Chapter 90
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Chapter 90: Leaving the Team
Song Hanjing’s team was not the first to enter.
Before them, four or five teams had already gone in, all led by those at the peak innate level.
This indirectly showcased a rule: those with strength get to eat first.
Bai Chen followed the others into the Shennong Great Forest.
After walking along a stone path with steps, they reached the untouched primitive forest.
As soon as they entered the forest, everyone took a deep breath.
The air here was completely different from outside.
Bai Chen looked at the forest, which had changed dramatically, feeling a sense of disappointment.
After ten thousand years, he could not see any resemblance to how it used to be.
“Everyone, we are approaching a dangerous area filled with fierce beasts! Stay close!”
Song Hanjing said lightly.
Everyone’s hearts raced, and they hurriedly stayed closer together.
Liu Jiaoxue quietly followed behind Bai Chen, suddenly bursting out with a sentence.
“Mr. Bai, should we cooperate?”
“No.”
Bai Chen replied lightly.
“You haven’t even heard what I want to say!”
“I don’t want to listen.”
Seeing Bai Chen’s back, Liu Jiaoxue felt frustrated.
He was so different from how she perceived him before!
Had she offended him in some way?
“Miss, why not just give up?”
Jiang Yuan Ji said with a troubled expression.
However, Liu Jiaoxue’s determination to follow Bai Chen only grew stronger.
“No way! I have to follow him!”
After another two hours of walking with Song Hanjing, they finally began to find some treasures.
“A fifty-year-old spirit mushroom!”
“And here is a hundred-year-old mountain ginseng!”
As more people started finding treasures, everyone began to collect medicinal herbs.
However, Bai Chen merely glanced at these herbs and did not look again.
They were all just a few decades old; he didn’t need them now.
The main goal of this trip was still that divine medicine.
After waiting for a while for everyone, Song Hanjing set off again.
As night fell, Song Hanjing found a campsite.
“Let’s rest here tonight. Three people will keep watch in shifts.”
As soon as Song Hanjing finished speaking, many people slumped down on the ground.
Though these over a dozen people were all martial artists, most were acquired martial artists.
The difficulty in navigating the deep mountains and forests had drained their energy.
Bai Chen couldn’t help but furrow his brows at the sight.
At this rate, when would he find the divine medicine?
He looked up at the sky and closed his eyes, sensing lightly.
A familiar scent and feeling began to appear in the air.
“Such light spiritual energy, could it be emanating from that barrier?”
“If that’s the case, it means I am getting close to the core, so I don’t have to stay with the group.”
Bai Chen opened his eyes and was about to leave when he suddenly saw Liu Jiaoxue standing in front of him, staring intently at him.
“Is there something you need?” Bai Chen asked lightly, looking at Liu Jiaoxue.
Liu Jiaoxue smiled slyly.
“You must have discovered something, right?”
“No, you’re overthinking it.”
Bai Chen sighed inwardly.
How was Liu Jiaoxue’s nose like a dog’s?
“No, I’m not overthinking it! You definitely found something! Take me with you!”
“Please~”
Liu Jiaoxue did everything she could to stick to Bai Chen, even acting coy with him.
Jiang Yuan Ji and the others looked at Liu Jiaoxue, their eyes wide in shock.
The little witch of the Liu family was showing this side of herself?!
If the people in the family saw this, wouldn’t they drop their jaws in surprise?
Bai Chen saw Liu Jiaoxue’s behavior but ignored her and stood up to leave.
“Where are you going?”
Seeing Bai Chen about to leave, Song Hanjing spoke up.
Bai Chen gave Song Hanjing a faint glance.
“Didn’t you say we could leave anytime?”
Song Hanjing nodded and continued,
"But I advise you to stay here. Even peak innate experts wouldn’t dare to travel at night in this place."
"If you want to leave, tomorrow is just fine."
Bai Chen shook his head.
"That would waste too much time."
Upon hearing Bai Chen’s words, Song Hanjing closed his eyes and stopped responding to him.
As the saying goes, it’s hard to persuade someone who’s determined to die.
Since Bai Chen wanted to take such risks, he wouldn’t insist on stopping him.
The one-eyed man in the crowd snorted coldly.
“You’re young but your words are quite bold! We may seem slow, but we’re actually the fastest team here! You still call it wasting time?”
“Don’t think that just because peak innate experts wouldn’t travel at night, even grandmasters wouldn’t dare to boast like you!”
The pair of sisters also looked at Bai Chen with strange expressions.
“Sister, this handsome guy is good-looking, but unfortunately, he doesn’t seem very bright!”
“Little sister, it’s fine; there are plenty of attractive men in the world, we don’t need to worry about just him!”
“Alas! What a shame for such good looks; he’ll be eaten by fierce beasts tonight!”
Many people in the group began to whisper among themselves.
But without exception, their gazes towards Bai Chen were like those towards a fool.
Traveling at night in Shennong Great Forest, this guy really seemed to be courting death.
“Mr. Bai, you should listen to Song’s advice. It’s better to stay here and wait for a night before setting off.”
Wei Laifu looked at Bai Chen with concern.
Bai Chen smiled slightly; he could feel that Wei Laifu genuinely cared for him.
However, with his strength, it made no difference traveling during the day or night.
“No need, I know my limits. Farewell.”
Bai Chen said casually, then stood up and stepped away from the group toward the deep mountains.
Liu Jiaoxue watched Bai Chen’s back, bit her lip, and immediately stood up.
“We should follow him!”
Hearing Liu Jiaoxue, Jiang Yuan Ji and the others widened their eyes in shock.
“Miss, you absolutely cannot! He wants to court death, but we don’t need to follow him!”
Jiang Yuan Ji looked at Liu Jiaoxue anxiously.
But Liu Jiaoxue showed a determined expression at that moment.
“Bai Chen is definitely not an ordinary person! He must have discovered something just now! We came here with the mindset of risking it all!”
“Let’s go!”
As Liu Jiaoxue finished speaking, she quickly took off after Bai Chen.
Jiang Yuan Ji and the others turned pale upon seeing this, with some already having second thoughts.
After a brief moment of consideration, Jiang Yuan Ji steeled his resolve.
“If you want to follow, then follow! If you don’t want to, stay here!”
With that, Jiang Yuan Ji also stood up and ran after Liu Jiaoxue.
The others, seeing this, had no choice but to follow.
But two people remained behind.
They weren’t die-hard supporters of the Liu family; they were merely hired hands.
They wouldn’t go as far as Jiang Yuan Ji to risk their lives for the Liu family.
“Mr. Bai, wait for me!”
Bai Chen, walking in front, paused and frowned slightly.
He didn’t expect Liu Jiaoxue to follow him so recklessly.
“Mr. Bai, please let me come along!”
“I really won’t slow you down!”
Liu Jiaoxue panted as she reached Bai Chen’s side.
Bai Chen sighed inwardly and turned to glance at Liu Jiaoxue.
“Then keep up.”
Liu Jiaoxue’s determination and personality reminded him of his youngest female disciple before he fell asleep.
She shared the same kind of spirit as Liu Jiaoxue.
