With this in mind, Yang Chen became more vigilant as they traveled. He directly instructed Caiyi, "Senior Caiyi, be extra careful along the way. Something may go wrong."
"What could possibly go wrong?" Caiyi asked in confusion.
Yang Chen did not explain in detail. Seeing that he was speaking vaguely, Caiyi did not take it too seriously, though she did become somewhat more wary.
It was precisely this added sliver of vigilance that made her have to admit Yang Chen had been right.
That evening, as they traveled, Caiyi said in surprise, "Yang Chen, you really are able to predict things like a god. Tell me, how did you guess something would go wrong? There is an ambush in the mountain stretch a hundred miles ahead, and there is even an early Heavenly Martial Realm martial artist."
Yang Chen rubbed his brow. "It seems it is just as I guessed."
With his Soul Realm, he had naturally noticed it as well.
"But are these people idiots? This convoy is filled with experts. There is no telling how many experts the Firewing Bird Tribe alone has. With such a small force, they want to make a move against our convoy?" Caiyi said disdainfully.
"..." Yang Chen gave Caiyi an irritated glance. "Their target is not this convoy. It is the two of us."
"The two of us? How do you know? We are not weak either." Caiyi pouted.
"But in the eyes of others, our strength is merely within the Earth Martial Realm," Yang Chen replied.
"Oh, now that you put it that way, that is true..." Caiyi suddenly understood. "Then how can you be so certain that we are their targets?"
Yang Chen said helplessly, "Is that really so hard to guess? Other than the two of us, do you