The caravan led by Frank travels between Congleton and Root City all year round and has found a relatively safe route.

They rarely encountered monsters and robbers on this road, and sometimes they could even reach the city of Rut without fighting.

Originally, Frank's caravan had a long-term cooperation with a team of adventurers, but this time the adventurer team had another mission and could not travel with them, so he issued this escort mission separately.

All in all, the reward for the escort mission Frank posted was so low, and even if they didn't recruit the required number of people, they still set off on time.

Nothing unexpected happened during their journey. They were only attacked by monsters three times, which were all easily resolved by Gu Shi and his four companions.

It was just this bumpy carriage that made Gu Shi vaguely recall his first trip to Congleton.

The shock absorption effect of the caravan's carriage was definitely not as good as the school's carriage at that time. Gu Shi could still bear it at first, but later he began to cheat secretly by using flying skills.

The other two adventurers must have noticed Gu Shi’s actions, but they did not say anything.

The caravan arrived at Rut City smoothly without suffering any losses, but Gu Shi felt that he would definitely not accept such a mission next time.

After following Frank to the Adventurer's Guild in Root City to complete the mission, Gu Shi prepared to take a good look around the city.

When he entered the city just now, he noticed that the business in Root City was unexpectedly prosperous. There were two or three different caravans entering the city with them, and the street stalls were even more lively.

Just as Gu Shi received the mission reward and was about to leave the Adventurer's Guild, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Gu Shi?"

Gu Shi turned his head with some confusion, and a familiar figure came into his sight.

"It's really you! Long time no see, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Gu Shi exclaimed in surprise: "Cheng Xuqing! Why are you here?"

"Of course I'm here to hand in a mission. Come on, come on, it's been so long since we last met. Let's get together today. Zhao Zhize is here too."

Cheng Xuqing smiled and wanted to put his arm around Gu Shi's shoulders, but was pecked hard by Shufeng.

"Oh my god, what the hell!"

Cheng Xuqing immediately withdrew his hand. Although it didn't hurt much, he was startled by the sudden attack.

Gu Shi immediately explained: "Are you okay? This is my magical beast, called Shuofeng. It doesn't like being touched by others."

"It's okay, I was just startled. I didn't even notice there was such a little thing on your shoulder. It's quite cute, like a stuffed toy."

Cheng Xuqing waved his hand and stared at Shufeng curiously for a while, but Shufeng slightly spread his wings and took an attacking posture.

"Did I just hit it? It doesn't look like it likes me very much."

Gu Shi reached out his hand to comfort Shu Feng, "Probably not. Shu Feng is quite fierce to everyone except me."

Cheng Xuqing shifted his attention back to the previous topic.

"Let's go. My hotel is not far away. When did you come to Root City?"

"I just arrived in the city not long ago. I accepted an escort mission and came here with the caravan. I met you right after I finished the mission."

"It seems I'm really lucky today. If we were a little later, we wouldn't have been able to meet."

Gu Shi was dragged by Cheng Xuqing towards their destination.

As they walked, Cheng Xuqing kept talking to Gu Shi about his adventures over the past year, and he never stopped. It was obvious that he was really excited to meet Gu Shi.

Gu Shi was taken to a nearby hotel by him.

As soon as he opened the door, Cheng Xuqing shouted, "Hey, I'm back. Zhao Zhize, come and see who this is."

Zhao Zhize was concentrating on reading, but when he heard Cheng Xuqing's voice, he frowned and said, "Keep your voice down, or the guest next door might complain about you again."

After he finished speaking, he looked up and saw Gu Shi's figure clearly, "Gu Shi? Why are you here?"

"I happened to meet Gu Shi when I went to the Adventurer's Guild to hand in a quest today."

Zhao Zhize was surprised. "What a coincidence?"

Cheng Xuqing continued, "This shows that we are all very close. It's a pity that Qi Yu doesn't want to come out with us, otherwise the four of us could be together again."

Ignoring Cheng Xuqing, Zhao Zhize turned to look at Gu Shi. "I remember Congleton School of Magic wouldn't have its holidays until October. Why are you running around outside now?"

Gu Shi explained, "September is the school's assessment month. As long as you pass the assessment, your vacation will begin. I finished the exam early and was able to leave early."

"This is a good measure. Do you remember that during the final exams of the past two years, one of the professional courses was scheduled a week later than the other exams?

If it weren't for this exam, we could have had our holiday a week earlier."

As Cheng Xuqing spoke, he recalled his eagerness to return home and suddenly began to sigh. "Do you think we'll get our diplomas after we go back? I finally got into university, and it feels so bad not to get a diploma."

Zhao Zhize asked helplessly, "You still have more than two years of classes to complete, and you're already thinking about getting your diploma?"

Gu Shi also agreed: "This kind of thing should be something that seniors in their senior year should worry about, and I think the school will definitely have a set of regulations by then."

Cheng Xuqing was only slightly depressed for a moment, but soon returned to his usual lively demeanor. "I just mentioned it suddenly because it occurred to me. Going to school is not as fun as going on adventures like this."

After hearing what Cheng Xuqing said, Gu Shi suddenly thought of a question.

"Come to think of it, the last time I went back to school, Qi Yu said you came out with three people from the next door dorm. How come there are only two of you left now? Where are the others?"

Cheng Xuqing and Zhao Zhize looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

Zhao Zhize said, "Not long ago, we encountered an attack in the wild. Two people were seriously injured on the spot and were teleported back. Another person became more and more scared the more he thought about it. After telling us, he voluntarily withdrew."

Gu Shi asked: "What kind of monsters are you?"

"It's not a monster."

Cheng Xuqing's tone was no longer as cheerful as before.

"It's a human."

Although Gu Shi had a vague answer in his heart when Cheng Xuqing said it was not a Warcraft, he still couldn't help but sigh when he really said it.