Chapter 517 Inexplicable

Jiang Xiao didn't know what the two besties had said in his World of Calamity Shadow. When they came out, their expressions were very calm, Xia Yan was a little more silent, but that was all.

After the joint practice in the afternoon, Xia Yan returned to normal, looking as carefree as ever. However, at night, Xia Yan found Jiang Xiao, hoping to enter the training space for training, and Jiang Xiao naturally had no reason to refuse.

It was only mid-May now, and the World Cup would not open until early July. Xia Yan was already at the peak of the Star River stage. What if... what if she accidentally broke through to the Star Sea stage?

At that time, if she could successfully absorb the Sea Soul Mask or the Soul of the Sea Devourer, that would be even better.

However, after having tasted the "candy" of the Dragon Cave and knowing its refreshing sweetness, Jiang Xiao planned to fill Xia Yan's star slots with Dragon Cave star beads.

No matter what awaits Jiang Xiao in the future, the stronger the abilities of his comrades-in-arms, the greater their chances of survival and combat effectiveness would undoubtedly be.

Jiang Xiao has few friends, and even fewer can be called "life-or-death friendships". Along the way, Xia Yan is definitely someone Jiang Xiao can trust to watch his back.

Even when Jiang Xiao first entered the Snowy Plains, Han Jiangxue had a "last will," asking Xia Yan to take care of Jiang Xiao if anything happened to her...

Of course, those are stories from a long time ago. Now, Jiang Xiao has walked his own path and turned around to take care of these two girls.

At this moment, the first thing Jiang Xiao has to do is to get Er Wei to recruit Xia Yan into the Night Watch Army, in order to facilitate the exploration of the Dragon Cave later.

Er Wei immediately expressed no objection. Xia Yan's family background was beyond reproach, and her father was once a member of the Dragon Cave exploration team. Later, he suffered too much psychological trauma due to the disappearance of his teammates, the Han family couple, and had been recuperating at home ever since.

Er Wei agreed, but the poor Qin Wangchuan...

Speaking of Qin Wangchuan...

On this day, the third day after Jiang Xiao's return, Chief Instructor Qin actually came to the hotel where the national team trainees were staying, which made Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue feel very honored.

"Yo, who is this?" Jiang Xiao opened the door, obviously stunned. He tilted his short crew-cut head and looked up at Qin Wangchuan.

* * *

Smack!

Qin Wangchuan put a hand on Jiang Xiao's shoulder, his strong palm squeezing Jiang Xiao painfully. His face was full of joy at the reunion, more of it was surprise, or perhaps relief.

Qin Wangchuan's expression and emotions were so complicated that Jiang Xiao was caught off guard.

Facts have proved that in this world, there are still many people who care about you and care for you silently.

This feeling...

Qin Wangchuan suppressed the emotions surging in his heart and said, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back!"

"Well, Instructor Qin, wait a moment, let's go out and talk." Jiang Xiao smiled and said, "Let's go get some barbecue?"

Qin Wangchuan nodded repeatedly, "Let's go!"

Jiang Xiao turned his head and shouted into the room, "Old Gu, get dressed. Pork prices have gone up recently, so we'll bleed Instructor Qin dry today."

As he spoke, Jiang Xiao flashed into Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan's bedroom.

In the bathroom, Jiang Xiao adjusted the size of the Calamity Shadow World gate, stepped in, and found the two girls in the Calamity Shadow training space at the florist Pi's place.

As Star Warriors, the two girls moved quickly and neatly. More than ten minutes later, Han Jiangxue's wet long hair had not yet dried, and Xia Yan also came out of the bedroom with a flushed face that was unique after bathing.

The group walked out of the hotel and found a barbecue restaurant, where they feasted to their hearts' content.

Pork chops, pork, pork kidney, pork heart, the most delicious was the pork belly, it was simply wonderful...

Jiang Xiao took a perilla leaf, rolled it with sauerkraut pork belly, smeared it with sauce, stuffed it into his mouth in one bite, picked up a napkin to wipe his hands, and put his arm around Qin Wangchuan's shoulders.

