Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

Chapter 1304: Chapter 1303: Well, What Should We Burn in This World... Hm?

”Boom!!”

Flames soared into the sky and then dissipated entirely. Fang Zheng gripped the pitch-black greatsword tightly, glancing around menacingly.

”Alright, what should I burn next... Where is this place?”

Contrary to Fang Zheng’s expectations, this time they didn’t appear in a city like the last two times, but on a mountain. Everywhere was lush and green, looking like an uninhabited wilderness. At least it seemed that way... yes, indeed.

”It seems there’s no one here, Father.”

Aika curiously looked around before speaking.

”What should we do next?”

”Well... let’s just walk around for a bit and see...”

This situation was a first for Fang Zheng. In the past, no matter what instance it was, there would always be some clues once he came out, but this world seemed different. At least here, it was just a desolate mountain with lush woods, and the calls of animals could be heard.

Though it looked peaceful, Fang Zheng knew this world couldn’t be that simple. This was, after all, a hard-level instance!

Definitely not as easy as before! Who knows how difficult it will be!

Thus, the two of them walked down the slope, but soon Aika pointed forward in surprise.

”Father, look, there’s a house!”

”A house?”

Hearing this, Fang Zheng looked curiously in the direction Aika was pointing and was taken aback. Not far down the slope, a dilapidated building stood there. It looked like a very old-fashioned house with wooden walls and tiled roof, seemingly aged.

What is this?

Curious, Fang Zheng took Aika to the house. The house was already in a state of disrepair, with the door wide open. Fang Zheng and Aika didn’t mind and walked in. Inside the empty room were scattered bricks and debris, with a large iron furnace in front covered in dust. There was also a table inside, with memorial tablets and statues placed on it.

”Creak.”

Fang Zheng looked down and saw not far from his feet was a black plaque, with the words ”All Wishes Fulfilled” inscribed on it.

”......”

Fang Zheng silently backed out, looked up again, and then walked back inside.

The rundown hall, the iron furnace, the plaque, the statues...

”Father? What’s wrong?”

Watching this strange behavior from Fang Zheng, Aika curiously blinked, and Fang Zheng rubbed his forehead.

”No, nothing, just let me be quiet... Hmm... Looks like there’s no one here, so let’s keep going down.”

”Okay.”

Although she didn’t know what Fang Zheng had discovered, Aika obediently nodded, and the two continued walking down the slope. After a ten-minute walk, a village appeared before them. It looked very old, with tiled and wooden houses everywhere, resembling a typical remote mountain village.

But what puzzled them was that the people on the street were dressed in coarse, peculiar clothing, looking just like villagers from a martial arts TV show.

”Oh my, what kind of world is this...”

Upon seeing this, Fang Zheng’s face turned quite unpleasant. No kidding, he had been joyfully burning the United States in the previous two worlds, and now, in the third instance, he ends up back home? Speaking of which, where is this?

Ancient times... Hmm... Ancient times...

As he continued walking, Fang Zheng pondered that since this was a hard-level instance, it couldn’t be particularly weak. At least it meant this world should have combat power surpassing those superhero battles. So what world could it be? Investiture of the Gods? Journey to the West? It couldn’t be Water Margin or Dream of the Red Mansion, right... though if it were Golden Plum, it wouldn’t be bad either...

But it’s probably impossible...

Could it be Strange Tales of Liaozhai...

Of course, considering burning themes, it could be Classic of Mountains and Seas?

While Fang Zheng was thinking, they had walked down the slope to the village entrance, and their appearance immediately drew the village’s attention. After all, both Fang Zheng and Sajou Aika’s clothing styles were completely different from this era, not to mention Sajou Aika’s blonde hair and blue eyes, unless someone was blind, they couldn’t ignore these two.

”Um...”

At this moment, a girl in a blue robe with a single ponytail walked over. She blushed as she glanced at Fang Zheng and then softly asked.

”May I ask why you two have come here? Do you have any business?”

Fang Zheng almost started quoting Journey to the West upon seeing the girl.

”Well... um...”

How do ancient people talk?!

