Chapter 120: How Could a Blind Man Enter the Mountain?

Although neither Su Yan nor Ma Chulong wanted to get involved with the other, the further they ventured into the mountains, the more rugged the terrain became, leaving only a single path that barely qualified as a road.

In the end, the siblings walked in front, while Su Yan and Sun Mang trailed behind.

"Brother, it's so dangerous in there, how can we just let them wander around recklessly? What if something happens to them?" Ma Chulan continued to try and persuade him, still feeling uneasy.

"You already tried to advise them just now; they chose not to listen and insisted on following," Ma Chulong replied quite coldly.

He had encountered people like this before—those who didn't know the heights of the heavens or the depths of the earth, thinking they could explore the mountains every day without having a shred of ability, only to end up not even knowing how they died.

"But..."

"No buts. What if they are bad people intentionally approaching us? Besides, our identities cannot be exposed; bringing them along is absolutely unsafe." Ma Chulong supported Ma Chulan, yet his walking pace did not slow down in the slightest.

Ma Chulan was finally swayed by him. She turned her head back to look for Su Yan and the others, only to find that they seemed to have been left far behind.

She could only silently pray that these two strangers would make it down the mountain safely.

"Su Yan, what do you think of that pair of siblings up ahead?" Sun Mang's feet were covered in bloody blisters; he could only rely on chatting to distract himself from the pain.

Su Yan tossed out two words: "Troublesome."

"Hehe, that guy probably thinks the same of us."

Sun Mang's words were quite accurate.

Su Yan raised her head, looking through the dense foliage at the sun which had already begun to tilt toward the west. It would be dark in less than an hour.

"Walk faster."

"Ah? You're killing me!" Sun Mang let out a wail.

As night fell, the quiet mountain forest became exceptionally eerie.

This feeling made Sun Mang very uneasy.

Ever since the Night of the Blood Moon, he hadn't felt such a strong sensation.

"Su Yan, I feel like this mountain... doesn't seem quite clean..."

He wasn't trying to manufacture tension on purpose, but his intuition had always been very accurate. Whenever that feeling appeared, he would soon see *those things*.

But to his surprise, he saw Su Yan smile.

Although it was just a slight upturn of the corners of her lips, he had captured it clearly.

A thought immediately surfaced in his mind.

"Su Yan, I know what you came here to find!"

In the silent forest, his excited shout startled the surrounding birds, causing them to scatter instantly.

Instead of being terrified, his face was full of radiance.

He was truly an idiot; he should have realized long ago that she wouldn't have come into the mountains specifically for some wild fruit.

He widened his eyes, scanning the area ahead, wishing he could see a clue immediately.

"Stop looking, it's just ahead," Su Yan signaled proactively.

This time, Sun Mang truly stayed by her side, never straying a single step.

As they walked, a mass of black mist suddenly drifted from ahead.

Before they could react, the black mist had already completely enveloped them.

Sun Mang's breathing became rapid and tense, but because Su Yan was there, he didn't feel much fear.

Before he could even figure out what was happening, the black mist vanished without a trace.

Bright moonlight filtered through the leaves, scattering dappled spots across the ground.

"Su Yan, what just happened?"

Su Yan did not answer his question, but instead looked ahead.

Sun Mang followed her gaze and soon spotted the Ma Chulong siblings.

"Hey, little brother, what a coincidence!"

He waved at them warmly to greet them, but they acted as if they hadn't heard his voice at all, not even turning their heads.

Su Yan had already started walking toward them again.

By the time they reached behind the two siblings, Sun Mang was nearly scared out of his wits.

Hanging from the dense trees directly ahead were countless dead bodies.

"Ah!"

Sun Mang let out a scream, his hair standing on end as if struck by electricity.

"Why did you follow us?" Ma Chulan finally noticed their presence, her expression turning extremely grim.

Sun Mang's tongue tied itself in knots, "This, this, this is..."

After the Night of the Blood Moon, he had seen hundreds and thousands of evil spirits and vengeful souls, but corpses were entirely different from those things.

"If you aren't afraid of death, stay; otherwise, leave immediately!" Ma Chulong barked with impatience. The situation before him had already exceeded his expectations, and he didn't even know what would happen next.

Sun Mang shuddered; this man was far too fierce.

But then he thought again—wait, that's not right. Even someone like him was terrified by this sight, yet these two siblings didn't seem afraid at all.

Were they colleagues?!

"Ahem, it's just a mass hanging, it's really nothing much."

He forced out a sentence, then lowered his voice to whisper to Su Yan: "Su Yan, there are a lot of dead people hanging on the trees ahead, but I don't see those *things*."

"What's the rush? We'll just watch." Su Yan's voice was very soft, carrying a hint of an emotion that Sun Mang couldn't quite decipher.

However, Sun Mang understood her meaning.

"Little brother, it's not that we won't leave, it's that we're lost and can't find our way out. This place is so eerie, just let us stay here. You can do whatever you want; we definitely won't disturb you."

Sun Mang spoke with a grin, looking like a completely different person from the terrified man just moments ago.

"Brother, what do we do now? They really don't look like bad people, and that girl seems to be blind." It wasn't that Ma Chulan was overflowing with sympathy, but rather that there was truly no other way at this point.

Ma Chulong's gaze skipped over Sun Mang and landed directly on Su Yan.

He had long since realized that this loud-mouthed boy was actually nothing to worry about; the one truly hiding her strength was this girl with the black cloth covering her eyes.

How could a blind person enter the deep mountains?

His sister was still too naive.

Meeting Ma Chulong's gaze, Sun Mang actually gave a very composed "please" gesture.

Although Ma Chulong couldn't guess their identities, he was certain they were definitely not ordinary people.

Since that was the case, there was no need to hide. His cold gaze fell upon the corpses ahead, and a talisman flew from his hand.

Sun Mang was all too familiar with that dazzling light.

The talismans Su Yan had given him before had all been used up by Du Jinsong and the others; now, he could only watch with envy.

Immediately following, a raging flame swallowed all those terrifying corpses.

"That's amazing! Su Yan, what kind of talisman is that? It's different from the ones you gave me."

The firelight was also reflected in Su Yan's ink-black pupils. "A Fire Talisman. When burned by a Fire Talisman, even those with skin of copper and bones of iron will turn to ash."

Sun Mang was shocked. "Does the Fire Talisman work on evil spirits too?"

Su Yan gave an affirmative answer: "Yes, but not as effectively as it does now. However..."

"However what?" Sun Mang was a total curiosity seeker, constantly pressing for answers.

Su Yan looked at the sky filled with flames. This was a forest; once the fire spread, they would likely be the ones to die.

(End of Chapter)