Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1291 - 1226: Diary Written on the Leaves

Ten thousand years!

Huang Yi was slightly tongue-tied; it seems that the Blue Elf Clan has an extremely long lifespan, and in their eyes, ten thousand years doesn’t seem that long.

"How long have you been here?" Huang Yi continued to ask.

The Blue Elf shook its little head: "I don’t remember! Blue Elves have a long lifespan and can reincarnate, so they don’t care about time at all!"

As the Blue Elf spoke, it suddenly looked in another direction and shouted loudly: "Qing Yun, good afternoon!"

Huang Yi followed the gaze of the Blue Elf and immediately saw another Blue Elf stepping out of a mushroom cottage on the grassy field not far away.

The Blue Elf looked up at the towering Huang Yi and the Blue Elf named Lanlan on Huang Yi’s hand, and exclaimed: "Lanlan, how did you get caught? Who is this person? So tall! How did he come to our Elf Wonderland?"

"He came here by accident and seems not to be a bad person!" The Blue Elf named "Lanlan" on Huang Yi’s hand said.

Huang Yi chuckled, squatted down, and placed Lanlan in front of Qing Yun, saying: "Don’t worry! I’m not a bad person!"

"Oh dear! Faraway friend, we’re about to have lunch, forgive us that we can’t invite you to eat! Even if we take out all our food, you wouldn’t be full!" Qing Yun said, taking out a small blueberry, holding it in both hands against his chest, and gulping down mouthfuls.

"Ah! I just caught a snail! Where is it! Where is it!" Lanlan suddenly remembered something and hurriedly turned around, searching everywhere.

"Here it is!" Huang Yi turned around, looked at the place where the Blue Elf had just dropped the snail, and quickly found the little snail perched on a small stick; he gently pinched the snail and placed it in front of Lanlan.

"Lanlan has meat to eat! But you have to dry this kind of snail before it’s tasty! Remember to dip it in dew when eating." Qing Yun said enviously, staring at the snail.

Huang Yi no longer paid attention to the two Blue Elves, stood up, and continued to look around.

At this moment, he suddenly discovered a bundle of dried leaves placed outside a mushroom cottage not far away, as if it were a bundle of firewood placed outside a rural house for cooking.

He walked over gently, squatted down, and carefully picked up the bundle of leaves.

The bundle of leaves was tied with a grass root, and it seemed to have been there for a very long time; those leaves had lost their moisture a long time ago and turned a reddish-brown color.

The bundle had about seven or eight leaves, stacked neatly, feeling very soft to the touch.

"What is this thing?" Huang Yi asked Lanlan and Qing Yun, holding the bundle of leaves.

"That’s Green Leaf’s diary! But a lot of it was blown away by the wind; we did our best to help and managed to preserve these few pieces for him, though they’re all scattered. We’ll return it to him after he reincarnates!" Qing Yun said.

"Diary?" Huang Yi was suddenly taken aback and couldn’t help but closely examine the bundle of leaves.

As he looked, he indeed found the leaves filled with tiny words. These words were so small and dense that at first glance, nothing seemed visible.

Even with Huang Yi’s exceptional vision, he couldn’t make out the words on the leaves at all. He couldn’t help turning to Qing Yun and said, "Can you read the words on these leaves for me?"

Qing Yun tilted his little head, thought for a moment, and finally nodded, saying, "Alright! Anyway, I have nothing better to do all day, so I’ll read them for you!"

"Thank you!" Huang Yi said, immediately placing the bundle of leaves on his palm, and then stretched out his palm in front of Qing Yun.

Using both hands and feet, Qing Yun climbed onto Huang Yi’s index finger, walked all the way to the palm, came in front of the leaves, spent quite a bit of effort to untie the grass root, lifted the first leaf with both hands, sat down at the edge of Huang Yi’s palm, swinging his legs and started reading the leaf: "...A violent shockwave spurted from his mouth, emitting a sharp whistling sound, as if the surrounding space was all locked by this move! I used everything I learned throughout my life to narrowly avoid this move, and finally, the shockwave fiercely struck a flower, shaking off a petal! Such a powerful move, he is the most powerful locust I have ever encountered in my life..."

Qing Yun paused when reading that, swiftly scanned through the following sentences, shook his head, and said, "This leaf describes an epic battle he had with a locust on a morning glory! That battle was so intense and bloody that I can hardly bear to read on. That battle alone knocked off more than a dozen petals, and the aftershock even killed two mosquitoes, so astonishing!"

"Indeed very bloody! Very intense!" Huang Yi nodded seriously, picked up the second leaf from the palm, and handed it to Qing Yun, asking, "What is written on this leaf?"

