134 Thousand Mist Village (2/2)
”You are in the Thousand Mists Village,” he said. His tone was not polite at all, but he was not being unreasonable either.
”The Thousand Mist Village is filled with fog all year round, and only by walking through the fog can you enter our village.”
”Entering the village is simple,” he continued, ”but leaving is not.”
”Is this a threat?” Xue Wei's body turned taut and his eyes sharp. He was unsure of whether or not it was the people making it hard to leave or if it was some natural phenomenon like the fog.
”You can take it as a threat,” the man said, slightly annoyed. ”You can choose to turn around and leave right now, then no one will say a word about it, or you can choose to live out your lives in this small village together with us.”
”In that case, we will be leaving now,” Xue Wei said casually and turned around to walk towards the village gates that could be seen in the distance.
These gates were not like the others they had seen before entering the fog. The old gates were hanging on their hinges and were rotten to the point of falling apart, while the gates here were of high quality.
The man was stumped by Xue Wei's decisiveness in wanting to leave right away
”Are you not curious about what this village might be hiding?” the man asked, slightly confused, but Xue Wei just glanced at him.
”This village, from when we entered until now, has not had even one Heavenly Warrior. How could such a place happen to have any great treasure? We came here by mistake, and staying here a lifetime is out of the question, so we might as well leave right away.”
The man was stunned when he heard this. Then he started laughing. ”Don't always judge a book by its cover,” he chuckled. ”Well, I will not stop you. Feel free to leave if you can.”
Hearing this, Xue Wei felt uncomfortable. Both he and Hei Gou turned right away and started moving towards the gates at a rapid speed.
However, something strange happened. Although they were moving towards the gates, it seemed as if the gates were moving further and further away from them. They seemed to be moving the wrong way.
Xue Wei frowned. The two of them stopped. The black dog was completely confused, and looked at Xue Wei with almost pleading eyes as if he wished for this friend of his to tell him what was going on.
Xue Wei's face was dark. He turned to look at the man with whom he had spoken to before and found that he was standing right by their side with a smile on his face.
”It has taken a liking to you,” he said with a snicker that contained a hint of evilness. ”Since it likes you, you will never be able to leave.”
”It?” Xue Wei asked with annoyance in his voice. Was this village trying to be mysterious or was there something hidden inside it that could cause this uncomfortable feeling he was having in his stomach?
”You will know soon enough,” the man grinned widely. ”Why don't you follow me? We will go visit 'it'. If you are lucky, it will just want to suck some of your blood, but if you are unlucky, your entire life will be forfeited.”
It was clear that this man took pleasure in the misfortune of others, and he seemed to want to rub salt into the wounds.
”Come, come, I will take you there,” he continued. However, Xue Wei hesitated. It was clear that there was some sort of power in this village that prevented them from leaving.
This power already held the upper hand. Meeting it prematurely might end up with them being severely injured and killed, but if they did not meet this strange power, then it would be impossible for them to leave.
”We are stuck between a rock and a hard place,” Hei Gou said with a sigh. ”But why don't we try to take a look at this power? Perhaps it is something simple,” he said.
”I guess we don't have much of a choice,” Xue Wei replied, sighing. ”This strange power is what keeps us locked here, so we kinda have to see what sort of power it is.”
Hei Gou and Xue Wei had been speaking through compressed voices, but when they nodded their heads, the grin on the man's face turned even more sinister.
Xue Wei was aware that it was likely a trap, but really, what choice did he have at the current point in time?
They might have stepped foot into an illusion. They might even have been dragged back in time. This could be their chance to understand what exactly had happened to them, and to understand what kind of village this was.
While walking behind the man, they continued to look around and observed their surroundings. Many of the inhabitants in the village looked excited, but a few seemed worried. Their worried expressions made Xue Wei frown.
The two of them were new in the village. None of these villagers knew either of them, so their worried expressions were not for their sake. This showed him that what they were going for was likely to be a problem for the villagers as well.
The villagers seemed to have various expressions, some pleased and others unhappy. This difference in the mood of the villagers puzzled Xue Wei.
Were there different factions in this village? One that saw pleasure in their problematic situation, and another who saw it troublesome?
Xue Wei was starting to become genuinely interested in what was happening in this village. Albeit feeling heavily uncomfortable in their new environment, he could also feel a pressure that was bearing down upon them, one that came from a foreign power, and felt as if it even affected the energy of the heavens and the earth as well.
They were getting closer and closer to this foreign power, and Xue Wei's expression became uglier and uglier.