Just then, a long howl echoed through the air. Zhu Yanyi sat up straight. Luo Gang quickly climbed a tree to check the direction of the sound.
After a while, Luo Gang climbed down and approached her. "Miss, I can't see clearly what’s happening over there."
Zhu Yanyi leaned against the tree trunk and closed her eyes. After a moment, she spoke. "It’s nothing. The Holy Son and her group are fighting a snake. They won’t die."
"Cough, cough…" What did she mean by "won’t die"? And why did she seem to know everything, even though she hadn’t moved from this spot? This mysterious aura looked very strange to Zhou Feng and Chen Guodong.
Zhu Yanyi closed her eyes again. "Alright, everyone rest. We have to travel tomorrow."
Indeed, working with high-IQ people was exhausting for the brain. Zhou Feng and Chen Guodong could only look at each other. Luo Gang nodded in agreement. "Fine, let’s all rest. No need to worry about what’s ahead."
What was happening ahead? Just as Zhu Yanyi said, the Holy Son’s group was fighting a python as thick as an arm. Fortunately, the Holy Son had brought many people. After losing about three men, they finally chopped off the python’s head.
"Holy Son, are you okay?" An Qi, the Holy Son’s protector, asked cautiously.
"An Qi, let everyone rest, then we’ll travel through the night." The Holy Son’s face was gloomy. He hadn’t expected to lose three guards just a few days into entering Changbai Mountain. This made him hate Yin Mei even more.
The number of the Holy Son’s guards was fixed, and each was specially trained. Training one was not easy.
Now, because of the search for that treasure, he had already lost three guards. If Yin Mei hadn’t hidden the truth about the treasure, he wouldn’t have chased them here.
The Holy Son now only hoped to find the treasure soon. That way, he would have something to say to the Godfather. Otherwise, he feared he would be the one to suffer.
"Holy Son, it’s getting late. Why don’t we find a place to rest ahead? Traveling all night drains everyone’s energy," An Qi suggested seriously.
The Holy Son hesitated slightly, looked at the sky, and couldn’t tell the exact time, but judged it was night. "Hmm, let’s rest ahead."
This place was no good for resting due to the smell of the python’s blood. So, the Holy Son led his group forward to find a spot where the bloody scent couldn’t be smelled, and they rested there.
The night passed roughly. As a ray of light filtered through the leaves, the Holy Son woke up. Seeing it was already 7:30, he hurriedly called everyone up. They ate some compressed biscuits, drank some water, and started moving.
In contrast, Zhu Yanyi’s side was in no rush. She woke up at 8:00, stretched, slowly found a spot, and cooked a pot of porridge. After everyone washed up and ate, they walked leisurely.
Although Zhu Yanyi’s pace was slow, no one knew that she was walking in a straight line. Because plants guided her, she didn’t worry about getting lost. The Holy Son’s group, however, walked in curves. So, even though Zhu Yanyi started later, catching up to them was very easy.
About five hours later, Zhu Yanyi’s group saw the python’s corpse.
After a night, the bloody smell had attracted many other carnivores. By now, there was hardly anything left of the python.
Zhu Yanyi’s group naturally didn’t go to join the crowd; they simply walked around it.
"If we knew it was only five hours, we could have caught up with the Holy Son yesterday," Chen Guodong said.
Zhu Yanyi smiled. "Brother Guodong, don’t underestimate these five hours. Have you forgotten the route I took?"
Chen Guodong pondered slightly, thinking about Zhu Yanyi’s route, and was slightly stunned. "Sister-in-law walked in a straight line."
"You just realized that?" Luo Gang patted Chen Guodong’s shoulder. "We noticed long ago."
"Sister-in-law, how do you know how to walk like that?" Chen Guodong was very curious about Zhu Yanyi’s ability. Walking such a straight line in this primeval forest was impossible unless one was already very familiar with the place.
Moreover, walking in a straight line here was not easy. First, the ground was uneven; no one knew if they would encounter a steep slope.
Second, dangers existed everywhere. Who knew when a wild beast might charge out?
Yet, Zhu Yanyi had calmly led everyone for five hours. If Zhu Yanyi hadn’t reminded her, Chen Guodong wouldn’t have even thought it was possible to walk in a straight line.
Zhu Yanyi said calmly, "It’s not a dangerous place. Why couldn’t we walk there?"
This wasn’t a dangerous place? Zhou Feng and Chen Guodong looked at Zhu Yanyi in a daze. They weren’t afraid of the dangers in this forest because they had done countless missions in similar forests before.
They already knew how to survive in the wild.
But Zhu Yanyi was different. They knew she rarely came to such places. As a doctor, if she came here, it was only to gather herbs. She wouldn’t go deep unless absolutely necessary. Yet, now she was more relaxed and free than they were. What kind of person was she?
Zhu Yanyi didn’t know what Zhou Feng and Chen Guodong were thinking. She looked up and then said, "Let’s go. In ten minutes, there will be a small waterfall ahead. We’ll rest there and eat something."
Good grief, was this still a primeval mountain area? This familiarity felt like strolling through one’s own backyard. Zhou Feng and Chen Guodong were completely speechless.
"I feel like Changbai Mountain is Sister-in-law’s backyard. She knows exactly where the water sources are and where it’s safe," Zhou Feng said helplessly.
Zhu Yanyi listened and said seriously, "For me, this mountain forest is indeed no different from our backyard."
Zhu Yanyi thought for a moment, took off her bag, and took out several bags of fruit to distribute. "Come, let’s eat some fruit while walking. It’s rare to go on an outing."
Zhou Feng felt he didn’t know what to say. His boss was a strange person, and he hadn’t expected his boss’s fiancée to be strange too.
Coming to such a dangerous place, and she called it an outing.
However, he didn’t refuse the fruit at all. After all, the taste of Azure Sovereign Qingdi’s fruits was top-notch. So, an outing it was.
Zhu Yanyi took out apples, one for each person, and they started eating. As they chewed, Zhu Yanyi stopped.
"Miss, what’s wrong?" Luo Gang hurried over to ask.