Volume 4 Chapter 20 Legend of Celestial Crystal
“Zheng!”
A bright golden light flashed and then disappeared.
Blood splattered, wailing sounded, a ghost-faced goblin fell down, and its throat was cut by a knife!
The Ghost-Faced Mandrill is a level 75 monster. It moves as fast as the wind and comes and goes without a trace. Few people dare to provoke it. But now it was hit in the vitals and killed instantly!
Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao looked at each other. Xiao Qiao asked in confusion, "Sister, what medicine did he take today? Seeing how excited he is, it would be no problem for him to fight the Golden Silkworm King alone."
The three people who are traveling along this path in this poor and remote place full of miasma and where high-level monsters appear and disappear at random are naturally me and Er Qiao.
We had agreed that after Da Qiao made the golden robe, she would lead me to find the barbarians. Later, because of Xiao Qiao's leveling up and the Oiran competition, we spent a lot of time. So on the third day after the competition, we set off for the wilderness again.
On the night of the Oiran Contest, Xiao Yi and I confirmed our feelings for each other and we officially established our relationship as lovers.
Normally, when a relationship is just beginning, it should be a time of sweet affection and romance, but after all, we each lead a big gang and have a lot of things to do. Xiao Yi doesn't care. She established Tianshui Pavilion just for fun, and it doesn't matter if she resigns from the position of gang leader now. I am different. Jinglei League is the result of my hard work and the foundation of my wealth and career. Some people may think that as long as I marry Xiao Yi, do I still need to struggle in this life? But joking aside, I still need a little bit of face as a man. Although no matter how hard I try, I may not make as much money as Xiao Yi's family in this life, but at least I have to show that I am a person who is capable of starting my own business. Do you really want me to be a gigolo?
In addition, I felt a little guilty and didn't want to expose my relationship with Xiao Yi so quickly. Just thinking about the gossips of those brothers gave me a headache. If they knew about this, I don't know how they would tease me! Although it will be impossible to keep it secret sooner or later, I can delay it for a while, which can be regarded as my ostrich mentality!
Xiao Yi and I were already engaged in the game, and we could get married in the game as long as we completed the "Journey of One Heart" mission. So that night, after saying many sweet words to Xiao Yi, I told her that I wanted to do this mission with her and then get married. Xiao Yi naturally had no objection, but I suggested that I should announce our relationship to our friends on the day of our wedding to surprise everyone. Xiao Yi thought this was fun and agreed.
I also said that before that, I wanted to separate from her for some time to find a unique treasure in the world as my betrothal gift to her. Xiao Yi became a little unhappy and said that we were rarely together and now that we had an engagement, why should I leave her alone?
I quickly told her that this was my wish. In reality, I didn't even have the money to buy her a slightly higher-end diamond ring, but I must make her the most prestigious and happiest bride in my dream, so this betrothal gift must be something unique and extremely precious, and it must be found by me personally after traveling thousands of miles to make it meaningful.
Finally, Xiao Yi was coaxed into nodding her head and agreeing, and then the two of them said goodbye reluctantly.
The next morning, I returned to the Thunder Alliance headquarters. As expected, all the brothers were waiting in the headquarters, staring at me with sharp eyes. The profiteer smiled and said, "Brother, confess your guilt!"
I pretended to be confused and asked, "What are you confessing?"
Lonely slammed the table and shouted, "How are you and your sister-in-law progressing? Tell the truth quickly, or we will punish you severely!"
"Sister-in-law? What sister-in-law? When did you get a sister-in-law? How come I didn't know? I'm very sleepy. I'm going to log off now. If you have anything to say, we can talk later." I laughed and tried to get away with it.
Unfortunately, before I could even move a step, Ah Wei had already hugged my thighs and said in a tearful voice: "Boss, you didn't come back all night, and the brothers didn't sleep all night! For the sake of our brotherhood over the years, just confess!"
Woo…it was clear that they would not let me go. Fortunately, I had prepared a speech in advance. I shrugged and said, “Why are you all so gossipy? OK, I admit that I went to chat with Xiao Yi and took a walk last night. There’s nothing strange about that, right?”
"Just chatting and walking?" asked the fat man.
"So what else do you think there is?"
"No way!" Ah Wei screamed, "Boss, didn't we tell you to chase Xiao Yi? Didn't you confess your love to her?"
