"Young master, it's almost dark. Why don't we stay somewhere nearby tonight and go up tomorrow?"
Niu Ding hurriedly ran after He Pingsheng, offering suggestions as he ran.
He Pingsheng simply kept walking without even turning his head, only waving a hand. "What, are we never going to spend the night in the mountains from now on?"
"A Divine Mortal, afraid of the dark?"
"Let's go!"
With a leap, he crossed a dozen-odd zhang, jumping from the soft earth onto a boulder. Three or five leaps later, he had already begun climbing.
Niu Ding could only follow.
Two hours later, both stood on the ridge behind the Small Town.
The sky had darkened, stars filling the heavens, and heaven and earth stretched vast and boundless.
Standing on the long ridge, He Pingsheng looked to either side. On one side were endless rolling mountains, and the other was much the same.
Only, lights still flickered occasionally in Divine Dream City and the Small Town to the left, while the mountains to the right were pitch-black. The roars and cries of Demon Beasts rose one after another, utterly terrifying.
"Stay on guard at all times. Extend your divine sense and follow me!"
He Pingsheng paused on the ridge for half an incense stick's time before leaping off again.
Niu Ding followed close behind!
After a night like this, the two had traveled several hundred li of mountain trails and finally entered Divine Dream Mountain.
Once extended, He Pingsheng's divine sense could cover an area ten thousand zhang around him. Wherever he went, any divine grasses or divine medicines would almost certainly not escape his discerning eye.
In reality, however, there were none.
"Young master!" Niu Ding seemed to be comforting He Pingsheng. "Countless Divine Mortals come and go in the parts of