“Holy Envoy?” Jiang Wen didn't particularly like this title, as it reminded him of some experiences in Mo Du.
“For you to possess such divine power, you must be an envoy from the Holy City,” the pregnant woman said.
“I am not a Holy Envoy, nor am I an envoy from the Holy City you speak of. I am merely a traveler, who came here by chance,” Jiang Wen said slowly, looking at the pregnant woman. “Helping you was just a small matter, there's no need to be so concerned about it.”
“You saved me, and that Thunder Beast just now must have been dealt with by you as well. You have shown me the grace of saving my life, you are my benefactor,” the pregnant woman said piously, kneeling heavily on the ground to bow to Jiang Wen. She took out another item from her bosom, holding it out with both hands. “This is a secret treasure of our Luo people, please accept it, benefactor.”
“Oh? A secret treasure?” Jiang Wen became somewhat interested upon hearing this. He reached out and took the secret treasure. It was a roll of animal hide. Spreading it out, the animal hide was covered in abstract landscapes. This thing could be called a secret treasure, so it must have some use.
As he expected, the pregnant woman saw him looking at the animal hide roll and said, “This is the secret treasure of the Luo people. The drawings on it depict a mysterious place found by the Luo people. It is said that there are endless secrets there, and anyone who enters this mysterious place and manages to come out alive will obtain all kinds of treasures. Some members of our Luo people have obtained a treasure from within that can bring the dead back to life. Only the Luo people know of this place, and no outsiders have ever set foot there in thousands of years.”
“Since it is your Luo people's secret treasure, why tell me about it?” Jiang Wen asked with some interest. A treasure that could bring the dead back to life was not very important to him, but that mysterious place did pique Jiang Wen's interest. After all, he had gained many things from his trip to the Pure Yang Secret Realm, so perhaps this mysterious place would be the same? However, whether this place was real or not remained to be seen, as it was just the pregnant woman's word.
Hearing Jiang Wen's words, the pregnant woman looked bitter. She sighed deeply, lowered her head, and touched her belly as she replied, “The Luo people have already been exterminated, and I am the only one who managed to escape. I am carrying the last bloodline of the Luo people in my womb, and also the only bloodline of the Luo royal family. If the child in my womb is also gone, then the Luo people will no longer exist in this world. Even if it is the secret treasure of the Luo people, no one will be able to seek it out.”
“Benefactor saved me, and has shown me the grace of saving my life. Shennong once said, 'A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring.' I was saved by benefactor, so giving up the secret treasure of the Luo people is the right thing to do. Moreover, I also hope to receive the protection of benefactor and be sent to the Holy City.”
The pregnant woman stated her purpose, which Jiang Wen appreciated. He never liked hypocritical words, and it was better to be forthright.
Taking the animal hide roll, Jiang Wen nodded to the pregnant woman and said, “Then I will accept this thing. I also happen to be preparing to go to the Holy City, so I will escort you there.”
“Thank you for your help, benefactor,” the pregnant woman said gratefully. “My name is Luo, benefactor can call me Luo Ji.”
“Luo Ji?” Jiang Wen grinned when he heard this name, feeling that the name was a bit strange. After all, hearing it too much would make him think of other famous people, making him feel a bit awkward.
“Benefactor knows my name?” Luo Ji looked at him curiously.
“I've heard of someone with a similar name to yours,” Jiang Wen said with a smile. “Since you are going to the Holy City, do you know where the Holy City is? And what kind of place is this Holy City?”
“Of course, I know,” Luo Ji nodded, pointing in one direction. “Go straight along this direction, cross three great rivers, and eight great mountains. You will see a desert, and after crossing that desert, you will arrive at the Holy City.”
“Let's go, I'll send you to the Holy City,” Jiang Wen said, reaching out to help Luo Ji up. He formed a magic seal and circulated his mana. Immediately, a gentle breeze lifted the two of them up, slowly flying out of the forest.
Mountains and rivers receded rapidly beneath their feet, and rivers disappeared in the blink of an eye. The whistling sound of the wind came from their ears, and Luo Ji looked at the scenery beneath her feet with great excitement. It was a magnificent sight she had never seen before, a spectacle that was hard to express in words.
“I never thought that one day I would fly in the sky,” Luo Ji murmured to herself.
“Then now you have the opportunity,” Jiang Wen said with a chuckle. He used magic to lift Luo Ji up, but he didn't dare to fly too fast. After all, Luo Ji was pregnant, and if anything unexpected happened, he might not be able to save her. After all, some of the pills he carried with him might be able to bring the dead back to life, but whether they could restore the fetus was still questionable. After all, she was the last descendant of the Luo people, so he didn't dare to be careless.
He rode the wind along the great forest towards the setting sun. After several hours, the great forest beneath them slowly disappeared. In its place was an endless plain.
On this plain were countless livestock, and a tribe settlement, neither large nor small, appeared before them. There were still many people in the settlement, and many were herding cattle, sheep, and horses. Jiang Wen passed over the top of this tribe, looking at the crowds in the settlement. Although this settlement was not large, there were quite a few people. They relied on the great river not far away to survive and were able to live well on this land.
Arriving at the great river, Jiang Wen discovered that the river was not necessarily the small river he had imagined. There were many people fishing by the river.
This was an extremely wide river, as wide as a hundred miles. The gap with the rivers of the modern world was too great, and it would not be an exaggeration to call it a sea. Waves crisscrossed the surface of the river, and gusts of wind attacked.
These were nothing to Jiang Wen, after all, even if he fell into the sea, he could rely on his own strength to thrive.
The gale he rode under his feet cleaved through the waves, and the hundred-mile-long river quickly came to an end.
Riding the wind all the way, they quickly crossed the three long rivers. Looking at the eight great mountains, each one was higher than the last.
Each mountain was a continuous mountain range, several times higher than the highest peak in the modern world.
Although Jiang Wen was not afraid of these mountains, he could only walk slower because he was carrying someone.
Chatting with Luo Ji along the way, Jiang Wen learned a lot about the secrets of the tribes. And what the Holy City was, and why it was called the Holy City.
Only by listening to the increasingly familiar stories in the Holy City, Jiang Wen could be sure that he had come to the past of the world. That Holy City was none other than Tianyuan City, built by Jiang Wen and Jiang Wenji. It was just that countless years had passed since that story, and now only the Holy King remained in the Holy City.
