695: Chapter 684 695: Chapter 684 After finally soothing the hearts of the women who had been hurt, Song Yun decided not to continue telling ghost stories, as it was already nearing midnight.
He planned to set up the fireworks, so they could be set off right at midnight, 00:00.
Of course, Song Yun wasn’t someone who neglected environmental protection; the fireworks he bought were specially made to be pollution-free.
As for why such fireworks existed, Song Yun himself didn’t know.
Once the fireworks were set off, they were very beautiful, but as beautiful as they were, they would dissipate in the air after falling and wouldn’t cause any fires.
As for why they wouldn’t cause fires, well, let’s not worry about that and just assume the fireworks were made by aliens.
As Song Yun was busy with the fireworks, Li Yueyue followed him at a leisurely pace.
Song Yun wondered if the girl had been so scared by the previous incident that she had devoted her heart to him.
He asked Li Yueyue why she kept following him, but she stubbornly refused to say anything.
Seeing a slight trace of panic in Li Yueyue’s eyes, Song Yun realized the ghost stories had indeed frightened her.
It was unexpected that Li Yueyue, who studied clinical medicine abroad, would be scared by such ethereal things as ghosts.
It seems no one is perfect.
While Song Yun was busy here, over two or three kilometers away at the second peak of Five Girls Peak, Zhou Guang and others had also set up camp at a mountain pass, though they brought two tents.
The clothes of the group were more or less ripped because the second peak wasn’t developed to the extent of the main peak.
Many areas didn’t even have paths, and it was quite an achievement that they managed to arrive here intact after blazing through dense undergrowth.
Next to their tents, Zhou Guang and his group, like Song Yun, had built a stove and were cooking something in a pot.
Meanwhile, Yamamoto Goro was carefully examining the map he held, occasionally lifting his head to look around.
“Mr.
Yamamoto, how much longer until we get there?” Zhou Guang asked curiously.
“Well, from here, it’s about an hour and a half more walk, then we’ll be able to see a cave entrance,” replied Yamamoto Goro as he packed up the map with a smile, “If we follow the water route inside the cave, we should arrive at our destination.
Probably by tomorrow noon, we should be able to retrieve what we’re after.”
“That’s good to hear.
I hope you find what you’re looking for, Mr.
Yamamoto!” Zhou Guang said cheerfully.
“Haha, let’s hope we all find something!” Yamamoto Goro looked quite happy.
The food Zhou Guang’s group was eating was similar to what Song Yun had, basically noodle soup.
Meanwhile, Song Yun was still busy with the fireworks when his phone rang.
Picking it up, he saw a message from Xia Tian.
This immediately invigorated him—it had been a long time since Xia Tian had contacted him.
Could it be that Xia Tian had come to Sunan?
Heh, in that case, when he returned, wouldn’t he be able to spend some good time with Xia Tian…
Xia Tian’s message was quite simple; it mentioned that the heirs of the Zhou Family, along with a Japanese professor and several others, were currently at the second peak of Five Girls Peak and seemed to be looking for something very important.
Xia Tian suggested Song Yun drive over if he had the time, and if he could get hold of it, all the better.
“Five Girls Peak?” Song Yun snapped alert and said to Li Yueyue, “Yueyue, you don’t need to follow me; I’m going up to a higher spot.”
Li Yueyue looked at Song Yun puzzledly but didn’t ask further questions.
Song Yun dashed up quickly, heading straight for a higher spot than the one where their campsite was located.
Despite the distance, Song Yun, who had excellent eyesight, could faintly spot some light from the direction of the second peak.
How could the Zhou family be acting with someone from Japan?
They came to Sunan without him knowing?
Could it be that there was something dangerously worthwhile here that they needed to find?
Could it be a treasure?
Thinking of treasure, Song Yun remembered the piece that looked like a map, which he and War God had found some days ago.
His eyes lit up as he took out the map.
Song Yun turned on the flashlight on his phone, and indeed, the performance of his domestically produced phone was impressive.
Not only was the signal great in the deep, isolated woods, but it also had sixteen speakers built in, which meant that if they played music, even Zhou Guang and his group on the second peak could probably hear it.
Most importantly, it also had a torch function.
The moment it was turned on, the bright light was like the sun in daylight.
Taking a closer look at the map he held, due to its age, it wasn’t very clear, but one could still make out some of the mountains depicted on it.
Song Yun’s gaze lingered on the five somewhat prominent peaks drawn on the map, then lifted his head to observe the surrounding peaks of the second, third, and fourth peaks, a thought crossing his mind.
This map, it seems to be of Five Girls Peak!
Under the torchlight, some hidden details on the map he hadn’t noticed when he first got it started to become visible.
Between those peaks, one could faintly discern a fine black line, which looked like some sort of route map, stretching from afar, meandering its way to the main peak, and then…
then it just ended!
“F**k!” Song Yun cursed as he looked at the missing piece, utterly speechless.
The missing piece was exactly the part War God had torn off.
Song Yun’s mind raced.
This map was definitely not something useless or something someone had doodled casually.
If it had been a casual doodle, it wouldn’t have been hidden in a chest for hundreds of years.
Moreover, people from the War God Family had said that this map could restore the family’s former glory, which confirmed that whatever was indicated on the map must be extremely valuable.
But then, Song Yun got puzzled again, following the map, the object should be in the main peak, yet it seemed that the Japanese professor and Zhou Guang and others were looking for something in the second peak, which clearly meant their target wasn’t the same as his!
Thinking this, Song Yun’s eyes brightened!
“If there’s something in the main peak, and also in the second peak, could it be that there’s also something in the third, fourth, and fifth peaks?”
This thought invigorated him because it reminded him of a legend about Five Girls Peak.
The legend said that in the ancient times, there were five monsters on these peaks causing havoc and harming the human world.
Eventually, the Jade Emperor couldn’t stand it anymore and sent five fairies to suppress these monsters under the mountains, not just the monsters but also their magical treasures and artifacts.
Later, to commemorate these five fairies, the peaks were named Five Girls Peak, and although the origins have slowly faded from memory, the story had shifted to being named for the peaks resembling women.