At dawn the next day, Su Yuan was sitting on the ground, cultivating.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Su Yuan went to open the door. Outside stood Zhuang Xun and Fang Kun, who looked rather excited.
"Su Yuan, are you ready?" Zhuang Xun asked.
"There''s nothing much to prepare. Let''s go."
"Alright!"
Because they were staying at a suburban hotel near me Mountain, the three of them had encountered several Star Card Masters with slight fluctuations of Star Power when they checked in yesterday. They were also likely heading to the Molten Lava Cave.
"Hello, I''d like to check out." A pleasant female voice came from the direction of the front desk.
As Su Yuan and the others entered the lobby, they saw three people in front of them checking out.
Two men and one woman, all dressed in ck.
One young man had a stern face, a tall and sturdy build, and was estimated to be about six-foot-one.
The person next to him, of average height, stood beside the tall young man, his face slightly effeminate, pale yet unusually rosy. He was shaking his leg in boredom.
Thest person was the girl who had just spoken to check out.
She was beautiful, wearing a ck id JK uniform and knee-high socks, with two small pigtails tied at the back of her head, looking quite youthful and energetic.
"Hey, that girl looks pretty nice!" Zhuang Xun''s eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice to Su Yuan and Fang Kun.
"She has the looks and the figure… We just started our trip today and already met a pretty girl. It''s really delightful, making one feel happy~"
Fang Kun turned his head slightly with disdain and snorted, uninterested in the topic of "pretty girls" as a "Martial Artist" and contemptuous of Zhuang Xun''s behavior.
Su Yuan raised his head and nced at the JK girl, nodding slightly.
In terms of appearance, if he took the best-looking people he had seen, Kong Zheng and Luo Bingtong, as a perfect ten, this girl was indeed a solid seven or eight, quite good.
But in terms of figure… this girl not only was half a head taller than Luo Bingtong but also had a far more impressive chest than Luo Bingtong.
The reason Su Yuan and the others paid attention to these three was that they also had faint waves of Star Power, indicating they were likely students from some college.
"Okay, let me see…" The youngdy at the front desk took the room card, "Hmm? A single king bed room… correct?"@@novelbin@@
The youngdy at the front desk nced at the three of them with some surprise, her voice gradually lowering.
The JK girl ced her hands on the table and smiled casually, "Yes, a king bed room."
"Oh, okay!" The front desk girl responded quickly, operating the system.
Su Yuan and the others, with their keen hearing, naturally heard the conversation.
"Three people in one room, huh…" Zhuang Xun retracted his gaze and sighed slightly.
Zhuang Xun had just graduated sessfully and finally got his mother''s approval to pursue a passionate romance.
Despite the temptation earlier, debating whether to ask for the girl''s contact information, the words from the front desk girl had instantly deted his enthusiasm.
A beautiful love hadn''t even begun and was already over…
"It''s done. Here is your deposit." The front desk girl said.
"Alright."
The JK girl took back the deposit and left with the other two boys.
As they passed Su Yuan and the others, she gave them a friendly smile and nod.
"That smile just now almost made me lose control again…" Zhuang Xun retracted his gaze from following the girl, sighed, and said, "That profound chest, those big white legs… such a pity!"
"Enough!" Fang Kun pped him on the shoulder, making Zhuang Xun stagger, "Hurry up and check out. Stop thinking about pointless things."
Su Yuan smiled and said, "It''s okay. School is about to start. Maybe you''ll find true love at Shuzhou College."
Su Yuan and Fang Kun knew that Zhuang Xun was just joking.
"Let''s go. Check out and hurry up."
The three of them stepped forward to check out together.
"Hello, checking out…"
"ng!"
At that moment, a loud phoenix cry suddenly came from Su Yuan''s Soul Card.
Startled, Su Yuan didn''t know what was happening. He quickly connected his mind to the Azure Sky Phoenix in his Soul Card.
