ALL NOVEL Chapter 40
“How much further?”
Lin Yuan looked up at the sky and asked.
At this moment, a faint red light appeared in the eastern sky, with only the hazy stars and moon remaining, about to disappear.
“About two more miles,” Zhang Baoyi quickly pulled out a map, made a rough estimate, and replied.
The silver mine was located thirty miles west of Liuwang Town, not far at all. Even for Jia Xinyue, who was in the Skin Refinement Realm, it was just a few steps away.
Not to mention Lin Yuan and the others, it wasn’t even considered a warm-up.
“Okay,” Lin Yuan nodded slightly.
He paused his steps and casually said:
“The situation in the mine is unknown. If there is any danger, we must prioritize ensuring your and Hall Master Zhang’s safety. As for the rest of you, you can only rely on yourselves. So…”
Lin Yuan turned his head and swept his gaze over everyone, saying lightly:
“If you change your mind now, there’s still time.”
Zhang Baoyi stood proudly behind him, unable to stop the smile that crept up at the corner of his mouth.
Did you hear that?
Ensure only their own and Hall Master Zhang’s safety!
This meant that Lin Yuan truly regarded him as a confidant!
This trip was really worth it.
If a sixteen-year-old Blood Exchange Realm Ninefold could be considered a rare genius, then a sixteen-year-old True Gang Realm Warrior was truly extraordinary!
It could be seen that Lin Yuan’s future was bright.
And as for Zhang Baoyi, even if his cultivation fell behind in the future, as the one who followed him from the beginning and risked his life with him, he would definitely have a place in the Whale Gang’s headquarters in the future!
Jia Xinyue took a firm step forward and sincerely said:
“My father may still be alive. Although I know I am a burden, I must go… even if I die there, it doesn’t matter, since I only have myself left.”
Lin Yuan wasn’t surprised and looked at Liu Zongming and Master Xuanku, “And what about you two?”
Liu Zongming struggled for a moment.
In the end, he shook his head with a bitter smile, bowed his fist, and sighed, “My injuries are not healed. I will not go. I’ll wait here for good news from Young Master Lin.”
“Understood,” Lin Yuan nodded with a smile.
“To be honest, I have a senior who came here half a month ago and has been missing since then, so I was originally going to the mine myself,” Master Xuanku said solemnly.
“In that case, let’s continue the journey,” Lin Yuan nodded gently and stepped forward again.
“Take care, everyone!” Liu Zongming called out loudly, watching their figures gradually turning into small dots, disappearing into a layer of gray mist.
Recalling Lin Yuan’s demeanor as if he were a war god just now, he couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
The disparity between people is truly so vast that it feels hopeless.
He had always thought that his talent was excellent, achieving the Sevenfold Blood Exchange at only twenty-seven years old, which made him proud.
However, when the overwhelming Corpse Puppets and ghostly creatures came rushing over, Liu Zongming admitted that he was afraid.
He almost wanted to flee!
But Lin Yuan, with just one slash…
Everything becomes clear.
“It’s just a remote area of the Great Li Dynasty in the Northern Region, with such extraordinary talents hiding in obscurity. Sister was right, I underestimated the people of this world… Young Master Lin, I hope we meet again someday.”
“On the day of parting.”
Li Zongming sighed softly.
He didn’t wait in place, but after standing still for a moment, he slowly turned around and walked towards the distance.
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“Hmm?”
Lin Yuan furrowed his eyebrows slightly and looked back.
There was a faint gray mist all around, blocking the line of sight, making it impossible for ordinary people to see the way they came.
Seeing that he seemed puzzled, Jia Xinyue whispered beside him:
“Since the mining accident happened, this place has been shrouded in this strange gray mist. Everyone who comes in will lose their way and never find their way out again.”
“However, I have been following my father to the mine since I was a child, so I can barely make out the way.”
At her words,
A faint golden light glinted in Lin Yuan’s eyes. He swept his eyes around and said, “Then I will trouble Miss Jia to lead the way.”
“It should be me thanking Mr. Lin for risking danger to come here.”
Jia Xinyue slightly bowed, her tone tinged with gratitude, “Please follow me closely, although the mine seems to have only one path, there are many forks inside. It would be troublesome if we got separated!”
Lin Yuan nodded without comment.
Zhang Baoyi and Master Xuanku also chimed in with their agreement.
Led by Jia Xinyue, the four of them zigzagged through the area, and the gray mist around them grew thicker, to the point where things ten meters away were not very clear.
She would stop from time to time, carefully feeling and observing her surroundings before continuing.
“Is this mine so big?”
Zhang Baoyi turned to look at Lin Yuan walking beside him.
The three of them had been walking for almost the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, and they still had not reached their destination.
“Miss Jia, haven’t we arrived yet?” Zhang Baoyi couldn’t help but ask loudly.
“We’ll be there soon.”
Jia Xinyue stopped again, carefully observing a few stones next to her, and after a moment of caressing them with her hand, she spoke.
After a while.
Zhang Baoyi was getting impatient.
Although they stopped and started, they shouldn’t be this slow.
He suspected that Jia Xinyue might have led them the wrong way.
At this moment.
Another fork appeared ahead.
“Are we close?” Zhang Baoyi asked solemnly.
“Almost.”
Jia Xinyue never looked back.
She continued forward, her voice light and ethereal: “After two more forks, we’ll reach the site of the mining accident.”
Zhang Baoyi nodded, habitually glanced beside him, then looked back.
Behind them, the gray mist filled the air, only allowing visibility up to ten meters, with no signs of anyone around.
After cutting down the Willow Demon, he and Jia Xinyue journeyed together to this mine.
The young man surnamed Liu had halfway down chickened out.
As the Branch Hall Master of the Whale Gang, he had originally taken on a seemingly ordinary task this time, but it turned out to be so troublesome.
It was only because of Zhang Baoyi’s strong strength that he killed the Thousand-Year Tree Demon with one blow, otherwise…
“Hold on…”
Zhang Baoyi paused in his steps.
Suddenly, a cold sensation crept up his spine, his eyes widened with terror:
“How could I possibly have been able to defeat the Thousand-Year Tree Demon!?”