The Spirit World

Chapter 247: Those who yearn for the present always need to muster up the courage to face the past.

[When I stopped pursuing words like the meaning of life, I found, not surprisingly, that I had lost the direction of my life. Where should I go, what should I do, what should I pursue... Questions like these troubled me. ]

[The answer will not appear suddenly, nor will it wait for me. 】

Xun Huangying looked at Chang Yufeng helplessly. He was helpless because Chang Yufeng saw something that did not belong to this world, those familiar clothes and swords, if you really want to be serious, those things can be called ghosts.

Because what Chang Yufeng saw just now was undoubtedly himself.

"I don't know what you saw, but, I think, it has nothing to do with you."

Xun Huangying grabbed a chicken leg and left it alone, not knowing that the soup instantly flowed onto his wrist, and his white wool was stained with oil.

In his eyes, Chang Yufeng regained his composure, then lowered his head, and sat back in his seat in a gloomy mood.

He couldn't see Chang Yufeng's face.

Everyone knows what it is, it is an "annoying obsession", or perhaps it is the person he will become in the future.

Is this strange? Not at all, because Chang Yufeng had already foreseen those "guys" struggling desperately in those distant times and spaces that had nothing to do with him.

Be against fate.

He is not ready to accept...

"Like I said, it was just a ghost."

"Ghost...huh..."

Chang Yufeng looked back, but the person was still not there, so he had to give up.

Xun Huangying shrugged indifferently, did not answer, and started eating with big mouthfuls. He closed the barrier, and no one noticed that Chang Yufeng fell down. Lin'er and Nanami were discussing something. Chang Yufeng stopped eating, put down the bowl and chopsticks, and watched them chatting. He could not hear a word they said at this time.

Soon, he reminded Lin'er that it was time to leave. Before leaving, Nanami stuffed candies into Lin'er's skirt. Presumably, all the candies were given by her.

The two of them stood on the steps at the door, looking at the caravans lined up in long queues in the night. Not all of them were commissioned by them. The various carriages were more dazzling than the various people. If they were not careful, they might follow the wrong team.

Fortunately, Chang Yufeng saw Bachi at first sight. He quietly watched Bachi instruct other people until Bachi saw him. The client this time, [Karen], also stood beside Bachi, arranging the affairs of the black-clad men who were traveling with him.

"Is that all?"

Bachi looked at the list carefully. All the goods on the list were reported. It was unlikely that he would personally inspect it. He could only ask the person in charge, Tilon, "Has Kaili set off?"

"Let's go." Tilong had sweat on his forehead. He glanced at the long line of trucks. Rosades was standing next to the steps. When Tilong looked over, Chang Yufeng and Lin'er realized how close they were to Rosades.

Shirley and Mami Tomoe also stood quietly beside Rosades, waiting for the assignment of the accompanying truck.

"Sir, there are twelve people in my entourage, including me, thirteen in total. The count has been completed." Karen handed a stack of papers to Bachi. On them were portraits of Karen's followers who had been in charge of the goods at the post station earlier. There were thirteen in total. Bachi flipped through them one by one until he quickly glanced at Karen on the last one.

He relaxed a little, no longer looking serious.

"It's interesting that you elves all look the same, Lord Kallen." Bachi put the portrait in his arms, and Kallen's followers did not stand casually like Bachi's followers, but stood neatly beside each cargo carriage.

Based on their black clothes and luggage, Chang Yufeng quickly confirmed that there were nine cargo carriages. Together with the two that had just accompanied them, a total of eleven carriages were lined up in a long queue waiting to set off.

Kallen didn't say anything, but walked straight towards Rosades.

Rosades stood in front of his daughter with his scepter, quietly watching Bachi handle the affairs. He nodded when Kallen came over.

She just bowed with her shoulders, and her eyes above the veil gently closed and opened again, and there were actually sparkling elves flying between her eyebrows.

"Mr. Rosades, I have finished explaining my affairs here."

"Well, I see."

Rosades nodded, and Kallen turned around again, and like Rosades, continued to watch Bachi and give orders.

"Mami Tomoe, Jack! Come to me."

Bachi called Chang Yufeng's name, and Chang Yufeng immediately went down the stairs and trotted to stand in front of Bachi. When he arrived, Mami was also there.

"Take this map and take the first bus."

