Reborn as a beautiful girl, I want to be the best in the world

The two smiled at each other, and Wu Yonghe did not continue talking. However, Li Yue, who was standing next to him, became unhappy.

She jumped onto Wu Yonghe's back and hugged his neck tightly with her hands from behind.

If Wu Yonghe had not reacted in time and quickly grabbed Li Yue and continued walking forward with her on his back, he would probably have suffocated to death.

"What are you doing, are you guys playing Riddler again?"

Li Yue said unhappily, completely ignoring the looks of the other players around her, and simply stretched her limbs on Wu Yonghe's back, finally relaxing.

Anyway, your stamina isn't consumed that quickly in the game, so it's fine to just carry someone on your back and walk forward.

Wu Yonghe had the idea of ​​testing Li Yue. Recently, she often brought back some high-rarity tasks. He didn't know whether it was because of luck or if she really had something.

"Then tell me, what are we talking about?"

Wu Yonghe walked forward slowly. He was not the kind of person who cared about other people's eyes, and he also treated Li Yue as his sister.

The immortals in front naturally had no time to pay attention to them. At this moment, they were moving forward on the mountain road, and no one knew why they chose this route.

This type of terrain is most vulnerable to ambushes, as there may be enemies hiding in the woods on both sides who are still determined to do something.

"It's nothing more than doubting the value of that prince~"

Li Yue snorted and shook her little head in a pretentious manner.

"Being locked up in a city like this for decades, and no one has come to rescue them until now, even the children of princes and nobles wouldn't be in such a state, right?"

This is still relatively superficial. As long as the existing public information is sorted out, smart players can come to similar conclusions.

The more crucial part is the deeper part, which is the relationship between these immortal cultivators and the royal family.

"The most important thing is the imperial capital. Is it the royal family that holds the real power, or are these immortals holding the actual power? This is what we need to figure out, right~~"

After saying this, Li Yue looked very proud, as if the expression "Come and praise me" was almost written all over her face.

Wu Yonghe, who was carrying her on his back, nodded, confirming Li Yue's statement.

"That's true. If it's the immortal cultivators in our traditional understanding, they are completely above the secular world, just like the angels or gods in the Western Continent."

Gao Yu also added an explanation, saying that they sent the information to Lin Xuan as soon as they received it, and both parties' guesses coincided.

If they are really like the immortals in novels or traditional myths, their power is not something that mortals can contend with. Even the kings need to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth and pray for the help of the immortals.

Therefore, the relationship between this group of immortal cultivators and the royal family is by no means as simple as it seems.

"But if the secular country itself possesses the power that can compete with the immortal cultivators, then the two sides will inevitably be in open and covert struggle, and there may even be a fierce conflict."

Wu Yonghe's eyes swept over the cultivators in front of him. Obviously, more than one of them showed impatience, especially those who followed the carriage so slowly.

They were clearly all moving forward on the so-called "flying swords", and they had seen how fast these things were in the city.

"So which side do you choose next? Or..."

As soon as Li Yue finished speaking, she realized the third possibility, and she and Wu Yonghe both unconsciously smiled slyly.

So much so that when others saw Long Yin and the other two smiling like that, they felt a little chilly, wondering what they were going to do next.

This or, naturally, is the third possibility - choosing no one.

However, those who do this will either make a lot of money or lose a lot of money. As for what will happen to Long Yin and his men, we can only wait and see.

Just as they were still thinking about how to trick Mr. Yuan, a noise suddenly came from the surrounding woods.

"Enemy attack!!!"

The loud shouts immediately spread throughout the entire team, and those twisted demon soldiers rushed out directly, targeting the carriage in the center.

I saw these immortal cultivators controlling the flying swords with their fingers and slashing directly at the surrounding demon soldiers.

But they probably didn't expect that their actions played into the attacker's hands.

boom----

The violent explosion knocked everyone over and knocked the carriage to the ground. Many players who didn't have time to react were directly affected.

