C40 (1/2)

Bai Chen, Zhang Fu, and Cao Qi had already finished all the dishes on the table and were wiping their mouths. The three of them walked out with Xiao Fei following behind them with an ashen face.

Seeing Cao Qi and Bai Chen calling each other brothers, Xiao Fei's heart sank. With Zhang Fu, it would be difficult for him to kill Bai Chen. If he let Cao Qi and Bai Chen get close, he would have even less chance.

After exiting the tavern, Bai Chen was not in a hurry to head to the mountain range. Instead, he took a look at the town's trading market with great interest.

The townspeople were all hunters, plus those disciples who had come back from the Black Wing Mountain, the goods they traded were spirit beast cores and some rare treasures.

To Bai Chen's surprise, he found a clover in the trade center. Although it wasn't as good as the Ink Lotus, it was still a treasure filled with spirit energy.

Bai Chen took out all of his gold and bought all of the clover grass without hesitation.

”Brother Bai Chen, where did you get so much gold from?” Zhang Fu was dumbfounded as he watched Bai Chen take out several hundred thousand gold coins from his interspatial ring.

”Hehe, it's just a few hundred thousand. It's not worth making a fuss about. When we return from Black Wing Mountain, you will definitely reap a lot of rewards.”

”Haha, Brother Bai Chen, you're making me unable to resist the urge to enter Black Wing Mountain as well.” Cao Qi also exclaimed.

Bai Chen put the Three Leaves Grass he bought into his storage ring and said with a satisfied expression, ”Let's go in Black Wing Mountain now.”

Even though the Three Leaves Grass had cost Bai Chen all of his gold, it was still a valuable spiritual energy treasure, worth it.

To a Spirit Master, treasures that contained spirit energy were precious. Generally, breaking through each realm required a large amount of spirit energy to be absorbed.

The first time was when he accidentally swallowed the Ink Lotus and absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy in order to break through.

Now, Bai Chen was eager to break through to the third level, and he knew that the spiritual energy consumption would be even more shocking, so he was already secretly making preparations.

After exiting the town, the four of them immediately headed into the Black Wing Mountain. Behind them, the old man in black robe and the red-haired old man also quietly followed.

In the blink of an eye, they were already at the entrance of Black Wing Mountain. In front of them was a huge valley. If they went in from the valley, they would reach the belly of Black Wing Mountain.

”Brother Bai Chen, this Black Wing Mountain is very dangerous. Besides the Spirit Beasts, there are also the disciples of the sects from other continents. We have to be careful.” Cao Qi, who was walking in front, warned. His previously relaxed face revealed a sense of vigilance. He carefully looked around.

”This is still the outskirts of Black Wing Mountain and is still far from the core zone. There won't be any danger for now.” Zhang Fu said with a smile. Zhang Fu had already done a lot of research on Black Wing Mountain.

The Black Wing Mountain and the Dark Night Mountain Range were equally famous as the two great spiritual beast mountains of the East Star Continent. The two great spiritual beasts of the East Star Continent were equally famous as the two great spiritual beast mountains of the Dark Night Mountain and the Black Wing Mountain.

The spirit beasts outside the Black Wing Mountain had been constantly hunted down by the Spirit Masters on the continent and were already sparse. Those who survived basically all fled to the core region, so the closer they went to the core region, the more dangerous it would be. There were already very few spirit beasts outside the Black Wing Mountain, and most of the sect disciples killed in order to snatch the spirit beast cores.

Only after hearing Zhang Fu's explanation did Bai Chen and the rest relax their expressions slightly. They followed the valley into a mountain range on both sides of the valley.

”Let's quickly leave the valley and take the mountain ridge on the right.” The vast valley was extremely quiet, and only the shadows of the four of them could be felt. All of them felt a sense of unease, as if they were in danger.

Looking at the lush greenery on the two sides of the mountain, Bai Chen also realized that the danger was coming from the two sides of the mountain. At this moment, there might be other sect disciples or dangerous spirit beasts hidden in the trees on both sides of the mountain.

Walking in the valley, the mountain ridges on both sides could clearly see the movements of the four people, but they could not see each other. This sort of situation was naturally extremely disadvantageous.

The four of them immediately left the valley, heading towards the mountain ridges on the right.

Although the Black Wing Mountain looked very quiet at the moment and there wasn't a single spirit beast or human figure to be seen, once they entered deeper into the mountain, all the dangers would follow.

In this mountain, what he needed to do the most was to conceal himself, to conceal his strength, and to survive. Elder Bei Shan had already explained these principles to them when they left Canghai Academy.

The four of them quietly walked up the right side of the mountain ridge, carefully going deeper in.

After arriving at Black Wing Mountain, even though Xiao Fei wanted to kill Bai Chen at all times, the danger he was facing required the four of them to team up. Thus, he temporarily gave up on this idea.

By nightfall, the four of them had already gone deeper into the Black Wing Mountain. This was still the outer perimeter, and there was no sign of any spirit beasts. These places used to be where spirit beasts gathered. However, after hundreds of years of hunting, all of the spirit beasts outside had been killed.

The wind blew through the forest, and when night fell, they would feel waves of cold. Tonight, they were going to spend the night in the forest.

Bai Chen and Zhang Fu lit a fire as the two surrounded the pot of wine and chatted. Xiao Fei had a gloomy expression as he built a fire by himself. Cao Qi looked at both sides, but still joined Bai Chen's group.

Fire was a necessity for staying in the forest for the night. Most of them would be on guard against attacks from spirit beasts, in addition to resisting the cold.

Bai Chen sensed the surrounding spiritual energy and was astonished to find that the spiritual energy in the surroundings wasn't any weaker than that of Canghai Academy.