Bachi took a map from his arms and put it in Mami's hand. Chang Yufeng just looked at the map held in Mami's hand, and turned around to look at Lin'er and Xun Huangying.

Lin'er looked over with a puzzled look in her eyes. Xun Huangying put her hands on her hips, like a bystander, just a little impatient, wanting to see what Bucky was up to.

It is the default rule that the guide is at the head. Leading the way, checking the road and leading the way all require the assistance of a guide. Mami took the map and obediently walked to the head of the caravan. Chang Yufeng looked at Lin'er again. Lin'er looked at him and didn't say anything else.

Perhaps because saying too much nonsense now would seem pretentious in such a formal occasion, Lin'er quietly waited for her position in the caravan.

Unexpectedly, the second person Butch called was her.

When Bachi saw Lin'er walking towards him in a proper manner, not wearing a neat suit but a purple long skirt, he couldn't help but be startled and pointed at Chang Yufeng's back.

"Follow the second car. If anything happens, be sure to report to me. I'll be by the side of the car."

"Do I have to take a ride, too?" Lin'er thought that she was only here to protect Chang Yufeng, so she should sit in the same seat with Chang Yufeng, instead of being separated. Since they had to take a ride, they should sit in the same one. She was a little puzzled as to why Bachi separated them.

So she asked, and asked sincerely, which made Butch stunned for a moment.

"If you don't ride a car, can you ride a horse?"

"meeting."

"Just take the car, no matter you can ride or not. We don't have any extra horses. Now we need to hurry. Remember to obey orders." Butch didn't beat around the bush. After he finished speaking, he asked Lin'er to follow him. Xun Huangying climbed onto Lin'er's shoulder. Lin'er glanced at him. He tilted his head to look at Lin'er. The two of them walked towards the second car without saying a word.

Nine dragon carriages, two horse carriages, including Kallen's twelve followers, and the Wolf Fang Guild's Tilon, Lodra, Li Xiangyi, Jacob, and Bachi, a total of seventeen members were placed on both sides of the eleven carriages by Bachi. Tilon was still driving the vanguard, and Jacob was still driving the rear. Only Lodra and Li Xiangyi were changed. Lodra was placed on the right side, in front of a Kallen follower, and Li Xiangyi was placed on the left side, behind two Kallen followers. Bachi followed closely in the middle where Lodra was.

The rest of Kallen's followers drove closely behind the team, while Rosades and his daughter and Kallen were placed in the front and back carriages respectively.

Rosades and Shirley sat opposite Chang Yufeng and Tomoe Mami, while Kallen sat opposite Lin'er and Xun Huangying.

Several pairs of eyes looked at each other, all so silent that it was difficult to speak.

Seeing Rosades sitting in the carriage, Mami didn't dare to say a word. She just flipped through a book and looked at herself, without any arrogance just now. Mami took out a map, put it on the small table of the carriage, chanted a wind spell to make the map freeze, and whispered to Chang Yufeng about the next route to take.

This map is much clearer, with contour lines, hills and rivers clearly visible, and even "monster images" marked in special places to indicate dangerous places.

Chang Yufeng knew that this was a very private map, a special map that only organizations like guilds could get. Ordinary maps only showed routes and itineraries, and it was difficult to get such details, especially maps like this one that marked dangerous areas. They were all from "bloody lessons" and were considered very important information. Although some monster information was passed on by word of mouth, if it was really drawn on a map, it would definitely be worth a lot of money.

Chang Yufeng could see almost the entire range of Warcraft activities around Wenti County on this map, which gave even this young man goosebumps all over his body.

This is the difference between a guild guide and a personal guide. The guild relies on more detailed maps to help the guides, allowing them to more accurately indicate safe routes, while personal guides lack this kind of map help and must confirm everything again and again before they can take action.

"After leaving the post station, we will take this road into the Arclight Forest, and then rest on this hill at night. What do you think, Sir Jack?"

Mami pointed to a main road. Along the road, they slid to a small hill near a stream. There were no names or images of monsters in the far surroundings of the hill. The only thing nearby was the name of the monster "Dark Claw Cat Monster" written in very small letters.

Cat monsters are extremely small, prefer darkness and are timid, but they appear in groups, making them difficult for ordinary people to deal with. However, the Wolf Fang Guild is naturally not an ordinary group, and small monsters like the Dark Claw Cat's Eye are nothing to be afraid of.