"How can such a thing be accomplished overnight? Of course, we have to take it slow! We have to wait until our feelings deepen before we can express our feelings!" Hehe, of course I can't tell everyone that Xiao Yi and I are in sync and have had feelings for each other for a long time. We broke the window paper last night and have made our relationship clear. But if I say nothing happened, they will definitely not believe it. This kind of vague and ambiguous words are the best, so that they can imagine as they please, but they will never guess that Xiao Yi and I are engaged.
"So it took a whole night just to chat and walk?" the bad boy asked suspiciously.
"Ah, we accidentally walked a little further, so it took us a little longer to go back and forth." I answered perfectly.
Seeing that I remained calm, everyone was suspicious for a while and finally let me go. I quickly said goodbye and went offline, and secretly let out a long sigh while Wei wasn't paying attention.
On the third day, after making enough preparations, I went into the wilderness with Er Qiao again. First, we wanted to complete the appraisal of the artifact, and second, the wilderness was rich in treasures. Maybe if I was lucky, I could get a betrothal gift for Xiao Yi!
I once stopped believing in love, and I once thought I would never be happy again, but now everything has changed! Tasting the sweetness of love again, I was so excited that I could hardly control myself. I barely restrained myself in front of my brothers, and dared not show any flaws. Er Qiao was a friend I had just met, so naturally I didn't need to hide my happiness in front of them... So since entering the wilderness, I have been the first to rush forward, leaving Er Qiao, who was supposed to be the guide, behind. Whenever a monster appeared, I took the lead and killed it with one sword, and Er Qiao almost never took action!
Maybe I was born with some violent potential. When I lost my love, I vented my anger by killing, and got the nickname Bloody Sky. Now that I have regained my love, I still express my excitement by killing. Moreover, today I seem to be particularly agile and my mind is particularly quick. Almost all monsters are killed instantly by me when I hit their vital points!
My exceptional performance today made me perform much more powerful than the battle against the golden silkworm monster. No wonder the two Qiao sisters were shocked. However, they were also happy and relaxed, so the three of us advanced very quickly and arrived at the core area of the wilderness in just over a day.
Here I finally saw the barbarians for the first time. They looked a bit like orcs, tall and strong, wearing animal skins, with well-developed muscles, full of wild power. Compared with other monsters, they are more special in that they can use weapons, mostly stone axes, maces, etc. This is probably the common feature of humanoid monsters, just like the guards holding knives and swords in the imperial mausoleum.
However, the barbarian's rank was much higher than the imperial mausoleum guards, so naturally he was much stronger. I immediately rushed up to him and challenged him in a duel. Unexpectedly, this barbarian who looked strong in body but simple-minded was very flexible in his movements and reactions, and actually avoided the vital points. I chopped his shoulder with a knife, but failed to kill him. The barbarian counterattacked with an axe, and his move was quite exquisite. I was hit before I could guard against it, and the axe hit my thigh, which was burning and painful!
With just this one attack, I lost more than 300 HP, which is close to one-tenth of my total HP!
My goodness, you know, I am now level 56, and my physical defense is over a thousand, which is doubled compared to when I fought the Tiger King. So, isn't the Barbarian's attack power equivalent to that of a D-level Boss? Monsters over level 80 are really different!
What’s really cool is that this guy also has some skills. He shook the stone axe in his hand, and it turned into three real and fake axe shadows, which chopped towards me!
For a moment I felt like I was fighting against players instead of monsters!
But no matter whether it is a player or a monster, I will never allow him to show off his power in front of me, Hu Po (if you encounter a Boss above level B, just ignore what I said)!
I swung my sword horizontally to block the two axes and at the same time touched the horse's belly with my left leg. With my riding skills of level 8, I and my mount are almost in sync, and I can move the unicorn as easily as I want. The unicorn made a small jump to the right as instructed, and the barbarian's third axe missed. However, because it used such great force and lunged forward, its entire back was exposed to me. How could I be polite? I stabbed it with my sword, and the Tiger Soul penetrated deeply into the opponent's spine!
This barbarian is capable of fighting me for one or two rounds , so he should not be underestimated. If there are four or five of them, it will be difficult to deal with them. Fortunately, the barbarians here appear sporadically, at most three or four together, and with the help of Er Qiao, they can be easily dealt with.
