Chapter 18

1

"The ground staff here don't really welcome tourists. I don't understand why this country doesn't just close its borders directly."

Zi Sirou looked at the ground service personnel in the photo, not quite understanding what I said.

"They don't welcome tourists? They seem to have good smiles and natural expressions, not fake."

"That's just appearances. We can't tell what they're thinking sometimes. The people who receive tourists in this country must have received training."

"Tourism is also part of the economy, you idiot. It's said that the people in this country don't really welcome outsiders, but if they don't receive tourists, they will be isolated, and the economy won't be good. Closing the borders is impossible."

Zi Sirou didn't care whether the people providing her service were sincere or not. As long as she received satisfactory service, she was satisfied.

"Qin Yang, are you daydreaming?"

Zi Sirou stood in front of me, looking at my uncovered left eye. Through the lens of her glasses, she could clearly see that my left eye was indigo in color.

"It's nothing."

"Let me massage it for you."

"No...there's no need!"

Although having heterochromatic eyes had diverse abilities, they also had their own strengths. The reason why Sheng Long could baptize people's hearts was because his indigo heterochromatic eyes could understand people's hearts better than Demon Dragon's, understanding what they needed, what they were melancholic about, and what they feared.

"What's wrong? Will it harm you? Take off your glasses, let me see."

"It's nothing, just checking everyone's mood, drinking some water, and waiting for Guffy." I picked up a water cup and handed it to Zi Sirou.

"Why are you being so stingy, not even letting people see your eyes."

"Hey, you two, look over here!"

We saw Guffy waving at us. Following her, we went through several secret passages at the airport and saw what she called her equipment in a hangar, which was a large shipping container!

"You brought weapons, huh?"

Seeing such a huge shipping container, I almost sprayed water all over Zi Sirou.

"Nonsense, weapons can't be brought into the country."

Guffy stood next to the shipping container and swept her thumb over the door handle.

"Trick...trick..." I heard the sound of mechanical movement at the edge of the shipping container.

"Could the principal be smuggling something?" Zi Sirou said sneakily behind me.

"Smuggling wouldn't involve opening boxes at the airport. Don't think too much."

After the shipping container was opened, under the dim lights of the hangar, there were three familiar motorcycles with brand new streamlined bodies inside the container.

"I guess you used a spell to make the immigration officers see a box of clothes instead of the Magic motorcycles, right?"

"Sponsored by the Qin Military Industries, the Desert Edition Magic motorcycles, high-purity underwater crystal, power output saves magic power and is insane. Feng Yu said we should test-drive it for him."

Ever since I found out that the Qin family had contributed to the military industry of the empire, my father always liked to give me these experimental products. Strictly speaking, the "L" particle ring on my hand was also an experimental product. The retro-style motorcycle that was blown up by Elena last time was also one.

"How insane is this motorcycle?" I put my hand on the motorcycle.

The underwater crystal in the motorcycle changed rapidly, and the entire body became exaggerated, and the length of the body increased.

"The design is so wild. The one in the inter-school race didn't look that exaggerated, did it?"

"The one in the inter-school race is already an old-fashioned car, this one is new."

"So there's a difference?"

"The magical crystals in the underwater are also perishable. If you don't understand cars, how can you drive? Are you embarrassed, Qin Yang?" Zi Sirou sat on another motorcycle, which had a smoother transformation, and the car headlights were the most prominent, as if they were specially designed for her photo shoots.

"I've never really cared about this, as long as it's fun, but will we get caught if we take these things out?"

"These two things won't get caught when taken out." Guffy threw me two golden masks, and I didn't realize that the masks were not in my hands after I woke up.

The motorcycle surged out of the hangar, leaving several marks on the ground with its rear wheel, the magic accelerating wildly. This high-purity underwater crystal seemed quite fun.

The desert version of the motorcycle, in the desert region of Emeon, ran smoother than the roads in the imperial capital.

But one weird thing is that the desert version of the motorcycle went through the sandy area without any problems, except that the sand was blowing on my face. It still passed through effortlessly.

2

After racing in the desert for half a day, it was already midnight when the motorcycle arrived at the small town Guffy mentioned thirty years ago.

I shook my motorcycle helmet downward, and it was all sand. I suspect that my head is covered in yellow sand now.

"Wow, such a crazy motorcycle, so much fun." Zi Sirou took off her helmet, although it was covered in dirt from the sand, but she didn't even look at it, just kept praising.

"It's fun, let's go for another ride." Guffy didn't even take off her helmet, she directly took Zi Sirou and rode away from the small town.

Are they just too energetic, or am I just too lazy? I'm already tired like a Pomeranian dog, but they still have the energy to ride motorcycles using magic. I'll find an inn and rest, after all, it's better that way.

I searched around the small town but couldn't find an inn that welcomes outsiders.

"Brother, do you need an inn?"

