Elf: Is the bear apprentice the weakest? I'll shatter the sky with my fists.

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"Did you see it?"

He pointed to the drenched blood on the wall with a wry smile, his beard still streaked with sweat. "Even if you hide in a house blessed by a talisman, you may not be safe."

Nia silently threw a handful of silver powder into the fire, and the flames returned to orange.

The wind and snow were still blowing outside the house, but the bloodstains on the talisman paper were being absorbed by the wood at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Of course, this ghostly sight only appears on Ghost Parade night."

Opel spat some tobacco residue into the fireplace, sparks popping off, and he squinted his eyes as he looked at Li Chen. "In a way, you're pretty lucky."

"If I can come back alive, the profit will be enough to buy at least ten passes."

Call ~

The wind outside the house suddenly grew stronger, and the talisman papers on the window frames rustled.

"so......"

Opel stared at Li Chen and said in a hoarse voice, "Are you really going to go out and die?"

"There's no such word as 'sending oneself to death' in a trainer's dictionary."

Li Chen chuckled and stood up, his fingertips brushing across the edge of the curtains.

Although the thick cloth blocked out the outside world, he could still feel the slight vibrations coming from the window glass.

It was like the roar of countless horse hooves trampling across frozen soil.

"Isn't growth just about teetering on the brink of life and death?"

Li Chen turned around and said this, the white hair at his temples swayed without wind, as if invisible energy was surging.

"..."

The house fell into a long silence, with only the crackling of the burning wood in the fireplace echoing.

Opel stared at Li Chen and finally sighed deeply: "...Be careful of the nest."

"Thank you for reminding."

Li Chen nodded slightly.

Just at this moment, the thick soup in the iron pot began to boil with a "gurgling" sound.

The rich aroma instantly filled the entire wooden house.

Nia hurriedly tried to lift the lid of the pot, and the steaming hot air blurred everyone's complicated expressions.

The night was long and dark, and the sound of wind and snow outside the house gradually turned into white noise.

Li Chen leaned on the recliner beside the fireplace, the firelight dancing on his well-defined profile.

The two little ones, Meloetta and Celebi, curled up in the crook of his neck, snoring softly.

Opel and his daughter had already returned to their room to rest, and only the copper lamp engraved with runes was still lit.

Occasionally, the wick would emit a few sparks, casting fleeting shadows on the wall.

At one moment, the shadows seemed to form the outline of a crowned horse.

squeak squeak...

When the first ray of morning light penetrated the gap in the curtains, Li Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

Everything outside was completely silent, as if last night's ghost parade had been just a bizarre nightmare.

......

Dozens of trainers stood silently in front of the temple ruins eroded by wind and snow.

On their bare arms, identical peach runes glowed an eerie pink in the morning light.

The enchanting woman in the lead walked out slowly on the snow.

Her fingers with peach-pink nails gently stroked the mottled stone pillars, and she suddenly laughed softly:

"Are all the sacrifices ready?"

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Chapter 457: Decay? Rebirth...

The morning light is dim and the mist is thick.

Li Chen picked up his bag.

Oppel leaned against the oak door frame, his Adam's apple rolling up and down several times, and finally he just sighed: "Alas..."

Before he finished speaking, he turned into white mist and dissipated in the morning chill, just like the unburned firewood in the fireplace last night.

Knowing that he couldn't keep her, Oppel slowly opened the door.

After all, Li Chen is a gym-level trainer at a young age.

He even has a king-level Pokémon on him.

so......

Li Chen is not an ordinary person.

If I continue to persuade him, I will be a little ignorant...

The wooden door creaked open.

Li Chen stepped out, his figure outlined by a hazy edge of light, and his whole body blended into the cool morning light.

Oppel stood in the door frame, his rough hands folded behind his back, his knuckles slightly white.

His eyes were fixed on the figure that was walking away.

Finally, Opel's deep voice drifted slowly in the morning breeze: "Young man... may abundance be with you."

