Journey In A Fantasy World
Best Friend

Rui looked up, staring at the snow coming back down from the sky. He was already feeling very anxious. Now Neo is in a coma after forcing himself to finish Rux.

They were separated very far from Jian. Rui did not even know how Jian was doing at the top of the mountain there. Did he encounter any danger? Is she okay?

Rui sighed, she hoped that up there would not be another blizzard.

Rui scanned the surroundings, there was no one in the Zhi and Zhu Houses when it was getting dark. He walked over to check on Neo's room.

The young man was still lying unconscious. His body was shrouded in Zhu's extremely powerful Healing Magic.

Rui settles again towards the veranda of the house. Slowly he opened the door, peeked, after making sure it was safe, he opened the door wider, then walked out of the wooden house.

"No matter how often Zhi and Zhu forbid me, I will still go up the mountain to look for Jian." Rui was determined inwardly. He sprinkled the Disappearing Powder all over his body.

Since a few days ago, Rui had indeed always wanted to go out to look for Jian. But the twin fairies never allowed it.

Tell them they've sent someone to find Jian there. Rui was too impatient, she asked every day if there were any developments regarding Jian's quest.

Zhu and Zhi always shook their heads, saying that their people had not found Jian. And continued to convince Rui that Jian was fine.

Now Rui can no longer wait. He had to intervene to find Jian. A snowstorm would not be an obstacle for him. He would pass anything as long as he could find Jian.

Rui flew in the midst of the raging snowstorm, her body invisible. The journey should be safe to the top of the mountain.

Rui kept her head down, looking for Jian at any place she passed. Although there were no clues, at least he would know when he found something that Jian might drop to become a pointer.

As night came, Rui raised her hand, she made a torch with her own power. Rui stopped in front of the steep cliff that they had been through that day. Rui wasn't even sure how long it had been since he first climbed this cliff.

Rui activated the barrier, she recklessly flew towards the next cliff. Nothing should have happened if he had flown slowly.

"Where are you, Jian? Why after hours of searching, I still haven't found you?" Rui wiped her cheeks. Keep checking from above whether he found Jian or not.

"Dian!" Rui called out his name.

A hundred times Rui shouted to Jian. There was not even a single person in sight, could it be that he could find Jian?

At ten o'clock in the night, Rui arrived in front of the next, more sloping cliff, he rested for a while under a pine tree.

He stared blankly ahead. Recall the moment Piu Piu carried him and Neo down the mountain. They fell in this place.

Neo collapses in the middle of the road, Piu Piu tries to wake him up. The storm was huge. Some trees even fell. Rui who was exposed to black poison forced herself to keep Neo warm.

They went back to riding Piu Piu to the Cursed Village. Looking for Zhu and Zhi's house. Treating Neo, and realizing that Neo was really very injured due to a fierce fight inside the cave that day.

Rui sighed. Now he understood why at that time Jian was so disapproving about this trip. The risk of dying in the middle of the road is very possible. And they must prepare for that possibility carefully.

Rui stood up again, climbed up his staff again, tracing the cliff again. He continued to search for Jian in all directions. Checking between pine trees, checking mountain niches, checking small caves.

He kept looking. Do not know the time to sleep, do not know the time to eat, do not know the time to rest. In his head was only thinking of meeting with Jian as soon as possible.

Rui stopped in the middle of the snowfields at the top of the mountain. The last time he saw a storm coming at this peak, he and Neo were having a fight, Jian was sad because his friends were fighting. Then the storm came.

The storm makes Rui understand why he has to team up with Neo. The storm also let Rui know about how important it is to have friends who protect each other.

That thought could not make Rui always hate Neo. Rui has to trust Neo, trust his two friends.

But now they are separated. Neo was severely injured, unable to protect him and Jian anymore. Jian disappeared out of nowhere, unable to protect him and Neo anymore.

Now, it was Rui's turn to protect Jian and Neo. It was Rui's turn that had to show her sincerity to them.

