Seeing the two lovers cuddling in the narrow crevice, Su Yan silently retreated.

The young lady noticed the commotion and hurriedly moved away.

"What's wrong?" Chu Yang asked knowingly.

"You rascal, Teacher Su Yan just came by!" The young lady blushed with embarrassment.

"Oh dear, Teacher Su Yan is really something, she actually peeked at us kissing." Chu Yang said indignantly.

"..." The young lady had no way to deal with this scoundrel and urged him to leave quickly.

Not long after, the two emerged from the crevice and saw Su Yan pretending to admire the scenery.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting, teacher. Let's continue on our way," Chu Yang said with a smile.

Su Yan nodded and glanced at Li Qingshu.

Li Qingshu quickly lowered her head, feeling a burning sensation in her ears.

Chu Yang took her hand and said, "Shu'er, look, there's another scenic spot ahead called 'One Line Sky'."

Here, there are also gaps between giant rocks, but they are much wider and allow light to pass through from both sides, making it seem as if the sky has been shrunk into a line when you look up.

"I'll take your pictures." Chu Yang picked up his camera.

With her attention diverted, Li Qingshu became much more relaxed and took several beautiful photos with Su Yan.

The three then continued on their way.

"What's the next attraction?" Li Qingshu looked at the route map carefully. "...The Root of Life? What's that?"

Su Yan also became interested and boldly guessed: "It should be the large root system of some kind of plant, right, Chu Yang?"

Chu Yang smiled without saying a word, gesturing for the two to walk forward so they could be the first to see what was going on.

Then I followed them slowly and saw them suddenly freeze.

Su Yan exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, it looks so much like... and it's so big..."

Li Qingshu blushed again and spat lightly, "So this is the root of life!"

In a large crevice, there was a huge, columnar stone with a subtle shape.

The stone pillar remained in the crevice between the rocks.

This leaves a lot to the imagination.

Su Yan and Li Qingshu understood immediately, but Su Yan was full of curiosity and even went closer to take a look.

Shu'er turned her head away, too embarrassed to look again.

"So it really is a masterpiece of nature. I wonder which giant's root this masterpiece cut down," Chu Yang said with a smile.

"Hey, stop talking, you scoundrel!" Li Qingshu spat, then took Su Yan's hand: "Teacher, let's go, let's ignore this filthy scoundrel."

Su Yan actually wanted to take a few more glances, since she had never seen the real thing before.

Chu Yang smiled, picked up his camera and took a few photos, then followed them.

After walking for a while, we passed by a dilapidated ancient battle wall, and red leaves drifted by ahead.

"The ancient maple tree is just ahead!" Su Yan said.

"Wow, it's so high!" Li Qingshu exclaimed.

Looking up, one sees towering trees; it is autumn, and the maple leaves are a deep red, slowly drifting down.

The ancient maple tree, with its trunk straight and thick, grows tall and strong, reaching upwards with unwavering vigor.

Ancient vines entwine the tree trunk, as if they were playing a game of binding with the ancient maple tree.

The beautiful sight of maple leaves falling in a flurry is definitely worth appreciating.

Chu Yang took photos of them, sat under the tree for a while to admire the view, and then continued on his way.

Before long, we walked up the mountainside boardwalk and looked up to see a wide-open space where we could see the Danxia landform with its overlapping mountains and get a close-up view of Wuzhishi Mountain.

Actually, they are five small hills standing side by side; they look more like toes than fingers.

"How beautiful!" Li Qingshu opened her arms, took a breath of the breeze, and looked very content.

Su Yan stood by the railing and shouted towards the mountains; it sounded quite melodious.

Li Qingshu also joined in the shouting.

Their beautiful voices echoed through the mountains.

Chu Yang didn't call out, but carefully sensed their presence from behind.

Just then, his phone rang.

Chu Yang walked to the side, took out his phone, and answered it.

"Chu Yang, where are you?" It was Shen Li.

Then, puzzled, he asked, "Who's calling from your end? It's a woman!"

Chu Yang chuckled and said, "I'm hiking. Didn't I tell you? It was organized by the student council."

"Why would a woman be calling out while we're climbing a mountain?" Little Pear asked suspiciously.

"I don't know either. Maybe it's their way of releasing stress and embracing nature. Don't worry, I didn't join in the shouting," Chu Yang said with a smile.

Little Pear didn't think much of it, but huffed and puffed, "You didn't take me with you on the mountain climb, you bad guy."

"The bad guy wants to take you along, but don't you have a performance tonight and need to rehearse?"

"That's true... So you chose to go mountain climbing instead of coming to my performance. Is the mountain more beautiful than me?"

"Of course I'm not as pretty as you. I regret coming here. I should have gone to see your performance. I could have held you while I slept at night. I didn't have to think about you all the way here."

"That's more like it, hehe. Then hurry back so I can hold you while you sleep."

"Okay, that's all for now. The signal is bad in the mountains. I'll come back to see you tomorrow."

"If you want me, you're not allowed to look at other girls."

"I looked at it, but none of them are as good-looking as you."

"You're not allowed to look at that!"

"Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Chu Yang went to the railing and saw the young lady had picked a pink wildflower and put it on her ear. He couldn't help but praise her, "Shu'er, you look so pretty."

The young lady smiled shyly and placed a flower wreath on his head.

"It suits you quite well, like a pretty boy." She laughed happily.

"Right?" Chu Yang grinned smugly, then asked, "Where did Teacher Su Yan go?"

"She just received a phone call saying that a girl twisted her ankle, so she rushed back."

"Oh, then let's keep going."

The two continued walking and soon arrived at another scenic spot.

Climbing the steps, you'll find yourself in a narrow canyon between two mountains. Unlike other canyons, the path between the canyons is paved with plum blossom stakes, allowing only one person to pass at a time.

The design of these plum blossom stakes is like a stone path in a park; walking on them one by one looks too effeminate, while walking on two at a time is ridiculous.

The vertical cliffs on both sides of the canyon are covered with shade-loving mosses.

This place also has a beautiful name, Guifei Valley. It is said that the palace of Empress Zeng, the wife of Emperor Longwu, was located here. Empress Zeng often walked through this place, hence the name.

Upon entering, it was immediately noticeable that the temperature had dropped significantly.

Chu Yang walked behind the young lady, admiring her swaying peach-shaped buttocks.

"Are you cold, Shu'er?"

After saying that, he took off his coat and draped it over her shoulders.

"But what about you? Your injury hasn't fully healed yet, so you can't get cold." The young lady was about to take it off.

“I’m incredibly strong, don’t worry.” Seeing that it was almost noon, Chu Yang said, “After we get past this place, let’s rest up ahead and have something to eat.”

The young lady nodded and walked along the plum blossom stakes.

After leaving Guifei Valley, the two found a relatively flat rock, sat down, and drank water and ate something.

Halfway through the meal, the young lady suddenly said somewhat embarrassedly, "Chu Yang, I... I need to pee..."

Chu Yang smiled slightly: "What a coincidence, it's me too. Since that's the case, why don't we solve it together?"

Little lady: "..."