Loyal Heart Roaming the Skies

Bai Lian led the way up the mountain, and Jiang Wang followed behind her.

A huge and ferocious-looking mountain spider crawled past them without even bothering to attack.

"Except when they are extremely hungry, these fierce beasts generally won't attack each other." Bai Lian told a not very funny joke: "Probably because they all know that their meat is too tough to eat."

As they were in a place surrounded by fierce beasts, Bai Lian lowered her voice, but not to the point of being overly cautious.

Jiang Wang remained silent, carefully observing the fierce beasts they encountered along the way, and found that none of them attacked them.

"You can talk, these fierce beasts don't understand. I thought you were calling for help." Bai Lian asked, "What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking, why hasn't anyone thought of such a simple solution? There are so many smart people in the world. Especially the former and current Three Mountains City Lords, they were all geniuses."

"There is only one reason." Bai Lian's laughter sounded beside him: "Because there are more smart people who are preventing people from thinking about these things. Sun Heng, Dou Yuemei are both good, but they don't understand what fierce beasts are, nor do they have a chance to really understand."

"Who are those smart people you're talking about? Why are they doing this?"

"I can't give you an answer. Because the true answer is in your own heart." Bai Lian's tone changed, and she relaxed again: "Okay, let's go this way."

She seemed to be very familiar with Yuheng Peak, and the number of fierce beasts on the path she chose was significantly less.

At this moment, a low beast roar came from a boulder ahead. It was a cat-like fierce beast, not very large and not even ferocious.

"This poor little guy probably just took over this place as its territory." Bai Lian explained to Jiang Wang, "But it's too inconvenient for us to detour."

As she spoke, her figure suddenly moved.

Jiang Wang still saw her afterimage in front of him, but she had already inserted a dagger into the forehead of the cat-like fierce beast.

Blood flowed silently, and the beast roar abruptly stopped.

"In this kind of place, it's best not to use Taoism, because fierce beasts are generally very sensitive to Taoism. Especially some fierce beasts that can use Taoism will treat you as a competitor for territory. If there is too much commotion, it will be very troublesome." Bai Lian explained, throwing the fierce beast's body far away. "Like this, other fierce beasts won't feel that it's an invasion of outsiders, but rather just a normal fight between fierce beasts. If the body is left here, the hungry fierce beasts will still choose to eat it."

"You seem to... know a lot about fierce beasts." Jiang Wang said.

"Well, if you were as high as this." She gestured to her abdomen, thought for a moment, and moved it down a bit: "Probably when you were this high, you were thrown into a pile of fierce beasts, and you would also understand them very well."

"What's wrong?" She suddenly approached the silent Jiang Wang: "Scared, little brother?"

Jiang Wang didn't say anything.

"Tsk tsk tsk." She shook her head: "Don't look at me with that sympathetic look, brother. We live in this world, and who is more pitiful, it's really hard to say.""Emotions like pity do not mean to belittle a person. Compassion is a positive emotion that allows for more tolerance and understanding between people." Jiang Wang paused. "That's what my father used to say."

"Not bad, you understand how to pity and cherish beauty." Bai Lian snorted lightly. "But if you saw a hideous face under my sister's veil, would you still feel pity?"

"I feel pity for the little girl who was scared in the midst of the fierce beasts. It has nothing to do with what she looks like."

"I'm not scared." Bai Lian muttered softly, then raised her voice. "Let's go faster!"

Jiang Wang was confused by her scolding, but he could only follow and quicken his pace.

To be fair, the scenery of Yu Heng Peak was beautiful, with trees, rocks, flowers, and grass that were all worth seeing. If not for the fierce beasts that were everywhere, this would be a popular tourist destination.

During the last battle to clear Yu Heng Peak, the entire Three Mountains City had almost been destroyed, and many outside forces had been called in, but they could only stop at the foot of the mountain.

Now, Jiang Wang and Bai Lian were only two people, yet they easily passed the foot of the mountain and headed towards the summit.

There was a huge boulder ahead that protruded from the mountain, forming a natural high platform.

Bai Lian stopped here.

Jiang Wang followed her to the "high platform" and only then did he notice a natural cave under the boulder. The cave was very deep and dark, and he couldn't see the end.

Bai Lian walked into the cave and stopped at the entrance, took off the animal skin, spread it on the ground, and then sat on it.

"Sit down, why are you staring at me?"

Jiang Wang followed suit, and as soon as he sat down, he couldn't help but ask, "What are we doing here?"

"Waiting."

Jiang Wang noticed that whenever he sincerely asked a question, Bai Lian would become very economical with her words. On the other hand, when he had nothing to say, Bai Lian would keep teasing him.

Jiang Wang remained silent. From this angle, he could see the swirling clouds and mist. The sun was hanging in the sky, shining through the mountains and rivers. Everywhere he looked, the mountains were hidden in the clouds and mist, making for a breathtaking sight.

Jiang Wang looked up and down at the cave he was in.

Bai Lian explained, "This is the cave of the mountain spider."

Jiang Wang couldn't help but look into the cave. "Where is the spider?"

"Sleeping inside."

"What if it wakes up?"

Bai Lian looked at him with a look of disdain. "Of course we kill it."

Perhaps finding it boring to talk to someone with Jiang Wang's intelligence, Bai Lian took out a disc-shaped object from her pocket and placed it in front of her.

"From now on, don't talk or move."

This disc was probably inscribed with a concealment and silencing array.

Jiang Wang pondered and really did not move or speak, sitting cross-legged and practicing his breathing.

During this period of cultivation, the white bone lotus flower on his spine did not have any negative effects on him. If it weren't for Bai Lian suddenly showing up, he probably would have slowly forgotten about it.

If there was any change, it was not the upcoming formation of the second galaxy pathway in the Heavenly Palace.

It was his Dao meridian spirit.As is well known, the true spirit of the Dao veins travels through the Dao vortex, gaining a certain degree of growth and enhancement. However, before completing the Grand Circulation, there would hardly be any visible changes. Before opening the Heavenly and Earthly Gates, it is also rare to see any essential improvement.

But Jiang Wang's Dao vein true spirit, the earthworm, had already been adorned with starlight, and its body had visibly grown larger. Although there was no change in the amount of Dao Yuan it consumed, the process of cultivation had become much easier.

In addition, Jiang Wang had a vague feeling that his Dao vein true spirit seemed to be closer to the black candle, but he couldn't be sure.

Jiang Wang had always been a cultivation fanatic, easily immersing himself in it once he started. As a result, he didn't notice the change in Bai Lian's gaze towards him when he began his cultivation.

It was a mesmerizing, infatuated look.