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Chen Ping'an had already ventured far away from Treasure Mirror Mountain.

In reality, Chen Ping'an had strayed significantly from the path leading to Green Cottage Town in order to make his trip to Treasure Mirror Mountain.

Judging from the result, however, it seemed like trying to get lucky was indeed not very suitable for him.

In contrast, things might have been very different if it were Lu Tai or Li Huai visiting Treasure Mirror Mountain instead.

Just like before, Chen Ping'an chose to traverse the tall and undulating peaks after he left Treasure Mirror Mountain, gradually making his way toward Green Cottage Town. The Golden Core Tier yin entity and his subordinates still didn't appear before Chen Ping'an, but this was very understandable when taking into account his battle at Crow Peak before.

Chen Ping'an had gotten too into things and hadn't purposely concealed his strength, and the female officials led by the Golden Core Tier City Lord Fan Yunluo of Meticulous Skin City had suffered a crushing defeat. As such, the so-called bandits that had roamed around Malicious Ghost Valley for many years most likely wouldn't run over to ask for a beating.

There were no obstructions as Chen Ping'an traveled north, and many ghosts and spirits that could potentially threaten the lives of Middle Five Tier cultivators were extremely cautious, only taking a glance at him from a distance before retreating back to their dens in the mountain forest.

On the other hand, if the pair of Dao partners were to come across the large python spirit and spider spirit on the broken suspension bridge, they would perhaps face life-threatening danger even if they simply stood there without actually crossing the bridge.

Evening arrived, and Chen Ping'an decided to stop and rest inside a peach tree forest.

There was naturally something strange about this peach tree forest. After all, how could peach blossoms remain in full bloom in the middle of winter?

However, as Chen Ping'an traveled around Malicious Ghost Valley to train, he wasn't afraid of things being peculiar or strange. Rather, he was afraid of things being too ordinary.

Before setting foot into the peach tree forest, Chen Ping'an had seen two stone tablets erected outside, one tall and one short. They were like a pair of feuding neighbors, with one engraved with the characters "Great Round Moon Monastery" and the other engraved with the characters "Small Mystery Capital Temple."