Both time-traveled characters ended up as villainous henchmen.

Chapter 117 The Wild Wolf Gang

The cliffs rise high, and the deep valleys are secluded and quiet.

A huge suspension bridge covered with dark green moss spans between two mountain peaks.

Across the suspension bridge, one can easily see a huge fortified village built in the mountains and forests.

As dawn broke, the intense heat of the rising sun was still insufficient to dispel the thick fog in the mountains, while a great deal of noisy commotion arose from the massive mountain stronghold hidden in the dense forest and fog.

A large group of burly men dressed in animal skins sat around the campfire in small groups, holding bowls in one hand and meat in the other, laughing and talking as they ate, creating a lively atmosphere.

"Haha, Boss, you're too kind, treating us brothers to drinks so early in the morning!"

"Of course! You don't know that just two days ago, the gang leader led a group to deliver a heavy blow to the Seven Mysteries Sect's arrogance, successfully expanding our Wild Wolf Gang's sources of income!"

"Since joining the Wild Wolf Gang, the brothers' lives have been getting better and better."

"Once we conquer the Seven Mysteries Sect, we can all drink and eat meat like this every day!"

"By the way, He Nian, I heard you recently led a few of your underlings to successfully pull off a heist against the Seven Mysteries Sect. Did the sect leader give you any private reward?"

A man with a somewhat pointed face and monkey-like features quickly swallowed a large piece of meat and then turned to a handsome young man beside him and asked.

Upon hearing this, He Nian put down his wine bowl and looked up. Seeing the other man eating with greasy mouth but still with a hint of greed in his eyes, He Nian smiled slightly and said, "Cao Jin, you have pretty good ears. Even the gang leader's offer of meat can't shut you up. Are you trying to mooch off my wine again?"

"Haha, it's all thanks to Brother He's generosity. You truly deserve to be the number one young talent in our Wild Wolf Gang."

Upon hearing this, Cao Jin first burst into laughter, then praised He Nian with admiration. He then turned to a tall, burly man with a somewhat dazed expression beside him and elbowed him, teasingly saying, "Completely unlike that old bastard Zhuang Niu, who never thinks of his brothers when he gets benefits."

"I have an elderly mother to support, unlike you who has no mother."

Zhuang Niu retorted, then buried his head in drinking and eating meat.

Upon hearing this, the others pointed at Cao Jin and burst into laughter, making Cao Jin very uncomfortable. Looking at Zhuang Niu's burly figure, he dared not speak out despite his anger. In the end, he picked up his wine bowl and walked over to where another group of gang members were sitting.

He Nian smiled slightly upon seeing this and continued drinking the turbid wine in his bowl.

My gaze was fixed on the burning campfire, but my thoughts drifted to distant places.

His name is He Nian. After his stroke of good luck, he was reborn in this ancient Chinese world.

He Nian originally thought this was just an ordinary ancient world. He thought that as long as he practiced martial arts and copied books, he could rise above others, gain fame and fortune, and then successfully win the heart of a beautiful woman and live a happy life.

Then, at a young age, he was recruited into the Wild Wolf Gang because of his good aptitude for martial arts.

It's just the Wild Wolf Gang. There are countless ancient gangs named after animals, so it doesn't prove anything.

Wait a minute, what do you mean by Wild Wolf Gang plotting to swallow up Seven Mysteries Sect?

Seven Mysteries Sect plus Wild Wolf Gang, hiss—

So He Nian figured it out and realized which world he had been reborn into.

A world of immortals and heroes, a tale of a mortal cultivating immortality.

Holy crap, what's the point of practicing martial arts then? I'm going to cultivate immortality! I want to live forever and become an immortal who can pluck stars from the sky and seize the moon!

Then, reality dealt He Nian a heavy blow.

After recovering from the initial excitement of discovering that she had been reborn in a world of immortals and heroes, He Nian quickly realized the problem.

For mortals to cultivate immortality, their spiritual roots and aptitude are considered.

