"It's getting late today, and there are many soul beasts in the Tianming Mountain Range, filled with dangers on all sides. Why don't we rest here and resume our journey tomorrow?"
"What does Brother Duan think?" Yuan Xiao asked.
Through a few hours of travel, the group had also grown familiar with one another.
The group Xiao Yan had just encountered was a sect from the Northern Continent named the Yuan Sect, sent by their sect to gain experience in the Four Continents Tournament. Their leader, Yuan Xiao, possessed the strength of a Four-Star Dou Xian Mid Stage and was quite casual, lacking any great airs.
As for Duan Tianhong, he had fobbed them off with false information about the Thunder Valley of the Northern Continent. Fortunately, Yuan Xiao was very tactful and did not pry further, though the numerous disciples from the Eastern Continent were extremely baffled by Duan Tianhong's actions.
"Everything shall be as Brother Yuan says." Hearing this, Duan Tianhong also nodded. Then, the two of them led their respective subordinates toward a patch of flat ground within the mountain range, using trees as the boundary to separate their two camps, and quietly settled down to rest.
Strangely enough, the Tianming Mountain Range was quite unique. Here, all flight energy and even Dou Techniques seemed to lose their power, so wanting to reach the summit of the mountain range could only be done on foot.
Yet this was likely a premeditated part of the Tianming Villa's arrangements.
"Valley Master Duan, this is..." As night fell, Xiao Yan and the others sat closely together around a campfire and slowly spoke.
All around the campfire were commonplace tents, along with some medicinal liquid to ward off venomous insects-things that were absolute essentials for Xiao Yan when going out.
"You