Located in the westernmost part of the Erebonian Empire, the valley surrounded by strong winds was full of slaughter, except for the sound of wind like knives scraping through metal from time to time, only the sporadic sound of gravel being blown into the cliff by the mountain wind, and there was no trace of any creature in the entire valley. Along the path of the valley, two inconspicuous little black dots are struggling to go deeper step by step, although it looks unusually slow, but this valley without even animals is particularly conspicuous.

"Why is this happening?" Lixia, who was following closely behind Ike, covered her mouth with a hood wrapped around her body to prevent the wind from pouring into her mouth, and asked with difficulty, "It's still normal weather outside, why did it suddenly become this climate when you arrived in the valley?" ”

"It's an enchantment, an enchantment of the wind." Ike turned his head and replied loudly, "The people who live here have specially set up an enchantment to prevent their place of residence from being detected by others, and at the same time, it also blocks the people inside from wanting to get out, and only by becoming stronger can they get out of this explosive wind barrier, this is the iron rule of that village." If it weren't for the guide, I would never have imagined that this place would be inhabited. ”

"Who lives here?" Lixia replied in a loud voice in surprise, "What is the purpose of placing your residence in such a place?" ”

"You'll find out soon." Ike smiled and didn't explain much, turned his head and continued to walk forward slowly, every word and pause under this kind of wind will consume more physical strength than usual, in the case of only one road, it is the most correct choice to move forward.

I don't know how long the long sheep intestine trail is, walking under the wind that can blow people away if you don't step on your feet and don't pay attention, every minute and every second is quite a long torment, and the two people who walked in the valley without saying a word chose to count the time, so there was no benefit except for adding trouble to themselves, and I don't know how long it took, the seemingly continuous and unchanged mountain trail finally appeared a little strange. A boulder the size of half a room stood in the middle of the path, impartially blocking the path of the two. After seeing the boulder, Ike finally breathed a sigh of relief, and without thinking about it, he put his left hand on the boulder, and with his right hand, he took out a small folding knife from his coat pocket and slashed lightly on the fingers of his left hand, and pressed his fingers back on the stone while the blood was still flowing.

The whistling wind became stranger and smaller as Ike's blood soaked into the stone, and finally disappeared completely into the valley, and the greenery gradually appeared in the field of vision of the two, whether it was flowers or green grass, they were growing rapidly at a strange and visible speed, and the originally barren valley became full of life in just a blink of an eye.

"Illusion?" Lixia subconsciously touched the flowers and plants on the ground, both the temperature and the touch are so real, not like fantasy at all, no matter how real the illusion is, there will inevitably be something different from reality, but the scene in front of her is too real, even Lixia, who is an expert in illusion, is difficult to notice the difference, not so much illusion, more like-

"No, if I had to say it, I guess I was in the gap between reality and other planes." Knowing what Lixia was thinking, Ike shook his head, "The real place of this valley does not exist in this world, but it also does not exist in other planes, he is in the gap between the two, which is why they have lived for a long time and have not been exposed, and left." ”

"Where are we going?" Lixia, who was right behind Ike, whispered as she watched the scenery around her.

"There is only one village here, and according to them, they belong to the people of antiquity, whose ancestors were so old that they could go straight after the Liber people, who lived in the same era as the legendary race that possessed the most treasures, and who were forced to move into this gap with the Great Collapse. As for whether it is true or false, I can't say for sure, and profound lies are always true and false. Ike explained to Lixia as he made the mark.

As Ike said, after turning the valley, the vision suddenly became broader, and the miraculous scenery made Lixia, who came in for the first time, open her mouth wide, not so much that there was a hole in the valley, but that the valley was more like a teleportation array that teleported the two to another place, whether it was the nearby grass or the steep mountains towering into the clouds in the distance, it was impossible to see the scene inside the valley, and what was even more terrifying was that not far from the mountains could still see the surging sea, and the faint sound of the waves proved that it was not an illusion, The space seems to be painted with countless scenes as if the concept has been reversed. A fence made of tall tree trunks in the open grass caught the eyes of the two, the first entrance of the fence was located in front of the valley, and at a glance you could see that in front of the wide open gate, an old man with silver hair was sitting on a wooden chair under the gate, and from time to time there were people who came and went to greet the old man, and after seeing the two of them from a distance, he stretched out his hand to greet the two, because he was too far away and didn't know what to say.

"Elder, long time no see." Ike, who walked quickly to the old man, bowed respectfully and said hello.

"Four or five years, right? Or two or three years? People are always unable to remember some things. The old man replied with a smile as he looked at Ike who was bowing his head, and then turned his head to look at Lixia behind Ike, "Yes, I found a beautiful wife, but why didn't I see Xiao Ling'er?" ”

"Ahh No, I'm not. After listening to the old man's words, Lixia's face suddenly turned red, and she waved her hand again and again to defend herself.

"Lixia is not my wife, she didn't come over if Ling had something to do, and if I bring Ling over, Elder you won't let it go easily." Ike replied unhurriedly.

"No way, I've lived for so many years, and I've seen a lot of outsiders, and the outsiders who can enter the village are all talented and powerful guys, but in so many years, I haven't seen a better candidate than her except for Xiao Ling'er, whether it's you or this young lady." The old man sighed, and then became a little angry, "There is no good person with you!" Especially you, who even took away the ancestral things of our village, and still refused to help. ”

"It's Elder, the busyness you asked for is too hot, I really can't help it." Ike smiled bitterly, "It's been thousands of years since the Great Collapse, and now the god that everyone believes in is the Goddess of the Void, and the Qiyao Church that walks on her behalf is all over the continent, it's not me to hit the Elder, if the continent doesn't collapse again, it's too difficult to subvert the existing order, and I don't want to be hostile to the Qiyao Church." ”

"I didn't know it would become like this, the truth of slow step by step is still said by the ancestors, but it is said that it is so, and the psychology is still regretful." The old man let out a long sigh again, stood up from his chair, thumped it, and looked at Ike behind his back, pointing in the direction of the sea in the distance, "I probably guessed the purpose of your coming, you are familiar with that place, go over by yourself first." ”

"Elder, what's wrong with you?" Ike asked curiously.

"It's not a good thing you've done." The old man waited for Ike to look, "I don't even know if you're being followed behind my ass, if it weren't for you being recognized, I would have beaten you with a stick a long time ago!" Hurry up, really, this kind of stupidity is still recognized, and the vision of the gods and ancestors is becoming more and more unacceptable. ”

"He's saying we're being followed?" Looking at the old man walking in the direction of the valley, Lixia asked in disbelief, "How does he know?" ”

"I don't know." Ike smiled wryly, "It's Lixia, did you notice that someone was following?" ”

"Nope." Lixia shook her head, "It's too slow to find out in that environment, and he's never seen it before, why are you so sure?" ”

"Probably that's what the master of the party meant." Ike looked at the old man who was drifting away meaningfully. "The world ... Everybody really has it. ”