7.1 per cent for option I, 64.3 per cent for option II and 28.6 per cent for option III.

……

[Option 2]

[To the northwest: five days, with thorns and wild beasts]

……

Zheng Zhuo and Xiang Renjie said goodbye to Orion. Zheng Zhuo's fellow Xiang Renjie said that he could keep up, and it didn't hurt to take a short approach, so the two headed northwest.

After two days, the terrain became steeper and the canyon became deeper and longer. The two carefully followed the side of the mountain into the valley floor. The valley bottom is rocky and the grass is thick, making it extremely difficult to settle down. Among the long grass, there are many thorns, Zheng Zhuo often walks in the middle of it without paying attention, there is an extra wound on his foot, and blood flows.

He has no external skills, and he doesn't know any subtle light exercises, so he walks very slowly. Fortunately, there is at least a pair of double hooks, which can move forward in the grass, and finally avoid stepping on the poisonous snake worm.

Xiang Renjie is walking on the ground. Zheng Zhuo walked too slowly, he did not have the patience to wait, and often walked to the front to open the way, climbed to a high place to observe, or simply fell asleep on the rare flat boulder.

Zheng Zhuo was naturally sleepy and tired. But thinking that there were wolves at night, he had to rely on Xiang Renjie to resist, and he couldn't propose to take turns to rest.

It was supported all the way, and it lasted for two more days.

In the mountains, the composition of obsidian is slowly increasing.

"Luoling is coming."

Xiang Renjie looked at the misty canyon in front of him and said.

It's almost time to reach its destination. This is good news. But Zheng Zhuo didn't expect that the road on the last day would be the most difficult.

The two of them had to pass through a depression, and then climb a short distance up from the canyon they were currently in to the higher Luoling Ridge.

And because of the low terrain, this depression is dark and damp all year round, and the internal thorns are wildly growing.

“…… I've passed through here. ”

Zheng Zhuo looked at the thorns that were the thickness of a little finger and had a red bare at the top, and only felt that his scalp was numb.

He began to regret that he had thoughtlessly agreed to a quicker, more torturous solution four days earlier.

(No, of course faster!) It's the right choice...... ）”

Probably.

Seeing Xiang Renjie use the external strength [Golden Bell Jar], tense the skin around his body, and strode inward, Zheng Zhuo was also tense.

It is the scalp that is taut.

He squeezed in hard and followed behind Xiang Renjie.

The results speak for themselves. Even if Xiang Renjie had opened a path for him to make it much easier for him to walk - if it wasn't for Xiang Renjie to open the way, he wouldn't even be able to squeeze in - he was still scratched and covered in wounds.

The torture lasted all day, and in the evening, the two men finally made their way through the thorny area. They camped on the gentle slope of the thorny zone, intending to enter Luoling early the next morning.

Zheng Zhuo collected some herbs that could heal the wounds as much as he could, but he didn't dare to go too far, so he didn't get much. At night, the wounds on his body began to pus, numb and itchy, making him toss and turn, and it was difficult for him to sleep.

His eyes widened as he watched the night grow darker and darker.

(Do you want to stay up late and go into Luoling...... Spare me. ）”

Just when Zheng Zhuodi didn't know how many times he thought desperately like this.

Rustling.

"Huh?"

Not far away, the long grass shook slightly.

Zheng Zhuo subconsciously looked there.

The next second.

He only felt a "buzz" in his head explode.

I saw a dark figure standing in the long grass in the cold moonlight.

Definitely not a wolf. The black shadow stood on its feet, standing in place.

It looks like a person.

How can there be anyone in this barren mountain and wilderness!?

A cold sweat instantly broke out on Zheng Zhuo's back.

Rustling.

The wind blows the long grass. The grass was pushed over, and it was covered again.

The shadow was gone.

Zheng Zhuo's eyes widened and he searched around. However, no matter how you look at it, you can't see the shadow of a similar person anywhere.

……

Zheng Zhuo doesn't remember when he fell asleep. As soon as the sky was bright, he was woken up by Xiang Renjie.

It's time to go into the mountains.

Zheng Zhuo yawned and packed his luggage, followed behind Xiang Renjie, and walked towards Naluoling.

(Was yesterday's a dream?) ）”

He really couldn't tell whether it was what he really saw or a strange dream he accidentally fell asleep, so he didn't talk about it with Xiang Renjie.

The two walked in silence for half an hour. They climbed over the higher ground and into the next valley.

At this point, it is officially entered Luoling.

"Before I met you, I left something at the bottom of this neighborhood." Xiang Renjie pointed to the high place in front of him and said, "I probably dropped it from that place." It's a book, and I've watched it fall to the bottom, but it can still be blown anywhere by the wind. ”

"You search with me, and the progress will be faster." He added, "You start here, and I'll go back to the end of the canyon." In the evening, I will come back to you. ”

Xiang Renjie said, took a little water and dry food, lifted his qi and picked up the light gong [Shen Xingbu], only jumped in three or two, and went far.

Xiang Renjie's arrangement was exactly what Zheng Zhuo wanted.

"Separate searches create opportunities." Zheng Zhuo thought in his heart, "If I find the [Guiyi Sutra] first, I can still take the opportunity to learn it." ”

He didn't say much at the moment, and searched carefully and carefully.

……

Time passed little by little, and the sun rose above me before I knew it.

Zheng Zhuo thought that he had [identification], and he could see the location of the item very well, and he would definitely be able to immediately discover the whereabouts of the scriptures - after all, although he was not moving fast, he was better than having to search by hand, and the efficiency was more than a hundred times higher.

But it is very strange that he walked far away, and he did not see the [Gui Yi Sutra] in the [Appraisal].

"Could it be that you lost it farther away?"

Zheng Zhuo was puzzled, but he was not worried. He thought to himself that he could see the object at a glance, and that it was only a matter of time before he found the scriptures.

In the afternoon, Zheng Zhuo came to a relatively flat open space in the valley. Here he sat down, ate a little, and slept a little more.

After several days of traveling, his physical strength really reached the limit.

A gentle breeze blows through the valley, stirring the vegetation.

In a haze, Zheng Zhuo always felt that something was wrong.

The wind faintly smelled of beasts. Maybe it's because his senses have become sharper after practicing martial arts, and he always feels that someone is staring at him.

What's going on?

Zheng Zhuo opened his eyes suddenly.

He was looking in the direction he had come.

The grass shadow swayed.

This time, the sky was bright, and Zheng Zhuo saw it really clearly.

In the midst of the grass and trees, there stood a thin man with unkempt hair and tattered clothes!

In Luoling, there are indeed other people there!

Zheng Zhuo was so frightened that he suddenly fell asleep.

"What people!"

He yelled.

The man ran away.

"Stop!"

Even if he has learned a few exercises, Zheng Zhuo's strength is by no means strong in the martial arts. But now seeing that the man was afraid to run away, Zheng Zhuo had no worries about the enemy's strength. He rolled over and got up, and subconsciously wanted to chase-

Wait a minute.

Suddenly, he remembered something and looked at the sun.

Now it's about the time when I first entered the application. There is still an hour, and it will be the meeting time agreed with Xiang Renjie.

……

【Question】

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[Option 2]

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