Chapter 14

After school, they continued to enter the game like this, they continued to return to the place where they had disappeared, the Grand Preceptor and the Grand Commander watched from afar, waiting for the moment they would appear again.

They appeared, still the same as before, Feng Yan followed by a sword, the blade changed from a light red to a gorgeous red, the black inside also became purer, the Grand Preceptor thought of the adventurer he had saved that day, who exactly was that person? Feng Yan glanced behind, the Grand Preceptor no longer looked, "Ju Ren Guo, it seems some interesting things are slowly happening." The Grand Preceptor revealed a playful smile.

Feng Yan held something in his hand and said to Chen Hao: "Is this the reward the officials gave us beta testers? It doesn't look special, the Adventurer's Book? What's the use?" Chen Hao looked at the scroll-like book in his hand, opened it, inside was blank, nothing written, "Blank paper? A heavenly book?" Chen Hao's heart filled with doubt, he then said to Feng Yan: "It should be that kind of skill book, right? Let's keep it, this thing probably has great use." "Aren't we supposed to go to Ju Ren Guo? Open the map and see how to get there?" Feng Yan said. Chen Hao opened the map, surprisingly discovered something: the map that previously only showed land routes now had river markings, "Could it be!" Chen Hao said: "We need to take a boat, otherwise we can't get there." Feng Yan shouted: "Boat! Are you joking with me? We're still on land, the nearest river here is fifty li away, where does this river come from? Eh, what, the map markings changed again, the river is right in front of us!"

"Whoosh~~" the sound of water flow appeared, at first the sound was very small, then gradually grew louder, then with a bang it hit Feng Yan and Chen Hao in the face, Feng Yan opened his mouth wide, his eyeballs almost popped out, "This really is the same as the map." Feng Yan exclaimed in surprise, "But there's no boat." Chen Hao said: "Right, no boat, how are we supposed to get to Ju Ren Guo?" "You two, are you going to other countries?" the boatman shouted to Feng Yan and Chen Hao: "We can go to Ju Ren Guo and the neighboring small countries." Feng Yan looked at the boat and said: "Oh, indeed, speak of the devil, right, Chen Hao?" Chen Hao nodded, and they immediately boarded the boat. As soon as they boarded, Chen Hao looked at the boat: it was a mast-and-sail ship, speed not bad, Ju Ren Guo is not far from here, at this speed they'll get there soon, Feng Yan was already lying on the deck chair, enjoying the breeze, watching Chen Hao walk on the deck, he said: "I say, can you calm down a bit? This isn't very relaxing." Chen Hao looked around, a few people were discussing something, one person said: "Do you know how this river came about?" "Unclear." These people wore white clothes and hats, as they spoke one after another, they drew Chen Hao over, Chen Hao asked them: "Where are you all headed?" A merchant answered Chen Hao: "Just a few days ago we went to the Lilliputian Kingdom to trade, we took this route then, but back then there was no such big river, but recently, after a madman in that country died and the adventurer buried him, the big river appeared, and at the same time word spread that the Lilliputian Kingdom's treasure has already been taken by the adventurer."

Chen Hao nodded and said to them: "Thank you." He then came to Feng Yan's side, Feng Yan was enjoying the breeze, very comfortable, Chen Hao directly pulled him up, saying: "Hey, we're almost there, right?" Chen Hao said, the sky gradually darkened, on the water surface a small whirlpool slowly gathered, then the whirlpool grew larger and slowly rose to the surface, "What is that?" a merchant shouted in fear, Feng Yan watched the whirlpool on the water surface, it slowly gathered, rose to the surface, carrying water, slowly turning into a waterspout, a few minutes later the waterspout slowly moved, then sped up, and then rushed directly toward the boat, those people were so frightened their legs went weak and they couldn't move, Feng Yan stretched out his hand, the sword flew straight into his hand, he leapt from the deck, with his right hand he swung hard, red sword qi shot toward the waterspout with a boom, a several-zhang-high water column appeared, then slowly sank back into the river water, Chen Hao looked at the sword in Feng Yan's hand, half envious half jealous, saying: "This sword is really powerful, why isn't it mine?" "Alright, the weapon for this dungeon is yours, okay?" Feng Yan said, "But we still need to obtain it first." Chen Hao said.

"What is that?" "Looks like a red sword." "Red, that's the legendary treasure of Ju Ren Guo, later obtained by the adventurer." "Could this be that sword?" The three of them looked at Feng Yan and Chen Hao, a black hole had appeared in the sky, Feng Yan looked at the hole and said to Chen Hao: "What is this?" "Don't know?" Chen Hao replied, the black hole emitted two beams of light, Feng Yan and Chen Hao directly flew toward the black hole, while the other people on the boat did not see the so-called black hole, Feng Yan looked around, he felt like he was back in the plaza when he first entered the game, he slowly stood up, discovered many players gathered around, like those who first entered the game, he looked around and spotted Chen Hao's figure, after everyone woke up, that voice sounded, the voice said: "Dear adventurers, first we apologize for suddenly recalling you, we give our beta testers a token of thanks, the Adventurers' Book, you don't know what it is, this is our oversight, now we will tell everyone, the Adventurers' Book is one of the most precious treasures of the Dream Continent, second only to the national treasure, it can be used to study magic or to transform into a one-time use of a national treasure opportunity, but only for national treasures that have been seen or appeared, the Adventurers' Book can be gifted and also crafted, okay, we apologize again, wish you happy gaming, we will send you back to your positions today."

