As Qiao Suinian was engrossed in reading the contents of "Suwen - Qixue Lun", he was unaware that dawn had broken on the horizon.
Qiao Suinian gently crumpled the stack of papers containing the "Suwen-Qixue Lun" (Plain Questions - Treatise on Qi Cavities), and the stack of papers turned into a pile of ashes.
He had already memorized everything on it. Keeping the paper was just taking up space, and if it were accidentally revealed, it could easily arouse suspicion, which would be harmful rather than beneficial.
As for the hunchbacked old man's three pieces of junk equipment, Qiao Suinian had Little Skeleton take them out and throw them far away.
After dealing with the hunchbacked old man's belongings, Qiao Suinian finally felt at ease and went to sleep.
The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, everyone in the camp was already awake.
Qiao Suinian stretched and stepped out of the tent.
"Young friend, you're finally awake! I was just about to go and wake you. Now is the perfect time to go up the mountain!" Pang Hongxin said with a smile.
Qiao Suinian looked at Horseshoe Mountain, which was shrouded in mist and looked ethereal. Anyone who didn't know better would think they had entered a fairyland.
However, the occasional dark shadows flitting through the clouds made it clear that Horseshoe Mountain was no good place.
At this moment, Ye Difeng and Gan Er also came out of the tent. They nodded to Qiao Suinian as a greeting.
Qiao Suinian felt a sense of unease.
He suddenly remembered that Pang Hongxin in his previous life most likely died on this Horseshoe Mountain. But looking at the thirty well-trained elites that Pang Hongxin brought, unless Pang Hongxin himself brought it upon himself, the probability of him dying was indeed very low.
Could it be that Pang Hongxin's death in his previous life was related to these two, Fengdi and his companion?
The more Qiao Suinian thought about it, the more likely it seemed. He didn't say anything more, but silently walked to the back of the group.
At this time, the other teams in the camp also set off and began to climb along the mountain path of Horseshoe Mountain, after all, no one wanted the treasure of Tianyun Temple to fall into the hands of others.
The mountain path on Horseshoe Mountain is extremely narrow, only wide enough for one person to pass at a time. Some sections of the path don't even have cliffs, only two intertwined iron chains.
To the left is a mountain wall, and to the right is a bottomless abyss; if you fall, you will surely be smashed to pieces.
Pang Hongxin and his group of over thirty people almost formed a long centipede.
Walking on such a treacherous mountain path, everyone was a little apprehensive, fearing that some alien race might appear at this moment.
After all, this place is really not suitable for fighting.
But what they feared most came to pass. They had only walked a few hundred meters when three dark shadows attacked from the sky.
Upon closer inspection, the three dark figures were none other than the three-headed Storm Mantis!
Their cold, compound eyes were now fixed on the group of people hanging on the edge of the cliff, seeing them as prey.
Everyone's expression changed.
If they were on flat ground, they would naturally not be afraid of these three-headed storm mantises, but now they are on the steep mountain path of Horseshoe Mountain, and there is no way to avoid them!
"Damn it! All personnel on alert!"
Pang Hongxin's face immediately turned ugly.
Whoosh!
The three-headed storm mantis flaps its wings and instantly becomes a blur, too fast for the naked eye to catch. Although this mantis is not as lethal as the blade mantis, its speed is extremely terrifying.
The first Storm Mantis chose a woman from Pang Hongxin's team. The woman was dressed extremely provocatively, wearing only a leather tube top and a short leather skirt, revealing her healthy wheat-colored skin and the V-line on her stomach.
Clearly, this storm mantis was drawn to the woman because it could be eaten directly without having to peel her clothes, which was more convenient.
Seeing the Mantis hurtling towards her, the woman's face turned deathly pale.
But she still raised her two short blades, staring intently at the Storm Mantis. The moment the Storm Mantis attacked, the woman swung her twin blades out in an X-shape.
At that moment, the Storm Mantis changed direction and suddenly pulled upwards, causing the woman's slash to land in empty air.
Not only that, but because she used too much force and failed to kill the Storm Mantis, the woman, unable to stop herself, was thrown forward by inertia.
And ahead of her was an abyss!
At this moment, the Storm Mantis that had flown upwards turned back, a human-like mockery appearing in its cold compound eyes. Clearly, it had done this on purpose to trick the woman into falling off the precipice.
Anyway, you can still eat it while it's hot after it falls to its death; the mantis isn't stupid enough to fight its prey to the death.
As the apocalypse progressed, the intelligence of the alien races gradually improved.
"ah!"
Faced with the fear of death, the woman could no longer suppress her emotions and let out a hysterical scream.
Just as she was about to fall off the cliff, a warm, large hand suddenly grabbed her slender ankle.
Then, with a forceful flick of the large hand, the woman was flung back onto the mountain path.
The woman, still shaken, then realized that the person who had saved her was the one in the group wearing the bronze mask.
She recalled how she had complained to her companions yesterday that Qiao Suinian was a weirdo who always wore a mask, never taking it off even when eating or drinking. Now, he had saved her life, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed.
"Thank you! My name is Anya! What's your name?"
The eerie bronze mask now seemed to possess an indescribable air of mystery in Anya's eyes.
"Cao Junfeng, don't get distracted, that Storm Mantis is coming for you again."
After Qiao Suinian finished speaking, he continued walking up the mountain path.
He has now experienced the benefits of going up the mountain with Pang Hongxin's team, namely, it saves him a lot of trouble.
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