Chapter 53: Five Mysterious Old Men

Luckily he wasn't the only person in the river so his actions didn't attract much attention.

But Clara was screaming loud enough that there were quite a few people who heard her words. After looking at the direction where Clara was staring, the people finally stared at him as well.

In the end, he could only say yes to Clara's request.

If he caused a beautiful woman to jump into the river because he refused her request, perhaps those who saw him would stone him.

He let out a sigh of relief when he saw Clara finally turn around to leave.

After that, he immediately swam across the river.

With his strength now, he could pass through the river easily.

Not many people cross the river, and those who do only stop at the riverbank.

There was a meadow there, and after that meadow, there was a thick forest.

The sounds of various kinds of birds echoed from the forest, and sometimes there were several sounds of wild beasts there.

People are afraid of the sound of those beasts, but Qin Tian doesn't care.

He casually entered the forest without even looking around.

But he did not realize, far behind him, Clara, who had returned to her car, suddenly held a pair of binoculars at this time. She used the binoculars to watch him. She only stopped after he disappeared into the forest.

"Oh, what was he doing there? Somehow I feel like he's becoming more and more mysterious." She said as she threw the binoculars into her car.

But she didn't leave after that, instead, she sat casually in the front of her car smoking and drinking soda.

While doing that, she muttered in a low voice. "Qin oh Qin, how long will you refuse this woman."

She shook both of her legs as she said that.

....

Qin Tian who entered the forest couldn't help but furrow his forehead after he entered about 50 meters into the forest.

He initially found nothing there, but a few moments later, he suddenly sensed the presence of several people there.

Even though he hadn't seen them yet, he could feel at least 100 humans about 300 meters ahead of him.

"Are they just adventurers, or some other group?" He wondered.

Even though he wanted to cultivate there, he couldn't do it if there were a lot of people there.

After a moment of thought, he immediately moved towards those people.

He accelerated his pace, and of course, he was also moving stealthily. He did not feel worried about being found by them because he did not sense the presence of spiritual energy in their bodies.

A few minutes later, he finally saw the people.

They are divided into five groups.

"But they're not a group of adventurers." He says.

He didn't see a single person who looked like an adventurer.

But he was shocked when he saw one of the groups actually wearing martial sect attire.

Even though there was no spiritual energy in that world, there were still quite a number of traditional martial arts handed down from ancient times. Although many say that they are just a group of dancers, it cannot be denied that they are stronger than the average human. With a few tricks, some of them could even crush a rock with their bare hands.

The martial sect-clothed people consisted of young men and middle-aged men, but their leader was an old man with a thick beard.

And the other four groups, they also took Qin Tian by surprise.

Each of them were also led by an old man who looked like they were the leaders of a rich family. Beside each of those old men, there were several middle-aged men and youths. Their looks that look alike prove that they are a family. And the rest were men in suits who were clearly bodyguards.

Even though they weren't wearing any martial clothes, from their movements as they walked, Qin Tian concluded that they were also martial masters.

One thing that is clear about them is that they carry some of the tools normally used for digging.

Some of them even carried weapons such as swords and spears.

"What are they doing here?" Qin Tian wondered with an astonished expression.

The people didn't speak, but each of their groups kept their distance from each other.

After a while of observing them, Qin Tian then took out his smartphone.

He photographed the faces of each of the old men, and then entered their photos into an app on his smartphone.

It is an application that stores a lot of data about important figures in that world.

As an upscale businesswoman, his aunt had gathered a great deal of information on wealthy officials and businessmen. And he as her nephew has access to that information.

Not long after he entered their photos, information about them immediately appeared on his smartphone.

It's just that, there are only four pieces of information recorded on the app, they are information belonging to the four old men from that rich family. The martial group old man's information could not be found.

"Mmm." Qin Tian was a little astonished as he read their information.

Each of them actually came from a different province. But they don't live in the capital or other big cities in their province. They only live in small districts in their province. And even though they were a rich family, their wealth was not that great either. Each of them only had a few hundred million dollars in assets. They also have no influence in the world of politics.

From a certain point of view, they could only be considered a small family among wealthy families.

But one thing that made Qin Tian surprised was their family background which was said to have been around for a long time.

Ning, Ming, Liu, and Lin were the surnames of each of them.

...

Qin Tian continued to follow them further into the forest. Because the forest was on top of a mountain, so the path they were on also swooped upwards.

And they traveled about half an hour before stopping.

In front of them, there was a small hill overgrown with grass.

When he saw the hill, Qin Tian finally showed a serious expression on his face. He had yet to feel anything strange about the hill, but his gut told him that there was something unusual hidden within the hill.