Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!-Chapter 892 - 265: [Iron Spear Mountain, Pili River]

Locally known as the "Pili River," this great river weaves through the mountains here, creating a terrain where mountains and waters intertwine, becoming a true ghostly place.

It is said that when the enemy invaded years ago, the mountain people and resistance forces here used the terrain to hide within the ridges of Iron Spear Mountain, causing the enemy to conduct fruitless searches multiple times, even getting lost in the mountains.

In the afternoon, on the not-quite-wide surface of the Pili River, a ferry slowly approached.

The boatman, wearing a fisherman’s hat that covered his already thinning hair, had an old face like dried orange peel, full of the marks of time. Speaking in heavily accented Mandarin, he shouted toward the cabin.

"Guests, we’re almost there!"

Inside the cabin, Chen Yan sat with his arms crossed. Upon hearing this, he opened his eyes and glanced at the small figure beside him.

Shen Shiqi, pale-faced, tried hard to keep his eyes open and barely managed a smile: "Fellow Daoist, I..."

Before he finished speaking, his expression changed, and he suddenly turned his head to stick it out of the cabin window, vomiting violently into the water.

Chen Yan sighed, "Didn’t you say you’ve been to this place before... How can you still get seasick?"

Shen Shiqi finished vomiting and retracted his body, looking tearful. He took a breath and said, "Last summer, I lied to the dean’s mom, saying I was going to work in a factory, just to go out for a week and came here.

I usually, usually don’t take boats.

Last time I came here, I almost couldn’t walk because of the seasickness."

Chen Yan sighed, gently patting Shen Shiqi’s back, and injected a stream of Primordial Qi, helping to gather his scattered breath and unbalanced blood, instantly making Shen Shiqi feel better.

With a bang, the boat docked at the shore.

Chen Yan led Shen Shiqi out of the cabin, jumped over the plank, and arrived on the pier.

The slate pier wasn’t large, and the ground was slippery with moss.

Once Shen Shiqi finally got a firm footing, he still felt wobbly, staggering a few steps before steadying himself. He looked up toward the top of the pier.

This pier was built against the mountain, with slate steps leading upward, as if constructed to go behind the hillside.

At the end stood towering green mountains.

"This is the only inhabited village at the mountain’s base, surviving thanks to the Pili River’s water transport.

Further in, the mountain villages have long been relocated by the government.

There’s no farmland in the mountains, and traveling is difficult; there’s no real value in human settlement. The government calculated that instead of spending great sums to build roads and install electricity,

it’s better to relocate the mountain village inhabitants entirely.

Nowadays, it’s rare to find villages in these mountains."

Shen Shiqi said softly.

Chen Yan nodded, "You’ve found out quite a bit."

Shen Shiqi chuckled bitterly, "Tonight, we’ll stay in this village; it’s the last place we can rest before heading into the mountains. Last time I was here, I almost got abducted, but luckily I met kind people in this village.

However, this village is isolated from the outside world; there’s no inn or such. The only merchant is a small general store owner who does business with the outside world, receiving shipments by boat.

Thanks to this kind of trade, he has prepared two rooms in his store for the boatmen transporting goods, providing temporary lodging for a fee."