Chapter 49 - The Fallen Chen Clan
Even though Feng Yan had participated in outfield missions numerous times before, this was his first time travelling this far out. And after encountering those hair-raising sights one after another, he could feel his scalp grow numb. For Feng Yan to feel like that, one needn’t mention Du Lingfei who had even less experience than him.
Fortunately, the fearsome creatures that they came across on the way did not launch any attacks against them; at most, these creatures would throw them a glance, as if there was some kind of aura shielding them from the enmity of these creatures.
Bai Xiaochun guessed that it was because they were disciples of the Spirit River Sect and after all…..in this boundless area, every inch of land was under the Spirit River Sect’s influence.
Just like that, the trio continued their journey with some dread. Every month, on a fixed date, they would send a report on their current location back to the Sect. Two months later, they had finally arrived at the borders of the Spirit River Sect’s influence - the Fallen Star Mountain Range.
Along the way, it wasn’t that Feng Yan didn’t want to covertly take action, but rather, he wasn’t in the mood to do anything because of the constant shocks and hair-raising situations throughout the journey. Not only did he have to deal with his own fears, but Bai Xiaochun had also became more cautious and sticked closer to Du Lingfei. Hence, with so many factors involved, Feng Yan could not find any opportunity to take action and thus, the only thing he could do was to endure.
Currently, they had arrived at the Fallen Star Mountain Range. Feng Yan gazed at Bai Xiaochun as a dark chill unnoticed by the others flashed in his eyes.
“This is some serious determination to have me killed…...just how big is this grudge.” Bai Xiaochun lamented in his heart as he narrowed his eyes. His meticulous personality had long since noticed Feng Yan’s intentions.
The Fallen Star Mountain Range stretched across a large area from the north to the south. One could not even see its end with the naked eye; as if it was a dragon waiting in ambush, dividing the ground into two.
If one could see far enough, they might even notice the sky on the other side of the mountain was a little different - as if there was a tinge of blood-red.
According to legend, in distant times, a star fell from above the skies and crashed into the ground. This caused the ground to crumble, and some parts of the ground were raised while some sunk; thus, forming this mountain range.
Within the mountain range, dense forests thoroughly spread, filling the area with various monsters and a diversity of rare herbs and plants. Because of that, even if this area was filled with danger, many cultivators still took the risk to explore it.
“We have reached the Fallen Star Mountain Range.” Du Lingfei slowly opened her mouth and spoke. The experiences she had along the journey had laden her with fatigue. And now that they had finally reached their destination, she heaved a sigh of relief from the bottom of her heart.
“According to the last time Junior Brother Hou contacted the sect, the coordinates came from this area.” Feng Yan slapped his storage pouch and a compass-like device appeared in his hand.
The device had a needle attached to it which was currently spinning rapidly.
“According to the rules of the sect, disciples who travel on outfield missions have to send their coordinates back to the sect every month. This Spirit River Compass will help us find the location where Junior Brother Hou last sent his coordinates from.” Just as he was holding the compass and explaining its uses, the compass needle suddenly stopped and pointed in a certain direction.
“Found it!” In a flash, Feng Yan leapt following the direction. Du Lingfei’s expression changed and quickly followed.
Bai Xiaochun gazed at the enormous Fallen Star Mountain Range before his eyes; in this place, the grasses and plants formed into forests, and these forests were like an ocean - boundless and limitless. From time to time, the chirping of a birds could be heard, and sometimes, a distant roar of a monster would echo from deep within the forest.
With a serious expression, Bai Xiaochun activated the protective light barrier of the jade tablet. After ensuring that even the slightest movement of the wind or grass would alert him, Bai Xiaochun then carefully started his journey forward, making sure to keep his distance from Feng Yan at the same time.
Both Feng Yan and Du Lingfei did not slow down the whole way, they sped through the Fallen Star Mountain Range and slowly travelled deep into a mountain valley. In this mountain valley, there was a large number of trees, and if one looked closely, they would discover that some of these trees seemed to be very old. These trees had trunks and branches that criss-crossed each other like a weave of pythons, with every branch joint forming a weird knot. If it was nighttime, such a sight would have sent chills ran down everyone’s spines.
Two hours later, the trio had already travelled deep into the the mountain valley when they suddenly came to a stop. Feng Yan looked down at the compass in his hand; the needle was clearly pointing towards a humongous tree by the side.
“Junior Brother Bai, go check it out.” Feng Yan looked towards Bai Xiaochun and pointed towards the big tree.
Bai Xiaochun hesitated for a moment as he closely inspected that tree. After making sure that there was no danger, his right hand pressed onto the jade tablet hanging on his waist. Immediately, the protective light barrier that was already covering Bai Xiaochun thickened by another layer. Bai Xiaochun even took out some talismans and plastered them onto his body. Only when all of this was done did he finally approach the large tree, step by step.
“If you are so scared of death, why did you even become a cultivator at the first place!” Du Lingfei snorted coldly. She already held Bai Xiaochun in contempt; throughout the journey, even though there were some dreadful situations, Bai Xiaochun’s reactions were simply just too exaggerated, as if he could die any moment. Now that they had reached their destination, Du Lingfei could feel her contempt for Bai Xiaochun increase even further, seeing that he still had such a cowardly mentality.
Bai Xiaochun did not have time to care about Du Lingfei, right now, having cautiously approached the huge tree, he took out a flying sword and peeled the tree bark. There was a patch of tree bark that had recently grown out, and the moment it was peeled off, a jade slip hidden behind it was revealed.
After carefully taking out this jade slip, Bai Xiaochun swept it with his divine sense and his expression changed slightly. He then threw the jade slip to Feng Yan.
The jade slip only contained a sentence the explained neither heads or tails.
“I found some other clues, I’ll go to the Fallen Chen Clan to confirm them…...:”
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