"At this moment, considering the time, Shang Jianyue should have been successfully revived by now."

In the Qinse World, as Han Zhan walked, he muttered to himself.

In fact, Han Zhan somewhat intentionally allowed Shang Jianyue to take his necklace.

In his plan, since the Can Shang Company had betrayed Great Xia, he would release a Demon to keep them occupied, driving a wedge between wolves and tigers.

Han Zhan was willing to cooperate with Shang Jianyue based on this consideration.

The enemy of an enemy is a friend.

As for what to do once the enemy has defeated the enemy, that could be addressed after the fact.

After all, both he and Great Xia were continuously getting stronger, weren't they?

Han Zhan felt confident about this.

Unfortunately, confidence couldn't guide him. Han Zhan discovered an unfortunate situation—he was lost on this mountain!

It was already past noon.

Thin white mist began to spread across the mountain. The sudden onset of this fog made the already difficult mountain path even harder to navigate.

At first, Han Zhan thought he should focus on getting down the mountain and ignore everything else.

And that's exactly what he did.

Han Zhan was quite fit, walking for almost an hour, yet still he saw no trace of the foot of the mountain.

The distant mist obscured his vision, and the mountain path beneath him seemed endless; it was as if he was trapped on this mountain.

Just as Han Zhan was about to abandon the unfamiliar environment and reveal himself using the Fu Xi Zither Talent Ability, he suddenly heard another set of footsteps behind him.

An elderly man, dressed simply yet with an air of mystical wisdom, descended the mountain.

Given his previous experience in the Fruit World, Han Zhan immediately assessed the elderly man.

After confirming that the man showed no signs of Spiritual Power fluctuations and seemed not to be a practitioner from his footsteps, Han Zhan finally felt at ease.

"Young man, are you lost on this mountain?" the elder approached, looking at the hesitant Han Zhan, and asked.

"That's right, elder!"

Upon hearing the elder's question, a light sparked in Han Zhan's eyes.

Unexpectedly, the elder's eyes also lit up upon hearing Han Zhan's response.

"Lost? Well, of course, with this foggy mountain, who wouldn't get lost?"

"If you're lost, just follow me, because I'm lost too."

"?" A question mark seemed to hover over Han Zhan's head as he looked at the elder, "Elder, are you alright?"

"No problem, no problem, what could be wrong with me." The elder spoke with a joyful expression, seemingly happy to find someone equally lost.

"So what should we do now?" Han Zhan asked patiently.

After all, this was the first human he encountered in this world—the first normal person who could speak.

"What else can we do? When in doubt, just patch it up!"

After saying that, he started to untie his waistband.

This sudden action left Han Zhan shocked.

He decided to take back his earlier judgment; just because someone can talk doesn't mean they're normal!

Even at your age, elder, do you still need to rely on theatrics? Immediately resorting to patchwork in a disagreement, truly vigorous in old age!

Then he saw.

A clatter echoed as an axe fell from the loosened waistband of the elder.

The elder picked up the axe and adeptly started chopping at the nearby trees.

"Patch, patch, patch…" The elder rhythmically chanted as he chopped, creating a work rhythm.

Soon, the small tree was chopped down. The elder then skillfully chopped it into smaller pieces, tied them with rope, and slung them over his back.

After witnessing this, Han Zhan understood.

This elder is a woodsman, right? So shouldn't he be chanting about chopping wood?

Oh well, patching it is, still better than having a featureless woman pop up, asking if she's pretty—less shocking indeed.

Han Zhan decided to stop fixating on the matter.

"Elder, is there any special method to this wood-chopping technique?" Han Zhan asked, curious about the elder's joyful chopping.

The elder glanced at him sideways.

"You young people ask too many questions. Since I'm doing this, there's a reason for it."

"The elders once said, when the mountain fog surrounds you, chop down the nearby trees and make as much noise as possible; the fog will naturally disperse, revealing the path down the mountain."

The elder's explanation made Han Zhan's eyes light up.

Such a notion existed!

Initially, he doubted whether the elder was just spouting nonsense, but when he saw the surrounding thick fog indeed begin to dissipate as the elder claimed, he was convinced.

Soon, the thick fog vanished entirely.

A clear mountain path appeared at their feet.

"Haha, it actually works!" The elder was more excited than Han Zhan to see the reemerged path, happily patting Han Zhan on the shoulder.

Han Zhan: "…"

Putting aside any grievances, the two hurriedly descended the mountain.

Suddenly, a chill wind swept up from behind them.

A piercing coldness struck Han Zhan's back, causing every nerve to be on high alert. He grabbed the elder next to him and quickly dodged the fierce attack.

A monster appeared on their path down.

Its form resembled a human, but it was covered in pig-like bristles, small, stout, yet slightly fox-like.

It was the one that had sneak-attacked them from behind.

Now it turned to face Han Zhan, a fierce expression on its face.

Upon seeing the creature, Han Zhan was taken aback.

In the "Exotic Beast Atlas" gifted by his senior Lin Jingxuan, he had seen records about this Exotic Beast!

The elder beside him began to tremble, his speech stammering.

"It's... it's... it's a Calamity Beast!"

"Calamity Beast?" Han Zhan heard the term for the first time, his mind stirred.

Different worlds, different eras, might call the same thing differently, which was possible.

But since Exotic Beasts also appeared in this world, could it mean he could deduce the real reason aliens appeared on Blue Star from this world?!

Before Han Zhan could ponder further.

The monster charged at Han Zhan again.

It had realized that the young man in front of it was the stronger threat; eliminating him first, the old man wouldn't be a problem.

The monster's limbs curled as it crouched, then sprung up, its short, stout body launching like a melon cannonball.

It didn't attack directly, choosing instead to leap onto the towering forest trees above,

the dense trees making a perfect cover for its pudgy form, moving with surprising agility,

with only the sound of rustling leaves echoing around Han Zhan.

Suddenly, a shadow swooped down from the sky, aiming straight for the back of Han Zhan's head!

"Flashy moves." Faced with such an attack, Han Zhan, having figured out the opponent's tactics, didn't dodge but chose to punch instead.

Bam!

The monster was sent flying by Han Zhan's punch.

The elder hiding behind a tree was left dumbfounded by this scene.

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