Chapter 55: The Heart of Amazon

  Under Guron's lead, Luo Wei, who had killed at least three to four hundred Earth Elementals, finally saw the Ancestral Valley of the Jade Department after five days.

  This is a valley that even under the scorching sun, is always shrouded in thick white mist.

  The mountain valley shrouded in white mist, is a large area of twisted and deformed black pine forest, the faint dark air isolates the sunlight's universal purification, making the twisted black pine forest gloomy as if it grew in a dark and eerie world without seeing the sky.

  "Redbeard Dwarves say that the Valley of the Ancestors is where our Jadeborn forebears fought to the death against the evil Kraelion invaders of the Great Mountain, but that battle... had no victor."

  Gloriana gazed far into the black pine forest, and like a diligent tour guide, introduced to Rove the story of the Emerald Ancestor Valley.

  "Is there no winner?"

  All along the way, Luo Wei, who had been enduring without asking any questions related to Zu Ling Valley, would naturally take this opportunity to ask such a question.

  The ancestral valley of the Emerald Clan is actually the site of the ancient battlefield mentioned in Sreloth's journal, so the more detailed information you know, the higher your chances of survival.

  "Hmm, no winner! Red Special Old Man said that when our ancestors' warriors and the evil Gadon people were fighting to the most intense, the sun god suddenly got angry and hid its light, letting the white fog symbolizing death quickly spread across the valley. When everyone was in a state of panic in the darkness, the fallen ancestors' warriors and the evil Gadon soldiers all stood up again, they began attacking the living without distinguishing between friend and foe..."

  Gloriana told the legend of the Jade Department, and this legend was to Rovi -

  The Emerald Mountain militia and the regular army of the Kardonians were in a fierce battle, but suddenly they encountered a rare solar eclipse, which triggered a natural puzzle lock of vengeful spirits, or according to conspiracy theories, a vengeful spirit sorcerer took advantage of the situation to stir up trouble, dragging both sides into the abyss.

  Only the Mongolian Shaman, who had brought with him the Jade Beast Crystal Core, emerged from the mist that shrouded the entire world under the protection of his ancestors. After returning to the tribe, he told the tribespeople left behind in the tribe about what happened in the mist-shrouded valley. To avoid the invasion of death and the Khatun people, the Mongolian Shaman led our tribe to migrate far away from the Ancestral Valley. The Mongolian Shaman established a rule that every seven years when the moon is in a straight line, the descendants of the Jade Tribe must bring the Jade Beast Crystal Core into the Ancestral Valley and offer sacrifices to the ancestral spirits and fierce spirits.

  Since Rove didn't interrupt, Glosoni clearly told the origin of the Ancestral Valley.

  "Since the Jadeite Beast Crystal Core is so important, why did your Jade Department still sell it to Slaylord?"

  Luo Wei finally spoke up and asked, he thought this question was very important.

  "Because... because that despicable Gadon person once helped our tribe a great deal, he said that the jade beast crystal cores exchanged for things made by the Gadon people would all be taken outside the mountain to exchange for new goods, because the Gadon people outside the mountain all like colorful shiny stones like the jade beast crystal cores."

  Thus replied Gollum, and from the pocket of his tattered animal hide jerkin he drew out two small stone jars, each with a lid, and handed them to Frodo.

  Luovi took a stone and examined it carefully, then he was startled, because he found that the green material on the stone had a glassy texture, fine and pure without any flaws, which was obviously the best quality of old pit glass jade.

  So Luo Wei took the other pieces from the mountain girl's hand and examined them carefully - they were all of the same quality, old pit glass jade!

  "Ge Luoxianni, are you sure that these jade rough stones are really the crystal nuclei of some kind of jade beast and not just dug up from underground?"

  Killing a demon beast and dropping an extreme-quality jadeite is indeed something that goes beyond Luo Wei's understanding.

  "Why are you asking such a strange question? Of course, these are Jadeite Beast Crystals! If we could dig up Jadeite Beast Crystals from the ground, why would our Jade Department still need to risk their lives to hunt for Jadeite Beasts?"

  Gloria couldn't understand why Rove would ask such an ignorant question, but then she relaxed - it was because, just as her father had said, the people outside the mountains were really ignorant and didn't know anything about what went on in the mountains.

  Poor Lovi, this good Gadon person, unexpectedly didn't even know such simple common sense, if it wasn't for the luck of running into me, would have died in the mountains full of deadly traps sooner or later.

  Gloria thought to herself, but she didn't express this idea because she felt that since they were already friends, she shouldn't say anything that might hurt her friend's feelings.

  "I understand now, thank you for explaining, Guronie."

  Luo Wei nodded towards Ge Luoxian, thinking to himself that if he was short on money in the future, he could just kill a few more Feicui Stone Beasts and exchange their Glass-type Feicui Crystal Cores for cash, which seemed like a pretty good idea.

  "You don't need to thank us at all?" The mountain girl stared at Rovi for a moment, then said with some dissatisfaction: "We've already become good friends who have shaken hands in the way of your Gadon people!"

  "This is just a habit, Ge Luoxi, you probably don't know that in the outside world, women have a very high status, so men, whether they are willing or not, must maintain sufficient courtesy in front of women."

  Luó Wēi shrugged his shoulders and casually said with no psychological pressure, because the world outside the mountains he mentioned obviously referred to the earthly world.

  "Poor you, men of Gadon really live a hard life." Glorene cast a pitiful gaze at Rovi and after making that comment she quickly continued: "In our great mountain's tribe, men only need to be good at hunting and strong enough, they never pretend to be polite in front of women, female warriors who can sit and eat the same food as men are rare."

  "Are you one of those female warriors who can sit at the same table as men and eat the same food?"

  Luoyi asked smoothly.

  This question caused Guronie's originally smiling face to freeze, her emotions suddenly sinking. She clenched her fists tightly and shifted her gaze from Rovi to the dark forest: "Originally... I was supposed to become a female warrior, but now it's forever unnecessary. The only reason I'm still alive is... for revenge!"

  Looking at the mountain girl's eyes gradually filling with hatred, Rovin hesitated for a moment before reaching out to pat Glosannie on the shoulder.

  "Calm down, Glorennie. Hatred will blind your eyes and make you lose your judgment... so, calm down first, okay?"

  Ruo Wei tried to comfort the mountain village girl whose emotions were already somewhat out of control.

  "My father said that actually, our Emerald Clan was originally called the Amazon Clan. Before the Great War of Ancestral Valley, we were a royal clan that could command all the mountain tribes! The Amazonian female warriors in our clan could easily kill any man who dared to provoke them with bows and spears. Unfortunately... the method of training Amazonian female warriors, along with all the Amazonian female warriors and the queen, were lost in Ancestral Valley."

  Under Rovin's comfort, Glosoni, whose emotions had gradually stabilized, spoke in a tone filled with regret and longing.

  "How great it would be if I were an Amazon warrior..."

  In Gloria's eyes, a hint of longing appeared, although this expression was fleeting.