Pang Jian once again became the team's guide and was responsible for planning the next itinerary.
Luo Hongyan's subsequent performance not only surprised Pang Jian, but also made the Su and He families feel incredible.
She left the details and itinerary of the subsequent exploration to Pang Jian, and she firmly supported Pang Jian no matter where he went.
She told Su Yuntian and He Rong that there were dark ghost hunters active in the area that the two families originally wanted to explore.
He also told them frankly that Pang Jian had saved many lives and was familiar with the terrain and many dangerous places in this mountain range.
Because of her strong recommendation, the Su and He families also agreed to have Pang Jian as their guide.
So, under the leadership of Pang Jian, the team continued to advance towards the northernmost part of the Silent Mountains.
During the trip, she stuck to Pang Jian everywhere and chatted with him whenever she had nothing to say.
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Another late night has arrived.
He Rong, filled with anger, looked sullenly at the fire far away from them where the two people were whispering again.
From time to time, Luo Hongyan would giggle, which made He Rong feel extremely annoyed.
"They look like a couple."
Su Meng added fuel to the fire in a low voice.
He Rong stood up angrily, but was held down by Su Yuntian, who asked strangely, "What are you angry about?"
"You have to remember that Ziren is dead, and they haven't gotten married yet. That girl is not the daughter-in-law of your He family!"
He Rong growled, "Looking at her like this, I get angry when I think about how Ziren is obsessed with her and might not even have a body left!"
"The dead cannot be resurrected, so there is no need for you to do this." Su Yuntian advised He Rong kindly not to be impulsive and not to cause trouble at this time.
Su Yuntian also found it strange that the young lady of the Ning family, who was always indifferent to others, was unusually proactive towards Pang Jian. As long as Pang Jian was not practicing, she would immediately come over to him.
I don't know what she was talking about with the boy, but she laughed like a silver bell from time to time and seemed to be in a good mood.
The death of Ning Yuanshan and the deaths of a number of Ning family servants did not seem to affect her.
Could it be that she doesn't care at all
Su Yuntian touched his chin and looked from afar at Luo Hongyan, who had become extremely enthusiastic together with Pang Jian, and was also full of doubts.
"Sister Ning ignored the secular perspective and did not choose Brother Ziren. Instead, she chose this mountain hunter. I personally admire her very much!" Su Meng said in a low voice.
Her words made He Rong's face next to her even uglier.
"Dad, you are not allowed to interfere with my future marriage!"
Su Meng shouted in preparation for a rainy day.
Su Yuntian glared at her fiercely and said with a headache: "Based on your qualifications, my Su family has no right to interfere."
"When you go to Lieyang Sect, a master will claim you. Your lifelong affairs will also be arranged by your master. It will not be your family's turn to make the decision."
"Then I have to choose a good master!" Su Meng said vigilantly.
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“Shhh!”
Stirring the wood in the fire, as sparks flew everywhere, Pang Jian looked at the woman opposite him.
During this period, whenever he was not practicing, the other party would come to him and chat with him about the situation in the practice world.
Sometimes, he would also briefly describe the wonders and anecdotes of the sects in the third realm.
Through chatting with her, Pang Jian learned that the Dong family and the Su family of the seven major families have always had a close relationship with the Lieyang Sect in the upper realm.
The girl named Su Meng was chosen by the Lieyang Sect.
The Zhou family has connections with Hongshan in the upper realm, while the Ning family and the He family have better relations with the Galaxy Alliance.
The Shangguan family and the Ouyang family are considered to be vassal forces of the Blood Moon in the lower world. The talented young people of the two families will try their best to go to the Blood Moon to practice.
In the third realm above, among the countless fragments like suspended islands, there are two continents named Qiantian and Xuanyou.
The most powerful forces of practitioners have established their own sects on those two continents. They are the Lieyang Sect, Hongshan Sect, Blood Moon Sect, Yinling Temple and Xinghe Alliance.
Among them, Lieyang Sect and Hongshan are in Qiantian Continent, while Blood Moon, Galaxy Alliance and Yinling Temple are in Xuanyou Continent.
Miss Ning has long been recognized by the Galaxy Alliance and will practice in the Galaxy Alliance in the third realm in the future. Currently, she is only honing her cultivation level in the lower realm.
After experiencing the life-and-death disaster in the Black Water Pond, the previously cold and aloof girl seemed to have suddenly changed her personality.
After sincerely apologizing in the tree hole, he no longer put on a condescending attitude, and everything he did afterwards made Pang Jian unable to find any fault with it.
If he wanted to find a quiet place to practice with the spirit stones in the bamboo basket, the girl would tactfully leave immediately.
When he was interested in talking, the girl would come to him and tell him in detail the common sense of the cultivation world, giving him a new understanding of this world.
The girl would also ask for enough food and clean water for him from the Su and He families, and persuade the two families to follow him.
