Chapter 66: with translation of chapter title

"Forget it, let's go." Yang Xin didn't think further, he directly stepped out.

Wang Tingwan didn't answer; she stood in place, watching Yang Xin walk, finally she called out to him and asked, "You, do you really want Feng Yan to fail in this game? What's in it for you?"

Yang Xin stopped, turned his head to look at Wang Tingwan, gave a smile, and said, "I don't know, but you know even less—what did I see here? I saw that person's memory, a very painful memory. Heh, it's actually quite interesting, why can I see his memory? Forget it, those are secondary, but the question is, why? I will see this, yes! I feel somewhat sorry for him, but what can I do!"

The more Yang Xin spoke, the more excited he became, and by the end he almost shouted it out.

Wang Tingwan was clearly frightened by Yang Xin; she stepped back a few paces, barely kept her footing, then walked toward him. Yang Xin watched her, her face grim, she stepped forward one step at a time until she stood before him, then raised her right hand.

From deep in the darkness came a clear sound.

"Pa!"

Yang Xin got a slap across the ear, he lowered his head, not daring to look at Wang Tingwan again.

"Looks like I've become a whore, huh?" Wang Tingwan said self-mockingly, while walking past Yang Xin's side; Yang Xin reached out, trying to grab her hand, but in the end she still didn't take his hand—she knew the truth, perhaps that's what makes her painful.

At that very moment, the cave entrance began to shake; Wang Tingwan continued forward, Yang Xin followed behind, until they exited the cave, only to hear a boom— the inside of the cave was directly filled in!

Yang Xin widened his eyes—where is this? Gold everywhere, piles of gems, and there was even an extremely splendid scepter, especially the ruby on it, which under the candlelight shone brilliantly; Yang Xin walked toward that scepter, step by step, until he stood before it.

"It's really exquisite, far better looking than the State Preceptor's!" Yang Xin gazed at the scepter before him, eyes gleaming with gold; after saying that, he stretched out both hands, ready to pull out the scepter.

The instant the scepter was pulled out, Yang Xin admired its patterns and also took interest in the gem; he gazed at the dazzling red ruby, yet discovered his body was slowly sinking; Yang Xin startled, he kept struggling, but sank deeper and deeper, eyes fixed on himself about to be completely submerged in that mire, only then did he realize—this was temptation, this was a trap.

Time was late, he was about to be submerged by the mire; he closed his eyes, accepting an outcome.

"How unwilling!" Yang Xin thought.

However, a rope twisted from an outer garment was thrown to his hand; he grabbed the last lifeline, the person on the other end had little strength, each pull required great effort, yet in this way he was still pulled up.

"Phew, that was close." Yang Xin sighed, recalling the recent ordeal, still a bit frightened; he lay on the ground, covered in mud, grateful to have escaped disaster, and at the same time said to Wang Tingwan, "Thanks!"

Wang Tingwan didn't answer his words; she turned her head aside, the earlier glittering golden cave now finally revealed its true form—before her lay a dark, murky mire, still bubbling with gurgling bubbles, and she said, "Only now is this the true appearance."

Yang Xin lay on the ground, lifted his head to look; the earlier gold had been slowly devoured by the mire, gradually sinking into it; Yang Xin was still a bit afraid, he stood up, covered in mud, watching the scepter he had held slowly sink into the mire, and at the same time discovered a rope twisted from clothing.

"So that's how it is!" Yang Xin thought inwardly, while Wang Tingwan had been hiding in the darkness all along.

Her upper body wore only a thin shirt!

In the golden phoenix tree forest, Zhang Xiaobo was still wandering among the trees, occasionally glancing at some Li Kingdom soldiers who had arrived, then defeating them; under the previous circumstances, he did not kill them but gave them a heavy blow, leaving their lives, knowing this was the best protection for the dwarves.

Zhang Xiaobo and Jin Meng walked together in the phoenix tree forest; sunlight streamed into the forest, beams of light filtered through gaps between leaves, casting mottled spots on the ground; suddenly, Zhang Xiaobo stopped.

Jin Meng felt surprised, turned his head to look at Zhang Xiaobo, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm just curious," Zhang Xiaobo said, while looking at Jin Meng, asking, "You, why exactly are you helping the dwarves? Aren't you a bounty hunter of Li Kingdom?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Meng first smiled, then took a gold coin from his money pouch and tossed it into the air, simultaneously counter-questioning, "Then what do you think is most important and least important in Li Kingdom?"

Being counter-questioned like that, Zhang Xiaobo remained silent and continued walking forward.

Jin Meng laughed, then continued forward; ahead, the dwarves had already gathered.

