Chapter 151 Escape

The siblings returned to Rongcheng and stayed overnight at Xie Jinyan's inn, in the same family room. Jiang Xiao naturally slept on the small bed, leaving the large bed for Han Jiangxue.

This trip to Rongcheng further enhanced Jiang Xiao's strength. He almost laughed out loud with happiness in his sleep that night, and his mood was particularly beautiful.

Since he had come to this major tourist city, Jiang Xiao planned to take a day to have fun and look around.

The next day, a little after ten o'clock, Jiang Xiao woke up well-rested. The journey to find the bamboo bear, although not dangerous, was indeed tiring.

Han Jiangxue, on the other hand, had already woken up. She had already washed up and was leaning against the headboard, playing with her phone.

Looking at his little sister engrossed in her phone, Jiang Xiao wasn't sure if she was actually playing or doing practice problems...

Jiang Xiao carefully said, "You're awake?"

Han Jiangxue turned to look at Jiang Xiao, glanced at him, then returned her gaze to her phone and said, "We don't have much time. I plan to take the morning flight back to the Imperial Capital, so let's not go to any of the far-off attractions.

There are some tourist attractions in the Rongcheng city area. We're in Wuhou District. I looked at the introductions online. We can go to Jinli Ancient Street; it says there are many snacks there.

Also, we can go to Du Fu Thatched Cottage. What do you think?"

Jiang Xiao quickly got out of bed: "Sure, no problem. I'm going to wash my face and brush my teeth."

The two of them got dressed, grabbed their umbrellas, and put on their hats and masks before hurrying out.

While the siblings were eating, drinking, and having fun, combining work and leisure, the other Jiang Xiao had no "leisure" – only "work."

In the upper dimension, a crow flew down from the sky and landed on the top of a giant tree.

It had found another iconic terrain!

Beneath the giant tree was a cliff, and standing here, gazing into the distance, was an endless snowfield.

Although this other-dimensional space was called the "Snowfield," true snowfield terrain was rare, especially the boundless kind.

White Ghosts and White Ghost Witches preferred to live in snowy mountain forests. They rarely entered open snowfields like this.

Whether as prey or predator, the lack of hiding places made them unwilling to venture there.

So, in the eyes of the bait Jiang Xiao, this endless snowfield was like a safe zone.

The one-eyed crow flew down onto the cliff and transformed back into human form. The bait Jiang Xiao took out a White Ghost skin from his bag.

He held a pen made from White Ghost fingernails and used White Ghost blood as ink, quickly sketching the terrain onto the White Ghost skin.

Without Jiang Xiao's help, the bait Jiang Xiao had to do this himself, but the workload wasn't too great, because the snowfield's terrain didn't change rapidly. The frequency wasn't that high, and there were only a few types of terrain.

It's worth mentioning that Jiang Xiao didn't accept the gold-quality Star Beads offered by Hu Wei and Cang Lan.

Although they possessed thousands of White Ghost and White Ghost Witch Star Beads, enough to fill several large boxes, that wasn't a reason to waste them.

Jiang Xiao figured that if he really found a way out one day, he might accept the couple's kindness.

Of course, if that day ever came, this upper dimension would become Jiang Xiao's back garden, and the resources here would be inexhaustible...

Flap, flap, flap...

The bait Jiang Xiao transformed into a Shadow Crow again and soared into the sky.

...

In the evening, the alleys of Jinli Ancient Street were packed with people. Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue each held a small bowl of glutinous rice jelly and ate as they walked.

Why come here at night? Because when they left the hotel in the morning, Jiang Xiao was attracted by the long queue at the restaurant across the street, so the siblings first stood in line to eat Mapo Tofu, Yu-Shiang Shredded Pork, and dry pot rabbit meat...

Fortunately, Han Jiangxue didn't ask Jiang Xiao "Rabbit is so delicious, why eat rabbit?"...

Jiang Xiao ate three bowls of rice and was completely full, so the two of them first went to Du Fu Thatched Cottage to stroll around.

Jiang Xiao thought it was just a thatched cottage, but later found out it was a whole cultural park. They said the real thatched cottage was in the park, but wasn't accessible?

Jiang Xiao really wanted to see the crime scene where "the children of Nan Village bully me, old and weak"...

The cultural park was full of poetry. Jiang Xiao didn't remember much, only the residential houses.

Yes, on the edge of Du Fu Thatched Cottage, lush greenery separated the park from a residential building!

The people who lived there must be very rich... um, very cultured?

It wasn't until the afternoon that the siblings came to Jinli and strolled around, eating as they went.

After wandering for a long time, Jiang Xiao stopped in front of a stall, his muffled voice coming from behind his mask: "What's this?"

Guokui? (a kind of baked pancake)

Han Jiangxue was more direct and immediately bought one. She knew what Jiang Xiao was like.

Jiang Xiao's "What's this?" was the same as saying to Han Jiangxue, "Buy me one, I want to eat it."

While waiting, Han Jiangxue waved to a vendor nearby. She finally saw a familiar snack: Teppanyaki squid!

Han Jiangxue pointed to the squid that the vendor was brushing with sauce and said, "One of those."

