(1) The enchantment of Yueyin Village (2)
Following the direction of the petals of the wind blowing, Void Silence followed the shallow narrow path lined with roadstones into the depths of the forest, and it was not long before he saw what seemed to be a light not far away. The purple dog-tail grass swayed in the same direction, and the huge purple vines that grew from the ground and under the roots of different plants in all directions of the forest surrounded a distant boundary of the field, and the lantern-like flower cores on the wisteria emitted a light purple light, and the purple firefly-like flying creatures lit up the dark forest. A huge lantern flower hung high above the vine fence, and a circular totem appeared in the center of the ground under the rattan fence, and on either side of the totem stood two guards with the same cat ears as Void Silence, leaning on the vine and chatting.
When Xumo trotted all the way over, the two guards turned their faces to look at him in unison, and the one on the left asked him with a smile, "Are you a newborn under the bauhinia tree?" ”
"It should be. Here it is...... Moon Hidden Village? Asked politely.
"Yes, this is Moon Hidden Village, your birthplace." The one on the right smiled exactly like the one on the left, then pointed to the circular totem between them and said to Void, "Please stand here." ”
Void Mo walked to the center of the totem, and the purple light pattern on the totem immediately rotated, and then a purple light enveloped Void Silence from the bottom to the top, making him close his eyes unconsciously...... When the glare faded through his eyelids, he opened his eyes again, and found himself in the middle of a lively square.
The ground under your feet has the pattern of wood and the fragrance of the forest, and when you look around, many wooden houses seem to be arranged in a staggered manner, but if you look closely, you will find that these houses are self-contained with the ground, and each one seems to be a work of art that has been created by nature. Purple vines can also be seen everywhere here, turning into circles, but looking through the gaps in the vines, there are many hanging gaps in the air blown by the wind, which makes Void quickly understand that he is standing on the top of a huge tree, its branches turning into the roads and land here, and the stems and leaves are working together with the efforts of the people here to weave a wonderful house structure. In addition, a huge vine in the distance spread into the sky with a momentum that reached into the sky, and countless lanterns and flowers flickered on it, which was very eye-catching, and it was amazing to look at the void. There were many men and women standing in the square who had the same cat ears as themselves, some just hurried by, some stood on one side and sold goods, and more stayed in the corner in a daze or slept.
"Newcomer?" A sturdy man with cat ears dressed in a suit of white light armor, a cloak with a moon motif on his back, and a sledgehammer hanging from his waist, had walked in front of the void at some point.
"Yes...... I just came. Silence looked at him in a daze.
"Good, welcome to wake up, there is more hope in this world. My name is Grom, and I'm the commander of the Guardians of Moonhide Village, and I'll wait here every time a new person appears. Grom clasped his hands and gave a military salute to Silence.
Silence immediately returned the salute with a military salute.
At this time, Grom pulled out a letter from the gap in the light armor's wrist and explained to the void: "This is a letter proving that you are a new student in the Moon Hidden Village - go northeast and bypass a vine, and you will see the inn, take this to the innkeeper, and she will arrange a place for you to live." ”
"Thank you."
Silence took the letter, and was about to ask the Commander more about this world, but he opened his mouth first: "There are many adventurers in the inn, if you want to gather information, go to the hotel." With that, he gave another military salute and began to continue his patrol in the square.
"Northeast, northeast......" Silent circled in place, and when he turned to a direction, his cat ears unconsciously flipped a few times, and his intuition was right, and he trotted away with a stride.
Bypassing the cover of a vine, Void Silence saw a brightly lit and lively three-story wooden house, with the symbols of wine glasses and beds hanging on the door plate, which should be no different from a hotel.
Pushing open the half-height wooden turnstile, there is a warm and lively scene, orange candlelight under the lampshade made of lantern flowers, placed on the tabletop, roof beams, ground, in short, the room is all over the room, the gourd-shaped Nuoda bar area, full of people, in addition to most of the same people with cat ears, Void Mo also saw a few pale faces, with silver hair, big tails and ears, slightly larger than most people with cat ears. The people exchanged glasses, and the atmosphere of happiness was permeated, and only a silver-haired, waist-high, white-clothed silver-tailed guy held a guqin, and sang a song he didn't understand, and there seemed to be a faint sadness hidden in the song, and when he heard it when Silence walked by him, he was so intuitive.
"You're the owner of the inn, aren't you? This is the letter that Grom asked me to show you. Silence walked through the bar area to the front desk at the end, and said to the cat-eared lady who was busy settling accounts behind the counter.
