What did "return date undetermined" mean? What did "you'll have to put up with things here for now" mean? Crocodile Immortal Lord was left somewhat dazed. Before he could speak, Yue Qianchou had already vanished. He hurriedly checked the items in the storage pouch and found that there was enough inside for Boli and the others to eat for over a month. Looking at the pitch-black prison, his scalp immediately tingled. This brat wasn't planning to leave them here for a month, was he?
The yellow-earth plains were silent and deserted beneath the cool night breeze. Now and then, a few field mice bounced about beneath the bewildered moonlight. Yue Qianchou's sudden appearance frightened the little creatures into darting into nearby holes.
After carefully inspecting his surroundings, Yue Qianchou lightly sprang into the air and drifted down into an earthen ditch several dozen meters behind him. When he had passed through this place on horseback before, he had tossed down a small silver ball here just in case. He had not expected it to actually come in handy. However, the terrain around him was too open. This ditch was only a few meters deep, and he had no idea how long he would be staying here. He could not possibly sit here cultivating. At night, he could barely make do, but once daylight came, anyone passing by could spot him far too easily.
His wandering gaze suddenly fell upon a field mouse that had just poked its head out of a hole to look around, and his eyes immediately lit up. His figure flashed back and forth through the winding ditch that stretched for several hundred meters until he found an inward-curving sidewall. With a sweep of his sleeve, six Black Fire flying swords shot out, forming a drill that