The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

Chapter 136-140:

Jier quickly educated Feng Wu. “Some people are just unreasonable. They don’t need a reason to kill. In the future, if you encounter people with this kind of mental illness, don’t be polite towards them.”

Feng Wu nodded. She understood now. Those who wanted to kill without reason were mentally unwell.

Ming Xi secretly agreed with Jier’s education. He’d only been with Feng Wu a few days, but he could see how incredibly simple and pure she was. If someone didn’t properly and carefully educate her, who knew what unscrupulous person would try to take advantage of her?

“Oh, Elder Falay, is this your team?” The question came from a middle aged man wearing a sword master’s outfit and a mercenary group’s badge on one arm. He was smiling as he walked over.

A cold light flashed in Seventh Elder’s eyes at the voice. “Captain Anduo, you’re also here. Indeed, you arrived here pretty fast!”

“The news of the god’s tomb spread so quickly. I heard about it and came right away. Speaking of which, I must thank Elder Falay for spreading the news.” The smile on Captain Anduo’s face was sincere.

“There is no need. I simply didn’t want the Inferno company to monopolize the god’s tomb. The tomb should be shared with everyone. How can one company be allowed to keep it to themselves?” Seventh Elder Falay laughed. His real thoughts were quite different. He thought if it weren’t for the Yiduo clan, how could any of you even know about the tomb? Without us, you mercenaries wouldn’t even know what you were missing.

Anduo sneered in his heart as he thought how obvious it was that Falay was using the crowd to pressure the Inferno company to open the tomb. To cause harm with such nice words, then laugh so naturally afterwards, Falay really wasn’t easy to deal with.

The two old foxes mentally scolded each other but nothing showed on their faces.

Another voice floated over. “Falay, you’re on your own? None of the other twelve elders are with you? Are you going to be able to handle all those kids on your own?” The owner of the voice, a sinister man with deep undereye circles, walked up. He held a long staff in one hand and was emitting a powerful aura, clearly not someone to be trifled with.

“You just worry about your own family clan Shaya.” Falay snorted and began to lead his group somewhere else to wait.

“Well unlike your Yiduo clan that haven’t had any distinguishing talent lately, my Lianye clan is full of talented recruits.” Shaya sneered.

This made the group of juniors behind Falay glare; their disbelief obvious. Shaya barely even registered their presence. The magic around him hummed and suddenly struck out at the juniors.

They were just juniors so how could they detect the attack? Why would a master even attack a group of juniors?

“Attacking juniors. Shaya, you’re shameless.” Falay struck his staff to the ground and instantly neutralized the attack.

“Humph!” Shaya walked away without even bothering to give the group a second glance.

None of the other groups in the area intervened. It was important to conserve their strength, so why meddle in someone else’s business? The people who came weren’t stupid. They came to find treasure inside the tomb. They wouldn’t expend precious energy to battle in front of the gates.

Fortunately Falay’s group found a spot to wait without saying much in retaliation. Many more people showed up but the hour passed by without incident. The Inferno company finally appeared after an endless amount of calls from the crowd.

They were of course welcomed by everyone the moment they appeared. The crowd was excited and wanted to get inside the tomb as fast as possible.

“Captain Cohen, it’s been awhile. We’ll have to ask your help in exploring the tomb.”

“Yes, yes. It must have been incredible luck that Captain Cohen found the key. We’re all so envious!”

“Brother Cohen, don’t forget to take care of the Mad Lion group. We don’t know the terrain inside the tomb.”

The captains of the different mercenary groups along with the elders of various clans surrounded him in an instant. Their words were short, but their meaning was clear: It’s high time to open the tomb. You have a map, so share it with the rest of us.

He knew the crowd wouldn’t hesitate to kill for the key if he didn’t open the tomb voluntarily.

The more Cohen listened to them, the more he wanted to kick them. His company was ecstatic at the opportunity to enter the god’ tomb, but the group he was with weren’t that strong. He had only been taking them around to train a bit in the battlegrounds when the whole thing with the map happened. They needed more than the few powerful experts that gathered in front of the tomb to make the expedition work. How much exploring could they possibly do with the mishmash of talents they had now? Would they be able to exit alive if the entered?

