Volume 1: Village Story Chapter 1: The Hill Outside the Village Chapter 107: Re-encountering Xi De

  After leaving Larsen, I summoned "Purple Flame", the hellish warhorse stepped on the purple flames, proudly walked out of the realm of the dead. The white bony warhorse seemed to be surrounded by a cloud of smoke, looking extremely mysterious and cool. On the side, Xilu was thoroughly shocked, staring blankly for a while before quietly walking up, tugging at my sleeve, asking: "Alick, is this your mount?" I nodded, Xilu asked again: "What kind of horse is this? It's too cool!" I patted "Purple Flame"'s neck, "Purple Flame" affectionately licked my hand. I said: "It's called 'Purple Flame', a hellish warhorse, which is usually the mount of an undead mage, it was given to me by a friend who is an undead mage."

  Xi Lu nodded, her eyes full of envy. I looked at her and smiled, saying: "I can take you with me to ride it, but you can't ride it alone, because it only recognizes me. No way, no horse can outrun it, so you'll have to suffer and ride with me. We need to hurry on our journey." As I said this, I got on the horse myself and stretched out my hand towards her.

  Xī lù yōu huò le yī xià, lì kè zhuā zhù wǒ de shǒu yě fēi shàng le mǎ, zuò dào le wǒ de hòu miàn. Wǒ wǎng qián miàn nuó le nuó, jǐn liàng gěi tā téng chū yī xiē wèi zhì, ránhòu shuō: " Zuò hǎo le, wǒmen chū fā."

  I pulled the reins, and "Purple Flame" shot forward like an arrow. The scenery on both sides quickly retreated backwards, and soon Larson was a small black dot in the sky behind us.

  Xi Lu told me that Evan would meet us in a small town not far from Larson, the town is about one day's journey from Larson. My "Purple Flame" runs fast and will take about half a day to get there. I estimated that if we don't stop for a moment, we can arrive at the town by dusk.

  The sun gradually sets in the west, and its dazzling rays have been withdrawn. At this moment, the sunset is hanging on our left side, with a deep red color. The afterglow of the sunset has dyed half of the sky red. Occasionally, some birds returning to their nests fly over our heads. In the distance, the forest gradually appears mysterious and hazy in the twilight.

  I pulled on the reins of "Purple Flame", and said to Xilu: "Xilu, where is that town anyway? At the speed of 'Purple Flame', we should be arriving soon, shouldn't we?"

  Xiluo suddenly sat up straight behind him, yawned and asked: "Alick, why did you stop? What were you just saying?"

  It turned out that she had actually fallen asleep behind me, I wondered why she was sticking so close to me, this assassin profession is really not ordinary, and can even fall asleep on such a bumpy horse.

  I had no choice but to patiently repeat: "I'm asking where the town we're going to is, shouldn't we be there soon?"

  Xī lòu róu le róu xǐng de shuì yǎn, cháo sì zhōu kàn le kàn, rán hòu shuō dào: "ā yā, wǒmen de fāng xiàng yǒu xiē piān le yā, Yà lì kè, nǐ zǒu cuò lù le."

  Translation:

  Xi Lu rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked around before saying: "Ah, our direction is a bit off, Alick, you took the wrong road."

  I rolled my eyes and said, "I don't know the way, I saw you behind me not saying a word, so I thought the road was correct. Who knew you were actually asleep? I really admire you, you can even fall asleep on horseback."

  Xi Lu said with some embarrassment: "I talked to Lila until very late last night, and I got up a bit early today. I fell asleep in a daze... Actually, your back is still quite comfortable..."

  "I sighed and said: 'Well, there's no way around it. Let's find a place to spend the night. Fortunately, I brought a tent.'"

  We found a place out of the wind and set up our tent, Xilu somehow managed to find a large bundle of dry branches somewhere and lit a bonfire. I took out some food that I had brought with me and heated it up over the fire, soon the aroma of the food wafted through the air around the fire, and a faint mist also spread through this space.

  Xi Lu took advantage of me making food and went out for a walk, then sat down beside me.

  I carefully flipped over the barbecue in my hand and handed the roasted potatoes to Xilu.

  "The potatoes are done, try some." I said.

  Xi Lu carefully peeled the potato skin, took a light bite, and put it in her mouth to savor slowly. It wasn't until half a day later that she swallowed the food in her mouth, then praised: "It's really fragrant! Ali Ke, I've long heard that your cooking is good, but I didn't expect it to be true. Whoever marries you will be very fortunate."

  Her words reminded me of Freya and Suriya, I smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "Many things that seem tempting are often sweet poison, men are the same, Xilu, haven't you noticed? The women who have been with me have never ultimately found happiness, Freya died, Suriya was eventually abandoned by me, they were not happy. Actually, sometimes I really feel like I'm destined to be a lonely old man."

  Xī lù smiled and said: "It's not that scary, you just have bad luck, maybe one day a girl who is destined to be with you for the rest of your life will appear by your side. I know all about those things, it's not your fault."

  I smiled and didn't continue the topic. I handed the roasted meat in my hand to Xilu and asked, "Where did you just go? Why did it take half a day for you to come back?"

  "I've set up several warning lines around the campsite. If anyone or any large animal approaches, I'll know."

  "I said with a skeptical tone: 'I can set traps too, but we're just passing by here accidentally, I don't think there will be any enemies that specifically target us, right?'"

  Xi Lu Mei took a bite of the roasted meat and said, "This is our assassin's habit, just in case, who can say for sure that there's no danger in the wilderness? Ah... this roasted meat is really delicious, Yalik, I want more, roast some more."

  Suddenly, Xilu's movements came to a halt, even the chewing motion in her mouth stopped. She stared at me intently and said softly, "Don't say it, but someone really is approaching us."

  I asked in surprise: "Isn't this a coincidence? Come as soon as you say?"

  Xiluo put down the roasted meat in his hand, stood up and said: "Alick, you continue, I'll find a good spot to hide first. If it's an enemy, I'll support you from the shadows." As soon as he finished speaking, Xiluo quickly disappeared into the night, and I didn't even see how he did it.

  Maybe it's just a passerby who wants to eavesdrop, although I heard Xī Lù say that someone is approaching, but in my heart, I still have some doubts.

  "Heh heh heh, smells good, can't you spare some for this old man to enjoy too?" An aged voice accompanied a figure that appeared in my line of sight.

  I was taken aback and stood up, asking: "Xiu De? How is it you?"

  The figure opposite also stopped in his tracks and asked at the same time: "How is it you? You actually haven't died yet?"