Looking at the girl in front of him, Fang Zheng had no idea what to say... No, to be precise, he didn’t even know how to say it!

Forget it, I’ll just say it however I want.

”I’m Fang Zheng, and this is Aika...”

Fang Zheng decisively gave up on emulating ancient speech patterns; he didn’t even know how people spoke in this ancient setting.

”May I ask where this place is? Is there an inn?”

”This is Shengyu Village.”

Perhaps the other party didn’t mind Fang Zheng’s way of speaking, so the answer came quickly.

”Granny Li in the village runs an inn, you can rest there.”

”I see, thank you very much, miss.”

Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s thanks, the girl blushed and lowered her head.

”No need to be so formal.”

After saying this, the girl quickly turned around and left, while Fang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Aika beside him.

”Alright, Aika, let’s go to the inn and take a break first... uh...”

At this point, Fang Zheng suddenly remembered something.

In other worlds, he would directly hack into an FBI account to get money, but in this era, let alone the FBI, there’s no internet at all!

While Fang Zheng had US Dollars, yen, and some Gold Coins and silver coins on him...

These things aren’t used here, are they?!

What should I do about that?

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng was also troubled.

Robbery... is impossible. Just now, he didn’t even see a single bandit along the way, let alone expect to encounter any walking wallets.

So what can be used as collateral? Or is there a pawnshop here? If there is a pawnshop, even if those gemstones and diamonds might not be worth much, at least some gold and silver treasure should be acceptable.

Though the ideal is rich, reality is often poor. Fang Zheng dragged Aika around the whole village but couldn’t find even a single pawnshop. Instead, Aika’s appearance coupled with their outfits attracted quite a few glances. Left with no choice, Fang Zheng had to give up for now and head to the village inn to check it out.

”Welcome, dear guests! Please come in...”

As soon as they walked into the inn, they saw a fifty or sixty-year-old lady smiling warmly as she approached them. Although she seemed curious about their attire, she quickly controlled her expression.

”May I ask, are you here for a meal or to stay?”

”Both...”

Fang Zheng sat down at a table with Aika, then looked around.

”Boss, we don’t have cash on us, so... could you help us?”

”Help?”

”Yes.”

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out a golden cup and handed it over.

”This is our personal item, we want to exchange it for local currency... I wonder if you could help us with that?”

This golden cup is certainly not the Heavenly Cup, nor the Holy Grail. In fact, it was just something Fang Zheng took out from the Royal Wealth’s treasury. Gilgamesh’s treasury was full of such nouveau riche items, and Fang Zheng thought that exchanging for some money shouldn’t be an issue.

”This...”

Looking at the gold cup Fang Zheng produced, the innkeeper lady hesitated, but after thinking for a moment and observing Fang Zheng and Aika carefully, she nodded.

”Alright, leave it to me, rest assured, dear guests.”

At this moment, a lazy voice suddenly came from the second floor.

”Aunt, what’s going on? Are there guests?”

Hearing this voice, Fang Zheng saw the innkeeper lady swiftly pocket the gold cup, then glared upwards and shouted.

”You lazy boy, get down here and attend to the guests! It’s already so late and you’re still sleeping!”

”Alright, alright, I’m coming down now.”

Accompanied by this somewhat careless voice, Fang Zheng and Aika saw a young man running down from the second floor. When he saw Aika, he was immediately surprised and widened his eyes.

”Wow, aunt, did a fairy just come to our inn?”

”Don’t say such nonsense in front of the guests!”

The innkeeper smacked the young man on the head viciously.

”Go, buy some good wine, fish, and meat with the money! The guests are waiting!”

”I know, I’ll go now.”

Saying this, the young man stared at Aika for quite a while before reluctantly running out under the innkeeper’s angry yells.

”Ugh...”

Only after the young man left did the innkeeper breathe a sigh of relief and look at Fang Zheng with an awkward smile.

”I’m sorry, that’s my useless nephew, Li Xiaoyao. Please pardon us, dear guests...”

Fang Zheng: ... Meow, meow, meow?!

Li Xiaoyao?!