He had sent his fastest guy to headquarters to notify the leaders of the company about the tomb. But it would take time for them to reorder everything and rendezvous with him and his squad. He hoped they were making haste and not wasting time fantasizing about the treasure.

Others, like Cohen, had also sent message back to their respective organizations. The real masters and big shot leaders hadn’t arrived yet. To access the tomb and get as much treasure as possible would require additional rear support. Just the congregation gathered wasn’t enough.

“Let’s go to the other side,” Zi Cheng said as soon as she saw Cohen appear.

“Huh? Why?” Luis asked suspiciously. The others shot her suspicious glances as well.

No one gathered around the entrance of the tomb noticed the small group of school children shift away from the crowd. Zi Cheng led Ming Xi and the others to a side location surrounded by poisonous shrubs. The mutant plants were no match for the kids.

“A side entrance?” Ai Lin asked pointing to a smooth stone wall in the tomb.

c137:

“Yes. There were two maps on the iron sheet I found. It showed two different entrances: a safe one and a random one. The random entrance will teleport you to a random location inside the tomb. There’s a chance you could land in a dangerous location.

I didn’t want to use it, but there are too many people in front of the main entrance; Plus it’s obvious the people from the Yiduo clan don’t like us. It would be dangerous to go the same way as them, so I thought we could try this route instead.”

Zi Cheng wasn’t lying. She had wanted to take the safer path initially, but walking the safe path with so many people would turn dangerous quickly. There was so much treasure, people would definitely fight. They were at a disadvantage since they were such a small group. So why not take a chance and gamble on the random entrance?

“Junior Zi Cheng has a point. Even a safe road will become dangerous when you squeeze so many people together. Let’s try this one.” Elena was a risk-taker at heart so she wasn’t concerned about the random transport.

“Yes, let’s take this entrance. Just be careful after you enter. Remember, it is a god’s tomb.” As the class senior in the group, Ming Xi felt it was his duty to warn everyone. While he didn’t have the same relationship with Pei Qing, Wind and Rain, they had travelled together, so technically they could be considered friends.

The trio obediently nodded their heads. Feng Wu gazed at him with big, bright eyes. Ming Xi ignored her. At this point he was used to her blatant, molesting stares.

The ground suddenly shook. Ming Xi and the others guessed Cohen had opened the entrance.

Zi Cheng took out the small piece of iron and aimed it at the smooth section of wall. When she did so a white light appeared above the area. An energy filled black hole quickly replaced the light.

The kids exchanged glances then proceeded to walk into the hole one by one.

After much endless spinning, Feng Wu appeared above what looked like beast territory. Yes it was a large expanse of land inhabited by beasts.[notes] She recognized the beasts, having read about them in one of the books in the library. They were called Four-Winged Sheep; high level fire type beasts. They spewed fire from their mouths and bodies all year round. Even their feathers were made of flames. The feathers were especially useful in attacking their enemies.

It was rare to see such high level beasts unless one went to their natural habitat. This was difficult given the great danger involved.

Feng Wu looked around. She couldn’t see anyone else. Was she lost? She blinked, feeling a little uncomfortable. Fortunately she grew up on Yuehua mountain, so quickly adapted to being alone.

The beasts were aware of the recent human incursion into their territory. They were quick to finish off any humans they found, but Feng Wu smelled different. These originally vicious beasts changed their minds.

“She had a wonderful scent!" They wanted to be friends with her!

“Me! Me! I want to be friends with her! The air around her feels so good…”

“Who is this human? Why don’t I want to bash her in?”

Dozens of Four-Winged Sheep, young and old, big and small, gathered around her and gazed curiously at her. The older ones had more resistance to Feng Wu; they didn’t immediately rush over to sniff her. The younger ones had no such ability. They rushed forward with wagging tails as they ran around her legs begging to be hugged and petted. Some nipped at her skirt trying to get her attention.

