The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 534 - 0536 Startle the Snake by Beating the Grass

Chapter 534: Chapter 0536 Startle the Snake by Beating the Grass

Shen Congwen chose a site halfway up Beishan Mountain. There was a large, flat area here, highly suitable for building an experimental base.

Chu Ge was surprised that he thought Shen Congwen had just selected the location and hadn’t started work yet. However, when he arrived, he saw many workers busily laying the foundation.

Shen Congwen’s efficiency in handling matters was indeed satisfying to him—precise, swift, never dragging his feet.

When Chu Ge arrived, Shen Congwen was holding blueprints and directing others.

Huo Tianqian stood with hands on hips, feeling no bother from the temperature in Beishan since his martial arts had recovered and even improved.

Even as he walked up from the foot of the mountain, he felt warm all over. He had been to Snow Mountain before when his martial arts hadn’t improved, and he could feel a chill from the mountain’s temperatures then, but now he felt nothing at all.

He wasn’t sure if it was because of the medicinal baths or the improvement in his martial arts.

"Mr. Shen really commands respect with his work attitude; he’s earnest and responsible," Huo Tianqian remarked, "Such a man is worthy of trust."

Chu Ge glanced at him, not saying a word, but he understood clearly that he was referring to the matter between Tang Xin and Shen Congwen.

At lunch today, Tang Haowan indirectly brought up this issue again, even asking for his opinion, but ultimately, this was a matter between two people. He had no right to interfere, so he just smiled and remained silent.

"When did you start caring about other people’s relationships?" Chu Ge teased.

Huo Tianqian smiled and didn’t respond.

At that moment, Shen Congwen, who noticed Chu Ge and Huo Tianqian, set down his work and hurried over.

"Mr. Chu, Mr. Huo." Dressed in a thick down jacket and a warm hat, Shen Congwen’s face still turned red from the cold.

"Mr. Chu, Mr. Huo, what do you think of this place?" Shen Congwen asked excitedly.

Just thinking that he might soon control an array that only Ancient Martial Artists could, filled him with excitement.

Chu Ge nodded appreciatively, "This location, with its strategic terrain, we wouldn’t have found it easily if you hadn’t sent someone to fetch us."

Shen Congwen smiled, "Though it looks flat, it was as uneven as anywhere else with many rocky slopes. I ordered it to be leveled just yesterday."

Shen Congwen didn’t say this seeking praise.

In such a strategically dangerous location like Beishan, how could there possibly be such flat ground as large as a basketball court?

Huo Tianqian incredulously remarked, "Mr. Chu just mentioned and you found such a place; impressive, Mr. Shen."

Shen Congwen, slightly embarrassed, scratched his head and waved his hand, "Well, not really, I had been planning to find a new training base for a long time, and these last few days I just sped up the process. It’s also thanks to Mr. Chu and Mr. Huo, who pointed me towards Beishan; otherwise, I wouldn’t have come here and found such a great spot."

"Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore. Have you got everything prepared?" Chu Ge asked.

There was a Spirit Vein under the Beishan Mountain Range, and the area was rich in Spiritual Energy. He was eager to see what the Ten Thousand Spirit Returning Array would look like deployed here.

Huo Tianqian had seen the Ten Thousand Spirit Returning Array in Shanghai, and at that time, he was immensely impressed by Chu Ge’s power and stunned by the array.

Perhaps because the shock was not new, Huo Tianqian felt this instance of the array in Beishan was no different from the one Chu Ge set in Shanghai, his face showing no overt excitement.

Chu Ge placed the materials prepared by Shen Congwen at the four corners, and then according to a pattern that they did not understand, he placed some more in other places.

Finally, Chu Ge came to the center, slowly closed his eyes, brought his hands together, muttered a few mnemonics, and then, changes began to occur around him.

Shen Congwen had called everyone aside, and now they watched as the clear blue sky gradually obscured by white fog, and the surrounding air visibly condensed into mist, turning into dense fog within half a minute.

Shen Congwen was shocked by this sight; it was clearly a rain summoning ritual.

Looking up, they could no longer see the sun though he had felt its strong presence when he left the house this morning, otherwise, he might believe it was a foggy day.

On the other hand, Huo Tianqian was expressionless because he had seen this phenomenon in Shanghai before.

Seeing it again today, he felt the fog here was even denser than in Shanghai, and its transparency much lower.

Compared to Shen Congwen’s excitement and Huo Tianqian’s composure, the other workers were somewhat panicked.

They nervously watched their surroundings, suspecting supernatural involvement as the weather changed so abruptly. Some even dropped their tools and blurted out, "I quit," before fleeing outright.

Once one fled, others who were timid followed suit and escaped.

In the end, only a few courageous ones remained; they wanted to see how a person could turn a sunny day into a foggy day.

What they didn’t know was that if they stepped back just five meters away, they could see the sunny outside.

Meanwhile, people passing below the mountain stared at the sudden burst of white fog above, astonished by the spectacle.

They saw white currents continuously converging upwards.

"It’s a nice day; why would there be flowing fog?"

"Look, the shape of this fog is strange."

People on the ground stopped their cars and took out their phones to take photos, even filming the dramatic scene to post online.

At that moment, a group of black-clothed men hurried over, stopping as they saw this scene.

"Boss, what’s happening?"

One of the men with a scar on his face, shocked by the sight, asked, "The terrain of Beishan is indeed dangerous, but there has never been such flowing fog before; it’s as if rising from the ground."

The so-called boss squinted his eyes thoughtfully at the distant Beishan, pondering for a moment, "Continue forward, remember, our main goal today is to scout. We must not alert anyone, understand?"

The scarred man was puzzled, "Boss, why are we targeting Shen Congwen? Isn’t Chu Ge our biggest enemy?"