[Chapter 4 Lao Fo decided to stay]

“Thinking about returning to my own world, I just walked out of the village in a random direction?” Crawford looked incredulous: “So simple?”

“Yes.” Old Buddha nodded: “I just tried it a few times, and it is indeed that simple.”

After discovering a way to travel back and forth freely, Old Buddha felt much more relaxed. He didn’t have anything urgent to do. As long as he could go back when he missed his wife and children, it didn’t matter where he was…even if it was another world. As for whether

this world would threaten Azeroth? He didn’t find such a possibility for the time being. Maybe he could stay and observe more?

David didn’t know that Old Buddha had already thought of settling here. Although it was a bit of surveillance, he didn’t care even if he knew it.

Azeroth, as the protagonist of that world, suffered various invasions, so it was not surprising that people living there would worry about this problem. It was also for this reason that David really had no idea about Azeroth. That world was too chaotic. Even if he had the strength to invade other worlds, he would not choose that world. What’s more, he didn’t have the ability to go to other worlds at all.

“How do you get back?” Compared to how Crawford was concerned about how to get back to his own world, David was curious about another question: How did Old Buddha come back after he went back?

“Same, just think about coming to your place, and you’ll come.”

“…”

David was speechless for being so simple: “Just walk in any direction?”

“Easier, just stand still.” Old Buddha’s face, which was full of beard and majesty, showed a bit of funny. He just tried it casually at that time, but he didn’t expect it to work.

Listening to Old Buddha’s next narration, David already understood that for those who came to him, as long as they thought about his place and made a “walking” gesture, they could come back, which was much simpler than returning to their world.

On the contrary, if they wanted to leave, they had to go out of the village, any direction would be fine, just circling in the village would not work.

“I’ll try.” After listening to Old Buddha’s introduction, Crawford didn’t even feel like eating breakfast, and immediately left the wooden house and chose a direction to go forward.

David quickly followed him to the outside of the wooden house, and then stood at the door and watched Crawford running away – he wanted to see what Crawford looked like when he left.

He didn’t wait too long, and soon saw Crawford’s figure become translucent, vague and then gradually disappear, basically the opposite of when they appeared.

“So it’s like this when you leave…” It was the first time that Old Buddha saw it, after all, he couldn’t see what he looked like when he appeared and left.

“What did you feel when you left?” David was very curious, how did Crawford and Old Buddha feel in this seemingly vague state? The answer turned out to be completely different from what he imagined.

“No feeling, in fact, I was just walking, and in a flash, I was in another place.” This kind of space transfer did not have any process, just like he took a step forward and walked, and the surrounding environment changed completely in the next second.

At this time, Crawford’s figure appeared outside the village again, still the vague figure gradually became clear, and finally revealed Crawford’s appearance.

“It’s amazing!” Similar to Old Buddha, after realizing that he could travel back and forth freely, Crawford no longer entangled in the fact that he could not go back, but was full of curiosity about this magical situation, and wanted to find out what was going on? What caused all this? There may be something with mysterious power hidden near this village, such as ancient ruins, altars, etc.

However, she remembered that she had a partner. Maybe she should wait until she reunited with her partner and the rescuers took them away from the island before studying this problem.

Without worries in her heart, Crawford was naturally troubled by other problems. She was hungry.

Crawford was not the only one who felt hungry. Old Buddha was also hungry. However, as a guest, he was embarrassed to search everywhere for food, and he was not sure whether this seemingly simple village had enough food storage. You know, as a powerful paladin, he had a big appetite.

After thinking about it, Old Buddha suggested: Go around and see if there is any prey?

“No, there is still the venison I hunted yesterday in the kitchen, enough for the three of us.” That was a whole deer. He and Crawford didn’t eat much yesterday. Now, with the meat from Old Buddha, it was more than enough for breakfast.

David took the two to the wooden barrel where clean water was stored, took out a wooden basin and a few clean cloth towels for the two to wash, and then the three of them made a hearty breakfast together: roasted venison and a small part of the offal and a soup made with wild vegetables.

The three of them had a very happy breakfast.

David had the motivation to continue working hard, building the village, welcoming more people from all over the world, getting rewards from them, and learning special abilities such as holy light;

Crawford knew how to go back, and with David’s help, she could come here to seek help when she encountered trouble, but she didn’t know if she could bring her companions to take refuge? At the same time, she became curious about this magical and strange world, and only waited until it was safe to come here to explore the truth;

Lao Fu thought this was a good place to live in seclusion, where no one knew him, he could live a peaceful and stable life, and he could go home to see his wife and children whenever he missed them.

