Refining the Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 1659A – Ferry

The skinny old man with a goatee was a servant for the Yang Family, and his name was Jin Shen. At this moment, his eyes were slightly widened as he watched Yang Fanshan leaping forward, which made him stop in his tracks.

As a veteran of the martial arts world, he had countless experiences, and his past experiences told him that such coincidences did not happen in this world. It must have been intentional, and there must be another reason behind this.

If that was the case, then why did those people, who were resting underneath the pavilion ahead, come here?

Jin Shen did not know the reason why, but there was now some uneasiness in his heart.

Right now, he was already considering the option of leaving his role as a servant to the Yang Family and turning around to escape.

But right at this moment, Yang Fanshan’s voice seemed to have gotten that Lady’s attention. She looked over with an expressionless face and her seemingly normal gaze swept over Jin Shen’s body.

Jin Shen lowered his head and fine beads of sweat instantly formed on his forehead. He no longer dared to have any hesitation as he quickly caught up with Yang Fanshan.

I shall resign to my fate and not think about escaping anymore. Otherwise, I have no doubts that I would die the moment I turn around.

Yang Fanshan entered the pavilion and calmed his breathing before saying, “Your Honor Qin Yu, I would like to make a deal with you and your wife.”

He was so afraid that he did not want to wait for another moment!

They were about to leave the Jade Gate Realm when Rourou suddenly said that she was tired. She pointed at this pavilion and they took a seat for a while before they met Yang Fanshan.

She looked over at Qin Yu with a calm expression. She was not worried at all, since she knew that his acting skills were not bad. He did not know what ideas Rourou had, but he could guess that it had something to do with the deal that Yang Fanshan wanted to make with them, so he rose up and cupped his hands, “Young Master Yang, since we had the fate to meet again, why don’t you let us know what deal you want to make with us?”

The old servant that was standing outside the pavilion carefully glanced at the three people inside it. Internally, he sighed to himself and thought, ‘Yang Fanshan seems to be quite a clever person normally, why would he be so stupid today? What a damned deal, others just wait for the right opportunity, but here you are taking the initiative to die.’

The moment he started this topic, there was no more going back. Whether Jin Shen and Yang Fanshan met with good or bad luck, lived or died, only depended on their fortunes.

Of course, these were all just thoughts in Jin Shen’s head. He did not dare to show anything on his face and this was one of the most important survival strategies that he had learned in the martial arts world.

Whether or not they could turn over in a dire situation or die without a body to be buried depended on Yang Fanshan’s next few words!

He took a deep breath and said, “Your Honor, Qin Yu, my Lady, to tell you both the truth, I am here on my family’s orders to enter Central Desolate to finish a deal that was made between the Yang Family and a certain powerful individual from Central Desolate. As for the specifics of this deal, I am not sure what they are either, I definitely do not dare to hide anything from both of you. I hope both of you do not mind.”

He flipped his hand over to reveal a jade pass. It looked like it had been buried underground for many years and the soil had seeped into it. Its surface was yellow and green and it looked very unassuming.

Qin Yu frowned slightly. If it were not for the fact that Yang Fanshan was so serious about the matter and how there was unwillingness in the depths of his eyes, Qin Yu would have felt that this Young Master Yang was cracking jokes with them.

This was because this jade pass was indeed very ordinary. There was nothing abnormal about it at all… At least, that was the case in his eyes.

Rourou suddenly spoke, “We’ll agree to your deal.”

Yang Fanshan was overjoyed. “Thank you, my Lady. Thank you, Your Honor Qin Yu!”

Outside the pavilion, the old servant was expressionless, but his heart was full of despair.

A piece of broken jade pass could actually convince these two mysterious and unfathomable people? This is definitely strange!

Sigh, if he knew what was going to happen today, back then at the outer area of the Jade Gate, he would have learned a lesson or two from that woman. It was better to be expelled and have big troubles later on than to go through what was happening now.

As they gathered together, this team of four continued on their journey.