Not long after, Er Qiao asked me to stop and pointed ahead, saying, "Look, that's the Savage Land. The barbarian tribe is there, but we have to pass through the peach blossom miasma before we can enter the land. Fortunately, we have the Black Phoenix Pills refined by Master Zhou, plus the poison-proof equipment we are wearing. If we move quickly, it should be fine. We are just afraid of being entangled by the monsters in the swamp, so we must fight quickly and decisively."
We are in a basin deep in the wild mountains, surrounded by towering mountains. Countless mountain springs and streams converge in the center of the sunken basin, forming a huge swamp. The rotten mountain flowers and fruits are washed into the swamp by the streams, and rot over the years, forming miasma. From the outside, it looks like a layer of light red mist covering the sky above the swamp. When the sun shines, the mist looks very beautiful, but in fact it is extremely poisonous.
However, Er Qiao had known about this situation for a long time, so before we set off, Master Zhou specially refined a batch of poison-avoiding elixir Wu Feng Wan for us. Master Zhou is Old Zhou. Because of his hard work, his medicine-making skills are now second to none in Fantasy. To show respect, the brothers in the alliance call him Master Zhou instead of his name. Wu Feng Wan was carefully prepared by him with the rare Wu Feng grass collected as the main ingredient. The effect of avoiding poison and detoxifying is better than the antidote sold by the system. The biggest advantage is that it can be taken in advance, and the effect lasts for 20 minutes. It was also because his skills were upgraded recently that he was able to successfully refine it.
We each took a Wufeng Pill, then formed a battle formation and entered the swamp area carefully and quickly.
You must be careful at every step in the swamp, otherwise it will be very troublesome once you get stuck in the mud. On the other hand, the air here is poisonous, and there is a spicy and pungent smell when you breathe it. HP is constantly lost at a rate of 100/second. This is the result of our use of multiple methods to avoid poison. Fortunately, this rate of blood loss can be replenished by drinking life water, so it is not a big problem.
However, you must be extra careful when encountering monster attacks. The monsters here are not only high-level, but also poisonous. Once you are infected with multiple toxins, the effectiveness of Wufeng Pills and poison-avoiding equipment will be greatly reduced, and the speed of HP loss will be very alarming.
Along the way, we encountered a variety of poisonous creatures such as red-blooded red clams, green-eyed salamanders, and two-headed golden vipers. Relying on Xiao Qiao's Tai Chi sword to defend impenetrably, my Tiger Soul main force to attack, and Da Qiao's Ice Soul Divine Needle to be fierce and agile, we finally managed to escape danger. The most dangerous time was when Xiao Qiao was facing three monsters head-on, but she didn't notice that a strange snake under her feet had entangled her legs and almost dragged her into the depths of the swamp. Fortunately, Da Qiao's Thousand Miles of Threads pulled her back, and I worked hard to cut the strange snake in half with a single knife, and finally rescued her from danger. However, the three of them were bitten by the monsters and poisoned when they were in a hurry. After a hard battle, they finally wiped out the monsters, and had to rest on the spot for more than ten minutes to wait for the poison to be eliminated, which wasted a lot of potions and Wufeng Pills.
It took us more than an hour to get out of the swamp, thanks to Er Qiao who knew the correct route. Otherwise, if we got lost in such an environment, there would be basically no chance of survival.
The so-called Desolate Land is a dry flat land with a radius of several miles in the center of the swamp. Contrary to its name, there are birds singing and flowers blooming here, and the grass is green. Even the air is fresh and pure, which is very different from the swamp environment, like the eye of a typhoon. The gathering point of the barbarian tribe is in this Desolate Land!
As soon as we entered the desolate area, at the edge of the swamp, there were several barbarian warriors patrolling back and forth. When they saw strangers breaking in, they shouted and waved their weapons to kill them!
As soon as we started fighting, I felt that the barbarians in this remote area were even more powerful than those outside the swamp. The collision between my tiger soul and their axes and clubs made my tiger's mouth numb. Moreover, their health and defense were higher than those of the barbarians outside. It often took seven or eight hits to kill one of them. The battle was quite difficult.
However, the martial arts of the two Qiao sisters were very sophisticated. Xiao Qiao's Tai Chi sword was best at leveraging force to control energy. With a swing of the long sword, she could often deviate the direction of the barbarians' attacks. Da Qiao's Ice Soul Divine Needle was always effective and focused on piercing the vital joints. The barbarians who were hit were injured by the cold air of the needle, and their movements slowed down, greatly reducing the threat.
