After some discussion, Zhou Zhijie ended her conversation with Mr. Long.

The night passed and dawn came. On the morning of the third day after entering Gongtian Mountain, Zhou Zhijie announced something while everyone was having breakfast.

"The pace of travel can be slowed down today. I think the temperature will be the highest today. I would rather walk less and maintain good physical strength."

Mr. Su and others didn't know why. They only knew that they could be less tired today and they were very happy.

After breakfast, Zhou Zhijie calmly divided the dozen or so bodyguards into two groups. There were only three people left, one in front to explore the way with the guides, and two in the rear.

The other group, the remaining bodyguards, led by Mr. Long, went directly into the woods nearby and disappeared.

Young Master Su and others had no idea what these bodyguards were doing, after all, Zhou Zhijie didn't tell them.

Wang Lun and Luo Daozhang hung at the back of the team and hurried on in a leisurely manner. As Zhou Zhijie said during breakfast, the speed of the road slowed down a lot this time.

Behind them were the two bodyguards in charge of the rear.

"That bitch from the Zhou family can't bear it any longer."

Director Luo chuckled in a low voice.

Wang Lun also nodded, having the same view as Taoist Luo.

Zhou Zhijie's move was to gain a little advantage by sending most of her subordinates out to see if Yantan could be found in the nearby area.

Therefore, Zhou Zhijie deliberately asked them to hurry up, in order to provide time for the subordinates who searched Yantan.

Wang Lun asked: "Will they return without success?"

Taoist Luo gloated: "Of course, the direction was wrong in the first place. Only when we can find Yantan can there be ghosts."

"Then just wait. If Zhou Zhijie can't handle it, she will naturally reveal her true purpose of coming to Gongtian Mountain." Wang Lun said with a smile.

This day ended slowly while walking neither fast nor too slowly.

Su Shao and others may have lost their physical strength so quickly and had some energy. They came over several times to provoke them, but no one responded, so they were in trouble.

When it was getting dark, Zhou Zhijie ordered one of the bodyguards to send a signal bomb into the air.

Not long after, bodyguards came back one after another, and they came back from all directions.

Mr. Long, who was the last to come back, looked at Zhou Zhijie's expression and knew that everyone had returned in vain, so he could only nod vaguely towards Zhou Zhijie.

Since a random search is ineffective, there is no other option.

The next morning, Zhou Zhijie gathered everyone, spread the map on a stone, and told everyone: "It is already the fourth day since we came to Gongtian Mountain. Everyone only knows that I am going to the hinterland of Gongtian Mountain. The specific location is not yet known.

I don’t know, I’ll tell you now.”

A local guide nodded after hearing this: "If there is a specific location, it will be more directional."

He and another guide had long suspected that this headless rush was unreasonable.

"I'm going to a place called Yantan, which is in Gongtian Mountain. Do the two guides know this place?"

Zhou Zhijie asked directly.

At this time, Wang Lun glanced at Daozhang Luo and found that the latter's expression was as usual, so he felt relieved.

Chief Luo's city should be able to handle Zhou Zhijie well and prevent Zhou Zhijie and that feminine Mr. Long from finding out the clues.

"Yantan?" A guide asked curiously, "Is that a water pool? Miss Zhou, please forgive me for telling you directly, many places in Gongtian Mountain have no names."

Another guide added: "Some places have names, but only certain people know them. If you can, please tell Miss Zhou about this Yantan in detail."

Zhou Zhijie did not speak immediately, but looked at Daoist Luo and Wang Lun: "Daoist Luo, your sect is located in Gongtian Mountain. Have you heard of the place name Yantan?"

Instead of asking the guides, she was now asking Taoist Luo. Her eyes were burning, as if she wanted to see into the hearts of Taoist Luo and Wang Lun.

Mr. Long on the side was also watching the two of them closely, trying to find information from every move they made.

After all, neither he nor Zhou Zhijie trusted these two people.

Taoist Master Luo still looked very unhappy when facing Zhou Zhijie, and said lazily: "I haven't heard of it. There are so many Yantans, there are quite a lot of them in the Tianshan Mountains."

Zhou Zhijie said nothing, staring at Daoist Luo with very sharp eyes, but Daoist Luo was an old man, and his behavior and expression were not strange at all.

As for Wang Lun, on the one hand, he really doesn't know where Yantan is and will not show any abnormal expression. On the other hand, most of the attention of Zhou Zhijie and Mr. Long is not on him, so he will not arouse suspicion.

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Zhou Zhijie stared at Daozhang Luo for several seconds before finally looking away.

The same goes for Mr. Long.

"Since no one has heard of the name Yantan, let me talk about it in detail."

"Yantan is a hot spring pool. It is different from other hot springs. You don't have to soak in the water. Just standing within a dozen meters from the shore, you can feel the hot breath emanating."

"In addition, if you can see the pond water, you will find that under the sunlight, red light spots will appear in the pond water."

