At this point, Fang Zhengzhi's face was filled with a sense of arrogance and confidence that could not be shaken off.
Chi Guyan was silent when she saw Fang Zhengzhi's expression.
Cang Ling Mountain was one of the few deep mountains in the Great Xia Dynasty. It had existed for tens of thousands of years, even longer than the Great Xia Dynasty itself.
Humans ruled over this land, but that did not mean that they had fully explored it.
Cang Ling Mountain was a mystery, an unexplored mystery. No one knew how many ferocious beasts there were, or what kind of beasts there were.
Humans trained the beasts and used their strength to strengthen their military. However, the beasts were intelligent, especially the high leveled ones. How would they be willing to submit to humans?
Therefore, these ferocious beasts lived in the deep mountains and swamps, devouring natural treasures, strengthening their bodies, and comprehending all living things. Coupled with the cruelty of the natural competition for survival and their unique long lifespans, their strength was terrifying. Even the strongest forces in the Great Xia Dynasty, the One Pavilion, Four Sages, and Four Sages of the Thirteen Constabularies, would not dare to take them on lightly.
Under normal circumstances...
The most powerful beasts occupied the center of Cang Ling Mountain. They were like the emperors of the human race, looking down on the world from above.
As such, the danger level of the center was unimaginable.
Cang Ling Mountain had tens of thousands of years of history. The beasts that dominated it were unimaginably powerful. In fact, there might even be a "Primordial Remnant Beast".
Of course, Chi Guyan did not believe that a human would dare to enter the heart of the Cang Ling Mountain alone and take a bath there as if nothing had happened...
However, the person who said this was Fang Zhengzhi.
She could not help but think. Could this shameless thief really have a way to enter the center of Cang Ling Mountain? How did he do it?
"Can you really enter the center of Cang Ling Mountain?" Chi Guyan asked after a moment of silence.
"Do you believe me?" Fang Zhengzhi replied calmly.
"I do!" Chi Guyan was slightly excited.
"Aish... I never thought that you would have such a naive side to you. I overestimated you. Enter the center of Cang Ling Mountain? Even a three year old wouldn't believe me, yet you believe me? "Fang Zhengzhi smirked. Then, he dashed into his room as if he was flying.
Chi Guyan was left standing on the spot, staring blankly at Fang Zhengzhi's back …
"Shameless thief!"
…
Within Huai An County, in an ancient-looking mansion.
A young girl in a green dress hurried through the mansion with a flustered look on her face. She quickly passed through a gate in the mansion. Then, he came to the door of a loft.
"Young Master!"
"What's the matter?" A crisp voice came from the pavilion.
"The preparations at Cang Ling Mountain have been completed. The Vast World can be activated at any time!" The girl in the green dress was visibly excited when she said the words "The Vast World".
"Any news from Fang Zhengzhi?"
"Young Master, Fang Zhengzhi just arrived at the county today. After that, I hurriedly ate and left the city gates. I should have reached the Northern Mountain Village by now. "The girl in the green dress immediately replied.
"Hmm, if you are returning home to visit your relatives, you should go to the ancestral hall tomorrow morning to pay your respects. Pass down my orders, we will open The Vast World tonight!"
"Yes!"
The girl in the green dress hurriedly retreated.
Behind the window of the pavilion, a woman in a plain white dress stood. Her beautiful eyes gazed at the faintly discernible mountain range in the distance.
"After tonight, everything will be settled. The Stabilisation Constabulary will be trapped. The only variable is Fang Zhengzhi and Chi Guyan … if you can't even enter The Vast World, how can you save the Stabilisation Constabulary? "
…
There was a small road that led from the back of the Northern Mountain Village to Cang Ling Mountain.
This was the fastest route that the hunting squad had chosen over the years. Two hours ago, there were four soldiers standing guard at the entrance of this road.
But now, there were no more.
To enter Cang Ling Mountain, Fang Zhengzhi changed into his usual attire. He could no longer wear the tiger head hat he wore when he was young. Instead, he wore a black leather hat.
And on his body. He was also wearing tight clothes made of animal skin.
Over the past few years, Fang Zhengzhi had been travelling in the mountains. Naturally, he had not slacked off in terms of training. But it was strong and slender.
