Chapter 784 [(*^▽^*)]
Moreover... considering the strength of the snake-man village chief they encountered in the dungeon, the villagers of this Golden Snake Village should be about the same strength as the one they met before.
If they wanted to kill them, they could have done it directly. With so many snake people, how could they not kill the two of them?
Why go through all this trouble, framing them and then having humans kill them?
Seeing that they remained silent, the people in the cell completely gave up. "You guys are impossible to reason with. Fine, fine, for the sake of being human, I'll collect your corpses later."
Lin Leyou then said, "You just said... they used this incident to make us offend you, and then when you returned to the city, they sent people to kill us. So you're saying that after you killed us, you even collected our bodies, and we should thank you?"
He paused for a moment, then realized what crazy things he had said earlier. "I...I was just talking nonsense, I was just spouting rubbish, don't believe me, what I'm saying now is the truth."
Xue Rui, “You’re full of lies, not a single word of truth. Let’s go away.”
Lin Leyou, expressionless, led Xue Rui to the edge of the square to wait. Less than two minutes later, the two snake-men slowly swam over from the village.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. We need to settle things at home, so we were a little delayed."
Lin Leyou waved his hand, "It's alright, since we're here, let's set off."
The snake-man drove the carriage out of the village. The two of them sat on the front two sides, while Lin Leyou and Xue Rui sat in the back of the carriage, occupying the four corners.
Lin Leyou originally thought the carriage wouldn't go too fast, but to his surprise, after the horses pulled the carriage out of the village, they sped along the flat road at a speed of at least 60 or 70 miles per hour.
A single horse can run at about the same speed, but this horse is also pulling a carriage, which contains a sturdy prison, two snake people, and two humans.
Well, it's good if it's fast; this way we can get to that human city sooner.
Lin Leyou looked around. All around were rolling hills and plains. Only this flat road looked somewhat human. Could there be someone lying in ambush on this road?
He and Xue Rui carefully observed their surroundings in case someone attacked.
However, the people in the cell suddenly gathered around them, "Hey, what are you all so nervous about?"
I can't be bothered with him; he talks too much.
"Don't worry, I came alone this time. No one is with me. Don't be nervous. No one will attack you. But it will be different when we get to my house."
Lin Leyou was speechless. Was it all going to be over for the two of them once they got to his house?
He crossed his arms, seemingly oblivious to what he had heard, but this gesture revealed the golden snake bracelet that he had always kept hidden in his sleeves.
The people in the cell had sharp eyes and immediately noticed the gold on his wrist, then burst into laughter, "Hey, I say, you're a grown man wearing a gold bracelet? Hahaha..."
Lin Leyou slightly stretched out his hand, fully revealing the golden snake bracelet on his wrist. Upon seeing it, his laughter stopped abruptly, his expression changing in an instant, and he practically wanted to stick to Lin Leyou's back. "Hey bro, how did you get a golden snake bracelet? How did you get it? Tell me..."
His gaze then fell on Xue Rui, and only then did he realize that the two of them lived together in Golden Snake Village. Lin Leyou had a bracelet, so what about this iceberg?
There must be some connection, right? Otherwise, how did they end up together?
"Hey bro, tell me about it, I'm willing to pay for it, how much do you want?"
He said many nice things to them, but he couldn't get any response from them. In his opinion, the two of them were completely impervious to reason, soft words, or hard words, and had no weaknesses that made him impossible to approach.
He sighed deeply. "Can't you guys say a few words? At this rate, it'll take a whole day to get to the city. Are you just going to stay silent all day?"
Lin Leyou remained silent, as did Xue Rui. The two snake-men in front of them seemed to be completely oblivious to human language, having not uttered a sound since they set off.
The person inside the cell collapsed onto the floor, exclaiming, "This is so boring, so incredibly boring!"
And so, the two little carriages raced through the mountain roads for seven or eight hours before finally emerging from the mountains and entering the open plains.
After they emerged from the mountains, Lin Leyou and Xue Rui, who were sitting in the back, discovered that the flat, wide road had vanished, replaced by overgrown weeds.
Lin Leyou noticed this and asked with some confusion, "Hmm?"
Xue Rui confirmed, "The road is gone."
Lin Leyou: "I guess it's to protect the village."
Even on wide, unobstructed roads, a horse-drawn carriage traveling at 60 or 70 miles per hour would take seven or eight hours to make it out, let alone on roads without any roads.
So this person was quite capable to enter the mountains alone and find the location of Golden Snake Village. So how come he couldn't escape this prison?
