No matter how An Chen explained, Hong Shan was now stubbornly insisting that An Chen did it on purpose.
An Chen, however, didn't care what Hong Shan thought.
After all, he really did do it that way. Although this matter involved using Hong Shan, it shouldn't have angered him.
In the end, Hong Shan didn't pursue it, just glared at An Chen in a huff, then went back to his room.
But in less than two seconds, Hong Shan unexpectedly came back out.
"I almost forgot, there are four of us now, let's play a game of Mahjong!"
...
In the afternoon, An Chen took leave again to get a batch of goods from Tang Xiansheng, then returned to Ye Xinning's house and played 'Fight the Landlord' with Su Xiaojiu and Hong Shan.
However, after two hours, Hong Shan couldn't take it anymore.
Because An Chen was simply too good.
He couldn't win at cards at all.
Whenever he was the Landlord, An Chen would utterly defeat him, and if An Chen became the Landlord, he would be left speechless.
Su Xiaojiu was very steady; if An Chen wasn't the Landlord, she would absolutely not be the Landlord, leaving the choice to Hong Shan.
Therefore, if Hong Shan passed, the cards would be re-shuffled, entering a dead loop.
In two hours, his face was covered in white strips.
This time, Hong Shan really went back to his room in a huff.
When Ye Xinning came home after school in the afternoon, the few of them gathered in the living room, quietly waiting for the Transmigration to arrive.
00:00:03... 00:00:02... 00:00:01... 00:00:00... Transmigration!
An Chen returned to that forest, slowly stood up in the tree hollow, moved aside the obstruction at the entrance of the tree hollow, and then went out to look around.
Only a minute or two had passed in Kyushu, and obviously nothing unusual had happened during this short period.
He recalled his direction before his last return, then determined his next route.
Just as An Chen was about to set off, he heard a commotion behind him.
An Chen's mind stirred, he found a large tree, slightly concealed himself, and then looked in the direction of the sound.
The forest was quite deep, and it was getting dark, so An Chen couldn't see anything.
But he heard several people's exclamations, and chaotic footsteps. It seemed a group of people were running in a hurry, but compared to running, An Chen felt that 'fleeing' was a more suitable description.
Soon, several figures appeared in An Chen's line of sight.
An Chen narrowed his eyes and saw that these people were precisely the ones he had met earlier at the mountain pass who had invited him to join their team.
He had met them in the forest before, but they had gone deeper into the forest, and An Chen didn't know where they wanted to go.
But now... why were they running back?
"Damn it, damn it! Why is this beast still following us!"
"Don't be afraid, we're not far from the inner area. Once we reach the inner area, we'll be safe!"
"I'm almost out of breath!"
"Who said this beast was a second-grade Yao Beast! I'm not done with him!"
Six disheveled figures appeared in An Chen's line of sight. An Chen looked behind them, and a dark shadow seemed to appear deep within the dense forest.
An Chen felt the ground beneath his feet vibrating, as if some colossal creature was approaching.
"This way! This direction is faster to the inner area!"
The leader suddenly shouted, and so all six people changed direction.
"Oh no!"
An Chen was greatly startled, because the six people were now charging straight towards him.
And the dark shadow behind them also changed direction, chasing towards his location.
An Chen could already feel the terrifying aura belonging to that dark shadow.
An Chen didn't hesitate, he darted out from behind the tree and ran.
He immediately activated Qingyun Step, sprinting at full speed. Fortunately, his spiritual energy was abundant now, allowing him to continuously use Qingyun Step.
"Fellow Daoist!"
The six people saw An Chen's figure and thought they had encountered a fellow disciple. Just as they opened their mouths to ask for help, they saw An Chen directly turn his head, a fierce wind rising from his feet, and fallen leaves gathering into a tail behind him.
Then... he was gone.
"This guy is too timid! If we had one more person, maybe we wouldn't be in such a sorry state!"
One of them complained.
"You talk less. Even if we added one more person, we probably couldn't defeat that beast behind us!"
The Yao Beast behind them had already reached the third-grade Realm, and it was even at the third-grade Peak. Although it was roughly equivalent to the Qi Refining Peak, Yao Beasts had the advantage of physical prowess and environment. Moreover, this Yao Beast was almost at the brink of Breakthrough, infinitely close to the fourth-grade.
Furthermore, their group had only prepared to hunt a second-grade Yao Beast, so their preparations were insufficient.
This led to their current situation of being chased by a Yao Beast.
"I'm a bit... out of strength!"
At this moment, a female cultivator among the six had a pale face, her steps were erratic, and her figure was staggering, as if she might fall at any moment.
Her Realm was only Qi Refining Stage sixth level. This time, she had just come along to experience the process of hunting Yao Beasts and broaden her horizons, but she didn't expect to encounter such trouble.
With her Realm and strength, being able to run this far with the main group was already her limit. Her spiritual energy was almost depleted, and as for her physical strength, it was already at rock bottom. Her legs felt like they were filled with lead, making it difficult to even lift them.
Someone reached out and grabbed her, wanting to take her with them, but after she put her hand on, she stumbled forward due to the shift in her center of gravity.
Because she was still holding hands, she dragged the male cultivator in front of her down with her, both falling heavily to the ground.
The remaining four wanted to turn back to help, but it was already too late.
The colossal creature behind them was very close. Even in the twilight mountain forest, they could clearly see the body of this third-grade Yao Beast.
This was a tiger Yao, enormous in size, over four meters tall. One swipe of its paw could turn a person into minced meat.
For a Yao Beast of this size, the distance between them was only a few steps.
"Go, we can't save them!"
The strongest person shook his head, stopping his fellow disciples who wanted to save them.
"But..."
That person wanted to say something more, but still held back.
Abandoning teammates in such a situation was actually a common practice. After all, no one had to sacrifice their life for someone else, and no one would blame them in such a situation.
He gritted his teeth, just about to turn and leave, when he suddenly felt a powerful spiritual energy fluctuation.
A reddish-gold sword light descended from the sky, striking the tiger Yao in front of the few people.
