Chapter 66: The City of Decay
After they separated from Monica, Lance and Lan did not stay in place for too long, but followed the route indicated on the map and headed straight to the city of Rotten.
After all, Lance is not here to meddle in other people's business. His purpose is very clear, to quickly buy enough salamander tails - if possible, he will try to see if there are any secondary witchcraft learning scrolls in the City of Rotten. The rest of the matter is nothing but a bit worth mentioning.
In order to avoid more trouble, Lance decisively used the magic carpet after getting the map.
This time, he obviously became much more skillful in controlling the magic carpet. At least Lan was sitting behind him, and could gradually let go of the corner of Lance's clothes and sit steadily in the center of the magic carpet.
The bottom of the magic carpet is actually very soft. Sitting up is like sitting on a ball of cotton, which feels great. If it is not for insufficient space, you can lie down and rest as a soft sofa.
For ordinary people, Lance only took half a day to arrive at the instruction point on the map.
"The big tree ahead is the entrance to the city of rotting."
Lance took out Monica's map and looked at it, finally determining the direction.
He lowered the magic carpet in the nearby jungle, which was southeast of the Black Swamp, and the terrifying moist swamp gradually turned into a dense jungle. They walked a distance between the forest and came to the towering ancient tree.
Lance walked around the ancient tree that was embraced by ten people, and followed Monica's instructions and gently buckled the bark of the ancient tree with her index finger.
Soon, a gecko skillfully climbed down from the branches. Its eyes were surprisingly large and bright. It looked at Lance and Lan and asked in a slight voice:
"Oh guys, don't look at me with this kind of look. I believe you have never seen a gecko as cute as me, but please be more reserved. After all, those who can find this place are real wizards."
"My name is Dilu. If there is no problem, please give me your [pale document]."
Lance smiled and handed over Monica's pale document.
Gecko Dilu suddenly popped up his slender tongue and said vaguely: "Wait for a moment."
Immediately he climbed up to the branches of the ancient tree and disappeared without a trace.
Lance waited patiently under the tree for about five minutes, and the cute little gecko appeared again, and it stuck to the branches and shouted loudly: "Your papers are no problem. You can enter the city of rot at any time."
After saying that, he spit out the pale document from his mouth. Lance caught it in one go.
The next second, the ancient tree made a slight trembling sound, and the space seemed to tear apart in an instant. Countless black fragments began to retreat to both sides.
Lance took a step forward and walked in. Lan immediately followed.
They walked in the ancient tree for about half a minute, and a white light immediately appeared in the dark passage.
“Welcome to the city of rot.”
A young boy's voice rang in their ears: "I am Dilu, handsome gentleman, beautiful sister, if you don't mind, I hope I can be your guide in the city of decay. You only need to pay a little bit of compensation to get first-hand information about this place."
Lance's eyes gradually adapted to the light, and he saw a little boy with red lips and white teeth standing in front of him, with a hint of shy expression on his face.
"Dilu? Your name is the same as the gecko outside?" Lance asked curiously.
The little boy immediately smiled bitterly and said, "Are you talking about Douglas? That's right, that guy always likes to change his name, but his talent for naming is very limited, so whenever he wants to change his name but can't think of a good name to replace it, he will secretly borrow the names of us."
Lance nodded. He looked the boy Dilu up and down and found that his skin was particularly fair, not the paleness of negative energy, but a kind of shiny whiteness.
"No wonder he is called Bai people, his skin is so white." Lance looked at the others nearby again, and he was also wearing snow-white appearance, almost as good as a snow demon.
He thought for a while and asked, "How many magic stones would it take if I hire you?"
"Just a magic stone is enough." Dilu said excitedly: "Sir, I promise I know this city well! I am yours this day!"
Perhaps the little guy soon realized that his sentence was a little ambiguous, and he immediately added: "Of course, I mean, I can be your guide for a day. It only requires a magic stone."
Lan said with a smile: "What if you increase the money? Can the guide work part-time in other industries?"
Dilu was immediately scared and shook his head: "No, no, no, I don't do that kind of business... I only serve as a guide. If you have any needs for these, you can go and find them."
After saying that, he pointed to the side where three or five boys gathered. His skin was whiter and more delicate than Dilu, and he looked even more cute.
