The scorching sun shone in the sky. The scorching sunlight passed through the dense forest and fell on the ground, forming a strange pattern of stars, like countless gold coins scattered on the ground.
From time to time, he could hear the sound of rustling. It was the strange sound of the mountain wind blowing through the forest, rubbing against the leaves and grass. In the open space of the forest, one could barely make out what seemed to be a road. However, the road was covered with weeds and shrubs that were half the height of a person. It seemed that no one had walked on this road for hundreds of years. The reason why one could recognize this road was that the large shrubs on both sides were much taller than the middle. Compared to the weeds, the low middle was full of traces of artificial carving. Naturally, he could easily tell that this was originally a path. At least, a long time ago, this was once a path.
Although we knew that Wilma Forest was dangerous and the road conditions were complicated, it was not until we were there that we realized that the so-called road conditions were actually complicated to this extent. Every step forward required an unimaginable price. Countless thorns and shrubs covered the road, so much so that every time they moved forward, they had to cut down these shrubs and weeds and move them to the side to barely pass through. The task of opening the path naturally fell on Long Zhan and me. At this moment, Long Zhan held a Zhanmadao in both hands and was waving it left and right to cut down the bushes in front of him. Then, he used the back of his saber to push him aside. As for the Shura Axe, he carried it on his back. After all, the effect of the Zhanmadao clearing a path was more obvious than the Shura Axe. Long Qi followed behind Long Zhan at a distance of three meters, cautiously guarding against any movement in the surroundings. After all, this place already belonged to Wilma Forest. Whether it was in history, in the Ranger Guild, or in various folk stories, there were many legends about the Wilma Forest. There were countless soul-stirring adventure legends about the Wilma Forest on these continents, and without exception, they proved that the Wilma Forest was an extremely terrifying and dangerous place. There were poisonous man-eating flowers that devoured living people, and there were also ferocious, powerful, and bloodthirsty orcs. Even the Forest Yeti, which were even more terrifying than the Beastmen, were also distributed in this vast primitive forest. Wolves, tigers, and strange magical beasts were countless. "However, we are currently at the edge of Wilma Forest, so we haven't encountered any terrifying monsters or orcs. Even so, in the three days we've been in Wilma Forest, we've already killed more than a hundred wolves, tigers, leopards, lions, and other ferocious beasts. We don't know what we'll encounter if we keep going in, but we can be sure that what we'll encounter next won't be the same as the lions and tigers.
In addition, for the sake of safety, Zi Yue was also that beautiful young girl named Zi Fa. Her name was also only known later. She and her younger brother Zi Yun were arranged to be in the middle of the team. The one following behind them was Long Xin. In case of any sudden accidents, Long Xin could protect the two of them. As for the rear, it was naturally me. Of course, if Long Zhan's physical strength was almost exhausted, I had to go to the front to open the way, and Long Zhan would take over my position as the rear. As for the tool to open the way, it was naturally the Zhanmadao. I couldn't bear to use the Hundred-battle Saber to cut those shrubs and weeds. Now that my strength had increased greatly, even if I held the Zhanmadao that weighed more than 60 pounds, it didn't feel heavy at all. This was simply unimaginable in modern society. Although I wasn't as big as in my previous life, my strength was definitely several times stronger than before. This was the effect of practicing the offensive sword technique. I guess that if I master the assassination sword technique, there will definitely be even more shocking changes. In addition, in order to train my arm strength, I didn't hold the knife with both hands like Long Zhan. Instead, I used the method of holding the knife with one hand to cut down the bushes and bushes that blocked my way. When my right hand was tired, I would change to my left hand. This way, the arm strength of both hands has been trained, but even if we open the way with one hand, it doesn't affect our progress at all. Of course, my Hundred-battle Saber is still on my back. As an excellent warrior, he must never leave his weapon by his side. Otherwise, it would be no different from suicide.
"I'm really sorry! I made you suffer so much!" Zi Yue had said this countless times. Indeed, the commission she paid was not proportional to the labor we paid.
"Don't take it to heart." Long Xin had a nonchalant expression on her face. After spending a few days with Zi Yue, we realized that she was a very gentle, kind, and innocent girl. And after talking to her, we also learned some things about her.
Zi Yue was born in the Zi family of the Southern Ridge of the Alliance. The Zi family was a true noble family. In this generation, the title of Marquis was passed down. In the Bi Qi Empire, there were no more than 30 families with the title of Marquis. From this, one could see how prestigious their family was. In the Fama World, there were strict ranks of nobility. They were divided into duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. These were all directly conferred by the royal family. This was exactly the same as the ranks of nobility in the pre-Qin period in the history of China. As for the other nobles, they were not even ranked. For example, the head of the family did not have a title. Although the ancestors of the Ye Family were the founding fathers of the Bi Qi Empire, that was thousands of years ago. On the other hand, the Kitagawa Ryuu Family, which Long Xin and the others belonged to, had a powerful background and was a Viscount. They were many levels higher than the family head, but the Long family's title was still two levels lower than the Zi family's. Of course, when it came to the issue of the title of nobility, I managed to get quite a bit of information about Long Xin. Long Xin's elder brother was the eldest son of the Long family and would be able to inherit the title of nobility in the future. As for Long Xin, although she was not the eldest son and was a female, she was born in the direct line of descent. After she completed her cultivation, she would also have her own territory. Although I don't know how big it would be, I'm sure it would definitely be much bigger than the territory of the family head. Long Xin would definitely become a woman in the future.
