Chapter 1130: Revisiting Cangshan Forest

Chapter 1130: Revisiting Cangshan Forest

“Senior Martial Brother, I couldn’t find her… Is Ruo’er really here? Shouldn’t she be in Zifeng Valley?”

Su Kexin scratched her head, finally realizing that she had agreed to Lin Nuo’s request without thinking much about it.

Now that she thought about it, it wasn’t quite right.

“Is your family even connected to the internet?” Lin Nuo retorted.

“Ah? Senior Martial Brother, what do you mean…?”

“Nothing. She has left Zifeng Valley, and the Fox People in Hansheng Valley have also distanced themselves from the Immortal group.”

“Um… This… I’ve heard of the Fox People, but is Ruo’er being excluded too?”

“Pretty much.”

Lin Nuo explained patiently to Su Kexin. Even though he always called her the main character and a formidable rival, he had unconsciously begun to accept her.

Of course, he hadn’t accepted it himself.

After all, it was hard to swallow.

“So… this is really awful. I heard a Fox Person made a mistake, but it shouldn’t implicate all the clan members. Ruo’er has never done anything wrong from the beginning.”

“Whether someone has done wrong or not isn’t the standard to judge if they’re punished. Your thinking is too rigid,” Lin Nuo criticized.

“Um… Senior Martial Brother, you’re right…”

Su Kexin’s voice trailed off, lacking confidence.

She felt her own experience was limited compared to her senior brother.

Her way of thinking really was too inflexible! Senior Martial Brother was right.

Lin Nuo appeared calm on the surface, but inside he was filled with guilt.

He hadn’t looked after her well, and now she was missing, feeling more helpless and guilty than ever.

“Really nothing?” Lin Nuo repeated the question.

“Nothing, Senior Martial Brother…”

“Alright then.”

It seemed she really was nowhere to be found.

Honestly, if this were a regular main character, there would be some furious ground-pounding, shouting “Damn it!” and sinking into despair with a couple of drinks to drown the sorrows.

But shouting wouldn’t bring someone back.

Oh no, a main character might actually be able to shout someone back.

But he wasn’t. He needed a calm approach to solve this problem.

If he were searching for someone, having Su Kexin by his side wouldn’t be too bad.

Alright, it was an ephemeral collaboration.

“Are you going to follow me?” Lin Nuo turned to Su Kexin and asked.

“Yes, Senior Martial Brother.”

“Good, I need to go find Li Ruo’er and the Fox People’s whereabouts. You’ll also look.”

“Okay! I’ll give it my all!”

Su Kexin was pumped up as if she had been injected with enthusiasm.

Finally, she had a reason to be accepted by her senior brother and could follow him!

“Then, Senior Martial Brother, we’ve already searched here. Where should we go next?”

“Let’s check the area within five miles first. If there’s no news, we meet back here,” Lin Nuo said.

“Oh, okay!”

Su Kexin agreed, and soon she split up to search with Lin Nuo. She flew on her sword, searching carefully within the five-mile radius, afraid of missing a single detail. But despite her meticulous search, she ended up with no results.

Not a single Fox Person, let alone Li Ruo’er.

Not even a fox.

Lin Nuo was having the same luck, completely without any clues.

It was quite sudden.

Su Kexin obediently returned to wait for Lin Nuo at the meeting point. At that moment, Lin Nuo was hiding nearby, seeing Su Kexin arrive at the meeting spot, thinking this was the perfect opportunity to shake her off. If he just ran, she wouldn’t have a clue where he went.

But…

“Senior Martial Brother! Did you find any clues?”

Seeing Lin Nuo approach, Su Kexin excitedly shouted.

Lin Nuo shook his head, replying:

“Nothing here. Let’s check further away.”

“Further away?”

“Cangshan Forest, not too far from here.”

“Cangshan Forest? Hmm… Senior Martial Brother, isn’t that the place where everyone died years ago?”

“You know about it?”

“Yeah… um… I almost got into trouble there myself, luckily I survived. I heard from my father that almost everyone who went into the mountain back then died. Some speculated it was the Refining Demon Sect’s doing. But the Refining Demon Sect refused to admit it, yet everyone still believes they were behind it.”

“Maybe.”

Lin Nuo replied faintly. That so-called Refining Demon Sect didn’t have such capabilities; it was merely the Demon Qi leaking out.

You almost got into trouble? Shouldn’t it be that the Demon Realm was nearly in chaos?

Looks like she didn’t remember.

As for the dream he had about Cangshan Forest, he felt that was just a replay of what had happened in the past.

Because Mu Yiting had a memory of it, it was simply a re-enactment.

As for why it allowed him to see past events, that was still a mystery.

He thought this surely wasn’t just a coincidence.

Oh, how could one casually have a dream about the past, not just remembering it but actually going back to that time and changing history? Was that even likely?

He had had quite a few strange dreams lately, and they all seemed to involve Su Kexin.

It appeared they were truly tied together.

“More than ten years have passed, Cangshan Forest has long since returned to normal. There are many places in this world where people have died; no one cares what killed so many back then. However, this doesn’t mean it has nothing to do with the missing Fox People.”

Lin Nuo said meaningfully, and Su Kexin sensed a peculiar depth, feeling eager to head to Cangshan Forest.

“Then, Senior Martial Brother, let’s go!”

“Why are you so excited?”

“Nothing! I just feel thrilled to explore a place with weird occurrences from over ten years ago while following Senior Martial Brother. I have no ill will towards Ruo’er’s disappearance!”

“Alright, let’s go.”

Lin Nuo waved his right hand, and the Spirit Sword soared to his feet, allowing him to step aboard.

Taking off.

With a whoosh, Lin Nuo and his sword shot up into the blue sky.

“Wait for me, Senior Martial Brother!”

Su Kexin was quick to follow, sensing the urgency and quickly soaring after him on her sword. With the Phoenix’s blessing, she caught up to Lin Nuo in no time.

But she still felt this was Lin Nuo letting her catch up, not truly reflecting her own abilities.

It definitely wasn’t her own ability; it was thanks to the Phoenix’s blessing.

Before long, they arrived at Cangshan Forest, the place where Lin Nuo had come to this world over ten years ago.

Over a decade later, things had changed. The village at the foot of the mountain was much more desolate, with hardly any pedestrians, let alone travelers headed up the mountain.

Because of the events from over ten years ago, many people started to migrate away from here; very few animals ventured in, leading to a lifeless atmosphere.

“Senior Martial Brother, this place is so desolate. After more than ten years, hasn’t it changed at all?”

Su Kexin sighed, feeling a bit sorrowful.

“I came here when I was a child, and I remember there being many uncles hunting and lots of animals. It was very lively. The village at the bottom was bustling with sounds. For example, Ru Yu Village has declined even more—sigh, such is time.”

“You remember coming here? Do you recall what happened back then?”

Lin Nuo began questioning her, wanting to confirm if she remembered that it was she who had severed the Crack of the Demon Realm with her sword.

“Um… I have a bit of an impression…” Su Kexin said, rubbing her forehead.