Qing Yun put down the leaf on the palm, took the leaf Huang Yi handed over, cleared his throat, and began reading: "...I heard that Blue Elves who fall into the Barbarian God Temple have a very miserable end, being swallowed alive by the incarnation of the Barbarian God. And after being swallowed, they do not die immediately; they struggle for a long time in the stomach’s acid water before dying miserably. The body is corroded until nothing remains, making reincarnation and resurrection impossible. I really hope I never get sent to the Barbarian God Temple, I don’t want to die!"

After Qing Yun finished reading, he put down the leaf and commented, "No wonder Green Leaf took us to escape halfway! Such a death is indeed too tragic!"

"If it were me, I would escape too!" Huang Yi nodded, picked up the third leaf, and handed it to Qing Yun.

Qing Yun took the third leaf and continued reading: "...I remember at that time, every morning when the sun rose, as I walked out of my little treehouse, she would sit on a green leaf, smiling at me and say: ’Always stay happy!’ Every time I went far away, she would specially run to the front of my treehouse and say: ’Always stay happy!’ I always remembered her words, in the time of dining in the wind and dew, in the time of climbing mountains and crossing ridges, during the time of stars twinkling, no matter how great the difficulties and obstacles I faced, I would smile and remember her words ’Always stay happy!’ That time, many years later when I finally returned home, I could no longer see her, nor hear her say ’Always stay happy!’ Later, I heard from others that she was chosen by the elders to be sent to the Barbarian God Temple. Many years have passed, the maple tree grew taller, the leaves dropped, and her little house had already become dilapidated. But I will always remember, in those mornings when the sun rose, she would come to the leaf in front of my treehouse and say: ’Always stay happy...’

"Oh gosh! This is Green Leaf’s sad past!" Qing Yun put down the leaf, drooped his little head, looking very lost, "I also have many friends who were sent to the Barbarian God Temple! They never came back, the days playing with them used to be so joyful! Lord Barbarian God is too bloody, even though he is protecting the First World, we Blue Elf Clan have paid a terrible price! Our people are becoming fewer and fewer, sooner or later he’ll eat us all up!"

At this moment, Huang Yi handed over the fourth leaf.

Qing Yun raised his head again, took the leaf, pulled himself together, and read aloud: "...Oh my god! What to do! The Elders’ Council chose me! I am going to be sent to the Barbarian God Temple! I don’t want this! I don’t want to die! Boo hoo ~~ Why did they choose me! I still have so many places I haven’t been to! I haven’t traveled around this forest yet! The world is so wonderful, so exciting, I want to live! No, I can’t just be sent to the Barbarian God Temple like this, I have to think of a way. How about I find a secret place and commit suicide, turning into an ordinary Swan Mushroom, as long as no one comes to pick it, in about one or two ten thousand years, I can reincarnate and resurrect again! If there is someone kind-hearted who would plant me on their body, I can reincarnate and resurrect immediately... But this way also has big risks, what if someone picks me? How about I escape..." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"This leaf is indeed about us being sent to the Barbarian God Temple!" Qing Yun put down the leaf, patted his small chest, fearful, "Fortunately, we followed Green Leaf and ran away at that time! Otherwise, we would have been eaten by the incarnation of Barbarian God a long time ago!"

Huang Yi stroked his chin, pensive, "It seems Green Leaf is quite a thoughtful Blue Elf! He just said, if someone kind-hearted would plant him, he would be resurrected immediately, what does that mean?"

"Do you have any idea?" Qing Yun’s eyes suddenly lit up, repeatedly said, "We Blue Elves can reincarnate and resurrect after dying into an ordinary Swan Mushroom, but it takes quite a while to turn back to Blue Elf. If animals are willing to plant the Swan Mushroom we turn into after death on their body, using the animal’s Qi-blood to nourish our plant body, we can quickly resurrect and turn back into Blue Elf. Now Green Leaf has just died, he has already turned into a Swan Mushroom, if you are willing to help him, plant his Swan Mushroom on your body! You can plant it on your head, shoulder, arm, or foot, whatever body part will do, he will resurrect quickly. Just your appearance might look a bit strange, with a mushroom growing from you, it seems odd."

"However, doing this is very beneficial for you!" Qing Yun looked up at Huang Yi, continued, "We Blue Elves are mysterious Spirits of Vegetation, if you plant one on yourself, you can swiftly heal your wounds, strengthen your Divine Soul, enhance your Qi-blood, and boost your absorption ability, among countless benefits. And you can even turn into a Blue Elf yourself! You are tall and big, enemies can easily spot you, but if you turn into a little Blue Elf, it’s much harder for others to notice you. We Blue Elves have no Mana Fluctuations, others cannot perceive us, better than invisibility!"

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Always stay happy is a book friend from a few years ago, he used to leave comments in the book review section every day, but one day he just never came back. It has been years writing the book, written intermittently, now the condition is not as good as before, writing very slowly, very hard to persist until now, thank you all very much!

Numerous book friends come and go, like individuals encountered in life, who knows which day they might leave, without even saying goodbye, no matter what, wish you in the distance always stay happy.