What kind of girl would travel to another world?

In the previous chapter, You Jiahui and Yang Mingyi successfully defeated the Deinonychus. On that same day, nearing noon, Qi Xinyang and Xiaojiao were nearing the border. Crossing the border would lead them to the Dwarf Kingdom, the only nation founded by dwarves, whose population was overwhelmingly composed of them.

Dwarves are the race most adept at using weapons like the short sword, short axe, and short hammer. Generally speaking, those with these skills tend to come from races that are more adept at them. While this isn't absolute, the majority of those with the skills to wield the short sword, short axe, or short hammer are dwarves.

The sun shines on the road ahead of them, and the wind blows away the dust on the road ahead.

As the little girl, carrying her bag, walked forward, she said, "Big sister, I suddenly thought of a question. When we conquered the Evergreen Ancient Cave, we didn't clear out all the monsters. Did you also not eliminate all the monsters in the other dungeons when you conquered them?"

Qi Xinyang, who was riding on a horse, said: "That is not necessary, there is no need for that." She didn't know when it started, but her words began to have a literary flavor, a kind of literature called "nonsense literature."

Little Foot expressed concern and asked, "What if?"

Qi Xinyang knew what he wanted to ask and said directly: "No! If you have tried it, you will not have never tried it once."

The more Little Foot listened, the more confused he became. He asked, "Ah? Have you tried it?"

Qi Xinyang recalled for a moment and said, "Let me tell you the whole story! It was in the Xusia Forest. That was the first dungeon I conquered, called the "Abandoned Palace"! It was exactly what happened before and after that. When I went there on the first day, I only cleared out a few low-level monsters and took the materials back to hand in. Then I went there again the next day and found that the low-level monsters I had just eliminated had reappeared." She began to enter the storytelling mode, and even though she was riding a horse, she was gesturing with her hands.

Little Foot asked, "The monster reappeared? Could it be that it came from somewhere else in the dungeon later?"

Qi Xinyang said angrily, "Don't interrupt me when I'm telling a story!" After that, she thought for a moment and said, "It's okay! If you have any questions, just ask directly. This way, I can tell others a more complete story next time."

Xiaojiao felt helpless about her casualness and thought to herself, "Your temper is really unpredictable..."

Qi Xinyang continued, "At first, I thought it was from somewhere else. But something happened later, and I suddenly changed my mind."

Xiaojiao asked again, "What's the matter?" He asked the question unconsciously.

After hearing this, Qi Xinyang said, "Hey! That's a good point. Yes, I'll add it in."

Qi Xinyang fiddled with the previous sentence in her mouth, and then continued: "What happened? After I went through a lot of hardships the next day and finally defeated the final monster of the dungeon, the 'Ten-sided Drilling Beast', something strange happened~" As she spoke, her hands were shaking there, pretending to be mysterious.

Qi Xinyang suddenly pointed forward and said, "I saw it! After I destroyed the final monster, a mysterious object fell to the ground. I looked at it and felt that it was useless, and it was too heavy in my hand, so I didn't take it. Oh! This is where the problem lies~" As she spoke, she shook her hands again, pretending to be mysterious.

Xiaojiao regretted asking that question at this point, thinking to herself, "You didn't have that weird hand-shaking gesture when you were telling stories before. Why did you suddenly add it?"

Qi Xinyang continued, "It was precisely because I didn't take it at the time that I discovered a shocking secret! A few days later, the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was not right. Although the mysterious object was useless, it was still a trophy after all, so I went back to get it. Isn't that strange?"

Xiaojiao looked dazed and asked, "What?" He wondered if he had missed something.

Qi Xinyang continued, "I still followed the route I had planned before, and I didn't encounter any monsters along the way." When she said this, she pretended to take a deep breath, deliberately creating a weird atmosphere.

Qi Xinyang suddenly said loudly: "I guessed it at that time! It must be so! As long as the final monster is destroyed! No more monsters will appear in the dungeon!" After saying that, she immediately applauded herself.

Qi Xinyang suddenly thought of something and said, "Wait, I haven't finished yet, I have to add another paragraph. After I took the spoils, I went to other forks in the road that I had not been to during my strategy, and found that the monsters on other forks in the road were still there. What does this show? It shows that the other monsters can only continue to appear because of the existence of the final monster!" After she finished speaking, she pointed at her feet and shouted, "Understand the applause!" Then she applauded herself again.

Little Foot clapped along as he asked, "What about the spoils? What is the use of that mysterious object?"

