Chapter 4298 — Leaving the Forest
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Indeed. From the look of it, another wave of human cultivators is about to arrive. Heh heh, they're coming to bring us warmth—good people, all of them," the great fire lion said, rubbing his hands together in excitement.
Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao could not help smiling. If those people knew the two of them were lying in wait here to rob the road, they would sooner die than come in to "bring warmth"—who the hell would want to play the good Samaritan?
"Since outsiders are coming, it's not fitting for the two of us to linger here. We'll have to be on our way first. Now that we know how each other fares, there will surely be a chance to meet again," Wei Zhao proposed at once.
"Very well—there's always time ahead; next time we'll have a proper reunion with our benefactor," the great fire lion and the great spider said, nodding. If outsiders saw them together, the two of them didn't much care—they never went out into the world, after all—but if someone with ill intent fixed their eyes on Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao, complications would be hard to avoid.
"Good—till we meet again. Take good care, both of you," Wei Zhao said, and together with Huang Xiaotao cupped his hands to the great fire lion and the great spider.
"Till we meet again—take care." The great fire lion and the great spider watched Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao step onto the teleportation formation, then at once activated it. A flash of white light, and the two figures vanished without a trace.
When they opened their eyes again, Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao stood once more in the vast, dense forest. Around them lay an open clearing; besides the small teleportation formation beneath their feet, there was another formation not far off. Unless something unexpected happened, the other end of that one should be the Lu Feng Road teleportation formation, leading straight to Zhenduan City.
Wei Zhao glanced around. There were no other human cultivators about at the moment, nor any sign of Chang Daoping and his people. They had come in high spirits and left in disappointment—having taken such a beating in the ruins, they were probably too glum to linger and had gone straight back.
"What do we do now? Shall we keep looking around here?" Huang Xiaotao asked, turning her head. There were still a few days before the miasma returned, so there was no hurry to leave.
"Forget it. If we keep wandering here, we probably won't run into anything good. Rather than waste time for nothing, we'd do better to head back to Zhenduan City first. By my reckoning we've been out more than half a month this trip; once we get back and rest up a little, we can wait for the ship back to Weihu City," Wei Zhao said after some thought.
The Infant Ginseng, the Myriad-Pass Golden Core Fruit, the Star-Ink Milk—several of the most famous supreme treasures of Lu Feng Forest, and they had gotten every last one of them. For the two of them, there was naturally no need to go on wasting time adventuring in the forest; better to go back and conserve their strength.
Huang Xiaotao nodded, and the two of them went straight to the other teleportation formation nearby. After a look around, they found that, like the Lu Feng Road teleportation formation, this one also had six positions—but unlike that one, behind each of the six positions was a slot. (To be continued...)