However, the leather was clearly worn down. Some parts of the fur had been polished, revealing a few ugly spots. There were also a few patches on it.
Compared to Chi Guyan's nocturnal outfit made of animal skin, it was a far cry in quality.
But … Fang Zhengzhi did not care about these details.
As the saying goes, a powerful dragon cannot suppress a snake in its territory. Even if you were a soaring dragon that could soar through the Nine Heavens, in this territory, you could only hide and listen to my instructions.
"Don't you know the principle of walking on the left?"
"Not the right?"
"The right is for outsiders to step on. If you don't mind, you can walk on the right. There's nothing much there. It's just a small pit every 10 steps and a big pit every 30 steps."
"Using human habits to set traps. Even though the principle is simple, it is very practical."
"The wisdom of the working people is great. Even in the mountains, there are battles between neighboring villages. Someone like you, who grew up in the Divine Constabulary, will never understand."
Chi Guyan did not speak. She was the pride of the heavens, the daughter of the Divine Constabulary. She had read the Law of Dao since young and was familiar with all sorts of military strategies and formations.
However, this did not mean that she understood everyone's lives.
This had nothing to do with intelligence or power.
This was experience.
Only those who grew up in the mountains would have life experience. Of course, she did not. Luckily, Fang Zhengzhi did. Unluckily, Fang Zhengzhi did.
This seemed like a contradiction, but it was easy to understand.
Fang Zhengzhi's life experience not only allowed him to understand the battles in the mountains, but it also allowed him to traverse the mountains as if he was on flat ground. As such, he walked quickly, like a panther hunting for its prey.
What surprised Fang Zhengzhi was that Chi Guyan also walked quickly. Her eyes shone brighter and brighter, almost as if they were stars.
Fang Zhengzhi could not understand this.
He walked quickly because he was extremely familiar with the roads. He even knew where the boulder was, where the vine was, where he had to take small steps, and where he had to take big steps. Where he had to lower his head, where he had to jump...
But Chi Guyan did not know any of this.
However, Chi Guyan continued to walk quickly, following closely behind Fang Zhengzhi. No matter how fast Fang Zhengzhi walked, she maintained the same distance.
Two figures traversed the mountain path, hidden in the trees.
When he was young, Fang Zhengzhi had to follow the hunting squad up the mountain. It would take him four hours to reach the outskirts of the Cang Ling Mountain. But now, at his full speed, he took less than an hour to reach the top.
Finally, Fang Zhengzhi stopped.
After he stopped. The first thing he did was to look behind him.
Then, he saw Chi Guyan, who should not have been there. She had a pair of bright and sparkling eyes. She was dressed in animal skin, and there was not a speck of dust on her.
The expression on his face was as calm as a pool of limpid autumn water. His skin emitted a faint brilliance. There was no rapid panting or heaving of his chest, nor was there a drop of sweat. It was as if he was taking a leisurely stroll.
Fang Zhengzhi only took one look at Chi Guyan, and did not look at her again.
Because, his pride had suffered a small blow. He had already tried his best to run up the mountain, how was it that Chi Guyan could keep up on her first time?
Furthermore, she did it so easily?
He was a local!
Was the difference really that big?
This girl...
Was she a human or a monster?
Fang Zhengzhi felt that this was unbelievable. If the person who did this was Yan Xiu. Fang Zhengzhi would definitely ask for an explanation.
But, the person who did it was Chi Guyan.
Fang Zhengzhi did not ask. Of course, another reason was that there was a bright fire not too far in front of him. The fire and torches lit up the dark night.
In the midst of the fire, there were many armored soldiers. They wielded their spears and patrolled the area. It looked very tight.
This was clearly an army encampment.
This was also why Fang Zhengzhi suddenly stopped. From the scene in front of him, it seemed like Zhang Yangping was right. Cang Ling Mountain was surrounded by a large number of soldiers.
However, from the direction of the encampment, as well as the materials used...
There was something amiss here.
If they were really here to capture a ferocious beast, then the soldiers would move around more frequently. This should be a temporary encampment. The layout might have been a little more elaborate, but it would not be as elaborate as this.
