Chapter 4715 — Still Not Putting Me Down
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
It was a helpless excuse, half true and half false. After all, Wei Zhao couldn't possibly reveal all his experiences to this girl. If she let something slip, it would spell enormous trouble for him. Fobbing her off like this was best for both of them.
"Fine, I suppose you have a point." Only then did Huo Yudie nod, somewhat disappointed. Though a flicker of curiosity still showed plainly in her eyes, at least she wouldn't be digging for answers anytime soon.
Glancing back at Tiandao Mountain behind them, Wei Zhao and Huo Yudie exchanged a look and immediately set off again. The earlier bath and the detour at Tiandao Mountain had already cost them a good deal of time, and they had to make it up as quickly as possible.
Though the Myriad-Year Canyon was far more dangerous than the outside world, to Wei Zhao those roadblocks that leapt out at every turn posed no great threat. With his omnipresent spiritual sense, he could avoid the vast majority well in advance; and even the occasional few he couldn't avoid could be dispatched with a single effortless strike. So the journey went smoothly enough.
Apart from bizarre local "specialties" like the pseudo-human vines, Wei Zhao and Huo Yudie would now and then catch sight of one or two fellow trial participants. These people had clearly come around the edges of Tiandao Mountain; otherwise, Wei Zhao was sure most of them would have sat there withering to death on the mountain instead of appearing ahead of the two of them.
Whenever these people noticed Wei Zhao and Huo Yudie, they unfailingly chose to keep their distance. After all, the spectacle of him slapping Scarface flying with one palm had left a deep impression. No one dared provoke such a ferocious creature; even getting a little too close, they feared they might become the next unlucky soul to die for nothing. The farther they stayed, the better.
At last, after five full days of arduous travel, Wei Zhao and Huo Yudie successfully crossed the Myriad-Year Canyon and arrived at its far end—a lifeless stone array of giant boulders.
Everywhere they looked were broken walls and crumbling ruins, giving Wei Zhao the impression that a magnificent and imposing complex of buildings had once stood here. For some unknown reason, it had all fallen into ruin, reduced to the scene before them now—perhaps weathered away by the passage of too much time, perhaps shattered by the shockwaves of that cataclysmic battle in ancient times.
However that might be, this was undoubtedly the endpoint of the Myriad-Year Canyon. As for what lay beyond, they would only know after passing through this stone array.
Wei Zhao silently reminded himself that he had to make haste from here on. Five days had been lost at the start, and another five spent crossing the Myriad-Year Canyon. No matter what, he had to return to the trial's starting point within the next half month—otherwise, he truly didn't know whether he would ever get out. (Time flies so fast—only one day remains until the release of the web drama *The Campus Belle's Close-Range Bodyguard*! Follow Yuren's official WeChat account yuren22) (To be continued…)