According to the girl's original thoughts, Su Ming should have cut down all the trees as he walked through the forest filled with strange trees so that he could walk out of the forest at the fastest speed possible.
However, Su Ming's actions puzzled the girl.
Su Ming was cautious with each step he took. Most of the time, he chose to walk in places where the trees were not dense, and because of that, his speed was much slower.
However, the girl did not dare speak. She was uncertain about Su Ming's level of cultivation, but her impression of Su Ming with his red hair was incredibly deep. That was why even though she was uncertain, she still believed that the elder's choice should not be wrong.
When they walked out of the forest for a day, several long arcs charged through the sky with an incredibly shocking momentum. Wherever they went, the layers of clouds would look as if they were about to be torn apart. There were five people within those long arcs.
Four of them were boys and girls. The one in the lead was an incredibly handsome middle-aged man. His face was cold and callous, and his entire body exuded the presence of a powerful Berserker. When he passed by the strange forest, he lowered his head and looked down. He seemed to have seen Su Ming and the other two, but once he swept his gaze past them, he chose to ignore them and charged forward with the four other boys.
When the girl saw all of this, anxiety rose in her heart. She cast a glance at Su Ming, and after hesitating for a long time, she chose to remain silent.
Only the boy had a completely different attitude from the girl. He felt that this was good. He could avoid as much trouble as possible. Besides, he also felt that the five people flying in the sky just now were a little too ostentatious. In the World of Nine Yin that was filled with danger, flying in such an ostentatious manner was not a good thing.
When night arrived on the first day the three of them were in the forest, nine moons appeared in the sky. When Su Ming saw the nine moons, his pupils shrank.
The nine moons let out a gentle moonlight that scattered on the ground, causing the ground to be covered in a fluorescent glow. The sky also became much gentler, and the layers of clouds seemed to have scattered during the night.
"Rest!" Su Ming's footsteps came to a halt, and he stopped at a spot where there were not many strange trees around him. Once he finished speaking, he sat down cross-legged on the ground, averted his gaze from the moon in the sky, and closed his eyes to meditate.
The girl felt rather resigned. She felt that they should continue moving forward and head to Shaman City as soon as possible. In fact, she even felt that they should fly instead of walking. If they just walked like that, they would have no idea how long they would need to travel the three hundred thousand lis.
"Lan Lan, do you want some water?" Even as the young woman felt helpless, the young man walked up to her, pulled out a leather bag, and handed it to her.
"Ahu, if we continue like this, how long will it take for us to reach Shaman City?" The girl took the leather bag and took a sip of water before she mumbled softly.
"I think … no matter how long we walk, it's fine as long as we can guarantee our safety." The young man named Ah Hu scratched his head and said with a smile.
"Safety? All you care about is safety. You're always like this in the tribe. This is a very cowardly act, do you know that? Besides, I don't think it's safe either. It's safer if we fly in the sky. We can leave this strange forest as soon as possible … "The girl glared at him and became displeased. It was clear that she was venting her frustrations during the day on the young man.
The young man mumbled a few words and did not dare speak again. It was clear that he was very afraid of the girl. After some time, he brought out some food from his bosom and placed it before the girl.
"All you care about is eating!" The girl scolded him a few more times, but when she saw the young man's expression, she rolled her eyes at him and no longer bothered with him.
Su Ming looked calm as he sat on the ground, but in truth, he was very alert. He had spread his divine sense out a little during the day, and within an area of ten thousand lis, he found that the strange forest was all around him.
He also had a vague feeling that as they walked through the forest, there were countless pairs of eyes watching them. However, compared to those invisible gazes, Su Ming noticed that there were even more of these gazes in the sky, especially within the dark clouds during the day.
In fact, when Su Ming scanned the area with his divine sense, he felt a vague sense of apprehension. That was why he did not choose to fly. When he saw the five people flying through the sky during the day, Su Ming immediately sensed that the invisible gazes in the sky had locked onto those five people with a greedy look. Once he did so, he completely gave up on the thought of flying in the sky.
Even if the path he took while walking through the forest did not seem like much, but once he spread out his divine sense, he found the path that had the least amount of gazes on them.
Only by doing so could he feel slightly at ease.
However, it was clear that the boy and girl would not know about these things. There was no way Su Ming would not be able to tell the girl's resignation and thoughts, but there was no need for him to explain himself.
At that moment, as he sat down, Su Ming opened his eyes to a slit and looked towards the nine moons in the sky once again. A faint glint appeared in his eyes.
