Chapter Twenty-Four: Found It, and Ran Away
Towards dusk, Ah Sha, Xi Ke and the black-haired girl walked around the love road and returned to the place where they started. This is a small grassland, in the middle of which are two three-meter-tall stone pillars deeply embedded in the ground, and on top of each stone pillar is placed another stone pillar diagonally, and the two stone pillars are against each other, forming a "human" shape on the stone pillar inserted into the ground. It looks dangerous, but judging by the rainwater trails attached to it, the pillar has been held like this for a long time, and may have survived several earthquakes without incident.
These stone pillars are the "supporting stones", the starting point of the love path.
Just as they were about to leave the support stone, Shuilonu and the others came down from the hillside. Shuilonu saw Syk from afar.
"Rick!" Shoulonu shouted.
Nick turned his head and saw Schuilon standing on the slope. The setting sun shone in front of her left, dyeing her orange, and it felt a little unreal for a moment.
Shuilonu briskly ran down the hill, his horsetail flying behind him. When she came back to her senses, it was really Shuilonu, and she had come here.
His first thought was that Schuilanou was coming here on an event, the second was that Schuilon had been kidnapped by a goblin (he knew that goblins like energetic people), and the third thought was that Schuilon was on a sightseeing tour. When Shuilonu ran towards him, he saw Schullono's expression and suddenly understood that Schullonu was looking for him.
No one has ever chased him like this, except for those who were going to send him to prison and those who were going to harm him. He felt that something was stirring in his heart, a little uncomfortable, a little novel, and he couldn't understand what it was.
Schuilonu had thought about a lot to say. He ran away as if he was pretending to be angry, or asked him if he had any fun along the way, but the moment he saw Xike, all the pre-prepared scripts disappeared from his head, and he naturally smiled. The question she asked was something she couldn't even think of: "Where are you going?"
Rick scratched his head, "Hmm—I should be heading south next. A few days after I set off, I met a group of college students on the road, and after talking to them, I thought I might as well go around Sarafayido. 」
"A lap around the country?" Shuilonu repeated in surprise.
"Hmm. I was only going to come out for about half a month, like that. It turns out that there are a lot of things out there that are worth taking the time to learn. Rick scratched at the back of his neck, a little embarrassed.
"What happened to you?" Shuilonu chuckled. He took Xi Ke to sit down on the grass next to him, and bought juice from the goblin vendor with Sa Coins (to confirm that the goblin will accept it), and the two of them chatted.
Xi Ke's eyes lit up as he remembered some of the gains from his journey: "I met a couple deep in the mountains, and they taught me how to plant dry mountain lotuses. Their method is completely different from what is written in the book, and I didn't even expect to solve the problem of leaf breakers in this way......
"I was fishing on Lake Lost Moon and was almost eaten by a fish!" The captain told me that his family has been entangled with the Lost Moon Snake for decades, and his goal in life is to get the government to admit that there are great snakes in the Lost Moon Lake......
"I found exotic food stalls hidden in the alleys, they sell delicious scones, there are more than 20 kinds of toppings to choose from, and the way they cook the chicken......
"I talked to beggars near the event venue, and they told me that they had been to more places than I did, and that they often traveled around the country to the event sites where people gathered......
"I met a retired professor who was teaching calligraphy to children, and he told me the reason for his early retirement......
"I saw that thousand-year-old tree! It's really shocking, the hateful mountain mouse actually dug a hole for him, we should pay more attention to the problem of the mountain forest......
"I came across a convoy of men and gentlemen, and their flags were embroidered with all the products of the blessed region. I think that flag alone is enough to be included in the museum......
"I saw what people said was the most beautiful building, but I didn't feel anything. Honestly, it looks like a botched big toy......
"I bought a mountain flute, but I don't know how to play it yet, I heard that it can summon mountain gods, but it needs to have a beautiful sound......
"I just saw a car accident and people just walked away.
"I strayed into someone's private garden and was chased by bodyguards...... Later, he was grabbed hand and foot and thrown out of the ......
"I saw flowers blooming in the wrong season, and although they didn't match the scenery around them, they were still beautiful......
"I came across a crowd on the first day of the sale of new tech products......
"I walked all day and didn't touch anyone, not even the cows......
Silke told many stories, and Shuilonu listened quietly, asking a few questions from time to time, her eyes catching Seal's excited expression, and seeing his gaze, which had become agile because he had absorbed a lot of information. These things will take years, maybe a lifetime, to digest slowly.
"Uh, I'm telling you this, aren't you interested?" After the drink was finished, Rick stopped a little embarrassed.
Shuilonu chuckled, "It's funny to see how you talk. You don't divide things into fun and uninteresting, you seem to find everything interesting. Listening to you describe things like that, it's as if this world can never be explored. 」
Nick was speechless for a moment, his head froze, and the moment he resumed his operation, he spat out something that he couldn't believe he could say: "I also find it pleasant to watch you talk. 」
Shuilonu blushed and bowed his head. Nick bowed his head as well. So the two of them saw a fairy about a meter tall with a big pink bow tied around his head standing next to the two of them. He wore a long red gown dragged to the ground, embroidered with the word "囍" and pairs of magpies, and looked like a snow-white fox standing on two feet.
The fox fairy said to them, "Well, the season isn't right now, but humans don't seem to care about the season. If you don't care about the season, it doesn't matter if you wear a wreath or a flower crown. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, and you can't miss it. Which of you two is more proactive?"
