Chapter 59: Ghost Face Bat

  Before the entrance of Linhai, there were several Tianzong disciples on patrol. They mainly collected offerings from disciples of other sects entering Linhai. Seeing that all five of them wore their sect's jade tokens, they did not block their way.

  After crossing the mountain pass, I truly entered the mysterious forest sea.

  Xing Yuebo led the way in front, Suo Changtian and Feng Pingyuan followed behind him, and then came Ling Kaiwei and Zhang Shan together.

  "In the dense forest, there are many unforeseen dangers, such as some seemingly harmless fog that can cause one to lose their mind after being in it for a short while, and some ordinary-looking trees and vines that can suddenly attack and harm people."

  Ling Yuwei followed the team forward, pointing to Zhang Shan: "Junior brother, do you see that thicket? The vines on the thicket are man-eating vines. If you get close, those vines will swarm towards you densely."

  Zhang Shan nodded and took note, carefully observing and remembering everything in his heart.

  "Everyone, we're going to speed up now, let's all keep up quickly." Xing Yuebo said at this time.

  Suō zhǎng tiān zhuàn tóu miào le zhāng shān yī yǎn, mù guāng zhōng lòu cháo nǎo zhī sè, fǎng fú yào kàn tā xiào huà.

  A moment later, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes as Zhang Shan, who he thought had to struggle to keep up with him, remained calm and composed without falling behind.

  Xing Yuebo said with a smile as he rushed forward, "Zhang Shidi's movement is quite fast, it seems like you still have some energy left. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to keep up earlier."

  "I'd have made a fool of myself in front of Shifu, luckily I practiced my footwork before entering the Lin Hai, or else I would've been embarrassed." Zhang Shan said with a calm smile.

  "Since you can keep up, let's speed up a bit more. We'll set up camp at Linhai two thousand miles away before dusk and continue deeper tomorrow morning."

  Xing Yuebo said, and his speed increased once again.

  Zhang Shan fully deployed the Wuji Star Luo Step, his body flashed and disappeared into thin air, then instantly reappeared ten zhang away, flying across like a leap.

  Two hours later, looking at Zhang Shan who hadn't budged an inch, Ling Kaiwei couldn't help but exclaim:

  "Zhang Shidi is using the Xingluo Escape from the Wujixingluo Steps, and he's only been practicing for less than two months, yet he can already achieve this level of proficiency with the Xingluo Escape. His comprehension skills are truly exceptional."

  "There, Shizi has made progress, it's just that sometimes there are some epiphanies, maybe because this martial art is more compatible with me." Zhang Shan said humbly.

  "Feng Pingyuan said indifferently, 'The physical skills are just barely passable, but I don't know how the combat power is. The Ice Fire Demon Spider can't be killed just by relying on speed.'"

  Zhang Shan smiled and did not retort, empty words were useless, everything would be clear when the time came to take action.

  Before dusk, they stopped in front of a small hill.

  "Alright, let's rest here for tonight. I'll go with Shi Shidi and Feng Shidi to patrol the surroundings and hunt some demonic beasts for dinner. Ling Shi Mei and Zhang Shi Di, please clear a spot for our campsite." Xing Yuebo began assigning tasks.

  After the three left, Zhang Shan and others began to cut down weeds and shrubs, clearing out a campsite.

  Ling Yuwei sprinkled a circle of insecticide powder around her, while Zhang Shan started burning a pile of mugwort.

  "Sister Shifu, why do we have to stay here for a night? With our eyesight, traveling at night shouldn't be a problem."

  Two people sat beside the bonfire, Zhang Shan asked inexplicably.

  "Roads that are usually safe during the day may become dangerous at night, as creatures like poisonous mosquitoes and blood-sucking ants hide underground during the day and come out to forage at night."

  Ling Kaiwei explained to him, "Those things aren't individually strong in combat, but they have the advantage of numbers and are extremely vengeful. Once provoked, they'll basically harass you nonstop, so unless absolutely necessary, it's better to wait until daytime to act."

