From a slave to the Great Qian Martial Saint

"Very good!"

Seeing that Chen Shi agreed, Gu Hanying was overjoyed.

After secretly working as a bodyguard for a few days and catching a few petty thieves, Gu Hanying was bursting with confidence. Just then, a search team entered the mountains, and on a whim, she sneaked in. Little did she know that she would have to form a team.

If they keep to themselves and avoid being discovered, it's not easy to be found out. But if they team up and travel together day and night, they're likely to be exposed.

If we don't team up, we're worried about attracting the attention of Steward Sun, and we'll still be exposed eventually.

Just as Gu Hanying was in a dilemma, she suddenly saw Chen Shi.

The two had met many times at Mu Yunsheng's medicine hut, and had even sparred with each other, so they were old acquaintances.

Moreover, Gu Hanying thought that Chen Shiren was not a bad person.

That's why she took the initiative to ask to team up, actually just to have Chen Shi cover for her.

She had thought Chen Shi wouldn't agree easily, so she had even come up with several strategies to force him to agree, such as complaining to Gu Chengze. Unexpectedly, Chen Shi agreed so readily.

"I'll need your help from now on, Miss Fourth."

Chen Shi said with a smile, a sly glint in his eyes.

Gu Hanying asked him to cover for her, but wasn't he also trying to use Gu Hanying as a shield?

Once they enter the mountains, Jia Shun will surely attack.

Without Zhe Liu, Chen Shi probably wouldn't be able to defeat him based on his current abilities alone.

It's different when Gu Hanying is around.

Although Gu Hanying was only at the eighth rank of cultivation and no match for Jia Shun, she was a precious young lady, so how could Jia Shun dare to lay a hand on her!

As the saying goes, "one must be careful not to harm the innocent," as long as Gu Hanying is by his side, Chen Shi should be safe.

"Look out for each other, look out for each other."

Gu Hanying patted Chen Shi on the shoulder, deliberately adopting a chivalrous air.

The two, each harboring their own secrets, exchanged a glance and then both threw their heads back and burst into laughter.

The team was formed here, and the food was ready there. Chen Shi went to get two portions and ate with Gu Hanying on the side.

Chen Shi is now a pile of stinking dog shit, and no one goes near him. As a result, Gu Hanying has even less to worry about being exposed.

After finishing our meal, we practiced our swordsmanship for a while. It was getting late, so we found a place to rest.

It's already late November, and the weather is getting colder. The ordinary members of the search team don't have tents, so they can only find a sheltered place and wrap themselves tightly in blankets.

Chen Shi didn't feel anything. Besides his immense strength of two thousand jin, the Divine Elephant Embryo also possessed a pure yang blood. With this blood supporting him, even in the dead of winter, he felt no cold despite wearing only a single layer of clothing.

To a certain extent, it can be said to be impervious to heat and cold.

As the night passed and dawn broke, the tents were packed up and the convoy continued its journey.

Just like at home, there were still two meals a day, but they were divided into lunch and dinner. In order to save time on the road, they would eat some flatbread and dried meat while walking at noon, and they would only have a hot soup in the evening.

Nothing particularly unusual happened along the way. Even though there were many bandits outside the city, they dared not approach when they saw so many people and so many warriors.

Several days passed in the blink of an eye. With two days left until the twelfth lunar month, the team successfully arrived at Yongqiu Mountain!

"This is Yongqiu..."

Looking at the towering mountain before them, everyone was stunned, and then filled with terror.

It's not very tall, or perhaps it's not that it's not tall, but rather that it's too big, so it doesn't stand out much.

It's not just a few hills, but a mountain range stretching from south to north, with peaks and ridges that look out as far as the eye can see, a continuous, dark mass of towering, deep mountains.

Humans have an instinctive fear of the unknown, and at this moment, this mountain appeared to everyone as a deep abyss of hell containing countless dangers.

After traveling another ten miles, passing through checkpoints and military inspections, the group arrived directly at the entrance at the foot of the mountain.

"Everyone, take a good rest these two days. We'll head into the mountains when the north wind picks up."

While instructing everyone to set up camp, Steward Sun shouted a command.

Because we'll be staying for a month, this camping trip is different from the one on the road; it's not as simple as just setting up a few tents. Fortunately, the search team enters the mountains once a year and always camps here, so there are still many wooden cabins and even remnants of stone houses.

Everyone found a house, made some simple repairs and tidying up, and they were ready to move in.

By the afternoon, the campsite was basically ready.

