Chapter 13

After getting off the train, Lin Xiao casually found a decent hotel and spent the night there.

The next morning, Lin Xiao, whose biological clock was on time, opened his eyes, quickly got dressed, and went to the front desk to check out.

He searched for a map of Taiyuan on his phone and compared it with the map he had in hand, confirming the route to the mountains.

The location of the blood orchid provided by Ye Ding was in a remote area deep in the southern part of the Taiyuan Mountains.

After tidying up his mood, he took a moment to check his spatial ring, organized the items he needed for the mountain trip, and found nothing missing after the inspection.

He took a taxi to the foot of the Taiyuan Mountains. The first few mountains of the Taiyuan range had already been developed for tourism, so there was basically no danger. The real danger lay in the areas humans hadn't ventured into.

Lin Xiao, full of confidence and fearless like a young calf, explored the first few mountains with a playful attitude.

To his surprise, it was really nice. The strange mountains and rocks, combined with the fresh air, made the scene around the mountains, including a waterfall about ten meters wide, quite spectacular.

After enjoying the scenery, he checked the map and continued south.

"Hisss, hisss, hisss"

Ha, just a moment ago, Lin Xiao was still full of confidence, but now he was gritting his teeth and shivering.

Ever since he left the scenic area and entered the undeveloped mountain forest, Lin Xiao encountered large, colorful spiders. There was no need to guess; these spiders were highly venomous, one of the five poisons, and their reputation was not exaggerated.

Unfortunately, they were blocking his path. On both sides were cliffs, and the middle path was dominated by the spiders.

A thought flashed through his mind, and Lin Xiao turned back to find a small piece of dry wood. He took out a lighter from his spatial ring, lit the wood, and burned the spider webs.

After burning away the webs blocking his path, he continued to use the makeshift torch to drive away the spider, which made his scalp tingle, and proceeded without much danger.

But why was Lin Xiao still shivering even though he had driven away the spider?

Actually, it wasn't the spider's fault. The mountain mosquitoes were extremely venomous. In a short time, several lumps appeared on his body, causing pain and itching. He scratched and shivered.

No matter how strong his martial arts were, he still feared mosquitoes. He could sense one or two, but when a group of them came, being bitten a few times was already considered good.

After a bumpy journey, the poisonous insects, snakes, and ants never stopped. However, with his heightened senses, Lin Xiao managed to avoid many of them. Even if he couldn't avoid them, he could deal with them using his abilities.

There was no signal in the mountains, so he didn't know where he was. He only knew that his destination was a valley shaped like a gourd, so he continued southward.

"Huh?"

In Lin Xiao's perception, two large fierce beasts appeared. After carefully sensing them, he grinned lecherously and headed in that direction with all his might.

"Hahaha"

Lin Xiao squatted on a tree and made such a lecherous sound.

At the two o'clock direction ahead, two tigers were performing a real tiger show, mating enthusiastically.

As for Lin Xiao, this lecherous fellow, he watched with great interest, occasionally making comments.

"Wow, the old man is pushing the cart, shooting arrows on horseback."

"Ah~ Doing this in broad daylight, it's really a disgrace to civilization."

Having never seen tigers mate in his life, Lin Xiao watched to his heart's content. His lecherous expression and occasional comments made him look like a pervert, even when watching tigers mate.

He thought about whether to scare the male tiger now, but what if it became impotent?

After watching the entire performance, Lin Xiao continued his journey. The sun set, and the sky gradually darkened.

Lin Xiao checked the time and then entered his spatial ring. He summarized his experience of entering the mountains, played with the purple-gold mastiff for a while, and then rested.

In the morning, he got up, left the spatial ring, and looked up.

The sun was already high in the sky, and it was another scorching hot day with clear skies.

Lin Xiao decided to speed up his journey, feeling that his method of traveling yesterday was too inefficient. With his abilities, he could actually ignore these poisonous insects and snakes as long as he was careful.

He just needed to be cautious of large beasts like leopards, tigers, and bears.

He took out a compass, determined the direction, and this time, Lin Xiao didn't worry about exhausting his energy. He climbed up a tree.

"Ooo~~~~~ Ooo~~~~~ Ooo~~"

Lin Xiao began a new round of wandering, imitating Tarzan's call for entertainment.

Actually, in the forest, the trees were very close together. With Lin Xiao's abilities, he could easily jump from tree to tree. Carrying a machete and slowly advancing yesterday was too foolish.

He grabbed vines when there were any and jumped when there weren't. The scenery on both sides quickly disappeared as he moved.

"Huh?"

Lin Xiao suddenly noticed a trace of energy floating in the air and was immediately delighted.

The fact that energy could float in the air indicated that the source's energy was at least 30% or more, which was an enormous amount of energy.

Without caring about the blood orchid, he fully opened his senses and carefully perceived the source of the energy.

After several twists and turns, the closer he got, the more he felt the shock. The energy in the air increased.

Lin Xiao was stunned. In front of him was a crater about a hundred meters wide, with a meteorite about twenty meters in the center.

On both sides of the crater, two massive creatures lay, impossible to ignore.

A large bear was sleeping, estimated to be at least 4.5 meters long, with a height of two meters when lying down and at least three meters when standing, more than twice the size of an ordinary brown bear.

It was much larger than any brown bear or polar bear, and the increase in weight meant an increase in strength, a terrifying creature.

On the other side was a python about twenty meters long, with a body as thick as a water bucket, coiled on the other side of the meteorite. It seemed to have reached some kind of agreement with the giant brown bear.

About fifty meters away from them, a circle of various animals, including tigers, leopards, bears, and snakes, surrounded the area. There were at least a hundred of them.

In the middle, a small incident occurred. The giant bear by the meteorite woke up and saw a smaller brown bear invading its territory. In an instant, it charged forward, raised its massive paw, and struck the smaller bear, which fell to the ground, spitting blood, its fate unknown.

After observing the area, Lin Xiao realized that with his current abilities, he couldn't take away the meteorite that made his mouth water.

Not to mention whether he could seize it, just the brown bear and the python by the meteorite were already a formidable challenge. One blow from the bear could kill him, and even if it didn't, the python was still watching.

Moreover, his spatial ring could only hold items about one meter in size. If he couldn't clear away the animals, he couldn't take the meteorite.

No matter how good the energy was, he needed to have the strength to take it. After much hesitation, Lin Xiao decided to give up for now and return when he had enough strength, at least after practicing the basic martial arts to the fifth level, to have a chance of dealing with the circle of fierce beasts.

With a lingering glance at the meteorite, he resisted the urge and retreated.

He marked the location of the meteorite, took out his compass, and continued his journey.

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