At the Black Crow Ridge.
Old Ma began digging a pit with his bare hands.
In just a short time, he dug out a large hole two meters deep.
His efficiency was frightening.
Before, Jiang Yuan, who was only at the fifth level of Body Forging, was able to catch Old Ma, who weighed over a thousand pounds, using his control force when Lei Zhan threw him.
Let alone Old Ma, who was at the sixth level of Body Forging, his strength had already exceeded a thousand pounds, and his powerful body was not afraid of ordinary pain and fatigue.
After a short while.
Old Ma found a piece of wood and then picked up a piece of broken weapon remains from the ground.
"Here lies my brother Sun Ming, erected by his brother Ma Shizhong."
As he carved, he said, "Sun Ming, you have no father or mother, no son or daughter. No one would bury you if I took you back, so I will erect a tombstone for you here. I hope you don't blame me."
Gu Mo came over and said, "Uncle Ma, let me help you."
"No need, I want to personally bury these old brothers. This is my last opportunity to be with them!"
Jiang Yuan sighed softly, then walked to the body of Jiang Zhenyuan.
At this moment, he was still permeated with a powerful aura of blood.
His eyes were wide open, extraordinarily bright as if he was still alive.
His chest was torn, with a bright red handprint imprinted on it.
Judging from the power of this palm, his internal organs were likely shattered.
Obviously, Jiang Zhenyuan died from this blow.
Jiang Yuan squatted down and gently closed his eyelids.
"Father, rest in peace!"
As his words fell, Jiang Zhenyuan completely closed his eyes.
Jiang Yuan picked up his body and step by step, brought it to the front of the carriage, placing him inside the coffin.
Several people in the distance saw this and turned to leave.
Even though they were far from this place and couldn't see the face of the corpse clearly.
But from the scene, they could guess that the person in the coffin was Jiang Zhenyuan, the owner of Zhenyuan Escort Agency, a famous figure in Lin'an County.
On the other side.
Old Ma had already erected tombstones for those lone brothers.
He stood up and said, "Young Master, I'm done."
Jiang Yuan nodded, "Then tidy up the bodies of the other brothers and hand them over to their families when we return to the city, so they can return to their roots."
Immediately, everyone began to act.
They put the bodies of their fallen brothers into the coffins.
At that moment.
Jiang Yuan took a step forward and a prompt suddenly appeared before his eyes.
"[Detection: There is an opportunity nearby, the distance is close, do you want to consume 23 strands of Destiny Power to get detailed information about this opportunity?]"
Jiang Yuan was taken aback, could Destiny actually have this effect?
A wave rose in his heart.
The word 'opportunity' was too significant.
How many legendary stories began with an 'opportunity'.
Jiang Yuan then muttered in his heart.
"Yes!"
"Successfully consumed 23 strands of Destiny Power!"
The next moment, a notification flashed in front of Jiang Yuan's eyes again.
"Five miles to the north of here, there is a valley. Beside the pool in the valley, there is a century-old spirit plant that has just matured."
Spirit plant?
Jiang Yuan was overjoyed.
Then he came back to his senses, looked around, and saw a few figures lingering in the distance.
So he said, "Uncle Ma, come with me to a place."
"Where to?"
"Don't ask too much!"
Upon hearing this, Old Ma nodded repeatedly, "Yes!"
"Young Master, what about me?" Gu Mo suddenly asked.
"You stay here with the remaining brothers." Jiang Yuan looked at the figures in the distance, implying, "Without you here, I'm not at ease!"
"Yes, Young Master!"
"Uncle Ma, keep up!"
With that, Jiang Yuan's figure suddenly disappeared, heading straight to the north.
He was extremely fast, flashing past the trees.
Seeing this, Old Ma quickly said, "Young Master, wait for me!"
Meanwhile.
In the distance.
"Should we follow to see?" a man in black standing on a thick tree branch said.
"Go! Their behaviour is unusual, there must be a reason!"
Just as they were about to follow, two sharp noises suddenly came into their ears. It was the sound of splitting waves.
Both of them changed their expressions instantly, retreating again and again.
The next moment.
They saw the tree trunk in front of them burst open, splinters flying everywhere.
Upon closer inspection, the cause of the explosion was two small stones.
The two stones had penetrated deep into the tree trunk, about three inches deep, forming a hole as big as a bowl.
Both men broke into a cold sweat. If they hadn't retreated so quickly...
That bowl-sized hole would not be in the tree trunk but in their bodies.
At the same time, Gu Mo's voice came from a distance, "If there's any more movement, I'll behead both of you!"
Upon hearing this, they exchanged glances and quickly turned to retreat.
A few minutes later.
Jiang Yuan stopped at a cliff.
He could see fog swirling at the bottom of the valley beneath his feet, so deep that he couldn't see the bottom.
Thick green vines extended down from the cliff, disappearing into the fog.
It should be here!
Jiang Yuan thought to himself.
Old Ma also appeared behind him.
He took a deep breath, slowly exhaling the stale air in his chest.
"Young Master, are you planning to go down to the bottom of the valley?"
"Correct! What I want is down there!"
Having said that, Jiang Yuan glanced at the cliff under his feet.
Then he jumped and grabbed a thick vine.
He released his arm, and his body suddenly slid down.
In between releasing and falling, Jiang Yuan's figure rapidly descended.
Seeing this, Old Ma quickly followed.
After a while.
Both of them landed at the bottom of the valley.
The valley floor was shrouded in mist, and not far away was a deep old pool, with a thin mist hovering over the water.
Next to the ancient pool, a fully bloomed fiery red spirit plant swayed slightly in the air.
It had seven petals, and from time to time a bit of red light sprinkled from between the petals.
Old Ma's eyes suddenly narrowed, surprised, "Is this... the legendary spiritual medicine?"
"Yes!"
Jiang Yuan nodded slightly.
Not until this moment did Jiang Yuan completely relax.
The prompt was correct. Indeed, it was a chance encounter.
This spirit plant will certainly allow my strength to increase significantly.
Just then.
"Roar!"
A deafening roar came from the side.
Both men's expressions changed slightly.
Jiang Yuan turned to look.
A gigantic brown bear had appeared in his sight.
It was about ten feet tall, standing upright, with an imposing aura.
Its body was covered with large and small scratches that were still bleeding, with flesh turned outwards, showing severe injuries.
Especially around the eyes, half of its face had been scratched off by sharp claws, revealing raw, bloody flesh.
Clearly, this was a brown bear that had just experienced a violent fight.
Old Ma whispered, "Young Master, we can't fight this beast! I'll distract it, and you seize the opportunity to pick the spirit plant. Then we leave."
Jiang Yuan shook his head, "No need, it's at its last gasp. I'll deal with it!"
"No way!" Old Ma shouted, "Young Master, you lack experience, and you don't know the danger of a cornered beast. If anything happens to you, how can I explain to your father in the afterlife."
With that, he stomped his right foot and charged toward the brown bear.
However, he had just sprung out half a body's length when a mighty force from behind stopped him.
What is this?
He turned back and saw Jiang Yuan's face filled with a smile.
"Uncle Ma, rest assured, trust me!"