Surviving in high-level martial arts and stacking Hextech

Chapter 115 "Mirage"

"Did I damage my brain during the teleportation and am I hallucinating?"

In an unnamed corner of the wilderness, Jiang Feng gazed into the distance with a complex expression.

At the edge of the gray horizon, a magnificent building looms in the distance.

It's more like an old high-rise building than a palace.

On the high-rise building, the towering eaves seem to pierce the sky, and the huge outline flickers in the distance, as if it could be swallowed up by the wind and sand of the wasteland at any moment, or as if it does not belong to this space at all.

"A mirage?"

Jiang Feng was stunned. The shock of this thing even surpassed the shock of being teleported to this unfamiliar place. He exclaimed incredulously, "How come there are things like this in another world?"

At this moment, Zhang Ruanruan also came up, her gaze also falling on that spectacle, and asked in confusion, "What building?"

"Mirage." Jiang Feng repeated the four words.

"This is an optical phenomenon that mainly depends on the refraction and reflection of light."

Jiang Feng explained briefly, then, fearing Zhang Ruanruan might not understand, added, "It's just that the path of light propagation changes, projecting the appearance of buildings from a very distant place."

He wasn't sure if Zhang Ruanruan would understand his explanation, but this was all the knowledge he knew.

"Projection?" Zhang Ruanruan caught the word. "You mean that pavilion is fake?"

"Hard to say." Jiang Feng frowned, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

Let's not even talk about how this world is different from Earth; it's a world of advanced martial arts.

Even on Earth, mirages themselves have many mysteries.

What time-space distortion, Penglai Immortal Island, what mirage that can't find its original scene, what parallel world...?

For Jiang Feng, who has loved strange things since childhood, the legend of the mirage is something he has to experience.

"Then how about..."

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Zhang Ruanruan stared at the ancient building, which was faintly visible, and remained silent for a moment. "Shall we go take a look?"

"Why did you blurt out what I was thinking?" Jiang Feng said with a smile.

"hey-hey."

Oh my god.

Jiang Feng was surprised to see Zhang Ruanruan give a sweet, innocent smile.

Although her lips were chapped and her face was covered in smudges left by Ktugya's burning, it did not diminish the soft light that shone in her red eyes when she smiled, like a sudden burst of spring in the wilderness, captivating all who looked away.

It was only at this moment that Jiang Feng clearly realized that he would probably be alone with the other person for a long time to come.

Why are you staring at me?

Jiang Feng, who had been in Chu Nan for over 20 years, didn't realize that he was thinking about this matter, and his gaze didn't look away at all.

Zhang Ruanruan blushed under the stare and quickly wiped her face.

However, the stains caused by Ketugeya are not so easy to wipe away. Without the protection of Daoist energy, they will remain dirty forever.

"oh oh."

Jiang Feng only snapped out of his daze when he heard her words. Seeing Zhang Ruanruan wiping her face, he suddenly remembered something very important.

He quickly looked to his left.

The bracelet formed from the Darkin Scythe is still there, but...

"Fuck your CRUTUGA!" Jiang Feng exclaimed anxiously, "Where's my storage ring?"

Yes, the ring that was filled with many, many bottles of purified water resources and more than 1000 million Star Sea Coins has been lost.

"That's not right?" Jiang Feng scratched his head and muttered to himself, "I remember when the flames came, I grabbed that thing and it didn't burn, did it?"

If it wasn't destroyed by Ktugia's flames, where did the ring go?

What was even more disheartening was that Zhang Ruanruan then replied with a grim expression, "Mine is gone too."

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The two looked at each other in silence.

"That's it, we're really going to die."

Jiang Feng was discouraged. "We can figure out a way to get food, after all, there are plenty of strange beasts in here. At worst, I can even cosplay as Maimaiti. But how can we play without water?"

Before a martial artist reaches the Qi and Blood Realm, they are essentially the same as ordinary people, needing food and water.

Just as Jiang Feng was scratching his head in frustration, Zhang Ruanruan suddenly said, "Open your mouth."

Jiang Feng: "?"

Then, he accepted the words in just 0.1 seconds and obediently opened his mouth.

Who cares about this or that? If a beautiful white-haired, red-eyed girl is standing in front of you and asking you to open your mouth, being able to refuse is practically a sign of astronomical incompetence.

Then, Zhang Ruanruan raised a finger and pointed it at Jiang Feng's mouth, making a "whoosh" sound.

The next moment, a trickle of water emerged from her fingertips and gently shot into Jiang Feng's mouth, where he then swallowed it.

"Oh my god..." Jiang Feng swallowed the words back, remembering that Zhang Ruanruan was right next to him.

He looked at Zhang Ruanruan with astonishment in his eyes, "You're amazing!"

Actually, it's because he himself hasn't changed his mindset. As someone who specializes in water-attribute techniques and martial arts, it would be easy for Zhang Ruanruan to create water out of thin air.

Seeing Jiang Feng drink the water, Zhang Ruanruan blushed inexplicably. She said, "I am currently deficient in qi and blood, so I cannot drink water for a long time. We need to find a safe place to rest."

Her condition wasn't much better than Jiang Feng's; the remaining star marrow was still inside her body and hadn't been digested, and she was also injured on the outside.

"The teleportation array behind us is gone, which is why I suggested that instead of waiting to die here, we should go and take a look at the mirage building you mentioned."

"...Mirage." Jiang Feng corrected it again.

"Oh, okay." Zhang Ruanruan nodded. "I've got it, I've got it. Mirage."

"Shall we go?"

"Walk!"

Having made their decision, the two walked toward the illusory image of the ancient building.

More than three hours later.

The harsh weather in the wilderness made the journey extremely difficult, and even the two of them, with their strong martial arts physiques, were finding it hard to keep up.

Fortunately, the mirage is already very close.

"Do you ever have that feeling?" Zhang Ruanruan asked, looking at the mirage less than a mile away.

"Yes, brother, I have some."

Jiang Feng nodded, tacitly stating what Zhang Ruanruan wanted to say, "You mean the sense of incongruity?"

"Yes," Zhang Ruanruan said.

"This building gives me a very old-fashioned feeling. I can't prove this concept with its appearance, but I just have this feeling for no reason."

"I understand." Jiang Feng pondered for a moment. "Actually, I feel the same way."

On the gray wasteland, this mirage seemed like a colossal object that did not belong to this world, standing silently in the crack of time and space.

Upon closer inspection, the two could clearly see that the mirage was a dark silver color, its surface covered with geometric patterns and stellar symbols they couldn't decipher. These patterns sometimes brightened, sometimes dimmed, resembling some kind of energy circuit beyond their comprehension.

Zhang Ruanruan walked to the edge of the ancient building, reached out her hand, and gently touched it.

Her fingertips did not go through.

Instead, it encountered a cold, hard, and incredibly real wall.

"It has a tactile feel."

Zhang Ruanruan's eyes brightened slightly. "It seems that what you said is true; this really isn't an afterimage."

"We... made the right bet."