A farm that breeds gods and demons
Chapter 458 - 357: The Princess and the Knight

Chapter 458: Chapter 357: The Princess and the Knight

Su Yu had a large water bag on his back, Ada lying on his shoulder, and in his hand he held a bundle. This bundle carried some essentials and a few small water bags for their journey. As for food, he had only prepared enough for a few days. Firstly, he had no idea how many days this trip would take, carrying too much food would eventually become inconvenient. Secondly, this Demon Beast Mountain Range had plenty of "pork meat"-like beasts available to eat, so he didn’t need to worry too much about food. Moreover, given his current Sixth Order Peak realm, even if he went hungry for a week or two, it wouldn’t significantly affect his health.

With Ada, Su Yu quietly left the village without alerting anyone. However, they hadn’t gone far before the sound of wild barking came from behind. Su Yu turned around in surprise, and saw a panting dog named Diudiu with its tongue sticking out rushing up to him. The dog barked wildly at Su Yu, its attitude quite hostile.

"How did this guy get here? What is he saying?" Su Yu couldn’t understand Diudiu’s dog language, but Ada laughed and said: "He’s cursing you for being deplorable and is accusing you of trying to sneak away with me. He said you may be able to deceive others, but you can’t deceive him."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu couldn’t help laughing, then shaking his head, he said, "This guy, tell him that we are going to do something important and he should go back to the village quickly."

Ada barked a few times at Diudiu, but Diudiu simply shook his head like a human, and then with its tongue hanging out, it continued to bark wildly.

Ada displayed a helpless expression and looked to Su Yu, "It says it’s the knight sworn to protect the princess, and insists on following me, saying that a knight should never leave his princess."

Su Yu was stunned, "A knight? So, you are his princess? Ha...haha..." Even though Su Yu usually maintained his composure, he couldn’t help laughing wildly at this situation. Ada protested indignantly, "Why are you laughing? I tell you everything, and yet you make fun of me."

"No...no..." Su Yu barely managed to suppress his laughter, "Let Diudiu follow us. It has the ’Destruction Horn’ in its body, which might come in handy, we can’t say for sure. By the way, Ada, when it comes to Meng Ting’s situation, it seems like you tricked me?"

Ada looked innocently at him, "Tricked you? What are you talking about?"

Su Yu reluctantly explained, "Chen Xuanbai used a dark secret method to leave a fragment of his soul in Meng Ting’s brain stem. You said that my Gasification Mysterious Power could destroy this soul fragment, right? So, why did I have to insert my fingers specifically into... her body to infuse the special power? The more I think about it, there doesn’t seem to be an inevitable connection between the two. Even if I really need to destroy this dark secret method, altering Meng Ting’s undefiled body, why does it have to be me?"

Ada glanced sideways at him, "After enjoying it, you’re blaming me now. What’s the human expression for it... um, Burning the bridges after crossing? Or should it be put the bow away once all the birds are gone?"

Su Yu found no reason to argue with Ada and dropped the topic. His relationship with Meng Ting was already awkward enough. With this incident contrived by Ada, the situation had become even more complicated. He didn’t know how to deal with Meng Ting. He couldn’t forgive her for what she’d done to him, but neither could he cut ties with her completely. This was indeed a perplexing issue. His eagerness to leave Freedom Village early and go find the "Water of the Netherworld" had partly been to avoid Meng Ting.

After a brief delay, Diudiu rejoiced as it ended up following them as the "knight" protecting his "princess" Ada. Su Yu had a weird looking little thing that resembled a tadpole on his shoulder, with a large gray dog trailing behind him – they began their journey.

The "Demon Beast Mountain Range" was quite close to "Freedom Village". The Village was bordered on the west by the "River of Oblivion" and the "Heavenly Pit Forest," while the east connected to the "Demon Beast Mountain Range." Heading south from the village would lead them to "Peach Blossom Town". If one traveled north for tens of thousands of miles, they would reach "Hailou Town" and the vast "Sky Zither Sea".

On their way, Su Yu leisurely watched as Diudiu followed him closely, panting heavily with its fat body jingling. He couldn’t help but say, "How did this guy get so fat? He must have been eating and sleeping all day in the village, right?"

Ada nodded, "That seems right. Diudiu is too lazy. When we reach Demon Beast Mountain Range, I think it will be necessary to get it into shape."

Su Yu agreed completely. Diudiu was a rare breed that at Zero-Level could keep up with the speed of a Fourth Order human. Moreover, there was the King of Darkness’ "Destruction Horn" inside its head. It had promising potential, but seemed to be too lazy. Su Yu figured that this journey to get the "Water of the Netherworld" could be a good way to whip this dog into shape.

A short journey of ten miles was also quickly completed. Su Yu looked up and saw towering trees and the vast expanse that formed the Demon Beast Mountain Range in front of him.

