Chapter 44 Departure

[Name: Jiang Shan]

Age: 25

[Race: Innate Human*Unlimited Growth*Size as desired*Infancy]

[Realm: Entering the Dao]

[Kung Fu: Nine Cauldrons Mysterious Art (1/9)*Indestructible]

[Skills: Artificial Intelligence (0/3) (Other max-level skills omitted)]

[Skill Points: 10]

【Time and Space Gate (Cooling Down)】

In the secret realm of Huangyu Village, in the attic of the manor, Jiang Shan traveled over. He first summoned up his personal attribute panel and took a glance at it, then closed his eyes and silently recited the essence of the Nine Ding Profound Art, moving his true energy and activating the method.

As expected, the world environment is different, and the efficiency of advancing the skills varies greatly.

He's not in a hurry to go out here.

For Jiang Shan, it seemed like he had spent more than half a month in that time; but for Zhong Yu, it only took a moment to turn around.

In the blink of an eye, a day and a night passed.

The next day, Jiang Shan jumped down from the attic and revealed his real body, which was a hundred meters tall, in the courtyard. He used his real body to practice the skills, which was several times more efficient. Golden light flowed around him, his skin shone with a pale blue metallic luster, and a looming cauldron covered his body, flickering and illusory.

Revealing one's true self is like breaking free from all shackles, and one feels extremely refreshed.

When switching back to the original form, although it does not affect the exertion of power, there is always a layer of separation, as if wearing a tights, hoopling around.

This time when he went back, due to the limitations of the environment, Jiang Shan existed in his original form for more than half a month, and his whole body had been uncoordinated for a long time. He finally felt refreshed now.

Zhong Yu came out of the house, stretched his arms and legs, looked up at the mountain-like Jiang Shan, and after a moment's study, he said, "It seems that I haven't seen any growth today."

Jiang Shan lowered his head slightly, looked at him, nodded, and said in a thunderous voice: "We have reached a bottleneck for the time being."

Zhong Yu's expression changed when he heard this: "So, we can leave now?"

Jiang Shan nodded: "Yes, we can leave now."

Zhong Yu was overjoyed and said with a smile: "I have always been worried that Cheng Tang's pursuers will arrive."

Jiang Shan's huge body flashed and returned to his original form, shirtless and bare-chested, with the animal skin given to him by Zhong Yu wrapped around his waist - this skin could be made into any size desired.

Standing in front of Zhong Yu, Jiang Shan said, "It's better to do it today than to wait for a day. Let's set off today."

There was nothing to pack, just Jiang Shan's backpack.

In accordance with the previous agreement, Zhong Yu told Jiang Shan the spell that controlled the secret realm of Huangyu Village, and then left Huangyu Village. Two figures suddenly appeared at the edge of the deep pool at the entrance.

Jiang Shan grabbed Zhong Yu's arm and jumped onto a cliff hundreds of meters high. He looked around for a moment and asked Zhong Yu: "Which direction is Nanchao? How do I get there? Do you have a map?"

Zhong Yu shook his head: "Nanchao is in the south, and the journey is long, tens of thousands of miles. I don't have a map, but I know the direction - that's the direction I want to go."

He looked towards the southeast, his eyes seemed to have hooks, staring at it.

"Southeast?"

Jiang Shan nodded.

Jiang Shan had considered these issues when he agreed to the deal with Zhongyu: where is Nanchao, how to get there, how far is it, and so on.

But compared with the great value of the Nine Cauldrons Mysterious Art, these problems are not worth mentioning.

Having promised Zhongyu to send him to Nanchao, Jiang Shan would never go back on his word or go back on his word because of one issue or another.

Jiang Shan immediately switched to his real form, and his hundred-meter-tall body rose from the ground. He placed Zhong Yu on his shoulders, and walked along the ridge of Zhang'e Mountain with big strides.

The first step is to walk out of Zhang'e Mountain.

The Zhang'e Mountains run from northwest to southeast, and the main part of them is rocky and barren mountains, stretching for 4,800 miles; the large and small peaks on both sides are covered with green mountains and dense forests, which are pristine and lush.

Jiang Shan could cover hundreds of meters with one step, as smooth as flowing water. Although he was huge, he left no footprints or traces wherever he passed.

Not long after, he brought Zhong Yu to the place where he had the fortuitous encounter of falling into the abyss and became a congenital human being.

The abyss that is hundreds of meters wide is only a step away for Jiang Shan now, but in the past, he almost died here.

The abyss was shrouded in fog. Jiang Shan stood in front of it and took a deep look - this abyss gave him a sense of belonging, and he would come back!

He leaped over the abyss and turned to the southeast. After a while, his huge body disappeared in the distance.

As night fell, Jiang Shan switched back to his original form and found a sheltered place to rest with Zhong Yu.

"Tomorrow morning, we will leave Zhang'e Mountain." Jiang Shan said, "According to what you said, we must pass through Kunwu Plain, cross Danshui, and then enter Gu State."

In front of the campfire, Jiang Shan turned the branches, letting the flames burn the deer pierced by the branches.

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This deer-like animal was very fat, and it made a sizzling sound as it was roasted, with fat dripping out, which made the campfire more prosperous.

Zhong Yu hugged her legs and sat on the other side of the campfire. Hearing this, she looked up at Jiang Shan and nodded, saying, "Yes. The southeast end of Zhang'e Mountain is Kunwu Plain, where the capital of Kunwu State is located. Southeast of it is Danshui, and south of Danshui is Gu State."

Jiang Shan pondered and said, "Although a month has passed, we don't know whether Cheng Tang's army is still stationed in Kunwu Plain. If they are still there, we will be trapped."

Zhong Yu sighed and said, "There is nothing we can do about it."

Jiang Shan thought for a moment and said, "Tomorrow we will go to Kunwu Plain and find a safe place for you to hide. I will go out and investigate, and then we will make a plan."

Zhong Yu nodded, looking earnest: "It all depends on you, Jiang Shan!"

Jiang Shan waved his hand: "Since I have taken advantage of you, I must send you to Nanchao safely."

After eating the venison and drinking some water, Zhong Yu lay down against the stone wall and fell asleep; Jiang Shan sat cross-legged beside him, moving his true energy and practicing mysterious skills.

Late at night, Zhongyu suddenly sat up as if he were a corpse and shouted, "There are enemies!"

Jiang Shan was startled, and suddenly opened his eyes, and saw Zhong Yu took out the jade pendant that could sense hostility within fifty miles. The jade pendant emitted a faint red light, filled with an ominous feeling.

Jiang Shan narrowed his eyes slightly, looked around, and said, "How many enemies are there? How far are they?"

Zhong Yu held the jade pendant in his hand, stared at it for a moment, and said, "There are two or one, sometimes separated, sometimes overlapped; it's very strange. Just now it was in the west, and in a few breaths it became the east!"

Jiang Shan frowned.

He stood up, jumped onto the boulder next to him, looked around again, and then shook his head: "I can't see."

He jumped down and said, "In this way, we can cope with all kinds of changes by remaining unchanged."

"Pretend you don't know and wait and see."

Zhong Yu looked at the deep darkness around him, pursed his lips, and said: "I will protect myself, you be careful!"

Jiang Shan smiled and nodded.

Zhong Yu picked up a stone, put out the campfire, and then hid in the shadow under the stone wall next to him.

Jiang Shan had his back to him, and he had switched to his real form at some point. His tall body blocked the entire stone wall behind him; he sat cross-legged, like another twin stone wall, facing the darkness, motionless.

(End of this chapter)