Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 304 - 127: Exploration Complete, Moving to Divine Wood Hall
"Dangerous, very dangerous..."
Li Yuan clenched his fist, supporting his chin, and stared at the map, pondering for a while.
He decided to go and explore it personally.
He excluded the leftmost and rightmost mountain paths, intending to check the two in the middle.
...
Afterwards, Li Yuan, along with Tang Nian, scouted around the mountain forest, occasionally noting down the terrain of the mountain roads.
Due to his "Reading Data" ability, he could also record the distribution of Demon Beasts in various places.
After encountering a Seventh Grade triangular bull-shaped Demon Beast, Li Yuan tamed it. He and his adopted daughter rode on its back and traveled along the road.
With this Seventh Grade Demon Beast, other weaker beasts wouldn’t come close, avoiding some pointless battles.
...
A month and a half later...
The two returned to their original location.
Tang Nian, who had left as a fair-skinned girl, was now tanned...
At the same time, her gaze had become sharper.
"Dad, it seems this place is not suitable for us to settle down."
Li Yuan nodded in deep agreement.
Reality is truly harsh.
Not only is this place unsuitable for living, but it is also full of danger.
During his deep exploration, he discovered something unimaginable: when Demon Beasts reach a certain level of power, they can tame weaker beasts... or it might not even be taming, but rather a command from a superior.
The triangular bull-shaped Demon Beast he rode on, upon entering a certain range, immediately went from being "tamed" to "wild" and crouched on the ground, whimpering as if begging for mercy.
No matter how he shouted, the triangular bull-shaped Demon Beast just wouldn’t get up.
The Demon Taming Skill... had failed.
Or rather, some stronger force interfered, rendering it useless.
Li Yuan and Tang Nian turned and fled. While circumventing a mountain peak, they glanced towards a distant cliff and saw a roaring Beast Tide surging through the canyon, with a giant terrifying Demon Beast approximately as tall as a pavilion at the back of the Beast Tide.
Li Yuan saw clearly that similar data to Elder Zhu’s floated above the Demon Beast’s head. Evidently, this was a Fifth Grade Demon Beast.
Perhaps because Li Yuan himself wasn’t weak, or maybe due to his affinity, the terrifying Demon Beast only glanced at them before continuing in its original direction.
...
The plan to use the south as a retreat had fallen through.
Li Yuan decided to return to Shanbao County.
Before leaving, he took "ten sticks of Ghost Fragrance" from the settlement, and a box of Gold Yuanbao worth about a thousand taels as spoils, then established a "code" with Mu Gou the Fourth for future contact.
After releasing a Demon Sparrow to observe the situation, he returned to the carriage and drove away.
Half an hour later...
The settlement was completely out of sight.
Inside the carriage, Tang Nian asked, "Dad, are we heading to Mianzhou Path?"
Li Yuan replied while flipping the reins, "Once we return, we should receive the first batch of messages."
Tang Nian acknowledged.
Li Yuan suddenly asked, "Do you remember when we first arrived, I asked you to train in that settlement?"
"I remember."
"Now... do you have any new thoughts?"
In the carriage, Tang Nian paused for a moment, then said, "I shouldn’t have gone."
"Why?" Li Yuan asked with a smile.
Tang Nian responded, "Because I just heard from Dad about the situation there, but I didn’t understand it myself, yet I was full of confidence, acting conceited.
I’m not an Assassin, I don’t excel at sneaking into camps, nor am I good at poisoning secretly.
I’m a Puppet Master; my way of fighting never involves being at the frontline.
Why should I have stealthily infiltrated that settlement?
Why did I need to go personally?
Even if Dad had assigned me this task, I should have argued logically because... it wasn’t a task suited to me."
Li Yuan said with a smile, "You’ve made progress."
Tang Nian also smiled, "It’s because Dad taught me well."
In these nearly two months, she had been with Li Yuan day and night, learning much from her adoptive father.
Her way of doing things and thinking had started to change.
Li Yuan asked, "Is your heart... still untainted?"
Tang Nian replied, "Dad, don’t tease me again; it’s just because I hadn’t experienced real combat before, and I was being naive..."
Li Yuan said, "When we return if you stay with Xiaozhao, remember to teach Xiaozhao a bit; you spend more time with her than I, her father, do."
"Got it, Dad."
...
...
A few days later.
Li Yuan returned to Shanbao County.
The landlady brought a wealth of information from the Mianzhou Path.
"Mianzhou Path is a poor area with a lot of forests.
Thus, the largest Social World Influence in Mianzhou Path is the Beggar Gang.
The people from Ningyu Commerce Association, Hengwu Restaurant, and Baihua Winery, when entering Mianzhou Path, were actually stopped by a gang of beggars demanding money, and even... asking for women.
Fortunately, Yan Mu proved his identity, which allowed them to pass smoothly."
"There are eight Prefectures under Mianzhou Path, and the Yuantian Prefecture where the Divine Wood Hall is located is in the core area.
In Yuantian Prefecture, there are far fewer beggars, and even those present don’t dare to be impudent..."
"The Divine Wood Hall Inner City is exceptionally large, bigger than three Shanbao Counties combined; it is the most prosperous and well-ordered place in the entire Mianzhou Path.
Living there and doing business there is not easy.
If not for the Golden Words of the Lady Hall Master, our people wouldn’t even think of opening a shop, let alone doing business."
"There is a famous forbidden zone in Mianzhou Path, said to be a vast Ghost Realm.
Locals call that place Paradise."
"Paradise?"
"Yes... because there are many sounds of laughter coming from there, so locals call that area Paradise Garden.
And because Paradise is vast, many people know about it..."
The landlady recounted one by one.
