Chapter: Journey to Black Stone City
Cheng Yu sold barbecue in Bailu Town. He opened the stall at 10:30 in the morning and closed it at 2:30 in the afternoon, earning over 1,000 points of positive emotion.
As a freelance worker, Cheng Yu worked four hours a day—very conscientious.
During the stall hours, Cheng Yu bought over six catties of black earthworms from the town residents.
These black earthworms were packed in two pottery jars and sprinkled with salt.
Then he sealed them with paper and placed them in a cool location for natural fermentation.
According to the recipe requirements, the earthworms should be pickled for over half a month. Though he didn't know the principle, it was definitely right to follow the recipe steps.
Back at the manor, Mina couldn't wait to take off the black long dress, put on capable tight-fitting clothes, hummed a little tune, carried a hoe, and went to dig an ice cellar behind the manor.
Cheng Yu didn't understand why Mina liked to dig holes.
Maybe it's the nature of the Silver Wolf Clan.
Wearing a light-green dress, with a delicate and lovely appearance, Ivennie stood under the Golden Tree with one hand against the trunk, continuing to receive the Golden Tree's baptism.
The long green hair began growing wildly again—soon fell to the ground.
"It's a pity there's no one who buys hair in this other world. Otherwise I could make a fortune selling hair."
Cheng Yu remembered before crossing over, there were often people buying girls' hair on the street—the price wasn't cheap.
Walking to the edge of the farmland, "Ivennie, I plan to go to Black Stone City tomorrow."
With a slightly puzzled expression, Ivennie turned her head and looked at Cheng Yu. "What are you going to do in Black Stone City?"
"Get something. You and Mina don't have to follow me. I'll go alone."
Mina wanted to dig an ice cellar, and Ivennie wanted to receive the Golden Tree's baptism, so Cheng Yu didn't plan to let them follow—would go to Black Stone City alone.
"How long are you going to be gone?"
Ivennie didn't want to be separated from Cheng Yu. If Cheng Yu was going for a long time, she'd follow him.
If Cheng Yu was only going for a few days, it didn't matter.
Cheng Yu estimated in his mind. "Six or seven days."
Black Stone City wasn't far from Bailu Town. It took two days and two nights by carriage—four days round trip, and two or three days in between.
Six or seven days wasn't a long time. Ivennie smiled sweetly at Cheng Yu. "You go. Sister Mina and I will stay home and wait for you to come back."
Every day, caravans traveled between major cities and surrounding towns to transport goods and earn transportation fees.
One could follow the caravan to Black Stone City.
Caravans usually set out in the morning.
Before dawn, Cheng Yu put on his clothes and pants, looked at Mina and Ivennie sleeping soundly on the bed, and went out alone to the west of Bailu Town without waking them.
After leaving Bailu Town and walking a few hundred meters west, there was a large open space where caravans set out from—equivalent to the cargo distribution center of Bailu Town.
People in Bailu Town liked to follow caravans when going far away.
Because caravans had more people and would hire adventurers or mercenaries to protect the goods, it was safer to follow the caravan.
Before sunrise, seven or eight caravans had gathered in the open space, ready to set off.
Cheng Yu walked up to the caravans and asked, "Are there any going to Black Stone City?"
"Here! We're going in the direction of Black Stone City!" A girl in green waved to Cheng Yu.
"How much?"
Cheng Yu walked to the girl in green.
The girl in green spread her five fingers. "Five silver coins."
Cheng Yu took out five silver coins and gave them to the girl in green, who asked Cheng Yu to sit in the carriage.
This caravan was transporting cloth. There was a lot of cloth in the carriage.
As the east brightened, several caravans in the open space headed in different directions toward the major cities around.
Cheng Yu sat in the carriage full of goods for a while and felt a bit stuffy. He asked the girl in green who was driving the horse in front, "Beauty, the carriage is too stuffy. Can I move to another place?"
"Come sit next to me," the girl in green said.
"Thank you."
Cheng Yu walked to the front of the carriage and sat next to the girl in green.
The caravan left Bailu Town. There were large tracts of farmland on both sides of the road—green wheat planted in the fields.
The farmers wore straw hats and busied themselves in the fields.
The carriage was neither fast nor slow—a bit bumpy. Cheng Yu leaned against the side of the carriage, squinting his eyes, quietly admiring the scenery of this other world on both sides of the road.
He fell asleep unknowingly.
The caravan passed through the farming area around the town and began entering the uninhabited woods.
He didn't know how far they'd walked in the wilderness when suddenly, the caravan stopped.
Cheng Yu was half asleep when he heard someone shouting, "Oh no, Miss Maureen! We've encountered monsters!"
"What monsters?" asked the girl in green next to Cheng Yu.
"They have horns on their heads. Seem to be a subspecies of unicorn."
Cheng Yu followed the girl named Maureen to the front of the convoy.
Standing on the road ahead were over a dozen strong horses with white and brown fur and a nearly half-meter-long black horn on their foreheads.
Purebred unicorns were powerful sacred beasts—all white.
These dozen horses had impure fur and should be unicorn subspecies with unicorn blood—commonly known as hybrids.
Horse monsters were all grass eaters. Why would this group of unicorn subspecies rob the caravan? Cheng Yu frowned in confusion.
"Mr. Barron, these monsters are left to you," Maureen said to a middle-aged man with a scar on his face.
A scarred man walked out of the crowd.
He was a bodyguard hired by the caravan to protect it from monsters and bandits.
Cheng Yu then noticed he knew this scarred man—the necromancer he'd met when he went to the cemetery to find Corpse Incense Flowers last time. The one who dug up a girl's corpse as his wife.
He'd said his corpse wife was cold as ice and emotionally stable.
At that time, Cheng Yu had been very suspicious of this man's mental state.
"Don't worry, Miss Maureen. My wife and I will definitely defeat this group of unicorn subspecies together."
The necromancer named Barron took off the black coffin on his back and stood it beside him.
Barron gathered his magic power. A white light flashed. A magic staff appeared in his hand.
He held the staff with both hands, chanted magic—a circular magic array appeared at the front of the staff.
Necromancer control magic!
Affected by the magic, the black coffin next to him shook.
Then a girl in a black lolita dress pushed open the coffin lid and walked out. Her long hair fluttered. Her face was expressionless. Her eyes were wide open. Her face was pale. She had no body temperature and no breathing.
Everyone frowned when they saw the girl's corpse.
The girl's body must've been specially treated by Barron—otherwise it wouldn't have lasted so long without rotting.
Over a dozen unicorn subspecies screamed to the sky and rushed toward the caravan.
The girl in the black dress moved flexibly like a living person—moving very fast, rushing toward over a dozen unicorn subspecies. She repelled one unicorn subspecies with one palm—great strength.
As the vanguard, the girl in the black dress fought with the unicorn subspecies in close combat and took the damage. As a mage, Barron released necromancy magic to support from behind.
After a short chant, many translucent black ghost hands stretched out from the ground, grabbed the legs of the unicorn subspecies, and controlled them.
The girl in the black dress drew a scimitar from her waist. With agility, she slashed wildly among the unicorn subspecies, injuring several.
Just as the girl in the black dress slashed wildly, a strong unicorn subspecies struggled to break free from the ghost hand and attacked her from behind.
The half-meter-long horn on top of its head pierced the chest of the girl in the black dress, raised its head, and swung hard. The powerful force threw the girl in the black dress far away.
"Wife~ My wife~"
Barron felt distressed and chased after the girl in the black dress who'd been thrown away.
Everyone was speechless.