Chapter 1227 Four funerals and a wedding (5)
This is the intersection of the Balg Plateau and the Hegaros Mountains, where the majestic mountain of Hagar is located. The nomadic peoples of the Xubarg Plateau are said to be able to see the mountains surrounded by clouds and mists thousands of years away. However, even the peaks that are so towering into the clouds are always dense and lush. The vibrant green green, against the backdrop of the blue sky and white clouds, occasionally shines with a thin, deep and mysterious purple. When you look closely, you feel that it may be a sight.
Feeling dislocation. You keep moving towards the intersection of the mountain peaks, but no matter how many days you walk, you have even reached the intersection of the plateau and the mountains, and you see the undulating steepness extending to the end in your sight. However, the Holy Mountain of Haigar is still far away from the sky, as if it has never been close to it, or even never belongs to this world. At that moment, you may feel that the mountain, that cloud, that sky, and even yourself are all in a dream.
So it seemed like a mountain made of jade and jade stood tall between heaven and earth, like a pillar supporting this vast world. In the eyes of nomads and mountain people near the Balg Plateau and Mount Hegaros, the mountain was not part of our world, but clearly formed by the bodies of the gods.
However, whether the World Tree was first, then the Holy Mountain of Haigar, or the Holy Mountain of Haigar, the Six Brothers of World Tree settled and settled in a family place? This is actually a very difficult ancient legend to define. As long as we know, before the gods began to create endless races belonging to this world, the holy mountain had already stood there, and the sacred trees of the six world trees descended from the descendants of the world trees also stood there early.
Near the Holy Mountain of Haigar, where the plateau and mountains meet, perhaps due to the guidance of some mysterious force, the land on the nearby plateau is quite fertile and the resources of the forest land are extremely rich. Therefore, most of the settlements of the highlanders and mountain peoples gathered. Their tribal leaders basically had official positions and titles from the Auckland Empire (wholesale), and were naturally considered ministers of the empire. Therefore, starting from here, including the entire Balg Plateau, was also by the international community.
The conventional ones regard as the northwestern border of the empire, and these ethnic minorities on the plateau and forests are also people of the empire. Those who are unwilling to obey the orders of Serokhia and the guardian military orders of the western border of the empire were naturally regarded as "rebels". From time to time, they were regarded as tools for military merit by the princes in the western border of the empire, and even the young knights of the central imperial guards, as they could not help. In this cruel medieval era, backward nations that lacked the halo of civilization were so human rights.
However, at the intersection of this plateau and mountains, it is also seen as the small gathering point of such a sparsely populated race within the territory of the Auckland Empire. They had lived here long before humans arrived here, and they had not known how many thousand years had passed. The human nations in the highlands and forests moved here later, maintaining a friendly and even respectful attitude with these mysterious neighbors, and then survived and settled down safely.
Everyone has guessed that this mysterious race is the so-called night elves.
In fact, in addition to the only night elves city inside the Holy Mountain of Hygar, a small number of their towns and villages were also walking in nearby highland forest farms and rift valleys. They even freely entered and left Auckland in nearby military and trade strongholds to conduct simple trade, and thus established stable diplomatic ties with Auckland, the most powerful empire in mankind, Auckland, and had the least friendly exchanges.
These drow elves who are outside are actually diplomatic envoys of their ethnic group, trade teams, outpost reconnaissance, and guardians, and of course the targets of the guardian are the Holy Mountain of Hygar and the real entrance to the World Tree Temple.
In fact, without these night elves living outside the mountain, ordinary people would never find a real path to reach the Six Brothers of the World Tree. Adventurers who were obsessed with the holy mountain could only move forward to the peak that never saw close, and finally died in despair in the endless mountains. The eyes that had lost their focal distance were still reflected in the distant holy mountain. However, this was actually a matter of many years ago.
Nowadays, this multi-parented world is becoming more and more popular. Although the night elves are still a group of mystical hidden people, they are also open to a considerable extent. Built by the Auckland Empire, it can run on the road of several four-wheeled carriages side by side, and even paved directly to the small town of Lubenna, the foot of the Hegaros Mountains, which is considered the northwest town of the Auckland Empire (directly affiliated to the central government). It is only a day or two away from the legendary night elves city and the World Tree Hall. Of course, this can only be led by an old driver who knows the way.
Pass through the Hegaros Mountains, cross a forest farm where the mysterious magic has twisted the senses of mortals. If you look carefully, you will see a small rift hidden in the dangerous valleys, forests, swamps and streams. That is the entrance. There is a white gravel path covered with northern plants such as moss, vines, snow mulberry fruits, dragon tail flowers, etc. As long as you push away the weeds, you can truly see a road like white jade. Against the backdrop of various wild flowers, the path that can only accommodate three or two people, or a carriage, seems to lead to a holy fairyland.
After walking along this white path for half a day, you can safely walk through the flower sea path and the natural barrier formed by the mountains and rock walls. Of course, the premise is that you really do not contain malicious real guests.
In fact, the mountain walls of vines and moss were covered with mountain walls around the path, and the sea of flowers on both sides of the path were actually part of a certain defense mechanism. If they were intruders with ulterior motives, they would probably lose their lives in a daze with the relaxed and joyfulness of flowers, right? In the Qiming War, they wanted to raid a whole demon legion of the World Tree Temple, plus their demon general "White-faced Fire Hand" Gambadou, when they all died in this valley path, they must have a deep understanding of this?
