Chapter 2201 — Finding the Map's Location
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"Oh, right. I've found the exact location of the Ulonghot Mountains. It's beyond the southern border, and the environment there is very complex. I hear it's extremely dangerous!" Once the joking was done, Sun Jingyan's expression turned serious. "Several expedition teams have gone to explore the Ulonghot Mountains—most were wiped out entirely, and only a few survived. But according to the survivors, it's terribly dangerous there: not only are there natural chasms, but also monsters... And the local people are fierce and violent. In short, the survivors were all badly shaken—they said they would never go exploring there again in this lifetime..."
"Oh? From what you say, it sounds like that place is full of danger?" Wei Zhao was somewhat surprised at Sun Jingyan's explanation. "In that case, why would your parents leave you this map?"
"I don't know either. Maybe the more dangerous a place, the safer it is? If you hide something there, it wouldn't be easy for anyone to find?" Sun Jingyan said, "That's the only reason I can think of—and it fits the facts. After those few expedition teams met with disaster, no other team has ever gone to those mountains. Over time, the place has become forbidden ground for explorers."
"Perhaps that's the only explanation," Wei Zhao said, nodding after he heard her out.
"So? Are you scared?" Sun Jingyan asked.
"I'm not scared. You're the one I'm worried about." Wei Zhao was at a loss for words. Even if there were natural chasms and dangerous monsters, compared with raiding tombs and the trials of the Ice Palace, it was nothing at all! What chasm could be more frightening than the hidden passages and traps in an ancient tomb?
And what monster could be fiercer than the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast? Wei Zhao had handled all of those just the same, hadn't he?
"I really am a little afraid," Sun Jingyan admitted without concealment. "If you hadn't promised to come with me, I can hardly imagine whether I could have made up my mind to go and find out. After all, I'm not a cultivator like you—what I cultivate is a little peculiar."
"If it's just chasms and monsters, then rest easy—no problem. I can handle it all," Wei Zhao said.
"Good, that's what I thought too. You're an Earth-rank expert now, and those expedition members were all ordinary people—there's no comparing the two." Sun Jingyan said, "I hope this time we can find our destination safe and sound."
"When do we set out?" Wei Zhao asked.
"I can go anytime!" Sun Jingyan said. "There's no company business now. Every day all I do is dig through information at the hotel—there's nothing else to do. Now that the information's been found, we can leave at once."
"All right, then. I'll go back and make arrangements," Wei Zhao said. "You know I have to see to Gu Mengyao's and Shen Yushu's safety in advance."
Still, Sun Jingyan had chosen a good time. If Wei Zhao left now, he would have no worries left behind—he had just established his prestige at the Hidden World Families Summit, making those hidden families and sects wary of him.