Departure
The next morning early, Chen Ling walked out of the hotel.
"No need to see me off. Your current state hasn't fully recovered yet, try to exercise less." Chu Muyun draped in a gray Woolen Overcoat, pushed his glasses, "The Realm train's station isn't far from here, I can go over myself."
Chen Ling nodded, "Where do you plan to go?"
"No matter where, the Path of the Physician is always popular... The Dusk Society side issued a task to me, needing to run a trip to another place, roughly taking a month."
"Okay, then see you next time."
Chu Muyun looked a glance behind Chen Ling, saying, "Although that senior looks like keeping people a thousand miles away, but actually is a very good person. That day when your body suddenly exploded, she carried you on her shoulder crazily running hundreds of kilometers in one breath. Only after killing through several Calamity encirclements, did she arrive at this small town, preserving your life..."
Chen Ling blanked. Speaking of it, he still knew completely nothing about how he came to this town... Didn't expect, it was actually King of Clubs bringing him here on foot? No wonder it was this fast.
"I know."
Before Chen Ling had time to ask what to pay attention to, a figure then slowly walked down the hotel stairs. Chu Muyun seeing King of Clubs currently going downstairs, instantly shut his mouth, no longer speaking more.
"Leaving, see you next time."
"Okay."
Chu Muyun's figure disappeared at the end of the road.
As for 9 of Hearts on the side...
"Senior, I haven't even been to the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path before, can I tag along to play?" His both eyes emitting light looking at King of Clubs.
"Scram."
"Alrighty."
He turned his head then left, saying wanting to go to the Main City to find Eight of Clubs.
Out of the nine people who came out from the Aurora Domain, ultimately only remained Chen Ling and King of Clubs two people... Perhaps due to the weather being warm, today's King of Clubs wore a suit of black qipao. Waterfall-like black hair bound up high. Her whole person all emitted an iceberg-like cold and clear temperament.
She faintly swept a glance at Chen Ling, "Let's go."
Not waiting for Chen Ling to answer, she then along the desolate small town road straightforwardly advanced. Chen Ling took steps following by her side.
"Senior, what place is here?" Chen Ling looked around this unfamiliar small town, doubtfully asking.
Here and the Aurora Domain were completely different. Perhaps due to the climate difference, the houses here were far from being that heavy and rough like the Aurora Domain. Mostly were white walls and gray tiles, having a kind of feeling of Jiangnan water towns. Moreover the roads also weren't like District Three's cold and hard dirt roads, but were paved with a layer of stones.
Old utility poles were inserted in the fields. Messy electric wires interwoven under the azure blue sky. Curling cooking smoke rose from inside the white houses not far away. The surroundings were incomparably quiet;
Chen Ling remembered the scene when accompanying his mom and dad returning to their hometown to visit relatives when he was small. The small town in front of his eyes, was exactly about the same as the village at that time... Compared to the Seven Great Districts' cold and full of cold-hard styled environment, here was closer to the Earth in Chen Ling's impression.
"A small town at the edge of the Red Dust Domain." King of Clubs calmly answered,
"If talking about the name, I don't know... Small towns like this, inside the Red Dust Domain there are over a hundred."
Chen Ling thoughtfully nodded. It seems different Realms, because of geographical position and climate being different, many things are all different. For example here doesn't have the division of the Seven Great Districts? Seemingly also doesn't have Enforcers?
Although Chen Ling was curious, but also didn't have time to go investigate the local customs and practices here. Here ultimately was only a place to stay over.
Along with the two people's gradual advancing, the surrounding houses and roads became less and less. Until walking to the edge of the Realm. Seeing an ancient stone stele erected above the great earth. The surface of the stone stele was deeply carved with a huge "X", below still using small characters carved a line of eye-catching warning:
"[Outside the Red Dust, Life Restricted Zone]."
Speaking of it, the Red Dust Domain seemingly didn't have as clear and definite a boundary as the Aurora Domain. In the Aurora Domain, as long as seeing the end of the aurora, one then knows about to walk out beyond the Realm... But here, lacking such an obvious marker like the aurora, could only use this kind of stone stele acting as a warning.
This stone stele stood here. Everyone inside the Realm seeing it was like seeing the Grim Reaper. As if once crossing over, the rear then is an endless abyss...
But at this moment King of Clubs didn't even look a glance, then straightforwardly walking out.
Chen Ling also expressionlessly followed up.
Life Restricted Zone?
No, this was him returning home.
The instant Chen Ling's footsteps stepped out of the Realm's range, Chen Ling suddenly had a kind of heaven spinning and earth revolving feeling. Wait until turning his head back again, both feet were already steadily standing on the great earth.
"This is..." Chen Ling's eyebrows tightly locked.
From the Aurora Domain entering the Gray World at that time, also never had this kind of weird feeling.
Chen Ling doubtfully looked back towards the rear, yet discovered the road when coming had already disappeared. The lead-gray sky and pitch-black earth occupied all the field of vision. Behind him was a patch of swaying pale white flower cluster.
Don't know what breed this kind of flower is, actually having more than half a meter high. The surface like jewelry generally emitting luster. On the dark green flower stems grew tiny tentacles. Poignant and beautiful at the same time carrying a kind of weirdness...
A gust of gentle breeze brushed past. This patch of pale white flower cluster silently lightly swayed, like ghosts currently waving hands at Chen Ling, wanting to forever leave him in this place.
This is a special breed inside the Gray World?
Chen Ling blankly looked at this patch of flower sea. The huge Red Dust Domain had already disappeared without a trace. He probing backwards retreated a step again, yet didn't return to that unmanned small path, but rather still stood inside the pale white flower cluster. As if the small town and Realm just now was only an illusion.
Where is the Red Dust Domain???
"The Red Dust Domain and Aurora Domain are different. Since coming out, then it isn't wanting to enter then can enter." King of Clubs wearing a suit of qipao, standing within the swaying flower cluster. Like an ink-like green pine towering in the white snow, temperament out of this world,
"The Ancient Vault of the Drama Path still has a segment of distance, follow me."
Chen Ling seeing this, also didn't have time to again look for where the Red Dust Domain went. Could only temporarily suppress the doubt in his heart, following behind King of Clubs.
After entering the Gray World, the Great Crimson Theatrical Robe on his body was exactly like a Lantern in the dim and gray world, incomparably conspicuous. He and King of Clubs one black one red, walking on the desolate great earth. The surroundings only left behind the whistling wind sound.
Knowing he himself was about to arrive at the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path, Chen Ling's mood was somewhat complex...
In his mind, once again recalled that voice heard in the memory fragments. That mysterious person calling himself his master, if he himself truly arrived at the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path, what would happen? Will his confusion seek out answers? The people in the Ancient Vault are again what kind? Will he encounter Mo Jue again?
Thinking of this, Chen Ling couldn't help but ask:
"Senior, I... no, your sect, which is exactly inside the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path, what is it like?"