Sometimes, Pang Jian even wondered if there was something wrong with the brain of the young lady of the Ning family who almost drowned in the Black Water Pond.
"What are you thinking about?"
Seeing that he looked dazed, Luo Hongyan stopped describing some wonders of the third realm and asked him with a smile.
"There are three forbidden areas in the Cenji Mountains. I never went there before. Black Water Pond is one, there is a place called Worm Valley, and the third is a small island in Wulan Lake."
Pang Jian gathered his wandering thoughts, looked into the distance, and said, "We are almost at the Insect Valley. I plan to go check it out."
Luo Hongyan's eyebrows twitched slightly, and surprise escaped from her lips. She asked curiously: "Who told you about these three forbidden areas?"
In the mouth of the real Ning Yao in the body, and in the memories of many "spiritual evil spirits", there is no such thing as the so-called three forbidden areas.
"I heard it from some old hunters."
Pang Jian naturally would not tell the truth, because these three restricted areas were just places his father had instructed him not to enter.
"Oh, well, then the Worm Valley..."
Luo Hongyan, who was puzzled, tactfully did not ask any further questions, and asked with a smile: "I will listen to you anyway. Wherever you say to go, I will go with you."
Pang Jian was stunned for a moment and looked at her with strange eyes.
"Everyone, get ready. Once you're full, we'll go to the Worm Valley."
Luo Hongyan stood up and moved to the location of the Su and He families, but did not really approach them. She said coldly: "Pang Jian said that the Insect Valley is a bit dangerous, so you should all be careful."
After finishing her instructions, she walked towards Pang Jian with her hips twisted gracefully, not noticing the anger in He Rong's eyes at all.
In her mind, He Rong and Su Yuntian were just two higher-level "spiritual demons".
She kept the two alive only because she needed these people to allow her to better maintain her identity as Ning Yao.
"Go on."
Pang Jian slowly stood up and walked forward in the dark, holding the dragon-patterned spear and carrying a bamboo basket on his back.
In the quiet night, a group of people huddled together, not daring to spread out too far.
After informing Su and He's families, Luo Hongyan immediately moved closer to Pang Jian, almost sticking to him.
Pang Jian was used to this. He could smell the pleasant fragrance on her body, and occasionally some distracting thoughts would arise in his heart.
An hour later.
Under the pitch-black night, Pang Jian arrived at the Insect Valley, which he had passed through several times before but had never gone deep into.
Because it was too dark, he could not see anything when he came over, and did not see another phoenix bone also stuck in the ground of the Worm Valley.
After he arrived at the Insect Valley, the Su and He families also came in one after another and lit the candles in their lanterns. Only then did he notice something was wrong.
There was a phoenix bone inserted into a huge beehive. After piercing the beehive, the sharp end of the bone went deep into the ground, surrounded by numerous corpses.
Pang Jian had never seen such a big beehive before, and he wondered how many bees and insects had lived in it.
Thinking of the miserable state of the giant python at the bottom of the Black Water Pond, Pang Jian guessed that this gigantic beehive was the source of terror in the Insect Valley restricted area.
Like the python, the beehive was also targeted by the falling phoenix bones and was pierced directly as it fell.
There must have been countless bees and insects that died in the Insect Valley, and had their blood and essence sucked dry by the Phoenix Bones, turning into another drop of Phoenix Marrow.
"Ouyang family's clothes!"
Su Yuntian twisted the torch, took a closer look, and shouted, "Ning Yao, they are a team from the Ouyang family!"
"You once said that you met Ouyang Duanhai, and that he turned into a ghost, and was eventually killed by the dark ghost in the Black Water Pond. This should be the place where Ouyang Duanhai had the accident!"
"The humanoid monster, Ouyang Duanhai, was attacked and killed by a dark ghost?" Pang Jian was stunned.
He looked at Luo Hongyan meaningfully, and immediately knew that this woman had not told the truth to the Su and He families. The monster named Ouyang Duanhai was clearly eaten to death by a blood-colored phoenix from the inside, and the phoenix eventually sank into the bronze medal in his body.
“There’s nothing of value here anymore.”
Now that she knew that the Phoenix Marrow had been produced and taken by Ouyang Duanhai, Luo Hongyan felt a little bored and said, "Pang Jian, no matter what wonders this place once had, there will be no more in the future."
Pang Jian also noticed it.
With the falling of the phoenix bones, the beehive being nailed to the ground, and the formation of phoenix marrow, this place is indeed of no value.
"Stop here for the night. Tomorrow morning we will go to Wulan Lake and see if there is another phoenix bone stuck in the island in the lake."
He has a strong intuition.
Since the Black Water Pond and the Worm Valley, two places listed as restricted areas by my father, were chosen by the Phoenix Bone, then the small island in Wulan Lake is very likely to contain the fourth Phoenix Bone.
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(End of this chapter)