Finn rushed to Nash and Melody. “The water level of the Nine Absolute River has risen a lot.”


    Bradley’s pipe trembled in his hand. How could this be? The rainfallst night… How could it have


    caused the Nine Absolute River to rise?


    Melody was stunned. “So, it’s true. It was just as Heidi had said. So, it stopped raining everywhere


    yesterday apart from the Nine Absolute River?”


    Xeno chuckled. “Now you know how amazing Mr. Nash is. Come future, you have to believe everything


    he says.’


    Nash remained silent. He did not dare reveal that he was the one who had caused the rain. No one


    would believe such a thing.


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    “You’re truly extraordinary, Mr. Nash!” Nico could not help but give a thumbs-up.


    “Well done, Mr. Nash!” Derek quickly joined in with his own ttery.


    “It’s getting dark soon. We need to make a raft, so let’s get moving!”


    Bradley hoisted his backpack and started walking ahead. Nico quickly stashed the biscuits he had


    taken out back into his backpack and followed suit. Once the raft was ready, they could take a break


    tonight. Everyone ran ahead as if adrenaline was rushing through them.


    Fifteen minutester, they reached the edge of a cliff. There was a gently flowing stream 500 meters


    below them. There were thickets spanning from the riverbank to the mountainside, and they cut those


    down for the raft.


    “Derek, Nico, Melody, Heidi, Xeno, and Mr. Nash, you guys take the luggage and head down below!


    “Finn, Ken, and I will go and chop down some trees!” Bradley took out three machetes from his


    backpack.


    “Mr. Nash, Mr. Bradley, why don’t you both go down with them? Ken and I can handle the chopping.”


    Bradley huffed and raised an eyebrow. “What? You think I’m too old for this?”


    Finn quickly replied, “Of course not. It’s just with our strength, Ken and I will be done with the chopping


    in no time.”


    “Mr. Bradley, go down with them. I’ll go do the chopping with them,” Nash said as he took the machete


    from Bradley and headed toward the forest.


    Bradley did not dare refuse since Nash himself had spoken. The six of them then made their way


    through the thorny thickets.


    Nash started cutting down trees with Ken and Finn. They went with those that were thick and already


    dried out and since all three of them were martial artists, they could chop down a tree easily with a


    single swing,


    In just five minutes, they cut down more than 30 trees. They then tied the trees together with vines and


    dropped them from above with Melody catching them effortlessly by manipting her true energy.


    Bradley fished out some rope from his backpack and began tying the logs into three makeshift rafts.


    Each raft was about two meters wide and three meters long. It was spacious enough to fit three


    individualsfortably. The rafts were then set afloat on the Nine Absolute River. Despite the river not


    being a fast-flowing one, riding a raft on it was still much faster than walking.


    Melody and Heidi started indulging themselves then as they had brought plenty of snacks and treats in


    their backpack apart from clothes.


    Since the mountains were more abundant with spiritual energy than anywhere else, Nash sat cross-


    legged and began practicing his Longevity Technique with Derek, Nico, and Bradley.


    That left Finn, Ken, and Xeno in the same raft. Xeno ced a sleeping pad on the raft and covered


    himself with a thin nket while gazing up at the night sky.


    “Ken, you hardly spoke at all today. Aren’t you bored?” Finn asked with a smile, beer can in hand.


    Ken shook his head and replied, “Nah. Nobody talked to me either during my time at Salene and Holy


    Martial.”


    Finn suddenly felt some sympathy for the guy. He might have been alone on Northdale Mountain, but


    he still had his master to chat with, and there were plenty of other hermits around. When they were


    free, they could still chat with one another and even shoot short videos.


    Finn then turned to Xeno and asked, “What about you, Mr. Hun? Why did you decide to be an


    underworld boss?”


    Falling back crossed-legged, Xeno replied, “Revenge. When I was eight years old, my mother was


    killed by a group of thugs. They forced me to watch the entire thing.”


    He then sat up, grabbed a can of beer from his backpack,and cracked it open before taking a sip.


    “On that day, I made up my mind to be a terrifying underworld kingpin and crush those enemies of


    mine into a million pieces!”