Chapter 767 (2/2)

So after knowing that, he was no longer picky. He would just slay anything that came in his way. He ventured across the white and endless land without an actual aim of where he wanted to go. After he started to lose track of time, Zhang Yang found himself arriving before a derelict palace.

This wreckage of a palace seemed to be abandoned long time ago. There was no one, no humans, no Spectres in the vicinity. The palace was basically empty. Other than a few dried corpses and remaining bones, there was nothing else. Obviously, the residents of the palace had left the palace on their own will. There was no bloodshed or whatsoever in the palace at all.

Zhang Yang had not found anything shiny in the vicinity of the palace. Well, it was obvious that there were no quests to be triggered here. Upon scanning the area for a little bit, he carried on with his grinding. A few hours had passed, Zhang Yang continued on slaying monsters without any rest. However, when he looked forward, he saw a bunch of greens far before him. As he got closer to the spot, he realized that he was approaching a forest!

The scenery of spotting a forest in the middle of a salt rock land was just magnificent! The feeling was like spotting a greenland in the middle of a desert! Zhang Yang was a little excited over what he found. So, he quickly patted his pet and flew straight towards the forest. However, before he could descend down to the ground, he was greeted with a large number of arrows from the direction of the forest.

Although Zhang Yang attempted to block the arrows by raising his shield up, he was still shot by the arrows. Well, with the arrows stuck firmly on him, he looked like a hedgehog. Not only was his {Block} ineffective against the arrow attacks, he had also lost tens of thousands of his HP. Fortunately for him, Zhang Yang would never be bothered by that at all. After all, he already had over a million HP at the current stage of the game.

“Hey!” a voice was heard from the forest, “Why didn’t you signal us earlier? I could have accidentally shoot you dead!”

After a brief moment, a young man, a human, walked right out of the forest and waved at Zhang Yang. Then he said, “Alright! I’ve disabled the defence mechanism of the place! You can come in now!”

[Joseph] (Normal, Humanoid)

Level: 185

HP: 237,730

Zhang Yang attempted to land again, As expected! This time, he was able to land without being greeted with a large number of arrows. He hopped off the back of phoenix pet and said, “So, you don’t like guests, I assume?”

“We don’t like those uninvited guests!” Joseph smiled. Then, he continued to speak, “For instance, did you see the Frost Wolves, Salt Tigers and the Curly Monsters while you were on your way here? Those beasts would have destroyed our home if we ever let them in! So, we decided to set up a defensive mechanism by the outskirts of the region. Well, to stop them from invading our home of course!”

Joseph looked at the Phoenix pet. He was mesmerized by the appearance of the phoenix. Then he said, “Outsider, is this mount for sale? I can give you … two bottles of water!”

Two bottles of water to buy a Legendary pet? Zhang Yang felt the need to beat some senses into this idiot! However, seeing how the entire was covered with salt rocks without any sign of river or water, maybe a drop of water would even be much more valuable than a ton of diamonds!

“Of course not! It’s not up for sale!” Zhang Yang shook his head and kept Phoenix pet back in his inventory. The forest was quite thick, actually. It would not be appropriate for the big blazing bird to glide into the forest. Meanwhile, it would also be unwise to fly across the sky. Zhang Yang would never know what hit him if there were more traps or defensive mechanisms around the forest.

Joseph was very disappointed. The disappointment was written all over his face. However, he was quite an optimistic person. He became cheerful again after a brief moment. Then he said, “Outsider, what’s your name? Where do you hail from?”

“Zhan Yu, from White Jade Castle!”

“White Jade what? Castle?” Joseph began muttering to himself. He was confused to hear what Zhang Yang just told him. Obviously, he had not heard of the place before. He scratched his head and said, “The Chief is out of the village, trying to understand the situation outside. He would be very pleased to see you! Zhan Yu, please follow me!”

‘Ding! Joseph has given you a quest: Referral! Will you accept?’

Zhang Yang accepted the quest and followed Joseph into the forest. Meanwhile, the young man noticed the existence of Felice. He was mesmerized by the appearance of Felice as well. He expressed that he was willing to give 10 bottles of water as a gift of proposing to Felice. By the end of it, Zhang Yang gave him a solid slap on his face and he fell facedown.

The village that Joseph came from was not far. Well, the forest was not really huge, to begin with. Joseph, Zhang Yang, and Felice had arrived at a small village after a brief while of walking. The village was filled with women and children. There was no sign of any men in the village. According to Joseph, the men had gone out to hunt. Meanwhile, he was still one month away from becoming a real man. So he was only posted to guard the outpost by the outskirts of the forest.

The buildings and facilities in the village were built with woods and sticks. It almost felt like the place was a primitive tribe’s village. Well, if it wasn’t because of the outside world being in total chaos, this place would be a very good place for a vacation.

The three of them arrived before a small wooden cottage. After Joseph knocked the door a few times over, he opened the door and invited Zhang Yang to enter as well.

There was an old man inside the cottage. The old man was carrying the name ‘Chief Hushma’. He was holding a walking stick. He appeared to be very old and clumsy.

After Joseph had introduced Zhang Yang to the Chief, Hushma began to speak, “Outsider, how did you manage to come in here? According to my knowledge, the beasts out there are ferocious!”

“My respected Chief, he has a big bird! A very very very big big bird!” Joseph immediately spoke in excitement, trying to explain to the Chief.

“Huh?” Hushma widened his eyes and said, “So outsider, does that mean you can fly in the sky?”

“Yes, I can!” Zhang Yang nodded.

“That’s great!” Hushma knocked his walking stick against the ground as he spoke in excitement. Then he said, “Outsider, we are in dire need of water. Water is the one thing that we need the most now! However, our water supplies are extremely limited! Well, there isn’t much rain here. Furthermore, the nearby lakes have been turned into salt! So, we can’t use the water anymore. We can only rely on morning dew to preserve our lives here. Although we know that there is a lake that has not been contaminated located by the west side of our village, there are countless deadly monsters roaming in between our village and the lake. So all we can do is to stare at the lake from afar!”

He looked at Zhang Yang with his eyes filled of hope, “Please bring us some clean water! We shall pay you a handsome reward… erm… erk —” After seeing how the village was doing, Zhang Yang could deduce that clean water was the most valuable thing they could offer. There was simply nothing of the same value that could replace the clean water. So, the Chief immediately started faltering.

The Chief gave it some thought and said, “I can give you the one sword that has been passed down for generations, the ‘Kingcross’s Sword,’ as the reward!”