On Longyin's side, Li Yue reacted quickly and directly put up a magic barrier on the three people, but they were still blown away for a distance.

It was at this moment that a figure in a dark red robe suddenly rushed out from the woods, leading a group of demon soldiers and rushing towards the carriage.

"You dog prince, give me your life!!!"

On the other side, Ye Qing and others did not encounter any obstacles at all.

With the help of the horse, they could even rest on its back. After an hour in real time, they had already traveled two-thirds of the distance.

After leaving the port city, they did not take the so-called "official road" at first, but took another small road.

Under Lin Jue's guidance, they even avoided many ferocious beasts and successfully arrived at a vast plain.

"What a nice view......"

Zhao Xin jumped off his horse, quickly flew to the nearest tree, and looked into the distance.

The golden wheat waves fluttered in the wind, as if they were about to connect with the orange sky. There were even farmers driving cattle and sheep around, and the atmosphere was filled with the scent of harvest under the setting sun.

This endless scene is quite rare in reality, especially for people like Zhao Xin who were born in this era.

Ye Qing stood beside the tree, also intoxicated by the scene before him.

Being in it, slowly closing your eyes, feeling the breeze blowing around you, listening to the sound of wheat ears rubbing against each other, enjoying the warmth of the afterglow of the sunset, everything is so addictive.

"There seems to be a small village further ahead. We can stay there."

Lin Jue noticed the expressions of several people and just chuckled with his hands covering his mouth. Then he walked to Ye Qing and reminded her quietly, as if he was afraid of disturbing them.

Chapter 13: Xiaogu

In this atmosphere, Ye Qing also relaxed to some extent.

Although in the past, when she came to the Eastern Empire, it had already been developed by other players and the situation was relatively peaceful everywhere.

Therefore, Ye Qing didn’t know much about the previous Eastern Empire.

"There can't be another big boss hiding in a place like this. Let's go."

Ye Qing nodded, and everyone mounted their horses again and galloped away.

Passing through the golden wheat waves, everyone soon saw the village in the distance.

Unlike the port city we saw before, this village is obviously a bit "backward", which is more or less consistent with the appearance of an ancient village.

When they arrived at the village entrance, Ye Qing had already slowed down and signaled everyone to dismount and enter the village.

You still have to be careful of the possible dangers here. After all, in Eastern myths and stories, there are endless outrageous things, not to mention their so-called mechanisms.

For example, Ye Qing once encountered a so-called "fox fairy". It turned out that to defeat this thing, there was no need to fight at all. All he had to do was hand over the "unfaithful person" in the team.

As a result, he would push Ye Qing away every time they met, and it worked every time, which made Ye Qing, who was a little socially anxious at the time, doubt herself.

Now that I think about it, this stuff doesn’t make any sense at all!

With this thought in mind, Ye Qing led everyone slowly into the village.

As the sun set, the children who were still playing in the village returned home one after another, until they saw Ye Qing and others entering the village.

Perhaps because they had never seen them dressed like this, many children looked around curiously, looking up and down with their big curious eyes, but no one dared to approach.

The same thing happened to the surrounding villagers. They all moved to the sides of the road, as if they were worried about running into Ye Qing and the others.

After walking forward for a distance, Ye Qing found that there was not even an NPC to lead the way, and he became alert.

"Something is not right, be careful..."

Ye Qing whispered to everyone. After all, Miss Yun and Lin Jue were also present, and they could not hear the conversation in the team channel.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how scared the surrounding villagers were, they would elect a representative to come and contact them.

These representatives are often gentry, village chiefs, or sergeants with certain prestige. They will at least give players the most basic "guidance", at least this is how Fantasy Dream has operated in the past.

If none of the above situations occur, you need to be wary of the existence of hidden tasks.

"No one really came. Are you that scared?"

After the group walked around the village again, still no villager came forward to lead the way for them.