Feng Wu squinted and smiled. She was great with animals, and she loved getting along with them. Although the animals in this world were strange with awesomely destructive powers, it didn’t stop her from liking them.

She wasn’t afraid of the flames from the little ones. She bent down to pat them on the backs and play with their wings. It made the little ones shriek with joy.

The adult beasts were nervous she would hurt the little ones, but they relaxed upon seeing the Feng Wu’s lack of fear toward their flames.

Their flames weren’t physical, but spiritual ones. If they weren’t actively attacking you, then as long as you had good intentions in your heart, the flames wouldn’t hurt. Conversely, if you had evil intentions, then you would suffer painfully engulfed in the flames.

Feng Wu wasn’t afraid of their flames. It proved she didn’t have wicked thoughts toward them and that her heart was pure. It would have been impossible for her to be uninjured if she did.

Even if the baby beasts were weak, their flames were still effective against humans.

Feng Wu’s friendliness and her complete lack of fear toward their flames soon won the adult beasts over. The fact that she understood what they were saying made them even happier. They brought her to their cave and gave her some spiritual fruit as a welcoming present. It was the kind that increased bone strength.

She took a teeny tiny small mouthful of the fruit, completely unaware how precious it was. For her it was just a nice present from her new friends.

While Feng Wu was leisurely eating fruit, her travel companions were suffering.

Jier fell headfirst into a swamp and nearly drowned.

Wind and Rain were luckier, having landed in a forest, however it was a huge forest and they didn’t know where they were.

Pei Qing fell into a beast lair. Fortunately the beast wasn’t home and Pei Qing was able to run away before it returned.

Elena and Yifu teleported to the same location and nearly fell into a pool. If not for Elena’s quick reaction they, would have turned into dinner for a magical water beast.

Tian Ya may have just had a strong affinity for ice because he fell into a cold region surrounded by ice and snow. He was a master who understood the ice sword intent so it was an easy location for him.

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Zi Cheng fell into an abandoned ruin surrounded by fallen buildings, so she was relatively safe.

Ai Lin fell into a field filled with rare medicinal plants. Of everyone, she was the luckiest. She harvested as much as she could and stored them in her dimensional bag.

Jasmine landed in a snake pit. Luckily she landed with Gerasi and they were able to escape after a hard battle.

Luis had somewhat worse luck. He landed in a desert where scorpions occasionally burrowed out of the ground and chased after him.

As for Ming Xi, his luck was incredible. He landed near a crater, nearly falling into a volcano and burning to a crisp.

Because of the random teleportation, except for a few people who ended up together, most of them were scattered around the tomb. Each of them began moving in search of treasure.

Feng Wu was enjoying a banquet of spiritual fruits while being entertained enthusiastically by the sheep. The sheep were native to the tomb so they knew where all the fruits grew.

Feng Wu ate with one hand and petted with the other; she was having a great time.

“Xiao Wu, you have to be careful. This is a dangerous tomb. It’s a deadly legacy left by a god. Us Four-Winged Sheep have lived here for generations, but even for us, there are places we haven’t explored or dared go. It’s dangerous, so you can’t walk around willy nilly.” A mother sheep looked at Feng Wu lovingly as she delivered her warning.

“Yes, yes, please be careful. We feel that many humans entered recently. Humans are very baaaad. Of course Xiao Wu is not bad. Xiao Wu is good. Xiao Wu must be skeptical and not believe those other humans too easily,” warned another sheep.

They liked Feng Wu and were worried she would die in the tomb, so they told her about all the safe places they knew. But the tomb was made by a god and it was really too big. Despite living there for generations, their knowledge only extended as far as the grasslands. They didn’t know anything beyond those boundaries.

The sheep sent her off with lots of fruits. Feng Wu waved goodbye to the cute herd of sheep and continued on her journey alone.

Jier told her not to worry if she got separated from everyone. She should first explore the area around her. Be careful of the people she met while exploring. She needed to remember to protect herself and only trust the senior sister and brothers of Ming Xi’s team. As for anyone else, she needed to be careful and not trust them too quickly, or believe their words too easily, this included Zi Cheng and Ai Lin.

