Chapter 27 - Gatekeeper (1/2)

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Upon reaching the straw hut, the immortal goat began to gradually dissipate, even though there was still some energy in the boat.

As for the green lotus seed that Liu Chuan placed in his pocket, it floated out of his pocket.

For a moment, the immortal boat was filled with vibrant colors. The remaining immortal light was mixed with some of Liu Chuan’s vitality and actually began to rapidly fuse into the green lotus seed.

The green lotus seed immediately glowed brightly. Compared to before, its color seemed to have deepened.

“It shouldn’t be a problem.”

When Liu Chuan saw his vitality merge into the green lotus seed, he thought to himself that if anything happened, he could not be blamed. After all, he had done it unintentionally.

“Wake up, wake up. Wu Zhixin, little fatty, wake up.” Liu Chuan patted Wu Zhixin’s chubby little face.

Liu Chuan originally didn’t intend to wake Wu Zhixin up. However, if he left her alone outside, it would be troublesome if she encountered danger. After thinking about it, Liu Chuan still decided to go in with Wu Zhixin.

However, no one knew if something had happened to Wu Zhixin in the endless darkness, or if the green lotus had done something to her, but there was no response even after Liu Chuan called her a few times.

Pa!

Liu Chuan thought for a while and raised his hand to give Wu Zhixin a big slap.

Yes, she was still asleep.

Pa!

He gave her another big slap.

At this moment, Wu Zhixin felt pain in her cheeks and finally woke up.

In order to cover up what he had just done, Liu Chuan quickly helped her up. Without giving Wu Zhixin time to react, he said, “Lin Sisi and Monkey are currently trapped in that straw hut. We need to go in and save them, but it must be very dangerous inside. Why don’t you wait for me outside first?”

Wu Zhixin had just woken up and was still feeling a little dizzy. However, when he heard what Liu Chuan said, she didn’t think too much and continued, “Save them… I want to go too. I must save them.”

Wu Zhixin felt extremely guilty because Lin Sisi had disappeared previously. Now that Lin Sisi and Monkey were right in front of her, she threw her safety to the back of her mind and wanted to save them.

After saying that, she felt her cheeks burning. Just as she was about to take out a mirror to take a look, she was pulled away by the guilty Liu Chuan.

She could not look in the mirror at this time.

The two of them arrived before the straw hut. The green lotus wasn’t wrong this time. It really was an ordinary and tiny thatched cottage.

However, when they walked up, they realized that there was actually an old gatekeeper sitting in front of the straw hut.

The old gatekeeper was stooping over, and he was dressed in an earthen yellow tattered hemp garment. His face, which seemed to have experienced wind and frost, was covered in deep wrinkles. Meanwhile, the skin exposed on his arm was rough like old pine tree bark, with cracks appearing one after another.

This elder’s declining appearance perfectly blended into this shabby straw hut. As a result, Liu Chuan and Wu Zhixin only noticed him when they walked up.

The two looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other’s eyes.

In the end, Liu Chuan still cupped his hands and said, “Elder, could you make way?”

“Children, go back to where you came from. This is not a place you can come to.” The old gatekeeper opened his narrowed eyes and spoke faintly.

After saying this, the old gatekeeper closed his eyes and ignored the two.

When Liu Chuan heard this, he frowned. If they couldn’t even enter the door, how could they save their friends?

However, this old gatekeeper was definitely not an ordinary person. After all, the creatures that Liu Chuan had recently encountered in the ruins were all things that he could not afford to provoke. This old man looked like he was about to die, but Liu Chuan did not dare to be careless.

At this moment, Wu Zhixin didn’t know as much as Liu Chuan did. She was eager to save her friends, so she went up to the old man and scolded him. “What’s wrong with you, old man? Get out of the way, or I’ll be rude to you.”