Chapter 122: Bad at the Game but Addicted to Playing

Before this, although Ma Chulong was certain that Su Yan was not as simple as she appeared on the surface, he had absolutely not thought of her to be quite so formidable.

However, just now, this girl had actually seen through the illusion even before him and broken it so easily, which proved that her strength was no inferior to his.

In today's society, he truly could not think of any other descendant of a prominent family, any member of the younger generation, who could be more capable than the people of his Ma family!

"May I ask how you two are addressed?" Su Yan finally spoke, certain that the other party would not refuse her question.

"Ma Chulong. She is my younger sister, Ma Chulan."

As Ma Chulong spoke their names, he paid special attention to Su Yan's expression.

Anyone in their circle, even if they had never heard of the siblings, would definitely know what the "Ma" family signified.

To his surprise, however, Su Yan showed no extra expression whatsoever.

It was as if their names were merely ordinary names.

Could it be that she didn't know of the "Ma family"?

How was that possible?!

"I am Sun Mang, and she is..." Sun Mang suddenly realized, had he made a mistake?

He seemed to have called out Su Yan's name right in front of these two siblings; wouldn't that expose her identity?

"Su Yan."

Watching his constantly shifting expressions, Su Yan knew exactly what he was thinking. This kid wasn't very bright; of course, she couldn't hold it against him.

"Su Yan." Ma Chulong repeated her name, exchanging a glance with Ma Chulan.

They had never heard of any particularly powerful master with that surname.

"I assume you both came here because you realized something is amiss in this mountain?" Su Yan went straight to the point.

Ma Chulong nodded. "Yes. Recently, in several villages around the foot of the mountain, many children have developed high fevers and been plagued by nightmares, and medicine has proven ineffective. Through our investigation, we found they had all entered this mountain before falling ill, so we came."

"What a pity," Su Yan couldn't help but murmur.

Her business reach wasn't wide enough; if the villagers had contacted her, this deal would definitely have been closed.

Ma Chulong asked in confusion, "What is a pity?"

Su Yan shook her head, a friendly smile curling at the corners of her mouth.

"It's nothing. Although the illusion from earlier has been broken, the culprit has not yet been caught. I wonder if you two have made any discoveries?"

"This..."

The difficulty Ma Chulong displayed was not fake, but he immediately pulled a compass from his backpack and began walking around the perimeter.

"Su Yan, what is he doing? Divination?"

Sun Mang couldn't understand and asked curiously in a low voice.

Su Yan replied as if it were obvious, "I can't see, so how would I know what he's doing?"

*Ugh.*

Several black lines appeared on Sun Mang's forehead.

Having stayed by her side for so long, it was truly difficult not to overlook the fact that she couldn't see.

"I mean, Ma Chulong took out a compass and is spinning it around."

The gaze beneath Su Yan's black cloth deepened slightly.

That was no ordinary compass, but one imbued with special energy.

If she guessed correctly, this compass should react to special things.

Seeing that she remained silent, Sun Mang immediately tried to smooth things over.

"It's fine if we don't know. There are many strange and peculiar things in this world; we can't possibly recognize every single one."

Even though Su Yan knew he couldn't see, she still couldn't help but glare at him.

Sun Mang felt the hair on his body suddenly bristle, and he couldn't help but look around warily.

Could there be something terrifying nearby?!

When Ma Chulong walked to the back of the willow tree, the compass needle actually began to shake violently.

"Found it!"

Ma Chulan practically ran over immediately.

Sun Mang also perked up and followed closely behind.

Watching him dart about like a monkey, four words surfaced in Su Yan's mind.

*All hype, no skill.*

"There really is a problem here!" At a glance, Sun Mang could see a sinister, eerie aura slowly permeating from beneath the tree.

So, looking at it this way, his eyes were just as precious as the treasure in Ma Chulong's hand?

He had to suppress himself to keep from laughing out loud in triumph.

Now, he just had to wait and see Ma Chulong make his move.

Seeing him prepare to use a talisman again, Sun Mang couldn't help but shudder.

"Brother Ma, please, whatever you do, don't use a fire talisman. This isn't an illusion; if a fire starts, even if we had wings, we might not be able to fly out."

An awkward expression immediately appeared on Ma Chulong's face.

"Don't worry, I won't make the same mistake twice."

Only then did Sun Mang let out a long sigh of relief. However, neither he nor Ma Chulong expected that, just minutes later, Ma Chulong would have his face slapped a second time.

A powerful talisman blasted a large pit directly into the ground.

Dust flew everywhere.

Sun Mang never expected him to pull such a move and coughed until he was breathless.

Once the dust settled, they immediately looked into the pit.

However, aside from the tangled, complex tree roots, there was nothing else there at all.

"That... it might be deeper underground," Ma Chulong coughed dryly, feeling even more embarrassed than before.

If it were just the two siblings, it would be one thing, but the key was that Su Yan and Sun Mang were standing right there.

If they couldn't find a solution here, it would be equivalent to losing the Ma family's face.

And he would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen!

Having said that, he prepared to continue blasting the pit. Sun Mang took several exaggerated steps backward, suddenly feeling that these two siblings weren't as reliable as they looked.

"Stop blasting."

Su Yan truly couldn't stand to watch anymore. If he kept blasting like this, tonight would be the death day of this great tree.

Ma Chulong froze mid-motion and asked with feigned casualness, "Miss Su, is there perhaps another way?"

"It's not underground."

Su Yan's simple four words caused Ma Chulong's facial muscles to tighten, and he retorted with agitated emotion.

"Impossible! My family's compass absolutely does not make mistakes, and there is clearly yin energy rising from the ground."

"Su Yan said it's not there, so it's definitely not there!" Sun Mang's stance was incredibly forceful.

Ma Chulong was about to continue the confrontation when he was stopped by Ma Chulan.

"Brother, why don't we listen to what Miss Su has to say?"

After all, it was this girl who had just saved them, so Ma Chulan held a very good impression of Su Yan.

Ma Chulong suppressed his displeasure.

Su Yan didn't care; she slowly raised her head as if looking at something.

Sun Mang and Ma Chulan followed her gaze, but aside from the trunk of the large tree and the hanging willow branches, there was nothing.

A few seconds later, Su Yan's gaze seemed to pause, and then she pointed toward a certain branch.

"It's right there."

Sun Mang squinted hard, but he still saw nothing.

However, he had unconditional trust in Su Yan's words. Subconsciously, he was certain that something terrifying was definitely there, and his scalp tingled once again.

Sometimes, the things the eyes cannot see are far more terrifying than the things they can.