With the cooperation of the three of us, even though more than twenty barbarians surrounded us, they could not do anything to us. We kept fighting. In the end, we relied on taking medicine to restore our lives and slowly eliminated the opponents one by one.
After destroying this group of barbarians, we advanced towards the center of the wilderness. After a while, we saw a village ahead. Although they were all very primitive stone houses and thatched huts, we could tell that these barbarians had a certain level of intelligence, probably similar to the primitive people of the Stone Age.
At the beginning, the NPC said that to identify the crystal column, we need to find the barbarian high priest. I think this high priest should be a person of very high status among the barbarians. He probably won’t wander around. He should live in the village. So we walked towards the village.
The road was not far, but it was by no means easy. It was obvious that the barbarians regarded us as invading foreign enemies. As soon as we approached the village entrance, a large number of arrows were shot towards us. Although they were only primitive bone arrows, the attack power was not low. The three of us hurriedly showed our skills to resist. Xiao Qiao's Tai Chi sword circle protected her whole body; I felt that it was difficult to block the dense rain of arrows with Tiger Soul, so I simply used the shield to protect my face, and used the two defensive skills of "solid" and "iron wall" to resist. Relying on the almost abnormal defensive attributes of the Tiger King suit, I was able to hold on; Da Qiao shot out snow silk, twisted several arrows into a bundle, waved and blocked most of the rain of arrows, and the remaining few sparse and scattered ones would not cause any harm even if they shot on her.
After the bows and arrows were served, a team of barbarian warriors rushed up. Different from ordinary barbarians, they were taller and more powerful, wearing animal skin armor and their weapons were made of bronze, which was a level higher than stone tools. It was obvious that they were the armed forces among the barbarians, elite fighters!
Sure enough, we were a little overwhelmed as soon as the two sides came into contact. The opponent was too strong. Xiao Qiao's Tai Chi could not completely lead the attack, so she had to retreat repeatedly. Da Qiao was hit on the arm by a stick, and her face turned pale with pain. She might be killed instantly if she was not careful. In order to dodge the opponent's attack, her chances of attack were greatly reduced.
My level and combat power are both above theirs. Even if I am hit by three or four barbarians at the same time, they cannot kill me instantly. In this case, the gap in strength between me and them is reflected. My combat skills are mostly acquired through bloody battles in actual combat. They do not emphasize perfection, but focus on simplicity and efficiency. I often exchange moves, but I can always avoid the vital points and take the shortest straight line to strike the opponent, so that the opponent is hit first, so the force attacking me is much smaller.
This fierce battle was extremely brutal. By the end, I was covered in blood and couldn't tell whether it was my own or the enemy's. Although I was far superior to the barbaric warriors in a one-on-one fight and could deal with four or five of them in a group fight, the number of the opponents was too large. I was gradually forced to lose the upper hand and had to fight and retreat.
Later, the three of us were forced to a big rock, with our backs against the stone wall. This freed us from worries and allowed us to hold on. But this also made us lose our flexibility, especially since Da Qiao was not good at defense, so we were in great danger. It was all thanks to Xiao Qiao and I working together to help her block many attacks.
At the critical moment, the hidden skill of my Tiger King suit "Tiger King Possession" broke out at the right time. One "Claw of the Earth" knocked down the seven or eight barbarians in front of me. I took the opportunity to launch a Hundred Ripping Stabs, and with a flash of the knife, I forced all the barbarians on the left and right away, and led Er Qiao out of the siege. Both of them were very agile, and my mount was faster, so I rushed into the village before being surrounded again.
There was a stone platform in the center of the village, on which stood a huge stone statue with a human head and a snake body. In front of the statue stood a two-meter-tall giant, looking majestic and holding a huge long-handled bronze axe . It was the B-level Boss, the Barbarian Chieftain!
Next to it stood a white-haired old man leaning on a walking stick. Around the stone platform stood a group of murderous barbarian warriors with naked upper bodies and tattoos of ferocious beasts such as tigers, leopards and tigers. These were the minions of the B-level Boss, more than one level stronger than the barbarian warriors. I would not be sure of winning in a one-on-one fight, not to mention that there were nine of them!
