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Published at 24th of February 2018 07:46:57 AM


Chapter 186

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Chapter 186: The Light Above the River

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

 

The old village head was half stunned upon hearing what Vivian said. He stroked his moustache while recollecting his memory. "There have been a lot of outsiders coming here lately. They clad in all kinds of attire, I couldn’t recall that you’ve mentioned..."

Hao Ren thought for a while. "Was there a woman saying that she was from an alien world and trying to go home? She was probably speaking some foreign language."

The old village head’s eyes glowed. "Ahh, that I remember. Two days ago, a woman had stayed for a night. I’ve a particularly deep impression because she spoke some foreign languages which nobody could understand. She then spoke the language of the mountain people. She looked desperate and kept saying she wanted to go home... but she hadn’t mentioned about alien world.

Hao Ren thought for a second; perhaps she was being careful not to divulge her origin to these mountain people, she hadn’t done the same to the wolf pack because perhaps she thought that they were just a bunch of beasts and as intelligent as a beast they mightn’t as crafty as human. Sensing the old village head looked at him curiously, Hao Ren waved his hand. "Forget about the alien world. We’re looking for the woman. Do you know which direction she was going?"

"Ahh, that I know." The old village head nodded. "She was asking about a shortcut to Beinz Blood Lake. I showed her the most favourite route mercenaries used. Wait a second, I get the map."

The old village head wasn’t used to divulge the such information to strangers. He did it because of Becky, without raising further question. Becky had been a regular patron in the village while she was on a mission in the nearby steppe. She had helped the locals a lot while she was here. The locals who were indebted to her trusted her.

The cylindrical houses of the mountain people were simple. The interior was divided into different partitions using straw, which could be easily dismantled and moved. The living quarter where they were sitting was near a room. The old village head went inside what looked like a bedroom and took out a scroll of sheep skin with the map of the south of the steppe and the west of the kingdom on it.

"Go this way; first along the steppe, then right through the ancient trail across the mountain ranges in the middle. Most mercenaries used this route." The village head pointed at the map. Hao Ren noticed the route was basically matching the route Becky chose, except the ancient trail across the mountain range. The old village added, "She’d purchased a horse from the village. She didn’t have money but she bartered it with a kind of medicinal cream which was magical in treating exterior wound."

The village head took a bit of the cream he got from the mysterious woman, placed it in a small box carved out from wood. The cream smelled fruity. Hao Ren couldn’t recognise the cream, and he couldn’t tell where the woman came from based on this magical cream.

"Then we’ll follow the route." Hao Ren raised his head and discussed with members of his company. "It’s shorter by the look of it."

Lily was busily helping herself to the special hard cake baked from herbs and flour of the mountain people, in a manner very much like a dog gnawing greedily on a bone. She muttered indistinctly when she heard it. "OK, OK."

"You seem to be too willing." Vivian shot Lily a sideways glance. Then she turned her eyes to Becky. "Any problem with that route?"

Becky nodded. "It looks just fine. Not much difference. Oh by the way you lot look really particular about it."

They giggled in unison. Then Nangong Wuyue fibbed. "Just study about things, you know... we’re used to it..."

Becky couldn’t care less about that, her eyes just stared curiously at the pot beside Hao Ren’s leg. "That’s dedicated... you bring along the thing even when you’re eating. What kind of alchemical tool is that?"

Before Hao Ren could answered, tingling and water sounds had come out from the pot. Lil Pea was torturing the MDT while the MDT cried into the mind of Hao Ren. "Hao Ren! Please take care of your naughty kid! Go get the water changed, she’s using me to grind her teeth!"

Becky stared in awe at the pot. "It’s really an alchemical tool! It works on its own?"

Hao Ren’s cold sweat was trickling down his back. He quickly took the pot and went outside. "Err... sort of. But I need to get it check..."

Looking at the back of Hao Ren, Nangong Wuyue felt sorry for him as she muttered to Vivian, "That’s how difficult life is to raise a premarital child. Look at this single father, he has to change water for his daughter, his life’s basically over."

Vivian was stupefied for a second before she could react. "He’s the only one needing to give his daughter a water change!"

Lily looked up and stared at the cake on the table, then reached for it. "You’re going to eat? Then I’ll take it."

"Doggie, how dare you!"

"I’m hungry."

"Put it down!"

"I’m hungry."

"Don’t ever touch my barbeque!"

"I’m hungry."

The village head looked on and was overjoyed because it was an honour for mountain people to have guests scramble for their food. "Don’t worry, don’t worry, we still have plenty."

Meanwhile, Hao Ren was carrying the pot and coming to a river outside of the village. The sun had completely set below the horizon, and the steppe was devoid of any manmade lights. The only light source was the illumination of stars and two moons. The village was tranquil and the surrounding atmosphere was natural and carefree. Hao Ren looked around and found no-one at the river, he then unlid the pot and let the little mermaid out. "Come out, Lil Pea. I’m getting you a water change."

The little mermaid poked her head out and surveyed the surroundings, the dark scared her as much as the vast and unfamiliar environment. She hesitated for a while before obediently jumped out from the pot.

After soaking and being tortured in the pot for the whole day, the MDT finally got out from it, scornfully. It shook the water off and splashed it on Hao Ren’s face. "Serving you two’s the darkest moment in my life! Look at the bite... err... that’s the downside of too solid a body, no evidence’s left behind."

Lil pea looked up at her ‘carousel’, she again began to grind her little teeth quietly. The MDT shuddered without making a sound.

Hao Ren refilled the pot with clean water before he took out a piece of paper and shoved it to Lil Pea. "Hungry?"

The rune cards, left behind by the pathetic Nangong Sanba, had saved Hao Ren a lot of money in buying food for his daughter. Half of the leftover cards were still unfinished.

Lil Pea took the card over and gnawed it. The sound of chewing hard paper sounded louder in the silence of the night, very much like noise of mouse chewing—it was a disgusting but appropriate metaphor. Hao Ren sighed deeply as he placed the pot by his side. He was thinking about Beinz Blood Lake and the myterious woman. A sudden plop jolted him away from his thoughts.

Lil Pea was gone.

"Your daughter’d jumped into the river." The MDT screamed. "She was being washed away."

After finishing her food, Lil Pea was mooching around. When she saw the nearby river, she was overly excited as it was her first time seeing a big body of water. She couldn’t help but threw herself into the water without thinking!

Hao Ren heard sloshes and the scream of fear. He jumped into the river at once. As he was about to follow the current searching for Lil Pea, he found out the little mermaid was right at his side—she was swimming against the current and managed to stay at the same spot.

Hao Ren took the pot and scooped Lil Pea up from the water. Then he turned to the MDT. "You told me she was washed away? You scared the hell out of me!"

The MDT hovered in the air indifferently. "Yeah, she was indeed being washed away—at the speed of 0.5 centimetres per second. Enough’s enough! I too have my temper!"

"Go soak you head!" Hao Ren caught the MDT with his hand and shoved it back in to the pot. As he was about to get out of the water, a beam of light coming from nowhere shone on the river.

His eyes traced the light source and found that it was coming from a white brick building across the river.





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