As for Long Zhan and Long Qi, they were actually cousins with Long Xin. As they were not direct descendants, they did not have the chance to obtain the territory allocated by the family. Generally, branch family descendants like this would choose to rely on direct descendants for a better future. For example, the current Long Xin, Long Qi, and Long Zhan had a special relationship. After Long Xin obtained the territory, Long Zhan and Long Qi would become Long Xin's capable assistants and help Long Xin manage her future businesses. This situation was very common on the Fa Ma Continent. This was also why Long Xin's strength was inferior to Long Qi and Long Zhan, but Long Zhan and Long Qi had to listen to Long Xin. The three of them traveled together to lay a solid foundation for future cooperation. It could be said that in the future, the three of them would advance and retreat together, sharing honor and disgrace. Similar to their situation, Zi Yue had also gone out to travel because of the arrangements of the family. Moreover, her younger brother Zi Yun had come out with her. However, although Zi Yue and Zi Yun's father was the family's sect master, their mother's status was low. Mother Zhen (equivalent to the status of a concubine), so their situation in the family was not very optimistic. Moreover, from the obscure and worried expressions of Zi Yun and Zi Yue, it could be seen that they had more difficulties that were difficult to describe.
It was another complicated feud between the rich and powerful. In my previous life, I've seen too many television dramas about this. Just by looking at Zi Yue's beauty that seemed to be that of a celestial being, it was easy to imagine that her mother must also be an extremely beautiful woman. It was not difficult to imagine what would happen after that. Amongst the many wives and concubines, their mothers would be attacked and humiliated. Moreover, she knew her mother from her daughter. Zi Yue was pure and kind. Then her mother's personality should be not much different from Zi Yue's. It would be a miracle if such a personality did not run into a wall in those aristocratic families. In addition, they only had a little money to hire them. The paladins would protect them when they returned home. It was easy to imagine the financial situation of their mothers in the family. In short, they were typical living samples of women born from concubines being oppressed by their first wife. Although I had secretly figured out all of this through some details, I think the truth should not be too far off.
"Sigh! Poor brother and sister!" I sighed to myself.
"The sun is setting!" Long Qi looked up at the sky and said,"Let's find a place to camp after walking for a while!"”
"Yes!" Long Xin looked at the sky and nodded slightly.
"There seems to be a big tree in front. I think we should camp there!”Long Zhan, who was walking at the front, pointed ahead.
About half an hour later, we finally arrived at the tree. It was a huge tree with a large crown, similar to the banyan tree in our previous life. The entire tree was actually more than 20 meters tall, but the crown was even more exaggerated. It took up almost the size of a basketball court. However, I was sure that this wasn't a banyan tree. Its leaves actually had thorns on them. They looked a little like cacti, but they weren't as thick as cacti. However, the most peculiar thing was that its trunk was actually covered in a wet, oil-like liquid. In this liquid, there were countless corpses of small insects stuck to it.
"Looks like this should be a Wilma Conifer!”Long Qi was also carefully observing the tree with a thoughtful expression.
"Wilma Conifer!" "How did you know?"”
"Stupid!" On the other side, Long Xin, who was busy tidying up her spatial bag, said casually,"Anyone would know this if they read the Ranger Manual!”
" Ranger Manual!" I was stunned.
"Don't tell me you don't know what the Ranger Manual is!”Long Zhan swung his somewhat sore arm as he continued,""If you want to become a qualified Ranger, the first thing you need to do is not to learn some powerful skills, but to remember every word in the Ranger Manual!”
"Ah!" I scratched my head in embarrassment. Although I had already been in this world for three months, and I had more or less understood the situation in this world through books or Chen Feng's introduction, I didn't know that the Rangers in this world were so particular.
"I really lost to you!" Long Xin had a ruthless expression on her face."This ranger manual! Take a good look when you have time!" Long Xin said as she took out a thick booklet from her spatial bag."In case you embarrass yourself when the time comes, you're still the deputy leader of the Wandering Dragon Gang!”
"Yes, sir! Lord Faction Leader!" I took the ranger manual with a respectful expression. Although he really wanted to open the book, now was not the time. Although Long Qi also wanted to study the Wilma Conifer Tree, Long Xin, who was busy organizing her luggage, tactfully went over to help.