Then he saw about a dozen people struggling to climb a slope not far off. The person leading them kept shouting for everyone to try harder and climb up.

In these dozen people, Su Yu saw a few Fourth Order Warriors while the rest were at the Second or Third Order, or they were even First Order Black Iron Warriors. Immediately, he understood that these people must be from other villages nearby. The Fourth Order warriors were currently leading these lower Order beginners into the outskirts of the Demon Beast Mountain Range for training and leveling up.

Just like when they first arrived in Freedom Village, Xiao Bai once organized everyone, training and leveling up Su Yun, Lei Rui, Zhou Birong and others, all of whom quickly evolved into Fourth-Level Black Iron Warriors.

A smile tugged at Su Yu’s lips as he thought about it. Now, in hindsight, everyone in Freedom Village indeed extended them a lot of help. If only he hadn’t left Freedom Village, if only Chen Xuanbai hadn’t appeared...

Unfortunately, there are no "what-ifs". Sighing softly, Su Yu leapt ten meters forward almost instantaneously, then beckoned to Dodo behind him, a signal for it to climb up.

At the same time, the group of about ten people on the other side noticed Su Yu too. These newcomers didn’t recognize him and were merely curious as to why a lone man and a dog would venture into the Demon Beast Mountain Range. The Fourth-Level Warrior leading the group, however, was taken tremendously aback; he remembered Su Yu.

They were all from Tianlong Village, not too far from here. Over a month ago, Su Yu’s battle with Wang Di sent shockwave across areas within a hundred miles. He had accompanied those from Tianlong Village to the battlefield to witness the epic fight, his memories of Su Yu were still fresh and unforgettable.

Then the rise of Chen Xuanbai in Freedom Village, which followed by Su Yu’s return and the ensuing earth-shattering battle, had quietly spread far and wide. The stories grew more fantastical, depicting Su Yu as the lone warrior, confronting hundreds of villagers led by Chen Xuanbai. He killed Chen Xuanbai and other leaders like Xu Ruyun, sparing the rest of the village folk. In these legends, Su Yu had almost been elevated to the level of a War God.

Seeing Su Yu now, the people from Tianlong Village were alarmed, almost slipping down the slope. One of the newcomers currently scaling the slope teasingly said, "Look, who’s that guy? He has a dog with him. It’s suicidal to run into Demon Beast Mountain Range alone, isn’t it?"

The newcomers laughed at this statement. The team leader turned pale with fright, and harshly hissed at them in a low voice, "Shut up!" His heart was pounding wildly, and he looked anxiously towards Su Yu, worried Su Yu might have heard him.

As he raised his head, he saw Su Yu looking at him. Their eyes met, and the man was so scared that his heart violently contracted. His heart almost stopped when he saw this legendary figure smiling at him and even giving him a nod.

Despite his rapid heartbeat, he managed to swallow hard. Whether it was because of nervousness or excitement, he wasn’t sure. But an idea began forming in his mind: he was contemplating leaving Tianlong Village to join Freedom Village.

As soon as the thought appeared, he quickly shook his head, not daring to think any further. The newcomers below were puzzled by the leader’s nervous behavior, but they kept their thoughts to themselves. Soon, the figure of Dodo climbed up too and shortly after, the man and the dog disappeared from view.

Only when they lost sight of Su Yu did they start chattering, bombarding the team leader with questions about what happened.

The team leader sighed, "You lot really don’t appreciate the gravity of the situations, mocking people without due care. Do you know who he is?"

One of them jokingly said, "Who could it be? Surely not that ’Su Yu’." At this, everyone burst into laughter. In their eyes, Su Yu was almost a god-like entity from the legends. They didn’t even consider the idea that a mythical, legendary figure like Su Yu could be here right now.

To their surprise, the team leader nodded, "Yes, it was Su Yu." After he finished, he suddenly realized how quiet it was, so he looked around and saw that the group that had been laughing just moments ago had their mouths wide open in disbelief and shock.

The leader gave them a bitter smile, thinking, ’now you guys understand the fear, huh?’

After a long moment of stunned silence, the group gasped collectively and started discussing excitedly. The man from the legends had actually shown up right before their eyes. Everyone felt a thrill of excitement following their initial fear.

"So, that one on his shoulder must have been Ada?"

"Yes, yes! You guys forgot the legend says a dog always follows Su Yu. Earlier, we should have figured it out when we saw the dog."

"I really regret it, if I’d known it was Su Yu, I would have rushed to get his autograph." One of the girls daydreamed with stars in her eyes, "I didn’t expect him to be so young and handsome. It would be wonderful to marry him." (To be continued. If you want to know what happens next, please visit www.qidian.com. More Chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)