Chapter 365: Chapter 365

Therefore, it was impossible for others to think of the route he had devised. Perhaps the beginning might be the same, but that was only the beginning!!

"It's fine, let them walk for a while. They'll disappear." The young master thought to himself, then had his people continue forward. He didn't go too slowly because he didn't want to fall behind - he would reach his destination in the fastest time possible.

Soon, he discovered his worry was unnecessary. Their speed seemed unable to keep up with Xiaoyao and his companion's pace. Even when they had unleashed their maximum speed, they still couldn't catch up to Xiaoyao.

This wasn't much - it was just walking a bit faster. In this place, walking fast wasn't necessarily good!

At first, the young master thought this way, comforting himself that walking fast didn't necessarily mean walking correctly. But later he discovered that the other party had always been walking ahead of him. Xiaoyao hadn't erased his traces - there was no need to.

"Impossible, how could he have the same route as me? Could my route have been leaked?" After walking for several days, the young master found that Xiaoyao was still ahead of him. What made him find it most unbelievable was that the traces indicated a time difference of one day.

In other words, Xiaoyao and his companion were already leading them by a day.

This could no longer be explained by coincidentally taking the right path. The earlier idea about them following his group was even more ridiculous. At this point, the young master couldn't believe that someone else could also choose this route. Being able to overlap for one day would already be impressive - it was impossible to overlap for so many days.

He had absolute confidence in his wisdom, so he suspected that Xiaoyao's route came from him, obtained through some underhanded means. Yes, that's what he believed, unwavering in this conviction.

He wanted to find Xiaoyao and his companion to question exactly how they had stolen his route. So he increased his speed, wanting to catch up to them and prevent them from taking his first place using such despicable means!!

But after another day, he found that not only had his group failed to catch up to Xiaoyao and his companion, but they were actually falling further behind. So he began venting his anger on the people beside him!!

The people around him could only endure it silently. They had always been this young master's supporting cast, always living in his shadow. How could they resist? It wasn't the first time anyway - they just had to get used to it.

Under these circumstances, the young master's group pursued for another two days. On this day, he discovered that things began to change - Xiaoyao and his companion's route started to diverge from his.

"Haha, I told you no one could be like me. They're starting to take a different path, which definitely isn't the best route!! Only mine is the best route!!!" The young master's mood began to improve.

The people beside him also felt relieved. It was over, finally over. No more looking at his sour face, no more fearing his temper tantrums.

The young master believed that Xiaoyao had only obtained part of his route map, not the complete version, so now he was starting to make mistakes!

The young master still held firm to his belief that others couldn't possibly be so smart as to think of so many routes. Unless it was a coincidence. But he was more inclined to believe it was theft.

How refreshing, what a great mood!!

From that day onward, the young master's mood improved because he couldn't see any trace of Xiaoyao. His attitude toward people became more amiable and much more approachable.

Although those people knew this was merely because he was in a good mood - some people were like that: good to others when in a good mood, completely different when in a bad mood.

However, at least this way they lived more comfortably. If he wanted to be hypocritical, let him be hypocritical!!

This continued for about five days. In another day or two, they would be able to reach the Huangpu Family's main residence according to their original plan. In such complex terrain, this speed was quite rare.

The young master believed he would be the fastest in history. He would become the top among the new disciples of the Huangpu Family, and soon he believed he would defeat the old disciples and become first among all disciples.

He was longing for this day, this wonderful day...

But soon his beautiful dreams were shattered because he encountered someone he thought it impossible to meet, or rather, he didn't think anyone would appear here - ahead of him. Among the new disciples who had started around the same time as him, it was impossible for anyone to appear ahead of him!!

If this were a new disciple who had entered earlier, he could accept it, because that person had set out earlier than him, much earlier. Yes, that's what he thought.

But the person ahead of him was someone who had traveled with him, someone he recognized, someone he thought had stolen his route map and later taken the wrong path and been left behind by him.

That's right, this person was Xiaoyao!!

