134 Thousand Mist Village (1/2)
Slowly, the two inched closer and closer to the bustling sound. They were on high alert, their heads turning left and right to ensure that no one was creeping up on them.
But no matter how much they looked, nothing happened. There were no traps, and the voices became louder and louder until it was as though they were right next to them. However, the voices abruptly went silent all of a sudden.
The sudden silence was incredibly eerie. Xue Wei could feel how his heart started to beat rapidly. He was worried, the only reason it would become quiet was because whatever was speaking had noticed that something was off.
Although it had suddenly turned silent, the voices had been all around them, so Xue Wei steeled himself and continued moving forward with Hei Gou attached to him through the rope.
Hei Gou was quiet, but Xue Wei felt relieved knowing that his good friend was right behind him. Together, they continued to walk towards the unknown.
This fog that had shrouded them like a blanket suddenly lifted, and Xue Wei and Hei Gou suddenly found themselves in the middle of a village.
This village seemed faintly familiar; it reminded them of the ghost village from outside the dimensional gate, yet some things were different.
This village was not as worn down. The palisades were not rotten but instead made from young, sturdy tree trunks. The road was not cracked but finely laid with small stones that almost shone with a polish from the wear of frequent traffic.
Although it was a busy village, it was now currently so silent that one could hear a pin drop. When Xue Wei and Hei Gou looked around, they were rather stunned.
They were on the main road of the village. This road was bustling with life; many experts were standing and looking at them, all with various expressions on their faces.
Some looked horrified and scared, others looked hostile and angry, and yet some seemed intrigued and curious.
All of them were staring at Xue Wei and Hei Gou, who both felt stumped for words.
”Uh I think we took the wrong turn in the fog,” Hei Gou said as he yanked the rope that kept him and Xue Wei together.
”We might want to turn around and return to the fog,” Xue Wei agreed, sweating profusely.
When the two turned around, there was no fog. Instead, the road continued behind them – and there was no shortage of people looking at them from that direction.
”I think we might have made a mistake,” Xue Wei lifted his hands and looked around. Although there were many people, only a couple of them were ninth layered Sky Warriors. The rest were below that, with the majority being Earth Warriors.
Xue Wei did not find this strange. It was a small village, and most small villages only had access to the most basic of cultivation methods, so there was a limit to how strong these people could become. In fact, it was already somewhat surprising that some of them had reached the Sky Warrior rank.
Back in Lingyun Town when Xue Wei had been a kid, he and the other children had looked up to the three overseers in charge of training the youngsters, and those three were only Earth Warriors.
So when comparing this village to Lingyun Town, it was no doubt better off, but the power it boasted was not enough to deter Xue Wei and Hei Gou too much.
”Who are you?” one of the men around them on the street suddenly asked. His voice was condescending, and his demeanor arrogant.
This man was a Sky Warrior of the third layer, one of the stronger experts present.
”Did we travel back in time?” Xue Wei asked Hei Gou, completely ignoring the third layer Sky Warrior that had asked him who they were. Hei Gou, following Xue Wei's lead, just shrugged his shoulders.
”It could be that we are in some sort of illusion, completely cut off from reality and viewing a vision of the village from when it was in its prime?”
”Either way, we seem to be in a rather tough position right now.” Xue Wei sighed and looked at the different people who were looking at them with mixed emotions. Some of them looked at them with hostility, others with curiosity. But all of them had caution in their eyes, and a wariness in their demeanor.
”Are you deaf? You were asked a question!” a young man chimed in. His voice was slightly high-pitched and was annoying to listen to, mainly because he had yelled out at the top of his lungs.
Xue Wei took off the rope that connected him to Hei Gou and put it away into his bag.
Afterwards, he turned and looked at the young man who had yelled. Despite the annoyance he felt towards this loud-mouthed and arrogant fellow, Xue Wei could only sigh in his heart. They had just fled the Flowing Blood Prairie because of their overbearing attitude, so it was not a good idea to start off on the wrong foot with the people inside this alternate dimension.
”I am sorry, but could you tell us where we are?” Xue Wei asked politely. He was not being humble or hostile, just polite, but his question seemed to tick off the guy who had yelled earlier.
”I did not tell you to ask questions!” he yelled. ”I told you to identify yourselves!”
Xue Wei sighed. His head was throbbing. This person made his mood turn sour, but he knew better than to act against him while being in unknown territory.
Instead, he turned to the first man who had spoken, the third layer Sky Warrior.
”Could you perhaps give us an explanation?” Xue Wei asked gently. ”We were lost in a fog must have ended up in your village my mistake. We saw a run down village which we entered, but somehow we ended up here.”
The man frowned. His eyes were haughty, and it was clear that he was a renowned expert within the village. His bearing said that he was an important man.