Chapter 194: The Guide Who Sees Through Everything

Just as they were about to enter the Spirit Pagoda, someone called out from behind them, even patting Ye Shiyuan on the back.

Bai He turned around but saw no one.

Only after turning again did he see someone standing in front of them.

The person greeted them very cheerfully. "Hello, do you want to form a team together?"

Bai He did not mind, but Ye Shiyuan immediately refused.

"No need."

However, the person would not give up.

"I have already been here for over a year. This is my last chance. Just take me with you."

Ye Shiyuan was a cold and distant person.

Of course, he would not change his decision because of a few words from someone else.

"Let’s go."

He said this to Bai He.

Seeing that Ye Shiyuan was so decisive, the person suddenly moved extremely fast and blocked their path again.

"If you do not take me with you, then I will tell everyone your secret."

After saying that, he lowered his head and spoke in a low voice.

"You are not from here, are you?"

Bai He’s heart skipped a beat. "You, how did you..."

"I have an excellent memory. I have also participated in this hunt three times already, so I am very familiar with everything here. If you bring me along, it is equivalent to having a living map. Are you sure you do not want to team up with me?"

Wait a moment.

This person... Bai He seemed to have some impression of him.

"What is your name? If you want to join our team, you should at least tell us your name."

"My name is Ma Hongjun."

Ma Hongjun?

Wasn’t this the person Ye Shiyuan met in the original story?

If it was him, then bringing him along would only bring benefits and no harm.

"Regardless of who you are, you had better shut up. Otherwise, I will kill you."

Bai He pulled on Ye Shiyuan’s arm. "Shiyuan, do not talk about killing and fighting. He can be considered your senior. Let us go together. At least we can look out for each other."

Ye Shiyuan frowned slightly.

He was clearly a little unhappy, but since Bai He had agreed, he said nothing more.

"Mm, I will listen to you."

"If I had known he should listen to you, why would I even bother finding him? Little boy, secretly tell me, where are you from? How did you get into the Spirit Pagoda? I have never seen you before. What are you doing here?"

This person really was... those eyes were truly frightening.

The three of them entered the forest within the Spirit Pagoda together.

Outside the forest was relatively safe.

No spirit beasts would come here.

But as they walked further inside,

the first spirit beasts they encountered were low level creatures with weak spiritual energy and not very high ranks, but they usually moved in groups.

As for higher level spirit beasts, their numbers were already very few.

They were usually solitary, but extremely powerful.

"Hey, you still have not told me where you are from."

"Why do you care so much?"

Ma Hongjun crossed his arms and said very proudly, "Even if you do not tell me, I can still guess. You are from the Lingguang Sect. And you must have brought some kind of magical artifact from the Lingguang Sect to get here. That violates the rules. Could it be that you are an elder of the Lingguang Sect..."

Although it was phrased as a question, he had already guessed it to this extent, which made Bai He feel a little surprised.

"You..."

"Looking at your expression, I know I guessed correctly. Hurry up and ask me how I guessed it."

Seeing how smug he looked, Bai He felt uncomfortable all over and simply ignored him, intending to frustrate him.

In the end, Ma Hongjun could not hold back any longer.

"Just ask me already."

"I will not ask."

"If you are not going to ask, I will still tell you anyway. Actually, I think any artifact that can silently bring someone into a place like this cannot be ordinary. And anyone who dares to defy the Spirit Pagoda’s rules is definitely not an ordinary person either. The first generation disciples of the Lingguang Sect would not be able to satisfy both conditions at the same time, so it can only be an elder."

Bai He could not help but admire his reasoning ability.

"But how does the Lingguang Sect even have an elder like you? Normally, an elder of the Lingguang Sect would be able to enter here openly and legitimately. Why are you sneaking around instead?"

"It has nothing to do with you. I am willing."

"You are not some kind of person with real authority, are you?"

Every word was like a knife to the heart.

Bai He already felt tears streaming inside his heart.

This person was truly too annoying.

"Alright, stop talking. Otherwise, you can go on your own."

Ye Shiyuan pulled Bai He to his other side, moving him away from Ma Hongjun.

Ma Hongjun stopped talking to Bai He for the moment and instead turned to speak to Ye Shiyuan.

"I did not expect this. You actually have the courage to like an elder of the Lingguang Sect. I admire you."

Ye Shiyuan frowned the entire time, clearly unhappy.

If Bai He had not insisted on bringing him along, he would have already shaken this person off.

He did not need him at all.

Seeing that neither Bai He nor Ye Shiyuan were paying attention to him, Ma Hongjun also felt it was boring and gradually stopped talking.

Along the way, they did not encounter any other people, nor did they run into any groups of spirit beasts.

This could be considered quite fortunate.

Bai He understood in his heart that this was all because Ma Hongjun was leading the way.

Although Ma Hongjun was unreliable and spoke carelessly with a joking tone, he was definitely not bluffing.