'Nine moons … I wonder … if I cast the Fire Berserker Art here and execute the burning of blood … just how effective would it be?' Su Ming did not act rashly. That thought only appeared briefly in his head before it disappeared without a trace.
The night passed by without a word. When morning arrived, Su Ming stood up and continued walking forward with the boy and girl. On that day, the path they took was even more incomprehensible to the girl, because there were a few times when they took a long detour. The only similarity was that there were fewer trees in the areas they took. In fact, there were some places where there were no strange trees at all.
If there was no comparison, perhaps the girl would have endured it, but when dusk was about to arrive on the second day, a loud boom came from the distance.
When that muffled boom traveled forth, Su Ming stopped and turned his head around to look. His gaze pierced through the forest and he saw a bare-chested man walking in front of them with a ferocious smile on his face 1,000 feet away. He held a gigantic battle axe in his right hand, and wherever he went, the trees would shatter and leave behind a large amount of green liquid.
Behind the man were two boys. Their faces were also filled with excitement as they followed closely behind him, stepping on the green liquid and quickly walking past.
There was a girl sitting on the man's shoulder. She was also about fifteen or sixteen years old. She swung her legs and looked very pleased with herself.
When Su Ming and the other two looked towards them, the girl sitting on the man's shoulder laughed and spoke, even though there were some trees blocking their view due to the distance of 1,000 feet between them.
"Which tribe are you from? We're from Peaceful Field Tribe. What about you? "
Lan Lan looked at the girl sitting on the man's shoulder enviously. The presence exuding from the man's body made it clear that he was a Medial Battle Shaman. When she saw the strange trees exploding under the man's axe and the group moving forward at a speed that was several times faster than hers, she could not help but become even more displeased towards Su Ming.
"We're from White Bull Tribe. My name is Lan Lan," the girl immediately said. Su Ming frowned by her side, and the boy even went up to tug at Lan Lan's sleeve.
"The elder said that before we become Soul Catchers, we can't have too much contact with other tribes …" Ahu said in a low voice.
"White Bull Tribe? I've never heard of it before. It must be a small tribe. The places you're walking in are rather secluded. Could it be that you're afraid of these trees? How about this, I'll allow you to follow behind us. "The girl sitting on the man's shoulder smiled, and there was a hint of arrogance in her tone.
Once she finished speaking, without waiting for Lan Lan's reply, the girl quickly left into the distance with the two boys behind him as the man opened the path. One of the two boys even turned his head back to cast a glance at Su Ming and the other two before they left. There was a slight hint of disdain on his face.
"Let's go." Su Ming's expression remained calm. At that moment, he averted his gaze and turned around to continue walking according to the path he had sensed with his divine sense.
At that moment, he had a strong feeling that all the invisible gazes in the forest had been instantly attracted by the burly man. The burly man's existence was like a ball of flame in the night, attracting all the existences in the dark.
"But … But why are we still walking here?! That place has already been cleared! Why can't we go there?!" The girl called Lan Lan could no longer hold herself back after enduring it for two days.
"Also, the others are flying in the sky, and they're very fast. Even if they don't fly in the sky, they're still charging through the forest. This way, we can get out of this strange forest faster and head to Shaman City faster. If we get there faster, we can also attract a lot of people's attention. This is also good for White Bull Tribe," the girl said anxiously.
When she spoke, Su Ming acted as if he did not hear her. He did not even turn his head back, and there was not a single hint of emotion on his face as he continued walking forward.
Anguish appeared on the boy's face. He looked at Su Ming walking into the distance, then at Lan Lan.
"Lan Lan, the elder chose you to protect us. I think … he must have his own reasons for his choice …"
"Shut up!" The girl was originally angry that Su Ming ignored her, and now, she vented her anger on the boy. The boy mumbled a few more words and simply allowed the girl to vent her anger. He tried to persuade her in a low voice, and eventually, with a hint of unwillingness in her heart, she chased after Su Ming with the boy.
Time passed by, and in the blink of an eye, four days went by. During these four days, the girl saw a few more people flying in the sky, and she began to doubt Su Ming's power.
However, she did not notice that there were faces that looked like humans protruding out from the surface of some of the trees on the path they took the day before. Those faces were filled with pain, but it was difficult to tell that the faces were the same color as the trees at first glance. People would think that those were the patterns on the trees themselves.
If anyone took a closer look at those faces, they would find that there was a man, a girl, and two boys …
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