When I was drinking water next to the motorcycle, a little girl came up to me. I looked around and asked, "Tell me?"

"Yes, besides you, everyone here is a local." She said.

"What's your name, and are there usually no outsiders here?"

"My name is Samu. In the ten years since I was born, besides Aunt Guffy, very few people have come." The girl paused for a moment before saying, but it seems like she is lying, because according to Guffy, there should have been an inn run by an adventurer here thirty years ago.

"You call her Aunt Guffy, she doesn't mind?"

"I call her that every time!" The little girl smiled innocently. I don't think Guffy would refuse to be called Aunt by her.

"So you were arranged by Guffy."

"Yes, Aunt Guffy told me to find a boy who looks weak."

"Weak... do I look weak?" I held the girl's face with both hands, making her look at me carefully. This little girl is truly innocent.

"Brother... Brother... you look very tired... don't you!"

"Very tired, take me to the inn."

The little girl pointed happily at the motorcycle and said, "Let me ride this."

I lifted the little girl to the back of the bike and drove off in the direction she pointed.

3

"Da... Da Guan?"

"My father named it." The little girl pointed proudly at the sign of the inn.

"Such a simple name, but easy to remember."

After entering the inn, the girl's father came out to greet me. He was tall, not strong, but looked healthy.

"Miss Guffy has already booked a room for you."

The innkeeper led me to the room at the end of the second floor. As soon as I entered, I saw a large bed.

"A double room, innkeeper?"

"Yes!" The innkeeper looked like he understood me very well.

"Cough, don't look at me with ambiguous eyes, she is my wife."

"Oh, then there's also a single room..." The innkeeper's paper in his hand said, one man and two women, one double room, and one single room.

"My sister-in-law."

The curator turned away helplessly, muttering to himself, "I've known Guffy for so long, does she have a sister?"

Seeing his puzzled expression, I couldn't help but complain inwardly: I never said it was Guffy's sister.

The room was quite large, perhaps because it was at the end. What mattered was the atmosphere, with colorful candles and a glass roof.

Hmm? Why is there a whip? It's so funny that even the price tag has been removed.

Wait, there's a long string of things under the whip. Oh well, these things all have price tags, they might be decorations.

I dusted off the dirt on my body and was about to take a bath when the curator returned.

"Sir, we only have these for supper. Enjoy."

"Wait, wasn't this place a adventurers' inn before?"

The curator suddenly smiled and said, "Sir, since you're not an adventurer, why do you need to know?"

"I don't look like an adventurer?"

"Sir, you may have great abilities, but you don't know the secret language of human adventurers. You can be a hero, but you may not be an adventurer."

"Secret language? This place used to be the adventurers' inn, right!" If the curator is familiar with the secret language, then it is obvious that he was once an adventurer. Retiring as an adventurer and opening an adventurers' inn sounds like a good choice.

"Since I have taken in you and Miss Guffy, I have to remind you, in Emonia, the most adventurous place is the Pyramid. The Pyramid is crucial for the locals and the 'humble'. I have lived here for over a decade, and I am still seen as an outsider. My life is fine, but the gaze of every person here suffocates outsiders, especially us in this small town. We don't have the specialized waitstaff trained to receive outsiders like in big cities, so please don't make a big scene. They will go mad." The curator pushed aside the curtain and looked out from the darkness. There were a few drunken wanderers on the street. The town was peaceful, but the peaceful surface was torn open, and inside was blood and hatred.

"Curator, do you know about the incident with Guffy at the Pyramid thirty years ago?"

"Thirty years ago... when I first saw Guffy with dark skin, I was fascinated and wanted to strike up a conversation, but I was silenced by a spell for a whole night. Later, I saw Guffy again being escorted away by the Othrian Empire's army. Does your Duke Qin know about this? It was he who personally took her away."

"The Duke took her away?"

If thirty years ago they needed Father to personally protect her and bring her back to the Empire, then there was only one explanation for Guffy's predicament: Emonia wanted her dead.

"Sir, you don't plan to go to that Pyramid again, do you? I advise against it. No one has dared to go there for thirty years. If it weren't for the incident thirty years ago, that Pyramid would just be a small, unknown pyramid. The Pyramid of Lotamah is now nicknamed the Undisturbed Reaper, meaning even the grim reaper's face cannot disturb that place."

"I have no choice but to go. There's something important waiting for me there. Don't worry, if anything goes wrong, The Demon Realm's Ten Demon Kings would personally come to protect me."

"Sir, you must be joking. If the Ten Demon Kings came here, the desert would surely turn into an oasis sinking into the sea."

"Whether it's what you said or not, it only requires Yue Wang to accomplish."

"It's getting late, supper can be left aside, and this conversation should end here. The final decision is up to you, sir!"

I knew the curator was just kindly reminding me, but since he said it was so dangerous to go, I had more reason to go.