As for Long Zhan, he wandered around early in the morning, looking for some dry wood or something to prepare fuel for the bonfire at night. As for me, I was more comfortable because my mission was to protect Zi Yue and Zi Yun during their rest time. These were all divided up long ago. At this moment, Zi Yue and Zi Yun, who had long been exhausted, were also sitting on the stools that Long Xin had set up, panting desperately. It seemed that although these two fellows were not usually spoiled, they had definitely not done such a task like forcefully crossing through the Wilma Forest. The three days in the forest had been tough for the siblings. After all, they were not martial arts rangers, but liberal arts students who studied history books and business theories. Their physical strength was naturally much weaker. Moreover, in order to better protect their bodies from harm, Long Xin had also given each of them a set of leather armor. This was a light armor made from the hard skin of crocodiles. Although its defensive power was far inferior to heavy armor, it was more than enough to resist the poisonous thorns of weeds and shrubs. Even so, the light armor was still too heavy for the siblings. Moreover, they had been walking for twelve hours in this armor, and they had been walking on a thorny mountain road like Wilma Forest. Therefore, when they sat down, the two of them almost wanted to break up and lean against the chair, not moving at all.
It was only when Long Xin took out two bottles of water from her spatial bag and handed them to the siblings that they reluctantly reached out to take them. He directly poured it into his mouth. It looked like he was drinking water. He was simply pouring water!
Whoosh! The two siblings let out a long sigh of satisfaction at the same time, but they looked at me with an inquisitive expression.
"En! Haha!" The siblings blushed at the same time. Nobles paid the most attention to elegant manners. At the beginning, the siblings could barely maintain the elegant manners of nobles, but after entering Wilma Forest, they only maintained this noble manner for half a day before it completely went out of shape. Just like at this moment, Zi Yue wiped the sweat off her face unladylike. If it was a few days ago, she would definitely take out a sweat towel from her bag and wipe it off. It seemed that the environment changed people no matter which world it was used in.
I also took the water from Long Xin and drank a few mouthfuls. I felt that my physical strength had recovered a lot, as if I had been reborn. All the fatigue on my body had been swept away. Every time it came to this, I would always envy Long Xin's magical space bag. It was hard to imagine what it would be like in such a dangerous forest without Long Xin's space bag to help everyone carry these heavy items. At least I was sure of one thing. They definitely wouldn't dare to drink the water recklessly. After all, this was the Wilma Forest, which was filled with poisonous creatures. With the Spatial Bag, we could store more water and rations. With a total of five cubic meters of space, not only could we store water and rations, but we could also store tents and other things. It was really convenient. I secretly thought that I should get myself a Spatial Bag after I reached Mengzhong. Although the price was ridiculously expensive, I believed that I would definitely be able to receive quite a number of high-paying missions in a high-level leveling area like Mengzhong!
"Hu! "The tent is set up." Long Qi shook his sore arms slightly.
And Long Zhan also came back with a big bundle of firewood. He also brought back a small wild boar that had been split into two halves. Judging from the neat and smooth cut, it should have been split into two by Long Zhan's sword aura. Wild boars were one of the few edible animals in the Wilma Forest recorded in the ranger's handbook. Although there were dry food such as bread and jerky in the package, we didn't mind changing our appetite if we could replace dry food with it. After all, the taste of dry food was really not good.
When we lit the bonfire, the last ray of sunlight in the forest was drowned out by the mountains in the distance.
Long Xin cast a light blue Holy Word Barrier around the tree. This was a magical shielding magic, similar to modern optical camouflage, but more ingenious than optical camouflage. If one stood outside the barrier, the space wrapped by the barrier was almost no different from the surrounding. Generally, it was difficult to discover the mysteries inside the barrier without crashing into the barrier. Not only that, the Holy Word Barrier also had the magical effect of isolating sound. No matter how loudly the people inside the barrier spoke, the people outside wouldn't be able to hear them. However, the people inside the barrier were normal and could see and hear everything outside. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't have believed that such magic existed in this world. There was no record of this magical skill in the Legends. To be honest, when he first saw this spell, he was shocked by its magic. At the same time, he was shocked. It seemed that not all skills in this world were included in the settings of the Legends. If he relied too much on everything he knew in the Legend, he might die without knowing how.
After Long Xin set up the Holy Word Barrier, she also set up a few magic traps around it. This way, if anyone or animal broke into the barrier, they would definitely be attacked by the magic traps. This was only one of the functions of the magic trap, but it was not the main function. The real function of the magic trap was to alert the intruder. After the magic trap attacked the intruder, it would make a sound, allowing us to react immediately. It had to be said that the combination of the Holy Word Barrier and the magic trap was an essential treasure for setting up a home in the wild. Unfortunately, only the Mage Long Xin could use the barrier and the trap. The others could only envy her.
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