  After chatting for a while, the stele spirit suddenly said in the sea of consciousness: "I sense that the three of them have gathered thirty miles south, they should be discussing something, I think the host should be careful."

  "You're saying the three of them want to take us down? Or are you just being paranoid, I'm only temporarily joining this team by coincidence." Zhang Shan couldn't help but be startled.

  "It feels like Xing Yuebo and Suo Feng should be very familiar with each other, but during the day, they kept a distance as if it was their first meeting. Now they avoid you all gathering together, which can't help but raise suspicions."

  "The Tablet Spirit hesitated for a moment before continuing: 'It's not necessarily to deal with you, but rather it's highly likely that they're going to deal with Ling Yuwei.'"

  Zhang Shan quickly thought in his mind: "Your judgment is very likely, hey, fortunately they don't know that your divine sense can reach thirty miles."

  Zhang Shan's current boundary, his divine consciousness can sense up to three miles at most, but the Monument Spirit's sense is ten times stronger than his, so Xing Yuebo and several others thought they were far enough away, but still got discovered.

  "Is the host going to help that woman?"

  "If they really have a grudge against Ling Yuwei, as Qingmu Feng's disciple, I will definitely be included in the calculation too. Helping her is equivalent to helping me." Zhang Shan said resolutely.

  "But we just suspect it, telling her might make things worse." Bi Ling reminded.

  "Let's not tell her for now, we'll be careful and see how things go."

  Zhang Shan asked Ling Yuwei while communicating with the spirit of the stele, "Do Master and the three senior brothers usually form a fixed combination?"

  "This isn't the case, usually I'm with Ben Feng's familiar sisters, but this time they had something else to do and I urgently needed Ice Fire Spider Silk to refine an inner armor, coincidentally Xing Shixiong and his group were also going to hunt the spider, so I joined them."

  "So you're saying that Shifu actually isn't very familiar with them?"

  "I've worked with Brother Xing twice before, and as for the two brothers of Huang Yanfeng, it's actually our first time cooperating, but don't worry, little brother, Brother Xing is a good person, with him around, he won't make things difficult for you."

  Zhang Shan smiled ambiguously: "I didn't mean anything else, just wanted to get to know you better in the same team."

  "They're back."

  As Bei Ling reminded him in the sea of consciousness, Zhang Shan shifted the topic and started talking to Ling Kaiwei about the demon spider.

  Before long, the sound of clothes fluttering through the air rang out, and the three patrolling men returned, each carrying several wild game.

  After a busy day, the skinned and gutted game was roasted over an open flame until it was cooked through. Once everyone had finished eating, they took out tents from their backpacks and set them up, then assigned people to take turns keeping watch at night.

  Zhang Shan and Ling Kaiwei were on duty for the second half of the night, so they went back to their tent first to rest.

  With the presence of the stele spirit, it would naturally alert him if anything happened, so Zhang Shan began to meditate and cultivate with a peace of mind.

  An hour later, Ling stele awakened him from his meditation.

  "What's going on? Are they in trouble?"

  Zhang Shan took out the Qinghong Sword from the Sumi Ring, and his divine sense vigilantly swept towards the outside of the tent. His first reaction was that those three people were about to make a move.

  "It's not them, a large group of ghost-faced bats appeared thirty miles away and are flying towards us. There are quite a few of them, it might be troublesome." said Ling Bei quickly.

  Zhang Shan suddenly jumped up and was about to rush out of the tent, but his mind flashed and he stopped abruptly.

  If he rushed out to warn himself, it would be difficult to explain how his divine consciousness could sense thirty miles away. Even Xing Yuebo, the most spiritual and martial of the eight, was only ten miles away at most.

  More importantly, it would have alerted them, which was equivalent to wasting one of his trump cards. These thoughts flashed through his mind, and in the end, he still didn't make a sound.

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