The Spirit World

Chapter 276 No time for loser
Please don't be stingy with my incompetence. 】

The night is gloomy, with fleeting shadows, fireflies, the dark moon, and the mountains hidden in the clouds.

There are a few houses, a few lonely lights, and galloping horses, with their shadows flickering.

Everyone was assigned to different carriages, nine dragon carriages and two horse carriages. Except for the two adults, Rosades and Kallen, the other three girls were also arranged individually on the dragon carriages loaded with goods. The carriages were emptied and led by Tilon, heading for the originally planned city - Huquan Town.

Taking advantage of the night, the journey started again.

"This way of walking is still too slow. It would be better if the speed could be increased. Seven days..." Bachi was beside the "Fox" Li Xiangyi, with two horses, one black and one white, running side by side. They were almost at the back of the team, with doubtful looks in their eyes, paying attention to the situation around them.

"That boy didn't come back." Li Xiangyi guessed that this was the incident that made Bucky scream "bad".

"Actually, there is still that sheep." Bucky seemed to be reminding Li Xiangyi of a "key point". The sheep that looked so arrogant had not come back. Li Xiangyi didn't know what had happened because everyone was ordered by Bucky to go to the cargo location and wait for rest, except Bucky himself.

Li Xiangyi didn't care what Bachi said in front of the campfire. As the president of the guild, what could she, a guild member, refute? Bachi had many secrets and didn't care about this one.

She really had no idea whether the resurrection of the Dark Claw Cat Demon was related to this trip, but based on a woman's intuition, the two things were very closely related.

However, it seemed that Bucky came to tell her something. She also became more alert, and the extremely short sleep made her feel like time was in a trance.

They actually only rested for three hours. It was now around three in the morning. The night was not yet over, and the morning had not yet arrived. The air was between sultry and cool, so comfortable that it would make people doze off.

"Sometimes I really have to remind you." Li Xiangyi shrugged and threw her hair behind her. Her hands were holding the reins, but her body was much more relaxed.

"what?"

Bachi was puzzled that Li Xiangyi didn't respond.

"We don't know what you're thinking. Although I know this commission is very important, you shouldn't tell us nothing."

It was not surprising to separate all the people into the trucks. Anyone with a discerning eye could guess that it was to confuse the audience. It was half light now and the probability of Shadow Hunters appearing was very high. Two carriages as vehicles could easily attract firepower, so those who wanted to steal the goods would not have to destroy the trucks in the first place.

This was a very thoughtful consideration, but Bucky did not give any explanation, nor did he remind the three girls what to do if they encountered danger.

He just did it without explaining, which was very unwise and inconsistent with Bachi's style. He was not the kind of person who made decisions arbitrarily. Besides, Rosades was present, so he had to explain his actions clearly without causing divisions in the team.

After all, the guild is not an army, and there is no such thing as absolute obedience.

In short, as a team leader, doing without talking is a very conflict-prone behavior.

"I guess Tilon doesn't know what you are doing now."

Li Xiangyi made it clear: "You are hiding a lot of things from us." Her eyebrows and eyes are indeed like a fox. In her almond-shaped eyes, Bucky flickers in the dim light, and her suspicion is even more obvious.

"Does that even need to be said?" Butch shrugged nonchalantly. It was as if a cloud floated over his shoulders, and the light made his shoulders flicker.

"When have I never hidden something from you? Come on, I'm the president of the Wolf Fang Guild, so I'm considered a big shot."

Bucky smiled jokingly: "Besides, I'm not a child anymore. It's normal for me to have my own little adult secrets, right?"

He wanted to look into Li Xiangyi's eyes, but he could only see Li Xiangyi's serious face. It was obvious that she didn't want to joke.

"I don't want everyone to be embarrassed." Li Xiangyi criticized sternly, looking straight ahead: "When the president makes a mistake, the members suffer. Haven't you heard that?"

She disdained Bachi's joke and said, "Lord Rosades shouldn't have given you such an important commission. At least, he should have kept an eye on you."

"Are you blaming Lord Rosades?"

Not to be outdone, Butch looked straight ahead.

"Hmph." The fox said no more and straightened his shoulders again.

Seeing the fox like this, Butch just pulled the reins and let the horse move forward. It seemed that there were clouds floating around his waist, flashing a little light.

It was a broken ritualist, split in two, healing itself in the scabbard.

"You can't say that. Lord Rosades has given me full authority, so he has his reasons for doing so. You don't have to worry about that."

