After an unknown period of time, Chen Yue woke up from his muddled slumber.

  Opening his eyes, he saw an orange magic lamp emitting a soft glow. Looking up further, there was a thick white cloth, heavy with the weight of the snow on it. He was covered with a quilt, which was a bit heavy. The space wasn't large, but it was warm.

  This is a tent, Chen Yue judged instantly.

  In the next moment, he tried to jump up from the bed, but then he immediately felt his limbs were numb and weak, and he couldn't muster any strength in his whole body. This movement only made his body twist a few times.

  The scene of himself rolling down from the mountainside flashed through his mind.

  With a sigh, Chen Yue endured the discomfort of his body and slowly moved his fingers. When he could adapt to that, he then moved his wrists, then his arms, thighs...

  You should know that after two transformations, his body's recovery ability was astonishing. What he lacked now was just a start.

  After he could move with great difficulty, Chen Yue struggled to get up from the bed and assumed the postures of the "Health Cultivation Art" in the narrow tent.

  This cultivation was much more difficult than any previous ones. To put his arms in the correct positions often took a huge amount of strength. After going through five postures, Chen Yue was already sweating profusely. The strength he had managed to accumulate was exhausted, and the remaining strength was not enough to support the following movements.

  However, after these movements, his body's recovery ability had been activated. It was as if there was a warm current flowing and growing inside his body. Chen Yue could feel the strength slowly returning to him.

  Although he hadn't recovered to his best state yet, he was already able to compete with a third-order fighter. This time, mainly because he had rolled down from the mountain and was in a weak state, all his strength had disappeared. But within two days, he would definitely be able to recover to his peak, or even better.

  The wound on his left hand had basically disappeared, indicating that at least two days had passed since he fell into a coma.

  The most dangerous period of the second transformation had passed, and what followed was a relatively long transformation period.

  At this time, Chen Yue began to think deeply and sort out his chaotic thoughts.

  He had been rescued by someone, but who was it? Was it the dozen or so adventurers he met before falling into a coma, or someone else?

  He remembered that he had finally given the Ice Rabbit a kill order. What was the result?

  There was also a crucial question. The Blade Beast that had been following him like a shadow all along was gone...

  Chen Yue's expression was a bit strange. If the Blade Beast were still here, he didn't know if these people would still have rescued him. But where had the Blade Beast gone? He could sense the existence of the Ice Rabbit, which was still quite far away from here. However, in his perception, the Blade Beast had completely disappeared.

  "This is impossible." The relationship between an apostle and a summoned beast was extremely close. Unless one of them died, it was impossible for there to be a situation where they couldn't sense each other.

  If both were still alive but couldn't sense each other, then there was only one possibility left.

  On one corner of the bed were Chen Yue's things. On a piece of animal skin, there stood a small blue-striped card.

  Chen Yue picked up the blue-striped card with his fingers and focused his mind into the subspace. Immediately, his expression became extremely astonished.

  "Sure enough, it's here." The original subspace had expanded by more than double. One half was filled with an icy and snowy environment, which was naturally the dwelling place of the Ice Rabbit. The other half was empty, but there was a dilapidated long sword floating in it, which was exactly the Blade Beast.

  The problem that had troubled him for many days had been solved in such a mysterious way, which made Chen Yue puzzled.

  Just as he was about to summon the Blade Beast out to check it, there was suddenly some movement outside. Chen Yue's expression changed. Suppressing his urgent desire, he climbed back into bed.

  The curtain of the tent was lifted from the outside, and a petite woman dressed as a magician walked in. When she noticed that Chen Yue was looking at her with bright eyes, a blush immediately flew onto her face, and then she exclaimed, "You're awake!"

  Before Chen Yue could answer, she ran out again with a patter of footsteps. After a while, she pulled a middle-aged man dressed as a fighter back. Judging from their somewhat similar facial features, they were clearly father and daughter.

  Chen Yue hadn't seen either the father or the daughter among those dozen or so people before, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

  Lying on the bed, Chen Yue slightly propped himself up and thanked the two for saving his life. In that situation, it was the weakest moment for Chen Yue since he came to this world. If they hadn't rescued him, he might have frozen to death in the snow. So, he was truly grateful.

  The middle-aged man had the air of a leader and was clearly in a high position for a long time. At this time, he magnanimously waved his hand and smiled, "Everyone has a hard time. In a place like the Ace Mountains, of course we should save people if we can. Hehe, I'm Thorn, the leader of the Snow Goose Mercenary Group, and this is my daughter Nisha."

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  "My name is Chen Yue." Since this place was far away from the Free Capital, Chen Yue thought that probably no one had heard of him, so he didn't hide his name. As for his profession, he claimed to be a fighter, and this didn't arouse any suspicion.

  After chatting for a while, Thorn comforted him to recover well from his injuries and then took his leave.

  Chen Yue asked them how they had found him and learned that he had been buried in the snow at that time, with only his hands and feet exposed, and he was several kilometers away from the mountain he had rolled down from.

  No wonder he was so weak when he woke up. He had rolled such a long distance. If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't be able to get up again.

  He didn't expect that even a mercenary group had come here. Chen Yue wondered if there was really some treasure unearthed in the Ace Mountains.