Seeing that I was about to rush to the stone platform, the barbarian chief raised the axe in his hand and made a "kouhu, kouhu, kouhu" sound from his mouth. The barbarian warriors had murderous eyes and took big strides to kill me!
What a fucking asshole! I thought that since identifying the artifact was a mission, it should develop according to a certain plot. There might be some difficulties to be solved after finding the barbarians, but the barbarians shouldn't fight with me. I didn't expect these barbarians to chop me down whenever they saw me, and even sent out B-level bosses like the Barbarian Chieftain. Am I looking for death?
If you have to defeat both the Barbarian Warrior and the Chief to complete the mission, then there is probably no hope before level 80. But I don't think the designer would be so perverted, otherwise there would be no need to arrange for the crystal column to come out so early. So what did I do wrong?
In a flash, it occurred to me that the key lies in the crystal column!
I quickly stopped my horse, took out two crystal pillars from the treasure bowl, and held them high in each hand. I was taking a gamble that these barbarians would trigger the mission plot after seeing the crystal pillars, otherwise Er Qiao and I would both die here!
My bet was right! A loud shout came from the podium: "Stop!"
Huh? The one who spoke was the old man instead of the chieftain. Could he be the high priest? What was even stranger was that he spoke human language instead of the meaningless roars of the barbarians.
As I guessed, the old man was indeed the barbarian high priest. He stared at the crystal column in my hand and shouted, "You Han man, where did you get that thing in your hand?"
I was delighted as the plot began, so I told the origins of the two crystal pillars one by one.
After hearing this, the high priest sighed and said, "Who would have thought that with all the unrest in the world, the time has come for the Heavenly Crystal to be born again!"
Then the high priest began to tell me the origin of Tianjing.
According to legend, in ancient times, Pangu created the world and the sky from chaos. However, there were no humans in the world at first. Later, the great goddess Nuwa made humans out of clay and educated them, teaching them the art of hunting, gathering and planting. From then on, humans began to thrive on the earth. Later, Gonggong fought against Zhurong. Gonggong was defeated and angrily crashed into Mount Buzhou, breaking the pillars of heaven and the earth. A big hole appeared in the sky, causing landslides, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, rainstorms and the extinction of all things!
In order to save mankind and the earth, Nuwa collected colorful crystals from the desperate place in the sky, where light and darkness met, refined the stones into pulp, and repaired the flaws in the sky.
The gap in the sky was repaired, and the disasters ceased. However, there were still poisonous dragons, fierce beasts, demons and monsters in the world, which harmed and devoured the remaining humans. So Nuwa decided to use the essence of crystal stones to forge a magic weapon to slay the demons. In order to successfully forge a magic weapon, Nuwa used the crystal bones of her legs as the trunk and her own flesh and blood as the shape, melted into the magic liquid refined by the colorful crystal stones, and forged the weapon with her body. Finally, she succeeded and forged a peerless magic weapon - Tianjing!
Nuwa's legs were broken and she was severely injured. In addition, she had consumed a lot of energy in forging weapons and was already dying. In order to save her, her mount, the python, sacrificed itself and merged with Nuwa's lower body. Therefore, the image of Nuwa passed down to later generations is that of a human with a snake body.
The magic weapon had just arrived, and Nuwa tried its power and was shocked to find that it was too powerful, with the ability to destroy the world. If used improperly, it might destroy the world instead of saving it!
After all the demons and beasts were killed and the earth returned to peace, Nuwa left a prophecy: The Heavenly Crystal cannot last forever. It will only be born when the world is in turmoil and demons are rampant. And only those who are kind, brave and fearless, and willing to sacrifice for the people of the world can be the master of the magic weapon, otherwise there will be a disaster. After saying this, the Heavenly Crystal turned into eight-colored crystal pillars and flew in all directions.
The high priest said to me, "We are descendants of Nuwa, a tribe of barbarians. We have been ordered by Queen Nuwa to live in the wild land for generations and keep the secret of the Heavenly Crystal. Whenever the Heavenly Crystal is born, we tell the secret to the Lord of Arms. Now, the Heavenly Crystal has been born for the fourth time. If you can get two of the eight-colored crystal pillars, you may be the destined one. If you can pass my test, I will tell you how to make the Heavenly Crystal appear in the world!"
The so-called test by the high priest was that I had to challenge a barbarian warrior in a one-on-one duel. If I could win, I would pass.
