“Captain Luo, if you are afraid, then go back. I also think it would be best for you to figure out certain things!” Jin Yu said with dissatisfaction.
“This place is the safest route. All the other paths are dangerous. Only this one is safe. This is experience bought with the lives of many people. Please show them respect!” Jin Yu voiced her displeasure.
You are just a reckless young man who knows nothing. What are you blindly ordering about?
If we take the other routes, danger will definitely occur, and it could cost everyone their lives.
Luo Chen shook his head and said nothing more. He had already sensed that this route was dangerous.
However, he was unwilling to explain or argue with this group. He was only acting in their best interests.
After all, for him and the Blood Corpse King, this entrance posed no real threat to them. But if these people refused to listen, he would not say another word. Although he had an obligation to keep everyone safe, they had to be willing to cooperate, did they not?
If they refused to listen, why should Luo Chen bother trying to persuade them?
One of the short, stout grandmasters shook his head. Is Old Yang deliberately bringing someone here to cause trouble?
“Captain Luo, I think it is necessary to make this clear to you. Once we go inside, it will be extremely dangerous. No one can guarantee anyone else is safe. So, it is not too late to change your mind now.” That short, stout grandmaster was named Wang Zhi.
“To put it plainly, we do not want you to become a burden to everyone later on!” Wang Zhi finally made his point clear.
But Luo Chen shook his head and replied.
“Just look after yourselves. If I do not have to step in and protect you, I will already consider myself lucky.”
The moment these words left his mouth, Old Huang turned his head away, unwilling to look at Luo Chen.
What is the definition of not knowing one’s own place?
This is it. He is clearly the dead weight, yet he tells others not to drag him down. How ridiculous.
He really takes himself far too seriously. Old Huang was speechless regarding Luo Chen and did not wish to say anything more.
He led his people inside. Wang Zhi wanted to speak, but Old Huang grabbed him and held him back.
Jin Yu also shook her head, quickly followed Old Huang, and simply left Luo Chen behind.
Luo Chen did not mind. Sometimes words are less convincing than facts.
He was genuinely worried these fools would hold him back.
Yet clearly, they thought otherwise, believing instead that he and the Blood Corpse King were the burdens.
Luo Chen paid it no further mind and simply followed them inside.
Ahead, Jin Yu sighed. People really need a bit of self-awareness. He is clearly the one being looked down upon, yet he has the audacity to look down on others.
Let us see if he can still say that when danger strikes.
The group entered the valley and began moving deeper into the Kunlun Mountains. Kunlun was far too mysterious.
After all, there were too many legends surrounding it.
And clearly, they encountered something strange almost immediately upon entering.
Purple mist slowly appeared around them. On the bare mountains, patches of snow reflected the sunlight, creating a glaring, dappled brilliance.
Fortunately, everyone had prepared sunglasses in advance, otherwise snow blindness would have been highly likely.
However, in the shimmering light on the rock walls on both sides, shadowy figures seemed to flit about randomly, as if people were flying everywhere.
After walking for about an hour, the purple mist grew thicker, and snow began to fall.
The blizzard grew exceptionally fierce. Finally, a howling gale swept through, scattering the group. Jin Yu, Old Huang, Wang Zhi, and Ren Jun were all separated.
As for Luo Chen, who had any energy left to worry about them?
They had completely lost their bearings. Jin Yu, being just an ordinary girl, was already struggling to withstand the blizzard and the lack of oxygen.
She gasped for oxygen from a cylinder while searching everywhere for a place to shelter from the storm.
Fortunately, Old Huang, Tang Hui, and the others were still together. Wang Zhi and Ren Jun had been separated. After another half hour of walking, the group finally spotted Ren Jun and Wang Zhi ahead.
Even Luo Chen and his companion spotted them.
This was quite puzzling. How had these two groups ended up ahead of them?
Luo Chen and the other caught up with Jin Yu and her group ahead.
However, Ren Jun and Wang Zhi were separated from each other.
Ren Jun stood behind a small hill.
Wang Zhi stood inside a cave. At that moment, the two were facing each other from a distance.
Wang Zhi looked at Old Huang and the others, then shouted loudly towards Jin Yu and her group.
“Come over here quickly. Do not go that way. He is already dead. On the other side of the hill, his corpse is right there!”
Wang Zhi was actually claiming that Ren Jun was dead?
And that he had found Ren Jun’s body?
“Do not listen to his nonsense. He is the one who is dead. Old Huang, you must believe me!” Ren Jun shouted.
The howling wind almost drowned out his voice.
“Hurry over here!” Wang Zhi waved again.
This left Old Huang and the others hesitant.
Although he was willing to take Ren Jun along, the incident at the foot of the hill had already planted a seed of doubt about Ren Jun in everyone’s minds.
After all, Ren Jun had already died once.
Wang Zhi seemed more trustworthy by comparison, but could his words really be taken at face value?
Nobody could be sure. What if Wang Zhi was lying, and Ren Jun’s previous death had just been a trap?
If they trusted Wang Zhi, they might actually fall into that very trap.
Still, that seemed rather unlikely.
Old Huang and Jin Yu were completely bewildered.
Who should they trust?
Or should they trust neither?
But the blizzard was growing worse. They could not just stand here frozen in indecision.
At that moment, Wang Zhi shouted loudly again.
“Old Huang, that Ren Jun is a fake. He really is dead. I just saw his corpse myself!”
“Old Huang, Jin Yu, this is a trap. You must believe me!” Ren Jun also shouted from his side.
Jin Yu, Old Huang, and Tang Hui were truly thrown into chaos now. Suspicion clouded everything, and trusting or distrusting either side carried risks.
“Do not trust either of them. We should just leave.” Luo Chen said.
“That is not an option. If one of them is actually telling the truth, and we leave him here, he will be alone and vulnerable. He will definitely die!” Old Huang struggled with the decision.
“That is a selfish idea!” Old Huang said with displeasure.
“If we trust them and are wrong, it will put everyone in danger. That is the truly selfish approach!” Luo Chen shook his head. Before they had left, if Old Yang had not repeatedly begged Luo Chen not to hold a grudge and to look after this group properly, Luo Chen would probably have slapped him by now.
They were simply a bunch of fools.
But clearly, Old Huang and the others were unwilling to listen to Luo Chen.
“Captain Luo, please stop making trouble.” Jin Yu said.
“If you had listened to me earlier and not taken Ren Jun along, we would not be in this dilemma now.” Luo Chen waved his hand. If they had listened sooner, how could this difficult situation have arisen?
These words made Old Huang flush with embarrassment. It was true.
If they had not taken Ren Jun along earlier, this crisis of trust would not have happened.
But the more Luo Chen spoke, the more displeased Old Huang became, as it felt like another slap in the face.
Although Old Huang and Jin Yu hesitated, they finally made their decision.
They chose to trust Wang Zhi!