Chapter 68: The Mysterious Old Man

  Mofeng lazily lay on the ground, chewing on the not-so-delicious wolf meat. Although he looked careless, his ears were perked up, quietly listening to the surrounding movements.

  In this treacherous mountain range of Luoxia, if one loses vigilance, it's easy to become a delicacy in the mouths of those demonic beasts. Mu Feng is confident that as long as he doesn't encounter a third-tier demonic beast, he still has the power to protect himself, but in this mountain range, it's better to be cautious.

  But apart from the gentle caress of the mountain wind at night and the faint crackling of the bonfire, Mufeng no longer heard any other movement.

  "Little doll, can you ask the old man to have a piece of meat?" A hoarse voice said softly, the sound was small, but in Mufeng's ears it was like thunder.

  The sudden voice startled Mu Feng, and he immediately jumped up from the ground, his right hand tightly grasping a sharp dagger, tensely staring at the old man who appeared beside him like a ghost.

  The old man wore an ordinary gray robe, although he had a head full of white hair, his face was ruddy and his spirit was sharp. His eyes were even more piercing, flashing occasionally, and at a glance, it was clear that he was no ordinary person.

  Mo Feng would not think that the old man in front of him was just an ordinary mountain village elder. On such a late night, appearing in the midst of the treacherous Luoxia Mountains, and showing up beside him in a ghostly manner, only an idiot would believe this was an ordinary old man.

  At this time, the old man in gray was pointing at the wolf meat on the grill, smiling and looking at Mu Feng with a kind face, without any hostility.

  Mo Feng sized up the old man in front of him, although he couldn't feel any fluctuations coming from the old man's body, but an intangible sense of majesty and oppression shrouded his entire being. This feeling was even more intense than when he faced Mu Zi Wu, to say nothing of surpassing it. In other words, this gray-robed old man's strength actually exceeded that of Mu Zi Wu, the elder.

  Divine Realm's Strongest!

  As far as Mufeng knows, the strong ones in the realm of divine communication are absolutely the top existence in Tianfeng County, and can also rank among the top ten in the Great Martial King Dynasty.

  Facing a strong opponent in the Divine Realm, even with Mofeng's extraordinary abilities and spiritual treasures, it is impossible to win in one move.

  "Little doll, can you ask your old man for a piece of meat?" The old man said with a smile.

  "Please help yourself, elder. The wolf meat doesn't taste very good, though." Mu Feng said respectfully, putting away his dagger and sitting back down beside the bonfire.

  He saw that the old man in gray had no malice towards him, and even if he did, a mere dagger would be of no use. After all, a strong divine realm was an existence that he could not resist. However, although his surface was relaxed, his heart was extremely tense.

  In the dead of night, deep in the mountains and old forests, encountering a mysterious and powerful being with unknown origins and intentions would make anyone tense.

  The old man in grey clothes tore off a piece of wolf meat from the grill without hesitation, sat down beside Mu Feng, and began to devour it with big mouthfuls.

  "The little doll can kill the Lone Wolf with its initial power in the Qi Refining stage, which really makes me look at it in a new light." The old man in gray clothes said while chewing on wolf meat.

  "The junior is just lucky, there's nothing to brag about. But why did the senior appear so late in the Luoxia Mountains?" Mu Feng said, looking at the old man in gray clothes.

  "Heh heh, I've come to the Luoxia Mountains to take a stroll and loosen up my bones. As one gets older, the bones get a bit lazy too." The old man in grey clothes said lightly, as if the Luoxia Mountains were his own backyard.

  On the surface, Mu Feng remained calm and composed, but in his heart, he was skeptical. This old man in gray robes appearing so late at night on Luoxia Mountain Range couldn't be just out for a stroll. But what could be his purpose in approaching him? Could it be that he had inadvertently revealed some of his own secrets over the past few days?

  However, after that, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere fell into a temporary silence, with only Mu Feng's tense heartbeat audible.

  "Little doll, you look very tense?" said the old man in gray clothes with a smile.

  "No, maybe the junior is a bit tired, so..." Murong Feng hurriedly explained, but in his heart he was muttering, it's strange if you're not nervous.

  "Little doll, thank you." The old man in gray clothes finished eating the wolf meat, wiped his mouth, and didn't have the demeanor of a master at all, but rather looked like an ordinary mountain village elder.

  "It's just a small matter, senior. You don't have to take it to heart." Mufeng showed great respect for the old man in grey clothes, after all, offending a powerful being like him was extremely unwise.

  "Little girl, don't be nervous, I have no ill intentions. I'm just passing by and was attracted by the smell of your roasted meat. This favor will be repaid someday."

  In the blink of an eye, he was astonished to find that the old man in gray had disappeared, and as the old man walked away, his words echoed through the forest.

  But Mo Feng never thought that today's encounter would save his life two years later, this can only be said to be fate, and there is a predetermined number in the dark.

  As the old man in grey departed, Mu Feng also let out a sigh of relief, only to discover that his back was already covered in a layer of cold sweat.

  ……

  In the next dozen or so days, Mufeng discovered other traces left by Mu youth, and he also followed these traces to determine the direction and quickly narrowed the distance.

  These days, apart from encountering a second-class demon beast, the Wild Mountain Ox, all the others were first-class demon beasts. These demon beasts were slaughtered by Mufeng without any mercy, but his luck seemed to have changed for the worse, as he no longer found any demon crystals within their bodies.

  As he fought with the demonic beast, Mu Feng's aura also solidified thoroughly at the initial stage of the Houtian Boundary, and his slightly floating Xuanli was compressed and stabilized in this trial of life and death.

  "Damn it, next time I'll bring more clothes." Mu Feng looked at the tattered clothes on his body and shook his head with a bitter smile.

  The clothes are not enough to cover the body, which is a perfect description of myself now. The whole shirt has almost become a strip after wrestling with monsters and trekking through the jungle, and both pant legs are also full of holes.

  Because he had practiced on the outskirts of Luoxia Mountain Range before, and with his previous life's mountaineering experience, this practice has become relatively simpler for Mufeng, at least in terms of solving food and clothing problems.

  As he ventured deeper into the mountains, Mu Feng became increasingly vigilant. Not encountering any powerful demonic beasts didn't mean that danger had disappeared. Mu Feng also knew that he had already penetrated deep into the Luoxia Mountains. Although high-level demonic beasts along the route had been cleared by the sect's experts, it was inevitable that some fish would slip through the net.

  These fish that have slipped through the net are indeed troublesome characters, most of them being third-tier demonic beasts, and this level of demonic beast is also one that Mu Feng's current strength cannot match.

  Two days ago, he accidentally bumped into a so-called "fish that escaped the net", a third-tier demon beast. He was scared out of his wits. Even with the Devouring Heart Flame on him, it's not to mention killing a third-tier demon beast, even escaping from its mouth would be quite difficult.

  That's why the young men of the Mu family must travel in groups of three to five, because relying on one person to cross the Luoxia mountain range and complete this trial would increase the difficulty by countless times.