133 Ghost Village (2/2)

Still, these ten people that they had been following were all heading into this village, and they seemed as if they had a purpose in being here.

”Should we enter?” Hei Gou asked with a compressed voice. Xue Wei pondered for a moment. ”It might be a lucky chance for us,” he said hesitatingly.

”The experts we saw were all at the most a seventh layered Sky Warrior, and the majority were ninth layer Earth Warriors.”

”We can defeat them if we push ourselves, so I guess we should try!” Xue Wei's eyes glistened with excitement. He had heard about ancient ruins before, and now he was curious as to whether or not this old village was an ancient ruin filled with treasures and lucky chances for them.

Hei Gou seemed to share the same thoughts, grinning widely. Although it was dangerous, risk and reward went hand in hand. The two friends inched closer and closer to the broken gate where the company from before had entered.

They snuck close to the gate. Xue Wei frowned. ”Ever since they entered, I have been incapable of sensing any lifeforms,” he said through a compressed voice. ”It is as if they vanished from right in front of us.”

Hei Gou was startled. ”Do you think it is the entrance to another dimension?” he asked curiously.

”I know that there are peculiar dimensions within the Northern Taiga. We were always warned about them since entering means you might not be able to exit because of the traps laid down, or if you can't find the mechanism to leave.”

”Dimensions like those are ancient, as old as the world itself, from back when sovereign beasts roamed the world and experts were as numerous as the clouds in the sky.”

”These experts could rip apart a hole in the fabric of reality and create a small world of their own in the layers they tore apart. These worlds they created were used as their abodes or places to leave their legacy. If this truly is a place like this, then we are incredibly fortunate!”

Xue Wei was surprised. He had never heard about these separate dimensions before despite having read thousands of books, but this was due to his humble roots and the level of knowledge available to his old home.

Xue Wei grew up in the human world where there were no such remnants of the old age, but these things existed aplenty deep in the danger zones.

Both Xue Wei and Hei Gou felt their heart rates speed up. ”A legacy you say?” Xue Wei licked his lips curiously. ”I lost my Heritage Ring, so it would be good to get abilities from other places. If I can get a legacy, would that not improve my strength drastically?”

Hei Gou was aware that any skills and abilities were useless to himself, but most places that had a legacy also held various treasures. He could use pills, herbs and other treasures to raise his cultivation base, as well as find new metals to reinforce his claws.

Both Xue Wei and Hei Gou were eager to enter, but they were also cautious. They understood that if they were not strong enough, then they would end up becoming corpses.

Feeling slightly nervous, the two looked at one another. They were standing right in front of the broken gate, unable to see anything else than an empty yard, the people that had entered had vanished, and their hearts quivered slightly.

”Let's go!” Xue Wei finally said with a deep sigh. Steadily, he stepped into the broken gate, followed closely by Hei Gou.

A mist seemed to billow out from inside the gate. The deeper they made it into the fog, the thicker it became, clouding their vision.

At the start, they could see a few meters in front of them, but after walking for ten minutes they could not even look at their hands. They ended up finding a rope in their bags and tied it around their waists to avoid getting separated.

It was impossible to tell the time of the day because of the mist. There was no sunshine, no light source, and no sound.

The two walked on and on, but no matter how much they walked, they could not seem to get out of the mist. The amount of time they had walked was also impossible to be determined. On one hand, it felt as if they had just entered, while on the other it felt as if a year had already passed.

They continued to walk forward aimlessly. There were no signs of life in this fog; not even insects could be found.

Finally, after walking for an unknown amount of time, the bustling sound of a village entered their ears. This was the sounds of faint voices that were being brought over by the wind.

Some of them were supposed to be loud, but it all petered out into a low mumble. Although it was impossible to understand what these voices said, the fact that there were voices made both Xue Wei and Hei Gou feel incredibly relieved. They had started to fear the dead silence of the fog that they had been walking through.

Xue Wei and Hei Gou wished for nothing more than to rush towards the voices, but they halted instead.

”This could not be a trap, could it?” Xue Wei asked with a compressed voice. His voice carried a trace of hesitation. He was eager to see if there was a village, but he would not risk their lives due to extreme loneliness forcing him towards the sound of life.