Chapter 171: Entering the Deep Valley
Of course, a lot of the information about the depths of the abyss are just rumors, and their authenticity needs to be verified. However, the existence of legendary strength inside is definitely true, so Ariel made up her mind to go to the depths to find an opponent to practice with.
"Sir, won't we take our carriage with us?"
Xiaobai, who got off the carriage, patted the horse pulling the carriage and said hesitantly.
"No, the terrain in the Abyss Valley should be complex and the space is chaotic. There is no point in bringing this carriage inside. Instead, it may be destroyed inside, so just leave it outside."
Baiwan waved his hand and said. It is obviously impossible to bring the carriage there, and the environment of the abyss valley is no better than the previous Dark Mountain Range. Besides, wasn't even the carriage in the Dark Mountain Range lost?
"Put it outside, I'm afraid it will be gone when we come out again..."
Black Dragon Xiaobai whispered in a low voice. What he said is indeed true. This is not a civilized and developed city. If it is left outside like this, it must be taken away by some thoughtful people.
After all, a carriage is worth a lot of money, not to mention that this is a luxury version of the carriage. There are many people who secretly covet it, and there is no such thing as good public security here.
"If it's gone, it's gone. It's just a carriage."
He said indifferently, he really didn't care about the money to buy the carriage, since he didn't pay for it himself anyway?
But Xiao Bai couldn't be as indifferent as he was. After all, he had been driving the horse for so long. Maybe he still had some emotions in it? Of course, it might also be because he was afraid that he would be reduced to a footman again after the carriage was lost.
Bai Bai, who turned his gaze slightly, understood what he was thinking, and after pondering for a moment, he said:
"Then leave it to the merchants stationed at the intersection of Yuan Valley and pay them a sum of money to keep it for a while."
"Um, this..."
A certain stupid dragon was stunned for a moment.
According to his previous method of dealing with things, if someone needed to do something, of course it would be through direct force. How could he negotiate with people? For a moment, Black Dragon Xiaobai could only look at the pale with a slight embarrassment.
For Bai Bai, whose life is like a drama, this is nothing, but he is too lazy to negotiate with others for a horse. So he gestured with his eyes to Ariel, the girl next to him.
So Black Dragon Xiaobai turned his attention to the girl, and what surprised him was that Ariel didn't mean to make things difficult for him, and nodded without any hesitation and agreed.
Wanwan just smiled slightly and was not surprised.
He knew that young girls were very measured in everything they did and behaved. Perhaps this was the so-called aristocratic upbringing. At most, she would only joke around and show off her temper over trivial matters, but she was very sensible most of the time.
Well, she's pretty good... at least that's what Wanwan thinks. As for her enemies, I'm afraid there will be great objections to this.
However, there is one thing to say. In this small team of three, the role of external negotiation has always been played by Ariel. After all, she is the most suitable.
The black dragon Xiaobai is not human at all. As a dragon, let alone negotiating and tearing people apart, it is fine.
As for being pale? Although he is not human to a certain extent, he has a long life experience in human society, so it is not difficult for him to communicate and negotiate with others. But who makes him lazy?
Therefore, among the three, only Ariel, a local noble girl, is the most suitable.
Whether it's the insight from her aristocratic background, the decent conversational skills gained from her elite education, or her own temperament and charm, they all make her easy to communicate and negotiate with others.
In short, the charming negotiation ability is max!
Sure enough, a young girl took action and quickly reached an agreement with several merchant guards at the entrance. They would temporarily keep the carriage while the group entered the valley.
When Black Dragon Xiaobai saw Ariel's negotiation completed, his eyes widened in admiration and he said to please her.
"You are so awesome, Ariel. Once you take action, you can easily finish it in just a few strokes."
Ariel smiled proudly, raised her chin proudly and said.
"Huh, that's right! I'm Ariel, this is just a trivial matter to me."
But who would have thought that Black Dragon Xiaobai saw how happy she was being coaxed, and immediately hit the snake on the stick and said with a shy smile.
"Then you are so powerful, can I not reduce my food intake?"
"Okay... Bah!"
The girl originally nodded cheerfully and was about to agree, but in an instant her face turned serious. She glared at him and refused forcefully without any room for error.
"Dream! Don't even think about it!"
Not paying attention to the frustrated certain dragon, he looked palely at the entrance of the abyss valley, which was just around the corner, and said slowly.
"Let's go, it's time for us to enter the valley."
However, even though he said this, before crossing the space barrier, he suddenly stopped and extended his hand to Ariel who was following behind him.
The girl who had never held hands before was stunned for a moment, and then she reacted and quickly grabbed his outstretched palm. She was very happy with his sudden initiative, and even laughed out loud without realizing it.