Next, as instructed by Steward Sun, everyone rested at the campsite, waiting for the north wind to rise before heading into the mountains.

Aside from eating and resting, Chen Shi spent all his time practicing his swordsmanship.

However, the time was too short, and with so many people around, he couldn't easily use the Hehuan Pill for cultivation, so he didn't make much progress. Chen Shi learned some acupuncture techniques from Mu Yunsheng and can now use acupuncture to relieve his lust on his own.

"Um?"

Chen Shi practiced until late at night. Just as he was about to go back to his room to rest, he faintly heard the sound of wind coming from the mountains.

Looking up, the mountains were still pitch black, unchanged.

Without thinking too much about it, I went inside to rest.

As Chen Shi fell asleep, the wind in the mountains grew stronger. That night, many people huddled together, shivering under their blankets.

"……This is!"

The next morning, when they got up and went out, everyone was shocked to see the huge mountain in front of them.

The once dark and imposing mountains are now completely covered by thick snow, transforming them into a snow-covered mountain!

The north wind whipped up snow, and in just one night, the biting north wind blanketed the entire Yongqiu Mountain in snow!

So cold.

Shocked, everyone shivered and quickly retreated into the house to put on thick clothes.

It's already this cold before we even get into the mountains.

Chen Shi was still dressed in ordinary clothes, so he didn't think anything of it.

"Everyone, get ready, we'll be heading into the mountains at Chen Shi (7-9 AM)!"

Steward Sun glanced at it and gave a loud order.

The cooks had already set up the stove and started a fire, so that everyone could at least have a bowl of hot soup before heading into the mountains.

The search team members went back to pack their belongings, including warm clothing, dry rations, and equipment and weapons.

In order to have as much time as possible to search for treasures, they often have to stay in the mountains for several days in a row, rather than going in early and leaving late.

Chen Shi was not afraid of the cold or heat, so he didn't need too many clothes, but he brought a lot of dry food, enough for him to stay in the mountains for a month!

After everything was prepared, the steaming hot meat soup was ready. It was unlimited, so Chen Shi drank three large bowls in a row.

"Let's go into the mountains!"

At the stroke of dawn, Steward Sun gave a loud shout.

The search team took a deep breath and stepped into Yongqiu Mountain.

Crunch~ Crunch~!

The snow was over a foot deep, and each foot left a deep dent, making a crunching sound.

Chen Shi glanced around; there was no one there anymore.

Once inside the mountains, everyone dispersed according to their assigned groups.

"Fourth Miss, can you fly?"

Chen Shi turned to Gu Hanying, who was standing next to him with an excited expression, and asked her a question.

"What?"

Gu Hanying blinked, then shook her head.

"My Crane's Cry in the Nine Heavens technique can condense my blood energy into crane wings, but it is still only at the Explosion Realm, not the solidified form Realm. So at most I can glide briefly, and I can't fly."

"That's fine too."

Chen Shi nodded, then suddenly put his arm around Gu Hanying's waist.

Gu Hanying's eyes widened instantly, and her face paled. Although she was quite lively, she was, after all, a young lady from a marquis's mansion, and she could not allow a man to get so close.

Although they were wearing heavy clothing and didn't feel any skin-to-skin contact, it was still against the rules.

Just as Gu Hanying was about to reprimand her, she suddenly rose up from the ground.

"This is!"

As it soared through the air, Gu Hanying was filled with wonder and couldn't care less about anything else for a moment.

"Spread your crane wings!"

Before Gu Hanying could react, and just as she was about to crash into a large tree, Chen Shi suddenly said something.

Without much thought, Gu Hanying immediately unleashed a pair of invisible crane wings.

Immediately afterwards, as if pulled in another direction, and gliding on the crane's wings, the two flew straight into the depths of the snow-capped mountains...

A moment later, the two of them caught up with the place where Chen Shi and the others had "taken off".

One of the men, with a sinister look in his eyes, was Jia Shun.

"Why did the footprints break off...?"

Looking at the vast expanse of white snow ahead, without a single footprint, Jia Shun frowned.

He snorted again, his face showing disdain. Did they think they could escape just by learning some tricks to hide their tracks?

Then he turned to a short, thin man next to him and shouted at him.

"Don't you have tracking abilities? Find him!"

"Yes."

The short, thin man responded, took out an incense stick from his pouch, lit it after gesturing for a while, and then made hand gestures and chanted incantations.

A wisp of smoke rose straight up, then suddenly turned at a height of four feet, drifting in the direction Chen Shi had left.

"there!"

"Walk!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Jia Shun grabbed the man and chased after him.