Chapter 246: Carriage - 246
Zhou Fan opened his eyes and quickly got off of the bed. He hadn't changed his clothes or taken a bath sunce the fall, so he was still covered in dirt.
As he opened the door, he was met with the same elf group as before.
"We are here to show you to the bath and wash your clothes." The elf in the lead said.
Zhou Fan wasn't surprised as it would be weird if they presented someone who could be elf royalty while he was filthy.
"Alright." Zhou Fan said as he walked out the door and followed the man. The rest of the group stayed behind near a bunch of carts.
After walking for three minutes, Zhou Fan and the elf man reached a pool of water. It was clean, but it still had traces of dirt in it.
"We drew this bath up specially for you. If you are willing, would you change into these clothes so that I can wash yours?" The elf man asked.
Zhou Fan nodded and went behind a tree where he changed his clothes. Naturally, his clothes were formed from Qi, but they could still technically be washed if he willed it.
As the elf man walked back to the village with Zhou Fan's clothes, Zhou Fan laid down in the pool.
In an instant, all the dirt and grime from the fall disappeared from his body. He let some of it be absorbed by the water to avoid suspicion, but most of it was directly erased.
For thirty minutes, Zhou Fan laid on the pool floor while staring up.
Although this wasn't quite what he had in mind when he thought of sitting in a river, it was a start.
'This may end up being interesting.' Zhou Fan thought to himself.
As the thirty minutes passed, Zhou Fan sensed the elf man returning and stood up.
Zhou Fan's lower body was hidden by the pool walls, so the man simply handed him a towel and his clean clothes before walking away towards the village.
Zhou Fan discarded the towel and dried himself on before snapping his fingers. The clothes dispersed and were reformed as he did so.
Then, he began to walk to the village in silence. The walk was much nicer than before despite the path being in an open area.
As Zhou Fan arrived at the village, he saw that the carts and wagons seemed to be fully loaded with whatever the group was bringing.
As Zhou Fan was spotted, the old elf walked up to him.
He led Zhou Fan to the only carriage as he spoke. "We will be leaving in three minutes. I decided to bring the five you met before with us for a few reasons, but mostly to make the journey less work for us."
Zhou Fan and the old elf sat in the carriage for the next three minutes until they felt it begin to move.
Zhou Fan looked around the carriage. It was fairly big with enough space to hold him, the old elf, and 6 more people, although the elf group would not enter. The seats were comfortable and there were windows, although they were closed right now.
Zhou Fan and the old elf sat on opposite sides. They were just about as far apart as one could be on the carriage.
As the journey to the elf capital progressed, the old elf struck up some conversations with Zhou Fan.
In order to be polite, Zhou Fan talked with him.
They talked about many pointless things, but some important things came up eventually.
On the way, Zhou Fan learned about some of the elves' history.
Within the entire world, there was one elf empire. Within the empire were three kingdoms and the imperial kingdom. If one ignored the Imperial Kingdom, then they were heading to the biggest kingdom's capital.
The three non imperial kingdoms were known as the elf kingdom, the tree kingdom, and the plant kingdom.
Zhou Fan was in the elf kingdom.
The plant kingdom was filled with many plants, the tree kingdom was filled with many trees, and the elf kingdom had the biggest population of elves.
Even the imperial kingdom, while much more prosperous and powerful, had a lower population.
The three kings had been at the 4th level of the void traversing realm before the reset, while the emperor had been at the 10th level.
Without needing to think too much, it was obvious who the holder of the elves' providence was.
Zhou Fan had heard a lot more interesting information, but that had been the most important piece.
During the 4 day trip, the old elf had fallen asleep a few times, while Zhou Fan had remained awake with his legs resting on the seats across from him.
He spent most of the time looking outside of the window.
Eventually, Zhou Fan could see the silhouette of a giant wall appearing in the distance.
It was so far away that it was actually foggy, but it signified that the journey was soon to end.
Zhou Fan woke the old elf up and told him that they were nearing. When the old elf looked at the distant walls, he laughed and said that they were still five hours away.
Zhou Fan nodded and continued waiting.
Surprisingly, after only two hours, the carriage came to a sudden stop. The stop knocked the old elf out of his sleep.
He was about to storm outside angrily, but he suddenly heard a shout.
"Bandits!"
The old elf's eyes widened as he began to rush out of the carriage.
"Who the hell has time to rob? Why aren't they cultivating? Idiots." The old man muttered to himself as he was rushing out.
Zhou Fan just sat there with an amused expression on his face.
'What a trope.' He said to himself.
He looked outside and saw fifteen archer bandits with their bows pulled back.
Zhou Fan reminisced as he saw such a scene. His last run in with bandits had been so long ago it was hard to remember.
If he was right, he had only been at the foundation establishment realm and scared them away with a quick attack.
As the elves fought for their lives, Zhou Fan stared at the sky with a fond look on his face.
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