Chapter 188 The Light on the River

The old village chief was stunned for a moment when he heard Vivian's question, then he stroked his beard and recalled: "We have a lot of foreigners coming here recently, and they are all dressed up in any way. I really don't think much of what you said. stand up……"

Hao Ren thought for a while: "Is there a woman who told you that she came from another world and was trying to find a way to go home? She probably didn't speak the local language."

The old village chief's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this: "Hey, there is such a person who passed here two days ago and stayed for a day. This impressed me deeply because no one could understand what she said at first. It was not a known language at all, and then she suddenly spoke the mountain people's dialect for some reason. The girl looked very anxious, and kept saying that she wanted to go home... but she didn't mention anything about the other world. ? Why does this get mixed up with what those nagging mages said?"

Hao Ren thought about it and estimated that the other party did not mention the fact that she came from another world to these mountain people out of caution. Before she confided the truth to the wolves, she was probably because the latter were just a group of beasts, no matter how intelligent they were, they would not Human hearts are as evil as humans. Seeing the old village chief looking at him with curious eyes, Hao Ren waved his hand: "Don't worry about the other world. We are looking for that woman. Do you know which route she took?"

"Oh, I know," the old village chief nodded. "She asked us about the shortcut to Beinz Blood Lake, and I told her the route that the mercenaries often take. I'll get the map later."

Originally, the old village chief would not reveal someone's whereabouts to a group of strangers at will, but this time he did not doubt Hao Ren and the others for Betsy's sake. Betsy would often stay in this small village when performing tasks near the grassland, and she also helped the mountain people here solve a lot of troubles. She was one of the locals that these mountain people who valued friendship highly trusted.

The cylindrical houses built by mountain people have a simple structure. The interior is usually divided into several single rooms with woven straw partitions (which can be removed when moving). The place where the village chief greets everyone to eat is the "living room" near the door. Now he He went behind the partition and dug out a sheepskin that looked quite old from the living room. On it was a rough map of the southern side of the grassland and the western part of the kingdom.

"From here, the first section is along the grassland, and the back section goes directly through the ancient road in the middle of the mountains. Recently, mercenaries basically take this route..." The village chief pointed at the map, and Hao Ren found that this road was basically the same as Bei's. The forward route planned by Qi was consistent, with only a slight difference in the ancient path through the mountains. Finally, the village chief added: "In addition, she also bought a horse from the village, but she had no money, so she exchanged it with us for an ointment. That ointment is as magical as medical magic in treating trauma."

The village chief also brought some ointment he got from the mysterious woman. It was placed in a small box carved from wood. It smelled like a fruity aroma, but of course Hao Ren and the others didn't recognize it, and they didn't know it. This may be used to determine where the woman is from.

"Then let's follow this route," Hao Ren raised his head to discuss with the others, "It seems to be closer."

Lily lowered her head and tore hard into the special hard dough cake baked by the mountain people with herbs and flour. The movement was like a vicious dog snatching food. When she heard this, she raised her head and agreed in a daze: "Okay, okay."

"You heard something, just be fine." Vivian glanced sideways at Lily and looked at Betsy, "Is this road okay?"

Betsy nodded: "This way is fine, there is no difference. But do you really care about this matter?"

Hao Ren and others started to giggle in unison, and Nangong Wuyue lied smoothly: "Haha, study habits, study habits..."

Betsy carelessly did not delve into these matters. She just glanced at the kettle placed by Hao Ren's feet in a strange way: "You are so dedicated... you keep this thing next to you when you eat. What kind of alchemy tool is this?"

Before Hao Ren could say anything, he heard several clanging sounds and a series of water sounds coming from the kettle. This was when Dou Dou started flipping the data terminal enthusiastically again, and the latter's voice of protest echoed in Hao Ren's mind. : "Hao Ren! Take care of this naughty child of yours! Change her water, she's angry now and is grinding her teeth with this machine!"

Betsy looked at the kettle that was making strange movements in surprise: "It's really an alchemy tool! Is it running on its own?"

