Chen Mu followed closely behind the three of them, carefully paying attention to Li Duhong's every move.
From time to time, Bo Wen would try to pry some valuable information out of Li Duhong's mouth. How could he have known that Li Duhong would be so slippery, taking advantage of his youth and ignorance to give rather vague and absurd answers?
On the other hand, Bo Wen had been able to pry quite a few things out of him, and Cheng Ying couldn't be counted on. Whenever the little guy asked her any question in an innocent tone, she would always give an answer at the first moment.
That kid was a lot more awesome than he had been when he was a kid!
Chen Mu was secretly on guard, keeping his face expressionless the whole time.
And after Li Duhong had run into trouble with him a few times, he had lost his patience with him.
He turned to pester Cheng Ying and Bo Wen, asking this and that from time to time, treating Chen Mu like air.
The direction that Li Duhong was pointing in was very much in the same direction they were heading.
The four of them followed the little boy's directions and kept moving forward.
Li Duhong was showing surprising qualities, with his physical strength comparable to that of an adult, able to shuttle through the jungle as easily as if he were in his own garden.
He could find a water source in the shortest time possible, and he knew what was edible and what was poisonous. He even knew what kind of wild beasts might be in each region.
He could draw support from the rattan like a monkey, swaying forward at a speed that wasn't any slower than when Bo Wen and the others were flying.
The three of them were starting to believe how he could survive alone in the jungle, since he was so familiar with it.
They all believed that he had lived in the jungle since he was a child, and Chen Mu was no exception.
To be so familiar with the jungle, he had lived there since he was a child.
That surprised the three of them, since there were still people who could survive in such a desolate and sinister place like the jungle.
What did the humans who lived in the jungle rely on to make a living, and how did they deal with those frightening wild beasts?
Or was it that their strength was enough to allow them to survive freely in such a perilous region?
Bo Wen was silent.
For a child of a noble family who was sensitive to politics, that question had naturally aroused his attention and vigilance.
If what Li Duhong said about the village really had enough aces to deal with most of the wild beasts in the jungle, then the three of them together wouldn't be enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.
If that was the case, it would be very dangerous for them.
There were many times when humans were more dangerous than wild beasts.
So, along with Bo Wen's silence and Chen Mu's wooden look, they could only hear the occasional laughter of Cheng Ying and Li Duhong most of the time along the way.
"What's the matter, brother Bo Wen?" Li Duhong's bright black eyes were wide open, with a puzzled expression.
Bo Wen forced a smile and said, "Nothing, I just thought of some problems."
"What problem?" Cheng Ying showed a questioning expression, having also noticed Bo Wen's deeply worried look.
Although she didn't like some of Bo Wen's character, she had no doubt about his ability. What was he worried about?
Was there something wrong with it?
Bo Wen smiled slightly, "It's nothing, just a bit homesick."
Cheng Ying could not help but turn silent after hearing those words. However, she soon smiled as a trace of sadness flashed across her eyes. She said, "I'm the best. I don't need to think about these things when I'm alone."
Bo Wen was taken aback and said apologetically, "Sorry."
Cheng Ying smiled with some vicissitudes of life. "What's there to be sorry about? It has nothing to do with you."
She turned to ask Chen Mu, "What about you, Chen Mu?"
"Me?" Chen Mu's expression was calm. "I've always been alone."
When Chen Mu was very young, his parents had died in a disaster, and he was the only one who had been lucky enough to escape. Having no relatives, he could only scavenge for a living, becoming a member of the army of street kids.
Bo Wen didn't have a good expression for Chen Mu, and said with a cold smile, "People who come out of the night of the cross don't even have any humanity. How could they have family?" In the Ning family's records, the training of the night of the cross card artisans was extremely cruel.
For example, the mysterious method of breath control required a person to live and train in an extremely dark place for a long time. Even a card artisan with outstanding talent would need five years or more.
The card artisans who had gone through that kind of training would be inhuman and callous.
The trace of black qi in Chen Mu's eyes was a typical characteristic of someone who had practiced breath control.
Bo Wen thought Chen Mu was a card artisan who had come out of the night of the cross, which was why he had said that.
Chen Mu was startled that Bo Wen actually knew about the night of the cross!
What else did he know?
Chen Mu suddenly turned his head and stared at Bo Wen with a burning gaze.
He had never told anyone about the mysterious card, nor had he divulged it.
How could Bo Wen know about the night of the cross?
Chen Mu's understanding of the night of the cross was limited to breath control.
But in his mind, the mysterious card was what he cared about the most, and it was his most closely guarded secret. How could he not be startled when someone suddenly called out what was recorded on it?
