97: First experience of crossing the gate

“Going out isn’t a simple matter! And you’re leaving your home! Entering the Main Continent, which holds endless dangers and opportunities!” Hu Qiao said sternly, as if he were an experienced person: “I have the things you need to prepare! Look, you must have money, right? I know you have some, but it’s too little! I have 100,000 gold coins here, take them! Then you need food and drink, right? What if you don’t find a city!

What if you need an emergency? So, having food and such prepared is definitely a good thing! Then…”

Hu Qiao babbled on and on.

Then he directly stuffed many things into Yi Xin’s storage ring, filling up Yi Xin’s originally somewhat empty storage ring.

“Alright, alright! I really don’t need too many of these! There’s no need!” Yi Xin smiled bitterly and helplessly: “Besides, you haven’t even gone out to train, let alone gone out; you haven’t even been to the wilderness a few times, and never deeply, so where do you get so much experience from!”

Hu Qiao’s movements stiffened, as if his heart had been stabbed, and then he said to Yi Xin with a look of deep regret: “I’m doing all this for your own good! And who said you must go out to train to gain experience! These are all theories! Although I haven’t practiced, I’ve seen and heard a lot!”

“Ah, yes, yes, yes~” Yi Xin nodded repeatedly: “I’ll listen to you!”

Hu Qiao prepared a lot of things for Yi Xin, whether they were useful or not~ In short, his intentions were certainly there.

And they were all things that might be used.

Too many! Full, full! It can’t fit anymore! Ah, I really can’t do anything about you! Yi Xin originally didn’t want them, but Hu Qiao gave him a new storage ring, three times the size of his original one.

Helplessly, Yi Xin could only accept it with tears in his eyes, leaving Xuheng Country with a ring full of various supplies and materials.

To go to the Gui Xu Realm, one must pass through the World-Crossing Gate.

The World-Crossing Gate between Xu Heng and the Gui Xu Realm is in the north of Xu Heng, and Xuheng Country has a main road leading all the way there, with a border fortress specifically guarding entry and exit.

After all, this World-Crossing Gate is of great importance.

However, although it is called a main road, it is actually “between mountains and forests,” and there are basically no people; the ground is very wide and flat, except for a bit more dust because no one cleans it.

Overall, this road is actually a “direction marker,” telling you that if you follow it, you can reach the World-Crossing Gate.

As Yi Xin walked on the road, he noticed a huge figure emerging from the nearby mountains and forests.

“Hmm?” Yi Xin discovered that this figure was actually an acquaintance: Ying Xi!

As his opponent in the finals, Yi Xin had a very deep impression of her.

The huge figure was because Ying Xi was holding a dead giant wild boar; looking at its size, it must have weighed at least two tons, right?

“…” Ying Xi noticed Yi Xin from afar; her eyes immediately lit up slightly at the person who had defeated her, and she walked towards Yi Xin.

“You, going, where.” Ying Xi spoke to Yi Xin. Perhaps because she rarely communicated with people, having lived in the wilderness all her life, her words came out in short, choppy phrases.

“Is there something wrong?” Yi Xin looked Ying Xi up and down; she was covered in dirt, but that only made her “wildness” more intense: “I’m going to the Gui Xu Realm to train…”

“Gui Xu, Realm, is, where?” Ying Xi stared at Yi Xin: “You, so, strong, are you, going there, to become, stronger?”

“…” Yi Xin looked at Ying Xi somewhat strangely. Are you out of touch with society? But thinking about how Ying Xi had always lived in the wilderness, he wondered how she came to Xuheng Country to compete...

“On the contrary, I want to become stronger, which is why I need to go out and train.” Yi Xin told Ying Xi.

“Take me.” Ying Xi threw the wild boar she was holding onto the ground: “This, for you.”

“…” Yi Xin was silent for a moment, looked at the wild boar on the ground, then looked at Ying Xi: “This matter is a bit troublesome… Let’s talk about it properly!”

Yi Xin decided to “educate” her!

…

“Fragrant~ So fragrant~” Yi Xin was gnawing on a wild boar leg.

The wild boar had already been roasted.

Although Ying Xi had some difficulty communicating with people, her barbecue skills were quite good; although she was a “wild person,” she was a high-quality one.

She sourced ingredients locally and effortlessly picked up various seasonings.

Then… Yi Xin ate to his heart’s content.

The two of them, munching away, ate the entire wild boar clean.

The scattered bones on the ground showed the wild boar’s physique before it died.

Don’t let Ying Xi’s seemingly slender appearance fool you, with her flat stomach; in reality, she ate sixty percent of this wild boar.

Yi Xin even had a hard time snatching food from her.

As a martial artist, eating a lot is very normal.

Especially with cultivation techniques, their digestive ability is no joke.

Otherwise, in terms of eating, if they don’t supplement enough, martial artists could exhaust themselves to death.

“Take me, with you.” Ying Xi told Yi Xin.

“Alright, alright, since I’ve eaten your food, but once we’re out, you have to listen to me!” Yi Xin told Ying Xi.

“Good.” Ying Xi nodded: “As long as I can become stronger.”

“Hmm… By the way, is there a reason why you’re so obsessed with becoming stronger?” Yi Xin asked curiously. Ying Xi’s strength was already very high, but she was still so dedicated, and having lived in the wilderness for so long, she was already out of touch with “society.”

However, her mind was normal, and her intelligence was fine, which made Yi Xin quite relieved.

Ying Xi didn’t pay attention to Yi Xin, just looked at him.

“Alright, alright~ Let’s go! We’ve eaten our fill, so let’s set off!” Yi Xin stood up, not expecting this trip to lead to him having a teammate to travel with.

Upon arriving at the World-Crossing Gate, the guards there didn’t pay them any mind. Such daily “travel” is generally not managed, especially for “Xu Heng people” like Yi Xin and Ying Xi.

Although it’s called a World-Crossing Gate, it’s actually a chaotic “pit”; you just jump in.

“Is this thing really alright?” Yi Xin, seeing the World-Crossing Gate for the first time, blinked as he looked at the “chaos” below.

Although he heard that everyone came this way, it seemed there were also many accidents.

Whether entering or exiting, it seemed there were various reasons and coincidences that didn’t involve entering or exiting through the World-Crossing Gate.

Moreover, even when using the World-Crossing Gate, it wasn’t one hundred percent normal; accidents could still occur.

Whoosh! Yi Xin was still thinking when Ying Xi on the side directly jumped in.

“Hey!” Yi Xin watched Ying Xi disappear into it, and helplessly, he could only leap in as well.

Upon jumping into the World-Crossing Gate, Yi Xin felt as if he had been thrown into a washing machine, the kind that spins in all directions—up, down, left, right, front, and back.

A wave of dizziness and nausea.

Fortunately, it didn’t last more than a few seconds. His vision blurred, and then a sky of blue sky and white clouds appeared before his eyes.

“…” Something felt not quite right… Yi Xin had a premonition, followed immediately by a sensation of weightlessness.

“Damn it! Why am I in the sky!” At nearly a hundred meters in the air, Yi Xin plummeted downwards.

Although such a height was nothing to Yi Xin, not to mention the protection of his qi, just his physical quality alone meant that this level of impact could not possibly harm him.

However, this first experience with the World-Crossing Gate was a bit unpleasant…

Thump!

Yi Xin was steadily caught by someone.

He looked up to see a dirt-covered face appear before him.

Ying Xi, holding him in a princess carry, had caught him.