Hao Ren was sweating all the way to his heels. He quickly picked up the kettle and walked out the door: "Haha... yes, this thing is running on its own. I'm going to check it out. Check it out..."

Nangong Wuyue looked at Hao Ren's back with sympathy and whispered to Vivian beside her: "It's really not good to have children before marriage. Look at how difficult it is for a single father. He has to change his daughter's water."

Vivian was stunned for a moment before she realized: "He is the only one in the world who needs to change my daughter's water, okay?"

Lily looked up at the dining table and reached out to grab the pancake in front of Vivian: "If you don't want to eat it, then I will."

"How dare you, big dog!" "I'm hungry." "Put down the cake!" "I'm hungry." "Don't touch my barbecue!" "I'm hungry."

The village chief looked at this lively group of strangers happily. It is a great honor for mountain people to have their own food eaten by guests: "Don't panic, don't panic, there will be more to come."

By this time, Hao Ren had already carried the kettle to the small river outside the village. The sun had completely sunk below the horizon, and there were no artificial light sources on the prairie. Only the stars in the sky and the two bright moons shed their light. To prevent it from being too dark outside, the mountain people's village was quiet at the moment, with a primitive and leisurely atmosphere lingering everywhere. Hao Ren found that there was no one by the river, so he boldly opened the kettle and called the little mermaid out: "Doudou, Doudou, come out and change the water for you."

The little mermaid raised her head and looked at the situation outside. The darkness around her made her a little scared, and the vast and unfamiliar world also made the little mermaid at a loss. However, she still listened to Hao Ren's words, and after much hesitation, she clicked out of the pot. Jumped out.

The data terminal, which had been soaked in the water all day and had been tossed about countless times by the little mermaid, floated out with bitterness and resentment, and shook Hao Ren's face hard in the air: "This machine is like serving you two. It’s been eight lifetimes of bad luck! Look at these teeth on my body... Oh, that’s the only bad thing about them being too strong, and they didn’t even leave any evidence of guilt.”

Doudou looked up at her "carousel" and began to grind her little teeth again in the darkness. The data terminal suddenly shivered and became silent.

Hao Ren replaced the kettle with clean water, took out a small piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Doudou: "Are you hungry?"

This piece of paper was still in the pile of rune cards. The unlucky Nangong Sanba really made an indelible contribution to Hao Ren in saving his daughter's milk powder money. After eating a lot of rune cards, more than half of them are still left.

Doudou happily held the card and started chewing it. The sound of chewing the cardboard was particularly clear in the quiet night. It was crunching like a mouse... This metaphor is not a good one, but it is really apt. Hao Ren took a deep breath, put the kettle next to him and took a rest. At the same time, he was thinking about Beinz Blood Lake and the mysterious woman, until he heard a splash next to him.

Then Doudou disappeared.

"Your daughter jumped into the river!" The data terminal flew up and shouted, "Run away!"

It turned out that after Doudou had eaten, she began to wander around curiously, and then she saw the small river close at hand. This little mermaid saw so much water for the first time in her life, and she was so excited as an aquatic creature. I couldn't control myself on the spot and jumped without thinking!

Hao Ren only heard the sound of splashing water coming from the river, and Doudou's panicked shouting. He immediately exclaimed and jumped in without thinking. As a result, he was about to ride the wind and waves down the river to save his daughter. Only then did he realize that Doudou was flapping in place next to his waist: the little one's swimming speed was basically the same as the speed of the water, and after working up the energy to feed, he just stayed in place.

Hao Ren placed the kettle horizontally in the water, with the spout facing Doudou. He picked up the little one and then turned to the data terminal angrily: "Didn't you say you ran away?! You scared me! "

The data terminal floated in the air indifferently: "It's running away. The speed is 0.5 centimeters per second. Just rush slowly. Let you guys toss the machine, and the PDA has a temper!"

"Let's soak it in!" Hao Ren grabbed the data terminal and threw it back into the pot. However, just as he was about to go ashore, he found a ray of light coming from nowhere and shining on the river in front of him.

After searching for a while, he discovered that the light came from the white stone brick building on the other side of the river.