Chapter 7: Escaping from Van Crouch (1)

  I fly, I fly, I fly and fly.

  Three pieces of wings have been eaten, a blue dot appears, and I am still on the map of Vanco.

  Things are bad, is it true what that "Ding Xixi" said, all the roads from Vankory to Ailandburg have been blocked by wizards? So no matter how I fly, I can only be within the borders of Vankory.

  Maybe I should go back to Shengyigu City and find another way to Ailande Castle, but the key is that this road idiot can't even find his way back, what to do?

  I turned on my sneakers and let them take me running all over the city, only to discover that Vanke is surrounded by high mountains everywhere. The dark caves don't know where they lead to. I tried walking into one of them, but as soon as my foot stepped in, countless bats flew out with a loud noise, scaring me so much that I turned around and ran away without daring to stay.

  Not far from running out, I saw a little girl, about 13 or 14 years old, sitting on the grass reading a book. I walked over and greeted her: "Hey, what are you reading?"

  She was startled, and the book fell to the grass. I took a closer look, and it turned out to be "Quick Mastery of Magic" compiled by the Eldrida Wizarding Academy. The compiler was Ding Ke.

  I picked up the book, and she asked me in a trembling voice: "Are you a wizard? You know, it's been a long time since any wizards have come here."

  "How did you know I'm a wizard?" I asked her.

  "Your clothes," she said, pointing at my attire. "I dream of wearing this outfit every day. Being a wizard is the coolest thing in the world. Unfortunately, people from VanCro and magic are not meant to be, we will never make it to El'goroth Castle."

  "Why do you want to be a witch?" I asked her.

  "With the most supreme and mysterious power!" She raised her small face, infinitely yearning to say: "I've seen the coolest wizard, he pointed his hand, and the stars danced according to his command!"

  "Really?" I asked her: "What's your name?"

  "Little wheat," she said, "and you?"

  "My name is Ding Xixi," I said.

  She stood up and stared at me, saying: "Are you Dinsi Xi, the number one beauty of Fanke Luo? But I heard that she had already killed herself today!"

  "I am another Darcy." I explained it to her with great difficulty, but I didn't expect her to understand, because to be honest, even I myself don't understand.

  "When I came out, the city was holding your funeral," said Xiaomai, "I didn't expect you to hide here. Did you use witchcraft to deceive them?"

  "Little wheat," I said to her, "take me back to town and have a look around, how about it?"

  "Will you teach me magic?" she said slyly, "My father and mother don't allow me to learn magic, so I can only sneak here to read magic books. If they find out, I'll be in trouble."

  "Alright," I said, "you help me, and I'll teach you."

  She thought for a moment and then nodded resolutely: "Okay."

  I opened my sneakers again, pulled up Xiao Mai, and in the midst of Xiao Mai's screams, we returned to the city center in just a few seconds. Xiao Mai was overjoyed, patted his chest and said to me: "Awesome, awesome!"

  However, she quickly pulled me into a secluded alley: "You're too eye-catching in these clothes. My home is just nearby and my parents are not at home, why don't you go to my place to change your clothes?"

  "Alright." I said helplessly.

  The clothes Xiaomai brought for me were her family's servant attire. She said to me, "It's not that I'm being stingy, but if you dress too nicely, you'll be recognized as soon as you step out the door. So, I can only make you suffer a bit."

  There was also a veil, I put it on, felt very uncomfortable, and took it off again.

  I asked Xiao Mai Zi: "What dynasty is this?"

  "What dynasty?" She couldn't understand.

  "Tang Song Yuan Ming Qing..." I reminded her.

  She shook her head in a daze, it seems she learned history worse than me.

  "Never mind, never mind, let's go! Take me to see Ding Xixi's funeral!"

  "Hehe, watching one's own funeral, how interesting!" Xiaomai covered her mouth and laughed, looking silly yet adorable.

  Under the leadership of Xiaomai, we came to a cemetery in the suburbs. Xiaomai whispered to me: "After people from Fangkeluo die, they will be buried here. Usually, no one dares to come here."

  "Ding Xixi"'s grave had been dug, and she was placed in a crystal coffin. Several strong men were carrying the coffin into it. Xiaomai and I were lying on a small hill not far away, watching all this. She said to me: "I heard that the technique of splitting one's body is very difficult to learn, but you actually learned it, it's really amazing."

  "But." I muttered to myself, "When Dingsi Xi died, why wasn't there any blood? She just disappeared like smoke."

  "The wall that blocks one's eyes." Little Wheat replied to me very cleverly, "Although I don't practice magic, my theoretical knowledge is still quite rich."

  "What is an obstacle wall?" I asked her.

  "What a way to die, you die and nobody can see you. Afterwards, they can't even find your ghost, but you can possess anyone you want, it's like you never died."

  I was scared out of my wits by Xiao Mai.

  "How about it?" she said with a proud smile, "Look at how good I am, will you take me as your apprentice or not?"

  "Oh." I replied absent-mindedly, watching as "Ding Xixi" was lowered into the grave and everyone began to fill in the dirt. Just then, a small, beggar-like person suddenly rushed out from who-knows-where, covered in dust and dirt, and pushed through the crowd, shouting loudly: "Make way, make way, let me through! Let her out!"

  This little beggar is incredibly strong, and everyone was pushed around by him. He jumped onto the coffin and started frantically lifting the lid, shouting non-stop: "Ting Wei Ting Wei, you can't die, I've come to save you!"

  Ding Wei?

  Ding Wei isn't my name?

  Who here would know I'm Ding Wei? Is he a big shot or something?