Chen Fengxiao continued, "There had been so many You Lan Mu Lian over the years that they were beyond counting. Thus, the Cult basically knew which areas were safe and which were dangerous. The places each hall went to were more or less fixed, and even the routes were fixed. With outer sect disciples escorting us, although there was still the danger of savage beasts attacking, the risk was much lower. Even so, every time we came out of the canyon, the disciples of our Pill-Refining Hall suffered casualties to some extent. When I took part in You Lan Mu Lian back then, we encountered a herd of Wild Boars on the way into the valley. They scattered our party, wounded quite a few disciples with their bites, and more than a dozen who were seriously injured never made it back out."
"Alas, I was considered fortunate. I knew a little martial arts and stayed close behind the outer sect disciples, so I escaped without a scratch. But that was still considered good luck. I heard that once, Qiankun Hall's disciples ran into a pack of wild wolves while entering the valley. Not even the outer sect disciples escaped; every one of them lost their lives."
"Ah? It was that serious?" Zhang Xiaohua could not help staring wide-eyed. "They were only wild beasts. Even outer sect disciples could not handle them? Even if they could not win, they could have used their lightness skill to run, couldn't they?"
"Alas, Junior Brother Ren, you do not understand. The beasts of You Lan Grand Canyon are nothing like those you usually see. Many of them are deeply versed in human nature, practically having become spirits. My lightness skill was poor back then. When those Wild Boars charged like lightning, I could barely