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Chapter 25 Lemons and Herbs

In the year 99 of the Sisena Continent, two lemon trees that had just grown for a year at the entrance of the Cangchun City were comparing their heights with each other.

Although the lemon tree on the left is the elder brother, named Ning Yuan, and the lemon tree on the right is the younger brother, named Ning Zhong, but Ning Yuan is only about a day older than Ning Chong.

The date of birth of a tree is calculated according to the day it broke out of the ground.Every time he grows a year old, its annual rings will turn on one more time.

At that time, Ning Zhong and Ning Yuan were still two small saplings, without branches covering the sky and the sun, and without thick trunks.

The trees in Cangchun City are born with tree elves, and each tree elf governs an area, similar to human sentinels, used to maintain the security of the entire Cangchun City.Tree elves can move at will, but the range they can move also depends on their own size.

The parents of Ning Zhong and Ning Yuan used to be two lemon trees here, because they grew very huge, they were moved into the Tibetan Spring City to govern the central area, and they were replaced by the two of them.

"Brother, when will Sister Vanilla come to water us today?"

"Looking at the height of the sun, it should be coming soon."

The little tree elf Ning Yuan sat on the ground and looked at the sky. When he turned his head, he saw the vanilla elf walking over with a water bottle.

"Let me see if you have grown a little taller today?"

When Ning Zhong and Ning Yuan heard the sound, they all jumped up, ran over and said to Xiang Cao, look, I am taller than him.

Vanilla is a very gentle elf, responsible for watering all kinds of trees in the city, almost every two to three days, she will come over to water Ning Zhong and Ning Yuan.

Due to the remote location of the entrance to the Tibetan Spring City, except for the elves who rushed in and out of the trial, basically no elves would come over.So Ning Zhong and Ning Yuan, the only spirit with the best relationship is Vanilla.

"If I go out to perform tasks one day, I will definitely bring you some soil from the outside, so that you can taste it." Every time Xiang Cao finished watering them, she would squat beside them and pat their heads. , Tell them what happened in the city, and talk about interesting things outside.

"Sister Vanilla must keep what she said."

"Of course it counts." Vanilla said seriously, "If it doesn't count, I will never see you again."

Ning Zhong threw himself forward and covered Vanilla's mouth, his small palm was very strong.

"The next time you come here, Miss Vanilla, remember to bring more water for my younger brother. He is growing faster and faster, and will soon surpass me, and needs more water than me."

"I'm already taller than you." Ning Zhong said proudly with his arms folded in disbelief.

Vanilla looked at them and laughed out loud: "The relationship between you two is still so good."

"That's natural, after all, there are only two of us here."

As Vanilla said, a month later, she was sent by the city lord to deal with the random felling of trees by humans.Before leaving, Xiang Cao stood at the door and bid farewell to Ning Chong and Ning Yuan, telling them that she would definitely come back within one month at most.

"Be careful on the road."

"Humans are very cunning, you have to take care of yourself."

Xiang Cao patted their heads, waved to them, and walked out. Who would have thought that a farewell would be forever.

The human beings who were given an ultimatum united an entire village to develop a catch net specifically for elves. For low-level elves, such a net is enough to kill them.

"Elves shouldn't exist."

"Without you, nothing can limit our freedom anymore."

"When I pull out your wings, I'll see how you report back and judge us."

Poor Vanilla was tortured in that village, the electrified net, as long as she moved, would pierce her skin like ten thousand silver needles.

Her wings have already been pulled out by humans, and even her tongue has been cut off by humans.Unable to speak, she shed tears all day, and finally died in that net.

It will be several months before Ning Zhong and Ning Yuan know about this matter.When the new judge walked out of the gate, Ning Zhong stopped him.

"Uh, may I ask, is vanilla back?"

"vanilla?"

"Well, it's the elf who was responsible for watering us before."

"Don't you know? Vanilla died while performing a mission, and I'm here to deal with it."

died?dead. dead
The heads of Ning Zhong and Ning Yuan buzzed as if being struck by a blunt instrument, and the phrase "dead" was played over and over again in their minds. They stared blankly at the elf who walked out of the city gate, In a trance, it seemed to see the back of Vanilla.

"Brother she's dead. She's dead." Ning Zhong repeated these words over and over again, and he just sat in a daze against Ning Yuan until the sun went down.

The elf who came back a month later brought back Vanilla's body. The body with its wings pulled out and covered in bruises was being held by him as a princess and brought back to Tibetan Spring City.

Even if the elves die, their bodies will not rot. They must be brought back to the Tibetan Spring City and buried before they can be turned into essence and absorbed by the tree.

There is a sycamore tree in the center of Zangchun City, which is the corpse of the ancestor of the elves.After she died, she turned into a tree seed, which grew in Cangchun City.Up to now, it has become a monument of the elves, and all the dead elves will be buried there.

That was the last time Ning Zhong saw that face, and there were still traces of tears on it.He wanted to chase after him to take a second look, but Ning Yuan grabbed him and shook his head to signal him not to be impulsive.

That night, Ning Yuan sneaked into the city secretly with Ning Zhong. They walked through the streets and alleys and went straight to the plane tree.The street was really dark that night. They ran hard, but they heard the voice of a spirit guide coming from the other side.

"The elder ordered that the corpse be buried as soon as possible, and try not to let too many elves know about it. Not to mention that this elf failed to fulfill its mission, it was actually caught by humans. It is an unprecedented shame for the elves."

"Yes."

In the dark, Ning Yuan covered Ning Zhong's mouth to prevent him from crying, but he couldn't help crying, his lips were bitten and he didn't make a sound, they watched the elves from a distance A shovel handled the corpse casually, like a traitor.

The sky gradually brightened, the little Ning Zhong returned to the door and leaned against his brother, talking nonsense in a daze, Ning Yuan wiped away his tears and looked at the rising sun and said softly: "It's okay, it's still a long time, There is always a way for us to avenge her."

"Those who made her suffer, one day I will make them pay back twice."

This is the oath that Ning Zhong swore on that day.

To this day, he still can't forget the scene of that night. In the dark night, a few spirit guides tiptoed and buried the corpse indiscriminately.No prayers, no extradition, not even a cry of sorrow for her.

In this cold city, all the laws and tasks are everything, no one cares whether you have been tortured or not, and how worthless your death is.

(End of this chapter)