CHAPTER 434: CHAPTER 297: JOURNEY, VEIN

Chapter 297

Upon hearing this, Yang Gaodan nodded, "I understand. As long as you command, I will follow."

Although it seemed like he had been rescued only to be indentured, isn’t that how one should repay a life-saving debt from ancient times? Besides, five years ago he had been a major power in Xinjiang, and now he was merely an ugly, decrepit old man. Without Sui Yi as his support, his life would remain this way...

Thus, for such a result, Yang Gaodan was immensely pleased, even more excited than Sui Yi.

Having been imprisoned for five years, treated like a pig or dog, he was in desperate need to do something to prove his worth...

Of course, this was not the place for a discussion, and the three of them left quickly.

Due to Yang Gaodan’s frightening appearance, Zhang Wei even bought a mask for him along the way.

Even though it looked comical, it helped to cover up his face a bit.

As mining was the first priority, Yang Gaodan rested for a whole day at Sui Yi’s place to gather himself, and started making plans the next day.

Of course, after he entered the villa and saw Dongfang Bubai, he felt fortunate he wore a mask and seemed to have grabbed onto a very sturdy big leg.

—This person, indistinguishable in gender and unearthly in beauty, was very dangerous!

Especially when she glanced at him and smiled...

All his cells seemed to shrink.

Fear.

Yang Gaodan’s respect for Sui Yi grew.

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"You’re leaving again?" Eastern Lady was very sensitive to Sui Yi wearing casual mountain climbing clothes on the second day after he had returned; she immediately blocked the door and questioned Sui Yi.

"Yes... I need to go out and get things done. Have you finished your reading?"

"I have, but there are some things I don’t understand."

Sui Yi glanced at her, answered some of her questions, and while answering, he estimated her learning progress. Ultimately, he could only marvel that she was far more incredible than Jiang Chenyu.

Her learning capability was simply heaven-defying; in just three or four days, things like mobile phones and other technological gadgets were no big deal to her.

The only downside was that after learning these things, she would express her disdain and arrogance unapologetically.

Comments like "It’s too simple," or "Modern people are really lazy, no wonder they are so weak," were followed by criticisms and then she would joyfully use those technologies.

It was only with computers, slightly more complex, that she needed hands-on teaching...

But Sui Yi was running out of time and had Zhang Wei teach her, whom she disdained.

—She did not like men.

For some reason, Zhang Wei had looked deeply at her that time...

Looking at her, looking at her, looking at her...

"I’ll teach you when I get back, I suppose you’re not in a rush," Sui Yi said, packing his stuff into a backpack.

"No, I’m very anxious," Eastern Lady replied, her long legs crossed and leaning against the doorway as she raised an eyebrow at him.

"You are not a competent teacher... always abandoning me," she said in a seductive tone, which could captivate anyone’s heart.

"..." Sui Yi paused, looking at her.

"Did you turn on the computer and watch some movies you shouldn’t have?"

"..."

Sui Yi ignored the breathtakingly beautiful lady or gentleman and just methodically continued packing...

After finishing packing, she finally looked at Eastern Lady.

"I’m leaving this afternoon, what are you waiting for?"

Hmm? Does this mean I am also going?

Eastern Lady’s eyes flashed, and she raised an eyebrow, her lips curving into a smile: "Were you teasing me just now?"

Sui Yi nodded: "Yes."

"..."

Heh, the two great beauties bickering like this, it always looked like they were showing off their affection, at least to Zhang Wei who silently lit a candle for his Ninth Miss.

In comparison with Eastern Lady, Ninth Young Lady would undoubtedly be completely outclassed.

Whether it was in terms of aura, intelligence, martial prowess, or anything else...

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Sui Yi and his group of four soon set off, and with just one car, they managed it.

Since all four of them practiced martial arts, with the two in the back capable of storming The Pentagon, the journey was exceptionally safe.

After the four of them left, however, details of their whereabouts fell into the hands of Wei Feng.

"Boss, should we check where they are heading?"

"No need..." Wei Feng shook his head, "Her strength is too strong, getting too close would easily expose us, leading to a potential attack, and keeping too far makes it pointless. Let’s ignore her for now and focus all attention on Gong Jiu"

Wei Feng decisively withdrew his troops; after all, the treasures were in the hands of Gong Jiu and his group. Sui Yi, being disinterested in belongings, indeed had nothing worth tracking, especially given the opponent’s overwhelming martial prowess...

Seeking death would simply be unwise.

"Boss, aren’t you worried she might go somewhere else to hunt for treasures?" Liang Qing had already pegged Sui Yi as a professional treasure hunter.

It couldn’t be helped, her capabilities were too strong, and one had to acknowledge that.

Where Sui Yi and her group were headed was actually not fixed, fortunately, Wei Feng’s men didn’t follow; otherwise, they would have been crying their eyes out.

It’s worth noting that Hoten Jade is found in the Kunlun and Altun Mountains in Xinjiang, starting from Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County in the Kashgar Region, passing through Hoten Region in the middle, extending east to Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture’s Qemo and Ruoqiang County, reaching north to the edge of the Tarim Basin, and south to the main peaks of Kunlun and Altun Mountains.