Whether he has spiritual roots or not becomes the most important question.

Moreover, the Wild Wolf Gang he belonged to was just a martial arts gang among mortals, and had nothing to do with cultivating immortality.

However, the Seven Mysteries Sect next door has it.

To be honest, the Wild Wolf Gang also has a "fate to immortality." When the Wild Wolf Gang and the Seven Mysteries Sect have their final battle, a treasure-delivering boy named Golden Light Master will land and die with an ascension token.

Of course, the dishes of the Venerable Jin Guang are relative; He Nian, a mere mortal martial artist, would naturally not even be able to lick the food clean.

Moreover, He Nian realized that when he transmigrated to the mortal world, there was still quite some time before the great battle between the Seven Mysteries Sect and the Wild Wolf Gang in the original story.

Waiting around like this is definitely not going to work, so He Nian picked up his martial arts skills again and began to practice diligently.

At the same time, in addition to targeting Jin Guang Shangren, he also set his sights on Mo Juren from the Divine Hand Valley of the Seven Mysteries Sect.

He Nian didn't know the exact nature of his spiritual root aptitude, but that didn't stop him from preparing for it.

Solving this problem is not difficult.

Although the cultivation sects in the mortal world have an agreement not to interfere with the secular world, it is still quite easy to find a few Qi Refining cultivators in the secular world if you want to.

After spending some more gold and silver, he would most likely be able to get these cultivators, who are obsessed with worldly pleasures, to conduct a spiritual root test for him.

However, He Nian did not want to let go of the "fate to immortality" that was right in front of him.

Leaving aside the yet-to-arrive Golden Light Master, the Seven Mysteries Sect's Divine Hand Valley alone possesses the Everlasting Spring Technique, a wood-attribute Qi cultivation method.

Before officially heading to the mortal world to find Qi Refining cultivators, He Nian planned to first obtain the Everlasting Spring Technique and try practicing it himself.

Even if it doesn't work out, it won't affect his subsequent plans.

Mo Juren of Shenshou Valley possesses another opportunity that could help He Nian defy fate.

In the original story, Mo Juren did not possess spiritual roots, so he took Han Li in, taught Han Li to cultivate the Everlasting Spring Technique, and secretly prepared to possess Han Li's body, thus changing his life.

He Nian set her sights on Mo Juren's secret technique of possession, which could be activated by a mortal.

If he doesn't have a spiritual root detected, then possessing another body and starting over is his only option on the path to immortality.

Therefore, Mo Juren is definitely murdered.

Now, we are getting very close to the point in the original story where Mo Juren possesses Han Li's body.

The relationship between the Seven Mysteries Sect and the Wild Wolf Gang is becoming increasingly tense. If he doesn't want to be dragged into the final battle as cannon fodder, he needs to take action as soon as possible.

He Nian drank the turbid wine in the bowl in one gulp and then suddenly stood up.

"Let's go, it's about time. I have to go on patrol. Everyone, continue. I'll treat you all to drinks next time!"

"Go away, go away, you're the one with all the trouble."

Several members of the Wild Wolf Gang by the campfire waved to He Nian, and even Zhuang Niu put down his bowl and nodded to him.

He Nian clasped his hands in a fist salute, turned around, and left the bonfire square in the mountain stronghold.

His main responsibility in the Wild Wolf Gang was to investigate various information in the surrounding mountains, with the main focus being the movements of the Seven Mysteries Sect.

He Nian had fought for this dirty and tiring reconnaissance duty himself.

Firstly, this mission allows him to engage in various martial arts training on his own, and secondly, it offers him a high degree of autonomy, giving him more opportunities to infiltrate the Seven Mysteries Sect and investigate the situation.

Although he had trained a few underlings, he still needed to personally handle matters related to the Seven Mysteries Sect.

Some time ago, he collected the materials in Shenshou Valley and built a specially made stone house there.

Judging by the timeline, it should be almost finished by now.

That means the time for Mo Juren to possess Han Li's body is fast approaching.