After finishing breakfast, Crawford said that he was ready to go back, and he had to meet up with his companions first, and then find a way to contact the rescuers.

“Take this.” Hearing that Crawford was ready to leave, David took his spare hunting bow and a tube of arrows, plus a short knife and handed them to Crawford: “You have been attacked by a weirdo before, and that island seems to be very unsafe. Bringing weapons can also protect yourself.”

Crawford, who put the scabbard knife on his waist, put the quiver on his back and held the hunting bow, gave David a warm hug: “Thank you so much, I’m glad to be here and meet you.”

“Hey~ Don’t be so polite.” From the initial enjoyment to the slightly awkwardness, David, who slightly bent his body, did not think of pushing Crawford away, and sighed in his heart that it would be better if he could hug him longer. Crawford, whose neck was slightly red,

did not say anything else. After letting go of David, he turned around and left the village with the hunting bow.

David stood there without moving. After a while, he straightened his back, and then saw Lao Fo looking at him with a smile on his face.

“What?”

“Nothing… You said before that you welcome me to live here for a long time. Is it just a polite remark or serious?”

“Of course I really welcome it!” David was very happy to hear this. He hoped that Lao Fo would stay. Only by getting along more can he have the opportunity to learn all kinds of knowledge of the Holy Light from this paladin.

Even if we don’t mention the knowledge of the Holy Light, David needs enough population to develop the pioneer camp into a formal village of the Kingdom of Tilan.

Originally, the barren land, harsh climate and extremely remote geographical location made it difficult to attract farmers to settle here, but if he changed the direction, David could attract people from other worlds to live here, such as Lao Fo who wanted to live in seclusion.

“Please take care of me in the future, village chief.”

David stretched out his hand and shook Lao Fo’s big hand. At the moment of shaking hands, David felt that there seemed to be some changes in himself, but after a careful feeling, he found no changes.

“Illusion?”

Putting this matter aside, David introduced the general situation of the village to Lao Fo. In fact, there was not much to say: four temporary wooden houses, three of which were for living, and the internal structure was the same; one was used as a warehouse, kitchen, and blacksmith shop. To the

west of the village is a big river with rich aquatic products; to the north is a forest with many wild vegetables, wild fruits and wild beasts. So far, David has not gone deep into the depths of the forest, but just wandered around the periphery, so he didn’t know how dangerous the depths of the forest are.

“The east and south are plains, but if you walk along the river bank in the south, you will reach the Iron Tree Forest.” The Iron Tree Forest is located on the northwest side of the Iron Tree Castle. It is an extremely vast forest, named after the top-grade wood, the iron tree.

It is the barrier between the Iron Tree Forest and the Tilan Mountains that has prevented the Tilan Kingdom from occupying this vast plain area for a long time.

David’s pioneering camp is quite far from the Iron Tree Castle. It should be the northernmost area of the Tilan Kingdom – if he can build a village.

“There are only you and me in the village now. Although there is a lack of crops that can be planted, we can get enough food by hunting and fishing.” After describing the general situation, David took the opportunity to tell his plan: “If we want to live for a long time, we need to build a new wooden house.”

Lao Fo agreed with David’s words. He originally wanted to suggest David to build a few better houses: “There is a forest not far away, and there is no shortage of wood here.”

Although houses built with stone are better, Lao Fo is not a stonemason. It’s okay for him to build a wooden house, but he really doesn’t know how to build a stone house.

“There are some tools at the blacksmith shop.” Although the blacksmith took away a lot of tools when he left, there were still many things left behind, which were enough for David and Old Buddha. As

the two talked, they took their tools and prepared to go to the forest.

When David took his bow and arrow, he found that the feeling of holding the bow was different from before, so he took out an arrow and put it on the bowstring, then pulled the bowstring and aimed.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing!” David was sure of one thing in a very short time: he didn’t know when, he got a reward from Crawford again.

Why was he sure it was Crawford? Because Old Buddha, the paladin, seemed to have nothing to do with bows and arrows, and Crawford’s main weapon in the story was the bow and arrow.

“Speaking of this… the strange feeling when I shook hands with Old Buddha before was not necessarily an illusion. I wonder what reward Old Buddha gave me?”

(End of this chapter)