Chapter 134 (1/2)
Familiarity and Unfamiliarity
Ka cha! Ka cha! Kacha…
The sky lit up and the sound of horseshoe rang as they travelled along the small route towards absolute forest.
It was the fifth day.
The two had been riding the horse for five consecutive days!
“Is Shi Hong Dian in Absolute Forest?”
Su Yun scanned the proud sun that was rising in the sky then looked towards Ah San, who was riding the spirit stallion in front of him, and asked.
“Yes! He is in Absolute Forest!”
Ah San nodded and shouted: “After my brother had been captured by Shi Hong Dian, Ah San had been stalking him. Along the road, I have had many thoughts about saving my brother but I was always stopped by Shi Hong Dian’s powerful methods and was forced to give up every single time. I then made a turn into the Jinghu Town, hoping to get help from almighty. From the first advancement of Shi Hong Dian, he is definitely in absolute forest!”
The absolute forest was located over a thousand miles from the northern side of the Jing Hu Town. This was an obsolete piece of forest, the leaves were huge and the forest was dense. The forest was dark. It was rumoured that spirits and souls would come out in the absolute forest, which was why people rarely came close to the absolute forest. No one resided there, and no one dared enter.
Once Su Yun heard that, his eyes moved. He thought for a while and said: “If we go to Absolute Forest, isn’t it faster to go from Kang Ming street? Why did you choose such a dark, misty road like this? This route is curvy and uneven. It is hard to walk on. If we walk from here, we would be delayed by a day!”
“Is that so?”
Ah San was stunned. He scratched his head and laughed shamelessly: “Sorry, master, I’m not too familiar with absolute forest. Is it faster to go through Kang Ming street? Then let’s change to kang ming street!”
“No need!”
Su Yun smiled bitterly: “We’re already here, what’s the point of changing? Once we finish this road, and arrive at absolute forest, then we can start preparing!”
“Ok!” Ah San nodded and he looked solemn.
“Oh, yes. Since you’ve met Shi Hong Dian, then do you know his methods? Tell me about him!”
Su Yun suddenly said.
“Methods?” Ah San thought and held his chin. Then he said: “Shi Hong Dian is very powerful and he changes very quickly. But according to my observations… His weakness is his lower body!”
“Lower body?”
Su Yun was surprised: “For a martial artist so powerful, how could his lower body not be stable?”
“Master, if you think this way, then you’re wrong. For a normal person it is the case but for shi hong dian, it’s different. Shi hong dian is known as the ‘goblin’. That power he possessed changes frequently. How could it be treated with a normal eye? Right?”
“What you said it logical! I must be a woodblock!”
Su Yun agreed with his saying but he never said a word again.
The spirit stallion quickened its pace and pranced through the absolute forest continuously.
The closer one headed towards the absolute forest, the darker and dimmer the surrounding became, as light seemed to be unable to penetrate through. Only a few big birds flew out of the forest, with layers of decaying smell coming out, while the two person get closer and closer to absolute forest, the smell became heavier and denser, causing them to feel uncomfortable.
Very quickly, a huge forest appeared in front of Su Yun.
The forest looked odd. The leaves were black and deep within the forest, many green coloured beams of light shone. He could not tell what they were. His scalp went numb upon seeing them.
Ah San got down the stallion and placed the spirit stallion aside. He said to Su Yun: “Master, follow me!”
Su Yun nodded and got down the stallion and followed him into the absolute forest.
Gua gua! Gua!
Weird noises emerged.
A few odd-looking birds flew out like eagles and into the sky.
Su Yun looked at the birds and pondered for a while before following Ah San.
Ah San, as if he was familiar with the route, led Su Yun, both of them slowly walking deeper into Absolute Forest, the surrounding light rays getting dimmer and dimmer, and the temperature of the air becoming colder and colder, the atmosphere was very weird.
“Ah San, where are you bringing me to? Isn’t this Absolute Forest? We are not familiar with the place, it would be better to lure Shi Hong Dian from the outside, it would be better, I am not familiar with this place!”
Su Yun shouted.
“Master, follow me, I know where Shi Hong Dian is, that Shi Hong Dian is definitely cultivating right now, if we don’t take this chance and do a sneak attack, rather than fighting straight on, maybe we can handle this problem much easier!!”
Ah San said seriously.
“Oh.”
Su Yun’s expression showed a ‘you’re right’ look and nodded his head.
Ah San looked at Su Yun with a simple and honest smile, and continued walking and leading.
Puchi!
Just then, a sword suddenly pierced from behind, running through the chest, drawing flesh blood that dripped down the blade.
Ah San’s body froze, his eyes widening, as he looked at the sword in his chest, startled, his eyes was filled with surprise.
With difficulty he turned his head, only to see the man in the mask coldly staring at him.
“Master… You… What are you doing?”