Chapter 191: Departure from the Stone Forest
Ye Xuan didn't want to wait for a minute, so he directly threw a gold coin to the waiter, and then left the café and came to the noisy street.
The shops on both sides of the street were open or closed, and the pedestrians were in a hurry, or talking loudly, but Ye Xuan ignored them, lowered his head, and showed a thoughtful look in his eyes.
Walking briskly, Ye Xuan put his hand into the pocket of his jacket, took out an item from it, and held it flat in front of his eyes.
This is a shiny mechanical pocket watch, reflecting a dazzling light in the sun, with a slight force of his thumb, he opened the pocket watch cover, Ye Xuan's eyes narrowed, looked at the ticking and turning hands on the top, and then closed the lid again and retracted it into his pocket.
It takes a few hours to go to the chaotic stone forest more than 100 kilometers away at your own speed, and now you still have time, as long as you move fast enough, as long as your sister Ye Ningshan has not had an accident, you can find her before dark!
Thinking like this, a shout broke Ye Xuan's contemplation, and when he looked back, he saw that the girl with two ponytails also ran out of the café, taking three steps and making two steps, chasing after Ye Xuan.
"I ...... Let me go with you. ”
Lan Xiaoling clasped her fingers, tilted her head, staring at Ye Xuan with burning eyes, afraid that Ye Xuan would refuse, in the private room before, Ye Xuan became very anxious after hearing the cause and effect, and even ran out of the café with a hurried goodbye to her.
"You?" Ye Xuan was far away, Lan Xiaoling was only a beginner and late-stage strength, if she was brought with her, it would inevitably affect Ye Xuan's speed, and if she encountered an enemy, she would have to devote her mind to protection.
Seeing Ye Xuan's unceremonious and indifferent refusal, this ponytail girl had a face full of loss, but her eyes kept staring at Ye Xuan stubbornly. His eyes rolled around, and suddenly his worries turned into joy. With an excited voice, he hurriedly said to Ye Xuan. "I can help a lot, I know the route to the Stone Forest, and ...... And as long as it's within a certain distance, I'll be able to get in touch with the eldest sister in the group, so it's much faster than you looking aimlessly. ”
"Well, it makes some sense to say that, you don't need to prepare anything, you can just go out of the city without it......"
Walking out from under the tall city gates, the flat and neat ground was no more. Instead, there is a rugged wilderness, where cool breezes blow and dust kicks up, casting a film over the gaze.
Just out of the shelter town, there are a lot of players coming and going, and a relatively smooth dirt road has been trampled on the ground, Ye Xuan can also see that some players are taming relatively gentle monsters such as wildebeests, whose strength is relatively average. Wearing saddle chains, pulling a simple modified iron cart that has lost power and is used to transport goods.
The approximate location of the Stone Forest. Ye Xuan still knew, and this could be known from the simple maps within a radius of hundreds of miles sold in some players' shops. But there will definitely be a lot of steep terrain along the way, or places where a large number of monsters are entrenched. If Lan Xiaoling could take Ye Xuan and the two of them around, he would indeed be able to save some time.
"I've been to the Stone Forest too. Anyway, just follow me. Lan Xiaoling felt that there was finally a place for his own performance, and his round face couldn't help but show a sigh, and suddenly, he showed a puzzled look, and looked left and right into the distance, "Eh, eh, eh, you guys...... Only two people? ”
Lan Xiaoling seemed to have discovered something incredible, pointed at Ye Xuan and Zi Yan, and shouted with his eyes glared.
"It's just two people, I'm from another shelter town, where can I find a helper here."
"Brother Ye and Sister Ziyan are the other people who shelter the town? Yes, it seems to be true, but, but if there are only two people, even if you find the eldest sister and them, it will ......" Lan Xiaoling drooped his head, extremely frustrated.
Ye Xuan looked at her lightly, and spoke for a long time, "Are you just waiting here all the time?" Can waiting change the outcome? Even though we don't have many people, we ...... If you can inform the people of your Rose Warband before things get worse, then at least many lives can be saved.
Or if you want to go back to the town, I won't say anything more, so don't do it. ”
"Don't!" Lan Xiaoling suddenly carried away, only to find that she had hesitated, she was too scared, she should have rushed over there immediately from the moment she learned the news, no matter whether she could help or not, at least, she had worked hard!
"Then let's go, you lead the way."
Ye Xuan turned around and looked into the distance, at the end of the dusty sky, whether she was still unharmed.
"Well, according to the time, I am in a hurry today, and I will almost arrive in Bixi Town in the evening, I can rest there, and I will be able to travel for a few more hours tomorrow morning, and I will be able to reach the Stone Forest, I hope that the eldest sister will not have an accident, and they can find them alive tomorrow."
"No, you can go to the Stone Forest today."