  Compared with individual adventurers or small organizations of adventurers, the strength of a mercenary group was much stronger. Although Chen Yue hadn't heard of the name of the Snow Goose Mercenary Group before, seeing that even the leader had come in person, it could be seen how much importance they attached to this trip.

  It wouldn't be long before this place would become lively, and it wouldn't be suitable for him to stay here.

  "Treasure." Pinching his forehead with his fingers, Chen Yue hesitated. When he first thought of the treasure, it was impossible not to be tempted. However, with his temperament, he naturally put the temptation aside in the next moment.

  "What adventurers value as treasure is nothing to an apostle."

  Compared with other professionals, apostles were too special. They didn't require many things, and their strength only needed the accumulation of time. Most of the things that were precious to fighters and magicians were insignificant to apostles.

  "When I recover, I'll take my leave."

  Dinner was brought in by Nisha. Girls were the most meticulous. She was a water magician who was good at healing and assistance, so generally, the wounded were taken care of by her. Considering that Chen Yue had been in a coma for two days and must be extremely hungry, she brought enough food for three people. She thought that even if he was really hungry, it should be enough. However, to her astonishment, after gobbling up the food like a whirlwind, Chen Yue said two words: "Half full."

  One can imagine how astonished Nisha was. She stared at Chen Yue with the look of looking at a humanoid magical beast.

  After reluctantly finishing the new food that Nisha brought under her bright gaze, Chen Yue made an excuse to go out for a walk and left the tent rather awkwardly.

  To avoid being too conspicuous, Chen Yue put on a thick cold-proof suit.

  The camp wasn't large. There were only about thirty or forty people in the Snow Goose Mercenary Group. At this time, they were having a gathering around several piles of bonfires. In this icy and snowy world, this was undoubtedly the most tempting enjoyment.

  "Chen Yue."

  After walking around for a while and just as he was about to return to the tent, Thorn stood up by one of the bonfires and loudly greeted Chen Yue.

  Walking over casually, Chen Yue also sat down by the bonfire, smiling as he listened to them chatting loudly. Occasionally, when asked, he would also answer casually. Except for his true identity and purpose, he didn't hide anything else.

  "Hmm?" Suddenly, Chen Yue's mind stirred, and his gaze was fixed on the dark night. In that direction, he heard some messy footsteps coming towards them. Presumably, they had seen the firelight.

  What was strange was that he also sensed the Ice Rabbit, which was also coming towards this side.

  After a while, Thorn's expression became solemn. He had also heard the sound. He stretched out his hand and pressed it down a few times invisibly, and an invisible momentum immediately spread out. The camp became quiet.

  "Be on guard. Someone is coming."

  "Clatter." Everyone's expression changed. The mercenaries who were warming themselves by the fire all stood up, picked up their weapons one after another, got ready for battle, and were deployed to the key positions of the camp.

  Looking at him a bit surprisedly, Chen Yue had a bit of an idea about Thorn's strength. He was above the fourth order, and there was a high possibility that he was of the fifth order. He didn't expect that such a small mercenary group would have such a master.

  You should know that aside from apostles, a fifth-order professional among other professions was already a master who could hold his own. Any one of them would be very famous in any city.

  After a while, several extremely embarrassed figures faintly appeared outside the camp and were stopped by several mercenaries.

  By the dim firelight, Chen Yue could clearly see that these people were covered in blood, their cold-proof suits were torn in many places, and they had to use their fighting spirit and magic to barely hold on.

  "What a coincidence." Chen Yue's lips moved slightly, and he silently mouthed a few words. These people were exactly a few of the dozen or so adventurers he had met before falling into a coma.

  Seeing their sorry state, Chen Yue immediately remembered the order he had given to the Ice Rabbit before falling into a coma. In this way, it was understandable why the Ice Rabbit was coming towards this side. It wasn't just because he was here.

  His eyes swept over the faces of those people, and he instantly judged their strength.

  "Third order, third order, third order..." While Chen Yue was disdainful in his heart, he was also a bit surprised. The Ice Rabbit was only of the first order, and even with its star level, it was only at the third-order strength. Even with its super-low-temperature breath, it didn't have the possibility of defeating these dozen or so people independently.

  After chatting with these adventurers for a few sentences and learning about the situation, a mercenary walked back.

  "What's going on?" Thorn asked in a deep voice.

  The mercenary's expression was a little strange. "They said that a group of magical beasts was chasing them. It was too dark, and they couldn't see the number clearly. They only knew that there were several kinds, and most of them were third-order magical beasts."

  Hearing this, Thorn's expression immediately changed drastically. As for magical beasts, a single one wasn't scary. Even if a fourth-order magical beast came, the mercenary group wouldn't be afraid. What they were most afraid of was a group of magical beasts.

  Most of the members of the Snow Goose Mercenary Group were only of the third order, and only a few key members were of the fourth order. Coupled with him, the fifth-order leader, they might not be able to escape unscathed when facing an unknown number of magical beast groups, let alone that most of the other side were composed of third-order magical beasts.

  Moreover, being able to drive different kinds of magical beasts to act together must mean that there was a higher-order magical beast in charge.

  Thinking of this, Thorn's palms were slightly sweaty.

  Chen Yue, however, had some understanding. Could this group of magical beasts be driven here by the Ice Rabbit?