238 Blue Phoenix Carriage (1/2)
”Oh, you finished already?” Lan sat on a reclining chair in the middle of the snow-covered landscape. He seemed as if he was enjoying himself greatly.
His face had been looking up at the clouded sky all this time. His lips were curled into a slight smile which grew in size when he spotted them in the distance.
”Revenge does not always take a long time,” Xue Wei said honestly. ”I am from the Kingdom of Heping, but it is for the best that I do not meet my old acquaintances after killing so many of their kingdom's most important people.”
”So you have a bit of reason left within you,” Lan praised while nodding his head. ”Well, in that case, I will create a transdimensional tunnel for you,” he said and stood up in an elegant fashion.
Lan was as always wearing white clothes with blue embroideries of a snake with four wings—a mingshe. Mingshes were known as treasure hoarders, and the mingshe on Lan's clothes was embroidered with blue thread.
As to whether or not this meant that Lan had something in common with the beast, since he too seemed to enjoy hoarding treasure, or if there was another reason, Xue Wei did not know, but he realized that all the clothes the prophet had worn so far had had this four-winged snake as a pattern.
Lan seemed to notice his glance, but he said nothing and just smiled. ”So how is a transdimensional tunnel made?” Xue Wei asked curiously. As far as he was aware, he and the others were not going to leave the dimension they were in, so how could it be called a transdimensional tunnel?
”This tunnel is similar to the one used when leaving this world,” Lan said seriously; for once the smile on his lips had vanished. ”If I were to make a normal space tunnel towards the Demon Phoenix Continent, it would take you at least a year or two to arrive, but the transdimensional tunnel can expedite that down to only a few months.”
”The reason it is so much faster is that you will actually be leaving our dimension and traveling through the void. This is extremely fast, but it is also quite dangerous,” Lan continued.
”Dangerous?” Xue Wei frowned. Why had he not mentioned this before?
”Well, I did mention the spatial storms, right?” Lan asked. Xue Wei had a pondering look on his face. It did sound somewhat familiar.
”Anyway, if you have not heard about it before, then let me explain it now. Spatial storms are dreadful because they consist of heavenly tribulation lightning. It is impossible to survive if you get blindsided by one, but it is quite rare to encounter a spatial storm. So hope for the best!”
”Maybe we should take a spatial tunnel instead?” Xue Wei asked with a little vexation. He did not like the idea of hinging his chances of surviving the trip on luck. Certain death was something he was not a big fan of.
”They can appear in spatial tunnels, too,” Lan grinned, ”but don't worry. The storms move very slowly. So even if you see one, you should be fine as long as you don't get caught. You should be able to outrun it.”
Xue Wei thought through the pros and cons and finally nodded his head with gritted teeth. ”I cannot make a decision for the others as this is a question of life and death,” he began, ”but I understand that with rewards come certain risks. If I want to get to the Demon Phoenix Continent faster, then I ought to take said risk and hope to not encounter any spatial storms.”
”I am with you,” Hei Gou said casually. He would follow Xue Wei anywhere, as he was his most trusted friend.
”I am also going,” Bai Tianyi said with a slight smile on his face. Even if he encountered heavenly tribulation, he would not die.
Lin Xiao was the one who was quiet for the longest time, but then he spread out his arms in defeat. ”Life has been boring for me,” he said smilingly, ”so I might as well risk my life and go to another continent. If I don't make it, then I can only blame my bad luck, but if I make it, then I will be able to experience a whole new world. That will be so exciting! So I am going with you too.”
”So four people are going through the tunnel,” Lan summarized and smiled with a nod of his head. ”That will require a rather large tunnel. I guess I should lend you one of my treasures,” he said, and suddenly a small miniature carriage appeared in his hand. It looked like a toy carriage and was only around ten centimeters high and long.
The carriage did not have anything pulling it. It was made from gold and looked incredibly exquisite. Four blue phoenixes decorated its four walls.
”I stole this before I left home,” Lan said with a snicker. ”Actually, I stole many treasures from my father before I left home, but he never bothered coming to pick them up again. Now I will lend you this carriage. It is called the Blue Phoenix Carriage.”
Xue Wei looked at the carriage very curiously. What could a toy carriage like that even do?
But the moment it left Lan's hand, it expanded until it was a full five meters long and two and a half meter tall. The carriage was massive!
”You can ride this,” Lan said smilingly. ”Before you leave the transdimensional tunnel, just send it back and it will return to me naturally.”
Xue Wei felt great gratitude towards Lan for taking out such a marvelous treasure to make their travels much smoother.
”Don't mind it,” he said when he saw Xue Wei was about to thank him, ”just get me the Thunder Flame Crown. I don't want anything else.”
Lan grinned. Xue Wei suddenly had the feeling that this crown would be much harder to get than his initial estimations. If it was easy to get, Lan would not constantly remind him about it. He also would not be as helpful as he was.