Qin Wangchuan was looking at the four soldiers under his command, feeling emotional, when he heard Jiang Xiao's soft voice in his ear.

Jiang Xiao whispered, "I have something you don't have."

Qin Wangchuan: ???

Qin Wangchuan, standing at a certain position, of course knew about the Dragon Cave mission.

Jiang Xiao secretly said, "A first-class full moon meritorious service, are you envious?"

Qin Wangchuan had already been mentally prepared. Regardless of whether Jiang Xiao could come back alive, with Jiang Xiao's personality and style, he would definitely do his best and achieve certain results.

And now, Jiang Xiao was sitting alive beside him, eating barbecue in big mouthfuls, so it was not too much for Jiang Xiao to get any honor.

However, when Jiang Xiao said such words with his own mouth, the impact on Qin Wangchuan was unimaginable.

As soldiers, Qin Wangchuan knew what a first-class Night Watch meritorious service meant.

Qin Wangchuan, who was originally drinking juice, casually pushed the juice aside, turned his head and shouted outside, "Boss, the menu."

Jiang Xiao looked at Qin Wangchuan curiously, but saw that he ordered two bottles of baijiu (white liquor).

Jiang Xiao: "..."

When the baijiu came, Jiang Xiao looked at Qin Wangchuan with a wary expression, but found that Chief Instructor Qin quickly filled a glass, drank it all in one gulp, and shouted loudly, "Refreshing!"

This behavior startled Jiang Xiao. Was he really drinking to celebrate?

Perhaps... perhaps Qin Wangchuan was sharing the honor, or perhaps, he was looking at Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue from the perspective of the Han family couple, and was overjoyed to see them so successful.

That night, Qin Wangchuan was driven away by his own soldiers. He was drunk as mud at this meal. No one persuaded him to drink, but Qin Wangchuan kept pouring it himself...

Standing at the door of the barbecue restaurant, the four-person group watched the car drive away.

The night wind gently caressed Jiang Xiao's face, and his body was also a little shaky. He felt Qin Wangchuan's heartfelt joy, so he accompanied Qin Wangchuan to drink a few glasses, but in comparison, Jiang Xiao drank much less than Qin Wangchuan.

Han Jiangxue gently supported Jiang Xiao's shoulders and couldn't help but sigh, "Sigh..."

Jiang Xiao's hand flashed with white light, rubbing his stomach, his voice still a little drunk, "There are many people who care about us."

"Yeah." Han Jiangxue changed her posture, took Jiang Xiao's arm, supported his body, and walked forward, "Let's take a walk to sober up."

Jiang Xiao suddenly said, "You smell so good."

Han Jiangxue's face turned slightly red and said, "You've had too much to drink."

Jiang Xiao tilted his head and sniffed Han Jiangxue's clothes, "It really smells good, the smell of pork belly all over."

Han Jiangxue: ???

Beside them, Xia Yan and Gu Shi'an's expressions were extremely wonderful.

* * *

At the same time, in the upper dimension.

A three-person team was walking in those mountains.

They walked through high mountains, crossed grasslands, crossed mountains and rivers, and finally stood on the land of the Central Plains Province area.

Jiang Xiao carried a stone-like broken giant blade on his back, walked in the front, and stood on the top of the cliff, stepping on the giant stone in front of him, and looked down: "She won't bypass the land of Yan Zhao like us, and come to the Central Plains."

Behind him came the old voice of Senior He Yun: "We have traveled all over the three northeastern provinces, and also the grasslands of eastern Inner Mongolia. We have explored all the places we can go to, but we cannot go to those restricted areas."

Jiang Xiao grinned and said, "Because of the existence of the Desperate Clan, the land of Yan Zhao is a restricted area. But you also said that the Central Plains, the Tianjin area, is also a forbidden area because of the existence of the Shadow series creatures."

He Yun turned his head helplessly and glanced at the blind girl, "Compared with the land of Yan Zhao, the Central Plains is still relatively safer, and there are relatively few Shadow series creatures. You two are coming, what can I do?"

