Something more sinister than darkness seemed to shroud the depths of the mountains. It was like mist, yet utterly invisible. Xu Feng had not taken out the Precious Mirror.
So he could not tell whether Earth Qi was responsible for what he sensed.
After all, any farther in lay mountains that were truly terrifying.
There was much to be said about the mountains behind Luoyin County. They were far more frightening than Yunjia Mountain. Deep within them stretched a boundless wilderness of peaks, as though the mountains behind the county were merely one branch of a vast range.
In theory, someone could climb this mountain and, if they did not fear death, wind through the range until they came down behind the mountain where the Three Matron Temple stood.
In practice, no one took that route.
No one knew what would happen if they ventured deep into the mountains.
The range spanned four provinces.
Apart from the areas near settlements, the farther one went, the less fit the land was for the living. People had entered the deep mountains during times of war, at least in theory, but there were places people had entered and never left.
On the outskirts of the mountains,
the main dangers were wolves, jackals, tigers, and leopards.
Or Yin Ghosts and evil spirits.
But deep inside,
tigers, leopards, and Yin Ghosts were comparatively common.
The mountains held all manner of strange things. A patch of soil or a sudden, inexplicable mountain wind could be deadly. Even old medicine gatherers avoided places they did not know. Shen Jicheng, with all his experience, was no exception.
He took the matter seriously.
He set down his bundle and kept an unlit torch close at hand.
Xu Feng watched him open his bundle. It held quite a few things.