In the middle of the avenue leading from the royal capital to the City of God's Advent and the seaside port, there is a city called Cross City.
This is an important commercial road in Xiinsai, and all convoys traveling from south to north must pass through here.
The two city gates were open, and there was an endless stream of teams coming in and out. The ruts stretched for dozens of miles.
As a result, street shops in the city have become prosperous, and the prosperity brought by business roads can be seen.
In addition to all kinds of clothing, food, housing and transportation, one of the busier ones is the trailer repair shop.
As the most important tool for caravan transportation, it is often damaged.
That’s where trailer repair shops came into existence.
There are rows of trailers of various sizes parked in front of the store with rickety signs.
People passing by were not surprised when they saw someone under the trailer, but instead shouted familiarly.
"Vivien."
"It's still so busy today!"
A young woman was lying under the trailer holding a tool and answered without poking her head out.
"yes!"
"Two more caravans came today. It must be repaired before tomorrow afternoon."
What she wore was not the gorgeous burqa favored by city dwellers, but a coarsely woven garment popular among the lower class commoners, consisting of only an upper body and shorts.
Not gorgeously soft, but very wearable.
It is used to prevent gravel from entering the gaps in the bone armor and is very useful in protecting fragile joints.
Of course, it is also used to keep out the cold.
Because the apprentices of the Temple of Truth graduated one after another, some of these apprentices were unable to enter the nine temples, so they returned to their hometowns to build various ritual workshops, among which the weaving workshop was the most popular.
This caused the price of coarse weavings to continue to drop, and some civilians began to buy them.
The trailer hadn't been repaired yet, and suddenly a man ran over panting and shouted to Vivien.
"Go home quickly!"
"Just now, something happened to your sister."
Vivien suddenly poked her head out from under the car and stared at the visitor for a while.
Then he immediately put down his tools and ran towards home.
The owner of the store also chased out at this time, shouting at Vivien's back.
"Be careful."
"Come back and tell me if you have anything."
When Vivien returned home, she saw her neighbors standing in front of her house, and everyone sighed.
She became even more nervous.
She rushed into the room and saw her sister lying on the bed.
Covered in blood.
Vivien's eyes were blank, and she looked at the neighbors around her.
"What happened to my sister?"
This city has a history of hundreds of years. Many old buildings can be traced back to the middle period of the Silen Dynasty of the Star Luo Kingdom. From time to time, you can see some old walls collapsing or rubble falling from high places. Wen's sister was hit by a collapsing rock while playing.
She cautiously approached the bed and looked at her sister lying on the bed.
She held back her tears and wanted to reach out and hug her sister, but she was afraid of hurting her.
"Don't be afraid, sister is here."
"Sister is here."
My sister was so seriously injured, but she smiled and took out the candy given to her by her neighbor: "Sister, it's so sweet."
Vivien smiled along with her sister, but she couldn't really smile.
"Uh-huh!"
"Hmm~"
"You eat alone, and my sister won't take it from you."
She nodded, then picked up her sister and went to the nearby doctor.
When people on the road saw her, they immediately gave way.
The doctor lives in an alley where dragons and snakes are mixed. There are people queuing at the door and chatting at the same time.
"Have you heard? The Witch Doctor's House."
"I know, I know, even if a person is about to die, a witch doctor can revive him with just one breath."
"Even if your arms and legs are broken, they can make you regrow them."
"Is it true or not? So powerful?"
Vivien was not in the mood to listen to their chat, so she rushed inside with her sister in her arms.
"Doctor!"
"Where's the doctor?"
"Quick...save my sister."
The doctor asked Vivien to put her sister on the bed, looked at her briefly and then shook her head.
"The internal organs were injured and there is no way to save him."
Xiinsai's doctor can treat external injuries, but injuries to internal organs are entirely a matter of fate.
But looking at Sister Vivien's condition, it's hard to get through it on her own.
Vivien held the doctor's hand hard: "Please..."
There was really nothing the doctor could do. He stretched out his hand to interrupt Vivien's words.
"In her condition, no one in Cross City can save her. It is estimated that only the legendary witch doctor's house can save her."
Vivien heard about the witch doctor's house for the first time: "Do you know where the witch doctor's house is?"
