I Start with a Mysterious Island

Chapter 546: Chapter 356: Anomaly in the Valley

"Yes, they say someone found signs of a White Spirit-Clad Groundhog in that area this morning." The calm middle-aged man nodded, but then he added,

"Although they found signs of a White-Scaled Drilling Rat, that doesn’t necessarily mean its burrow is in that area.

That group is hogging the area right now. There’s no need to risk your life forcing your way in. If you search in a different direction, you might just find the White-Scaled Drilling Rat’s burrow somewhere else."

The tall man chimed in at this point, agreeing with his big brother and advising Lin Li.

"Young man, that group might show some restraint in the city, but out here in the lawless wilds, they have no limits.

If you piss them off, you’ll most likely lose your life. Don’t do anything reckless!"

Lin Li looked at the three kind-hearted strangers, smiled, and nodded. "Thank you for the advice. I’ll keep it in mind.

But I’m still going to press on a bit further. If I do run into those unscrupulous guys you mentioned, and they tell me to leave, I’ll leave immediately..."

With that, he turned and left, continuing in his chosen direction.

"Sigh..." The calm middle-aged man sighed when he saw that Lin Li hadn’t changed his mind after hearing his advice.

"Big Brother, don’t take it to heart. Young people are all like that. Think about when we were young—didn’t we also refuse to listen to the advice of our elders at first?" the tall man said, comforting his big brother.

Just then, the short man took a sip of his meat soup and commented casually, "We can only wish the young man good luck. If he runs into that bastard Li Mai, as long as he doesn’t provoke him, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem."

......

The waters of the vast Bibo Lake rippled. On its shore was a valley overgrown with wild grass.

At this moment, a man in purple clothes stood guard at the valley entrance, rudely blocking one Treasure Hunting Squad after another that tried to enter.

"No entry. If you want to hunt for treasure, go somewhere else," the man in purple said arrogantly.

"..." The crowd of Treasure Hunting Squads blocked outside the valley were furious but dared not speak out.

It wasn’t that they couldn’t defeat the man in purple who was standing guard at the valley entrance.

It was only because they feared the person backing him that they refrained from acting.

After all, if things escalated, these Treasure Hunting Squads with no backing wouldn’t be able to withstand the other party’s retaliation.

"Let’s go..." The Treasure Hunting Squads turned to leave, preparing to search for the White-Scaled Drilling Rat’s burrow elsewhere. Just then, a young man emerged from the dense grass in the distance.

The young man was empty-handed and had no teammates. He passed by the departing Treasure Hunting Squads and walked straight toward the valley entrance.

The departing Treasure Hunting Squads didn’t pay much attention to the young man.

However, about ten seconds later, they heard a commotion behind them. They stopped and turned to look back at the valley entrance.

"Hey, kid! No entry here," the man in purple shouted in a hostile tone, leaning against a large tree as he watched Lin Li start to walk into the valley.

Lin Li shot him a glance but paid him no mind, continuing into the valley.

"Fuck..."

"Is there something fucking wrong with your ears? I said no entry! Why are you still walking?"

Seeing Lin Li continue into the valley, the man in purple guarding the entrance cursed loudly, then charged forward, reaching out to grab Lin Li by the neck.

"THUD."

Seeing the man in purple make a move, Lin Li wasn’t about to just stand there and let the man grab him by the neck.

He immediately lifted his leg and kicked the man in the stomach, sending him flying.

"Aaargh..."

The man in purple flew backward and smashed into the trunk of the same tree he had been leaning on, shaking a shower of leaves down.

After hitting the ground, he clutched the spot where Lin Li had kicked him, his face turning a deep, bruised red as he let out a piercing scream.

"Bastard! How dare you kick me! You’re dead! My big brother won’t let you get away with this... Oww, it hurts like hell!"

The man in purple screamed a few more times, then endured the intense pain to shout at Lin Li, who was still walking into the valley.

In the distance, the members of the Treasure Hunting Squads watched Lin Li kick away the well-connected man in purple without a moment’s hesitation, their eyes wide with astonishment.

"Is that young man crazy?"

"How dare he attack one of Li Mai’s men? Isn’t he afraid Li Mai will hunt him down for revenge?"

"Young people are just so impulsive. Acting without thinking of the consequences will come at a terrible price..."

The members of the Treasure Hunting Squads all shook their heads and sighed. Then, their gazes flickered as they looked at the man in purple, who had been sent flying by Lin Li’s kick and was now unable to get up. As if by a shared, unspoken agreement, they all started walking toward the valley entrance.

"Hey, you’re not allowed in... Damn it! Is everyone deaf?"

The man in purple tried to get up to stop the crowd of Treasure Hunting Squads heading into the valley.

Unfortunately, Lin Li’s kick had injured him quite badly. For the moment, he couldn’t get to his feet and could only watch helplessly as the Treasure Hunting Squads entered the valley.

The Treasure Hunting Teams following Lin Li into the valley were a cunning bunch.

Before, with the man in purple blocking the way, they couldn’t just force their way into the valley.

Now, as they saw it, some reckless hothead had taken down the nuisance. With the path clear, they certainly weren’t going to miss this opportunity and all swaggered right in.

If they ran into Li Mai inside the valley, these Treasure Hunting Teams had an excuse ready—they could just pin all the blame on that reckless hothead.

......

After entering the valley, Lin Li discovered that the scenery inside was quite different from the outside.

Outside, the shores of Bibo Lake were dominated by forests and thickets. Inside the valley, however, there were few trees. It was overgrown with weeds, and flowers of every color bloomed on the cliff faces.

After walking for six or seven minutes, the long, narrow valley began to open up. Looking into the distance, he could see a waterfall.

Even from a great distance, he could still hear the roar of the falls.

Just as Lin Li stopped to gaze at the distant waterfall, the noisy Treasure Hunting Teams that had followed him into the valley bustled past him.

As the members of the Treasure Hunting Teams passed Lin Li, they each gave the "reckless hothead" a meaningful glance.

’What’s with these people, looking at me like that?’ Lin Li wondered to himself, a little puzzled.

But he didn’t pay it much mind. He continued deeper into the valley, admiring the scenery as he went.

The Treasure Hunting Teams moved much faster than Lin Li. Within a few minutes, they had all disappeared into the dense grass in the distance, one team after another.

’All these colorful flowers on the cliffs... it feels like I’m at a flower exhibition. If I could bring Su Yue here, she would be so happy to see the flowers covering the mountainside.’

Lin Li’s thoughts wandered as he admired the beautiful scenery along the way. Before he knew it, he found himself not far from the waterfall he had seen earlier.

The roar of the water falling from the sky and crashing into the pool below was deafeningly loud.

A thick mist filled the air, shrouding the large area in front of the waterfall in a hazy veil, as if it were enveloped in clouds.

Here in the valley, the waterfall marked what was more or less the end of the path.

Although Lin Li hadn’t found the White-Scaled Drilling Rat’s burrow on his way here, the beautiful scenery he’d enjoyed along the way made the trip worthwhile.

Just as he was about to turn and leave the valley, a beast’s roar suddenly echoed from within the hazy mist in front of the waterfall.

"ROAR..."

Hearing the roar, Lin Li listened closely and realized that, besides the beast’s cry, he could faintly hear the sounds of a fight.

After pausing to think for a moment, Lin Li decided to go forward and see what was happening.

And so, he stepped into the area shrouded in hazy mist, quickening his pace toward the source of the roars and sounds of battle.

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