Chapter 21: Danger

  Their destination was a forest over a thousand miles away from the Holy Light City, and they had to cross a mountain range to get there. So as soon as the sun began to set in the west, the five of them set off.

  The road battle made them depressed, and the beautiful woman's face was not good. If it weren't for Shang Qi pulling her back, she would have rushed over long ago, so she never gave Warlight a good face.

  The war lightly talented regardless of their facial expression how smelly! Glanced at the small package they brought with them, and actively joined the ranks of shopping. What's the use of being strong, wilderness training is not qualified at all.

  "Gourmand, want whatever you want, buy more." He handed it a handful of crystal coins and bought many seasonings for himself.

  "Oh my, you're the owner of this little guy! I've been watching it shop with you, and thinking about how cute it is! If only I could catch one for my daughter." The gourmet who had eyes only for the Osmanthus cake automatically ignored these words. Can a divine beast be caught just because you want to?

  With a slight nod from the boss, Zhan Qingkong took the food and walked towards the next stall.

  Just as the beautiful woman's forehead was about to burst with rage, a light and airy sentence strangled her anger in its cradle.

  "Alright, let's go!"

  Shang Qi let out a deep breath, and for a moment, the horses' hooves fluttered, and under the sunset's rays, the five people's shadows stretched longer and longer.

  They rushed all the way and finally arrived at Qingmu Peak after three days and two nights.

  "Hmph, I don't know who it's because of, but after rushing for half a day, we've only just arrived here." Yu Mei Ren let out a cold snort and dismounted her horse, walking to the tree farthest from Zhan Qing Leng.

  He dismounted, patted the dust off his clothes, set up a small tent from the spatial ring, washed and started a fire. He took the steamed buns handed over by Pao, put the cured meat on the fire to roast, completely ignoring the different expressions of others.

  "Lightly crazy, do you have a space device?" Shang Qi asked cautiously as she blinked and took out the tent.

  "Alright."

  It was a disappointing trip, Shang Qi scratched his head and returned to the bonfire lit by the other three people, who were also somewhat upset.

  Zhan Qingkuang didn't care about their thoughts, split the steamed bun in half, put in cured meat and vegetables, brushed another layer of sauce, sprinkled some cumin, salt and whatnot, and ate it with a sizzling sound. The rest of them were a bit pitiful, could only eat some easily stored, tasteless dried meat. Seeing her finish eating, they continued to work, the few people's hearts moved, had she finally found her conscience? But, it turned out she fed it all to her pet, Shang Xiuzhi looked at her with resentment, gnawing on the dried meat without any flavor.

  Then the five of them split into two groups, with one group having a hearty and delicious dinner, and then retiring to their comfortable tent; while the other four continued to brave the wind and rain.

  On the second day, the five of them continued on their journey and had just arrived at the edge of the Forest of No Return when something unexpected happened.

  The weather was a bit sultry, with the sun hanging high at noon. Zhan Light Cavalry rode on horseback, drinking juice, feeling a little annoyed in her heart, always thinking that something was going to happen. As for danger, she had an astonishing intuition over the years.

  "What's wrong, master? Aren't you happy?"

  "It's nothing, just a bit annoyed in my heart."

  "Don't be unhappy, master, I'll give you some fruit to eat." The little paw flipped and flipped, and pulled out an apple.

  Zhan Light Crazy was delighted, it wasn't a waste of his efforts. He thought for a moment and realized that the Divine Beasts were all quite powerful anyway?

  "Gluttony, isn't there something abnormal here? Sense it."

  "Abnormal? No, except for many people, there are many beasts! Ah, and delicious food!" Only to see it raise its small body, listen carefully for a while, and finally say with shining eyes.

  "Many people?" Only five, isn't that a small number?

  "Gourmand, tell me, how many people are here?" The situation doesn't feel quite right!

  "Hmm~, twenty-six people!" Glutton said with certainty, then swallowed a braised duck leg.

  Apart from the five of them, there were twenty-one others, whose intentions were unknown, could it be that danger would come from them?

  "Be careful!" she shouted at the four people in front, who looked somewhat perplexed.

  A buzzing noise came, Warlight looked forward cautiously! Until she saw clearly that the group was a swarm of bees! Although they were low-level magical beasts, there were too many of them, with strong reproductive abilities and hard bodies. The stingers on their tails contained highly toxic venom, making them almost impossible to defend against.

  "Gallop!" Turning the horse's head, Warlight Crazy grasped the reins tightly, looking at others still in a daze, furious and not reconciled, he fiercely whipped each of their horses with several lashes, the horses neighed and galloped away.

  Several people were frightened by the swarm of wasps, including Yu Meiren, who had always been at odds with her, and couldn't hide the look of panic on his face. The five horses galloped back and forth, with Zhan Lightcannon throwing out a fireball technique to block the advancing wasp swarm.

  He asked the gourmet where there was a source of water, and War Light Crazy shouted to Hao Ren at the forefront: "Northeast direction, fast!"