Even when Ye Qing wanted to take the initiative to find a villager to stay with, they all avoided her and did not dare to contact them at all.

Zhao Xin even wanted to break into one of the houses to take a look, but was stopped by Zhao Manying, who grumbled with some dissatisfaction.

It was already "attracting attention" enough, not to mention the villagers' rather bad attitude towards them. If this caused more misunderstandings...

"I don't know what went wrong... Miss Lin, do you have any clues?"

Ye Qing did not rush to find the villagers, but first signaled everyone to return to the village entrance and start discussing what was going on.

Even Lin Jue only knew that this village was a small village with nothing special about it, and sometimes it couldn't pay enough land tax in previous years.

If there is anything special about this village, it is probably that it is particularly poor.

"No, I don't know why the villagers are like this. Although my father often exempted them from taxes in the past and the city paid them on their behalf, the villagers shouldn't be so hostile."

Lin Jue was also a little surprised, and the memory of Ying Chu left in her mind had never been emphasized, so she was also surprised about the current situation.

Zhao Manying, who was waiting nearby, took note of the terrain of the village and quickly sent a simple map to the team channel.

Since the maps on hand are not detailed enough, the route map provided by Zhao Manying is undoubtedly an excellent supplement.

Just when everyone was confused, a weak and childish voice sounded in their ears.

"Do you guys...need a place to stay?"

Ye Qing immediately turned around and noticed a short figure that appeared behind him at some point.

It was a ragged figure, wearing a tattered cloak, and his face was covered in dust and dirt, as if he had not been taken care of for many years, and the whole person looked like he was dug out of the mud.

But the most eye-catching thing is her heterochromatic pupils.

One is black and the other is green. The green end looks like a dazzling emerald, which makes people unconsciously attracted to it.

Even Miss Yun was stunned for a moment. It was obvious that she had not noticed the appearance of the short figure just now.

Noticing this, Ye Qing did not say anything to Miss Yun, but half-knelt down in front of the figure, trying to make his eyes level with the other person.

"Yes, what's your name?"

"...Just call me Xiao Gu. If you need a place to stay, I can provide it to you, but we have to make a trade."

The child named Xiaogu coughed softly. At this moment, Ye Qing looked him up and down carefully and noticed that his legs were still trembling unconsciously.

Combined with what Lin Jue just said about not being able to pay the land tax, it is not difficult to guess what is going on.

This made Ye Qing sigh softly. Until their time, the problem of famine still existed in the world, but it was gradually decreasing due to worldwide efforts.

"What's the exchange?"

Out of respect, Ye Qing still asked Xiao Gu.

Ten minutes later, everyone arrived at an old house in the southwest corner of the village.

This place looked like it had been abandoned for years. Many of the fences around the yard had fallen down, but had been inserted back into the soil in a crooked manner.

Not to mention the house, there are obvious cracks in the corners, and the thatched roof can't even cover it completely, making people worry that the house will collapse in the middle of the night.

The only thing that was still intact was probably the well in the yard. Zhao Manying even fetched some well water and found that the well water could even serve as high-quality consumables.

"Eat slowly, don't choke...Xiao Gu, are you the only one living in this house?"

Ye Qing took out a few loaves of bread first, but before she could swallow the bread in her mouth, Xiao Gu "grabbed" it from her hand again.

She didn't mind. Seeing this, Ye Qing sighed helplessly.

This is what a very hungry person looks like, and it’s no wonder he’s like that.

After finally swallowing the bread, Xiao Gu replied to Ye Qing.

"I've been alone for a long time."

Chapter 14 Land

If someone as soft-hearted as Fili or Angel were here, they would have probably imagined all kinds of plots, but it's a pity that Ye Qing is a "heartless person".

Rather than trying to come up with a convincing answer based on superficial speculation, it is better to draw conclusions from existing clues.

Ye Qing glanced at Xiao Gu, then stood up and motioned Zhao Manying to go around first.