Throne Steps

Chapter 171 Her New Journey

Yang Xiaoxiao finally understood why the young man who hadn't known him for a few days said "will take care of" her.

She was actually handed over to someone else by the pure white Third Highness just like that!

Oh, I was wrong, in fact, it is not someone else.In a rest station, Yang Xiaoxiao and the young man unlocked the effect of the "transformation potion" at the same time.

Yang Xiaoxiao has changed back to double black, and has a face that is very exotic to the Raetia Alliance; the young man has become... the one who entered the elves' territory with the pure white color and the temple chief. ,youth.

"Li Chen..." Yang Xiaoxiao still remembered that his name was Li Chen, and out of the idea of ​​"I've seen him a long time ago", Yang Xiaoxiao unconsciously expressed her closeness to the young man, "Didn't you say that there is still a short way to go today?" Is it there?"

The girl stood in the yard, facing the rising sun, yawning and looking at the young man in confusion: "...why do you have to get up so early?"

She couldn't remember how many days she had been driving with the young man, but it must have been more than two weeks... two weeks!Every day in the bumpy carriage, she almost fell apart, even though the carriage was filled with all kinds of cushions!

The people around them changed two or three times, and everyone looked dusty and not easy to mess with. In addition, she was too much like a burden, so Yang Xiaoxiao had to exert 12 points of energy to cooperate with the process.God knows, even if she went out of the elf territory and crossed Samuel, she would slowly walk out under the protection of the elves. She thought it was the hardest journey she would experience in her life!Who knows, the journey without walking in person is even more tiring!

Sometimes morning and evening come, sometimes with stars and moon, finally yesterday, Li Chen said that it will be there in a short distance.

With the carriage and a short distance, Yang Xiaoxiao thought she could finally relax a bit.However, when she was called to get up today, the sun was still just showing its twilight.

Even if there is a beautiful maid serving breakfast, it can't cover up Yang Xiaoxiao's sadness...

"Huh?" Li Chen was adjusting his cloak, and chuckled at her when he heard the words, "It's really only a short distance, but after this short distance...it still needs some physical strength."

"……what?"

Soon, they were out.

Except for Yang Xiaoxiao in the carriage, the others still rode horses.Because today's carriage is not fast, Yang Xiaoxiao was able to lift the curtain of the carriage and look out.Bustling crowds are coming and going on the street, all kinds of voices are scrambling to come over, and all kinds of smells rush to the tip of the nose.Yang Xiaoxiao's eyes rolled around, trying to distinguish what was on this street that she hadn't seen before.

Soon, she realized something was wrong.

The attitudes of passers-by on the street towards him...are simply two extremes!

Some people were very scared. When they turned their heads and saw this team, they immediately shrank to the side, looking like they were afraid to avoid it;

Yang Xiaoxiao was stared at by either frightened or fanatical eyes, and immediately retreated into the carriage.

But she couldn't hold back her curiosity, and it didn't take long before she quietly opened a corner of the curtain again.

Then, she witnessed a noble lady standing at the door of a shop on the street, throwing a folding fan in her hand towards Li Chen who was sitting upright in a grand manner!

"!!!"

Li Chen didn't make any movements, but the folding fan seemed to be hit by a gust of evil wind from nowhere, it deviated from the direction, and fell to the ground with a "slap".

The carriage passed by slowly, just enough for Yang Xiaoxiao to see clearly through the opened curtains—that poor dusty fan.

etc!Is that what I think it means!Yang Xiaoxiao stared and sat back in the carriage, unable to stop gossiping in her heart: That is not rubbish, but a delicate and beautiful folding fan, and it was just held by the lady!

She suddenly had a new understanding of that handsome young man.

Soon, she had more new understandings.

For example, the mountain in front of me that looks very high, and... the steps up the mountain that don't know where the end is.

Yang Xiaoxiao really wanted to ask Li Chen if this was a joke, but she knew clearly that it was not.Everyone has come here, and there is only one way to go up.

It's too sweet to think that I finally don't have to be bumped by the carriage anymore.

"Let's go, don't be afraid. You see, many believers are climbing up. It's actually not as difficult as it seems." Li Chen said softly beside him, "If not, I can arrange someone to carry you."

Yang Xiaoxiao looked not far ahead, two children were following their parents, stepping up the steps step by step.

"Thank you, but I don't need it." Yang Xiaoxiao wiped her face and took a deep breath as if to cheer herself up, "...at least not now."

In the end, Yang Xiaoxiao went up to the temple after being carried by a female mercenary.

The Ainuma Temple stands among the mountains, with a thin layer of halo under the sun, the temple is like a pure land in the air isolated from the world.The mountain breeze is blowing, the white trails are lined with green grass, and believers come in and out quietly and peacefully.The closer you get to the unique white building, the more you can hear the holy singing coming with the wind.People can hardly tell where those praises come from, but they can feel them echoing softly on the dome.