Furthermore, there was a two-meter-tall wooden fence around the encampment.
This was clearly a long-term encampment.
"Detour?" Fang Zhengzhi probed. He was not afraid of an encampment like this. However, according to Zhang Yangping, Cang Ling Mountain was surrounded. As such, there could not be just one encampment.
If he was discovered by an encampment, it could cause a chain reaction. If that happened, all of the soldiers would treat Fang Zhengzhi as an assassin. That would not be fun.
"The area occupied by the camp is 537 meters wide and 425 meters deep. Coupled with the area covered by the fire and the seven hidden sentries around the camp, it would take at least 15 minutes to go around it." Chi Guyan did not answer Fang Zhengzhi's question. Instead, she replied to him silently.
Fang Zhengzhi was not dumb enough to ask Chi Guyan why.
This was because this was not too difficult. There were fences surrounding the barracks, and the distance between each fence was about the same. There were countless ways to calculate the number of fences.
He could also calculate the area occupied by the encampment. However, he had not personally measured the distance between each fence in this world. As such, he was not as accurate as Chi Guyan.
"So?" Fang Zhengzhi continued to ask.
"Just go through it. Half an incense should be enough." Chi Guyan was not surprised by Fang Zhengzhi's silence. This seemed to be a tacit understanding. However, in order to achieve this, one needed to have the same level of intelligence.
Perhaps, this was one of the reasons why Chi Guyan was so arrogant.
When a person could calculate many things, but the people around him could not understand the reasoning behind it, in a situation where there was no way to explain it, choosing not to explain it was often a solution.
However, this method would make people feel arrogant.
Fang Zhengzhi could understand what Chi Guyan meant by half an incense. After all, to really go through a distance of 425 meters, how would half an incense need half an incense?
Then, this half an incense would include breaking the door, defeating the soldiers, and then breaking the door...
And so on and so forth, a series of complicated procedures.
"Ladies first!" Fang Zhengzhi politely gestured to Chi Guyan, indicating that she could boldly walk in front.
"If I said that half an incense was referring to you, would you believe me?" Chi Guyan looked at Fang Zhengzhi quietly.
"No!" Fang Zhengzhi was not going to fall for it. This was a technique that he had used so much. Was Chi Guyan still trying to trick him?
No matter what, he would not answer her.
"Then, follow me closely." Chi Guyan did not seem surprised by Fang Zhengzhi's reply. She smiled gently, revealing the most dazzling beauty under the night sky.
Just as Fang Zhengzhi was about to say "follow closely", his eyes widened. For the first time, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Because, the scene in front of him was too shocking.
Under the bright light, Chi Guyan shot straight towards the army camp. Her lips curved into a faint smile, the light in her eyes as dazzling as the Milky Way.
Her speed was so fast that it made one's hair stand on end.
That feeling was like a shooting star that suddenly streaked across the sky, from Fang Zhengzhi's side, to the entrance of the army camp in the blink of an eye.
Fang Zhengzhi did not even have time to react. How could the two ordinary soldiers guarding the entrance of the army camp react in time?
"Pa pa!" Two soft sounds rang out. The two soldiers froze on the spot. Their eyes were blank, as if they were two statues standing in front of the army camp.
It was too fast, ridiculously fast.
Fang Zhengzhi had seen Nangong Mu, who was also in the Heavenly Reflection Peak State, in the World of the Sage. Comparing Nangong Mu's speed to Chi Guyan's was like comparing a one-year-old to an 18-year-old girl.
Why was she so fast? They were both in the Heavenly Reflection Peak State, why was there such a huge difference in their abilities?
Furthermore, Fang Zhengzhi had a feeling that Chi Guyan's speed was even faster than Ying Shan's speed when he was on a rampage.
This did not seem very possible. However, the truth was right in front of his eyes.
Yet...
This was not the reason why Fang Zhengzhi was so shocked. What truly shocked Fang Zhengzhi was that Chi Guyan's feet did not move at all.
She did not walk, nor did she leap, nor did she float. Instead, she moved...
She moved from Fang Zhengzhi's side to the entrance of the army camp.
"What... f * ck! Even the Heavenly Fairy... isn't this ridiculous? "
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