Chapter 488 First Come, First Served
Since Chen Yang could absorb the first cauldon, he understood that the most important thing was to find the remaining seven bronze cauldrons.
Originally, Chen Yang had already made plans. Even if he couldn't find a suitable reason to go to the village, he would rush in and steal or snatch the bronze cauldrons.
Now that he heard of such an opportunity, Chen Yang naturally couldn't miss it. He and Zhu Que immediately took the high-speed train to the western region of Hunan.
After getting off the high-speed train, people from the Heavenly Doctor Hall were waiting outside the station.
As he walked out of the high-speed train station, Chen Yang sniffed. The air was very humid here. As far as the eye could see, verdant mountain peaks stretched endlessly in the distance.
Chen Yang couldn't help but sigh, "The environment here is truly wonderful!"
Zhu Que, standing beside him, smiled and said, "Of course. This place is already considered a wilderness. Our ancestors worshipped Yanhuang, but here, they worship Chi You."
Chen Yang burst into laughter upon hearing this.
The people from the Heavenly Doctor Hall were waiting in their cars for Chen Yang and Zhu Que to get in.
Once inside the car, a subordinate introduced, "Celestial Venerable, Lord Zhu Que, we will be entering Fengshan County in the next two hours. The mist-shrouded village we are monitoring is in Fengshan County."
"Fengshan County is quite dilapidated and only has an old train station. Therefore, Ma Mei Ya must pass through the old train station of Fengshan County when she returns to her village from university."
"We have already arranged for all the surrounding taxis and private cars. After they get off the train, our people can take Ma Mei Ya to her hometown."
Chen Yang nodded and said, "Leave the car to me. I will take them to the mist-shrouded village. There is a very important matter to attend to in the mist-shrouded village this time, and we cannot afford to fail."
The subordinate agreed.
Two hours later.
Chen Yang got into a taxi. His car was parked outside the dilapidated Fengshan County train station, waiting.
The surrounding taxis quickly drove away with their passengers, while Chen Yang's target was only Ma Mei Ya, who was returning from holiday from Dongwu University.
Soon, a woman with slightly rough, dark skin, carrying a schoolbag, walked out.
She was somewhat different from the people around her. The people coming and going in Fengshan County looked rather rustic, but Ma Mei Ya had a touch of trendiness amidst the rusticity.
Ma Mei Ya carried her schoolbag, and at the same time, she was accompanied by a fair-skinned young man. The young man was less than 1.7 meters tall, looked refined and scholarly, as if a gust of wind could blow him over.
He carried a large suitcase and followed Ma Mei Ya, who affectionately linked her arm through his.
Chen Yang frowned upon seeing this.
The young man beside her was clearly not from the small county town of Fengshan. At least, he was definitely not a villager from Mei Ya's village. Now, with their intimate demeanor, he wondered if she had a boyfriend from university.
Chen Yang's ear suddenly crackled as the voice of an intelligence operative came through. The operative said, "Celestial Venerable, we just learned that Ma Mei Ya is returning with her boyfriend this time."
"Her boyfriend's name is Ma Sanlang. He is majoring in fine arts, comes from a modest family, has average academic performance, and overall, he is quite ordinary. This time, Ma Mei Ya is bringing Ma Sanlang back to the village, likely to introduce him to her parents as her boyfriend."
Chen Yang looked at Ma Mei Ya and Ma Sanlang walking towards him, his eyes narrowing slightly. He observed Ma Sanlang's movements and then sneered inwardly.
This seemingly weak, ordinary, and unremarkable young man was definitely not ordinary!
Perhaps he was acting very well and could fool most people, but he couldn't fool Chen Yang.
He saw that he was struggling to carry the suitcase and walked like an ordinary person, but his movements, in the subtlest details, were highly methodical. This was clearly someone trained by special means.
Although Ma Sanlang was not a martial artist and had no internal energy, he was definitely much stronger than an ordinary person and had undergone special training as a special operative.
Chen Yang stroked his chin, a smile appearing on his face. He suddenly found this quite interesting. Not only was the Heavenly Doctor Hall targeting Ma Mei Ya, but it seemed others were also targeting her.
Moreover, this group was well-prepared. They had directly sent an undercover agent to become Ma Mei Ya's boyfriend, infiltrating the core of the mist-shrouded village.
Chen Yang's car moved forward slightly. All the surrounding taxis had already left, leaving only his taxi waiting there.
Ma Mei Ya and Ma Sanlang walked directly towards Chen Yang without any suspicion.
Just then, five men wearing hats walked out of the train station one after another from the distance. They were not tall, and their attire was very ordinary, but the moment they stepped out of the train station, Chen Yang clearly felt a powerful fluctuation of internal energy.
Chen Yang's eyes suddenly changed. He glanced through the car window. The man at the very back among the five, around forty or fifty years old, wearing a hat, was probably less than 1.6 meters tall. However, the faint fluctuation of internal energy emanating from him was incredibly powerful. His aura had already surpassed that of a Grandmaster; this person was clearly a super expert.
Besides this short man, among the other four, two were actually at the Grandmaster realm, and the other two were ordinary martial artists of the Minor Zhou Tian. These two were likely attendants or servants, responsible for serving the three in the middle.
Chen Yang felt the aura of these three powerful Grandmasters and couldn't help but curve his lips into a smile. It was indeed becoming more and more interesting!
Chen Yang picked up the walkie-talkie and said to Zhu Que, "Zhu Que, from now on, withdraw all personnel from the Heavenly Doctor Hall. Leave immediately and don't stay behind, lest you alert the other party."
Upon hearing Chen Yang's words, Zhu Que immediately asked, "Celestial Venerable, what happened? Aren't we just tracking a young girl? What could possibly happen?"
Chen Yang said coldly, "This time, some people have gotten ahead of us. They have already sent their people to become Ma Mei Ya's boyfriend. This group is extremely powerful."
"One of them has far surpassed the level of a Grandmaster, and even you are no match for him. That's why I'm asking you to withdraw immediately to avoid alarming them and being discovered. Even you should not linger here."
"Furthermore, all our Heavenly Doctor Hall personnel outside the mist-shrouded village should also withdraw immediately. I will follow them into the mist-shrouded village alone."
Zhu Que immediately replied, "Yes, Celestial Venerable, I understand. Please be careful. Contact us immediately if anything happens."
Chen Yang chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
He hung up the communicator.
At this moment, Ma Mei Ya and her boyfriend Ma Sanlang had reached the taxi and opened the door. Ma Mei Ya said to Chen Yang, "Driver, are you going to Wanggou Town?"
Chen Yang nodded and replied in a garbled local dialect, "Yes, yes, yes. No meter, one hundred and fifty yuan."
Hearing this, Ma Mei Ya pouted indignantly and said, "What a rip-off! It should only be one hundred and twenty yuan by the meter."
Ma Sanlang, Ma Mei Ya's boyfriend, quickly persuaded her, "Oh, darling, don't haggle over this little bit of money. There are no other taxis right now, let's get in quickly. If it gets dark later, it will be even harder for us to get back to the village."
The two of them grumbled to each other as they got into the car.
Chen Yang stepped on the accelerator and drove them straight towards the mist-shrouded village.