The doctor just heard from other doctors: "The witch doctor appeared in the north of Cross City recently, but he has already left."
"They came all the way from the north, maybe they are going to the City of God's Advent."
"Of course, it could also be heading to Anhuo City."
The doctor was quite talented. He checked the sister's injury again, then cleaned the wound and bandaged it.
"She should be able to survive for a few days. You have to find a witch doctor within five or six days to possibly save her."
Vivien thanked the doctor and left with her sister.
She asked around about the place where the Witch Doctor's House last appeared, and also drew all the places where the Witch Doctor's House had appeared on the map. She left Cross City that day and pursued the direction and road where the Witch Doctor's House might go. Go up.
She dragged a small trailer and left the city gate with her sister.
The scorching rays of the sun outside shone down, coupled with the bumps caused by the uneven road.
The weak sister shouted softly.
"elder sister."
"So sad."
In order to make her sister more comfortable, she pulled a small shed on the trailer to block the sun, and put all the quilts in the house on it to try not to let her sister feel the bumps.
It looks like a mini cabin has been dragged behind it.
"Eat sweets."
"It doesn't feel bad to eat sweets."
My sister is young and has no concept of death. She is not afraid of anything when she sips a candy bar.
"Uh-huh!"
"So sweet!"
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Above the wilderness, a young female clover was dragging a heavy trailer.
At every village and town she passed along the way, she would ask about the witch doctor's house, or whether there was heavy fog or strange houses around.
one day.
Two days.
Day five.
She still hadn't found the Witch Doctor's House, and no one nearby had even heard of the Witch Doctor's House.
She began to wonder if she was looking in the wrong direction.
just started.
My sister was still able to talk to her, but she started coughing up blood from the third day on.
Starting this morning, my sister fell directly into a high fever and coma.
As night fell, Vivien stood on the bare road.
She was like a drunken drunkard, spinning around in circles and looking in every direction around her.
Whether moving forward or backward, there was only confusion on her face.
"elder sister!"
"I feel terrible."
Look at my sister's face in the moonlight. She opened her mouth in tears.
"Hmm~"
"Sister, I know you feel uncomfortable, so just go to sleep!"
"Go to sleep! It won't feel uncomfortable when you sleep."
She touched her sister's hand and sang a lullaby.
"La la la la!"
"La la la la la!"
She had tried her best, but she couldn't do anything and could only watch her sister die.
The sun sets, and the lights of the city loom in the distance.
But I couldn't feel the slightest warmth.
While singing, Vivien suddenly knelt on the ground weakly.
She lowered her head and let out a yell.
"God!"
"If you really exist, please give me guidance!"
She held her face and raised her head helplessly, and saw an obvious black shadow flying in front of the moon, which was emitting faint moonlight.
It was an empty boat.
As she watched this scene, some memories in her memory seemed to be touched.
"That is!"
"Why is this scene so familiar?"
She immediately got up and rummaged for something in her box.
In the tool box, there is an old monocular telescope.
Vivien has almost forgotten where it came from?
It seems that someone gave it to her when she was playing at the Holy Lake when she was little.
She immediately picked up the monocular and looked over, and saw what was flying under the moon.
A colorful hot air balloon with an ellipsoid-shaped cabin embedded underneath.
"Strong teng, dreamy three-story house."
Although it is not the same as the one that appeared in the mist in the legend, such a special building is extremely rare in the entire Xiinsai.
It is clear.
This should be the witch doctor's house she is looking for.
She was so excited that she dragged her sister towards the empty boat flying over the moon, shouting.
"Wait for me."
"Wait for us."
She dragged her sister with a trailer and chased in the direction of the airship.
She ran like flying at first, then abandoned her trailer behind, hugged her sister and chased ahead.
The airship on the horizon flew farther and farther, and its shadow gradually disappeared.
She hugged her sister and fell to the ground exhausted.
"Wow!"
Vivien cried, crying like a child.
She felt like the fool chasing the stars in fairy tales. No matter how hard she chased, she could not get close. In the end, she could only lose everything and fall into the wilderness.
at this time.
A cloud of mist and starlight suddenly descended on the earth.
After the fog passed, Vivien and her sister were gone.