Zhou Zhijie pointed out two important characteristics of Yantan.

As soon as she finished speaking, the expression of the elder of the two guides suddenly changed.

"Miss Zhou, you can't go to that place!"

The elder guide shouted decisively, his expression serious.

He had been respectful to Zhou Zhijie before, but now, he seemed to not care about anything else.

Zhou Zhijie felt shocked and quickly asked: "Do you know that place?"

"That place is inaccessible, really inaccessible!"

The elderly guide turned pale and spoke to dissuade him again.

"Don't panic yet. Tell me, do you know the specific location of Yantan?" Zhou Zhijie was a little impatient.

The Yantan was very scary and scared the guide, but she had to ask the questions she needed to ask and get the answers.

The elderly guide was still frightened. At this time, Mr. Long came over and said with a gentle smile: "Don't be afraid, just talk about Yantan. I will leave it to you to choose whether you go or not."

These words had a comforting effect, and the elderly guide began to slowly calm down his fear.

But the voice was still a little shaky.

"I heard an elder in the village say that that place is occupied by evil things. If you are contaminated by the hot breath, even if you don't die on the spot, you will definitely get a serious illness and die when you return home. Rumor has it that

With that place as the center, no animal can survive within a five-kilometer radius."

"And the red light spots you mentioned, Miss Zhou, are rumored to be the eyes of those evil creatures that live in the pond. As long as they are stared at by them, no matter how fast they run, they will be overtaken and their blood will be sucked dry.

Die."

"That place is too scary. It's not just rumors. People in and outside the village were killed because of it decades ago. We call that place a forbidden place. Really, Miss Zhou, that place is too dangerous. If you go there, you will never come back!"

"

The elderly guide looked horrified and very scared.

Zhou Zhijie felt that it was normal for the other party to react like this. At the very least, it meant that the forbidden area mentioned by the other party was probably the Yantan she was looking for.

She said, "Do you know how to get there?"

The elderly guide shook his head and nodded quickly. After a few seconds of silence, he said, "If Miss Zhou must go, I can mark the approximate location of the forbidden area on this map."

He continued: "In the past few decades, only people of our generation have known about the forbidden area. For the younger ones, we will not choose to tell them that the place is deep in the hinterland of Gongtian Mountain, and ordinary people will not go there.

there."

Zhou Zhijie didn't care about so much, as long as she got the position, she said: "Then I'll trouble you."

A bodyguard handed over a charcoal pen. The elderly guide took the pen and began to stare at the map.

Zhou Zhijie and Mr. Long looked brightly at the elder guide's hand holding the pen.

Young Master Su and others were still in a daze, messing around, as if the place where the eldest daughter of the Zhou family was going was a very dangerous place?

"I didn't expect that." Director Luo said in a low voice next to Wang Lun.

Wang Lun knew what Taoist Luo meant.

Qianfamen and Yantan have always been hidden, especially Yantan. Taoist Luo probably couldn't tell that there were people living in Gongtian Mountain who knew about the existence of Yantan.

"It doesn't matter. Even if the guide doesn't tell me, I will go to Yantan, and Zhou Zhijie will also go there. Now we have confirmed Zhou Zhijie's purpose."

Wang Lun also whispered, feeling that this moment had finally come.

The destination of Zhou Zhijie and Mr. Long was indeed the same as his.

Therefore, the jade box that Zhou Zhijie bought at a high price was obviously prepared for Yantan.

I just don’t know if Zhou Zhijie and Mr. Long can deal with that flaming snake.

Wang Lun wanted to get there as soon as possible.

While he was thinking about this, the older guide searched his memory and finally determined the approximate location of the forbidden area he mentioned.

Zhou Zhijie and Mr. Long noticed that the elderly guide drew a circle in the southeastern hinterland of the map.

Comparing their current location, Yantan is still far away from them. If they follow the current route, they will never encounter it.

Zhou Zhijie also knew that she had to reveal the information about Yantan, and there was no chance of this happening.

Fortunately, someone knows the whereabouts of Yantan. She is representing the family this time, so she won't go back empty-handed.

"There is no way to determine the exact location, but the forbidden area is within this circle." The elderly guide put down the pen in his hand and said with certainty.

Mr. Long looked at it and found that the actual size of the circle was probably within the area of ​​five or six hundred acres, which was not very large. With so many bodyguards searching together, it would not be difficult to find Yantan by then.

Next, he wanted to see what the group of people who were following him chose. He couldn't help but look at Zhou Zhijie, waiting for Zhou Zhijie to raise this question.

Zhou Zhijie asked the bodyguard to carefully put the map away, and then said to the two guides: "It is up to you to decide whether to go to Yantan. If you go, each person will be paid an additional five hundred thousand, and we will try our best to ensure safety here."

The elderly guide did not hesitate and said directly to Zhou Zhijie: "Miss Zhou, I don't want to go, that place is too mysterious."

He was afraid that he would lose his money and spend it.
Chapter completed!