"It's not me!" Ning Yan's heart was filled with horror as he hurriedly spoke.
"It's in the direction I'm in, right? That must be it!"
Ning Yan hurriedly moved away and arrived beside Wu Jianwu.
However, as he moved, the pointer on the compass in the captain's hand, guided by his bloodline, also moved, still pointing towards Ning Yan.
The captain's expression turned solemn. He cast a meaningful glance at Ning Yan and calmly spoke.
"Give it to me!"
Wu Jianwu's expression also changed. He looked at Ning Yan and subconsciously spoke.
"When the old tree blooms, it's your grandchildren,
and when the willows are dark, but the flowers are bright, that's your old man?"
Ning Yan's heart skipped a beat and he wasn't in the mood to care about Wu Jianwu. At this moment, his expression revealed confusion, and his heart was in turmoil.
He originally thought that the location he was in overlapped with the tomb raider. However, from the looks of it now, the target of the needle was clearly him.
When he thought of the meaning behind all of this, Ning Yan panicked and hurriedly explained while stuttering.
"Senior Brother Erniu, it really wasn't me. I… I don't know what's going on either."
A strange look appeared in Xu Qing's eyes but he didn't speak. As for the captain, he raised his brows.
"Hurry up and bring it over!"
"What's there to bring? We really don't have a blood relationship."
Ning Yan had a long face and his body was trembling.
The captain frowned with disdain.
"Of course I know it wasn't you. How could I have a descendant like you? I asked you to bring me my precious skin!"
When Ning Yan heard this, his entire body trembled. He immediately took out the captain's treasure skin from his storage bag. This item had always been with him. The instant he took it out and threw it, the captain's compass needle spun rapidly.
Seeing this scene, Ning Yan finally heaved a long sigh of relief. He was truly frightened earlier.
Wu Jianwu muttered with some regret.
"The world collapsing and frightening the birds, all for a strand of fate."
Ning Yan didn't understand but he could sense the sinister intent in it, and glared at him.
Wu Jianwu glared back. The ferocious beasts of all sizes beside him also glared at Ning Yan.
Ning Yan immediately kept quiet.
The captain didn't care about the conflict between these two idiots. He kept the treasure skin and searched for bloodline resonance again. Very soon, he locked onto a direction.
"Let's go, right there!"
"I want to see what kind of ghost possessed my previous life's body!"
As he spoke, the captain aggressively headed straight for the exit of the tomb.
Xu Qing strode forward and followed closely behind. On the way, he glanced at the shadow under his feet and the fish bone in his storage bag. His vigilance against them grew even more because of the captain's matter.
Sensing Xu Qing's divine sense, the shadow trembled. The Diamond Sect's ancestor in the fish bone also trembled and revealed a fawning expression.
Xu Qing's expression was calm. He secretly pondered that he should learn some restriction techniques to guard against the shadow and the Diamond Sect's ancestor.
He meant no harm, but he definitely couldn't make the same mistake as the captain.
Everyone left the tomb under the captain's lead. When they arrived outside, it was already early in the morning.
The first rays of the artificial sun that spread out from afar dispersed the night, causing light to appear in the world. The greenery of the mountains became clear, their patterns distinct, teeming with vitality. Compared to this sorrowful world, this vitality felt almost surreal to Xu Qing.
Soon, as the light brightened, everything returned to normal, and the rocky terrain on the ground no longer seemed eerie and malevolent.
Under the sunlight, the captain and the group had different feelings.
The captain was anxious, Wu Jianwu was regretful, Ning Yan was still shaken, and Xu Qing remained vigilant, not believing that this trip would really be as smooth as the captain claimed.
After all, they didn't know how long it had been since the captain's previous life body had left. Even if he was really still in the Unending Mountain Range, he would have definitely made many arrangements.
'There's a high chance that the other party knows that Eldest Senior Brother can reincarnate. In other words, he can guess that Eldest Senior Brother will return one day.'
'Then his level of caution must be extremely high.'
Xu Qing fell silent and caught up to the captain who was leading the way. He then told him about what he was thinking about.
The captain nodded when he heard this. He had also considered these things but he was still confident. He patted Xu Qing's shoulder and spoke in a low voice.
"Junior Brother, no matter what arrangements that b*stard has made, there's one thing he can't resolve. As long as I touch him, I'll definitely be able to restrain him!"
"I have a habit. Every time I reincarnate, I'll refine my body at the moment I'm born. I'm always prepared to use my body as a weapon."
"Therefore, this previous life body of mine can't escape my grasp."
Xu Qing glanced at the captain and sized him up.
"Is it the same this time as well?"
"Of course, Little Qing. Back then in Fenghai County, I was already prepared to undo the seal and summon all my previous lives. I'm not bragging, but if all my previous lives were to descend, even the gods would have to call me 'Big Brother'.
The captain said proudly.
Xu Qing smiled. He had long known that the captain liked to brag. However, Xu Qing could clearly sense the concern for him in these words.
Hence, he nodded seriously.
Just like that, time flowed by and very soon, seven days passed.
During these seven days, the group followed the captain's bloodline compass and arrived in the depths of the Unending Mountain Range.
There were many mountain peaks here. The vegetation was lusher and there were many wild beasts.
Just like cultivators and mortals, the wild beasts in the Moon Worship Region also carried curses. Hence, it was inevitable that some mutations would occur and their ferocity was even greater.
At that moment, a group of tiger-headed butterflies that were about five feet long whizzed by at a low altitude, their bodies scattering a lot of dust imbued with deadly poison.