He had looked it up, but hadn't found any information related to the night of the cross, which showed that the night of the cross wasn't a well-known sect.
How could Bo Wen know about the night of the cross?
Chen Mu suddenly thought of how Bo Wen had repeatedly tried to put him to death, and Chen Mu finally understood!
Bo Wen wanted to seize the mysterious card!
Although he didn't know how Bo Wen knew about the mysterious card, that was the first reason Chen Mu had thought of, and it was the only reason he could think of.
Since ancient times, it wasn't rare to see people get into trouble because of their wealth.
Never mind the mysterious card, he had seen many people kill people for the sake of a loaf of bread in his childhood.
The affairs of the world were so wonderful that Chen Mu didn't know about the entanglement between the night of the cross and the Ning family, and Bo Wen didn't know that Chen Mu's breath control wasn't from the night of the cross sect.
"What, am I right?" Bo Wen continued to laugh coldly, full of hostility.
Chen Mu's face was expressionless, but his gaze was as sharp as a sword as he looked straight at Bo Wen.
And Bo Wen stared back at Chen Mu without flinching.
Cheng Ying and Li Duhong stared blankly at the two of them who were at daggers drawn, still not understanding the situation.
Cheng Ying had long known there was something wrong between Chen Mu and Bo Wen, but their unreserved outburst was still far beyond her expectations.
She really wanted to mediate, but thinking about her own strength, she wisely kept silent.
And she couldn't help but have a trace of doubt rise in her heart. What on earth was this "night of the cross"?
Why would Chen Mu have such a big reaction when he heard it?
Li Duhong was looking at the two of them with curiosity, his expression showing a lot of interest.
The silence was full of gunpowder.
Just when Cheng Ying and Li Duhong thought the two of them were going to fight, they suddenly looked away, and their expressions went back to normal, as though nothing had happened.
Li Duhong, who was ready to watch a good show, opened his mouth wide and looked at the two of them in amazement. His brain had short-circuited, and he couldn't figure out what was going on with the two of them.
Cheng Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief, since if the two of them were to fight, it would only be a situation in which both of them would suffer, which wouldn't be any good for either of them.
But when she thought about it, she felt she had been worrying a little too much. Neither Bo Wen nor Chen Mu were the impulsive type. On the contrary, the two of them were people who were cool to the bone. How could they put themselves in such a dangerous situation because of a quarrel?
Chen Mu became even more silent, and Bo Wen became a man of few words, only coming out of his mouth after a long time.
The atmosphere of the team became heavy, and Li Duhong obediently shut his mouth, not asking any more bizarre questions.
Li Duhong would gather some things from time to time, with a bag hanging from his waist, which was filled with all the raw materials he had gathered.
Sometimes Cheng Ying would also gather some relatively rare and precious materials, since it was a rare opportunity to be able to go so deep into the jungle.
If she didn't take advantage of the opportunity to gather some, how could she face herself?
If she could really get out, each of those precious raw materials would have a sky-high price.
She just hated that she didn't know enough about the kinds of precious raw materials she knew.
Every time that happened, she would always raise her head to glance at Chen Mu.
She really couldn't imagine how an "A" level card master wouldn't even understand the most basic of raw materials.
Every time she saw Chen Mu standing in front of those precious materials with a face full of indifference, she felt it was unimaginable.
But she quickly got used to it, since no matter how she looked at him, he wasn't an ordinary person. For someone as talented as he was, it would naturally be normal for him to have some eccentricities.
If everything were the same as an ordinary person, that would be abnormal.
Sitting in the camp with the strong bonfire, everyone's faces alternated between bright and dark.
Because Chen Mu and Bo Wen didn't feel right, it was only Cheng Ying and Li Duhong who were chatting enthusiastically.
Cheng Ying really liked Li Duhong, so she would patiently and thoroughly answer any questions he had.
They had already been walking for seven days since they'd run into Li Duhong.
But because they had Li Duhong as a guide in the jungle, the quality of their lives during those seven days was as different as heaven and earth from before.
Li Duhong had a lot of experience in the jungle, and he knew what kind of game had the most delicious meat and where the water was the sweetest. He would even pick some wild fruit from time to time for Cheng Ying, which tasted very sweet.
Chen Mu's attention had always been on Li Duhong, and although the little guy had been acting normally during those seven days, he didn't dare to relax.
Chen Mu didn't know that while he was paying attention to Li Duhong, someone was also paying attention to him, which was Bo Wen.
Bo Wen's mind was full of doubts, since he felt more and more that Chen Mu couldn't see through him.