Chapter 12: The Road to the Sacred Domain, How Far is it? (3)

  I was sent into the "Mocha Bar" of Elandburg by my little aunt.

  Wow, the bar was bustling with people, but now it's empty and quiet. The fat boss has a happy smile on his face. The newcomers are all scrambling to wash cups, sweep the floor, serve wine, and fetch water, hoping to earn their first pot of gold to attend wizard school and study magic. As soon as they see me, they whisper to each other: "Look at her equipment and clothes, she seems to be a top-level wizard."

  "Like the heroine in the advertisement."

  "Give JJ some money..."

  "Is it difficult to be a Taoist? Are the professors here fierce or not?"

  "Is there really a sacred place, and does reaching it truly bring supreme happiness?"

  ……

  People kept coming over and asking me questions.

  I pushed through the crowd and walked out, and at a glance I saw Yue Qingfeng smiling at me with a blade of grass in his mouth on the empty ground outside the bar!

  I walked over in surprise and asked him: "Who are you after all?"

  "Yue Qingfeng," he said.

  "Is it Yue Qianfeng or Da P?"

  "Here, only Yuelan is not a big P," he said.

  "What brings you here?"

  "Accompany you to find the holy land," he said.

  "Is there really a sanctuary?" I asked him.

  "You won't know if you don't go," he said. "To reach the Holy Land, one must pass through ten checkpoints. However, 99th-level wizards can skip the first seven checkpoints. In other words, we have three checkpoints to clear. Do you have confidence?"

  I smiled and said: "Let me flip through this magic book again?"

  "The key is coordination," said Yue Qingfeng, "it's a spiritual connection between minds, not a disease."

  "Damn it." I cursed.

  "I said it earlier that Da P's name doesn't sound good, and calling him Chou Da P sounds even worse." Yue Qingfeng furrowed her brow.

  Forget it, after all, it's just a game, who cares who is who.

  I gave him a high-five: "Let's go!"

  "Welcome, students, to the Witches' Refining School. I hope that through your study of magic, you will come to realize your own super-energies. Today, we will be sending off our first batch of students' two most outstanding members on a journey to find the Sacred Domain - Yue Qingfeng and Ding Xixi!!!"

  Thunderous applause.

  Yue Qingfeng held my hand, and we both elegantly stepped onto the stage at our slowest flying speed.

  I've never had the feeling of being the protagonist before, and it's actually so exciting.

  Ding Ke said: "I will send you to the eighth level, I hope you find the way to the Holy Land, return smoothly, and be the best model for our students!"

  Applause, again applause.

  I and Yue Qingfeng stood in the light pillar amidst applause.

  The light pillar transported us to a desolate swamp. The ground beneath my feet was all marsh, and as soon as I landed, I started sinking down continuously. Just as my head was about to be submerged in the marsh, Yue Qingfeng stretched out his hand and pulled me out with all his might. "Petrification spell!" he shouted loudly, and the ground beneath our feet hardened, supporting us firmly like a stone.

  What a close call!

  "A hundred kilometers around should all be such swamps." Yue Qingfeng said, "The magic of petrification can only last for a minute. Using this method, even if we exhaust all our SP, we still can't get out of here."

  "Fly," I said. "Get as close to the edge as you can."

  "Go," he said. "I'll fly first. You come and step on my shoulder to gain momentum, then fly forward again. This way we can save time and energy."

  "OK!" I felt the ground beneath my feet start to loosen, and I said: "Quickly!"

  "Follow me!" Yue Qingfeng said, and he was already gone. I used my sensor watch to track his direction and flew after him, stepping on his shoulder as I continued forward. We repeated this process a dozen or so times, until the solid ground ahead became vaguely visible.

  "Alright!" Yue Qingfeng said: "Xixi, want to have a competition with me on who arrives there first?"

  After finishing speaking, Yue Qingfeng flew out first, and I followed according to the display of the sensory wristwatch.

  Ah, I've finally arrived at the edge of the marsh, and just a short distance away is the delightful meadow!

  "Brother Yue, let's go," I urged, "what are you waiting for?"

  Yue Qingfeng carefully measured the small road in front of him, his eyebrows furrowed.

  "I feel something is wrong," he said, "it seems like there's danger."

  "This is solid ground, what danger?" I said, "If you don't go, I'll go..."

  "Wait a minute, let me go first."

  As she spoke, Yue Qingfeng was the first to step onto the small path. Ha, men are really easy to deceive!

  He had just walked to the middle section when he suddenly heard a loud splash. From under the water, countless muddy-colored arms stretched out!

  "A water ghost!" he shouted loudly, "Xixi, run quickly!"

  Before he could finish speaking, he was dragged into the swamp!

  I froze for three seconds, turned around and ran - ah no, how can I escape when I encounter danger? How did Yue Qingfeng deal with the predicament just now? Ah yes, petrification technique!

  I hastily chanted the incantation and cast "Petrification". With a loud crash, I saw someone underwater turn into stone - it was Yue Qingfeng!

  Those water ghosts saw their prey lose their lives, and with a splash, they jumped out of the water's surface, fiercely pressing towards me! I chanted "Petrification Spell" again, but the magical light had no effect on the water ghosts' bodies!

  I retreated while thinking: "Why didn't the petrification spell work? Ah, Yue Qingfeng said that magic needs to be of a conflicting attribute to work... Water ghosts are water, what kind of magic should I use... Earth! Earth-based magic can extinguish water!"

  Just as the water ghost's claws were about to touch me, I finally stuttered out the "Earth Rain Technique". A large amount of mud poured down from the sky like a heavy rain, burying the water ghost underground.

  "Whoa!" I let out a long sigh and struggled to pull Yue Qingfeng out of the swamp.

  He's already turned into a stone statue, but that won't stop me. I cast a "healing spell" and all abnormal states will be lifted. The revived Yue Qingfeng looked at the water ghost's corpse and gave me a thumbs up, "You're really something!"

  "It's all because of Master's teachings." I said humbly.

  After passing through the marsh, I arrived at the Great Snow Mountain. The boundary between the marsh and the snow mountain is very clear: on this side of the marsh, the temperature is warm and humid, but once you cross the boundary line, it starts to snow heavily and water freezes into ice.

  "Isn't Mr. Ding being too cruel?" I hopped on one foot while complaining, "Doesn't he know how to cherish and appreciate a good thing?"

  "Who told you to look for the Holy Land?" Yue Qingfeng surprisingly spoke up for Old Ding, "Let's go."

  "How can it be so cold?" I said, "Can't even walk two steps without freezing to death?"

  "Then I'll use fireball technique to warm you up,"

  As she spoke, Yue Qingfeng really conjured up a fireball and held it in the palm of her hand. The jumping flames illuminated me, making me feel much better, but I still stubbornly said: "Don't sympathize with me, actually being cold isn't that big of a deal?"

  Yue Qingfeng smiled and said: "Do what I should do."

  "What should you do?" I asked him on purpose.

  "Let you be happy," he said, "When you sit on the rooftop of the teaching building, I think that I have never seen such a lonely and melancholy girl, I must make her happy."

  As I walked up to the top of the mountain, a sense of foreboding suddenly rose in my heart.