Bachi pulled his hand out and touched his arm. "As the guild leader, shouldn't I be worried about this commission? Haha."

"Huh, this is just what you should do."

There was some sarcasm in Li Xiangyi's words, but Bucky was amused.

"You women have really strange ways of thinking. Isn't that right?"

He was still nonchalant: "The only problem now is that we don't have much time left, but it seems that we have no other options..."

"what?"

"The end of the world."

"what?!"

Li Xiangyi felt that she didn't hear clearly. These four words coming out of Bachi's mouth were too abrupt, as if she heard a ringing sound in her ears.

"Ahaha, that's what I told you. What's the point of telling you? You won't even believe it."

Butch let go of the reins, put his hands behind his head and let the horse run. His leisurely appearance made his horsemanship even more amazing. The white horse under him seemed to understand his personality and galloped steadily.

"The end of the world? Are you talking nonsense, or did I really hear it wrong?"

"You heard me right, I said it quite loudly."

Bachi looked at Li Xiangyi's puzzled and surprised expression, and suddenly laughed happily: "Haha, actually I really like to see other people with confused and cute looks, especially a beautiful girl like you."

The corners of his mouth lifted, and his narrowed eyes turned into a smirk: "Sometimes I find you're quite stupid, stupid raccoon cat."

"Oh, I'm worried about you!"

Li Xiangyi was slightly angry and glared at Butch in disbelief.

"You're worried about me, yes. I appreciate your kindness, but this doesn't sound like something we can resolve."

"Big things."

Butch put his hand on the reins again and touched the white horse's mane.

"Sometimes, I doubt myself, because predicting the future is terrible. I accepted my father's inheritance with great trepidation, but I didn't expect him to suffer so much. I can't imagine it, but I have already experienced it."

Bucky started talking, but suddenly stopped. How smart he was to stop abruptly, giving Li Xiangyi a moment of silence.

Their horses galloped after the dragon carriage. "That's how it works when you're doing a commission. If you're confident enough, you'll definitely know the final answer."

Li Xiangyi didn't fall for Bachi's melancholy and gave a very calm reply, but she still talked about the commission, which was very free and easy.

"We are not adventurers, Bachi, do you understand what I mean? People who do commissions must ensure their safety at all times. We are now going to great lengths to find guides and collect intelligence. Isn't it for the confirmed answers that we are protecting now? If we are like other adventurers who know nothing, with a passionate adventurous spirit and the same rookies, we should just give up as soon as possible."

Li Xiangyi's voice was long and powerful in the wind. Bachi listened with great interest. Li Xiangyi's profile glowed slightly in his eyes.

The moonlight is hazy, and suddenly my hair turns white.

Li Xiangyi pursed her lips, feeling that what she said was too light, like a joke, and then she opened her mouth sternly and angrily: "You have been the president of the guild for so many years, you don't even understand this principle? I still remember how you looked like when you were the inheritance ritualist."

"You should never forget it."

"Yes, I will never forget it."

Bucky responded to what Li Xiangyi said, then fell silent for a while, without continuing with the previous words, as if he had no intention of saying anything more from the beginning.

Besides, he had no reason to refute what Li Xiangyi said.

"It's just that I'm a little confused right now." Bachi sighed from his throat and dissipated silently in the wind: "After all, predicting the future is not a good thing. Since the future will happen anyway, then the act of predicting the future itself is meaningless."

"But it doesn't matter. Listening to your words is worth ten years of reading. No matter how good or bad the future is, it will eventually come, just like the past that has already happened, isn't it all over?"

Bucky smiled bitterly, he was not that cheerful, because Li Xiangyi did not understand what the end of the world would be like. Or rather, it was too far away from Li Xiangyi who had no ability to predict the future. But he felt as if he had seen it with his own eyes, and there was no reason to avoid the arrival of the future.

However, just as Li Xiangyi said, if the end of the world is like doing a commission, and you already know the result of the commission and are convinced that the result will satisfy you, then doing everything you can is the best answer to this "future" when it arrives.

"Who can deny what has happened? Who can stop what is coming?"

Butch blinked and smiled at Li Xiangyi obediently, but this smile seemed like a smirk, complacent, and extremely lazy. Li Xiangyi sensed something, turned her head away, and laughed softly.

"You're such a fool to be bothered by this."

Her smile was like that of a fox, so charming that even the wind enveloped her, making every inch of her skin look delicate and fragile in the moonlight.