Feng Wu didn’t understand why she shouldn’t believe Zi Cheng, but she wasn’t a curious person so she didn’t ask. She was good at being obedient and following directions.

She walked forward in the grasslands. The sky was filled with fluffy clouds that moved with the wind and the sun shone warmly on her head. From time to time a beast would walk by.

Feng Wu’s approachable aura was powerful. Even a fierce beast, as long as it was an intelligent creature, wouldn’t be malicious toward her. At worse, if it was in a particularly foul mood, it would just ignore her.

In another direction, hundreds of people entering the tomb faced a difficult decision.

“Cohen, which way should we go?” A squad captain from another mercenary group came over trying to get some information.

Everyone had entered the tomb once the entrance was opened. They walked into an enormous hall with several doors. Each door was engraved with mysterious images and text. They knew the doors represented a choice. Choosing the wrong one meant failing or even dying.

So which door should they take? No one dared make the first move. Everyone was curious what the Inferno company would do since they had the key. They wondered if the company had intelligence on the tomb.

How could Cohen not know what they were thinking? He smiled bitterly. “You guys, you don’t have to wait. We don’t know which door to choose either. The only thing that appeared on the iron was the map to the tomb and the key. We don’t know anything else.”

Members of the Inferno company squad had, on more than one occasion, wanted to curse out loud. The key was theirs to begin with, but someone snatched it, and it was only with great difficulty that they managed to get it back. Once they got it back, the fact that they had it was leaked to the public. They were a small squad and everyone was watching them to see what they were hiding. They had to be careful what came out of their mouths.

But what could they possibly hide? If they really knew the pathways inside the tomb, would they really hang around so unprepared?

The crowd believed most of what Cohen said. It was obvious when they thought about it. It was a god’s tomb. Finding a key and an external map was already pretty good. To also find an internal map? Wasn’t that just too good to be true?

Generally speaking, exploring a tomb should involve adventure and work. There would be many levels, trials, and tests of fortune. How you fared depended on your ability and luck. If there was an internal map, wouldn’t that be too easy? By then, could it even be called it test?

The more logical members in the crowd were inclined to believe Cohen.

Of course there were those who didn’t believe him as well. What if he was lying? Then they would be losing out on a really good lead. They decided to follow him and pick up whatever advantages they could get.

Those who believed Cohen didn’t have a map stood by the door they wanted to go through. Those who didn’t believe continued to stare at him and his team, intent on following whichever door the team chose. It took a long time before someone finally mustered the courage to walk through one of the doors.

“What?! How is this possible? How’d I end up in a desert?!” A person exclaimed after walking through a door. He had been teleported to a desert.

c139: Inheritance

“Grasslands? To have a dimensional space, truly deserving to be called a god’s tomb!” A boundless field of grass spread in front.

“Whoa! What is this place? So cold! It’s freezing!” It was a white world with snow above and ice below.

“Damn it! There’s too much water! Are we at sea?!” It was like an endless ocean.

“Hot! Hot! A freaking volcano? Really?!” A volcanic crater lay nearby.

A different world lay behind each door. Which one it led to all depended on luck.

A majestic voice resounded from the sky after everyone entered. It sounded like it came from the heavens, powerful and imposing.

It said, “Congratulations adventurers. Congratulations on finding this place. It is my tomb, the god Calven. I don’t know how many millennia has passed, but you are the first humans to enter this place.

I was an ordinary, weak human ten millennia ago. After working hard and training diligently, I broke through the barrier and ascended to the heavens, becoming a self-made god.[notes]

I thought I would have eternal life after becoming a god. I never expected the battle between the gods and demons would erupt. So many of us gods fell here.

During my lifetime, I, Calven was devoted to practicing the magical arts. I never accepted a disciple and did not leave a legacy behind. Before I died, I used my final strength to create this tomb. Whoever can pass my test will become my successor and inherit my legacy.”

“A legacy! A real bonafide legacy!”

“I never expected this. I have to try my luck!”

