Chapter 863 Entering the Mountains
This answer, wasn't it exactly what the three of them had speculated earlier?
The person named Chen before them was truly a martial artist!
Fang Yuanyuan immediately asked again, "Oh? Giving a ride? Brother Chen, are you also going to the hot springs?"
"Hot springs? Two men and one woman going to a deserted place to soak in hot springs? Why would you even talk about such a thing everywhere?" Although Chen Yang's tone was calm, Fang Yuanyuan's face immediately turned red after hearing it.
Fang Yuanyuan kicked her second senior brother in the leg and glared at him fiercely.
If it wasn't for her second senior brother casually making up such an excuse, she wouldn't have been so embarrassed now.
Seeing his usually eloquent junior sister defeated, Fang Kaiyuan laughed heartily, "Brother Chen, you can't just talk nonsense. My junior sister is pure and innocent."
"Although the three of us are not blood siblings, we grew up together and are no different from real siblings."
"We just thought that since we're all going to the same place, it would be good to look out for each other once we get there."
This time, Chen Yang became interested.
Last night, Chen Yang had asked Old Man Fan where the hot springs these three people were going to were located.
Old Man Fan casually drew a rough sketch on a piece of paper from memory, and Chen Yang immediately noticed the problem.
The location of the hot springs was actually at the foot of the mountain outside the snow forest.
As long as they could cross that mountain, they would enter the snow forest.
Although Chen Yang had other ways to enter the snow forest, following these three people to the hot springs was the fastest route.
Chen Yang looked up at Fang Kaiyuan and asked, "How can you be sure that the place I'm going to is the same as the place you want to go to?"
"You could walk for days in this mountain range and still not get out. In such a vast area, there are many interesting places besides hot springs."
Just then, Old Man Fan, who was driving the donkey cart ahead, spoke.
"By the way, how many days' worth of food did you bring? The donkey cart can only go as far as the logging camp at the foot of the mountain. After reaching the logging camp, we'll all have to walk."
"It will take at least three days for the round trip."
With Old Man Fan's interruption, Chen Yang no longer bothered to probe these three people.
If these three people were indeed going to the snow forest, they would reveal themselves when they reached the hot spring.
Everyone traveled peacefully along the way.
After a morning of travel, the donkey cart finally reached the logging camp Old Man Fan had mentioned.
Although the logging camp was no longer in operation, there were still forest rangers living there.
Old Man Fan left a bag of vegetables from the cart, and after everyone made a fire and ate, they plunged into the mountain range.
Unfortunately, their good luck didn't last long. As soon as they entered the mountain, it started snowing.
"The paths here are all made by people stepping on them, and they're not wide. You have to follow me closely. If you fall and get injured, I can't get you to a hospital quickly."
Old Man Fan said, then took back his wine flask from Chen Yang and pulled him aside to whisper, "There are three of them and you're alone. If there's any conflict later, just endure it. We can settle the score later!"
"There are no outsiders in this forest, and if something happens, I, an old man, can't help much. You have to think carefully."
Old Man Fan was not young. Although he was just a hunter in his youth, he often led people into the mountains for excursions later in life.
Along the way, he had seen all sorts of people.
In such a wild and desolate place, if two young people got into a conflict, especially if no one intervened, anything could happen!
Old Man Fan had also overheard Chen Yang and the three of them probing each other on the donkey cart.
No matter what Chen Yang was here for, Old Man Fan did not want him to get into trouble.
Chen Yang was surprised that Old Man Fan could be so considerate, and he chuckled, "Don't worry, grandpa, I can handle myself."
While the two were whispering in front, the three behind them looked tense.
"Senior Brother, Junior Sister, can you hear what those two are talking about?"
Fang Kaiyuan, as the senior brother, had the strongest cultivation, while Junior Sister, although she had just reached the Grandmaster realm, had the strongest talent in mental power.
Fang Kaiyuan took a deep breath after hearing his junior brother's question and shook his head helplessly, "This guy surnamed Chen has probably already reached the Grandmaster realm, or he has a treasure that prevents his presence from being detected."
"Junior Sister, your mental power is stronger than mine. Can you break through his barrier?"
A bitter smile appeared on Fang Yuanyuan's face.
Break through the barrier?
These four words were like a thorn in her heart!
Fang Yuanyuan had tried to use her mental power to forcefully break through the opponent's barrier.
But not to mention breaking through, her mental power collapsed the moment it lightly touched it. How could she eavesdrop!
Fang Yuanyuan immediately voiced her conjecture, "There's probably a treasure. It's impossible for someone in the Grandmaster realm to have such a powerful mental power barrier."
"So you mean, Junior Sister, that you couldn't break through his barrier either."
"Second Senior Brother, do you know why you couldn't catch up to those senior sisters?"
"Ah? Why? Could it be that those senior sisters were whispering secrets to you?"
"No, I just feel that if you were to sew your mouth shut, you might be able to catch up to those senior sisters."
Seeing the two bickering again, Fang Kaiyuan could only shake his head helplessly.
And Chen Yang, in front, naturally felt the probing of the three mental powers behind him.
Chen Yang did not hold back at all and crushed all three of their mental powers into dust.
What they didn't know was that as soon as they entered the mountain range, the snow forest in the depths of the mountain had already received the news.
A giant black python coiled beneath a tree and said slowly, "Chen Yang has entered the mountain range and will reach the snow forest soon. Have you really thought it through? Are you really going to give that thing to Chen Yang?"
This black python not only spoke human language but also exuded an aura of pressure from its entire body.
Under this pressure, all the demonic beasts in the snow forest prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling and not daring to speak.
Not far from the tree where the black python was coiled, an ancient fox curled up murmured, "That old guy used us as chess pieces and the world as a chessboard for so many years. How did he not anticipate the appearance of this Chen Yang?"
A sharp voice came from the tree where the black python was coiled, sounding somewhat impatient, "If you ask me, the item isn't ours anyway. We might as well give it to Chen Yang and have some peace and quiet."
"Didn't the two of you say that the bronze tree had already taken human form? It's as good as giving the item to the bronze tree. That old guy is already dead, so why are we still racking our brains to guard these things?"