  In the midst of this cat-and-mouse chase, the five of them ran all the way to a river and jumped in without hesitation. They held their breath and looked up at the buzzing, black swarm of killer bees above, their bodies covered in goosebumps. After half a moment, Zhan was still okay, but the others were starting to struggle, their faces red from holding their breath. Finally, perhaps because the killer bees couldn't find them after hovering for so long, they reluctantly flew away.

  As the five saw the danger dissipate, they immediately poked their heads out and took big breaths. However, before they could even catch their breath, while still feeling dizzy from the intense battle, Hao Ren also simultaneously activated his Wind-type spiritual power, "Wind Shield!"

  A huge gust of wind enveloped the five people, just floating on the surface of the water, and a large number of piranhas jumped out of the water, revealing their sharp teeth, as if she could hear the sound of crunching.

  "Seal the world in ice!" Not dying in silence but exploding in silence, Yu Meiren, who was just frightened out of her wits, still had a cold face, and her hands hadn't withdrawn from their movement.

  In the blink of an eye, the cannibal fish that had just been thinking of eating them were all frozen into ice blocks. The river turned into a strip of ice, which was very beautiful under the sunlight. Hao Ren led several people to drift to the other side, and as soon as they reached the shore, the light ball disappeared, and several people fell down in a somewhat disheveled manner, their faces not looking too good. Except for being soaked from head to toe, they had nothing else left. Looking at the corpses of the horses on the opposite bank, with big packages spewing black blood from their mouths, they felt a wave of fear in their hearts.

  "Thanks to you, we wouldn't have made it if it weren't for you," Shang Qi said with a tinge of sadness.

  "It's not just my own credit." Think about Hao Ren and Yu Mei Ren, if it weren't for them, the problem would also be very tricky.

  "Alright, let's dry one first and then think about what to do next." Hao Ren looked at everyone after recovering, while the wooden stick beside him didn't say anything and had already gotten up to pick up branches.

  Feeling that there was no danger around her, Zhan Qing set up her tent and took out two sets of clothes.

  "It's a bit small, just make do." She handed Yu Mei Ren a set and turned to change herself. As for the three men, they were no longer within her consideration range. Behind her, Yu Mei Ren lightly bit her red lips, feeling embarrassed as she took over the clothes and followed behind her.

  Just as the two were changing clothes, three men had already lit a fire and roasted several giant rabbits. Having just gone through a life-and-death battle, the atmosphere was somewhat chilly, but it was still the baby-faced Shang Qi who broke the silence.

  "Lightly crazy, borrow those seasonings for use! Our packages are all on the horses." As he said this, his face turned slightly red. At first, he had complained that she was wasting money buying those useless things, but now they were actually being used.

  "Take it." Thinking that just eating barbecue wasn't very tasty, she also contributed some pastries.

  "Thanks a lot, Qing Kuang. I was so scared just now. Luckily you reacted quickly, or else we would have ended up like those horses." Thinking back to what had just happened, Shang Qi's face turned even paler.

  "Generally, Asian giant hornets don't attack people." But as far as she knew, it was strange that they were attacked today.

  "Ah, is that so? It's not easy to say, after all this is the Forest of No Return, anything can happen. However, you're quite calm and composed, it's hard to believe you're just a 13-year-old girl. I wonder what kind of family could raise someone as talented as you, with such high innate ability."

  As Ting Shang Qi said this, the other three people's hands paused, feeling a bit ashamed in their hearts. Thinking about it, they hadn't given her a good face all along, and she had even saved them at the critical moment. It was really embarrassing! How could they have forgotten that the girl in front of them was only thirteen years old? Before they left, the elder had specially instructed them to take care of her.

  "I'm fourteen years old, and I'm an orphan." Yes, the family of Nan Gong Zhi Cai had never been her own.

  "Ah, sorry, I didn't mean to." Shang Qi explained hastily.

  "It doesn't matter."

  Seeing her normal expression, Shang Qi sat down again, "Didn't everyone say you were thirteen years old?"

  "I just had my birthday recently."

  "Even if you're fourteen, you're still the youngest, but why didn't you tell me your birthday? I'll celebrate with you!" Shang Qi pouted.

  You were so arrogant back then, and I didn't even know you at that time! Besides, we weren't close anyway.

  The most life-and-death showdown, united cooperation, and casual conversation suddenly brought the relationship between these proud young men and women much closer. After dinner, everyone went to rest, exhausted, they need to recover their strength as soon as possible, after all, this place is full of danger and uncertainty.

  Zhan Light Crazy didn't begrudge her that one mu and three fen of land, and acquiesced to the beauty sleeping in the tent. Lying on the animal hide, Zhan Light Crazy thought seriously about the problem. Everyone knew that killer bees contained deadly venom, but generally they would only counterattack when humans attacked them. But today, they were attacked before even entering. What was going on? However, next time she would bring more herbs to prevent accidents, including the fragrant grass that repelled killer bees. As the saying goes, all things are interdependent and mutually restrictive. The fragrant grass emitted a foul odor, which was a toxic bomb for the killer bees that loved flower powder and honey collection, making them keep their distance. There were also orchids, snake-driving grass, and bewildering incense...

  Thinking and thinking, he entered his dream lightly and wildly.