Chapter 94: Four Season Valley (1/2)
Chapter 94: Four Season Valley
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A light bulb went off in Qian Jin’s head as he recalled the devastating presence of the avalanche. If he could make his chops have that kind of presence and devastate enemies in such a way, then he could almost always win against enemies of a similar rank to him.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s [Cut Tree Eight Strikes] or Beast Fighting Techniques. Even the Qian and Kun Fighting Technique from the Qian Family have taken ideas and inspirations from nature. Could I take something from this avalanche?”
Qian Jin murmured to himself; he squinted his eyes subconsciously and quietly stared at the snow that buried the passageway, as well as the snow mountains that had collapsed. He tried to recall the scene of the avalanche. While he was running away from it, he felt like the sky was falling down. He wanted to grasp onto the devastating sensation and become inspired, but he couldn’t really get anything useful out of it. However, the apocalyptic scene was deeply seared into Qian Jin’s mind.
Everyone was silent as they listened to the thunder-like rumbles of the second avalanche. No matter who it was, anyone who experienced running for their life in the avalanche would feel like their brain wasn’t functioning properly. However, if a person watched and experienced two avalanches back to back, then it would be normal for his or her brain to be chaotic.
The second avalanche lasted much longer than the first one. A lot of the accumulated snow was blown into Four Season Valley by the chilling wind created by the avalanche. The cold wind forced the three people to regain their consciousness.
Where was this place? Four Season Valley! According to previous information, this was the place where vicious demon beasts and beast groups lived. Not even Demon Fighters would come here casually.
Qian Jin turned his head and looked around. He found that except for the loud rumbling coming from the avalanche and the snow blowing everywhere, there wasn’t anything else. There were no lifeforms around.
“Could it be due to the avalanche? It may have been so disruptive that it scared away the demon beasts who lived around here…” Qian Jin used the Zhanmadao to help him stand up. He quickly observed his surroundings.
From his experience obtained in the Endless World travelling to the mountains and looking for the iron ore mine, Qian Jin developed a habit of looking for the best places to defend, attack, and hide when in a foreign environment.
“A stone cave?” Qian Jin saw an opening at the bottom of a nearby mountain. The opening was just wide enough for one person to fit through at a time. That opening was well hidden; Qian Jin wouldn’t have found it if he didn’t look carefully. Perhaps this cave was blocked off by the snow and ice, and the avalanche had shaken away the snow and revealed it.
Even if this was the case, if Qian Jin didn’t have a lot of survival experience in the wild, it wouldn’t be easy for him to find it.
Qian Jin used the Zhanmadao as a cane and walked forward two steps with great difficulty. “I’m very lucky. Thank god, I was buried by the snow at the very end of the avalanche, making it much easier to climb out of. Otherwise, even with my Level 9 Warrior Energy protecting me, my bones would be crushed into pieces.
“My bones are okay, but what about my hat…” Qian Jin panicked as he reached for the mage hat tied to his back. He calmed down and worries went away as he felt the mage hat on his back. It seemed like the hat wasn’t damaged at all.
Gabriella and Sophia followed Qian Jin closely; they were confused by what Qian Jin was doing. After seeing Qian Jin’s strength and how he saved their lives, they subconsciously relied on him in the Four Season Valley. After all, this was the valley where demon beasts and vicious animals could jump out at any moment.
When Qian Jin approached the cave, he readjusted his warrior energy and held onto his Zhanmadao tightly. He slowed downed and carefully walked forward.
He couldn’t be certain that this cave in Four Season Valley was safe. There might be ferocious animals and demon beasts living inside.
“A cave?” Sophia couldn’t believe that Qian Jin had discovered a cave. When Wilfred and the former Fire Adventure Team took the chance to enter this dangerous valley, they didn’t discover this cave, despite a careful and detailed inspection.
Qian Jin was getting closer and closer to the cave. Even though he couldn’t sense any danger from the cave, he still approached the cave very carefully. He was afraid that some kind of demon beast who was good at hiding its presence and scent might suddenly attack.
“Does anyone have a fire stick?” Qian Jin turned his head and asked the two girls behind him. Sophia carefully took out a wooden stick that about the size of an index finger and twisted open the top of the stick. After lightly blowing at it, a fire about the size of a pinky finger instantly popped up the top of stick.
“Dry grass, find some dry grass or plants.”
Qian Jin stared at the cave and carefully commanded. Sophia instantly understood his intention; he wanted to use the smoke method to test the cave. After lighting some dry grass on fire and throwing it into the cave, the smoke would make any creature inside the cave come out, if there was any. Although Four Season Valley was mostly covered by white snow, it wasn’t too hard to find dry grass and plants. Sophia could find some dry grass and plants since she had experience surviving in the wilderness. After Qian Jin lit it up, he threw it into the cave.
“Crackle!” The fire burned in the cave, and thick smoke came out and quickly filled the cave.
Qian Jin waited about half an hour. After the fire had burnt out and the smoke was almost all dispersed, he carefully entered the cave. He found that the space inside the cave was far greater than then entrance. Just the width of the cave could fit a big horse carriage and two more people beside it.