Chapter 2283 — A Peculiar Situation
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The direction the Heavenly Thunder Pig took was the shaded side of the Wulonghaote Mountains, where vegetation was sparse and the road fairly easy to walk—yet Wei Zhao's heart was full of vigilance, on guard at every moment against some mishap.
But the whole way was quiet: no spirit beasts, no sign of human habitation, and none of the mishaps or accidents he had anticipated. Soon, a magnificent silk bridge woven of spider thread came into view in the distance, before the eyes of Wei Zhao and Sun Jingyan.
The silk bridge spanned directly from one side of a mountain ravine to the other. Clearly, the spider clan had finished weaving it... yet this very fact left Wei Zhao all the more baffled. Where had all those spiders gone?
The bridge was here, yet not a single spider was to be seen. This peculiar state of affairs could not but give one a creeping sense of horror—it was too strange, too frightening.
Wei Zhao did not rush forward. Instead he halted and carefully sensed the jade pendant's reactions. If he walked on and the pendant gave warning, it would be too late—just as it had been when they were caught in the great net before.
After all, conditions in the Wulonghaote Mountains were peculiar; knowing a danger did not mean one could avoid it. Take that heaven-and-earth net of the spiders: even if Wei Zhao had received the pendant's warning and seemed to have ample time to react, that great net was unlike ordinary dangers—it could both expand and contract, leaving no defense possible.
So this time Wei Zhao had grown wiser and meant to wait and see.
"It seems... there is no danger?" Wei Zhao stroked his chin, his expression somewhat odd. In truth, even he found it hard to believe that there was no danger here at all—after all, the present situation had exceeded his imagination.
Sun Jingyan kept silent; she had no right to speak, for her experience with such matters was nil, and she did not wish to answer carelessly and sway Wei Zhao's judgment.
"Let's take a look first." Wei Zhao could only walk on toward the silk bridge. To be honest, he could have turned and left that very moment, but he could not resist the curiosity in his heart. Never mind where the spiders had gone—that mysterious teleportation formation leading to Yunjie Island filled him with boundless curiosity.
"Mm..." Sun Jingyan was curious too. Though her path of cultivation was unlike others', the legendary threshold through which one could break past the Heaven Rank and step into the Heavenly Dao was enough to stir a powerful curiosity in her.
Wei Zhao and Sun Jingyan reached an agreement and set forth once more. All the way to the edge of the silk bridge nothing unexpected occurred, and the jade pendant at Wei Zhao's chest remained calm—yet the calmer it was, the more uneasy Wei Zhao felt.
It was far too quiet here—frightfully quiet. By rights, the first thing the spider clan should have done after finishing this silk bridge was return to the cave to wait for Wei Zhao and Sun Jingyan to come here together.