Chapter 106 – Encountering Desert Bandits! (1/2)
Chapter 106: Encountering desert bandits!
When Li Muyang opened his eyes, his first thought was that he was still alive.
He thought he would definitely die.
When he dropped from such a high place, the sound of wind howling in his ears seemed to have lasted for several centuries. The most realistic image was that his body would be torn and his bones crushed to pieces.
“Cui Xiaoxin?” Li Muyang suddenly sprung up, his eyes scanning around.
Cui Xiaoxin's figure was nowhere in sight, instead before his eyes was an inhospitable, cold desert.
The red limestone soil looked like the post-sunset afterglow, and the barren emptiness pierced the heart with sadness.
His body incessantly swayed side-to-side and jolted up and down from time to time.
People shouting, horses neighing, and wheels rumbling.
Li Muyang came to realise he was lying on top of a carriage of goods. Dozens of carts formed a motorcade that spread into long, snake-like formation.
With his head dizzy and heavy, Li Muyang was unable to respond to what was happening.
Was he not climbing the mountain? Did he not fall from the mountain? Why did he wake up in a desert?
Fantasy and reality constantly intersecting, Li Muyang felt he was suffering from a mental disorder.
No wonder Starry Sky Academy is the most mysterious school in the divine continent, even the admission into the school is too difficult, right? It plays with the metal state of students.
“Young man, are you awake?” A burly man came over on a horse, drew back the corners of his mouth and smiled fatuously.
His voice carried a strong accent of the Guanzhong province, which differed greatly from the dialect of Jiangnan but was still easily understood.
He was wearing a light armour with a large, blue sword hanging at his waist. His eyes were bright and keen, it seems he is of no ordinary talent.
“Why am I here? Where am I?” Li Muyang hastily asked.
“This is the Valley of the Red Devils.” The man said, smiling. Pointing at the grotesquely shaped red sand dunes in the distance with his fingers, he continued: “You see those slopes, they look like red devils, right?”
“Yes.” Li Muyang answered, nodding his head. He did not care what red sand dunes look like, he was more concerned with how he arrived here. “Then I—–how did I get to the Valley of the Red Devils?”
“We saved you.” The stout man gave a hearty laugh. “You were lying unconscious on the road, so we brought you with us.”
“You were at Flower Language Plains?”
“Flower Language Plain? Of course not. We don't dare to go to that place. We found you in Mangrove Forest—-” The burly man said with a smile.
Li Muyang had the feeling of wanting to die.
Where is Mangrove Forest? If he was to return to Nameless Mountain then how many more days would it be? Will he encounter numerous a.s.sa.s.sinations along the way like last time—-Li Muyang could feel strength draining from his body.
“Why is my life so hard?”
“I have a companion—-When you found me, did you see a girl? A beautiful girl.” Li Muyang quickly asked.
“No.” The burly man said, shaking his head. “We just found you alone, we never saw any beautiful girl.”
Li Muyang sighed deeply in disappointment, he felt he was on the verge of a mental breakdown.
He was worried that before he has the chance to enter Starry Sky Academy, he would be admitted into a mental hospital that specifically treats a variety of mental illnesses in the kingdom.
“I have not yet asked for big brother's name—–”
“You flatter me.” The burly man laughed loudly. “My name is Gan Yang, I am the head of the Wan Li escorting establishment in Guanzhong province, I am here to deliver some goods with my brothers—-“
Li Muyang took a quick glimpse at the front of the long carriage, asking: “Brother Gan, where is this cargo headed?”
“To s.h.i.+men town. We unload the cargo there and someone will come to receive the goods.” Gan Yang is an honest person, directly spoke out their destination.
“s.h.i.+men town—–” Li Muyang gently murmured the name, it left a bitter taste in his mouth. This was not a name or place he was familiar with. He wants to go to Flower Language plain, he wants to go to Nameless Mountain, he wants to enroll into Starry Sky Academy—-If he was to follow them then, just when will he reach there?
“Brother Gan, I want to know, how far is it to Flower Language Plain? Roughly how many days?”