“This is useless to a sword user. I wouldn’t have come if I knew.”

“Stupid. Even if you can’t get the legacy as a sword user, you can still loot for treasure! Just a little here and you’ll be set for a few decades at least!”

“True! True! I wasn’t thinking.”

Magicians were boiling with passion at God Calven’s words. Sword users did not retreat either. Even if they couldn’t get the inheritance, they could still get some amazing treasures.

“It seems everyone is ready. The first part of the test will begin. Everyone made their choices from the doors in the hall. Every door represents a miniature world. You will encounter various dangers in these worlds.

Face these dangers with your weapons and remove the obstacles in your way. Escape the world with your intelligence and wit. The first one hundred to do so will earn a spot on the second floor. So come adventurers! I await your arrival on the second floor!”

And just like that, ambitious individuals tried to take the lead to pass the first test.

In the bowels of the tomb, where no one could see, a black figure widened his blood, red eyes in anticipation. “Come! Come! Come to me! I waited so long for this day! Now it’s finally here! Hahaha!”

None of the adventurers knew there was a monster underground waiting for them. They were blinded by the possible legacy and countless treasure in the tomb. No one thought about what lay in wait for them.

Feng Wu stared blankly at the sky. She blinked when her eyes began to sting. “Find the exit?” Feng Wu mumbled to herself. She took a step and moved forward.

Feng Wu was a courteous and well-behaved child. She made many friends on the grasslands. Whenever she met a beast, she would take the initiative to greet it and offer it a spiritual fruit. The beasts didn’t take advantage of her, quickly returning the favor and giving her an even better fruit back in exchange.

Her path was easy without danger.

Other adventurers who entered the grassland weren’t so fortunate. It was a wide expansive region, home to thousands of beasts, most of which lived in herds and packs, so provoking one meant provoking the entire group.

The adventurers suffered greatly. In a short period of time the once peaceful grasslands became chaotic, thick with the smell of blood. It was a slaughterhouse.

Drew was only eighteen. He had tried to test into Xingguang Holy Academy earlier, but had failed. He had been practicing the sword at this father’s house since then. His father was an average adventurer – not particularly weak or particularly strong. Drew had followed his father and practiced daily for many years.

Recently his father had to rely on medicinal potions to stay alive. He had been poisoned by a beast while out on a mission to collect some rare herbs.

Legend had it, a spiritual fruit that could cure all types of poison grew in the Realm Battlegrounds. The market value was exorbitant though. There was no way Drew could buy it even if he saved for a hundred years.

This was why he was in the battlegrounds: in order to find the fruit for his father.

He met several other adventurers when he entered the battlegrounds. They were all about the same age so they hit it off really well, and before long ended up as a team.

They were only in the battlegrounds for two days when news of the god’s tomb reached them. Drew had no interest in the tomb; he knew he wouldn’t be able to enter a dangerous place like that with his strength, but his newfound companions wanted to go. They persuaded him that the god’s tomb would be the best place to find the spiritual fruit he was seeking, thus he agreed to enter the tomb with them.

The door they chose led them to the grasslands. It was so big, they couldn’t see the end of it.

The arrival of a god named Calven made his companions even more crazy. They wholeheartedly wanted to take the test and get the inheritance. The magicians in the team were especially determined.

Currently he and his companions were in a hard fight.

“Damn! Why are there so many wolves?!” a handsome, young fire magician gritted his teeth as he shot fireballs at the attacking wolves. josei

c140:

“Lee, what should we do?” Asia asked as he severed the head of a wolf. He was covered in sweat and blood. His face was full of anxiety as he looked to the strongest one in their group hoping there was a plan.

“Lee! Think of something!” Katerina yelled. She had lost her usual poise and grace sometime ago, and was now looking worn and bedraggled in her white magic robe.

The group of six was split evenly with three magicians and three sword masters. They hadn’t suffered any casualties yet, but they were exhausted from the continuous fighting.

“Drew! Block! I have a scroll my teacher gave me for just this kind of situation, but we need time to activate it!” Lee ordered. He didn’t let them down and immediately came up with a plan.