"There will be random space teleportation when crossing the space barrier. However, as long as there is physical contact with this teleportation mechanism, it will be regarded as a whole teleportation and will not be scattered."
Ignoring Ariel, who was secretly enjoying herself, she explained in a calm tone with a pale tone.
"oh oh."
Next to him, Black Dragon Xiaobai, who was still a little frustrated, nodded, not sure if he understood.
But when he raised his eyes, he saw the girl secretly giving him a dangerous look.
Even the stupid dragon who was not very smart knew what to do at this time. After coughing lightly, he walked to the other side of the pale man with great discernment and raised his hand to put on his shoulder.
But even his discerning behavior made the girl roll her eyes, fully demonstrating her dissatisfaction with the big light bulb of a certain stupid dragon.
"Let's go."
Ignoring Ariel's little mood, Wanwan led the two of them straight through the invisible space barrier in front of them.
In terms of perception, it was like passing through a layer of transparent water waves. After crossing the barrier, the scene in front of them changed, and the three of them were randomly teleported into the abyss in an instant.
As the vision returned to normal, the area that entered the eye was filled with lush greenery. Everything seemed to be very normal, making people wonder if they had come to the wrong place.
The bright morning sun shines in as usual, casting dazzling fragments of light in the forest, in stark contrast to the darkness of the mountains.
The sun is shining brightly here, the trees are shady, the grass is luxuriant... you can even hear a few sounds from time to time, similar to the cries of birds and monsters. Everything looks so harmonious and beautiful.
It seems that this place is not an abyss known as a forbidden area for humans, but just an ordinary forest full of vitality.
"It seems like... this place is already in a relatively deep area of the abyss?"
The chaotic space teleportation can easily make people feel disoriented, but Ariel's strong mental power is immune to this. However, after spreading her mental perception, the girl can still more or less determine the location within a certain range.
Although the legendary level of mental power is limited in the environment of the abyss, the range of perception is limited and narrowed, and the impact on the sense of direction is not great.
It was from the widest range of spiritual perception that Ariel probably knew that she was now quite deep into the abyss. After all, if she was only on the outermost periphery, she could still more or less sense the auras of other adventurers.
Unlike now, the girl feels that everything around her is calm and normal. However, although the sound of cries seems to be ringing in her ears, there is no breath of life in her perception.
This strange contrast reveals an unspeakable weirdness.
"Yes, this place is not far from the deep area of the Abyss Valley, but it saves us the time of traveling."
He said palely as usual. As if the influence and limitations of the surrounding environment on his perception did not exist at all for him?
"Hiccup...can you determine the direction of our next journey? If even the space in the valley is really chaotic, I'm afraid that sometimes our forward movement will turn into reverse."
The girl frowned and explained the current difficulty. Her legendary mental power could sense a certain range, but she could not determine the direction and spatial position within this range.
For example, it is probably as if she can have a real-time updated range map. However, the terrain and space of the entire area in the Abyss Valley are chaotic and change over time.
Just like they seem to be standing in the grass and woods now, they may actually be in the sky or underground. The so-called sunlight, etc., may be distorted projection mirror images.
"You should be able to do this with your legendary mental power, but it may be a little troublesome. You need to check the surrounding environment from time to time."
Wanwan glanced at her and told her not to belittle herself, as a legendary mage could do more than she imagined.
"Okay, then I'll try to perceive it with my own mental power."
Ariel put aside the idea of being lazy and just took this opportunity to exercise her mental perception. After all, wasn't the purpose of entering the Valley just to hone herself?
However, while using her mental strength to compare the environmental routes, she thought of the theater she watched last night.
"By the way? Didn't I hear that the kid and the little girl who were hunted before also escaped into the abyss? I wonder if we will run into them?"
Hearing this, his pale expression did not change, he glanced in a certain direction of the abyss and said calmly.
"We will meet each other if we are destined."
Not long after, the girl carefully compared the environment and decided on the next direction before setting off.
He saw a vine as thick as an arm, like a vicious snake, suddenly rushed out from the treetops behind the pale man and attacked him quickly. He still looked calm, as if he had not noticed the vines entangled behind him at all.
But just as the vines approached a certain distance behind him, the snake-like vines gradually stopped. Frost visible to the naked eye covered it little by little along the vines.
In an instant, a big tree behind Bai Bai was frozen into ice. This ordinary tree with lush branches and leaves turned into a snowflake ice tree like a work of art in the blink of an eye under the extreme cold.
The next moment the frost shattered, and the big tree turned into ice dust and dissipated. Bai Bai then chuckled, turned around and murmured calmly.
Chapter completed!