Upon hearing this, Shen Miaoqing stepped forward and took Ji Jiuying's arm, coldly snorting, "Bai Mengfan, you're dreaming. If anyone's going to marry, it'll be me."
Ji Jiuying looked at everyone helplessly. At this moment, the speed of the flying boat slowed down and gradually descended. The Grand Elder walked over.
"We have reached Wufeng Mountain. No flying objects can fly over it. We can only walk. Once we cross Wufeng Mountain, we will reach the seaside."
"Don't be fooled by the beautiful scenery of Wufeng Mountain. Danger lurks everywhere. Countless spiritual cultivators who wanted to go to the East Sea have perished here. Be careful with every step you take and every flower and plant around you."
As they spoke, the flying boat came to a stop on the ground, and everyone got ready and disembarked.
Wufeng Mountain is shrouded in sea fog all year round, making it damp and gloomy. Few spirit beasts live here. Although the spirit beasts here are not as powerful as those in Wuyan Mountain Range and the Demon Beast Forest, we should not let our guard down.
As everyone looked up, they saw five towering peaks piercing the clouds, majestic and imposing. Lush green trees swayed, flowers bloomed, and waterfalls cascaded down among the mountains, creating a magnificent and picturesque landscape.
But such beautiful scenery is fraught with danger! And they had to climb over the mountain through a crevice to reach the other side. Everyone swallowed hard.
Along the way, we indeed saw human bones and animal remains in the grass, which added to the eerie and sinister atmosphere of Wufeng Mountain.
"Elder, have you been here before?"
Everyone trembled with fear. Bai Mengfan followed closely behind the Grand Elder and asked somewhat timidly.
"I came here once twenty years ago." The elder's voice was clearly tinged with sadness, suggesting that something unpleasant had happened during his previous visit.
Upon hearing that the Grand Elder had visited before, Bai Mengfan immediately relaxed and was no longer tense.
The people from Star Academy were walking on Five Peaks Mountain when they heard a faint conversation ahead. Under the scorching sun, a group of people were gathered together, whispering about something. When they saw Ji Jiuying and the others, they stopped talking, as if they were on guard against something.
The elder gave everyone a look that said "don't meddle" and quickened his pace.
When those people saw Ji Jiuying and her group approaching, their expressions became somewhat strange. They gripped their weapons tightly, but when they saw that Ji Jiuying and her group did not stop, they watched them leave before lowering their guard.
As Ji Jiuying brushed past them, she could clearly sense the group's defensiveness and murderous intent, as if they were trying their best to hide something. But as long as it wasn't directed at them, Ji Jiuying didn't bother with it.
Before long, a beast's roar came from behind, and the entire Five Peaks Mountain trembled.
What's going on?
"If I'm not mistaken, that group of people must have discovered some kind of spirit beast and ambushed it to hunt it down," Feng Che said, turning around.
The elder turned around and said, "The people who come to Wufeng Mountain are a mixed bag. Let's just take care of ourselves first."
Seeing this, the group continued forward, ignoring the roars of the beast behind them. At this moment, the evil fire in Ji Jiuying's arms spoke up, "Woman, the spirit beast behind us should be a level seven Vajra Python."
A giant python?
Is that the Vajra Python, whose entire body is a treasure? Of course, the most valuable parts are the python's scales and fangs, which are perfect for refining weapons. But what excuse will she use to leave?
Just as Ji Jiu was trying to find a way to leave, the roar of the beast grew closer and closer behind them. Everyone was startled and turned around to see a dark figure gradually approaching.
A wounded behemoth was running toward them, pursued by a group of people armed with weapons.
"Get out of here immediately!" The elder was startled when he saw what was coming and shouted hurriedly.
However, when the golden python saw Ji Jiuying and the others, it assumed they were with the people behind it and angrily stopped. The people behind it caught up, and their positions seemed to surround the golden python.
"I knew they had ill intentions!" A girl pointed angrily at Ji Jiuying and the others.
Ji Jiuying and the others exchanged bewildered glances. "Please! Are you blind? Can't you see they're running away?"
"We found this golden python first, you'd better get lost!"
Shen Miaoqing immediately got angry, "Are you blind? Can't you see we're running away?"
"Since you insist on saying so, I'm determined to take this golden python."
"Shameless!" the girl said angrily.
"Just because you found it first doesn't mean it's yours? When did the Cangming Continent have such a rule? I didn't know that!" Jun Lintian sneered.
The girl was about to say something when she was stopped by the man in black behind her. The man in black cupped his hands and said, "Gentlemen, there are more than fifty of us, and more than thirty of us have died in the hunt for this golden python. Now the golden python is seriously injured. It seems a bit unreasonable for you to rob us here."
Golden pythons are rare on the Cangming Continent, and this one is at least level seven. Its appearance is bound to cause a bloodbath. This level seven golden python has explosive combat power and is difficult to tame; it can only be hunted.
On the Cangming Continent, any spiritual cultivator would be tempted by the Golden Python, especially weapon refiners and alchemists, as everything on it would fetch an astronomical price at auction houses.
Ji Jiuying glanced at the badly injured golden python. Although it was injured, its fighting power was unfathomable. If they acted rashly, it might cause injuries to all of them, and those people would not let them go easily.
It wasn't that Ji Jiuying was afraid of them; she would definitely choose to join the battle to fight for the golden python on her own. However, their ultimate goal was to reach the East Sea. If they were injured now because of the golden python, it would be like losing a fighting force and gaining a burden, which wouldn't be good for anyone.
"Elder, let's go!" Ji Jiuying spoke first.
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Ji Jiuying with some confusion. Only the Grand Elder and Feng Che nodded in agreement, while also admiring Ji Jiuying for being able to calmly make a favorable choice under temptation.
"Come on, everyone, we still have a long way to go!"
Liu Piaopiao and the others looked longingly at the injured golden python, while Shen Miaoqing looked at the woman who had just spoken rudely with resentment, thinking to herself, "Consider yourself lucky!"
The man in black watched them leave, but the wariness in his eyes remained.
Ji Jiuying and her group walked in a grand procession halfway up Wufeng Mountain. After they had gone some distance, Shen Miaoqing finally couldn't help but ask, "Little Jiu, why didn't you snatch that golden python?"
Before Ji Jiuying could answer, the elder spoke up, "Miaoqing, this is for the safety of our group."
"Do you think we can't outcompete them?" Liu Piaopiao asked, unwilling to give up.
“Exactly!” Duan Tianliang echoed.
The elder explained earnestly, "Leaving aside the power of that golden python, just fighting that group of people would result in heavy losses. Even if we manage to hunt down the golden python after overcoming numerous difficulties, we will still encounter all sorts of people along the way. It's uncertain whether we will even be able to reach the East Sea! Therefore, before we reach the East Sea, we must preserve our best fighting force."
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