Jiang Yu quietly glanced back at Li Xian, who was following him at a moderate distance, and deliberately slowed his steps to draw closer to him.
Li Xian looked up warily. The path to the school was so narrow that there was barely room for two people to walk side by side, so when the person ahead slowed down, he had no choice but to slow down too.
"What's that thing on your shoulder?"
Jiang Yu suddenly asked.
Li Xian had no intention of explaining properly and gave a thoroughly perfunctory answer: "A toy."
Jiang Yu gave a meaningful hum. Clearly, he hadn't believed Li Xian and was now even more convinced that this was an item that had to be "worn" to take effect.
He didn't press the matter, instead speeding up to catch up with the people ahead.
By the time they caught a faint glimpse of the buildings in the distance through the winding path, the four of them had been walking for about an hour and a half.
With a journey this long, it was no wonder the two players yesterday hadn't gone inside to explore and had turned back after only a quick look at the school.
After another ten minutes or so of walking, they finally reached the school.
The four of them first stepped onto the school playground. Although it wasn't large, the sudden opening of their view after so long on the narrow path gave them the illusion that it was vast.
An old red-brick wall enclosed both the playground and the classroom building. Some of the bricks were already cracked, and it didn't look particularly sturdy. Beyond the red wall, the forest still stretched as far as the eye could see.
The classroom building wasn't tall, with only two stories. Its