Journey In A Fantasy World
Toxic Fog

Win smiled, "Just calm down, Jian. Zhu had opened the portal to a safe place in the side hall, they must have been in a safe place and were fine."

I heaved a sigh of relief, even though our situation was inauspicious, at least my fellow academics were fine now.

Rui and I went to the room without feeling stuck. We have to go to bed soon, charge up, tomorrow we will practice magic again.

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"Good, Jian, Rui. There's been progress." Win throws drinking water, Rui and I catch him.

"I feel like my body is a lot stronger than before, Win." Rui smiled happily.

This morning, we used it just to train. Later that night we gathered in the Guards' room to discuss our plans in Luse City.

Win opened the map again, and folded it in half. Yesterday we discussed the first fold, now Win opens a new fold again.

"This is the center of life in Luse City." Win pointed at the crowded point with his index finger.

Rui held my arm, "From the map alone, this looks creepy."

"There are no wild beasts in Luse City, Rui. No need to worry.

"Then, what?" i'm thinking.

"Could it be plant poisons?" Rui asked.

Zhi shook his head, "What we need to fear is, how to make our citizens believe in us, and want to blend in with us."

"Are they having a hard time socializing, Zhi?" my many.

Zhi nodded, "They don't live in groups. Unless you just live alone. With fellow citizens they rarely get along. Especially to immigrants like us."

"Just calm down, Zhi. We're not going there to blend in. Rather than looking for medicinal plants. So it doesn't matter what the Luse City people are like. The important thing is we have to get medicinal herbs for Neo." Win smiled widely.

Zhi nodded his head, "We need a lot of Luse City money, Win. The food there is so expensive."

"I've prepared some rare precious items to exchange for the currency of Luse City." Win had even prepared what we needed.

We went back to our room and rested.

Our activities during our time at Dixia Academy have always been the same. Practice in the morning, rest during the day, discuss, then go back to sleep.

Tomorrow will be like that again, and tomorrow will be like that. Every now and then Rui told me about her growing interest in Win.

Until the day we left for Luse City finally arrived. We stand in front of Dixia Academy, the ghosts say goodbye to us. They also hope that our trip will be smooth until we return home.

We flew towards Luse City. Once there, Win immediately told us to hide the magic wand. He said the magic wand was too conspicuous to be seen by the people of Luse City.

We stopped in front of the Defense Area. There are some soldiers standing guard there. They did not use magic sticks as weapons.

But the armor they wear can protect themselves from enemies, as well as the best weapons they use.

Win had previously told me about this. He said, only ten percent of the citizens of Luse City could master magic techniques.

These soldiers did not wear magic wand, because they did not want to scare their citizens who could not magic. So they only wear these cool costumes to fight if there is an enemy.

That was also one of the reasons why we should not carelessly remove the magic wand. Residents can be scared and feel threatened by our presence.

"Stop." One of the soldiers stopped us who were walking in.

Zhi who understood his intent immediately took out his Approval Card and handed it to the soldier. Win follows Zhi, but only takes him out, not shown more clearly.

Because our signature was a fake, so we followed Win who only showed the card a glance to the guard.

The soldier discussed with his friend, whispered, then showed Zhi's card to his friend.

I hold my breath, how is this?

Zhi prevented the moment the soldier was about to snatch the card in my hand, he smiled kindly, "Master, we are brothers, we came here for a special purpose. We request permission in conjunction with the Licensing Card Manager. So, their cards are the same as mine, you've seen us all carry our own cards, isn't that enough?"

The soldier looked back at his friend and discussed again. I gulped, what exactly are they talking about? After his friend nodded, Zhi's card was returned.

They let us in, Zhi said thank you.

Rui caught up with me immediately, "So it was quite stressful," whispered Rui.

I nodded at him, "I thought we'd be found out."

"Just relax, we're safe, Rui." Win smiled while patting his shoulder once.

Rui's face looked flushed red, then she coughed softly, I almost laughed to see her suddenly choking just from being patted on her shoulder by Win.

I directly dragged him and walked ahead of Win and Zhi, "Other times, don't over-express your feelings in front of him, Rui. If he finds out, how will you continue this adventure?" I whispered in his ear.

Rui looked at me in annoyance, she secretly pinched my waist, it hurt so much.

"How could that look, Jian?" Rui whispered back.

I smiled mischievously, "Your face was so red, Rui. That's why I pulled you away from her, if she knew your face was flushed just because she patted you on the shoulder, I couldn't imagine what would happen to you anymore."

"Silence, Jian. Later on he suspected," Rui pinched my waist once again.

After coming out of the Defense Area, we were greeted by a rain forest that was so dark. I slowed down before I started walking.

"Win, can we just use a magic wand?" I asked for leniency.

It seems that walking between trees and dense shrubs is too risky to be exposed to insect venom.

"Can't, Jian. This region is prone to poison, Jian. You saw it too, right?" Win shook his head firmly.

"See what?" I looked around and saw what but the tight trees?

"Rigid, Jian. There is thick smoke up there. The origin contained poison, although not deadly, but also could not be inhaled continuously. It can damage our magical energy core. That's also one of the reasons why you shouldn't fly using a magic wand in this forest." Win pointed upwards while looking up.

I looked up, there was a thick white smoke up there. I thought it was just fog, it was poison?

"But what if—"

"We only need to walk a few kilometers to arrive in the middle of this forest, I will call my flock to help our journey," Win walked first, removing some bushes from our path.

Actually I'm not afraid because the forest is low in sunlight, but what if suddenly there is a poisonous slithering animal?

Zhi patted me on the shoulder, "Drink this, Jian, Rui." Zhu gave us a small bottle of potion.

"What's this?" I received the small bottle.

"Anti-poison insect banquet." Zhi answered cuek.

"Has Win drunk it too?" Rui asked origin.

I immediately closed his mouth, "Rui, you forgot yes, he is a wolf! How could I be afraid of insect venom!"

Rui grinned widely, Zhi turned her head in surprise. It seemed like he had not heard clearly what Rui had said just now.

"Aw!"

"Win!" Rui immediately jumped towards Win, the man sat down while holding his leg.