Shi Chun and his group had stopped before the Strange Mountains and were still waiting there.
Shi Chun had not entirely delegated the Hidden Sentry's duties. He still lay atop a mountain himself, keeping watch. The light in this damned place was poor, making his right-eye ability their best early-warning safeguard.
Xu Anchang and You Mu saw all of this. Whatever they had thought of Shi Chun after he swallowed up their two treasures, they respected him now.
He clearly called the shots in the Bright Mountain Sect, yet he still personally undertook sentry duty without putting on the slightest airs. They had to respect that. No wonder his group had remained safe and sound until now. With their leader's sense of responsibility right there for all to see, the others naturally dared not slack off either.
Only their present location made them deeply uneasy. Even though they had never been here before, the ghostly terrain of these mountains gave them a fair idea of where they were.
Some things, even if they had never seen them, they had heard of.
They did not know what Shi Chun was up to. They could also tell he no longer bothered putting on an act with them. Now that his strength was exposed, his words and manner no longer held his earlier courtesy toward them.
Damn it, he had changed his tune awfully fast. Now he was ordering them around outright.
Then again, if he dared forcibly swallow up their treasures, why would he hesitate to order them around?
Still, there was something they did not understand. Since those above had dispatched someone so capable, why had they not made things clear beforehand? If they had followed his lead from the outset, would everything not have gone smoothly? Why let extra branches