Since Sui Yi and her team were looking for a jade mine, it was natural to explore these regions.

In fact, Yang Gaodan suggested going directly to the Kunlun Mountains, but Sui Yi had declined because the book left behind by Loulan that she possessed was actually about geology. The jade veins mentioned in Loulan’s book were exclusively referred to as spirit mines. The methodology for determining the location of spirit mines and geological analysis were all outlined in this thin book. However, Sui Yi didn’t wholly trust it; she wanted to travel more and validate this knowledge. If true, heading to Kunlun was acquitted; if false, then there was no need to go.

Kunlun Mountains... She had an inexplicable reverence for this term and knew this place was extremely dangerous. Ordinary people aside, even she might lose out if she ventured in, risking ordinary lives for the chances wasn’t worth it to her.

Thus thinking, no one else offered objections, and since there was nothing better to do, traveling the distance was no matter...

Right, the one person who really shouldn’t be roaming everywhere happened to be Sui Yi.

After all, she was still a student.

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The days passed leisurely, and a month later, at an altitude of 3000 meters in the Kunlun Mountains, where the temperature was very low and even starting a fire was challenging. In such harsh conditions, it was fortunate that the four of them were not ordinary people, otherwise, they couldn’t have lasted ten days.

"Just ten days, think back to when I was young, I took seventy people into the mountains, and we stayed for two months.. Those days were really..." Yang Gaodan’s talkative nature had already shown itself in the first half of the month.

Whether due to being imprisoned for too long or just his nature... He talked a lot, but as there were not many people around, having no one to chat with was indeed dull. Sui Yi and the others just let him be.

But upon hearing this, Zhang Wei looked at Yang Gaodan and asked, "In the end, how many survived?"

Yang Gaodan stretched out one finger: "Just one."

One?

Sui Yi turned to look at him.

"How did those people die?"

"All kinds of death... I can hardly remember how they died now, too many ways to die, some naturally starved, froze, or died of illness, and some inexplicably disappeared... Right, disappearing was most common. Look, Miss Sui, over there was where we faced the greatest adversity."

Yang Gaodan pointed in a distant direction, and at a glance, it was a greyish-white deep valley shrouded in cloud mist with snow flurrying about, barely visible.

But one could hear a clear and terrifying sound of the wind whirling.

It was as if there was a ghost crouching inside, whimpering...

"That’s Lenggele Gorge, Kunlun Mountains’ valley of death, also called Hell’s Gate... That time I took seventy people... right there... we lost thirty directly!" Yang Gaodan’s tone was quite solemn, not overtly sad, but his lingering fears were definite.

"But I wasn’t the worst off, countless people vanished completely inside... even the nation has classified it as a top-secret hazardous area, gradually, no one dared to go... not even we who risk our lives searching for veins in the Kunlun Mountains dared to venture there..."

"The most dangerous places often hide the greatest opportunities, and no one dared to take the risk?" Dongfang Bubai, sipping his wine, walked to Sui Yi’s side, looking down into the valley with interest flickering in his eyes.

Sui Yi glanced at him, "I suggest you go."

"Why?"

"If you died, I would finally have some peace," Sui Yi turned and walked toward the nearby river.

"Heh," Eastern Lady laughed, a charm in her smile that made Yang Gaodan mutter under his breath, calling her a goblin.

In the chilly mountain, the river water could freeze a strong man sick and kill him on the same day, but Sui Yi’s constitution feared nothing. She stood by the stream, observing the terrain on both sides...

Then eyed the river in front of her...

Suddenly she raised an eyebrow, took off her shoes and socks, and walked into the river...

Zhang Wei and the others looked over, not concerned that Sui Yi’s constitution could catch a cold, but curious about her sudden action.

After a while, standing in the middle of the river where the water had risen above her waist, Sui Yi suddenly dived in...

Zhang Wei and Yang Gaodan were alarmed...

Before they could react, they heard a cold remark from Eastern Lady: "Stay here, she must have found a jade mine."

Sure enough, in a little while, Sui Yi emerged from the water, holding a fist-sized rock in her hand, which she tossed up.

Zhang Wei caught it, looked at it, and passed it to Yang Gaodan: "This isn’t a normal rock, right?"

Upon seeing it, Yang Gaodan showed a surprised expression: "No... this is Mutton Fat Jade! And it’s of excellent quality! Such a big piece! Miss Sui, this is..."

He was about to ask, but immediately turned away, and Zhang Wei did the same.

Because the view of Sui Yi in the water was too... captivating.

And when a mere glance came from Eastern Lady, they could only turn away.

"Quite conscious, aren’t we..." Eastern Lady casually offered a large towel to the emerging Sui Yi, her eyes sweeping over the other’s prominently outlined body...

But was abruptly met with Sui Yi’s cold, indifferent gaze. Hm, she consciously withdrew her eyes, handing over a flask: "Did you find it?"(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to recommend, and support on Qidian.com. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)