Depressed. This was Chen Rui's first impression of New Moon City.
I don't know if all cities in the demon world are like this. Including the royal palace, most of the buildings in New Moon City look old and dilapidated. There are few shops and stalls for business. Many of the demons seen along the way are hideous and ugly, but most of them are dressed in tattered clothes. The whole city is filled with a dilapidated and desolate atmosphere.
The appearance of the demons made Chen Rui terrified. If his human identity was exposed, even if he was not eaten, his life would be in danger.
"Hey! That guy, straighten your waist, don't clamp your feet too tightly, and relax your shoulders!" Alina's voice interrupted Chen Rui's thoughts, "You are still a man, any child from our Wells family is much better than you!"
In fact, Chen Rui said that he was still a virgin and could not be considered a real man, but at this moment his posture was indeed a bit weird. He was lying on the back of the tricorn rhino like a toad, holding the wide back shell tightly with both hands, for fear that he would fall down accidentally and be trampled into a human pancake by the giant beast.
"Sorry, it's my first time riding such a big thing." Chen Rui was originally wondering why there were no stirrups or saddles in this world, so he could plagiarize an invention. But when he saw Alice and her tricornus, they were all equipped with a complete set of saddle equipment - it turned out that they were treated differently.
"You don't have to hold it so tightly for the first time! Loosen your legs!" Alina scolded carelessly.
The little loli didn't really understand or pretend to understand, so she kindly advised: "Alina, don't be so anxious, it's the first time, of course you will hold it tightly."
This sentence almost made Chen Rui fall off the tricornus. Many demons along the way noticed his weirdness and pointed at him. Fortunately, Chen Rui was wearing a cloak, so his human identity was not exposed for the time being. Only a few demons who were particularly sensitive to smell showed doubts. With the little princess and Athena there, no one dared to approach.
When they arrived at the city gate, the four tricornus were stopped.
"Your Highness Alice, where are you going?" The one who stopped the triangular rhino was a male demon wearing armor. He was tall and strong, with red skin, two huge curved horns on his head, deep facial features, and a fierce aura. From his appearance, he was a big devil.
"It's the sheriff General Allen. He's patrolling in person today." Alice smiled slightly: "We're just about to go to Blue Wave Lake."
General Allen frowned and said: "There's been a little trouble at Blue Wave Lake recently. I'm worried that the sleeping poisonous dragon has a problem. I've sent scouts to investigate. Your Highness Alice should wait until it's safe before going there to play."
"The poisonous dragon has been sleeping for thousands of years. It still has the strongest light and dark lock of the White Night Emperor, so there's no problem at all." Alice pointed at Chen Rui, "Besides, I'm not going there to play this time... This is Master Aldas's new apprentice. The master asked me to take him to Blue Wave Lake to collect some herbs."
Of the two major branches of alchemy, if the instrument maker gives people a feeling of "reverence", the pharmacist is "awe". People are more afraid of those poisons and negative potions, but ignore its healing and enhancement effects.
The keywords of a potion master are usually mysterious, terrifying, vicious, and can't be provoked. Aldass is a representative of this kind. The laboratory often hears the screams of drug testers. Even the palace guards dare not approach. I really don't understand why Her Royal Highness the Princess would place such a dangerous person in the outer courtyard of the palace.
Such a mysterious and terrifying master of medicine actually accepted an apprentice. Allen was very curious about who this apprentice was. He took a few more glances and his eyes suddenly became sharp. At this time, Alice just asked Chen Rui to take off his cloak.
"This is the human we caught last time!" A soldier behind Allen screamed. For a while, all kinds of hostile eyes were focused on him. Chen Rui gritted his teeth and kept a natural expression. Cold sweat was already flowing down his forehead.
Alan discovered Chen Rui's identity earlier than the soldiers. He remembered that when he reported to the princess, Master Aldass happened to be there. He personally proposed to take this human as an experimental subject and took him away directly. Now such a captive, or a slave, has actually transformed into an apprentice of the master?
Alice introduced to Allen as if nothing had happened: "This human is called Chen Rui. Because he is very talented in pharmacy, Master Aldass has made an exception and accepted him as a formal apprentice. He will be considered a member of our New Moon City in the future."
Athena added impatiently: "This is what the master said to me and Her Highness Alice today. If you still have doubts, you might as well ask Master Aldass directly!"
"Athena, I'm sorry, that's not what I meant. I..."
General Allen's attitude towards Athena was a bit strange. Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Athena coldly: "Athena, your plate It should be over now, don't delay our time to collect herbs!"
Athena's stiff attitude made Allen feel helpless, and he said to Alice: "Little princess, just in case, I will send a team of soldiers to protect you."
Alice asked with a smile: "Are you worried that Athena can't protect me?"
Athena raised her delicate eyebrows, and her red eyes flashed with a sharp light. Allen hurriedly shook his head and looked at Chen Rui with a little more chill in his eyes: "Human! Don't try to escape or play any conspiracy, otherwise I will crush every bone of yours."
After Allen finished speaking, he bowed slightly to the little princess and signaled to let her go.
The four triangular rhinos left the city gate with heavy steps. In Dark Moon City, the news that Master Aldass accepted a human apprentice spread quickly.
"Actually, I think Allen is pretty good. His family background and status are well matched with yours," Alice looked at Athena with a smile: "If he hadn't bypassed you and directly proposed marriage to your father, you might not have disliked him so much."
Athena said disdainfully: "I don't like him in the first place! This guy is timid and incompetent. He became a sheriff by relying on the power of the Caron family. He can only bully the weak and has no real ability."
"Weak" on the side heard that there was such a gossip. No wonder the violent girl treated General Allen like an enemy.
