"This terrain is like a coiling dragon and a crouching tiger. It's truly a prime feng shui treasure land!" Riding on the Red Cloud Foal, Song Jinyu and her companions struggled to reach the mountaintop.
Looking down at the valley below, Yan Fei walked side by side with her.
"It's really nice. But how can you be sure where the blessed land is?"
After separating from Ji Bilu last time, that person gave Song Jinyu several books on feng shui. "Miss, I've decided to retire from this line of work. These family heirlooms are a sign of our fateful encounter."
She didn't take them seriously at first, but read them a few times out of boredom.
Ji Bilu was truly a top - notch genius in the tomb - raiding business. Song Jinyu immediately saw that these books not only contained the feng shui knowledge of the tomb - raiding trade over the past millennium but also his real - life combat experiences.
After they entered the dense forest, as it was difficult to move forward, they had to abandon their horses.
There was a lot of miasma in the forest. Since they were all from Tianmen Mountain, they weren't afraid of this miasma.
However,
as the forest became denser, Song Jinyu frowned. It was sunny outside the forest, but inside, it was eerily cold.
"Hu... Hu..."
What was that sound?
Everyone tensed up and took out their weapons. Yan Fei stepped in front of Song Jinyu. "I'll go check it out first!"
"Senior brother, be careful!"
However, as Song Jinyu watched his back gradually disappear into the dense forest, she felt a bit worried.
She still insisted on following him. "I'm not at ease leaving you alone."
Yan Fei smiled faintly. "What are you afraid of..."
Suddenly, the sound disappeared, and their view suddenly opened up. Just as they relaxed their nerves, a huge bat swooped down!
It flew straight towards them. "Shua!" The Flying Sky Chain scattered the big bat!
"This place is really strange. Everyone, be careful!" Song Jinyu stepped closer to examine the bat. "Strange. Bats usually only come out at night."
She didn't think much of it because bats had always been regarded as auspicious birds, symbolizing the arrival of good fortune.
As they walked, more and more huge bats flew out of the forest, spreading their giant wings. For a moment, they seemed to block out the sky and the sun.
There was a thick layer of "bat droppings" on the ground. Song Jinyu laughed. "This medicine is extremely rare!"
Niaoniao let out a sigh of relief and was amused by her words. "My dear miss, we didn't come here for bat droppings."
They continued walking. Suddenly, an idea popped into Song Jinyu's mind. "The so - called blessed land might actually be a cemetery."
Since ancient times, many imperial tombs had been built in places with excellent feng shui. It was possible. However, she really hoped that they wouldn't actually encounter a cemetery because the last time she searched for the jade cicada had left a huge shadow on her.
Yan Fei gently patted her. "I'm afraid there's no blessed land here."
"Junior brother, don't dampen my spirits."
She pouted unhappily and continued walking forward.
As they walked, Mincui suddenly stopped. "I feel like someone is staring at us." Cheng Song also whispered, "Maybe it's just an illusion."
Song Jinyu stopped. "It's not an illusion!" Yan Fei immediately leaped into the air. "Shua!" The Flying Sky Chain quickly hit a dark figure in the treetops.
"Crash..."
Right in front of them, many "corpses" fell down.
Everyone was stunned by the sight. These corpses seemed to have been dead for a long time and were clearly hung up by something.
Cheng Song and Yan Fei exchanged a look and flew forward, cutting off many vines in front.
"I remember that demonic vine from last time." Song Jinyu still had a lingering fear. She stepped forward to look at the corpses and saw that their clothing styles were not those of the people of Daxia. They must be from a foreign tribe.
Just after they entered a new forest, the path they had just walked on strangely changed.
"Senior brother, I always feel that something is wrong."
As they walked and talked, Yan Fei frowned and remained highly vigilant. "You mean..."
Song Jinyu looked around and whispered, "We may have accidentally entered an ancient formation."
The corpses were wearing Nuo masks that were very popular in the previous dynasty, as if they were performing a ritual. After Song Jinyu shared her doubts with everyone, they became even more cautious.
They had only advanced a short distance.
Suddenly, the weather changed. It had been sunny just now, with sunlight filtering through the gaps in the forest, but now it was already dark.
It was getting quieter all around. There was even no sound of birds or insects.
Yan Fei tightly protected Song Jinyu, while the others spread out in all directions. Despite everyone being well - prepared, they still felt extremely panicked at this moment.
"There are wolves!"
Everyone was stunned, but Yan Fei wasn't worried at all. As long as it wasn't something beyond their cognitive range, it was okay.
Yan Fei and Cheng Song stood back to back, while Niaoniao and Mincui formed a pincer formation. The four of them worked together, and the wolf pack was quickly scattered.
Letting out a sigh of relief, Song Jinyu sighed helplessly. "One really has to practice martial arts for close - combat! My skills are simply not enough."
They never expected that not long after the wolf pack had left, the next scene left them dumbfounded. Five big white tigers with bulging eyes were staring at them strangely!
They looked at them as if they were delicious food, with greedy looks in their fierce eyes.
"My goodness! Why are there so many?"
Before everyone could recover, there was a rustling sound on the ground. Song Jinyu was very sensitive to the sound of snakes because there was a snake cave on the back mountain of Tianmen Mountain.
"Miss, be careful!" Mincui was a bit confused when she saw Song Jinyu stepping forward, but she understood soon after.
One couldn't fight snakes head - on but had to outwit them. She scattered a lot of realgar powder, and the snakes detoured. However, the big white tigers were enraged. "Roar..." One of them jumped in front of everyone.
Yan Fei whipped out the Flying Sky Chain in his hand to block an attack for Song Jinyu!
"Something's wrong. How can these big white tigers be so powerful?" Song Jinyu watched helplessly as Yan Fei was slapped away by a big white tiger.
In the fierce battle, Niaoniao was accidentally injured on her arm by a big white tiger. Yan Fei was still desperately protecting Song Jinyu. Mincui knocked down one tiger, and Cheng Song stepped forward to deliver a fatal blow.
Although the big white tigers were very powerful physically, they were no match for humans in terms of strategy. So, seeing that they were no match for the humans, the tiger king retreated.
The group continued walking. It got dark earlier than usual.
Fortunately, Song Jinyu had brought a night - shining pearl, so they weren't completely unable to move forward.
At this time, the emperor received a diplomatic letter from Yanqiu. Thinking of his several princes, his phoenix - like eyes widened in anger. He was increasingly dissatisfied with these grown - up sons, so he issued an imperial edict.
"Son, you will set off for Yanqiu soon to congratulate the regent on his happy event."
"Yes! Father..."
The candlelight flickered slightly. The expressions of the father and son in the imperial family were very blurred. After a long time, the person kneeling on the ground slowly got up and withdrew.