Chapter 740 - Cao Shanshan
Chapter 740: Cao Shanshan
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Ling Yun was now deep within the Yan Mountains.
He pushed his Qinggong to the maximum and overcame mountains and rivers, quickly crossing from the east to the west bank of the Miyun Reservoir.
There was a highway surrounding the Miyun Reservoir. However, Chen Jianwei was flying around in the sky. He naturally wouldn’t fly above the road where he could be spotted. That made things difficult for Ling Yun.
Ling Yun passed through the Longyun Mountain Scenic Area, the White River, and then stopped to rest on an unnamed mountain.
“F*ck, it’s just flying, isn’t it? Does he need to be so arrogant?” Ling Yun cursed again angrily.
Ling Yun realized that the thousand-mile soul chasing powder circled around the Miyun Reservoir and then went back towards the west.
Ling Yun glanced at the tall mountains and took a few sips from the mysterious gourd to replenish the consumed spiritual energy. He then continued pursuing the scent towards the west.
He had to find the place where Shanshan was held before the rain. If not, all traces of the thousand-mile soul chasing powder would be gone, and Ling Yun’s efforts would be for nothing.
After seven or eight mountains, Ling Yun finally saw a majestic mountain towering in front of him. It was at least a thousand meters above sea level, and it was impossible to see the peak.
This was a famous mountain. Ling Yun took note of it while he was in Qingshui City.
“It seems like Chen Jianwei hid Shanshan in this mountain…”
Yunmeng Mountain!
Ling Yun turned back towards the Miyun Reservoir. It was about seven kilometers from where he stood.
However, Ling Yun went through the mountains. He traversed at least seventy kilometers in this mountainous region with no established route!
Only Ling Yun, who was at the second major realm of the Stellar Condensation Technique, could reach this place via Qinggong. He could constantly replenish his energy through the spiritual energy given off by the plants and mountains. Anyone else would have died.
“Into the f*cking mountain!”
Ling Yun went straight towards the Yunmeng Mountain.
The numerous famous mountains around the capital had been developed into tourist spots. However, no matter how much they developed, a mountain would remain a mountain, fixed at where it was. All the tourists had to follow the route opened for tourists.
The Yunmeng Mountain, however, had an abundance of inaccessible cliffs!
Ling Yun wouldn’t follow that route since he had incredible Qinggong. He sprinted deep into the forest, away from prying eyes, with all his might.
He was deep within Yunmeng Mountain in no time.
A cliff of a thousand feet emerged. There were vegetation and waterfalls everywhere. The scenery was magnificent.
The scent of the thousand-mile soul chasing powder was denser but also more scattered. Obviously, this was Chen Jianwei’s usual route.
Ling Yun stopped and observed his surroundings quietly. He looked to both sides and realized that the scent got weaker.
“It should be near this cliff. I just don’t know which cave…”
Ling Yun became extra cautious now. He hid himself at a place that wouldn’t be spotted from the air and sat in the lotus position. He started to absorb spiritual energy to repair and replenish himself.
The spiritual energy in this mountain is so dense… Ling Yun thought in awe.
The Yunmeng Mountain was also known as the “Little Huangshan”. It was located at the junction of Miyun County and the Huairou District. It was known as the Cloud of Dreams Mountain in olden days.
The mountains were towering, and the valleys were deep. There were plenty of waterfalls and springs, the clouds changed unpredictably, and there were many plants and flora. The scenery was obviously very beautiful and rich in spiritual energy.
Ling Yun guessed that there must be something special about the Yunmeng Mountain. If not, there wouldn’t be so much spiritual energy present.
Darkness loomed closer after another half an hour.
Chen Jianwei should become active soon, right?
Ling Yun got up and went somewhere discreet to call Tang Meng.
“Something came up last minute, and I will be very late. Find a place to stay tonight. You can only stay in a hotel and not in my courtyard house. Remember,” Ling Yun reminded Tang Meng. He didn’t want the Cao Family to emerge from the basement and bite Tang Meng.
It was too late for Ling Yun to return and make talisman charms. He called Cui Lao and asked him to come with Pierce immediately after dinner.
“Cui Lao, the peak of Yunmeng Mountain. I’ll wait for you here. Call me when you arrive!”
Ling Yun changed his phone to vibration mode immediately after this was done. He went back to observe that cliff after covering his tracks. That was where he started his long wait.
…
In a naturally formed deep cave about two hundred meters above Ling Yun…
The cave wasn’t small, it was two meters in diameter, dark and deep. It looked like the gaping mouth of a huge monster in the dark sky.
It got narrower as it got deeper before widening gradually. There were traces of excavation from there.
After three turns, the hole became completely dark.
Further in, the cave became extremely wide, becoming about two hundred square meters. It was four to five meters high, and there was a huge black coffin in the middle of the cave!
Chen Jianwei was recuperating in this coffin!
Ling Yun didn’t waste his efforts. He found the right place indeed.
There were two stone doors in the stone walls, with a room behind each door.
One of the rooms was filled with the corpses of young girls. Most of them were rotted away. Their blood had been sucked dry by Chen Jianwei, and they were handled after their death. That was why there was no smell even though they had started rotting.
The second room, on the other hand, was clean. There was a bed, a mosquito net, a table and chair, water, and delicious food. All it was lacking was a light source.
There was also a woman — Cao Shanshan.
Cao Shanshan returned in early April and had been a captive since then. Nearly three months had passed.
Cao Shanshan was held captive in the ancestral home of the Chen Family during the first two months. However, she was moved into the cave a month ago.
These three months were torture to Cao Shanshan. It was as though all hell broke loose for her. Suicide crossed her mind many times, but she managed to pull through.
Chen Jianwei knew Cao Shanshan wouldn’t do that because she would want to take revenge for her family. He told Cao Shanshan that only she and Cao Tianlong had yet to be Embraced.
Moreover, Chen Jianwei told Cao Shanshan that her brother, Cao Tianlong, had escaped in order to give Cao Shanshan a thread of hope.
He could only use this cunning method to prevent her from committing suicide before The Embrace.
“You have to stay alive if you want to save your family or wait for your big brother to save you…”
Chen Jianwei used the Evil Eye on Cao Shanshan twice after he attained the Viscount rank. He made her divulge a lot about herself and the secrets of the Cao Family.
Cao Shanshan might have the Immortal Spiritual Energy in her body, but she was a normal girl who had yet to attain Houtian Realm Level Two. She divulged almost everything under the Evil Eye.
Chen Jianwei obtained a lot of information from her. The only information he didn’t manage to obtain from her was about Ling Yun. He only knew that Ling Yun was in the same class as Cao Shanshan and that he was her boyfriend. However, Cao Shanshan didn’t divulge any of Ling Yun’s secrets!
Cao Shanshan’s love for Ling Yun prevailed the influence of Chen Jianwei’s Evil Eye!
Ling Yun once told Cao Shanshan that the Protection of the Nine Dragons, the Emperor Brush, and the Immortal Spiritual Energy were his greatest secrets.
That had been etched deeply into her bones and into her whole being. No hypnosis could make her divulge that!
Cao Shanshan was free to roam in this dark room and was already getting used to the darkness.
“Big Brother, you have to escape and find Ling Yun. If anyone can save the Cao Family, it’s Ling Yun.”
Cao Shanshan didn’t cry, she prayed.
“Live on. Even if I’m Embraced by Chen Jianwei, I have to seek revenge for Grandpa, for Dad and Mom, and for my family!”
Cao Shanshan encouraged herself countless times so that she could live on. She waited, and she believed in Ling Yun. She believed that Ling Yun would come to her rescue, just like he rescued Zhuang Meifeng then!