The Spirit World

Chapter 911 Chang Yu Feng (2)
Accepting failure is a unique ability, but obviously, Xun Huangying, you don't have it, which makes me very distressed, and I really can't understand why you are so persistent. - said this when watching Xun Huangying bullying a lamb in the ancient tomb.

Sometimes you simply cannot understand why things turn out this way or that way. You can only "follow your feelings" and attribute everything to the escape phrase "it has nothing to do with you". Most of what happens no longer has anything to do with you, even though you think that indignation should satisfy all the reasons in your mind.

When anything happens, you can only act as a bystander, then you must lack some real sense of security.

For example, a harmonious family, a stable and high-paying job, or perhaps a peaceful old age.

Although the above three options are coherent, they are definitely not available to everyone. Sometimes you will sigh, "Oh! Why did this happen to me! Why did that happen to him!" After such normal sighs, everything will continue.

For example, a less harmonious family, an unstable and tiring low-income job, or an old age that is impossible to spend in peace.

You don't even have to do anything, bad things will happen one after another, and it will be too late to sigh about the wickedness of human nature or the impermanence of the world.

The consequences of what happened have all come to me, and I suddenly realized that I am living in the real world. It hurts when I hit my face with my hand, and I feel heartbroken when I lose something important. As time goes by and I get older, I can't help but sigh. Is there anyone who can explain it, or are these problems too complicated and can only be understood by experiencing them?
If you can't have a life that you are satisfied with, then every minute and every second will be too long. No, it is not just as simple as long, but also accompanied by endless pain and torture.

Although it still needs to be faced head-on, all problems will be solved under the huge difference, that is——

why it's not me?

This is the essence of the word destiny.

Maybe you are happy now, maybe you are sad now, maybe you are in pain now.

Now, it's daybreak.

"So, you just took out the gold coins from your home? Oh my God! So awesome?!" a little fat boy shouted loudly, looking at the young man in black clothes in front of him with half surprise and half envy.

"That's amazing! My parents never gave me that much money since I was a kid!"

His eyes rolled around as he looked at the top of the black-clothed young man's head. A giant snow-white dragon was leisurely curling the young man's hair, making it into funny clumps. She was also leisurely kicking her legs, gently kicking the back of the black-clothed young man's head with her chubby little feet.

In this way, the little fat boy can see more clearly the extraordinaryness of the young man in black.

"In fact, these are the travel expenses and food expenses our parents gave us. Finding the [Desolate Magic Stone], which we don't even know what it looks like, is no small matter."

A little girl in orange clothes was counting the gold coins on the table, and from time to time she looked at the young man in black, because he was also counting more gold coins. The gold coins were like jumping golden carps, leaping out of the young man's hands, and falling from one end of the table like sea level to the other, making a dull bang. After all, the gold coins of the Principality of Arlan had long ceased to be real pure gold coins, but symbolic currency mixed with fine iron.

"Ah... where did I count to?" Erica looked at Elaine hurriedly. Elaine moved her four fat fingers and proudly arranged the jewelry of "eight" and "two". Although she could not arrange five, as a supervisor, she was completely reliable.

"Eighty-two, ha, you're counting too slowly! Your brother has already counted to over two hundred!"

Elaine listened to the young man's murmurs as he counted the gold coins.

Very fast, very light, very soft.

"Two hundred and thirty-five, two hundred and thirty-six, two hundred and thirty-seven..."

The young man glanced at Erica and looked at her puzzledly. Even though he didn't say a word, she could sense her brother's doubts.

"It's all this guy An Ci's fault!" Erica looked at the fat boy innocently with a hint of complaint.

"He doesn't even talk to you! He just stares at me and chats! How can I count!"

People around were looking at the table, no matter they were busy goblins or well-dressed customers, they all carried luxurious gold coin boxes and stored gold coins in this bank named Zuoyunxiang Gold Bank.

They were also preparing to deposit money into the official bank of the principality.

"You rescued him, of course he will be close to you...Human cubs are such magical things~aren't they? Erica! We dragons will offer our treasures to our saviors, and we won't stick to others~" Elaine looked at An Ci. An Ci obviously had some baby fat. Although he was only eleven or twelve years old, he was much taller than human children of the same age. Both the young boy and Erica looked much smaller in front of him.