At the moment of conversation between the two, Lance indeed saw a black-robed wizard taking away a little boy with red lips and white teeth. The little boy looked one or two years younger than Dilu, and was very proud.
"It's simply crazy..."
Lance silently complained in his heart. Unexpectedly, there are so many perverts with deformed hobbies in the wizarding world.
But the little boy of the Bai tribe is really cute...
Bang!
A magic stone with uniform texture was handed to Dilu's hands, and the little boy asked in disbelief: "Aren't you afraid that I will run away after taking the magic stone?"
Lance smiled confidently: "Believe me, you can't run away. Let's go. Take us to see the city."
...
The name of the city of Rotten is very special. When people hear it, they think this place is a desolate and abandoned place, full of all kinds of rotten things - corpses, or garbage.
However, in fact, this is an overly rough and straightforward misinterpretation. Lance walked along the way and found that this was a very neat and clean city, and the people in the city were also too beautiful.
As expected, it was similar to what Monica said. Most of the wizards here were Bai people. These people walked on the street, handsome men and beautiful women, which were really pleasing to the eye. As the saying goes, it is not unreasonable to cover up a hundred ugliness with white eyes.
Under the introduction of Dilu, Lance gradually gained a certain understanding of the city and the local residents.
The Bai people are not natives of the Creland plane. They come from a distant different time and space - it is said to be a semi-plane called the Rainbow Bridge, connecting the upper and middle planes of a secondary universe. The ancestors of the Bai people lived together with a giant creature called the [Roar Snail]. The rotten snails are huge in size, and adult rotten snails are generally the size of small hills.
The shell of this snail is very hard, but its interior is very empty, which is very suitable for human habitation. Moreover, generally speaking, rotten snails are sleeping and do not squirm. It is very safe for the Bai people to live in his snail shell.
As a reward for rotten snails, the Bai people living in the snail shells will remove the rotten snails from their bodies and the inside of the snail shells every day. Over time, the place where the Bai people live is called the rotten country. But in fact, the Bai people are one of the most clean races in the world. The habit of cleaning snails every day has been deeply engraved into their bone marrow, so that no matter how many generations later, the Bai people are very diligent and have a certain degree of cleanliness.
Therefore, this rotten city was also extremely clean by their construction site.
Unlike other races, the Bai people are wizards and mortals living in a mixed system. The social relationship between them is a bit like the relationship between civilians and wise men in the tribe. Most of the Bai people are regarded as wise prophets and powerful guardians by the Bai people. The Bai people also have a sense of racial honor and are very friendly to the civilians.
Such a harmonious situation is difficult to see elsewhere.
...
"Our ancestors were involved in a sudden space-time storm. If the rotten snail had not sacrificed its life to save everyone, we would have probably died in the tyrannical space-time storm. With the efforts of the rotten snail, the ancestors had survived the most difficult period. They came here and opened up a brand new country of rotten. Unfortunately, when we arrived here, the snail that had been protecting us had exhausted its vitality and died."
Dilu's voice was filled with deep respect and gratitude. He pointed to the outline of a hill in the distance and said, "That is the snail who protects us from this world. He has been dead for a long time. His name is [Tata]. Because every time he wants to move, he will make a sound like 'Tata, Tata' to remind us those who live on him. He is a good snail."
Lance nodded, he increased Hawkeye's vision enhancement multiple and finally made that blurry outline clear.
It was indeed a huge snail shell with a beautiful outline on it. Some moss grew in some places. Several Bai people were riding ladders to clean up the moss. They were very careful in their movements. It was obvious that they respected the snail tower very much.
"It's rare for a race who knows gratitude," Lance sighed.
"Not everyone knows how to be grateful." Dilu emphasized: "The Magic Spring Chamber of Commerce - the largest commercial firm in the City of Rotten, their president has always wanted to secretly knock fragments from Lord Tata's shell to study witchcraft and make magical items... I'm not a wizard, I don't know much about this, but their behavior makes everyone angry."
"Does the Magic Spring Chamber of Commerce?" Lance secretly wrote down the name.
"Okay, after leaving for so long, the two adults must be very tired. I will take you to a very affordable hotel now. The environment inside is superb, and the charge is very cheap. The weekly accommodation fee is only one magic stone!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!