At first, Wang Qi had been quite displeased by Su Junyu reading novels during the trial.
However, Su Junyu truly lived up to his name as a rich man. That meditation cushion was a piece of equipment with little practical use but reliable quality, and it steadily trailed behind the four of them, so there was no need to worry about losing him.
As for reading detective novels... perhaps that was also a form of cultivation?
Wang Qi's basis for this guess was one of the great Dao paths Su Junyu truly studied: Bai Ze Calculation. The principle behind this Myriad Dharma Sect method had been conceived by the Divine Lord Bai Ze: as long as one knew enough conditions, one could deduce every cause and effect. Su Junyu could completely gather the clues scattered between the lines of a detective novel and derive the ending.
Still, that was only Wang Qi's guess. Personally, he was more inclined to believe it was simply some shut-in's personal hobby. But since it might have been cultivation, he could hardly interrupt it, could he?
With that thought in mind, Wang Qi spread his movement technique and followed the others through the forest.
The vegetation in this forest resembled that of a humid subtropical region, utterly out of place in the inland area where Xinyue Mountain lay. If cultivators of the Immortal Alliance had not altered the climate here, such a forest could never have grown in this place.
The four of them employed their movement techniques and ran toward the first designated survey point.
All four used the basic footwork taught by the Immortal Academy. The "basic" series of martial arts was mediocre in every respect, possessing neither outstanding strengths nor glaring flaws. Thus, the four were not especially fast. Yet because of