"Newcomer~ Welcome! ~" Ms. Cat Ears opened the envelope and glanced at it, and her face immediately smiled, "Oops, I haven't seen a newcomer for a while, I really miss the scene of a swarm of newcomers rushing in earlier!" ”
"It's been a long time since there have been newcomers? How do I see how lively this place is? Silence gestured to the lively wine table behind him.
"I'm talking about newcomers! A real newcomer, just like you who has just woken up from under the redbud tree! No—I haven't seen it for a long time, and now it's all people who have been in the village for some time. Most of them have never seen much of the world, of course, this can't be blamed on them, I heard that the outside world is not very good, or it is safest to stay in Yueyin Village. As she spoke, the proprietress pointed to the white stone on the table—it was very similar in shape and color to the stone in the Silent Bag, except that it was a little bigger, and there was a piece of brown paper pressed under the stone.
"Stretch out your hand and put it on the stone back to the city to make a mark." The hostess instructed.
Although he didn't understand it very well, Void Mo obediently put his right hand on the stone, and a burst of warmth flowed through his palm, and a row of strange dark purple graphic fonts automatically appeared on the brown paper under the stone, but Void Silence was naturally able to read its meaning—Void Silence, male, warrior of Moon Hidden Village, level 1.
"Excellent! Now that your registration has been completed and your room has been arranged, go up to the second floor and go to the right, and the room with your name on the door number is the one. The proprietress kept a smile, "If you are tired, go upstairs to rest, and if you need other instructions, please feel free to speak." Since this is your birthplace, the hotel is free, but the food costs money! ~――Although the new students have three days of free meals, after three days, you will be ready to pay for food and drink. My suggestion is to hurry up and go to the owner of the diagonal grocery store to learn the skills of collecting herbs, I have been collecting herbs here to ensure that I have money to make. By the way, you don't have any combat skills yet, do you? The Warrior Trainer should be in the weapon shop next to the Chief's House, and it is very dangerous to go out into the field without any fighting. ”
After listening to the hotel proprietress this large number of tips, Xumo can be regarded as understanding his next step, but these are not the focus of his concern.
[Our Brave Continent is a very open and huge world!] The so-called open world is that there is no designated route! Every brave man does something that has an impact on the continent...... Silence suddenly remembered Teresa's introduction, and decided to break the mold and see how far this open world could go.
So, he looked at the cat-eared lady behind the bar and asked, "Boss, I want to go to Hongyue Castle, do you know how to go?" ”
"Rainbow Moon Castle?" The proprietress showed a puzzled expression, "What is this place?" I've never heard of it. ”
"Isn't it crowded here every day? You've probably seen a lot of people, right? Haven't you ever met a single adventurer from Rainbow Moon Castle? Silence felt that the reaction of the proprietress was very inconsistent with the setting.
"Nope...... We are the children of the forest protected by the Genshin, protected here by the guardian prophet Crea for hundreds of years, and only the people of the forest with the same bloodline can get permission from the Genshin and Crea to break through the barrier and enter the Moon Hidden Village, so I really haven't seen anyone from the Rainbow Moon Castle. The proprietress replied earnestly with her chin propped up, and then there was a sound behind her beckoning her to hurry up and serve the wine, and she immediately pricked up her cat ears, and said to Xumo with the bright smile she had just now, "I'll be busy, I'll talk about what I have later." ”
After the proprietress jumped away, she turned around and faced the white-clothed and white-tailed young man who had just sat on one side playing the guqin and chanting a sad song, with sad eyes.
Silent stepped forward unconsciously, and before he could speak, the young man in white preemptively opened: "Do you want to go to Hongyue Castle?" His voice was ethereal and faintly scented, and there seemed to be a spell in his silver-white eyes, which made Void Mo feel a trace of trance for a moment.
"Right...... I want to go to Hongyue Castle. Forcing yourself to settle down, silently swallowing the saliva stuck in your throat, and answering.
The young man in white laughed lightly and asked him in a mocking tone, "Let's not talk about whether you can go to Hongyue Castle...... I'm not sure, if you can get out of Yueyin Village......"
"Why? How did I enter Yueyin Village just now, and how will I get out of Yueyin Village in the future? Silence still didn't understand what he meant.
"The Bauhinia Tree that has landed on the ground is still within the scope of the Moon Hidden Village, all of which are within the boundaries of the Guardian Prophet Kreya, and so far I can guarantee that you have never left the Moon Hidden Village...... In fact, there are very few people who can get out of the barrier of Kreya, not to mention that you are still a newcomer who doesn't understand anything......" As he spoke, the young man raised his wide sleeves and covered the corners of his mouth and coughed lightly twice, "I see that you look like this, there is no ...... that you can't get out for a year and a half."