Ye Xuan shook his head, took two steps forward, raised his right hand, the ring carved with a skull on his middle finger flickered slightly, and a palm-sized token appeared in Ye Xuan's hand.
The token is black, thick and mysterious, and the silver light on it outlines the lifelike shape of a horse, but this horse is a little different from ordinary horses, and if you look closely, the lines between the bones are clearer.
After Ye Xuan took out the black token, he held it in his hand, and held it flat towards the open space in front of him, as if holding a flashlight, a burst of light was transmitted from the token, shining on the ground, and then, as if 3D printing, from bottom to top, the black four hooves, the powerful silver leg bones, the hollow abdominal cavity, and the saddle on the horse's back, and finally, the skull of the undead bone horse appeared.
The summoning of the bone horse, but in just a second or two, after appearing, the bone horse's head ignited a dark blue soul fire, and its four hooves also burned its blue flames, this kind of flame is very peculiar, the blue flame and the sand, as if it did not exist, not even the slightest trace remained.
Suddenly such a hideous-looking monster appeared, Lan Xiaoling couldn't help but take half a step back, covering his mouth with one hand, and pointing at the undead bone horse with the other, "That, that, that...... What kind of monster is that? ”
Lan Xiaoling is not an uninformed person, knowing that players can tame alien beasts, but he has never seen the undead clan, let alone the existence of the mount token, and he can't receive it for a while.
Ye Xuan patted the saddle and said lightly, "This is a skeleton war horse, which belongs to a kind of mount, if you ride it and use this mount to hurry, you can at least play twice the speed of running at full speed on a daily basis, at this speed, in the evening, we will be able to reach the Stone Forest." ”
"Oh, good." Lan Xiaoling was a little afraid of the appearance of the skeleton war horse at first, but after a closer look, he found that this war horse was quite a divine horse, and the blue flames burning at its four hooves added a bit of noble and mysterious atmosphere.
Lan Xiaoling tentatively touched the skeleton war horse, and found that he was not resisted, so his courage gradually increased, he grabbed the saddle, turned over and rode up.
"This ......" Lan Xiaoling tried to control the war horse to run, it was very simple, and he galloped out of the distance at once, leaving deep footprints on the sand with his four hooves.
"This mount is amazing! Not just two, but even three times the speed, at this rate, you don't need to go until the evening at all, and you can even advance the time again! ”
Seeing Lan Xiaoling say this, Ye Xuan also nodded, if he could achieve this speed, he would not be dragged to the speed of himself and Ziyan.
Just as he was about to set off, Ye Xuan saw Lan Xiaoling, who was riding on a skeleton war horse, driving the war horse to his side, and couldn't wait to say, "Quickly take out your mounts, and then we will set off quickly." ”
"Mounts?" Ye Xuan raised his forehead, "You don't think that this kind of mount is a cabbage, how can you take out two more mounts." ”
"Ah, how is that, there is only one mount, is it possible that all three of us should ride it? It can't be, but I'm riding a skeleton horse, but what are you going to do, I'm going to show you the way. ”
"We?" Ye Xuan took it for granted, "Of course it's on your legs, if you weren't too slow, I wouldn't have taken out this mount token...... Alright, you've got your horse on full speed, and we'll follow. ”
Ye Xuan said, but seeing that Lan Xiaoling had not ridden the horse, he sat on the saddle, looked at Ye Xuan and the two of them blankly, and suddenly shouted, "What are you kidding, I can explode three times the speed on a skeleton war horse, and I can throw you far away in an instant, how can I show the way?" How is it possible to show the way! No kidding! ”
"You'll know if you try, there's no good in lying to you."
Ye Xuan's tone was low, even the taciturn Zi Yan joined the ranks of persuasion, and finally, Lan Xiaoling nodded and agreed to give it a try, but from the look of disbelief on her face, Ye Xuan knew that this little girl didn't believe what Ye Xuan said at all, but she couldn't stand the persuasion of the two, so she reluctantly agreed.
As soon as Lan Xiaoling pulled the reins, the skeleton war horse galloped wildly, the sound of trampling the horse's hooves came into her ears continuously, the strong wind blew across her face, and the sand and dust even disturbed her to open her eyes.
Lan Xiaoling thought to herself, Brother Ye and Sister Ziyan should be left behind, they both get along very well, but why do they lie and say that their speed can catch up with the skeleton war horse, this is obviously impossible, even their strongest eldest sister cannot have such speed.
Thinking so, Lan Xiaoling turned his head on the undulating and bumpy horseback, and found that not far behind him, two figures running at high speed followed closely behind, and under the high-speed movement, Lan Xiaoling could not see clearly, but he could feel the very steady breathing of the two people behind him, and it seemed that Ye Xuan and the two were still ...... Ease!
(Thanks to "Zhao Yin Xiaohao" for the tip...... (To be continued.) )