Qi Xinyang replied, "I don't know either. I suspect the final monster might have been made to appear thanks to that mysterious object. I originally intended to give it to the guild leader as a quest, but he refused. He said that having seen it proved I had conquered it, and told me to handle it myself. Later, I gave them all to the king."

Little Foot asked, "Why give it to the king? Why not keep the spoils for yourself?"

Qi Xinyang said, "Nonsense! What if that mysterious object is as I guessed, and can really induce the ultimate monster? Wouldn't we be in great danger? If something else turns into a monster, that's still okay. But if we turn into monsters ourselves, wouldn't that be ridiculous?"

Little Foot suddenly understood and said, "Oh, that's right. But you kept it on your body for so many days, it was quite dangerous. Fortunately, we are all fine."

Qi Xinyang suddenly remembered something and said, "Is it because we're too far from Xibei Town? All we've passed by lately are abandoned villages. Do we have enough food in our bags?"

Little Foot said, "We've already replenished our food supplies in Northwest Town. The amount we have now should be enough for us to eat for several days."

Qi Xinyang continued, "After we left the capital, it took us seven days to reach Northwest Town. Two days before leaving Northwest Town, we could still pass by villages with people, but after that, there were none at all. It seems that villages that are too far away are abandoned because Northwest Town doesn't provide protection."

Little Foot said, "Yes. That should be the case. After all, the militia in the village can only deal with ordinary beasts at best. They can't deal with ferocious monsters."

Qi Xinyang said, "Originally, we hunted just to supplement our meat supply, but it looks like we'll have to hunt more later, otherwise we'll starve."

Little Foot said, "Big Sister, those little traps you bought are quite useful. Set them before you go to bed at night, and there will be meat when you wake up in the morning."

Qi Xinyang said, "Don't say that. I remember catching mice a few times. Wow! So disgusting."

Little Foot spread her hands and said, "In the wild, you can't be picky. You eat whatever you catch. Look, I have a mouse hanging outside my bag."

Qi Xinyang felt like vomiting and said, "Wow! You can eat it, but don't let me see it!"

Little Foot said, "The broth we drank last night was made with rat meat."

Qi Xinyang was so sad that she wanted to cry but had no tears. As long as she had something to eat, she didn't want to know the truth at all.

After walking a little further and turning a corner, Qi Xinyang suddenly asked, "Are we approaching the border now?"

Little Foot said uncertainly, "I think so. I'm not sure."

Qi Xinyang asked: "Have you never been abroad before?"

"I've never been abroad before," Bound Foot replied. "Just look at the map. It's so big, I'm sure you can see it clearly."

Qi Xinyang took out the map and looked at it, but she couldn't figure out where she was. She said, "Take a look!" and then she threw the map to Xiaojiao.

Little Foot hurriedly caught it, opened it, and looked at it. He said, "Where we are now is considered the border, and we should be almost there. We just turned a big corner and should be walking along the border now." Then he pointed to the woods on the right and said, "There is a cliff through the woods. On the cliff you can see a valley, and that valley is the nearest border line."

Qi Xinyang suggested, "Let's go! Let's go to the cliff and take a look!" Then she thought to herself, "Maybe I'm unlucky and just fall off the cliff. I can't fly."

Having left the main road, they were now traversing the woods, heading towards a cliff with a view of the nearest border. Nearing midday, the woods still felt quite cool as they moved through them. The fragrance of the flowers and plants and the chirping of the birds seemed to welcome those passing through, urging them to continue on. The sunlight, blocked by the leaves, seemed filtered, leaving only the subtle warmth needed by the travelers.

As soon as they entered the woods, Qi Xinyang dismounted and began to walk. Besides the clatter of horses' hooves at a leisurely pace, she also listened carefully to other sounds in the woods. There were monsters in the wild. While there were no rumors of mid-level or high-level monsters here, the low-level monsters that roamed everywhere could appear at any time.

Qi Xinyang dismounted and walked slowly, saying, "If a monster appears later, you will go protect Ben Lei (her mount), understand?"

After hearing this, Little Foot suddenly became alert and said, "Is there a monster? Where is it?" Then he began to look around.

Qi Xinyang said disdainfully, "Why are you so nervous? I said 'if', which is also 'what if', or at most 'maybe'."

The more Xiaojiao listened, the more confused she became. She said, "Big sister, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

Qi Xinyang said, "It's to ease the tension. There won't be any monsters for the time being. I'm keeping my ears open. If there really is a monster, I'll definitely tell you in advance. Don't worry!"