This condition is not too difficult. If the chief himself comes, I will have no chance at all. However, although the followers of the B-level Boss are also very strong, their strength is at most between the D-level and C-level Boss. Now I have made a lot of progress compared to when I challenged the golden silkworm monster, and I am confident that I have more than 80% chance of winning.
Sure enough, after fighting with the wild warrior, I gained the upper hand. Tiger Soul against Long Spear, my offensive accounted for 70% and my offensive and defensive attributes were superior to the opponent. The biggest advantage was that I could take medicine. Unless the warrior killed me instantly, defeat was a matter of time.
I chopped out more than ten times in a row, killing with great pleasure. Seeing that the opponent was struggling, I became more and more excited. I raised the sword to the sky and was about to use the Hundred Splitting Stabs to finish off the opponent!
At this time, Da Qiao suddenly said to me: "Stop it, you can't kill me!"
I was so stunned that I couldn't even launch a move, but the warrior counterattacked, swinging his spear towards my neck!
I was ready to use my ultimate move, my stance was ready, and I had already gathered enough energy, but now it was too late to dodge! Although my defense was high, I was hit in the neck, so I could be killed instantly. The only way now was to use the Hundred Splitting Stabs immediately and compete with the opponent to see who was faster. I was absolutely confident in my speed, but I knew Da Qiao was not someone who would shoot without a purpose. If she said she couldn't kill me, then she couldn't kill me. Once the Hundred Splitting Stabs were used, the opponent would definitely die. What should I choose?
It was just this moment of hesitation that made it too late for me to launch an attack. The long spear was placed on my neck. Was the mission a failure?
But the warrior did not thrust the spear down. Instead, he suddenly withdrew his hand, bowed, and then retreated.
The high priest laughed and said, "Yes, you have passed the test. The Lord of the Heavenly Crystal must be a kind person. If you still kill my warriors after listening to my words, it means that you are just a greedy person who will do anything to get the Heavenly Crystal. You can restrain your killing thoughts and show mercy at the critical moment of life and death, which means that you have the spirit of kindness and sacrifice, and you are qualified to obtain the Heavenly Crystal."
I secretly felt ashamed. If Da Qiao hadn't come with me, she would have understood the meaning of the high priest's words and reminded me in time. I would have chopped him off with a knife long ago, and I wouldn't have cared about being kind or not! And this test is too weird, you clearly told me that I would pass as long as I defeated the warriors, but I didn't know that in addition to testing combat power, it also tests personality and character. I'm afraid that few people in the world can think of this in battle. It seems that it is not easy to obtain the artifact!
The high priest continued, "The Heavenly Crystal was originally a long sword. Whenever it completed the task of exorcising demons, it would turn into an eight-colored crystal column and circulate between heaven and earth. If the complete Heavenly Crystal is to be reproduced, all eight crystal columns must be collected, and then a cauldron must be cast and a furnace must be opened to refining the divine weapon. However, although the sword soul of the Heavenly Crystal has been formed long ago, and it only needs to recast the sword body to form, it is a treasure of the divine weapon level after all. It is difficult for mortal craftsmen to complete it, unless there is a master or god-level foundry who is willing to sacrifice his own cultivation, devote all his energy to the forging, and cut out his heart and prick his blood, using the blood as a guide, in order to succeed. But in this way, the foundry master's cultivation will be completely wasted, and he will be reduced to level 1, and he will have to start all over again!"
I was shocked. Do I need to destroy a forging master? That is a level that can only be reached with great difficulty. There is not even one in Fantasy. To obtain this Sky Crystal, the price is too high, right?
"You have obtained two of the eight-color crystal pillars. My clan also found one in the wilderness in the early years. You are destined to have the Heavenly Crystal, so this crystal pillar that our clan guards is given to you. You have to find the whereabouts of the other crystal pillars by yourself. The Heavenly Crystal is a divine weapon that can save the world, but it can also be a weapon that can destroy the world. Do not use it without permission. Remember, remember!"
The high priest took out a yellow crystal column and handed it to me, then ordered me and Er Qiao to leave the deserted area immediately. The three of us didn't dare to stay. Who knows if those barbarians would turn against us and kill us once the mission is completed?
So, carrying an extra crystal pillar, Er Qiao and I passed through the swamp again and left the Desolate Area.
