After leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Meng Chen headed south with Xiao Wu, traveling all the way to the vicinity of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Once they reached the area around the Star Dou Great Forest, Meng Chen did not head for any major city. Instead, he did the opposite, making for remote mountains and forests with scarcely any human presence.
Only Meng Chen could have gotten away with this. Had it been anyone else, Xiao Wu would have beaten them senseless with an Eight-Section Fall long ago.
Lush grass grew thickly on both sides, while the mountain path stretched through it like a pale yellow ribbon. The ignorant young girl followed the boy she trusted most, not knowing where they were headed.
"A-Chen, where are we going?"
Xiao Wu asked.
"To... the place where it all began."
Meng Chen suddenly chose to be mysterious.
Xiao Wu was utterly bewildered.
What did he mean, the place where it all began?
Since Meng Chen would not say, Xiao Wu had no way of knowing.
She deliberately watched Meng Chen's shadow.
In the afternoon light, Meng Chen's shadow stretched long and narrow. Every now and then, it crossed with Xiao Wu's before separating again.
Xiao Wu suddenly thought that perhaps this was her fate with Meng Chen. Their paths might cross, but they could never truly overlap.
They hurried along the mountain path, quickly passing through the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest and venturing deeper and deeper inside.
Xiao Wu began to grow anxious, because there were many powerful Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
"A-Chen, what are we doing in the Star Dou Great Forest? We don't need Soul Rings, and it's very dangerous here."
"It's fine. We won't encounter any powerful Soul Beasts."