Joy at a Glance

India warned them quietly, "I've worked it out. Don't touch the gold, or disaster will strike."

"Tell us something we don't know."

Did that really need working out? Chen Feng thought.

The most important thing when facing a supernatural tale was to follow its rules. If you didn't court death, you wouldn't die.

Of course, that assumed you'd confirmed it was a supernatural tale. If you ran into those monsters from the Zoo pretending to be one, you'd be in for a nasty surprise.

But just because Chen Feng and the others could resist temptation didn't mean everyone could.

At the sight of the golden statue, greed filled Zhong Jielian's mother's eyes. Her mind began racing.

I'm rich.

The mountaineering handbook did say not to touch the statue.

But why did I come here? Wasn't it to reach Heaven and live in comfort?

If I can chip off a piece of this statue and take it down the mountain, I won't even need to reach Heaven. The rest of my life will be close enough.

Seeing Zhong Jielian's mother itching to touch it, Chen Feng cursed her stupidity under his breath.

They weren't even halfway up the mountain. There were plenty of traps ahead, and he couldn't afford to lose these two test subjects yet.

So Chen Feng thought fast and said, "It's fake."

Zhong Jielian's mother turned to him, suspicious. "Fake?"

The warm golden gleam and solid-looking form didn't seem fake to her.

Chen Feng quickly made up an explanation. "Think about it, ma'am. How much would a gold statue this size cost? Why would anyone leave something that valuable sitting on a mountain? Besides, so many believers have taken this trial. If it were real, someone would've carried it off long ago. It wouldn't be here for us."