The Priscilla team did not stay at Cape Storm for long.
Having just arrived, they set off again in an almost empty state, with Lu Li being the only passenger.
The rotting stench of the fungus horses made the journey strange and unappetizing, and the reduced convoy was no longer so noticeable.
"We are not children."
Leading the carriage, Bastos expressed disdain for the land of light that Lu Li told about.
Only the weak and children will believe in illusory and beautiful fairy tales.
A place where the sun shines? A weird untouchable place? Where plants grow uncontaminated?
Even if his dead mother came forward and said this, he wouldn't believe it and would send her to rest.
To a certain extent, Bastos is right. In a dark land full of death and deception, despair is the eternal tone. Although there are endless rumors about beauty, the facts prove that they are just traps that prey on people one after another.
Even if the person who said this is a legendary exorcist.
All Lu Li could do was to give the Bastos merchant eyes, incorporate the Pulisi convoy into the trade network, and then slowly let them know the truth as if they were in contact with the gods of Cape Storm...
The slight difference is that the Pulisi Convoy will only maintain trade, while the Stormhorn God will be contacted by the Swamp Mother as a potential ally. Since it is a god, Lu Li cannot contact it for too long.
Through the eyes of the merchants who remain in Stormhorn, the Swamp Mother will exchange benefits for him to become a true ally, and then obtain the secret of repelling the weird. Even if she is unwilling to reveal it, a god town ally itself is beneficial to the Land of Light.
This running-in period will not be too short, so Lu Li's plan remains unchanged: continue to get closer to the depths of the deserted land, make more allies and find ways to repel weirdness.
As the only distinguished guest, Lu Li always stayed in the leader's carriage. However, Bastos was not interested in Lu Li himself. The skinny monkey slave followed his master, and only the bandage man expressed his desire to follow Lu Li.
"I thought helping the exorcist would make you determined to stay."
As the thin monkey slave screamed "Kill the traitor", Bastos looked at the bandaged man and Lu Li indifferently.
Staring unkindly, Lu Li replied to the bandaged man: "I won't bring anyone with me. If you want to go to the Land of Light, you can wait for me at the Cape of Storms."
"Land of Light..."
Bastos sneered, only half of what he said.
Lu Li would not be moved by his disdain, but he would not let him slander or question him either. He opened his stomach bag, took out the sunshine box, let the dazzling golden light fill the carriage, and said to Bastos, whose face was dyed golden: "
This is a sunshine box, a specialty of the Land of Light. Whether he wants to leave the team or not, this is a gift from the Land of Light."
The skinny monkey slave stood on tiptoes looking at the sea of sunshine and murmured infatuatedly: "The land of light really exists...?"
"Idiot, of course it exists."
Bastos' face didn't look good.
All newspapers can prove the existence of the Land of Light, but Bastos always thought it was no different from the town of the gods... Does the sunshine really exist there?
"I will never interfere with you and my men again."
Bastos decided to accept Lu Li's friendship.
No one doesn't like retreat, and no one doesn't yearn for beauty, as long as it truly exists.
Leaving the sunshine box behind, Lu Li asked the bandaged man to take him to the carriage behind to rest.
Bastos held the sun box, opened the slit, and squinted his eyes slightly to watch the surging dazzling sunlight.
"Master, I don't think you should agree to the exorcist so easily." The thin monkey slave was also fascinated by the light: "We can use him in exchange for more benefits..."
"Why do you think I lead the convoy?"
"Of course it's to make money, Master."
“What’s the purpose of making money?”
"Uh... for, for the master's reputation to be known to more people."
"It's to live a better life." Bastos kicked the idiot slave, "If the Land of Light is really like what the Exorcist said, why don't I go?"
"Master is right!"
The skinny monkey slave who rolled out crawled back to Bastos' feet and licked his boots.
Snap.
Bastos closed the wooden box gently, as if it were a treasure. "Put it away well. I heard how expensive this thing is in the old sewer, but I have never seen it before."
"Master, we can sell it"
The thin monkey who made the suggestion was kicked over by Bastos: "What the exorcist personally gives is more valuable than what is on the counter, you idiot."
…
The bandaged man has no name.
Maybe he had, but the painful torture after being reduced to a pig made him forget many things in the past, including his name.
Thinking that Lu Li needed to rest, the bandaged man stopped disturbing him after bringing him food and stayed around the carriage for protection.
The Crown of Thorns needed to gather strength, so Lu Li moved the oil lamp to a corner and called the merchant.
Soon after, businessman Anthony emerged from the shadow of the carriage beyond the reach of the oil lamp.
Lu Li asked about the progress of the Stormhorn Spirit. Swamp Mother had just started contacting her, but the progress seemed to be good, and the Stormhorn Spirit showed no resistance.
Let the Swamp Mother keep in touch, and Lu Li ate the minced meat brought by the bandaged man to recover from the fatigue and sleepiness caused by the rush.
The journey from Storm Point to the plant habitat is about a day and a half, but because the team was streamlined and there was only one passenger from Lu Li, the time was shortened to one day.
However, the convoy encountered a strange situation along the way. Their response was to abandon the "meat pig" and continue on their way.
Compared with the rotten smell of creep horses that are only liked by ghouls or some weird tribes, the "meat pigs" that have been bled and thrown away can attract weird attention, allowing the convoy to get rid of them easily.
The bandage man noticed that Lu Li didn't like this, and when he stopped him, he said, "I can understand your kindness, but many of them are guilty...including me."
Children as young as seven or eight here know that they will do whatever it takes to survive. Stealing, robbing, killing, everyone is selfish, and you can hardly find anyone who can go unpunished under the old laws.
Lu Li didn't say anything else, nor did he try to save these "pigs" that would be hanged in the Weiner Dungeon.
At noon the next day, the convoy driving in the netherworld arrived at the edge of the plant habitat.
You can feel the aura of taboo permeating the depths of the forest, and the tree people who call themselves pioneers still control this place.
Lu Li left the carriage and said to Bastos next to the torch: "Weird currency, resources, whatever you want."
The bandaged man can only represent himself, the sunshine box is a gift, and the escort on this trip is another reward.
"I want a favor from you."
Bastos, the leader of the Priscilla team who was regarded as tyrannical by outsiders, seemed calm at this time: "The favor may be that we are asking for your help when we are in trouble, or it may be that we hope you can lead us to a bright place. It will definitely
It won’t make you feel embarrassed.”
Lu Li agreed to him, turned around and walked into the plant habitat where his arrival was already known, with rustling sounds and shadows swaying in the trees.