Being stuck with such a tall and fat boy, Erica was reluctant but embarrassed to chase him away.

Out of kindness, she had to answer An Ci's many nonsensical questions.

For example, is the place you are going to be far away, are you going to wash your clothes, are you going to change your underwear?

When you encounter a monster, should you run away or not? Are you really that strong?
What would you do if someone stole your luggage?
More often than not, they just think he is a chatty little fat boy.

Although he never dared to ask Erica's brother any questions.

Because although Erica's brother has a harmless face, he obviously has some "bad ideas" beyond his age.

It's like this child is too smart and seems a little strange.

"You should know... An Ci is not a dragon! No! He is a human! Oh my god!" Erica did not move so much, but looked at An Ci helplessly again, and then went on to count the remaining gold coins without complaint.

"Your name is, Anthony Anci? Is that right?"

The young man glanced at An Ci.

"Yes, my mother is from the Principality, and my father is from the Empire. You can call... me... An Anthony, or... call... me An Ci, or Xiao Ci, it doesn't matter... brother... " An Ci saw the young man staring at him, and turned his body towards the young man unnaturally, his eyes dodging, and a bit of nervousness like a stutter.

"My name is Chang Yufeng, which is my imperial name. I also have a principality name called Jack Nieman."

Before Chang Yufeng started to introduce himself, An Ci spoke.

"Are your parents also from... different countries?"

He first looked at Chang Yufeng, then at Erica, and swallowed his saliva. The brother and sister had blond and white hair, and it was true that Chang Yufeng had the appearance of an imperial man.

An Ci was looking forward to Chang Yufeng's answer, but Chang Yufeng's answer obviously disappointed him.

"That's not true. My parents are both from the Principality. They live in Wenti County." Chang Yufeng continued to count the money. The gold coins flew in the air and landed on the table, leaving no trace.

"Oh... is that so?"

An Ci lowered his head somewhat sadly.

"Yes," Erica agreed.

"When you travel, will it be a long trip? Is it really just the two of you?"

An Ci asked the question again.

"There are indeed only two people! There is another one! A terrible dragon~ Awooo~" Elaine stretched her neck and ice crystals sprayed out of the dragon's throat.

"That's the howl of a wolf! Elaine!" Erica couldn't help but complain. "Is that so..." An Ci sniffed and rubbed his nose.

"I only have 358 gold coins here..." Chang Yufeng put the counted gold coins into the purse: "Give me another 42, Erica, and we will deposit 400 gold coins in the bank."

"Okay! Wait a minute!" Erica pushed the pile of gold coins away, put out what she thought was an approximate number, and began counting them one by one.

Chang Yufeng slowly sat down, put his hands on the table, looked at An Ci who was standing next to Erica, and calmly evaluated the little fat boy. Seeing that An Ci was uncomfortable being stared at, Chang Yufeng calmly asked him some details.

"Why are you trapped in the forest? Anci?"

Chang Yufeng tapped his fingers on the table. The sound of his fingertips touching the ground was like a row of bamboo sticks falling on the table, da da da, very rhythmic.

"I was trapped in the forest because I encountered a big spider. It chased me. In order to escape, I used teleportation magic, and then... I was trapped in the forest..."

"Are you a local?" Chang Yufeng looked around. There were people coming and going here. Chang Yufeng could see many figures and many people responding to these "boring" gazes.

"No... I'm from Rastar... That's where I was born... But my father is from the Empire..."

An Ci answered Chang Yufeng, and Chang Yufeng immediately asked the next question.

He seemed a little strict, which made An Ci even more afraid. He was so desperate that he had to hold back what he wanted to say.

"Where are you going now?"

"This... I haven't thought about it yet... but..."

"But what..."

"..."

An Ci was obviously somewhat resistant to Chang Yufeng's serious expression.

"An Ci, I think this little guy is probably confused and doesn't know where he is! What can such a small human cub understand?"