"Okay, okay, I'm going to go check up ahead." Bachi yawned, and he did it on purpose, so Li Xiangyi naturally didn't ask any more questions. But she still opened her mouth and murmured the word "hmm".

Bachi shook the reins to speed up, the white horse whistled in the wind, and after a silent pause, he quickly ran to the front of the team. If there was still a lonely wind in this world, then this wind would have probably dissipated, leaving only the moonlight that could not be rolled up.

"Everyone! Cheer up!"

Bachi shouted loudly, completely different from his previous lazy state: "It's almost dawn, don't let this warm wind make you fall asleep! We still have a long way to go!"

His horse galloped very fast and soon reached the front of the team. He was reminding the members of the Wolf Fang Guild who were stationed on both sides of the team that now was not the time to rest.

Although he said it was almost dawn, the night was frighteningly dark, unlike a summer night where you could see a faint glow of light before dawn.

Suddenly, it seems that autumn is about to arrive, but the heat wave has not subsided with time.

His idea was simple, that is to hurry and hurry, so that he could achieve the "end of the commission that he already knew".

Will whatever he does or says have no impact on the future? Or is this already part of the future that is bound to come?
"Brother! Brother!"

A little white-haired head popped out of the window. Mami, who was assigned to the first truck, looked at her brother with a complicated expression and called out to him anxiously, asking him to pay attention to her.

She didn't see Chang Yufeng. Since the break, she had seen all the people in the team, but the only person she didn't see was the guide named Jack.

My brother and Rosades took great pains to give the commission to Jack, but now Jack disappeared halfway?

She had questions in her mind, and wanted to ask them too directly, but Bachi just looked back at her and didn't come to her carriage, leaving her with no choice but to call out to her brother who pretended not to hear her.

"elder brother!!"

She shouted loudly, angry, but Butch seemed helpless and walked with his horse beside her.

"how?"

Bachi seemed to be running away. He glanced at Mami and then turned to look elsewhere. He was careless and attentive, avoiding his sister's gaze.

Of course he knew what his sister was going to ask. This clever girl must be so anxious that she wanted to ask where the little guide had gone.

But he didn't know either. If he was asked, he would have to lie to his sister, so he naturally had to hide.

"Ahaha, you should take a good rest in the car. We still have a long way to go."

After he finished speaking, he led the horse and pretended to leave for something. Mami didn't have time to ask anything. Before she could say a word, she saw her brother's back disappearing into the night.

"Hey! Brother!"

"elder brother!!"

Butch snorted complacently and breathed a sigh of relief. There was no way to avoid it. He couldn't turn into a living person. He could just say that Jack was on another mission, but that didn't matter anymore.

He quickened his pace and ran to the front of the team, but he didn't expect that Shirley was also looking out the window. When he passed by, Shirley kept looking at him puzzledly. He and Shirley looked at each other. The puzzled and confused look in the eyes of this young girl was extremely clear, which made him speechless for a long time.

Until he saw the front of Shirley's carriage and saw a girl sticking her head out, staring at the quiet night in a daze.

Lin'er placed her hand on the edge of the window, not knowing whether she wanted to close the window or draw the curtains. She was so absorbed in thought that she didn't even care about her hair flying in the hot and refreshing breeze.

What is she thinking about now?

Butch didn't go forward. He felt that although Lin'er looked like a child now, she was definitely not as childish as a child.

She is like a pretty man waiting for his lover to return, and only when she savors the warm wine can she seem more lonely.

The moon was unwilling to shine on her, and it slowly sank downwards, as if it was also escaping from her gaze, burying all the longing in her eyes.

No one could understand her eyes, not even herself.

Butch looked at Shirley beside her carriage, as if he was looking at a piece of jade that was unique in the world, but this jade was too melancholy and cracks appeared suddenly, making this unique beauty even more shattered.

For a moment, he felt that he was not looking at a child, but that person was not an adult either, which made him feel lonely.

Yu Su’s line is difficult to write. I deleted and wrote and deleted again, but I couldn’t handle it at all. I was very disappointed with the writing of her subsequent story. It felt like there was no better choice to make her appearance less disappointing, so she had to wait.

Off topic, I resigned again. Workers in big cities are like eunuchs and maids in the palace. They have seen the world but have no future. There are many ways to make money. There is a huge difference between having connections and not having connections. Choice is more important than hard work. I earn less than half of those who earn 6813. It's absurd. My parents can't help me. I can only find a suitable job by myself.

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