Genshin Impact: A Traveler with Only Two Skills

After leaving the swamp, Ying and her friends spent another two days finding the road, and then walked along the road for another week before arriving at Fengyang City.

It must be said that this road was indeed safe. Along the way, the three of them did not encounter any monsters. They only occasionally heard some strange rustling noises coming from the distance at night.

During the day, you can occasionally see patrolling monks from the sects on the road. Although their strength has not reached the Earthly Immortal Realm, they are much stronger than the patrolling disciples of Linyuan City.

All these scenes seemed to indicate that Fengyang City was an orderly, safe and stable place. This was also what Gu Ling learned from the Great Immortal Zhenyuan. This made Ying and the others sweep away the negative emotions accumulated in the lake and the swamp, and they began to look forward to life after entering Fengyang City.

But the first sight they saw was completely different from what they expected.

Outside Fengyang City, the first thing they saw was several villages hidden and scattered on both sides of the road.

From a distance, you can see the snow-white walls of these villages and the red tiles on the roofs, combined with the sky where light gray clouds always float in the spring, it looks like a colorful watercolor painting.

Before this, Ying had only seen one village, Linxian Village. Unfortunately, this village was destroyed because of a possessed immortal, which made Ying lose the opportunity to understand what a normal village in this world looks like.

It was almost dusk and it was too late to go into the city. Ying, Guiyan and Gu Ling discussed it and decided to stay the night in the village.

There were no walls around the village, nor were there any protective measures. When entering the village, Ying clearly felt something penetrate her body, bringing her a strange feeling. However, this feeling was fleeting, and Ying had no time to experience it carefully.

The roads in the village were also very flat, but there was not a single person to be seen. The whole village seemed empty, except for the occasional crowing of roosters in the distance, indicating that the place was not deserted.

While looking for people in the village, Ying asked:

"This village has no protective measures at all. Aren't you worried about monsters coming in? Or have all the monsters here been cleared out by the monks, so there's nothing to worry about?"

"It would be great if it could be cleared." Gu Ling raised her head proudly, knowing that now was her time to show off again.

"These villages have a small population, so even if there are monsters, they won't attract many, so there's no need to build walls. You must have felt something when you entered the village just now, that's the protective magic circle in the village. As long as a monster approaches, the magic circle will be activated and drive the monster away.

In places like Fengyang City, the magic array here might be able to transmit the news of monster invasion to the city, so that the monks in the city can provide timely support here."

At this point, Guiyan suddenly realized and responded:

"Ah, yes, yes, our village also had such a magic circle before, but I heard that it doesn't seem to be used to drive away monsters, but just to make it difficult for monsters to find our village."

"That is a degraded version of this magic circle. The effect is not that strong. It is better than nothing. It is better than nothing."

By comparing in this way, it can be seen that Fengyang City and even the suburbs are much stronger than Linyuan City, but Ying soon discovered something wrong.

They walked around almost the entire village but didn't see anyone until they got to the entrance on the other side of the village, where they saw several elderly ladies sitting under the eaves of a dilapidated hut.

When these old ladies saw Ying and the others, they didn't say anything, but just looked at them silently.

Ying looked at Gu Ling, who nodded, confirming that they were indeed humans and not monsters. Ying then stepped forward and asked:

"Hello, we are travelers from outside, and we would like to stay in the village for one night, uh..."

Ying originally wanted to observe their expressions while talking to weigh her tone, but after she said this, the other party did not react at all. They just squinted their cloudy eyes and looked at Ying. Ying was not sure whether they were listening to her or not.

"Uh, well, we're only staying here for one night. We'll leave as soon as it gets light. We won't... uh, disturb you."

The more Ying spoke, the less confident she became. These old ladies just kept looking at her without saying a word. If they were possessed by demons or monsters, Ying could have taken direct action against them. But they were obviously normal people, which made Ying at a loss as to what to do.

Then, Ying and the other old ladies fell into silence. Guiyan looked at Ying, mustered up the courage to walk up to her, and then said:

"Well, we want..."

But before Guiyan could finish her words, smiles appeared on the wrinkled faces of those old ladies. They looked at Guiyan with satisfaction, and one of them even reached out her hand and pulled her to her side.

"Eh? Eh!"

Guiyan was at a loss, but she still obeyed. The old ladies looked at Guiyan and said to each other:

"What a beautiful baby!"

"Oh, look at her hands, so white and tender, so beautiful!"

Seeing the old ladies become enthusiastic because of the return of the swallows, they were completely confused. It was not until the evening that they finally moved into a warm and comfortable little house arranged by the old lady, and finally understood the reason for the old lady's strange behavior during the day.

That was actually because of Ying’s hair.

"Where did this wild girl come from? Her hair is dyed yellow. She doesn't look like a good girl."

This was the reason that Gu Ling discovered after chatting with the old ladies for an entire afternoon. Yes, Gu Ling was also deeply loved by these old ladies.

Gu Ling's rosy smile and big black eyes made her the object of everyone's adoration in an instant, and the old ladies tried their best to meet Gu Ling's requests.

“Isn’t this discrimination…”

Inside the room, Ying sighed helplessly. Her hair was natural and there was no way to change it.

Before in Linyuan City, her hair only attracted a little more attention and did not cause any trouble. She did not expect that it would make her feel so embarrassed this time.

But there is no need to dwell on this matter, since they will leave the village as soon as they get up tomorrow anyway.

"By the way, where are the people in the village?" Ying asked. Until they went to bed, only the old ladies appeared in the village, and the others seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.

Gu Ling said:

"Don't worry, this village has never encountered any monsters. Everyone else has moved to the city."

"They all went to the city? Aren't you worried about the elderly people at home who are left in the village?"

Gu Ling spread her hands and said:

"I don't know about that. After all, I'm not one of them. But I think that people who live near Fengyang City generally want to move into Fengyang City."

"After all, it is a city built by Tianya Island and Wanxian Pavilion, two of the most powerful forces today. It is also generally considered to be the safest place today, and is even called the 'Land of Hope' by people."

Gui Yan nodded in agreement when she heard this. Even she, who lived in the small Linxian Village, had heard of it. It seemed that Fengyang City was indeed quite famous.

"The Land of Hope?" Ying repeated the title, "The more you talk about it, the more I look forward to it."

Soon, the three of them fell into a deep sleep, and the whole village fell into complete silence. Only the moonlight behind the clouds cast a little light from time to time, but this only added a bit of coolness to this lonely place.