Azure Sky Phoenix: "ng, ng!"
"Is that so…"
Receiving the message from the Azure Sky Phoenix, Su Yuan frowned slightly.
ording to the Azure Sky Phoenix, there seemed to be something "bad" here, making it feel ufortable.
Su Yuan fully opened his senses and rapidly circted the Star Power within his body, carefully probing the surroundings.
However, he found nothing.
"ng!"
Then the Azure Sky Phoenix said that the ufortable feeling was gone.
Was it wrong?
Su Yuan squinted his eyes slightly, turned, and looked outside the door, deep in thought.
"Check out isplete, sir," the front desk girl said, puzzled, handing over the deposit. "Sir?"
"What''s wrong, Su Yuan?"
Zhuang Xun and Fang Kun noticed Su Yuan''s strange behavior and turned to look as well.
Su Yuan nodded to the front desk girl and took the deposit. He then said to Zhuang Xun and Fang Kun, "Let''s go out first."
Once outside the hotel, Su Yuan said softly, "I felt that something might be off with that group of three just now. I can''t exin exactly what, though."
"Off?" Zhuang Xun asked in confusion. "Could it be an illusion?"
Recalling the Azure Sky Phoenix''s behavior, Su Yuan shook his head, "Probably not."
Zhuang Xun''s carefree expression faded. He rubbed his chin in thought for a moment and said solemnly, "Then we should be careful. They were also heading toward me Mountain. We might encounter them again."
Fang Kun nodded, "Better to be cautious. The Secret Realm is not like the city. Without government and City Guard constraints, things like robbery and killing do happen."
Star Card Masters possessed extraordinary power. When someone had power, discussions often couldn''t be peaceful and were instead determined by strength, leading to conflicts.
Disputes of pride, resources, beliefs…
No country could entirely banbat and killing among Star Card Masters, but they usually set up regtions to restrict Star Card Masters with extraordinary power to maintain the safety of citizens, cities, and the country.
For example, banningbat in urban areas and preventing interference with city safety, and forbidding Star Card Masters from attacking ordinary people…
If anyone vited these rules, the City Guard would deal with it. Serious cases could even lead to government pursuit and arrest.
But once in dangerous areas, Secret Realms, or even abroad, many restrictions were lifted. Life and death were left to fate, and how one acted depended on individual judgment and decisions.
Considering societal rtions, reputation, and other factors, although mortal battles urred, overly egregious incidents were generally rare.
…
Around noon, Su Yuan and hispanions finally entered the me Mountain area.
Due to a recent eruption, the entire me Mountain was shrouded in thick volcanic ash.
With a single nce, the sky was gray and ck, and the rolling hills came into view. The temperature felt about twelve degrees higher than outside.
If ordinary people came here, they would struggle to move, let alone endure a stay of two or three hours.
"Be careful. From here on, we are within me Mountain territory," Zhuang Xun warned.
Su Yuan and Fang Kun nodded, raising their vignce.
The three had substantial outdoor experience.
Unlike the rich kid Zhuang Xun, Fang Kun came from an ordinary family and had gone on many hunts for Star Beasts in the wild for collecting materials and Star Cards.
As for Su Yuan, there was no need to mention…
Because of Su Yuan''s presence, the Demon Beasts in the western part of the Great Barbarian Mountain Area had be significantly sparser than before. Many Star Beasts, including several Bronze-level ones, had been so frightened that they migrated deeper into the Great Barbarian Mountain Area.
If Su Yuan continued hunting in the Great Barbarian Mountain Area, the Guangchuan City Guard mighte to him before long, reprimanding him for "disrupting the ecological bnce" in the Great Barbarian Mountain Area…
Su Yuan took out a map and examined it: "The entrances to the Molten Lava Cave are at those nine volcanoes. Considering the environment and Star Beast obstacles in me Mountain, it will probably take us two or three days to reach the nearest entrance."
"Alright, let''s hurry up and move."