After a while, their vision went black and they returned to the boat, Feng Yan still lay on the deck chair, completely at ease, Chen Hao walked around the deck, Feng Yan didn't take these things to heart, Chen Hao gazed at the distant water surface, the merchant beside him looked at the two of them with a surprised gaze, Chen Hao tried to avoid it, that kind of gaze made people uncomfortable, he took out the scroll, looked at this white paper, thinking: "The Adventurers' Book? This can transform into a one-time national treasure and can be used for studying magic, but no, it's too early." Chen Hao put away the Adventurers' Book, a flash of a sinister line passed through his mind, that conspiratorial gaze, or is it him! Chen Hao the more he thought, the more frightened he felt, a sense of unease slowly emerged from his heart, starting as just a point, but on the boat it grew increasingly urgent, like ants on a hot pan. He walked over to Feng Yan and grabbed him up, Feng Yan felt strange, so he asked Chen Hao: "What's wrong? You look so scared." "I don't know what's wrong, I feel our enemy will appear when we find the treasure of Ju Ren Guo, and some bad things will happen as well." Chen Hao said, he anxiously looked at the outside scenery, the water surface had no movement, occasionally a few fish leapt out, Feng Yan looked at all this and said: "If there is danger, that's what a game is; otherwise, that's life."

Chen Hao looked outside and replied: "Exactly, that's why we play games, because it's more fun than life and we can get feelings beyond life." "Chen Hao, look!" Feng Yan pointed ahead and looked, Chen Hao followed his gaze, his eyes widened, he saw a stone statue, a group of stone statues! At that moment the sailor shouted to the people on the deck: "Ladies and gentlemen, go back inside the cabin, don't stay on the deck!" As the people on the deck slowly entered the cabin, the sailor saw Feng Yan and Chen Hao still motionless, leaning on the deck, he walked over to them and said: "You two, we're about to pass the Giant Stone Road, won't you go back into the cabin?" Feng Yan looked at the giant stones outside, he saw a fallen giant, tightly gripping a staff in his hand, his right hand raised high, as if preparing to discard it, Feng Yan said to the sailor: "It's fine, we won't go into the cabin, we'll stay outside." The sailor still wanted to say something, but seeing the sword floating beside him, he eventually left.

The boat slowly entered the Giant Stone Road, Feng Yan gradually realized that those stone statues seemed to depict a story, the stone figures all had the same face, they showed different poses, some were running, some had stopped, faces toward the ground, seeming very tired, some stone figures were crouched on the ground, like drinking water, one stone figure seemed to have finished drinking, its belly grown large, then came a fallen giant, finally a giant lying on the ground, the staff he originally held was now some distance away, already on the ground, his eyes stared fixedly ahead, as if what lay before was what he had pursued his whole life, Chen Hao looked at these and said directly: "This is Kuafu chasing the sun!" Feng Yan stared again at those stone statues, he seemed to see a scene, he saw the giant pursuing the sun all the way to where the sun set, then collapsed from thirst, Feng Yan sighed and said: "Is this death in pursuit of light and warmth? Like a moth to a flame, for the sake of pursuing light and warmth." "Yes, what posture should we adopt to leave this game?" Chen Hao asked. Feng Yan looked into the distance and said: "Perhaps it's the pursuit of a peach grove, aren't we playing this game for that very reason?"

"What is that? Pirates?" the sailor said in panic. A black sail flag, with a skull, the pirates' specialized reverse dagger, the pirate ship swiftly approached Feng Yan's boat, then directly threw a rope onto the mast, the pirates used the rope to swing onto the boat, directly cut the sail's rope with the dagger in their right hand, the pirates rushed straight into the cabin, with a miserable cry, that pirate had his right arm cut off, the pirate looked in terror at the boy before him, the other pirates immediately charged forward, Feng Yan threw out his sword, with a swish the sword flew out, then emitted a crack sound, the pirates' right arms were all cut off, "Scram, I spare your dog's lives because I don't kill lightly," Feng Yan said coldly, the pirates trembled, as soon as his words fell they vanished without a trace, proof of their existence being only their arms and the still-wet bloodstains, Feng Yan extended his right hand, the red sword returned to his hand, he felt strange, clearly there was much blood yet none had stained the sword, the sword suddenly emitted a faint red glow, looking eerie yet alluring, Feng Yan widened his eyes again, but the sword had no response.

The boat continued sailing, passed through the Giant Stone Road, Feng Yan saw a peach forest, there the boatman called it the Denglin Waterway, the boat stopped at the bank of the Denglin Waterway, Feng Yan and Chen Hao disembarked there, Chen Hao opened the map and said: "We're not far from Ju Ren Guo."

"Princess, the adventurers have arrived at the border outskirts, should we receive them?" a soldier asked the Princess, "Adventurers? First go see the ruling father, let them decide, I'll go greet them first, summon a squad to escort." the Princess ordered. "Yes." the soldier replied, and immediately went to inform the king.

At dusk, the Princess looked into the distance at the Denglin Waterway, thinking in her heart: "Adventurers, I hope you can bring hope and warmth to this world, may you reach every corner of the Dream Continent."

The setting sun was like a painting, in the painting the girl had golden hair, her eyes tightly closed, her hands placed before her chest clasped tightly, before her lay a peach forest.