More than a thousand years have passed, and the demon corpses that have died in the valley path, defiled the fragrant flowers and plants fields into stinky sulfur smell have certainly disappeared. Now, when you walk here, you will definitely not expect that this was the cruel battlefield and the burial place of tens of thousands of demons at the beginning?
However, after passing through this rift, the slightly dull aura will become more and more comfortable. You take big strides out of the rift, and a sudden enlightenment space and the fragrance of trees will come to you. The warm lights flash in the valley in your sight, just like gems reflecting the morning sunshine.
The white gravel road under your feet will begin to expand, extending along the way through forests composed of pine, birch, oak, fir, sentinel and ancient sacred trees. Ninety percent of them are ordinary trees, but ten percent are tree people with ancient life, wisdom and powerful power. They are also the second guards of the World Tree Temple.
However, you will reach the open grassland or real sea of flowers where Juanjuan stream and clear river water gather. Flower spirits, also known as "elves" by the world, shuttle, play, and sing between flowers and grass leaves. In front of you, you can already see the real foot of the Holy Mountain of Haigar. As long as you cross a small bridge without guardrails, or just wade through the river directly, the river under the bridge is not turbulent, but it is formed by the spiritual spring of Haigar Holy Mountain and the melting snow water of the snow mountains around it. It is said to have the magic of life. Opposite the river, the elegant tree house-style buildings of the night elves, and the ingenious construction site set up the canopy of all the big trees. The beautiful carved beams and pavilions exquisitely converge with the lush thousand-year-old giant trees.
This is the only city in the main material plane of the night elves. Of course, because the place where they are located is really discussed by spatial rules, it should actually be considered a subplane that is very closely connected to the main world. It is called Gundlin, which means "the place of the wise man" in the ancient mortal elves. The so-called World Tree Temple is actually a mysterious garden located at the core of the city and a hillside of the towering Holy Mountain of Haigar. The real elves and druids actually call it "pure court". The so-called "World Tree Temple" is actually a common saying by humans.
The world tree extends to the first generation of descendants of the main material plane. The six sacred trees, called "Esengard", "Micharge", "Valenheim", "Niaheim", "Jotonmod" and "Milmi", stand in this pure courtyard.
Lu Xi originally thought that since he was called the Six Brothers of the World Tree, he might be the towering giant tree that covers the sky and goes straight into the sky, right? But in fact, these six sacred trees do not look so eye-catching... Well, in addition to emitting warm and holy light all the time, the canopy seems to be nurturing a field of stars and the universe, whether it is in size or size, it is actually the same as an ordinary ash tree that has grown for more than ten years.
Surrounded by these six "ash trees", a small garden is naturally formed, which is the so-called "pure courtyard". However, when you are here, you feel that you can completely empty your body and mind, and feel the rhythm of life with all your heart and soul, as well as the last step of death, and reincarnation!
The body of Master Tifario, the chief elder of the Druids, lay on the stone platform in the middle of the garden. His body was not covered with gorgeous shrouds, nor did he have coffins or any burial objects. His whole body was actually wrapped in leaves and vines, and then he merged into the sea of flowers.
The senior members of the Druid Order performed the final ceremony next to the stone platform. They half-kneeled around the stone platform and sang loudly the songs praising the supreme will to create, nature and life, not the majestic chants of the Great Hall, but with a rough and primitive wilderness and desolate spirit. In their singing, the body of the Great Druid Elder wrapped in plants seemed to slowly sink into the sea of trees.
This is a necessary ritual for the druids and many elves to pass away. It tells the process of life and body coming from nature and now returning to nature.
Of course, the "return ceremony" of the elder of the Great Druid (whether the druid is called death or funeral, it is believed that this is part of the return to nature)" must be the top leaders of the Druid Cult. Among them, Nicole even escorted her father's body through Norda and until Mount Haigar, and was awarded the title of "Druid Master" by the Great Druids of the Order on the line of fire, which was considered to have entered the high-level leadership. Of course, she naturally had the qualification to participate in this tomb ritual.
Lu Xi was considered to be a reservation. Indeed, after the battle between the Eternal Mechanism and the King of Disasters, the girl had unknowingly advanced to the 8th level of the Golden, and her absolute strength was already the "Druid Elder", but with the age and mind of the elves, she was just a child after all.
But now, she looked at her, and she was clearly such a heartless big child, and she had already cried in front of her several times, but at this time, although she was in the center of the tomb ceremony, although her face did not hide her deep sorrow, she was more focused and serious, and she actually became a bit solemn and mature, and a bit more sacred and solemn ritual.
Nibbe is saying goodbye to Dad Tifario in her own way.
Looking at the elf girl who seemed to have grown up in an instant, he felt a little mixed with emotion. However, when Lu Xi saw that his father's face, which was slowly submerged on the grass, he couldn't help but feel sad and tears came out like this.
He quickly reached out his hand to wipe his eyes, and felt the handkerchief handed over by the person next to him. When he opened his eyes, he saw an extremely familiar but long-lost beautiful face.
"If he sees you like this, he will laugh at you without hesitation?"
"...Well, I've seen the corners of his mouth curled up." Lu Xi looked deeply at the fact that his father Tifario was slowly sank into the sea of flowers and plants, and murmured: "He has never laughed at me much before, so this is to give him another reason to the last one."
"... Also, Sister Tido, thank you! Haha, I really don't want you to see it with such an ugly look."
Chapter completed!