again.

On the way out this time, Mu Ye's mood was obviously much lower than before.The many beautiful flowers and leaves on the side of the road were not praised by him, and Bai Cang took the initiative to ask a few times, so he answered the names of those flowers and plants belatedly.

Bai Cang held Mu Ye's hand all the way. He watched the boy's worry and longing in the corners of his eyes and brows, and suddenly wished that the road in front of him would be longer.

A little more time, leave that pure heart to prepare.

After walking for a long time, the road under my feet changed from flat to an upward trend. The environment on the mountain climbing road was still very good, but the people in the scene didn't care to appreciate it.Mu Ye buried his head in his walk, he was used to walking in the mountains and forests, and he didn't feel too tired when he climbed the mountain, but his brows were weighed down by a lot of worries.

The closer he was to the place where the tribe lived, the more nervous Mu Ye became.He began to look around constantly, but the nearby lush forest and undergrowth failed to give him a reassuring answer.

The trek all the way came to an end, and when the distance got closer, Mu Ye's breathing became short of breath.

When he walked in front of a birch tree, Mu Ye's movements suddenly stopped.

Bai Cang looked at him sideways, but Mu Ye was full of disbelief. He let go of Bai Cang's hand and ran to the bottom of the tree.

Afraid that he would fall, Bai Cang hurriedly followed him.The boy walked around under the tree several times, but the expression on his face became more and more panicked.

"Where..." he murmured, "Why is it missing..."

Bai Cang held Mu Ye's shoulder and said in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

Mu Ye hastily raised his finger and pointed it under the tree: "There is a stone tablet with inscriptions on it, with 'Yunshan' on the front and the names of our people on the back. It was still there when I left, but it's gone now!"

Bai Cang paused, then said: "Maybe there is something, let's go ahead and see?"

Mu Ye was clearly flustered, he nodded indiscriminately, and continued walking forward listening to Bai Cang's words.

The two left under the tree, and Bai Cang looked back at the ground at the root of the tree, where the green grass sprouted and the vegetation was even, without any trace of being dug up.

The stele was already very close to the place where the clansmen lived, and the two of them walked for a few minutes, and it should be the place where Mu Ye grew up.

But things are not as expected.

The further he walked, the more unable Mu Ye could continue to deceive himself.His strength was taken away by the steps under his feet, and when the two of them reached a flat place covered with large blades of grass, Mu Ye suddenly tripped over a very obvious stone under his feet.

"careful!"

Bai Cang reached out to hug him in time, and the boy who had not yet grown up was held in his arms, but he slid down little by little as if he had lost all strength.

"Xiaoye," Bai Cang frowned, he bent down and picked him up, "Xiaoye, what's wrong with you?"

The boy in his arms was thin and fragile, and the little plumpness he had managed to raise these days was instantly pulled out of his body.

"Here...is the only place where we cleared the ground for a meeting."

His voice is getting softer.

"When I was a child, my knee was broken by the stone bricks on the ground..."

Bai Cang hugged the man, standing in a lush and barren grass, deeply frowned.