It made sense to spend the night here, and it was exactly the same route as planned in the Rosades mansion. Chang Yufeng nodded without any doubt.

Then Mami gave the map to Tilong, who understood it immediately and whipped the whip to clear the way. The glowing crystals that were blocked on each car immediately appeared, bright as fire, like a long white dragon, lined up on the road. From then on, a huge caravan set out from the post station in Wenti County.

The dragon cart full of goods also made a jingling sound instantly. There were also special bells installed on the carriage. If nothing unexpected happened, as long as the horse and the dragon cart started running, the sound of the bells would resound throughout the forest. One reason was to prevent the companions from getting lost, and the other was to drive away some monsters and prevent them from approaching easily.

Both the Wolf Fang Guild and Kallen's entourage rode on horses, guarding the cargo. In the darkness of the night, with the sky blocked out, they had almost no sense of direction, which was why a professional team like the Wolf Fang Guild had to be responsible for it.

The current situation is equivalent to confirming the route again, and the journey naturally cannot be delayed any further. Chang Yufeng and Lin'er's separation made him feel a little uncomfortable. Even Xun Huangying was not by his side. More uneasy feelings made him a little absent-minded after the carriage started moving. There was also the "ghost" that Xun Huangying "didn't care about", and Lin'er's painful appearance, it was difficult for him to focus on other things.

He vaguely felt that Lin'er and Xun Huangying were hiding something from him.
Rosades was sitting in front of him. He seemed to notice that Chang Yufeng was distracted and twisted his hand on the crutch.

"Where did you go to school, Jack?"

He asked, "What place did you take in the Dragon Contest?"

Chang Yufeng was brought back to reality by Rosades' words.

"Well, I didn't participate in the Dragon Race, so naturally I didn't go to school."

"How could it be...did you miss it because of something?"

Rosades obviously didn't know that Chang Yufeng's condition was so serious. Old Tom might have mentioned something about his apprentice, but he would definitely not talk about such a huge "shortcoming" in such detail.

It must be very unusual to have never been to school and never participated in a dragon-leaving convention. Not having been to school and not getting a place in a dragon-leaving convention basically means saying goodbye to a better education and a better future.

No parent who loves their children will feel neglected. If a parent does not let their child participate in the Dragon Festival, then that parent either has a better way out for the child, such as hiring a famous teacher or private tutoring, or wants to ruin the child.

Unless there is no ability to support them, the Principality's Dragon Conference is a talent selection system that was created to avoid this situation. No matter who you are, you can get the opportunity to enter the school for systematic learning through the Dragon Conference. Even if you don't have magic power, you can still have other more extensive learning opportunities.

Even Muggles have teachers to teach them, so it is difficult for Rosades to be convinced by Chang Yufeng's situation.

The only explanation is that it was missed.

But, Chang Yufeng didn’t seem to have missed it… At least he was not illiterate, and a guide shouldn’t be illiterate.

"Yes, when I was six years old, I had a headache and stayed at home for a week to treat it."

Chang Yufeng spoke in a relaxed manner. This was not something special. At least for him, the Dragon Conference was over. If he did not participate, then he did not participate. It was no big deal.

He would no longer expect to be able to participate, as that would be unfair to others.

He doesn't want to go back to the past...

anyway……

He only wants to focus on the present, because that will make him feel that he has the most real side.

Not living in the past means fighting for your own future.

"That's such a shame."

Rosades did not comfort Chang Yufeng, but stopped the topic.

Shirley secretly glanced at Chang Yufeng from the edge of the book, and Shirley also gave him a pitiful look.

Chang Yufeng hurriedly said: "It's a bit of a pity, but it's over."

The carriage sped through the jungle and quickly passed by the stone with a large sign that read "Arc Forest". The sound of the carriage began to echo in the forest until it disappeared into the forest.

Instead, there were one or two chirping of nightingales, and a few sparrows returning to their nests were startled and flew around.

"I'm fine now. At least, that's what my parents think. They don't make me feel bad for missing the Dragon Tournament."

Chang Yufeng spoke softly, seeming to lack confidence.

But Rosades still didn't say anything, just looked at him, which made him suddenly stop talking.

He smiled awkwardly and regained his composure.

(End of this chapter)