"Don't worry, I'll take good care of her."

Qin Feng said with a smile.

Xiao Lian also smiled at Lin Meizhen, signaling her not to worry.

After parting ways.

The two headed to the train station and boarded the train to Dragon Mountain City.

On the train.

Qin Feng held Xiao Lian's hand, looking at the swiftly passing scenery outside the window, and exclaimed, "This year, it's finally over."

He sighed.

Noticing Xiao Lian's flushed face and her somewhat wavering gaze, he asked in suspicion, "What's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing... I might be a little car sick..."

Xiao Lian said.

While speaking, she glanced at the hand holding hers, Qin Feng's hand.

Now that the year was over,

they had also left home.

There was no need to pretend to be a couple anymore.

But Qin Feng was still holding her hand, just like before.

She wanted to let go.

But deep down, there seemed to be a reluctance to do so.

Why the reluctance?

Her heart started racing at the thought, her face reddened, and her gaze became unfocused...

"Motion sick?"

At this moment, Qin Feng said with concern, "Then lean on my shoulder and rest for a while!"

"This..."

Hearing the suggestion to lean on his shoulder, Xiao Lian blushed again.

Now that they were no longer "a couple", would it be inappropriate to lean on him?

She hesitated internally.

But she couldn't help it and leaned on his shoulder.

In the end.

She took a deep breath, silently telling herself that this would be the last time.

Then she closed her eyes, a sweet curve appearing at the corner of her mouth, and enjoyed the warmth of the moment...

Lishan City wasn't far from Dragon Mountain City; both were located in the Southwest.

Normally, the train journey took three hours.

According to the plan.

They would be able to arrive around the time they had agreed upon.

However.

The train was rarely delayed.

It was more than twenty minutes late.

As soon as they got off the train,

Qin Feng quickly pulled Xiao Lian toward Dragon Mountain.

Dragon Mountain City, aptly named for its famous mountain,

was a kilometer high,

resembling a mighty dragon soaring into the sky.

Initially, the mountain served as a tourist attraction,

drawing visitors from afar.

But in recent years.

Strange occurrences have been happening frequently within the mountain.

For instance,

despite being thoroughly searched by professionals, enormous and mysterious footprints would sometimes be found, as large as washbasins!

Strange roars echoed from the valleys now and then, rumored to be the "Dragon Roar"!

But no one had ever seen it.

Until three years ago, when a group of experts disappeared in the mountain, and search and rescue teams launched a fruitless retrieval effort.

After the search and rescue teams emerged, Dragon Mountain was completely sealed off, barring anyone from entering.

Of course.

The Ghost Soldier Mercenary Group, once among the Southwest Eight Kings, took charge of guarding Dragon Mountain in the past years to earn commissions from those above.

Nowadays.

Hidden World's strong experts came to Dragon Mountain City, attracted by the pure aura of Dragon Mountain, choosing to stay there. They also agreed to meet with figures such as Liang Jiuxiang and Lord Dog at Dragon Mountain.

In the valley of Dragon Mountain,

an old man, who appeared to have an air of ethereal grace, was looking out.

Between his brows, however, was nothing but a sinister air; he was now sitting cross-legged, meditating with his eyes closed.

Behind him were eight middle-aged men, each one a Grandmaster.

Among them, two were Third Grade Grandmasters.

Facing them, about ten meters away, were Lord Dog, Liang Jiuxiang, Tan Zhanhu, and others, with hundreds of people densely packed behind them!

But.

These hundreds of people were far inferior in strength to the other side.

The highest level of strength they had managed to call upon was only a Half-step Master; even after they had finally taken advantage of the tide of Hidden World experts coming to the Mortal World, managing to invite two Grandmasters.

But when these two Grandmasters saw who their opponents were, their expressions changed drastically and they quickly bowed deeply to apologize to that immortal-looking elder before leaving.

This made Liang Jiuxiang and the others even more worried.

The most worried was Lord Dog.

The three Grandmasters Lord Dog had invited were all scared off.

He regretted having taken in Liang Jiuxiang and the others.

At this moment.

One of the Grandmasters opposite stepped forward and shouted, "Hey! Where are the people you called? Didn't you say you were going to call the financier here? It's been over twenty minutes, why haven't they arrived?"

"… Wait a bit longer!"

Liang Jiuxiang replied gloomily.

He looked towards Lord Dog.

Lord Dog was also checking the time, filled with anxiety.

"It can't be that they don't dare to come at all after hearing our names, right?"

Another person called out.

After saying that.

Everyone also burst into laughter.

Lord Dog's face was extremely awkward; if he had the ability, he really wished to slap them twice to see if they would still dare to mock Mr. Qin.

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Yu Wanli said dejectedly, "If I had known, I would have asked the Dragon Group for help..."

People in the Mortal World, when bullied by those from the Hidden World, could seek help from the Dragon Group, as well as teams under the Dragon Group like the Tiger Shark Team, White Lion Group, and so on.

Liang Jiuxiang and the others had also considered asking the Dragon Group.

But in these times of chaos.

The Dragon Group members were in severe shortage; it was very difficult to send someone over in a short period of time.

"Shall I contact the Tiger Shark Team?"

At this time, Gu Yuanshan spoke, "I have some acquaintance with Young Commander Ling of the Tiger Shark Team. Once, his daughter was being hunted by his enemies, and I saved her unintentionally. Let's see if he can send some people over from the Tiger Shark Team."

"With such a connection, why didn't you use it earlier? Really."

The crowd immediately nodded in agreement.

Young Commander Ling, Ling Yun, was regarded as the successor of General Shi. After General Shi, Tiger Shark and the Eastern Border Army would be under his command.

No choice.

Since Qin Feng had not arrived yet, they had to call for more people.

Although at this time, it was unlikely that the Tiger Shark Team could immediately send help, at least after being coerced by the opponents, they could negotiate with Tiger Shark Team.

Gu Yuanshan was also keeping this card as his last resort, hoping to use it in the most critical moment.

Now, it had to be used.

Gu Yuanshan immediately called Young Commander Ling, briefly explaining the situation here.

After hanging up the phone.

Gu Yuanshan said excitedly to Liang Jiuxiang and the others: "Great, Young Commander Ling said the Tiger Shark Team is all out on missions, only two members are left in the Mortal World, and he will contact them for us right away."

"We're saved, finally saved!"

Liang Jiuxiang and the others said excitedly.

Lord Dog was feeling very frustrated at this time.

Looking at their expressions, it seemed they had lost hope in Qin Feng and were no longer pinning their hopes on him.

This made him uncomfortable.

But seeing the strength of the opponents, he didn't want Qin Feng to come either.

He felt somewhat conflicted.

Outside Longshan.

Qin Feng and Xiao Lian had finally reached the foot of the mountain; Xiao Lian wiped the sweat from her forehead, saying, "We've finally arrived. I'm not sure how things are over there; we must never cut it so fine in the future. It's easy for accidents to happen."

Qin Feng, however, shrugged nonchalantly, saying, "They are the opponents, letting them wait a bit longer is no big deal, also serves to dampen their arrogance a bit."

"I'm worried they will not wait and start acting rashly."

Xiao Lian said.

"Impossible. Since they have asked me to come here, they must certainly be wary of who dares to compete with them for money, so they will definitely wait." Qin Feng smiled, "Let's go up the mountain!"

At that moment.

His phone suddenly rang...