After losing Jian, Rui never thought about going home again. He only thought of finding Jian immediately. That'sthat's all.

He only wanted to meet with Jian again.

Suddenly a bright light made Rui have to close her eyes. There were two portals that suddenly appeared above that stretch of snow.

Rui stood up, what portal is this? Where's the goal? Is there someone who made it appear here?

Rui raised her staff just in case a bad person suddenly appeared before her.

Rui read the writing that appeared above those portals. Without a second thought, Rui jumped into the portal to his right.

He told you, right? He only wanted to find Jian for now.

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"Zhu, this is bad!" Zhi ran from the hallway of his room towards Zhu who was currently examining Neo.

Zhu stood up in shock at his sister's cry, "What's wrong?"

"Rui's not in his room, Zhu." Zhi was so panicked, she even cried from neglecting to look after Rui.

"Where did he go? Why don't you take good care of him? He had just recovered from the Black Poison. How did you let him go unattended?" Zhu looked angry, putting his magic wand on the table.

Zhi looked down deeply, "I'm sorry, Zhu. I went to boil medicine for a while, I don't think Rui really intended to run away from our house," he said regretfully.

Zhu took a deep breath, "Alright. Did he ever say anything suspicious?"

Zhi thought for a while, "He kept asking about Jian. But the people we sent up the mountain did not give us any news. They had not found Jian. So I told him to wait a minute."

"You're a fool, Zhi." Zhu grabbed his wand, dashing out of Neo's room, "He obviously went to look for Jian. You stay here. Don't let Neo hear about this, I'll go out looking for them both."

Zhi nodded softly, "I'm sorry, Zhu."

Zhi sat in front of Neo's bed, checking his pulse once again, "May you be aware when your friends are found, Neo. If you wake up now, maybe your heart won't be able to calm down."

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Rui patted her snow-filled hands. Check around. He fell into the vast cave after crossing the portal that was currently still not closing.

"My wand is gone." Rui stepped forward, her eyes continuously checking in all directions. The magic wand is gone.

Rui patted his forehead, "Stupid base! Didn't I leave it at the top? How could I be this stupid?" Rui cursed herself.

He felt familiar with this cave. And it's true. He reappeared inside the cave last time when he was captured by Ruu. Rui had no idea what happened during her fainting. Just realizing that Jian was not next to him since Neo took him out.

Rui walked towards the opposite wall. Looking from a distance, the wall across there was partially destroyed, Rui felt it was a Rux battle mark back then.

There should have been a hint about Jian's whereabouts if he checked in that direction.

"Jian, are you here?" Rui called out softly. He walked up to the wall. The former campfire looks covered in snow. Rui drew closer to the wall, observing the bloodstain marks that were still clearly visible.

"Is the fight back then really a big fight?"

Yoke!

"This what?" Rui was shocked as she stepped on something.

It felt like stepping on a heavy iron stick. Rui checked, it was buried in the snow. When he found the thing he stepped on, Rui was more and more convinced, that Jian was still in this cave.

"Jilly's wand!" Rui exclaimed happily, she was happy when she found Jian's magic wand.

Also at the same time sad because it found this stick covered with snow grains quite thick. If his staff had been lying here for so long, then where could he find Jian?

"Jian, can you hear me?" Rui exclaimed once more. He walked slowly while grasping the Jian scepter tightly.

Rui sat leaning against the stone wall for a moment, she sighed softly. His eyes stared straight at the portal where he had appeared. The portal did not close after thirty minutes.

"That mortal, must be waiting for me to find Jian, right?" Rui asked herself while staring at the portal from a distance.

That's when. Rui realized this stretch of snow in front of her was strange. It was like a little mountain, as if something was buried within it.

"Dian!" Rui approached him immediately. His instincts say that someone is buried in this snow.

Rui dug it up a little, then saw a few frozen fingers of a human hand. Rui pecked on the spot, unable to hold back her tears anymore.

"Jians ...."