As the bearded man charged toward the couple, his five companions followed suit.

Jiang Man saw this from afar and asked me, "Should we lend a hand?"

I had no interest in getting involved in this pointless dispute: "Forget it, didn't you hear they had a grudge before? We're here to achieve our own goals. Sticking up for others will only get us into trouble."

"But these people are so immoral. Six people bullying two people, what kind of skill is that?"

Jiang Man said in a low voice, "How about we make some noise to buy those two some time?"

I knew Jiang Man had seen those people bullying a woman and felt sympathy for them. She was just about to say something when she heard a scream from ahead.

Looking up, the man and woman had retreated into the valley, while the bearded man had stepped into a trap and was suspended in mid-air by a vine with stones as counterweights hanging from a tree.

The bearded man, suspended by vines, saw other vine locks on the ground as he swayed and shouted, "Don't come any closer! There are other traps here!"

"Haha, you're not worthy to play with me!"

Hearing the bearded man's roar, the retreating man raised a blowgun made from an empty tree branch and blew a palm-sized crossbow bolt at the bearded man. He then took the girl and quickly disappeared into the valley.

The pale-faced young man was the first to rush forward when he saw the man and woman disappear: "Help!"

"puff!"

The bearded man with the drooping beard coughed up a mouthful of blood and mumbled, "That bastard poisoned me... I've been poisoned!"

The pale-faced youth took a leather pouch made of rat skin from his waist and shouted, "Don't talk, or you'll choke on the blood! Put him down, cut open the wound, and squeeze out the venom!"

I saw that the bearded man had just been injured and was already coughing up blood. I frowned and said, "The man and woman are experts in poison. They set a trap here to lure these people in and slow down the team's progress by injuring them."

Jiang Man was also furious at the couple's behavior: "These two are shameless. I was thinking of helping them before, but I didn't expect them to be so unscrupulous."

"Those who can come here all understand feng shui. Everyone knows that there must be a token on this mountain. From here on, everyone we meet is a competitor, and no one is worth trusting."

I watched as the group of people with the bushy beard were being rescued in the distance, and then slowly retreated with Jiang Man in tow: "That couple is skilled in using poison and can also injure people with flying arrows, and that pale-faced youth is also a master of poison. The two corpses we saw earlier also died from poisoning, and I'm afraid they are related to these people."

Jiang Man whispered, "It seems this group has already made an enemy of the couple on the mountain, and they'll definitely seek revenge. Should we follow them and use them to lead the way?"

"No, there might be more than just these two teams on this mountain. We can't waste time on these people! Besides, the bearded man's gang was attacked by that couple, so they'll be furious. If they discover us while we're following them, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

After thinking for a moment, I finally took Jiang Man back: "Let's stick to the original plan. I've observed the terrain of this mountain. We'll go up from the side. Although the road is difficult, it's much shorter than their frontal approach, and we still have enough time."

A few hours later, I stood in a grove of trees, looking at a waterfall cascading down a distant mountain peak, and said, “This mountain is high on three sides and low on one side. Combined with this waterfall, it is called ‘Holding a Pearl in the Palm.’ Above the waterfall is an auspicious burial site. If there is a treasure in this mountain, it must be on the peak where the waterfall is located.”

After hearing my explanation, the monkey impatiently urged, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's get started!"

"Um!"

I knew there was no need to delay, so I gripped my spear tightly and headed in that direction first.

Lin Que, Man Jing, and Xue Dong also nocked their arrows and stood guard beside me.

Our location on the mountain was right in front of the waterfall, with a cliff like a city wall in front of us and lush forests along the riverbank.

I observed the terrain for a moment, and then walked towards the gentle slope to the left of the waterfall.

The woods here have long been deserted, and the rocks nearby are covered with moss nourished by the moisture.

Jiang Man's face lit up when she saw the footprints: "The footprints here are very clear, but the moss on them is very dry, and there is also newly grown moss. They must not have been left recently! Even if the previous team arrived before us, they could only be more than ten hours ahead. So these footprints are likely traces left by the people from Fengmen Village when they came to place the token."

The monkey said proudly, "That's for sure. Young Master Duan's feng shui skills are superb. The place he chose will definitely not be wrong!"

I reached out and grabbed the rocks next to me, and was the first to climb up: "There are already two known teams in this mountain. Let's go up and see if they've gotten ahead of us!"

The moss-covered rocks were very slippery, and one wrong step could be dangerous, so after the monkey and I climbed up first, we tore the bed sheet into pieces, tied them together to make a rope, and threw it down.

After everyone climbed up, we checked the surrounding area and quickly found a cave covered by vines above the waterfall, where we discovered a huge safe.

This safe is a 1990s model; it has no electronic components, no keyhole, and only a rotating combination lock.

The monkey pushed the heavy safe, grinding its teeth and cursing, "Damn it, wasn't this level supposed to be about feng shui? Why are we being asked about cryptography now? Are they treating us like Sherlock Holmes?"

Manjing blinked: "What if this safe is the token?"

The monkey rolled its eyes: "Are you kidding me? This safe must weigh at least five or six hundred pounds. Who can carry it down the mountain?"

Jiang Man held up the lighter and shone it into the crack of the safe: "There are scratches on this safe. Could it have been pried open?"

"Impossible. None of our contestants were equipped with any tools. It's impossible to break this safe with clumsy tools."

I shook my head, then turned my gaze to Lin Que: "Do you have a way to open this thing?"

Lin Que smiled awkwardly: "Brother, you flatter me too much. Do you think someone like me who steals electric bikes would have such advanced skills?"

Manjing was taken aback, then quickly corrected him, "Aren't we battery hunters?"

"Alright, stop causing trouble."

The monkey waved his hand to interrupt the two, thought for a moment, and said to me, "There's a drop of more than ten meters between us and the bottom of the waterfall. Do you think if we push this safe out, we can use gravity to break it open?"