Li Chen paused slightly and turned his head sideways.

The sunlight slanted across his brow, illuminating the emotion that flashed across his eyes.

He pursed his lips slightly and nodded:

"Well, I appreciate your kind words."

After he finished speaking, Li Chen started walking again, and his figure gradually blended into the mist floating in the forest.

And Opel remained standing there until the morning breeze blew up a few fallen leaves and gently knocked on the door.

After saying this, Li Chen turned around and continued to move forward.

His back looks particularly tall and straight in the cold wind.

The wind gradually became stronger, blowing up the snow on the ground and swirling it in the air.

Li Chen's figure gradually moved away and finally disappeared at the end of the vast snowfield.

Opel still stood there, his eyes fixed on her for a long time.

He seemed to be waiting for something, and also saying goodbye to something.

"What is supposed to come has come."

Suddenly, a violent snowstorm hit without warning.

The howling wind raged like a wild beast, lifting Oppel's robe high up and making the hem rustle.

His figure gradually became blurred in the falling snow, and he was left alone in the ice and snow.

"Dad, do you think that young man will succeed?"

Nia asked in a soft voice, feeling very sleepy.

She yawned, half-closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembled slightly from time to time, and she threw herself into her father's warm arms like a lazy kitten.

Oppel also half-closed his eyes, his deep gaze penetrating the wind and snow in front of him, as if looking into the distant future.

He gently stroked Nia's head in his arms, speaking in a gentle tone:

"I think he will succeed."

"Among the young trainers we have met in the past hundred years, he is the most talented and powerful one."

"Unlike those trainers who only follow the rules, that boy's future is like a vast sky, with infinite possibilities..."

"Maybe he can really remove that restriction."

The blizzard came violently and went away quickly.

The violent wind and snow that were raging just a moment ago disappeared in an instant, as if cut off by some invisible force.

After the snow curtain dissipated, only an eerie silence remained between heaven and earth, and even the sound of the wind was frozen.

And that wooden house should have stood quietly on the snowy field.

At this moment, only a decaying ruin remains.

Broken beams were inserted diagonally into the snow, and charred wooden boards were scattered everywhere, looking dilapidated as if they had been gnawed by decades of time.

As the cold wind blew past, the remaining wooden frames groaned softly, silently telling of a buried truth.

"...We should have taken him away last night."

A faint sigh spread in the air, as light as the crisp sound of dead branches being crushed by accumulated snow.

A yellowed newspaper was picked up by the wind and then slowly fell down.

It was spread out on the snow, with several lines of glaring lead type printed on the front page.

Empire Daily: All members of the Spiritual Mystery Realm expedition team were killed, and no one survived.

On the edge of the newspaper, the photos of Opel and Nia were quietly embedded in black and white frames.

Their smiles were frozen in a moment of eternity, and the date in the lower right corner of the newspaper had long since become blurred, leaving only a few numbers barely discernible:

1925

......

Li Chen suddenly shuddered, and the hairs on the back of his neck stood up.

"Why do I feel so cold? Something is wrong..."

He frowned slightly and turned his head away thoughtfully.

All that meets the eye is the overwhelming blanket of snow and wind.

The whole world seemed to be wrapped in a pure white blanket, and it was so quiet that you could hear the rustling sound of snowflakes falling to the ground.

"Young man, go forward~"

The silver bell-like voice penetrates the wind and snow, carrying a jumping rhythm.

Li Chen was startled, and turned sideways following the sound. His eyes passed through the falling snow and fell on the familiar figure.

There was a patch of snow on its head, and the tips of the elf's ears trembled slightly.

The girl's petite figure was wrapped in a slightly thin outfit, almost blending in with her surroundings.

Probably like this

"It's you?"

Li Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, not expecting to meet this guide again.

"Yes, it's me~"

Irene smiled.

Tiny snowflakes fell on her long eyelashes and quickly melted into crystal water droplets.

She shook her shoulders nonchalantly, and the snow slid down.