Chapter 1373: Chapter 1352: Paradise Beyond the World, Old Yu Town
Endless Deep Mountains in the southwest of Huaxia.
Late at night, under the bright moonlight, Ye Huan, who had been rushing toward Wuya Peak at full speed for an entire day, carried the weary Empress on his back and arrived at the entrance of a small town, which was still more than seventy kilometers away from Wuya Peak.
If Ye Huan were traveling alone, he wouldn’t stop anywhere, just head straight for his destination.
However, the Empress, whose Ancient Martial Arts power was only at the Celestial God Level, was already exhausted after a long day of trekking, unable to muster any strength to continue the journey.
It was too late, and the Empress was too tired.
Just as they arrived at this small town, Ye Huan decided to take a break here, rest for a night, and then set off again.
"Brother Ye, I’m sorry, I’ve held you back again." The Empress said apologetically, feeling utterly useless.
"It’s fine, we’re not too far from Wuya Town, and the town seems lively. Maybe we can get some information about the Six Gate and my friend here."
Ye Huan smiled, reassuring the Empress, who was filled with self-blame, then adjusted her position and walked into the town together.
During this time, both he and the Empress felt a bit embarrassed.
Having focused on carrying the Empress for several hours, Ye Huan deeply understood how captivating the Empress’s pair of S-shaped perfectly curved, long and fair beautiful legs were. Touching them ignited a blazing flame in his heart, and his mind couldn’t help but wander.
The Empress, on the other hand, felt the warmth of Ye Huan’s rough hands, her heart racing like a deer, as she was filled with a mix of deep affection and an extreme sense of security. She wanted to be carried by Ye Huan forever and wished to keep this feeling forever.
She truly felt that following along was the right choice!
If she hadn’t come, she might never have had the chance to be alone with Ye Huan like this.
"Mommy, help, there are aliens, waaaah!!"
As Ye Huan and the Empress entered the town, a kid playing with mud on the roadside saw them and suddenly burst into tears, running home!
Hearing the noise, the wooden door of a stone house opened.
Inside, a woman dressed in hemp clothes quickly reached out, embracing the child to comfort him, and looked carefully at the direction the child came from.
Upon seeing Ye Huan and the Empress, her face changed, and she quickly retreated into the house, slamming the door shut.
Apart from her, others on the street watched Ye Huan and the Empress a few times, frowned, and stopped their actions.
A skinny man, after gazing at them for a while, his face changed slightly, and he quickly ran into a tavern...
Ye Huan and the Empress were puzzled, unable to understand the situation.
When did we become aliens?
Thinking like this, they soon realized the problem.
This small town was called a town, but it was entirely different from those outside the deep mountains.
Using Cyan Peak Town as an example.
In the background of rapid human civilization development, Huaxia’s national power quickly growing, vigorously supporting impoverished regions, Cyan Peak Town, once a desolate border town, now has high-rise buildings like a big city, countless villas, well-organized bright streetlights, and flowing traffic.
The people in the town are dressed in fashionable brand clothes.
This small town in front of them is entirely different from Cyan Peak Town.
The town has no luxurious high-rise buildings, no bustling vehicles, no tall streetlights, only ancient Hui-style architecture, two-wheeled carts, and red lanterns hung on wooden stakes for illumination.
The townsfolk’s clothing style also has a significant difference from the outside world.
There are beggars sitting on the street, holding broken bowls, looking very poor, and wearing dusty rough hemp clothes.
While the bustling passerby wore silk robes and exquisite long robes.
In comparison, Ye Huan and the Empress’s stylish sportswear looked completely different, as if they were people from a different century, as if they had time-traveled here.
In this situation, it’s understandable that the townsfolk would be vigilant.
"Please hold your steps," suddenly, a charming, alluring female voice came.
Ye Huan and the Empress looked in the direction of the voice source and saw a beautiful woman with long black hair tied on top of her head, dressed in a deep purple silk tight dress, with an eye-catching curvy figure and slanted phoenix eyes walking out from a tavern on the right hand side, coming up to them.
"Young man, may I ask, are you from beyond the deep mountains?" The beautiful woman blinked her phoenix eyes, looked Ye Huan and the Empress over curiously, and asked.
Ye Huan nodded, indicating yes.
"Oh, that’s wonderful!" The beautiful woman clapped her hands excitedly after receiving a confirmation answer and pulled Ye Huan into the tavern, laughing delightedly, "Young man, seeing you like this, you must have been traveling a lot and are exhausted, right? Come, come here, have some food and drink, rest a bit."
Ye Huan frowned slightly; he could tell this beautiful woman was genuinely happy.
There was no pretentiousness at all.
It was strange; he had no connection with her, so why was she so happy after seeing him and the Empress?
"Everyone, quiet, quiet, I want to announce that these two are visitors from the outside world!"
"We at Old Yu Town haven’t had visitors from outside for over twenty years; this is a rare guest!"
"Everyone, come and offer a toast to this young man and young lady, to show the hospitality and style of Old Yu Town!"
After pulling Ye Huan into the tavern, the woman clapped her hands vigorously, attracting all the eyes on the first and second floors, signaling everyone to greet Ye Huan.
Unfortunately, most people just glanced and then turned their heads back.
Among the remaining, most simply swept their eyes over Ye Huan, and their gaze lingered on the Empress for a long time before turning back to drinking their wine, eating their food, chatting away.
No one wanted to come forward and display local hospitality; they all chose to ignore Ye Huan and the Empress.
The woman felt somewhat awkward and laughed off-handedly, seating Ye Huan and the Empress at the only remaining empty table in the corner on the first floor, sitting herself beside the Empress and showing a helpless expression to Ye Huan opposite her, gently opening her bright red lips, helplessly saying, "Young man, sorry, over the past hundred years, too many outsiders have sneaked into the deep mountains for profit, conducting illegal picking, hunting, and other activities, severely damaging the deep mountains’ ecological environment, leading most people here to resent outsiders."
Ye Huan didn’t mind the tavern diners’ reactions. If they all warmly came down to offer drinks, he actually wouldn’t feel comfortable.
Instead, what the woman said piqued his interest quite a bit.
"From what you say, are you not a person born and raised in the Endless Deep Mountains?" Ye Huan asked curiously.
"No, twenty years ago, I was disillusioned with the scheming in the city, and happened to hear of such a paradise-like place, so I snuck in here. At first, I pretended to be from other towns and, after a bit of struggle, opened this tavern here." The lady boss said, showing a serious expression, clasped her hands together and asked in a low voice, "Young man, you must keep this secret for me, or I can’t survive in the deep mountains."
Ye Huan laughed, "Don’t worry, I’m not the type bored enough to reveal others’ secrets for amusement."
"Haha, that’s good, young man, you’re so handsome, I trust you." The charming tavern owner cast Ye Huan a seductive glance, then pulled a leaf-made roll from her pocket and lit it with a match, taking a deep puff, her eyes on Ye Huan and the Empress, ambiguously saying, "You two are a couple, right? You must have spent quite some energy and time to get here?"
