Leading by the dwarf monster, after passing through a golden oak forest, everyone came to the center of the valley. There was a clearing in the forest. Amid the bright light pouring from above the cave, a small hill was standing. A towering ancient tree grew above the hill, which was so old that it could hardly grow new branches, and an old face grew on the dry and cracked bark.

Seeing that face, Fang Yu seemed to subconsciously guess that this was the owner of the voice. At this moment, he felt that the other party seemed to have taken their direction inadvertently.

Then, he once again heard the slightly gentle and old voice in the spiritual world:

"Thank you for coming here, young men."

Fang Ling immediately asked, "What is this place? Why did you ask us to come here for? Is it because of the monsters outside?"

"Don't worry, I will answer your questions one by one. They are not monsters, but ancient guardians." The voice replied slowly.

"Ancient Guardian?"

"In ancient times, our masters created our two tribes and allowed us to protect the heart of the mountain. A thousand years ago, a war swept across the earth, and the power of darkness invaded our land. In that war we paid a heavy price to repel our opponents. Not long ago, a group of humans came here, and from them, I felt the same darkness again. I had a premonition of anxiety. Sure enough, shortly after that, Crystal fell into madness. I felt that she seemed to be looking for the heart of the mountain, but now I am old and no longer a opponent of Crystal. In order not to make the heart of the mountain miss, I cannot turn to you for help."

The war a thousand years ago was almost certainly a battle of giants, which brought the destruction of Esolin and the final departure of the Noumerin elves.

He asked, "But what exactly is the heart of the mountain? Who is your master? Who is Crystal?"

"The Heart of the Mountain is the center of the crystal vein buried under Nognes, an almost completely pure etheric crystal, which is the intersection of all the etheric rivers of Nognes and the starlight. Once it is lost, the land will become a dead land. The crystal is its guardian, and the crystal creatures you see outside are only part of her. As for our master—"

Fang Yu was slightly stunned, which means that this guardian, Crystal, is probably the existence of the Jingxi Beast described in the log that controls the Jingxi Beast behind it.

What is this, cluster thinking, Gestalt?

Speaking of this, the old voice paused, "You probably have guessed that our master is exactly what you call Cinsas. Our masters have a dragon-like appearance, and are very different from your gorgeous scales."

This was not beyond his expectations.

It was indeed the Cinthas snake man, but this old tree man looked loyal and honest, and was quite good at flattering. He had a dragon-like appearance, wasn't he just a reptile?

However, the matter of Chongshan Heart still shocked Fang Yu. The deep-buried crystal veins in the earth determine the flow of the Ether River on the continent. Since the life and energy in this world are closely related to the activities of the Ether, it can be said that these flows continuously Ether shape everything on the floating continent.

Once the Ether River is exhausted or changed direction, it is unimaginable what will happen afterwards. He has long heard of rumors about the Heart of Crystals - the huge etheric flow will shape nearly pure elemental crystals, and they are the core and center of a regional magic flow.

But all this collapse is just a rumor. No one has ever seen the Crystal Heart or even confirmed it. Who would have thought that there would be a Crystal Heart in the Piriyed Mountains?

He digested this huge amount of information before asking again: "But you said that Crystal is looking for the heart of the mountain, but as its caretaker, does she not know where it is?"

"Because Crystal is only responsible for resisting foreign enemies, and the true desire for the mountain is actually here, which is guarded by our clan for generations. However, Crystal will guess this sooner or later, and she has come to test it more than once, and it is difficult for me to stop her covetous desire for the desire for the desire for the mountain. This is exactly why I need you to come here."

"You want us to help you block her?"

"Not only that," the voice's owner shook his head, "Wait for a moment, young man, I will give you a satisfactory reply."

At this time it suddenly raised its voice, allowing a deeper and deeper sound to echo in the valley:

"...Thank you all for coming to the Ashwood Forest. Although you may have different reasons for coming here, your experience may be similar. The crystal blocked the exit outside, and she could not let you go back to the ground alive. The purpose of your coming here is very simple, that is, to live - at least at this point, we have a common enemy."

"I can provide you with a relatively safe shelter until your rescue arrives. But all this is not in vain, because Crystal will attack this place soon, and I find a way to gather you here, maybe not survive, but rely on you."

It turns out that this place is called Ashwood Forest, but these two passages are obviously not what they said.

Only then did Fang Zhu notice that there were many people gathering in the valley.

He even saw Yamatolan and others who arrived first, as well as the short beards of Anley in the crowd.

On one side are two other groups of people, one of which is obviously much larger, but the costumes do not belong to the same guild, and they seem to be some scattered candidates.

As for the remaining group, it was obviously much more organized, with more than twenty people wearing uniform gray-purple battle robes. They were the farthest from everyone, only looking at the giant trees on the hills from a distance.

When the big cat man saw this group of people, he couldn't help but pat Fang Zhu's shoulder and pointed his claws in that direction.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Fang Yu nodded and signaled that he could understand that these people might be those who are reflected in time and never saved.

Since the Qihai Brigade and his group entered the valley at the latest, almost no one noticed this direction behind them for a while.

Fang Ling asked the walnuts underground to reflect the time and asked him: "Do you know those people?"