"Last time we went to the rainy jungle, he must have reported to the princess. I hate this kind of people the most," Athena sneered: "Still want to take advantage of me? Ask the sword in my hand first!"
"That's right, Athena is mine, no one can take it away." The little loli laughed, "Let's speed up!"
The triangular rhino began to run faster. It was hard to believe that such a rapid speed was driven by such a huge body. For Chen Rui, who had no auxiliary tools on the rhino's back, it was undoubtedly a torment. He could only lie on it tightly with the Toad Skill and almost fell off several times. Asina was too troublesome and exchanged a mount with him. When Chen Rui saw the violent woman running on the giant rhino's back at high speed with ease, he could only write the word "admiration" in his heart.
Compared with the sunny ground world in Arthur's memory, the environment of the demon world is much worse. The light source comes from two "stars" in the sky. Although they are called "stars", their light and heat intensity is far inferior to the sun on the earth. More often, the light is obscured by heavy smoke and clouds in the sky. At night, they become "moons" again, emitting a pale purple cold light, and the temperature difference between day and night is very large.
Along the way, huge pits formed by long-term corrosion, dark and mysterious unknown caves, and all kinds of strange plants can be seen everywhere, forming a dark and beautiful landscape.
Lanbo Lake is huge, surrounded by mountains, and the environment is particularly quiet. The water is blue, the lakeside plants are lush, and the flowers are gorgeous, like a paradise in the dark world.
However, Chen Rui soon learned from Alice that the reason why the lake was so blue was because there was a huge adult poisonous dragon sleeping at the bottom of the lake. The venom on its body dyed the lake blue, and there was no living creature in the lake. Most of the gorgeous and lush flowers and plants by the lake are highly poisonous. Some delicate flowers are even carnivorous species. Their beautiful appearance comes from the flesh and blood of their prey.
The power of the dragon is quite terrifying, especially this rare dragon with highly poisonous properties, which can easily wipe out the entire population of a city, so no one dares to provoke it easily. This poisonous dragon has been sleeping in the lake for thousands of years. Just four hundred years ago, a rebellion broke out in the Dark Moon Territory. The strongest man in the demon world, Emperor Bai Ye, led his army to fight in person. When passing through the Blue Wave Lake, he did not dare to wake up the poisonous dragon. In order to keep it sleeping, he deliberately set a seal of light and dark locks.
"There is a law in the demon world that the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are."
Chen Rui agreed with Alice's words, and quietly added in his heart that the witch was the same.
The super cute little princess, the charming maid, the heroic swordswoman, which one is not a dangerous person?
The poisonous dragon sleeping in the lake is not a decoration after all. Athena and the little princess did not dare to get too close. They carefully chose a safer hilltop. Looking down, they could see the wide lake surface and had a good view.
"It's been a long time since I came to Lake Rambo, Athena, do you remember the last time?" Alice suggested excitedly: "It's rare to come out, why don't we have another picnic."
Athena hesitated: "Didn't that guy Allen say that there was something wrong with Lake Rambo recently? Let's pick the fruits and go back quickly."
"Do you really believe what that coward Allen said?" Alice shook her head disapprovingly: "If you invite him to come, he will immediately say that the poisonous dragon has been destroyed and Lake Rambo is safer than their bathroom."
"I won't invite that kind of annoying guy!" Athena snorted coldly, agreeing with Alice's statement in her heart, "Well, Jia will go pick the dragon fruit, and I'll go get some prey. Hey, human, you and Alice can set up here."
In fact, Chen Rui wanted to try whether he could use those poisonous flowers to improve the progress of the super system, but considering the terrifying man-eating plant and the big boss in the lake, he immediately extinguished this idea.
After Jia and Athena left, Alice directed Chen Rui to get busy. The bracelet on her wrist was a space equipment that could store items, but the quality level should not be very high. The space inside was not big and was filled up by the little loli. As a result, a pile of things fell out when the space entrance was opened, followed by another pile.
Chen Rui had to help her clean up, and accidentally "picked up" a pile of underwear, some of which were large-sized lace. Chen Rui was stunned. His first reaction was that this thing already existed in this world, and his second reaction was that this size was completely inconsistent with a part of the little loli that had not yet fully developed. Could it be that Alice was some kind of "control" in the legend?
Under Alice's murderous gaze, Chen Rui pretended not to see the pile of things and turned back to clean up other objects. When he turned around, the pile of things had disappeared.
Alice's storage space was quite complete. Soon, a full set of picnic utensils were cleaned out. It seems that this little loli is always ready for the trip.
At this time, Athena and Jia had not returned yet. Alice looked around and saw no one. She walked towards Chen Rui step by step. Chen Rui felt nervous and asked, "Little Princess, do you have any other instructions?"
"The plot is not like this," Alice said with a weird smile, "You should say, don't come over, or I will call people! Then I will say, you can scream your throat out, and no one will come to save you!"
Chen Rui felt a black line hanging on his forehead, rolled his eyes, and asked back, "Then I shouted 'broken throat, broken throat', and the guy who shouted 'no one' came to save me?"
Alice showed surprise: "It turns out that the human world also has the book "The Demon King and the Princess"."
Chen Rui smiled mysteriously and did not say anything. It seems that many things are common, regardless of plane or race.
But then he couldn't laugh anymore, because Alice said, "Tell me a good story, just like the ancient world last time, with rich imagination."
Chen Rui's heart beat violently, and he defended himself, "That's not a story, but a real thing! If I didn't inherit Master Wukong's divine mind, how could I have made Huarong Road and Kongming Lock?"
"I'll tell you a secret that even Athena doesn't know." Alice lowered her voice mysteriously and said, "When I first met you, I just awakened a special blood talent in the Lucifer royal family, called mind reading, and... accidentally tried it on you."
Chen Rui was shocked and speechless for a while.
Accidentally!