"Me. Shuilonu said.
"She. Rick said.
"Alright, girl, you put down the heavy objects around you first. The fox fairy said.
Suspiciously, Shuilonu handed the backpack to Yamosa.
Then the fox fairy pointed to the support stone and said, "Run!"
Shuilonu saw a lot of small golden butterflies at her feet, and then her feet moved involuntarily, she jumped up and rushed under the support stones, and rushed all the way forward.
"Boy, chase after you!" said the fox elf.
Before he could finish speaking, Rick had already chased after him.
Kai Si was very excited: "It's so lucky that I can actually see the scene of running the love road! Wait for me!" he chased after him and ran next to Xi Ke.
Yamosa stood there with two people's luggage. She had been teaching Kaisi some goblin basics while Shuilonu was talking to him, and she was expecting to wait for the men to come back after a lap, when Asa tugged at the corner of her clothes and said, "Your luggage is gone. 」
Yamosa looked at her backpack, it didn't open or break, and she shook her head, "My stuff is here. 」
"You lost it, but you didn't know what to do. It's okay, we're still here, so I'll give her back to you. 」
Yamosa couldn't understand what Asa was saying. She couldn't see that right next to her, the girl in the leather coat with black hair smiled, jumped at her, and then disappeared.
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Xi Ke was rushing forward with all his might, and when he turned his head, he saw a foreigner with bright eyes walking side by side with him, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Where did you come from?"
"Omidina. My name is Kai Si, and it's a pleasure to meet you!" Kai Si said to Xi Ke with a big smile.
"I'm Rick. 」
"Please act as if I don't exist, and continue with your ritual. Kaisi said in the Etheric language.
"How can you think that it doesn't exist! Why don't you wear a camouflage uniform, put a few sticks of grass in it, or put mud on it!" Just like when scientists get close to wild animals.
"It's too late when I'm ready, you treat me like a log that can run!"
Running is not the same as running!
When the goblins saw that someone was running on the road of love, they all took out silk scarves of various colors and waved them at them, and Kai Si waved happily in response. Then a lot of flowers were thrown over with their heads and faces. Those are temporary flowers created by spells that disappear as soon as they touch the ground. But for a while, I couldn't see anything in my field of vision, all flowers like heavy snow.
Xi Ke blocked it with his hand, and Kai Si opened his hands to embrace Hua Yu. As he ran, he pulled off his coat again, stretched out like a flying squirrel spreading its leather wings, and rushed forward happily while catching the flowers.
Although I used to see foreigners when I worked in the capital, I never talked to them officially, and Kai Si was the first person from Duozhou who Xi Ke really met. Although Xi Ke didn't know the people of Duozhou before, and it stands to reason that there were no "normal" cases for him to compare, he immediately understood that this guy was a freak!
Shuilonu ran across the meadow to a circular pond. The outer and inner rings of the pond each have a ring of golden floor tiles. The round table in the center is snow-white. As Shuilonu arrived, the water flew up, flowing upwards like an upside-down waterfall. Shuilonu jumped by the edge of the pool and passed through the waterfall. She felt strangely lighter. It's not that magical lightness, it's that her strength has become stronger, her body has become more flexible, so she feels lighter. She was a little damp but not dripping. She paused on the circular steps in the middle. There are more golden butterflies at your feet.
Shuilonu jumped again and ran forward through the second waterfall with ease. The waterfall then falls and returns to its original state.
Nick and Kaisi rushed to the edge of the pond, and the water churned violently, condensing into a form resembling a giant serpent, wrapped in lightning, and hissing at the two of them in warning. The head of the snake was shaped indefinitely, sometimes looking like a wolf, sometimes a cow, and sometimes even a human. If it could be fixed, it wouldn't be scary anyway, but because it keeps changing, at that moment, it looks like something familiar is collapsing, and it's like another object that you should know but can't distinguish, which makes people feel frightened.
Syk remembers that when he passed through this place before, Asa introduced that this was the Lake of Fear. The water will reflect the fear of the victim.
Rick looked into the eyes of the serpent, and he couldn't help but think of many frightening episodes in his life. When my parents passed away as a child, I was afraid of an unknowable future. When the villagers died of the plague one by one, they were afraid that they would be left alone after the worst. In the Dark Academy, there is an endless fear of death. Fear of freezing while wandering the streets.
Now fear still exists in his heart. He feared that everything that seemed smooth and smooth would suddenly collapse, like the home he once thought was safe would disappear forever in a change of seasons.
Anything can strike suddenly. It was many years before he realized that the year of the destruction of his homeland had not been good for the whole of Sarafayido. Abnormal weather and new varieties of highly contagious plague have caused countless places to disappear in this way.
Who can guarantee that all this will not happen again? No one dares to guarantee it except for the deceitful man.
But he had to move forward, even with fear. Knowing what you want to do will help you overcome your fears.
Rick took a deep breath and walked forward into the serpent, the rushing lightning not hurting him. He walked through the water to the other side of the pond and continued to run.
After the passage of the Syke, the serpent disappeared, and Kai Si chased after him.
"I've heard that in psychometric tests, snakes represent money. Kami said.
"Do you mean that my biggest fear is running out of money?" shouted Rick as he ran.
"Don't you have any money?"
"Nope!"