According to Yang Fanshan, they had to go to this place known as Many Pagoda Mountain and find a special Pagoda Keeper. Members of the Yang Family had their own method to identify this person. As long as they met him, they would know it was him. As for Many Pagoda Mountain, it was not very far from the Jade Gate. It was located in Langya Area, which was in the west region of the Central Desolate’s Qin Empire. This place was a well-known tourist attraction.

The old servant had been to the Central Desolate a few times, so when Yang Fanshan looked at him, he had no choice but to give an explanation, “Many Pagoda Mountain’s name comes from the hundreds of big and small pagodas that can be found on the mountain. Legends say that the pagodas on the mountain have various origins and hide many opportunities within them. For many years, many tourists come to visit the Many Pagoda Mountain because of this. It is also because there was really someone who had found great fortune here.”

Qin Yu had a better understanding of Many Pagoda Mountain from Jin Shen’s introduction. When he heard about some aspects that piqued his interest, he would even ask a few more questions.

Rourou did not utter a word from beginning to end. Qin Yu now had some understanding towards her as well and could tell that she really did not seem to mind.

This also meant that Many Pagoda Mountain was not the destination that Rourou had in mind. It made sense to Qin Yu. If Rourou had really planned to go to Many Pagoda Mountain, they did not have to go through so much trouble. They had legs and could go there themselves.

That could only mean that her true target was Yang Fanshan.

Qin Yu looked at him with a bit of pity in his eyes, thinking that Yang Fanshan was indeed unfortunate to be targeted by Rourou.

Someone seemed to have caught onto his thoughts. Rourou looked over at him and even though she did not say anything, she trapped him within countless Sword Flashes.

Qin Yu just pretended like he did not know what was happening.

The old servant Jin Shen was expressionless as he glanced at Yang Fanshan. He thought to himself, ‘This Young Master Yang thought that making this deal was a turning point for him, but he did not know that he had escaped the tiger’s mouth just to enter a wolf’s den.’

This time, he was truly going to die.

I am old and it would be good if I could even protect myself. I want to keep you safe but… I am powerless to do so. He lowered his head and acted like a blind and deaf man, unable to see or hear anything and unable to say anything.

Qin Yu turned his head and looked at the old servant behind Yang Fanshan. He thought that the old servant’s name was quite appropriate for his character.

Just that he was overthinking quite a bit.

Langya Area was adjacent to the Jade Gate. When he said that it was not far away, it was true.please visit .

However, the Central Desolate Divine Area was truly too big. It was so big that its size was comparable to the sum of the four other Desolate areas.

Therefore, even though Many Pagoda Mountain was situated within Langya Area, it was still not an easy feat to get there by foot.

And the Central Desolate Divine Area was different from the West Desolate in that they did not have Teleportation Portals. If you were in a rush to get somewhere far away, your only option was to take a ferry at the respective mountain bases.

Compared to Teleportation Portals, this mode of transportation was of course much slower. However, its advantage lies in the fact that one did not have to provide identification. They just had to pay a sum of money to be able to sit on these ferries.

When the four of them reached an area situated at the border of Langya Area, they entered a place known as Song City. The old servant went to find a ferry. He had done this a few times before, so compared to the rest, he was rather experienced.

While he was on the way to find a ferry, he had an internal mental battle. In his heart, the thought about whether he should take this chance to escape came up a few hundred times. However, in the end, Jin Shen still suppressed this urge.

He had no choice, that Lady’s gaze was too terrifying. It was so terrifying that every time he thought about escaping, his whole body would turn cold and numb.

Their luck was pretty good. Just tomorrow, there will be a small, short-distance ferry passing through Song City’s pier. Even though it would take some detours, they would be able to reach Many Pagoda Mountain in about six or seven days.

Rourou had no objections to this, so Qin Yu nodded his head in approval. Both of them were well aware of the problem regarding a thirty-year 'survival period'. However, since Rourou had no objections, it meant that this delay was worth it.

Furthermore, the past few days were not really considered to be wasted. Yang Fanshan had already said that they would book the best room in the ferry for them and implied that such a room would have an abundant amount of spiritual energy.