At this moment, Xiaoyao was ahead of this young master, by a small waterfall on a riverbank, grilling fish with a very leisurely appearance.

"You, how are you here?" The young master immediately stepped forward, questioning Xiaoyao.

Even if Xiaoyao had been ahead by two days before, in his opinion, after losing his route, Xiaoyao would definitely be lost for a while, encounter obstacles, and be left behind by him.

Even if Xiaoyao appeared ahead of him by just a moment, he would find it impossible. But now it seemed Xiaoyao wasn't just ahead by a moment - it was at least half a day or more. From the fish bones and animal bones that Xiaoyao had cleaned up, you could tell he had eaten several meals here.

As for why Xiaoyao had stayed here for more than half a day, the young master hadn't thought about this. He just felt this was impossible. Even with the facts right before his eyes, it was something he didn't want to believe.

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Where had Guxing gone? Currently, no one knew, but judging from Xiaoyao's expression, it didn't seem like anything had happened, because Xiaoyao looked very relaxed and carefree.

"Your question is strange. I don't know how to answer you." Xiaoyao continued grilling his fish and casually replied.

"I'm asking you, how did you get here!!"

"Walking, drifting, climbing mountains..." Xiaoyao listed a bunch of verbs - all outdoor activities. Although this covered all his actions, it didn't seem to satisfy the young master, because he still didn't know how Xiaoyao had managed it.

After a moment of silence, the young master asked: "What route did you take?"

"Is this necessary to know? You and I have both arrived here. No matter what route we took, we've achieved our goal!" Xiaoyao still replied casually, his attention entirely focused on grilling fish, paying no attention to the young master.

If it weren't for this, he would be too lazy to even answer the question, because he felt the other party wasn't very friendly. Xiaoyao was never too friendly to unfriendly people, especially such arrogant people who looked down on everyone.

"I want to know exactly how you did it, why you appeared ahead of me. This is impossible!!" The young master was very persistent. He didn't believe Xiaoyao could achieve this.

Xiaoyao's indifference also made him uncomfortable, so he kicked over the grilled fish in Xiaoyao's hand, wanting to make Xiaoyao take him seriously.

"What's wrong with being ahead of you? What's impossible about this? I've been here for five days already, and you just showed up. You have the nerve to question how I did it, to question why I appeared in front of you. Don't you think this is humiliating yourself?" Xiaoyao looked at the young master, the corner of his mouth slightly raised, speaking with some disdain.

Normally he wouldn't speak this way, because no matter how unfriendly he was to people, he would maintain a certain level of politeness. Such impolite behavior wasn't in his nature. But the other party's unreasonable behavior had crossed his line of unfriendliness. He was never polite to such people.

However, this was just unfriendliness, not yet to the degree where he would retaliate physically. But if this young master continued, he would surely touch that threshold.

"Humiliating myself? That's what I should be saying to you. How did you steal my map!!" the young master asked coldly.

Five days here? This was simply impossible. Was there any need to ask?!

"Stole your map? You shameless young master, what makes you think I stole your map? Just because we had an overlapping route for a while?" Xiaoyao showed a trace of disdain. This person's thinking was truly amazing - he could even think of this.

"You dare call me shameless!! Kid, you need to understand the situation. You're alone now. Even if your companion comes, with just the two of you, this behavior is seeking death!!"

The young master continued coldly, "I can forgive your ignorance and recklessness, as long as you tell me how you stole my map. Did someone help you?"

When saying this, the young master looked at the several people beside him, especially focusing on one person. This person was his main suspect - he felt this person was most likely to have sold his map to Xiaoyao.

It was precisely for this reason that he wanted to dig out the information Xiaoyao "knew." He wanted to eliminate the "cancer" beside him.

"Ignorant, arrogant!" Xiaoyao looked at the young master, said these four words, then went to grill another fish, no longer paying attention to him.

From Xiaoyao's eyes, the young master saw disregard and disdain. This was something he had never experienced before. No one had ever dared to treat him with such an attitude. This was something he could not tolerate.