That said, how long has this person gone without food or water?
He glanced at the person lying inside; he looked unwell, with chapped lips and prominent dark circles under his eyes. He wondered how the person managed to maintain such energy.
The carriage began to slow down on the plains, moving at only about thirty or forty yards per minute. About an hour later, they finally saw the city in the distance.
Lin Leyou originally thought this city was definitely a big city, but even though he was so close, there were not many people around. Moreover, looking around, the city didn't seem to be very big, only about the size of a small town. There were no city walls or anything like that, and there were checkpoints set up at the intersections.
As the carriage slowly approached the checkpoint, the man inside the prison weakly greeted the checkpoint official, "Oh, I'm back."
Lin Leyou thought these people would be angry, but they remained expressionless and sent one of them to lead their carriage into the city.
The two men exchanged a glance and realized that these people seemed to have gotten used to it.
The person lying in the prison cart smiled and said, "Oh dear, I've been to White Tiger Village, Leopard Village, and Golden Lion Village before, and this time it's Golden Snake Village... Hmm! I'm really lucky to be alive. Even after all this, I still managed to come back safely. It seems that my father's reputation is still very useful."
The man who led them into the city looked increasingly grim. "Please wait here for a moment."
Two snake-men stood to one side, observing the situation in the town. When Xue Rui and his companion arrived, they encountered an unexpected turn of events: they saw two lion-men staring at the lion's head approaching.
It has a human body, but lion legs, and a tail. The lion's head is quite prominent.
Their eyes were hostile, clearly they were there to cause trouble, but when they saw the people inside the prison cart, they froze, then stood there staring at the half-snake man without saying a word.
Lin Leyou spotted a familiar face. "Hey, Teacher Qin!"
Yes, he saw Qin Xingyu, and Qin Xingyu seemed to have come with the lion-man. He noticed the golden lion bracelet on Qin Xingyu's wrist; it turned out he also had a key.
Qin Xingyu had seen them long ago and came over to greet them, saying, "You guys came really fast."
Lin Leyou's lips twitched. "This speed isn't even that fast."
Qin Xingyu looked at Xue Rui with some surprise. "You two are quite capable, coming together like this."
Lin Leyou knew what he meant by that, and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Everyone has their trump cards, but Teacher Qin is indeed a teacher. We are only here because of good luck. Teacher Qin must have been prepared in advance."
Qin Xingyu: "What preparations can I make? Every super-star dungeon is a random mission world. All I can do is consider all possibilities and prepare all the items that might be needed."
Lin Leyou blinked. He and Xue Rui didn't need to prepare anything, because they didn't need to choose anything they had; they could just put everything in their backpacks and carry it with them.
Qin Xingyu: "So, how was it? Isn't Golden Snake Village a lot of fun?"
Lin Leyou touched his chin. "Hmm... it's just normal."
Qin Xingyu raised an eyebrow. "If you consider them as human beings, they are indeed a very ordinary village. But I didn't expect this person to have wandered into Golden Snake Village."
"Does Teacher Qin know him? Can you tell us? We don't know much about him."
Qin Xingyu: "There's not much to say. He is Zhang Jiao, the youngest son of the city lord of Twin Horns City."
Upon hearing this name, Lin Leyou and Xue Rui were both a little surprised. Zhang Jiao? Doesn't that name sound familiar? Isn't he the Heavenly General and Great Teacher who rebelled in history?
Qin Xingyu: "His father always complains that his son is going to rebel and always scolds him, but he really loves him. Otherwise, if he kept going out to die every now and then, he wouldn't be alive now."
Lin Leyou's lips twitched. "With a name like that, did his parents already know that their son would be a troublemaker?"
Qin Xingyu chuckled, "Who knows?"
Lin Leyou changed the subject, pointing to the snake-man and the lion-man, "Do they have a conflict?"
Qin Xingyu: "There are indeed conflicts. Many similar villages have friction with each other. Golden Lion Village and Golden Snake Village usually do not interfere with each other, but at some point, they discovered a rather rare mineral deposit in a certain place in the northern wilderness. The ore mined from it is a kind of ore that emits a faint golden light and is soft and edible."
"Eating this ore can enhance physical fitness and make them stronger. At the time, many villages wanted to monopolize the mine, but... reality did not allow it."
Lin Leyou: "Would it be effective for that person to eat it?"
Qin Xingyu rolled her eyes. "It's useless. Otherwise, humans would have sent people to occupy that mine long ago. Why would they let these villages fight over it?"
"I see. So what happened next? How were the mined ores distributed?"
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