The vendor didn't even look up: "30 yuan."

Jiang Xiao took the hot guokui, pulled down his mask, took a bite, and was stunned.

Han Jiangxue came back with the teppanyaki squid and saw Jiang Xiao was in a daze?

Han Jiangxue took two steps forward, concerned: "What's wrong? Don't you like it? Want to trade?"

As she spoke, Han Jiangxue handed the teppanyaki squid to Jiang Xiao.

Only then did Jiang Xiao begin to chew, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

He finally found it!

Back then, when the bait was still at the Gold level, he had seen this small wooden house on the cliff while being chased by the White Ghost race!

After saying goodbye to Hu Wei and his wife, the bait Jiang Xiao flew at top speed for more than half a month before finally finding traces of humans again!

The bait Jiang Xiao really didn't expect that after crossing this endless snowfield and flying through this snow forest, there would be such a surprise!

He only hoped that this house wasn't built by Hu Wei and his wife. During his previous conversations with the couple, Jiang Xiao had learned a lot of information and knew that the couple had once made their home on a cliff.

Flap, flap, flap...

The one-eyed crow flew down, circled the wooden house, and sensed something, immediately landing on the roof.

There was someone in the house!?

The one-eyed crow closed its eyes and tilted its head slightly. It sensed it... The one-eyed crow suddenly opened its solitary eye and quickly flew away.

A ghostly figure burst out of the door, wielding a giant blade and draped in thick White Ghost fur. With a flick of the blade, a scorching arc of flame shot out, straight into the sky.

The one-eyed crow's flying figure suddenly swerved, dodging the incredibly fast arc of flame.

The ghostly figure below refused to give up and quickly chased after it, the arcs of flame stringing together, an ordinary Silver-quality Star Technique played by this person with the effect of a "machine gun strafing"!

It was just like Xing Yan, the Southwest One-on-One King's Axe Blade Storm!

The bait Jiang Xiao dodged left and right, flying at high speed, and suddenly transformed into a human, landing steadily on the ground.

The ghostly figure's movements paused slightly, and in the midst of the swirling snow, the atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.

The bait Jiang Xiao drew his giant blade from behind and held it in front of him: "Hello."

He finally had the chance to carefully examine the person in front of him.

This person's attire was somewhat strange. Wearing a coat made of White Ghost fur wasn't new here, but the problem was, he had hollowed out the White Ghost's head?

The mysterious man used the White Ghost's huge head as a helmet, attaching it to the fur coat, covering his own head.

The sharp teeth in the White Ghost's head hadn't been broken off, and the White Ghost's bloody mouth was stretched wide, revealing the mysterious man's face between the fangs. This "Ghost Helmet" looked extremely cool, making Jiang Xiao stare in amazement.

The Ghost Helmet man's face was solemn, his tiger eyes were bright and piercing, of medium build, looking about 28 or 9 years old.

In that instant, Jiang Xiao determined the other party's name: Zhang Songfu!

Inside the Ghost Helmet, Zhang Songfu looked Jiang Xiao up and down, seeing the familiar Night Watch uniform, his emotions churning in his chest. He asked loudly, "Number!"

Number?

Where would Jiang Xiao get a number?

Being a Night Watchman, Jiang Xiao should have a number, which would make it easier for the other party to confirm his identity, but the problem was, Jiang Xiao was specially recruited into the Night Watch Army and directly became a Light Chaser. He didn't have a number, only a codename.

And the circle mask worn by the bait Jiang Xiao made Zhang Songfu wary.

Why were Zhang Songfu and Hu Wei and his wife's reactions so different?

Because Zhang Songfu entered the upper snowfield in a different way than others.

He didn't enter the upper dimension through the Holy Ruins.

Zhang Songfu fell into a spatial tunnel in the northwest in 2015 during a mercenary invasion of the snowfield, while fighting a foreign mercenary!

The bait Jiang Xiao said, "So, you found the knife I lost."

Zhang Songfu said, word by word, "Night Watch number!"

The bait Jiang Xiao said, "Night Watchman Zhang Songfu, Night Watch number 386, male, Han ethnicity, height 181, age 26 at the time of disappearance, disappearance time September 2015, stationed at a small spatial tunnel in the northwest of the snowfield, and fell into it with the invading mercenary."

Zhang Songfu was stunned, the giant blade he was holding tightly lowered slightly, and he stared blankly at the bait Jiang Xiao's circle mask.

Zhang Songfu's voice was hesitant: "You..."

The bait Jiang Xiao said, "Where are the enemies?"

Zhang Songfu frowned slightly: "Slaughtered."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Songfu picked up the giant blade again and said, "One last time, your Night Watch number!"

The bait Jiang Xiao shook his head and said, "Night Watch Army, Light Chaser Corps."

Zhang Songfu sneered, "Take off the mask!"

The bait Jiang Xiao: "..."

The next moment, Zhang Songfu suddenly charged forward with his knife: "Your Chinese is pretty good."

The bait Jiang Xiao spun the giant blade in his hand and threw it violently at Zhang Songfu, who was charging towards him.

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