Chapter 2526 - 2526: Why Are You Here?

Seeing Old Chen like this, everyone looked at each other in astonishment. Did this old guy really encounter snakes? Could it be the snake swarm of Wendao Stone?

"You were besieged by snakes?" Ye Qing looked at Old Chen in surprise. This old guy looked perfectly fine—there wasn't a scratch on him. How could he have been besieged by snakes?

"Of course!" Old Chen immediately replied, "There were snakes everywhere, tangled together, surrounding me in the center!"

"Did they bite you?" Ye Qingqi asked curiously.

Old Chen waved his hand and said, "Nonsense, what kind of person do you think I am? With my nimble and agile skills, it's not that easy for them to bite me!"

"Oh? So they didn't manage to bite you?" Ye Qing glanced at Old Chen and said, "And then what? Did you escape from the snakes?"

"Uh..." Old Chen's expression turned awkward and he said, "I... I was originally out, but then just as I hadn't run far, a huge snake suddenly appeared and blocked my path!"

"And then?" Helian Tiehua asked.

"Then I... my vision went black, and I don't know what happened after that..." Old Chen looked at Ye Qing and whispered, "Didn't you just wake me up?"

Everyone was at once speechless, so it turns out Old Chen was scared dizzy by the snakes here. This old guy—everyone had thought he was so brave, he could sleep here!

Ye Qing was also speechless. He knew that the snake swarm of Mount Wendao shouldn't attack people randomly. Besides, Old Chen didn't have a single scratch on him, not looking like someone besieged by snakes. It seemed like he encountered a swarm of snakes when he came over and was scared unconscious by a python, remaining unconscious until now.

One has to admit, this old guy really is quite lucky. Back then, the scene at Mount Wendao was chaotic, and extremely perilous. In such a situation, Old Chen actually slept through it without missing anything, truly incredibly lucky!

"Hey, where are those snakes?" Old Chen cautiously asked, "Did you see those snakes?"

"They all ran away!" Ding Lianshun replied, then shook his head, saying, "You were scared unconscious by the snakes earlier, and now you're snoring away? Aren't you afraid of being swallowed up by a snake while you're asleep?"

"Come on, I was unconscious, how would I know about all that!" Old Chen waved his hand and said, "But, I am indeed blessed, look, I survived this ordeal. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Looks like I should consider going out on a date, maybe even find a twilight romance!"

Everyone was rendered speechless. This old guy's train of thought is really beyond normal expectation.

"Why did you come here in the first place?" Ye Qing asked the most crucial question. Later, he also felt that Old Chen was somewhat elusive. When he found him in the Tomb of Ghost Valley Master, Ye Qing felt something was off with this person, but could never quite point out what was special about him. Last time in Panlong Valley, bumping into him seemed like a coincidence. But this time at Mount Wendao, Ye Qing had already arranged for them to hide, yet he still ran into Old Chen here. This can't be a coincidence. So Ye Qing always suspected there might be something occasionally off with Old Chen!

Moreover, recalling the incident at Panlong Valley, Ye Qing remembered seeing the Qing Mang there last time. That Divine Clan corpse almost killed Ye Qing and the others, but was later lured away by a green light and then killed by it. After that, Ye Qing and the others ran into Old Chen.

This time, at the most critical moment, a green light also appeared over Mount Wendao, turning the sky emerald green. After the green light appeared, Wendao Stone emerged, blocked Heavenly Thunder, and protected Fat Jiao.

Encountering Old Chen twice so strangely, and seeing that elusive green light both times, Ye Qing had no choice but to suspect Old Chen again. This old guy surely has some secret!

"You think I wanted to come here!" Old Chen jumped up from the ground, looking helpless and said, "I just got lost!"

"Lost again?" Helian Tiehua's eyes widened; this guy truly is an acme-level direction moron. Last time in Panlong Valley, he got lost, and now, here, he's lost again? If that's said twice, no one will believe it.

Besides, when everyone left, we specially sent him and Old Wang Ba to a hidden spot to hide temporarily. Logically, they should still be hiding there. Moreover, that place is over two hundred miles from here. Even if you're lost, you shouldn't end up here.

"Old Chen, tell me the truth, what's really going on!" Ye Qing said sternly. This time, he wouldn't believe Old Chen got lost.

"Uh..." Faced with Ye Qing's severe expression, Old Chen clearly felt a bit guilty. He scratched his head and whispered, "I... I'll tell you the truth, but you... you can't get mad..."

