Ordinary people do not usually come to a place like Wuwang Slope. Besides the perpetual dense fog, there is also the eerie environment here. The sun seems to never reach this area, and staying here for too long unconsciously creates a sense of oppression.
Moreover, due to these dense fogs, it's easy to experience a "ghost hitting the wall" phenomenon, where you walk around and end up in the same place in circles.
So, if you're not very familiar with this place, or if you're not strong enough, once you accidentally wander in, it's not easy to get out. It's even possible to die here.
"Those two deliberately ran here; I think they must have made some preparations in advance." Yelan slowly stood up.
Beneath her feet was damp soil, and there were indeed two sets of footprints, one large and one small, clearly left by Jian Qiu and Hua Chu.
Unfortunately, these footprints only lasted for a short distance and soon disappeared.
"What should we do? Should we notify others?" Star looked down at the footprints for a moment, then couldn't help but ask Yelan.
Although these footprints stopped here, they could basically give a rough idea of where the two of them went.
If they called Hu Tao over later, she was very familiar with this place and might be able to determine the two people's hiding place based on the general direction.
"No need, I already know where they are hiding." Yelan, however, shook her head.
"Eh? You already know?" Star looked at Yelan with some surprise.
"Mhm, some small tricks might fool ordinary people, but to me, these actions are like a child's feigned cleverness." Yelan nodded lightly, then walked in a certain direction, which was not the same as where the footprints were heading.
"Follow me."
These footprints were fake, or rather, deliberately left by those two, with the purpose of misleading them.
But unfortunately, they were done a bit too deliberately. Not to mention someone like Yelan who knows her stuff, even slightly more careful people could discover it.
"Ah, okay!" Star quickly followed Yelan's footsteps.
Although she didn't quite understand what was going on, since Yelan said she already knew where the two had fled, Star didn't ask any more questions.
As long as they could catch those two when the time came, that would be enough.
The two walked in silence, without a word, and the atmosphere seemed a little quiet.
Aether actually wanted to talk to Yelan again, but when the words reached his lips, he didn't know what to say.
His mind was still replaying what Yelan had said earlier; he said he could make a request of him, anything at all.
But Aether didn't know what he should ask Yelan to do for a while, so he decided to save this opportunity for now.
Perhaps he could use it later…
Just as Aether was lost in thought, Yelan, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped.
Unprepared and distracted, Aether directly bumped into Yelan's back.
"S-sorry!" Aether quickly retreated a few steps and apologized to Yelan.
"It's not good to be distracted in a place like this," Yelan didn't mind, a faint smile still on his face, pointing forward with his finger.
"Hmm?" Aether also looked intently, only to see a bottomless cliff not far ahead.
In such a thick fog and low visibility, it was quite dangerous.
Even if he wasn't distracted, if he didn't focus on the path under his feet, he could still very likely fall down.
"Yelan, those two people couldn't be…" Aether suddenly remembered the man and woman they were chasing; if those two had panicked and fled blindly in desperation, wouldn't they have already lost their lives?
"No, they came here, so they clearly know the environment very well."
If he wasn't mistaken, those two should be hiding somewhere below right now.
"Come on, let's go down," Yelan turned to Aether and said.
"Are we going down from here?" Aether looked down at the nearby cliff, a little hesitant, "Won't it be too dangerous?"
If it were an ordinary cliff, flying down with a Wind Glider wouldn't be a problem, but here, with the thick fog, flying down rashly might lead to danger.
Of course, for a physique like his, even if he really fell, it wouldn't matter, but Yelan…
"It's fine, come on."
Before Aether could react, Yelan actually jumped straight down.
"Wait?!"
Aether ran to the edge of the cliff, watching Yelan's figure disappear into the thick fog, he seemed to not even open a Wind Glider or anything like that.
Aether knew that Yelan shouldn't do anything dangerous without reason, but he still couldn't help but worry a little, without thinking too much, he also quickly jumped down.
A sense of weightlessness came, the whistling wind and the thick fog in front of him made Aether completely unable to judge how high it was here, he originally wanted to immediately open his Wind Glider, but almost instantly he fell into a warm embrace.
"Eh?" Aether blinked, a little slow to react.
He seemed… to have been caught by Yelan?
Aether looked up, Yelan's eyes were very close to him, and there seemed to be a hint of a smile in those bright pupils.
"I forgot to tell you, it's actually not that high here," Yelan's hand inexplicably held him a little tighter, Aether's figure was relatively tall, but Yelan himself was not short, holding him like this didn't seem out of place.
Moreover, for Yelan, Aether felt surprisingly good to the touch, even fragrant and soft, reminding him of the plush pillows girls would buy.
"Oh, I see…" Aether came back to his senses, struggled a little, wanting to get down from Yelan's embrace.
Although Yelan was a little reluctant to let go, he showed no lingering attachment and released Aether very decisively.
Aether inexplicably felt his cheeks Burning, a feeling he hadn't had for a long time.
Honestly, he was usually the one holding others, not the other way around.
The last time he was held in a princess carry like this might have been when he went to search for the Dragon's Tears with Acting Grand Master Jean…
"Cough, I really didn't expect Wuwang Slope to have a place like this," To ease the awkwardness, Aether looked up at the sky.
This so-called cliff was actually not that high; it should be said that it was just a somewhat deep large pit, and even ordinary people jumping down would be fine.
It was entirely because it was covered by thick fog that he had the illusion that it was bottomless.
Yelan probably saw it long ago but didn't remind him, maybe he deliberately wanted to tease him.
He's really mischievous… I must get revenge with that promise Yelan made later.
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