Zhang Xiaobo approached the dwarves and asked, "Right now, what do you most want to obtain?"

"Freedom!" they all said in unison.

Zhang Xiaobo adopted a solemn demeanor and roared loudly, "We adventurers, if we are the saviors of the dwarves foretold by your shamans, then I think we should shoulder this responsibility, lead you to victory, and then gain freedom! I! Adventurer Zhang Xiaobo, lacking leadership talent, am willing to be the vanguard, go into battle to slay foes, lead you to carve a bloody path to freedom! Of course, I acknowledge there will inevitably be casualties, but remember, this is honor, everything is for freedom, so you can be like other races, your children can run under the sun! So you no longer slaughter each other over food! For you, we adventurers shall become the savior of the dwarves in your mouths, leading you to regain freedom!"

"Freedom! Freedom!" the crowd below roared; Zhang Xiaobo closed his eyes, feeling the mighty sound, then gestured to halt the door-kicking, opened his eyes and continued, "Then we shall name this struggle, 'Breaking Gold!'"

"Breaking Gold! Breaking Gold!"

A group shouted loudly; sunlight streamed through the phoenix tree grove, emitting dazzling light, giving off scorching radiance.

Zhang Xiaobo lifted his head to look at the sun; the sun made it hard to keep eyes open; then he told the dwarves, "Our war will be as radiant as the sun—this will be the most glorious moment in your dwarf nation's history, go for it, warriors!"

Deep in the palace, the Red-clothed Devil widened his eyes; the crystal ball before him shattered.

At that very moment, the crystal ball cracked open, and the image inside was precisely Feng Yan and Chen Hao.

"Damn it!" the Red-clothed Devil seized the crystal ball and hurled it hard to the ground!

With a clear sound, the crystal ball smashed to the ground, shattering into a pile of white fragments; the Red-clothed Devil gradually calmed, knowing he could no longer track Feng Yan and Chen Hao's whereabouts.

He turned his head to look at Yang Xin and Wang Tingwan, yet revealed an expression of disbelief!

He widened his eyes, but saw only pitch darkness—nothing at all!

"Things have become not fun anymore." the Red-clothed Devil muttered to himself.

Wang You stays each day in the traveling palace, she dares not go out; outside the door are soldiers sent by the Prince of Li Kingdom to guard her; she recalls those scenes and still feels a lingering fear—that is the shadow she cannot erase from her time as a dancer; sometimes she wonders, "Could beauty itself be a sin?"

She is unfortunate; the unfortunate fact is that as a dancer she was summoned into the palace, made into the prince's plaything for admiration, used as a tool to vent their desires; many dancers were thrown into the barracks for resisting the prince—that is their sorrow, their wails still echo in Wang You's ears to this day.

Is this fate? she thought at the time.

Knowing that moment would come, she saw hope again!

Before her, a man claiming to be an adventurer came to the palace; they grabbed the prince's collar and flung him several steps away; while the soldiers were frightened, they took off their upper garments and gave them to her to wear—this is when she felt something.

She thought: "If one day I die for the man before me, that wouldn't be a big deal."

A red sword appeared; the man wielded the red sword, releasing a powerful sword qi that sent the soldiers sprawling; she too gained rebirth—for Wang You, this was a rebirth; from then on she accompanied them, embarking on the adventurer's path!

She opened the window; the sunlight outside was fiercely harsh; shortly Wang You's face flushed red, so she hurriedly closed the window.

Wang You's heart grew ever more anxious; she silently blessed Feng Yan and Chen Hao, hoping they would return safely.

In the cave, Feng Yan and Chen Hao sat facing each other, gazing at one another; seeing Feng Yan about to doze off, Chen Hao directly gave him a big slap!

"Pa!"

Feng Yan instantly woke up and shouted loudly, "What are you doing? You really just wanted to get a good nap, huh!"

"Don't sleep yet, this place is too weird!" Chen Hao said.

"What's weird about it? Isn't it just a cave?" he said, walking to the cave entrance and shouting, "You're just a cave, right!"

But there was no echo inside!

This made Feng Yan a bit apprehensive, then he said to Chen Hao, "Right, nothing to be afraid of."

He was just about to turn his head when he felt something kick him from behind!

"Feng Yan!" Chen Hao shouted, then ran over.

"Ah!" Feng Yan's miserable cry came from inside the hole.

"Strange, just now there was no echo, how come there is one now?" Chen Hao also looked at that black hole, and ended up kicking his foot down as well!

"Thud!" Chen Hao fell down with a loud bang.

"Hey, I'm here." Feng Yan called out.