21: The shortest distance between two points is a straight line

In the flea market.

Situ Yu was completely flustered.

She never expected that merely by bargaining, she would scare the boss into packing up and fleeing!

"Wang Chen!"

"Did you do this?"

Pursing her lips, Situ Yu looked at Wang Chen with a wronged expression.

If not for that, she couldn't figure out why Wang Chen would know in advance that her deal wouldn't go through.

"This has nothing to do with me; it's because of you."

Hearing this, Wang Chen quickly shook his head in denial.

This matter had nothing to do with him; it was clearly because the vendor boss was afraid of selling fake goods to Situ Yu and being retaliated against by the Situ Family, which made him run away.

"Then explain to me, why did you know in advance?"

Situ Yu was very dissatisfied with this answer, glaring at Wang Chen angrily, her head leaning close, her breath like orchids.

"You…"

The sudden attack caught Wang Chen off guard.

Looking at the pretty face so close to him, he took a step back, somewhat disdainfully.

Good heavens!

His innocence was almost lost here!

After thinking for a moment, Wang Chen looked at the persistent Situ Yu and decided to explain.

Otherwise, he felt he would be annoyed to death by this fellow.

"It's because he was afraid of retaliation for selling fake goods…"

Pulling Situ Yu aside, Wang Chen whispered to her.

"No way?"

"The attributes of his equipment looked fine?"

After hearing Wang Chen's explanation, Situ Yu's expression became even more puzzled; she had just held the equipment and checked its information, and it didn't look fake at all.

"Haven't you heard of Disguise Scrolls?"

Wang Chen retorted at this point.

He even suspected that the excellent grades of this young girl in school were probably bought with money!

How could she ask such a common-sense question?

"Disguise Scroll?"

Hearing this, Situ Yu's face showed a sudden realization.

This was a magic scroll that sealed disguise spells, which could disguise an item's information for a certain period.

Having understood the situation, the young girl pouted, her wronged expression turning into annoyance, and she angrily said:

"That hateful guy, to use such despicable means to deceive people!"

As she spoke, a hint of cunning flashed in Situ Yu's gem-like eyes, and then…

She put the identity token hanging at her waist into her spatial equipment.

After doing all this, she winked at Wang Chen, proudly saying:

"These guys are too hateful; this young lady is going to catch their criminal evidence and make them rot in jail!"

Seeing this, Wang Chen rolled his eyes helplessly.

He hadn't noticed it before, but this girl was full of a sense of justice.

"Let's go, let's go; there aren't that many scammers here for you to catch. Once we've bought what we need, we'll enter the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range."

Shaking his head, Wang Chen led the way into the flea market.

Behind him, Situ Yu followed righteously, her eyes now scanning the surrounding vendors, seeing everyone as a scammer.

At the same time.

The moment Situ Yu took off her identity token, near a stall not far away, a valiant-looking middle-aged man saw this and a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes.

"Why did Little Yu put away her identity token?"

"Now this is great; my hard-earned vacation is probably going to be anything but peaceful."

"And that hateful boy, he clearly knows the purpose of this identity token, yet he didn't stop her?"

The valiant middle-aged man shook his head and casually tossed the item in his hand onto the stall.

The vendor boss dared not show the slightest objection; instead, he accompanied him with a respectful smile on his face.

Because on the sleeve of the valiant middle-aged man, there were three Dragon-shaped inscriptions embroidered with gold thread.

This was clearly a powerful Rank 3 expert.

…

…

After purchasing some wilderness survival items.

Wang Chen and Situ Yu officially set off.

"The activity area of the Golden Scaled Python is located at the junction of the outer and central regions of the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range."

"Between our current location and this area, there are many powerful wild monsters residing."

Walking in the forest, Situ Yu excitedly pointed at the electronic map, exuding an Aura of commanding the world.

The electronic map was distributed for free by the Adventurer's Guild to every registered adventurer, briefly introducing the habitats of wild monsters in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.

Its purpose was to prevent weaker adventurers from accidentally entering areas with powerful wild monsters and dying on the spot.

"Among these wild monsters, the most threatening to the two of us are the Goblin tribe, the Wind Wolf pack, and the Minotaur encampment."

"At that time, we can bypass these three monster gathering places. What do you think, Wang Chen?"

Situ Yu handed the electronic map to Wang Chen, asking for his opinion.

Seeing this, Wang Chen looked at the excited young girl and subconsciously touched his nose.

Big sister!

Do you know that if we go your way, the time we spend will at least double?

"No need for so much trouble!"

He reached out and took the electronic map, then drew a straight line directly on it.

"The shortest distance between two points is a straight line; taking a detour is too much of a waste of time!"

Wang Chen said indifferently, returning the electronic map to Situ Yu.

Hearing this.

Situ Yu's expression was somewhat astonished, and she asked hesitantly:

"Traveling this way? Isn't the risk too great?"

Her worries were not unfounded; although Goblins and Wind Wolves were only Rank 20 challenge monsters, they were gregarious, appearing in numbers of at least a hundred each time, posing a great danger even to experienced adventurers.

However, hearing her words, Wang Chen shook his head firmly.

"Isn't this better?"

"We came to the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range not just to complete the mission, but also to raise our Rank and prepare for the big exam a month later."

"Powerful wild monsters provide more experience points, which is most suitable for us."

As he spoke, Wang Chen gave the young girl a meaningful look.

"Speaking of which… you're not scared, are you?"

He asked.

"I… I'm not!"

"It's just that you, without even a Beast, don't drag me down later."

Situ Yu defiantly waved her small fist, then suddenly covered her mouth in embarrassment, looking at Wang Chen with a hint of apology.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean…"

She explained somewhat flustered.

Hearing this, Wang Chen waved his hand indifferently.

The situation of Giant-Beast Masters was common knowledge, and what Situ Yu said merely represented the public's perception.

Moreover…

"Who told you I don't have a Beast?"

Wang Chen looked at Situ Yu and asked with a smile.

"Does that even need to be said?"

Hearing Wang Chen's words, Situ Yu's expression became even more embarrassed, and she lowered her head and said:

"Giant Beasts are so rare; you can't find even one in the entire Dongling City or even the entire Southern Border Province."

"I went back and asked my father, and he said that there are fewer than five Giant Beasts currently registered in the Dragon Kingdom, and they are all in the hands of those Seven-Turn experts."