The blind girl spoke quite rarely: "I can't stay in one area forever. I chose to team up with you to help each other, but I can't spend the rest of my life according to your ideas."

He Yun sighed and said, "This old bone of mine is not afraid of life and death, but you are still young. I hope you give yourself more time to prepare. It's not too late to change direction now, we can continue to go south or west."

The blind girl said lightly: "Those areas that you didn't let me go to, such as the bushes in Inner Mongolia Province, impressed me deeply."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiao couldn't help but smacked his lips and said, "It's a pity, everyone has their own ambitions. Those soldiers chose to stay there, otherwise, it would be good to bring two teammates to our team."

Hearing this, the blind girl smiled lightly and said, "You also brought a few warriors, are you willing to let them accompany you to take risks? Weren't they sent to Shangri-La by you?"

Several months of team experience and life-and-death feelings cultivated in countless battles have gradually "unfrozen" the blind girl. Although she still speaks very little, she has already spoken to Jiang Xiao.

"It's safer there." Jiang Xiao said.

The blind girl stepped forward, stood side by side with Jiang Xiao, and looked down, "Have you ever asked for their opinions? Ask them what they want in their hearts, ask them if they are willing to travel with you and explore this bizarre world."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiao was silent.

Blind girl: "You didn't ask."

Jiang Xiao: "Yeah."

Blind girl: "So, you and he are the same kind of people."

Jiang Xiao: "Who?"

The blind girl turned her head slightly and gestured to He Yun behind her.

Jiang Xiao frowned slightly and said, "What do you mean?"

Blind girl: "In the name of this is for your own good, arbitrarily making decisions for others and deciding their lives."

Jiang Xiao laughed dumbly and said, "So... did I still become the person I hate?"

The blind girl pursed her lips and did not respond.

"I said, smelly girl, smelly boy, I'm standing behind you, are you burying me like this?" He Yun was anxious and immediately revealed his local accent.

The blind girl said lightly: "If you still don't see her after traveling all over the Central Plains, will you go south or west according to Senior He's idea?"

Jiang Xiao: "Huh?"

Blind girl: "Now it seems that the land of Yan Zhao is very likely to be where she went."

Jiang Xiao's mouth raised slightly and said, "Sister Blind, I am a bait, I don't care, so I'm not afraid of death. After so long, I understand, you are really not afraid of death."

"Bait, a bait that can change the star map, change the profession, and even turn stars into martial arts." The blind girl sighed softly, "What kind of person is your main body?"

In He Yun's mouth, and in the previous encounter, Jiang Xiao appeared as an auxiliary figure based on the Nine Star Chart. That time, Jiang Xiao's body was bitten to pieces by the big fish in the sea.

And this time, Jiang Xiao came here holding a flower blade star map, and all his star techniques were no longer of the medical auxiliary type. And in the past few months, countless battles have made the blind girl very clear about the abilities of this bait, Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao shrugged his shoulders and said, "There's nothing mysterious, the main body and I are exactly the same. Just a little more mischievous, a little better mood. After all, on Earth, civilization is still there, the system is still there, and the hometown is still there."

The blind girl turned around, her white cloth strips covering her eyes, but Jiang Xiao seemed to feel her gaze.

The blind girl slowly opened her mouth and said, "I will accompany you to the Central Plains, are you willing to accompany me to Yan Zhao."

"Hey! Hey! What are you talking about." He Yun hurriedly interjected, "How did the topic suddenly turn to this."

These two dead children are really worrying.

Jiang Xiao nodded slowly, but opened his mouth and said, "Let's take a look here first."

As he spoke, Jiang Xiao turned his head away.

He carried the stone giant blade on his back, stepped on the giant stone in front of him, propped his elbows on his knees, and looked down.

The blind girl also turned her head, her clothes fluttering in the night wind.

The camera zooms out...

Under this mountain peak, in that dense forest, a city stands proudly.

And in that stone city, one majestic tower after another rises from the ground, standing quietly under this night sky.

Jiang Xiao looked at this magnificent picture and sighed deeply.

Is this what the outside of the Ancient Pagoda Peak looks like?