Yang Xiaoxiao has never been to such a place, it seems that as soon as she steps into it, she can relax and calm down.It is simple, but not crude; it does not have a huge land area and complicated and curved roads, but every place is not cramped; it is not as magical as the elf territory, nor is it as gorgeous as the mansion of Saenz Delicate, but it just seems to have the ability to heal wounds.

Yang Xiaoxiao followed Li Chen and the others back, and found that more and more people were greeting Li Chen, some seemed respectful, some seemed familiar, some seemed fearful, and some even seemed resentful.Because Yang Xiaoxiao was walking among this group of people, most of the gazes that looked at her implied these emotions.

This is really something new to Yang Xiaoxiao.Since coming to this world, it was the first time she had received the "unfriendly" signal so clearly.

However, Li Chen didn't ask her too much about her feelings, but led her directly into the atrium.

Khorkina, the female officer with blond hair and red lips, immediately greeted her. She saluted first, and then said with a smile, "Your Excellency Fordhi and Clermont have been waiting for you for a long time."

"I see. By the way, this is Xila, and I will be visiting for a while..." Li Chen introduced Khorkina and Yang Xiaoxiao to each other, and then said to Khorkina, "Please trouble me first. You take her to wash, have lunch, and rest. If you are bored in the afternoon, you can arrange afternoon tea or go around the temple. However, remember to return her to me at dinner time tonight."

Khorkina smiled and said, "Okay."

Li Chen thought for a while: "Also, tell our chief that Ms. Yang Xiaoxiao is here, and invite him to attend the cleansing banquet tonight!"

"I understand." Khorkina smiled gently at Yang Xiaoxiao, "Please come with me, Miss Xila."

The first time Li Chen met Fudexi and Akye when he came back was not in the study, but in the dining room.

"Thank goodness, you've counted it." There were several pieces of information spread out in front of Fudexi, but he seemed to be out of focus.He put one hand on the edge of the table, and the thumb of the other hand pointed the pestle towards the opposite side: "This guy, I won't order food until I see you."

Akye glanced at him, as if he didn't bother to respond to this matter.

"Hey, the chorus team is still practicing, don't make me miss the meal, okay?" Li Chen said while taking off his coat, "And don't you have a mouth? Can't you order food yourself? "

A waitress came over to take his coat and help him roll up the cuffs.

Fudexi put away the documents in front of him, stood up and closed them: "Without you and him, I wouldn't dare to advocate... By the way, do you want to see these documents now?"

"Don't read it, I'll talk about it later." Li Chen sat down at the small table, handed both Fudexi and Akye the documents to the waitress, and said to her, "Help me see Tang for lunch." No. If you haven’t eaten, bring them over to eat with you.”

"It's not time for public meals, Tang won't eat first." The waitress took the document and said with a smile, "I'll go and bring him."

Li Chen was happy when he heard the words "It's not time for lunch", he cast a meaningful glance at Fudexi, and then smiled at the waitress: "By the way, serve our lunch, thank you."

"You're welcome." The waitress put away the documents and hung up her coat, "Then I'm going out."

Click—the door was closed softly.

"Okay, let's talk." Fudexi leaned on the back of the chair and raised his eyebrows. "I heard that you are crawling slowly like a turtle this time. Is it because there is a strange lady in the return team?"

"There is one more person, but that is a 'gift' given to me by Pure White, what can I do?" Li Chen shrugged, "Her name is 'Sila', of course, this is not a real name, you know .”

Akye finally asked, "Who is she?"

"Well... sorry, this is a secret for you for the time being." Li Chen cast a look of helplessness at each of the two, "It's not that I want to do this, but the relationship involved in it is not me alone People can take responsibility."

Fu Dexi narrowed his eyes: "Then, why did that person give her to you?"

Because here are two people who have met her and know her background, and one of them is a "citizen" who can predict her thoughts!Li Chen replied from the bottom of his heart, but said on his mouth: "Because he didn't know what to do with her, so he had to throw it to me, out of sight and out of mind."

This answer is like saying nothing, Fudexi snorted: "Oh...he doesn't know what to do with her, so what shall we do with her?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, listen to this series of questions, it's a copy of 'who is she', 'where did she come from', 'where is she going'..." Li Chen spread his hands, "I asked, the bottom line is' Just don't die'."

Fudexi and Akye looked at each other.

"Are you serious?" Fordhy asked back, "You know that for Black Swan, there are countless definitions of 'immortality'."

"Okay, okay, I'm just joking." Li Chen raised his hands, "I'm frank, my plan is to throw her to our boss."

"Him?" Fordhy's mind turned, "He knows that woman?"

"Oh..." Li Chen smiled rather strangely, "To a certain extent, he is the person who knows her best."

Fordhi looked at him questioningly.

dong dong!

Li Chen withdrew his emoji: "Please come in!"

The door opened, and a child walked towards Li Chen quickly, with an excited smile on his face that could hardly be suppressed.

"Sir, you are back!"