“Okay.” Drew nodded his head determinedly. He was a beefy guy, honest and straightforward. He fought even more fiercely, trying to gain as much time as he could for them to get the scroll ready.

He was fighting so hard for the people he thought were his companions that he didn’t notice the pitying looks they shot him. All of them thought he was a fool.

Lee’s last resort wasn’t an attack scroll but a random teleportation scroll. It was a high caliber scroll, capable of transporting up to ten people at a time, however it required some time to activate, which was why it was important to have someone act as a decoy to attract the wolves.

Drew was the last to join the team, so he was the natural choice to leave behind. They had let him join because he seemed honest and had good swordsmanship. He would be able to buy them time if things ever got dangerous. They would not have added an unknown person to their team otherwise.

It was fortunate Lee had the scroll. It was fortunate Drew joined the team. Who else would have agreed to stay behind as a sacrifice?

A white light enveloped Lee’s original team of five. Drew, who had been fiercely fighting, thought the scroll was finally ready when he heard the movement. He turned around only to find Lee’s team smirking gleefully at him before disappearing with the light.

Drew was naïve, but even he realized they had deceived him. The wolves surrounded him and he knew he wouldn’t survive.

His arms and legs were trembling from fatigue but he stood his ground and continued fighting for another ten minutes. He was covered in bloody bite marks and the loss of blood was taking its toll. He inevitably collapsed.

As his consciousness faded he thought he saw a shadow heading his way.

Feng Wu had walked aimlessly for several hours before coming upon the sounds of fighting in wolf territory. She wanted to ask if anyone had seen Jier so she had jogged over. Unexpectedly a man collapsed just as she reached them. The wolves decided not to kill him after talking to Feng Wu.

Drew woke up on a rock, his wounds fully bandaged. He struggled into a seated position and saw a beautiful, dark haired girl sitting not too far away. She was staring blankly at the sky, but turned to look at him at the sound of movement. The two of them stared at each other in silence.

Drew caved first. Unable to handle her disturbingly, expressionless stare he finally asked, “Did you save me?”

“Have you seen Jier or Ming Xi?” she asked.

Her friends? he wondered. Drew shook his head. “No I haven’t seen them.”

“Oh.” Feng Wu responded quietly. She took out a spiritual fruit from her space ring[notes] and handed it to Drew.

“Thank you.” Drew bit into the fruit. “By the way, my name is Drew. Thank you for saving me.” He smiled. His body still hurt, but the pain was tolerable. It reminded him everything he’d just experienced was real. If not for the pain he would have thought everything, being abandoned by his companions and nearly eaten by wolves, was a nightmare.

“My name is Feng Wu. You don’t have to thank me.” Her face was still a frozen, unreadable mask as she spoke.

Drew was curious. How did she manage to save him from the claws of so many wolves? He wanted to ask but one look at her frozen face made him decide he should build some good will with his benefactor first.

Drew bit into the fruit some more as he thought about it. The flesh was sweet and melted like butter in his mouth. He felt the wounds on his body tingling soon after swallowing the first bite. Curious, he opened his bandage. Pale, tender, pink flesh greeted him. New skin had actually grown over the wound!

This… this was too amazing! Was she a divine benefactor?! To share such a precious, spiritual fruit so freely!

While Drew was surprised, he was also touched. Her kindness was all the more meaningful after having experienced his companions’ betrayal. He vowed he would repay her somehow.

Drew’s injury healed rapidly after eating the fruit. He was fit to travel not too long after.

On the journey, Feng Wu stopped many times to ask the beasts she encountered how to leave the grasslands.

Drew’s former teammates had good luck and managed to teleport to a relatively quiet location. There were a few random beasts, but there were no large herds. They had no doubts Drew died battling the wolves. His death didn’t leave in impression on them; he had always been an expendable recruit.

None of them ever thought he would be so lucky as to meet Feng Wu, a girl with amazing abilities.

Drew had followed Feng Wu ever since she had rescued him. He didn’t seem like a bad person, and she didn’t dislike him, so she hadn’t chased him away.