With a serious expression, Bai Xiaochun activated the protective light barrier of the jade tablet. After ensuring that even the slightest movement of the wind or grass would alert him, Bai Xiaochun then carefully started his journey forward, making sure to keep his distance from Feng Yan at the same time.
Both Feng Yan and Du Lingfei did not slow down the whole way, they sped through the Fallen Star Mountain Range and slowly travelled deep into a mountain valley. In this mountain valley, there was a large number of trees, and if one looked closely, they would discover that some of these trees seemed to be very old. These trees had trunks and branches that criss-crossed each other like a weave of pythons, with every branch joint forming a weird knot. If it was nighttime, such a sight would have sent chills ran down everyone’s spines.
Two hours later, the trio had already travelled deep into the the mountain valley when they suddenly came to a stop. Feng Yan looked down at the compass in his hand; the needle was clearly pointing towards a humongous tree by the side.
“Junior Brother Bai, go check it out.” Feng Yan looked towards Bai Xiaochun and pointed towards the big tree.
Bai Xiaochun hesitated for a moment as he closely inspected that tree. After making sure that there was no danger, his right hand pressed onto the jade tablet hanging on his waist. Immediately, the protective light barrier that was already covering Bai Xiaochun thickened by another layer. Bai Xiaochun even took out some talismans and plastered them onto his body. Only when all of this was done did he finally approach the large tree, step by step.
“If you are so scared of death, why did you even become a cultivator at the first place!” Du Lingfei snorted coldly. She already held Bai Xiaochun in contempt; throughout the journey, even though there were some dreadful situations, Bai Xiaochun’s reactions were simply just too exaggerated, as if he could die any moment. Now that they had reached their destination, Du Lingfei could feel her contempt for Bai Xiaochun increase even further, seeing that he still had such a cowardly mentality.
Bai Xiaochun did not have time to care about Du Lingfei, right now, having cautiously approached the huge tree, he took out a flying sword and peeled the tree bark. There was a patch of tree bark that had recently grown out, and the moment it was peeled off, a jade slip hidden behind it was revealed.
After carefully taking out this jade slip, Bai Xiaochun swept it with his divine sense and his expression changed slightly. He then threw the jade slip to Feng Yan.
The jade slip only contained a sentence the explained neither heads or tails.
“I found some other clues, I’ll go to the Fallen Chen Clan to confirm them…...:”
After Feng Yan read it, his brows knitted into a frown then threw the jade slip to Du Lingfei. After Du Lingfei had read the message, she too frowned and fell deep in thought.
“Fallen Chen Clan……” a few moments later, Du Lingfei softly murmured under her breath as she turned her head and gazed deep into the Fallen Star Mountain Range.
The Fallen Star Mountain Range covered a large area and was filled with bountiful resources. Such an area was not only under the control of the Spirit River Sect, it was lying right at the border between the Spirit River Sect and the Blood River Sect. The Spirit River Sect naturally had to arrange some people to protect such an area, and the clan responsible for this protection was…...the Fallen Chen Clan.
The Fallen Chen Clan had a considerable amount of people and had already been garrisoned at the Fallen Star Mountain Range for a thousand years. Every generation had a Foundation Establishment patriarch to watch over the clan; be it for protection or deterrence purposes, it was more than enough.
In their mission’s details, it was even stated that if there was any danger, they could contact the Fallen Chen Clan for help.
But according to Hou Yunfei’s message on the jade slip, it actually pointed them towards the Fallen Chen Clan, and it seems that…..Hou Yunfei went to the Fallen Chen Clan to investigate some of the clues and went missing from there on.
“What do you guys think, should we go take a look at the Fallen Chen Clan?” Feng Yan seemingly gave a superficial glance over Bai Xiaochun before looking at Du Lingfei.
“Senior Brother Feng, Senior Sister Du, having found this jade slip, our mission can be considered to be completed…...I think we should put safety first, there is no need to do unnecessary actions.” Bai Xiaochun quickly opened his mouth and he nervously surveyed his surroundings; he felt some intangible pressure from this place.
Du Lingfei hesitated for a moment, if they went back like that, she speculated that they would just get the basic amount of contribution points. However, if they investigated more leads, the amount of contribution points would also be larger.