Chapter 864 Gone
The entire mountain range was covered in dense forest, and with the perpetual snow, the stamina of the group was rapidly depleted.
Fang Yuanyuan leaned against a tree, panting, her voice weak. "Is it about time? Should we find a place to rest?"
Although Fang Yuanyuan was a martial artist, her physical stamina was far from adequate.
If it weren't for her exceptionally strong mental power, she might not have been able to become a Grandmaster martial artist.
Seeing his junior sister so exhausted, Fang Kaiyuan turned to look at Chen Yang and Grandpa Fan ahead.
However, Fang Kaiyuan noticed that neither of them seemed to have any intention of stopping.
Finally, he could only shout, "Brother Chen! Grandpa Fan, can we rest here for a bit before continuing?"
Chen Yang and Grandpa Fan stopped and looked back. Chen Yang shrugged indifferently, but Grandpa Fan frowned slightly. "Don't stop. The weather is bad now, and we need to find a place to spend the night. The nearest cave is further ahead. We should at least reach there to rest!"
Facing Grandpa Fan's words, Fang Kaiyuan and his junior brother looked somewhat grim.
Both of them were martial artists, and not weak ones at that.
Yet, they had been walking in the mountains for so long. Forget about their junior sister, even they themselves felt an endless fatigue, especially with every step sinking into the snow, making the going incredibly difficult.
Chen Yang was a martial artist, so he was understandable.
But what about Grandpa Fan? He was clearly an ordinary person, with no martial aura fluctuations whatsoever!
After walking such a long distance, he hadn't even broken a sweat!
Fang Yuanyuan had also regained her breath and said to her two senior brothers, "Why don't you carry me forward?"
Fang Kaiyuan glanced at his junior brother and saw that he was also leaning against a tree, resting. When his junior brother's gaze met his, he slowly shook his head, clearly having no strength left.
"Ahem, I'm carrying so much on me! If I carry you too, I won't be able to move!" Fang Kaiyuan said somewhat awkwardly and immediately met Fang Yuanyuan's murderous gaze.
Fang Yuanyuan gritted her teeth and glared at her two senior brothers. "What do you mean! You think I'm too heavy!"
Chen Yang saw this, checked the time, and said with some helplessness, "Since they don't have the strength, I'll carry her."
If they continued to waste time here, they might not even reach the place Grandpa Fan mentioned before nightfall.
Chen Yang naturally did not want to linger here for too long.
Fang Kaiyuan was stunned and was about to speak when he saw his junior sister happily skip over to Chen Yang.
In Fang Kaiyuan's dumbfounded gaze, his junior sister actually jumped onto Chen Yang's back.
"Senior brothers, if this gets back, will our senior brothers and sisters from the sect chop us up?"
Fang Kaiyuan's mouth twitched but he remained silent. However, after taking a couple of steps forward, he quietly said, "This matter, heaven knows, earth knows, you know, and I know. I'm not afraid of your senior sisters, but I'm afraid if Master and Uncle find out, they'll chop me."
As the eldest disciple of the sect, Fang Kaiyuan was naturally not afraid of the junior disciples below him.
Normally, Fang Kaiyuan was the one in charge of them.
But the eldest disciple was not at the top of the entire sect's food chain; there were still Masters and Uncles above him.
Junior Sister was beloved by everyone in the sect. If this matter got back, the two of them would be in serious trouble, to say the least.
Fang Yuanyuan, on Chen Yang's back, had no other thoughts. She wasn't here to eavesdrop on Chen Yang's conversation; she was genuinely tired.
Within two minutes, Chen Yang heard sounds by his ear.
He turned to see that Fang Yuanyuan had already fallen asleep on his back.
Chen Yang shook his head helplessly and then continued to question Grandpa Fan about Wu Baidao and Zhang Dao.
It was only as the sky darkened that they finally arrived at the cave Grandpa Fan had mentioned. It wasn't really a cave, but a platform recessed beneath a cliff.
The depth was only about five to six meters, and because it was very wide, the cold wind howled through.
It was enough to avoid rain and snow, but it was difficult to block the wind.
"You all rest here for a bit. I'll go find something to burn for warmth." Grandpa Fan said. As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yang gently placed Fang Yuanyuan, whom he was carrying on his back, on the ground.
Chen Yang wouldn't actually let Grandpa Fan go out alone.
Besides, if Chen Yang stayed, he might be annoyed to death by these people.
Fang Yuanyuan groggily opened her eyes and saw Chen Yang's retreating back. She mumbled, "Where are you guys going? Have we arrived?"
Fang Kaiyuan, standing nearby, heard this and gritted his teeth. "Finally awake! Do you know how long you slept?"
"Hurry up and pack your things. Our feet are almost broken."
Fang Yuanyuan looked at her two senior brothers and found them slumped on the ground, motionless, not even having the energy to look at her and speak.
Seeing this, Fang Yuanyuan could only take out their belongings from their luggage and prepare to lay out a resting place for them.
But just as Fang Yuanyuan had finished laying out her own sleeping mat, she suddenly felt something staring at her from behind.
...
"Ah!"
Chen Yang, who was selecting firewood with Grandpa Fan, immediately looked towards the direction of the cave.
Grandpa Fan dropped the firewood in his hand and rushed back, drawing a large saber from his waist.
Although Chen Yang could reach the cave at the fastest speed, he had to stay by Grandpa Fan's side.
Of course, Chen Yang's spiritual power had already gone ahead to investigate.
But what shocked Chen Yang immensely was that there was no trace of life in the cave.
The three people who were originally in the cave had all disappeared!
This time, even Chen Yang was somewhat shocked.
Chen Yang believed that his spiritual power had already reached the top tier of the Grandmaster pinnacle.
Under such circumstances, he was not far from the cave.
Whatever happened in the cave, his spiritual power should have been able to detect it.
Three Grandmaster martial artists, even if they encountered a powerful peak Grandmaster, could not have displayed absolutely no means of resistance.
As long as these three individuals had shown any slight outburst, Chen Yang would have sensed it.
When the two returned, Grandpa Fan looked at the pile of things on the ground. The three people had indeed vanished. The large saber then fell to the ground, and he stammered, "It's over, it's over! How did these three little brats disappear? Could they have encountered a mountain god!"