I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

"..."

Bai Yi seemed to have thought of something.

"Bo Yun, send someone to look for it."

"Huh? You mean the murderer will target Brother Bai?"

"No...it shouldn't be..."

Bai Yi suddenly stood up and looked outside the prison.

A crisp sound of footsteps rang out.

Bai Yi's expression grew increasingly serious, and the wind swirling around him began to take shape.

"They've already taken action."

at last.

The footsteps stopped at the prison gate, and the person who entered was revealed.

"Oh? That gentleman?"

Du and Meng were first surprised, then suddenly trembled.

"Brother Bai, something's happened!"

"..."

Upon seeing the newcomer, Bai Yi's imposing manner gradually subsided.

"you."

She gazed at the group with a calm expression, as if she were just a passerby.

However, the sword in her hand was gleaming with sharpness.

Where is he?

Returning to the Thirty-One Immortals? Or spirits?

"Ugh, my head is spinning."

It felt as if he had just passed through a high-speed washing machine. When his feet touched the ground again, Bai Zhou could no longer bear the dizziness and collapsed to the ground, dry heaving.

But there's no time for him to recover comfortably now.

The person who had dragged him over glanced at him indifferently, raised his right hand slightly, and a large number of vines broke through the ground, binding Bai Zhou and hanging him up.

"Um...wait, can I throw up a little longer?"

"Watch your behavior, dragon boy. This is not a home where you can run wild."

A tranquil voice rang out, and Bai Zhou was finally able to see the appearance of the person who had kidnapped him.

It's very green.

The other person's eyes, hair, and clothes were all emerald green.

The other person was beautiful and serene.

Like a flower, it quietly blooms.

But what Bai Zhou cared about was not her appearance, but her identity.

"...extraterritorial evil spirits?"

Upon hearing Bai Zhou's whisper, the other party scoffed, and the vines binding Bai Zhou tightened even more, making it hard for him to breathe.

"It's an elf, kid!"

It was probably the identity of the extraterrestrial demon that Bai Zhou revealed that angered her.

But then she remembered something, and with a wave of her hand, the vines relaxed, allowing the daylight to catch its breath.

"Cough cough cough..."

He breathed in the air that gave him life during the day, and a few seconds later he looked up at the other person again.

"Alright, if you say it's an elf, then it's an elf."

"So, elf, what is the purpose of your visit?"

"You killed a high-ranking official of the imperial court, and kidnapped a citizen of the Great Yan... What is your purpose?"

Before the other party could answer, Bai Zhou spoke again:

"Kill the prefect of a prefecture, win over his relatives and friends to disrupt public order, and attract the military governor here."

"You're here for the military commissioner? You want to kill another military commissioner here?"

"Are you planning to take revenge on the True Dragon?"

"You want to endanger the Great Yan!"

Even when he was in danger and powerless to fight back, Bai Zhou showed no fear and his tone became even more stern.

"...This has nothing to do with my people."

Her response was tinged with guilt as she defended the innocence of her people.

"This is just something I did myself."

“My people have not broken the agreement. They are unaware of this matter.”

"Then why did you kill Lu Yun? Why did you sneak across the border of the Great Yan?"

The extraterrestrial demons are those "gods" who were once driven out of the realm by the true dragon.

They made a pact with the true dragon, vowing never to return to the Great Yan in exchange for the right to live.

The people in front of you are descendants of a certain "god".

She broke the contract and illegally crossed into Boyun Prefecture without the permission of the Great Yan government, where she murdered a Great Yan official.

If this matter is exposed, the Great Yan will never let it go, and her clan will suffer as a result.

"I want you to hear the reason behind this, and I will explain it clearly."

She gazed at the daylight, her eyes gentle and clear, like a pool of autumn water.

"Is this how you invite people to listen to your lectures?"

During the day, he swayed his body, but his feet couldn't reach the ground.

"...I'm sorry, but this is a necessary constraint."

"I can't let you go."

"I also won't let you release that thing."

The other party clearly knew about Xiao Zizai in Bai Zhou's arms, so even though their words revealed weakness, they had no intention of letting go of Bai Zhou.

"..."

Bai Zhou sighed.

"Say it, say it, hurry up and finish, I need to go back and take care of my husband."

"..."

The other party seemed to be organizing their words, and even during the day, they had time to observe their surroundings.

It's a cave, but compared to caves in the wild, it looks very clean.

The kitchen is fully equipped with pots, pans, bowls, bedding, and other household items, creating a lively atmosphere.

Moreover, the items here are arranged in a way that resembles the lifestyle of two people.

Bai Zhou glanced at the elf before him, then recalled Lu Yun's death, and made a decision in his mind.

Finally, the other party spoke.

"I've known him since we were children."

■

The story begins more than forty years ago.

At that time, Lu Yun was still a green fledgling, just like any ordinary child, full of curiosity about the vast world and goodwill towards living creatures.

He would help the elderly in the village with farm work, help the uncles and aunts take care of their children, and rescue those little creatures in distress.

He is a good boy.

But good children don't always have good fates.

Lu Yun's parents passed away a few years after his birth, and he grew up eating food from many families in the village.

Although I'm not wealthy, I'm comfortable enough to eat and wear. Aside from occasional feelings of loneliness, it's not a big deal.

In his spare time, he would go to the nearby mountains alone to pick herbs and sell them to the owner of the village pharmacy in exchange for some sweet soup.

It was precisely because of this that he had the opportunity to meet this elf.

The elf's name is Banxia.

This was the name Lu Yun gave her.

When the two first met, Banxia was a newborn girl who had lived in the forest for a long time and was unaware of the outside world. As a spirit born of nature, she cared a lot about every plant and tree in the mountains and forests.

Lu Yun often picked herbs alone, and after a while, Banxia started to target her.

Nature's spirits are kind by nature and do not wish to cause unnecessary killing. Banxia was the same; even though Lu Yun's method of picking herbs was extremely wasteful, she only used the vines in the forest to hold him upside down by the legs for a while as punishment.

"If you treat them like that again, I'll pluck out your branches and leaves until you're as bare as they are!"

The young elf sternly reprimanded the fledgling in front of him with his half-baked, learned language.

After being punished, Lu Yun stopped picking herbs indiscriminately and instead returned to the village to study diligently with the doctor in the pharmacy for a period of time before returning to the forest.

He wanted to see the little guy again.

"You, why are you here again?"

The elf glared at Lu Yun, who had repeatedly ventured into the forest. Vines draped him up, and the elf poked his face with a soft twig.