With great difficulty, Miao Yi managed to return to the safe zone before the sky darkens.
At night, the bottomless red mountain becomes even more
dangerous. Not only does one’s visibility decreases, there will be an increase
in the number of creatures lurking in the dark which could endanger him.
However the most important factor is that he was already
very tired due to him running for a long time and thus have to find a place to
rest.
After wandering around the foot of the mountain, Miao Yi
managed to find a small cave which made him feel a little relief. Though the
cave may not be the safest place, the trees outside the cave would prevent
others from seeing it.
When Miao Yi was about to walk inside, he was surprised by
the sudden appearance of a hand that went to grab his neck. In response, Miao
Yi took out his butcher knife to protect himself. However, the attacker’s
reaction was no slower than him, and he grabbed hold of Miao Yi’s armed hand.
At a deadlock, Miao Yi and the attacker are finally able to
see each other’s face. The attacker is that strong man he met before. Miao Yi
did not expect him to be hiding here. Miao Yi flicker his eyes, signaling the
man to let him go.
“Oh, it’s you.” The man frowned slightly. He hesitated
slightly before letting Miao Yi go and removed the knife from his hand as he
was worried about what Miao Yi might do to him if he were to hold the knife.
Recalling the scene of the recent murder incident made the man shudder as he
was afraid that Miao Yi might stab him at the back if he let his guard down.
“Ahem!” Miao Yi, whose face was red, clutched his neck and
coughed twice.
The man covered Miao Yi’s mouth and said in a soft voice,
“Don’t make so much noise! What if the monster is still out there?”
The man hid here because he was afraid of meeting the
creature.
Miao Yi waved his hand and the man then soften his grip.
Miao Yi panted and shook his head saying, “When I was coming
here, I did not see it.”
The strong man peeked outside the cave to observe the
situation before staring at Miao Yi, “Kid, you are so young yet so vicious.
Thinking back, I find your actions very puzzling. You don’t seem to be trying
to steal, but trying your best to exterminate the three of them as fast as you
could. Kid, tell me the truth. Did the three of them really have the immortal
grass?”
Miao Yi stared at the butcher knife and understood that
there is no longer any point to hide the truth. Thus he explained the situation
of what had happened.
“Ha! Those three bastards really deserve to die! Kid, I say,
you really are not stupid. I say… bah! I know I’m not that smart but to be used
by you and nearly lost my life in the process…” the man joked.
Looking at Miao Yi’s bag, he asked, “While running, I forgot
to take my food and water with me, mind sharing some with me?”
Miao Yi did so without any complains. He put down his bag
and took out some water and dry food. “Uncle, how about we take turns to sleep?
I’m afraid it won’t be good if both of us fell asleep at the same time.”
Miao Yi could see that the man was a veteran and if a fight
does break out between them, he’s afraid that he would not be a worthy
opponent. Also, he’s unsure whether the man’s intentions is good. Hence letting
him know that he was of some use first, would prove useful in this situation.
The man went into a deep thought before he looked at Miao Yi
and smirked. After that he went to take a bite. While eating, he looked outside
and said, “I estimate that the sky is currently not very dark but the mist is
thick which makes the place seems darker.”
Like that, both continued to eat while holding a one sided
conversation. The strong man introduced himself as Yan Bei Hong, a military
official of a city with a million people. However, his relationship with a city
lord’s concubine stirred up trouble, and even his family were affected. At that
time, he was so furious that he killed the city lord and fled from the city.
The life of a hunted was not easy. Thus, out of desperation
and also with no other options left, he went into the bottomless red mountain,
hoping for a stroke of good fortune.
Yan Bei Hong questioned Miao Yi why he would come here at
such a young age to seek his death, and out of good will, Miao Yi did not hide
anything.
At night, according to their agreement, they each took turns
to rest.
Night soon went by. With a sentence from him yesterday which
was able to attract a gang of robbers, Miao Yi understood that even if he did
manage to find some immortal grass on his own, complications would arise. Thus
Miao Yi decided to ask Yan Bei Hong to work together with him.
Yan Bei Hong neither rejected nor agreed. He just gave Miao
Yi back his butcher knife and they continued on the road together.
After the encounter with the Dart Mantis yesterday, the two
no longer dared to wander away from the safe route. Being lucky and able to
escape is not something that could happen every time, thus they honestly
followed the map’s directions.
However, after seeing the situation in front, the so-called
safe route does not seem safe anymore as a broken leg was spotted on the ‘safe
route’.
By analyzing the bloody scene, one could be sure that quite
a few people had actually met their fate under the Dark Mantis’s attacks on the
safe route.
Hiding behind a rock, Miao Yi and Yan Bei Hong even borne
witness to a group of Dark Mantis leisurely crossing the safe route. This made
them scared witless.
The two of them slowly realize that even though these Dark
Mantis were bloodthirsty, they were not ruthless and would still let people
have a chance to live. However, the more timid one is, the more the mantis
would go for the kill.
Deep inside, the mountainous landscapes collapsed, resulting
in the rivers to flow in directions. Such destruction could not have been done
by mortals, which makes people shock and not able to imagine what had happened.
Could it be that the immortals’ war really did happen here
before?
The next encounter made Miao Yi felt fortunate for working
together with Yan Bei Hong.
Even though the bottomless red mountain is a place where
immortal grass grows, it does not mean they will be a common sight. The two of
them travelled deeper into the bottomless red mountain and were still unable to
see a single shadow of an immortal grass.
What’s scarier is that after surviving the Dark Mantis
attack, they met with another similar threat.
Yan Bei Hong’s food supply were lost when running for his
life while Miao Yi only had ten days left of dry rations for himself. No one
would bring a month worth of food to run around, so the amount of food he
brought was just enough for him to last for ten days. After calculating, with
two people now, the amount of food would only be enough for them to last for
less than five days.
Food shortage is also a common occurrence for other people.
The two of them were thus surrounded by five people and were forced to take out
their little amount of food supply.
Yan Bei Hong sneered, and without fear, pulled out his sword
and rushed forward.
Indeed a military official of a city with a million people!
With his skills, his sword only saw the blood of his opponents, and his enemy
of five were all beheaded.
Wiping the blood off his sword, Yan Bei Hong took all their
food supply, packed them together and gave them to Miao Yi, thus they added two
days’ worth of food supply.
However, Yan Bei Hong soon met a man who has skills much
better than him the next day.
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