Little Foot breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Oh, okay."

The two of them continued to move forward and did not encounter any monsters along the way.

Qi Xinyang asked, "Do you think there are any experts in the Dwarf Country who are very good with daggers?"

Xiaojiao replied, "Although I haven't been there, there must be people who are better than me. I heard from someone in the guild that there is a martial arts school in the Dwarf Country that specializes in teaching people weapon skills. That person also told me to go and learn if I have the chance." The person who told him this information was also a Dwarf adventurer.

Qi Xinyang said: "Martial arts school. Yes, why doesn't this country have a martial arts school? It seems that martial arts ethics are not very abundant. No wonder they have to come up with that summoning thing, so that's how it is." What she thought was purely her own guess.

Little Foot said, "How can our country be weak? Everyone says we are a great country. And if you look at the map, the territory of the Dwarf Country is not even as big as our country."

Qi Xinyang said: "Huh! Is it because of magic? Do you know any other dwarf adventurers who can use magic?" She guessed right, there were not many dwarves who could use magic.

Little Foot said, "Don't tell me, there really isn't one in the guild! I heard that any dwarf who can do magic will be bought off by the Dwarven Kingdom at a high price and become the Dwarven Kingdom's court mage."

Qi Xinyang said, "That's what I knew! So it's because there are too few people who know magic, right?"

Little Foot said, "Hmm! That should be the case."

Qi Xinyang said, "Now that you're back in the Dwarf Country, go to the martial arts gym and practice your poor dagger skills!"

Xiao Jiaoxin said, "My skills are not bad, it's just that my skills have always been at the entry level and I can't improve."

The two did not talk again until they walked out of the woods.

After emerging from the woods, the view before him was a dazzling light, a scene that felt like another world. If the sound of the wind in the woods was the rustling of leaves, then the sound Qi Xinyang heard, standing on the edge of the cliff, was the whistling sound of the wind rustling through any cracks. The sound of the wind was Qi Xinyang's own unique music.

"Wind! Can you hear me?" Qi Xinyang closed her eyes, opened her arms, and faced the wind, praying to the invisible "wind element." She then knelt on her knees, as if reverently listening to the wind's words. When she opened her eyes again, it was as if she could see the wind's flow, her hands rising and falling in sync with it.

Although he couldn't understand the tiny feet beside him, he had heard of elemental worship in the guild before. Qi Xinyang didn't find this strange at the moment. As a dwarven, he had no faith other than the One God. He had heard, however, that the "Dwarven Kingdom" established by the dwarves practiced ancestor worship alongside the One God. However, as an orphan, he had never been to the Dwarven Kingdom for as long as he could remember. If he hadn't been identified as a level holder as a child, he might not have survived to this day. It could be said that this misfortune was a blessing in disguise. From a very young age, he'd been following other adventurers everywhere. He'd always been a "jobber" adventurer, so following Qi Xinyang for so long hadn't been a problem for him. The only thing he struggled with was his cooking. Even after cooking for various adventuring groups, he hadn't improved at all.

Back to Qi Xinyang's prayer, it was actually a sudden impulse that came to her quite fortuitously. After her first trip to the Huxia Forest to clear the dungeon of low-level monsters, she climbed a tall tree upon exiting. Standing atop the tree, the wind from the woods caressed her face. She closed her eyes and then opened her hands, feeling the breeze. When she opened them again, for some reason, she naturally clasped her hands together, letting the wind flow through the gap between her palms. Then, she began to pray to the wind.

After that prayer, she suddenly realized she was completely different. It was the next day, after she returned to the Huxia Forest and conquered the dungeon for the first time. Upon emerging from the dungeon, she was curious about her changes and used the Identification Eye to examine herself, only to discover she had gained an additional "Blessing of Wind Element." Clever, she immediately understood what was happening, and from then on, she maintained her devotion to the element of wind. This was also the reason why her Wind Walk spell, when used on herself, had an additional effect.

Qi Xinyang now clasped her hands together again, letting the wind pass through her palms, and prayed silently in her heart. Suddenly, she felt something moving towards her. Although she could not see the entity, she saw from the corner of her eye that the direction of the wind had changed. She calmly placed her hand on the edge of the bow until the thing was more than ten steps away from her. Although she could not hear the footsteps, she could clearly hear an extra heartbeat. She no longer hesitated and quickly shot an arrow directly in the direction of the heartbeat she heard. From picking up the bow and arrow to drawing the bow and shooting, the action was done in one go. The arrow seemed to hit something, and sparks flew!