Hearing Old Chen say this, Ye Qing was immediately intrigued. This guy really does have a secret!

"Go ahead, I won't get mad!" Ye Qing promptly replied.

Old Chen said: "You have to promise me you absolutely won't get angry!"

"Okay, I promise, I absolutely won't get angry!" Ye Qing replied, while pondering in his heart, what is this old guy really getting at?

Old Chen then nodded, but after looking around at everyone nearby, he still shook his head and said: "Can I tell you privately later in a less crowded place?"

"Do you have something shameful to say?" Helian Tiehua immediately asked. Old Chen clearly wanted to avoid everyone, which made Helian Tiehua somewhat displeased.

"What shameful things could I possibly have?" Old Chen immediately widened his eyes and said, "I just prefer quiet places; with so many people watching, I get stage fright and can't speak well!"

"Come on, you get stage fright? You like quiet? You chatterbox, you talk more in a day than most people do in a year!"

A faint voice came from the crowd, instantly irritating Old Chen. Old Chen glared around, "Who said that? Who said that? If you're brave enough, stand up. Straight talk, come, come, let me ask you, how am I a chatterbox?"

No one paid him any mind; it's not that they feared him, it's mainly that Old Chen was too nagging, and normal people wouldn't want to argue with him as he was unbeatable in that regard.

"Alright, alright, stop it." Ye Qing gestured with his hand and said, "Once we go down the mountain, find a place, and you can tell me privately, does that work?"

"That's more like it!" Old Chen was overjoyed but staggered backward a step, "Oh no, oh no, my... my legs are still weak, can't walk. Young Ye, how about you find someone to carry me down the mountain?"

Everyone around dispersed instantly, not giving Old Chen a bit of face. They thought, "Are we spoiling you? You still want to be carried down the mountain? Why not find a sedan chair and have someone carry you down?"

Ye Qing shrugged, ignoring Old Chen, and followed everyone else. This old guy, he's the type to push boundaries, Ye Qing knew him quite well, didn't have to take his words seriously. Surviving so long in the Tomb of Ghost Valley Master without dying, a bit of mountain road, how could he fear exhaustion?

"Ah, what kind of people are these? Isn't the saying respect the elder and love the youth, and care for the elderly? Alas, human hearts have changed!" Old Chen sighed repeatedly, but could do nothing about it and only followed the group down the mountain while nagging.

After crossing two mountains, Ye Qing and the group arrived at where the cars were parked. Old Chen, although walking slower, still managed to come out. Moreover, along the way, Old Chen kept jabbering away nonstop, looking like he wasn't exerting himself at all; in fact, he seemed more lively than everyone else.

"Old Chen, with you like this, how do you have the face to say you can't walk?" Ding Lianshun looked at Old Chen with disdain.

"Nonsense, didn't you see I barely crawled back?" Old Chen panted and said, "I've figured it out, you people are just heartless. Fine, fine, this virtue of respecting elders and loving children apparently has nothing to do with all of you!"

Ding Lianshun sneered, "How old are you? Do you know my age? Talking to me about respecting elders, are you over a hundred?"

Old Chen glanced at Ding Lianshun, who still looked like a middle-aged man, and said, "Don't worry about whether I'm over a hundred, I'm definitely older than you anyway!"

"You're full of it!" Ding Lianshun sneered and didn't argue with Old Chen. After all, being a martial artist and a Peak Master, at over a hundred years old, he still looked like a middle-aged man. So although he looked much younger than Old Chen, in truth, his age should be above Old Chen's. Old Chen, lacking martial arts, at his current appearance, being seventy or eighty would be quite good.

Ye Qing brought Old Chen to sit in a car and said to him, "Alright, now you can tell me the truth, right?"

Old Chen glanced outside; everyone was far away. Moreover, the car had good sound insulation, and speaking here wouldn't be heard by those outside.

"Same as before, I'll tell you the truth, but you can't get angry!" Old Chen repeated, making Ye Qing even more puzzled why this old guy feared him getting angry again and again.

However, to find out Old Chen's secret, Ye Qing couldn't think much about it now. He nodded and said, "I made you a promise, so I won't go back on it, go ahead and speak!"

"That's good!" Old Chen breathed a sigh of relief as if a burden was lifted, even pulling out a pack of cigarettes and lighting one up.

Watching Old Chen leisurely smoking, Ye Qing said helplessly, "I say, why don't you start talking!"

"Don't rush, I have to sort out my thoughts!" Old Chen took a deep puff, looked at Ye Qing, and said, "To be honest, I'm on the run!"