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C139

In the middle of the night, Yang Fann was suddenly awoken by the light shining in the window. He got up and leaned on the window to look outside, and saw the sky in the west was bright red, as if the mountains in the west were on fire.

Passing through the fires of the mountains was not a trivial matter that had nothing to do with the people of the mountain. It was something that could affect the lives and livelihoods of the entire family.

Yang Fann quickly put on his clothes, pushed the door open and walked into the yard. He climbed up a locust tree and looked towards the west.

At this time, many people from the Poplar Gully had woken up. Some were standing on nearby slopes, and some were climbing up houses or trees. Everyone wanted to see where the mountain fire was located, and how far away was the Poplar Gully?

In terms of experience, Yang Fann and his father, Yang Xiangdong, were still a step away from being able to determine the general location of the mountain fire. Yang Xiangdong only took a glance and told Yang Fann that the Tiger Ridge in the west was probably on fire.

Tiger Ridge was a mountain range that was much larger than Pear Ridge. It was around ten miles away from Poplar Gully, right near the Venomous Snake Valley that Yang Fann had brought Soong Bowen and Wang Dafu to.

Normally, they wouldn't be able to get this far, but if they caught up with a strong gust of wind, it would be hard to say.

Whether it was the southeast wind or the southwest wind, the possibility of the mountain burning Poplar Gully was not high, but they had to take precautions. With the west wind as one, it was impossible to prevent the fire from burning, and by the time the mountain burned down, it would be too late to save the fire.

Before long, the loudspeakers in the village started honking, and the village chief Yang Guoqing's loud voice gathered the villagers. There were a total of five or six names, all of them young people who had stayed in the village, among them was Yang Fann's name and Yang Sanmao, who told them to be young, now was the time to use them.

Yang Fann was held accountable for this, so he had no reason to complain. He quickly packed a simple backpack and went to the village's threshing floor to gather. He was prepared to enter the mountain to check the fire overnight.

As the head of the village, he had to set an example. Other old villagers could not enter the mountain, but he could not. Otherwise, how could he submit to the public? Who would be at ease letting their own children enter the mountain in the middle of the night?

Not long after, everyone had arrived. Other than a guy who wasn't in the village yet, all the other young people whose names were called by Yang Guoqing had also arrived.

Also, there were a few middle-aged men who volunteered to follow him into the mountains to check on the fire. Yang Guoqing did not refuse, and since he had a total of ten people, after a few simple words with him, he arrived beside Dispersive Flower Creek, sat on Yang Guoqing's boat, and sailed into the mountains to the west.

Entering the mountain at night was not a joke. Even without the wild beasts and venomous insect and snake ants, just the complex terrain of the mountain could easily cause a loss to the team.

Luckily, Yang Guoqing and a few middle-aged men were here. Otherwise, just the inexperienced young men were really unreliable.

When the flat-bottomed boat arrived at the place where the boat was docked upstream from Dispersive Flower Creek, the ten of them abandoned the boat and boarded the shore, changing their route to the mountain road.

Yang Guoqing took the lead and walked in front with two other middle-aged men. The other two middle-aged men were walking at the end of the line, and in the middle were Yang Fann, Yang Sanmao, and five other young men.

With Yang Fann's current vision, even without lighting, he could still see things clearly at night. Although it was not as good as tigers or lions, he could move freely and was much stronger than normal people.

Even though Yang Guoqing had been the village chief for more than ten years, he was still a good hunter when he was young. He might be weaker than Yang Xiangdong, but he was still much stronger than the others.

As long as you follow the path that the hunters left behind, you would be fine. The only thing you need to be careful of is not stepping on any poisonous snakes. As for the large ferocious beasts, they are too close to the village.

If it was an ordinary person, they might not be able to reach the mountain road within four to five hours of walking. However, Yang Fann and the others only spent less than two hours to see the Tiger Ridge in the light of the fire.

The fire on the Tiger Ridge was fierce, but it did not seem to be as large as everyone had imagined. Furthermore, it was located in the east and west. It did not seem to be connected together as it was not a natural fire.

Yang Guoqing divided everyone into two teams, a five-man team, and went along both sides of Tiger Ridge to check the exact situation of the fire.

As the village chief, Yang Guoqing had the responsibility of guarding the forest. Something as big as the mountain fire had to be reported to his superiors, and it had to be reported in time. Otherwise, if something big happened, he would be arrested for dereliction of duty.

Yang Fann and Yang Sanmao were in a team. They were following the Tiger Ridge towards the north to observe the fire. The team was led by none other than Yang Fann's Fourth Uncle and Yang Xiangcheng, as well as another middle-aged man.

After walking about two to three miles, there was still no sign of the mountain fire burning down from the Tiger's Ridge. Tonight was a beautiful night, the wind was very small, and the wind was blowing from the southeast, adding to the fact that the fire was moving upwards, if one was lucky, the wind would never be strong. Even if the entire Tiger's Ridge was burned to the ground, it would not affect anything else.

The five of them walked for a while, but still couldn't discover the possibility of the fire burning the Tiger Ridge. Therefore, Yang Xiangcheng and another middle-aged man discussed for a while, and the team started to walk back, preparing to meet up at the location of the separation and then return home.

Suddenly, Yang Fann seemed to have caught a glimpse of a person from the corner of his eyes. However, when he tried to see clearly, he couldn't see anything.

"Fourth Uncle, wait a moment, I think I saw someone." Yang Fann called for the team to stop and climbed up a big tree to look around. Under the light of the fire on the Tiger's Ridge, the trees all around were covered with shadows. Occasionally, there were night birds that were startled by the fire, but not a single shadow could be seen.

"Brother Fan, are you seeing things?" "I'm a coward, don't scare me. This is the middle of the night and the wilderness is everywhere. Where did this person come from?" Seeing that Yang Fann didn't get down from the tree for a long time, Yang Sanmao suddenly thought of those ghost stories he often heard. He felt his blood run cold and his voice trembled.

"Fann, what did you see? Do you need me to go up there too? " Yang Xiangcheng, on the other hand, believed Yang Fann's words. He felt that the fires on the Tiger Ridge were man-made, so it wouldn't be strange if Yang Fann could actually see people.2

"No need, Fourth Uncle. Let me take a look. I'll go down shortly." Yang Fann did not let Yang Xiangcheng climb the tree. If he could not see anything, then it would be useless for others to climb up.

Even Yang Fann himself suspected that he was seeing things. Just as he was about to get down from the tree, he suddenly saw a shadow flash and disappear, leaving an image on his retina. When he looked again, he didn't see anything!

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