“So, should I meet him or not?” Guo Zhenghe asked .
“Better not,” Xu Xinyuan said . “Meeting him is dangerous . ”
“Well, the man has come all the way here, and I’d be doing him a disservice by not seeing him,” Guo Zhenghe said with a smile . “How about I just meet him from afar?”
“What do you mean to say?”
“We’ll talk about this later . ” Guo Zhenghe smiled and waved .
The day was sunny, and the sky was bright .
A visitor appeared in the northern village . The man looked to be in his 40s and had a golden complexion . He wore rather old clothes as he walked on the village road .
A ringing chime was heard from behind him as he moved to the side .
A man in his 20s riding a bicycle stopped near the man . He eyed him for a bit .
“You are not from here,” the young man said .
“Indeed . ”
“Where are you from?”
“The south . ”
“What are you doing here?”
“Just looking around,” the middle-aged replied with a smile .
“Oh, looking around, good . ” The young man smiled and rode away on his bicycle .
This is interesting . The middle-aged man stared at the back of that young man .
The young man riding the bicycle was teeming with lifeforce, and his qi was reserved . The older man found it rather intriguing that a tiny village like this had someone of such caliber in their midst . Furthermore, he was quite young .
“I met a weird guy in the village,” Jia Zizai told his wife after getting home on his bicycle .
“What do you mean weird guy?” she asked .
“I can’t quite place it,” Jia Zizai said . “He just felt weird to me . He said he was from the south . When I asked why was he here, he said that he was just looking around . ”
“Well, this is not your village and not some sort of forbidden ground,” Hu Mei said with a chuckle . “Are you saying that we don’t allow outsiders in here now?”
“That’s not what I meant,” Jia Zizai replied . “Anyway, he just felt weird to me . I’ll look into it later . ”
The middle-aged man changed direction while he was on the road . He headed to the western mountain along the mountain path .
Huh? He stopped after he passed through a dead spot . He squatted to check the cemented dirt .
Why are there curse bugs in here? He was rather shocked .
It was something extremely rare in the north . The climate and overall environment in the north were vastly different from the south, making it unsuitable for rearing such poisonous bugs .
It’s a damn shame . He sighed and rose . If the place had been near his village, he would have dug it up to see what kind of bug was down there . He knew that the cement was not able to kill those bugs down there .
He left the place behind and found another dead spot not long after he had started walking .
There’re more? He bent over to take a better look .
There probably is a passage linking these two spots down there . He rose and checked his surroundings .
This is strange . This doesn’t look like a place capable of producing such bugs!
He went up to the peak of the western mountain . From his vantage point, he was able to look down at the village below . He scanned the place a bit and locked his gaze on the building with the black roof and white walls located at the southernmost end of the village .
That is probably the place they talked about . Nice compound, I’d say . He did not rush down . Instead, he continued scanning his surroundings . His shock was indescribable when he saw the patch of greenery on the southern mountain .
How could this be!? How could there be a place like this out here?
He quickly regained his composure before beginning to walk with great strides to that place .
He halted his steps when he got closer to the southern mountain .
“There is such thick Qi around this place!” He exclaimed in astonishment as he eyed the lush, vibrant southern mountain .
This place is but a collection of hills, so how could there be such a thick nimbus gathered there?
He did not rush to check the place out because rocks were getting in his way .
This is a messy rock formation .
When he saw it, he recalled the period of the three kingdoms thousands of years ago . There had been a similar formation used by Zhuge Liang to trap Lu Xun and his tens of thousands strong army from Eastern Wu back, which almost ended up killing all of them .
The Qimen Dunjia, eh? I never thought I’d see something like this over here . Things are really getting interesting in these parts . Just who the hell is the person setting up all of this?
He did not choose to barge in by force . Instead, he circled the place .
While Wang Yao had placed many obstacles outside of the southern mountain, the defenses were hardly seamless . One was able to make it further inside as long as they were careful enough . As such, he made it further inside and seemed to have caught sight of a herbal field .
An herbal medicinal field?
After he saw what was inside, his eyes immediately glistened .
He intended to move inside further, but he suddenly saw wobbling trees and felt his head becoming heavy .
Poison?
He instantly realized that something was off with the place . He retreated several steps and held his breath in . He ingested some pills that he had brought with him . The discomfort he had experienced only slightly dissipated somewhat . He was unable to entirely get rid of it .
Definitely some poison . I wonder what kind of herb is capable of unleashing such a potent poisonous gas .
“Is someone in there?” he shouted at the place and found no response from any person .
Woof!
Just when he was about to navigate through the puzzling formation again, a huge dog suddenly appeared right before him .
“This is an ancient reversion!” He was thoroughly shocked when he saw what that dog looked like .
There were too many things that shocked him on just two mountains in some tiny village that day . He had never been so excited and happy the past dozen years .
“I have to see what is in there . ”
A dog with ancient characteristics was of no threat to him .
The man and dog fought in the mountains for a bit . The tables turned against the dog .
Wang Yao was still in the clinic beneath the mountain .
Huh?
He heard loud barks from the mountain . The barks sounded frustrated .
Something is happening up there!
“Hold on for a minute,” Wang Yao said to the patient he was treating .
He went outside the clinic .
“Liuchuan, come and take care of the clinic,” he shouted at the west . His voice was clearly heard tens of feet away . It traveled all the way to the ears of Zhong Liuchuan, who was reading a book at home .
When he heard that, Zhong Liuchuan immediately left his home .
“Will do, Master,” he shouted in the direction of the clinic .
Wang Yao leaped tens of feet away after hearing the response from his student . He arrived at the foot of the southern mountain in no time . He quickly headed up it .
The dog was slumped outside the herbal field, panting and bleeding .
The illusory formation was torn apart through sheer force . There was someone else standing in there .
“Hold on for a bit, San Xian . ”
He took a Prolongation Pill and stuffed it into the dog’s mouth . He knew the dog was going to be fine .
In a single step, he went into the field .
After hearing footsteps from behind, the man who had barged into the herbal field pointed at a low plant and asked, “What is this?”
“Ziyu . ”
“Ziyu, eh? What are its effects?”
“It clears the meridian pathways . ”
“Hmm . Magic herbs, I take it?”
“Yes . ”
“Miao Xihe?” Wang Yao stood where he was and stared at the man with a golden complexion before him . He was easily able to guess the man’s identity .
“Indeed . You must be Wang Yao . ”
“I am . I wonder what brought you all the way here, Chief Miao?” Wang Yao was doing his best to suppress the anger he felt deep down .
That was the first time in a very long time that someone barged onto the southern mountain . Worse still, the intruder managed to enter the herbal field and injured the dog guarding the place .
“I’ve heard of you for quite a while,” Miao Xihe said, feeling rather impressed . “Now that I get to see you for myself today, you’re indeed something else altogether . This mountain of yours holds more surprises than what have expected to find . ”
“I should have come here earlier . ”
“It’s not all that late that you’re here now,” Wang Yao said with a smirk .
“A true ascended being teemed with life force . ” Miao Xihe suddenly blurted that line at Wang Yao .
“You flatter me, Chief Miao,” Wang Yao replied with a laugh .
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