Elaine jumped down from Chang Yufeng's head and quickly stood on the table, crossing her arms like an older sister, with a calm face, closed her eyes, and waved her index finger - the second dragon claw of her four fat claws.

"Little guy, if possible, it's best to ask your adults to pick you up. The portal array is so advanced now, it's just a matter of minutes for your parents to pick you up." Elaine looked at An Ci with a sly smile, as if she had seen through everything about An Ci: "If you just ran away from home because of puberty and survived and met us, it would definitely be an honor for you. Hehe, it's not impossible to make your parents anxious for two or three days. Although this sounds bad, it can always teach adults a hard lesson."

Elaine sat down nonchalantly and waved her hand, saying, "You will be absolutely fine in the next two or three days! Because of me!"

Elaine patted her chest. Her white dragon belly, which was protected by white soft armor, became as shiny as ice after this pat.

The proud Elaine naturally has reason to be proud.

"The last ice dragon in the world will definitely be able to protect your safety. When the time comes, adult humans will be proud of you when they see their cubs running away from home for so long without any harm."

The dragon's brain circuits were indeed different, which caused Erica to complain again. Erica, who was counting gold coins, couldn't help but say: "No parents in the world would be proud of how long their children have been away from home! They would just think it was really stupid. They had to go to the wild to suffer instead of eating and playing with the delicious food and fun things at home. If they knew about it, wouldn't they beat An Ci's ass?"

Erica looked at An Ci and nodded, "Right? An Ci?"

An Ci could quickly follow Erica's gaze and turn to her, but he could only nod helplessly.

"A human cub has survived alone in the wild, without relying on adult humans. Isn't this something to be proud of? Do you think it is easy for a human cub to survive in the wild?"

Elaine spread her hands and sighed speechlessly at Erica's words: "Maybe? Not every adult human is like this, right? An Ci?"

An Ci could only chuckle.

"An Ci... ran away from home?" Chang Yufeng patiently watched the two little guys bickering and asked An Ci. An Ci turned to him, like a shy child who didn't know how to lie, and he hesitated when the words came to his mouth.

"I...I...I guess so..."

"Then when are you planning to go back?" Chang Yufeng had a calm face. For a child like him, he showed a maturity that was not suitable for his age. It was quite majestic and made An Ci stutter even more.

Or is An Ci such a timid child?
But in front of Erica, he was a different person, expressing himself very naturally and being a chatterbox.

"You guys...are you going to...drive me away?"

An Ci took a step back.

He looked like a bear that had been wronged. He was taller than any of the three men, yet he looked the most pitiful.

"Of course not. It's just that we are travelers and we have to go to many far places. It's not possible to do as Elaine said..."

"Elaine?" An Ci looked at Erica.

"Me!" Elaine raised her paw.

Chang Yufeng continued: "We can't take care of you like Elaine said. This doesn't fit with our destination. Secondly, our funds don't allow us to add one more person... Furthermore, you are really too young. It's obviously inappropriate to run away from home..."

"Okay... I understand..." An Ci said disappointedly. Without waiting for Chang Yufeng to finish speaking, he put on his big backpack and walked towards the exit without looking back.

"Hey! Little guy!" Elaine wanted to call An Ci, but got no response from An Ci.

Eric glanced at his brother, and Chang Yufeng slowly shook her head, and she stopped talking.

"Will we meet again?" An Ci suddenly turned around.

He looked at Erica, as if Erica was the only one here.

Erica really saved his life. In the spider web where a giant spider was hunting, Erica used the [Fire Spell] to burn the spider silk and saved him.

Just now, he kept asking Erica all sorts of questions. This must be An Ci's unique way of expressing gratitude...

"I think... it's hard..." Erica wanted to tell the truth about her feelings, but she saw An Ci turned away with his head down in disappointment, so she hurriedly changed the topic: "It won't be goodbye... We will definitely meet again, yes, definitely! Yes!"

An Ci felt it now, and his broad back straightened up a lot.

He left under the gaze of the three people. The purse on the table was dim and dark, even though it was filled with gold coins.

It was my birthday the day before yesterday, so I didn’t update yesterday, which is... understandable~

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