"They are from the Twilight Guild." Time Reflection recognized the other person at a glance.

"Twilight Guild, do you know them?" Fang Yu asked again.

Time nodded, "They are the largest guild in this area and our allies. However, they live in seclusion on weekdays and are very mysterious. They are active in their own territory and rarely deal with the outside world, and ordinary people will not mess with them."

At the end, he added with some confusion: "So they have arrived, why didn't we get through?"

"Alliance? Can allies not save them when they die?" Fang Yu shook his head and reflected the events and time before.

The latter was obviously a little surprised when he heard this, and obviously he had not completely digested it for a while.

Fang Yu shook his head and said this to Shi Ruiying. After he looked at the people again and had already labeled the other party suspiciously.

Mun Yarit's voice was still echoing in the valley, and the gathering of callers had already started to talk.

However, the people from Yamatolan and the Twilight Guild performed significantly better, and they only gathered together and discussed in a low voice.

The free-chosenators performed differently, and they were much more casual than that, and they were in a mess, as if they were in the downtown area, and some people were still taking photos with the recording crystals in their hands.

Fang Yu couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this scene. The era of free-chosenators was replaced by the era of Super Athletic League, which is not without reason.

There are not many excellent people among the free callers, but most people have too far different combat power than organized guild callers.

However, although the past era has disappeared, it does not mean that the free caller and pioneer have lost the meaning of existence. This does not mean that the Flores's descendants are correct now.

These scattered summoners seemed to have been lost in this area or attacked by crystals, and only came here by the help of Moon Yarit. They probably never thought of leaving alive.

Suppose they really have to face the attack from Crystal next, these people don’t know if they can be reliable.

But judging from the experience of time reflection, the people of the Twilight Guild are likely to be completely unreliable.

The only people left are Yamatolan. Although they have worked together once, they have no idea about each other.

"I'm afraid I'll have to rely on my own people in the end." Fang Rong thought.

"Are you going to stay in this place?" Big Cat Man asked at this time.

Fang Zhu nodded.

However, what he was concerned about at this moment was no longer Tu Yuanjing's affairs, but the heart of the mountain.

Of course, he didn't have any ideas about it, but who wouldn't be curious about such things? And this mission line buried deep in the Piriyed Mountains should also have a lot of rewards, right?

I just don’t know what Mun Yarit’s plan is. If they are asked to deal with Crystal, it’s better to give up as soon as possible.

But if you just persist here until the reinforcements arrive, it will only take two days to calculate the time, and the Qihai Traveler can wait for them at Howling Mountain Pass for a day or two.

Then he said to others what Mun Yarit had said to him before.

"...So the earth source crystal can be seen everywhere here, so there is no need to worry about not being able to find it, but I care more about the heart of the mountain than that."

Reed nodded, his view was slightly different, "If this really concerns Nognes's safety, we naturally have no choice."

After listening to the conversation between the two, Silmide suddenly smiled, "I'm a little interested in this matter," he said.

Fang Yu couldn't help but look at her a little surprised, "Silweid, are you interested in such a thing?"

The ship officer nodded and explained very seriously:

"The seven minarets are built on the main vein of the Ether River in each continent. The Ether River passing outside Gula Harbor and Fenris Island also flows through here. Although both minarets in Kaurin have fallen, they will never suffer any loss after studying them."

It seemed that most people had no objection, and Fang Yu looked at the others again, "What about you guys?"

"Let's stay here to help you find Tuyuan Crystal," replied the underground walnut representative Titanium Pea and others. "Anyway, our strength will not be useful in the next battle."

This is undoubtedly a wise choice, but finding the earth source crystal vein is not that easy, it requires quite professional skills.

"If you don't let Jita follow you, you have to protect her."

"No need," said Beji, who had not spoken. The girl looked at them and replied concisely: "I can."

After Fang Rong asked, he learned that Betty himself was also an apprentice of the Orenze Craftsmen Association and was quite talented in mineral identification.

However, it is not surprising to think about the other party following his outstanding brother's pace.

But why doesn’t my sister think so?

He looked at Tang Xin a little strangely, but Tang Xin didn't know what the pigeon was thinking, so she frowned and rolled her eyes.

After being despised by his cousin again, Fang Yu was physically and mentally injured, and then the big cat man suddenly spoke:

"Ed, do you remember what we found out in Pachiva?"

Fang Zhu was slightly stunned.

They found out a lot of things in Pachiva, but he thought about it before realizing which one the other party said.

"Mr. Reed, are you talking about the abnormal decrease in crystal veins in Nognes?"

Reed nodded, "If you look at these two things together, the people you mentioned may be those we had guessed before."

Fang Yu only then remembered this incident. By the way, he almost forgot to ask about the humans whose 'dark breath' were mentioned in Mun Yarit.

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What he didn't expect was that this opportunity came very quickly.

Not long after, Moon Yarit asked the people of the Gray Tree to leave the valley with a group of candidates, but specifically asked the little monster to take them to another place.

It was a square made of ancient trees.

There, an extremely tall old tree man had been waiting for them for a long time.

Its long whiskers hang all the way to the ground, leaving traces of burning from the left shoulder to the left leg. The cracked bark has completely turned into scalloped scales, with a low, buzzing echo when it opens:
To be continued...