The Otherworldly Princess Consort

Deep within Stone Ridge Mountain, the bamboo forests had formed a sea of bamboo.

The scenery was beautiful!

But Chu Qing had no heart to admire it.

Following the Golden Toad characteristics Madam Jin had described, he searched one mountaintop after another.

To avoid drawing the attention of the otherworldly people,

his speed was incredibly fast, yet it did not reach the speed of sound.

Instead, it hovered at the threshold of the speed of sound.

This way,

the commotion was not too great.

One mountain...

Ten mountains...

Thirty mountains...

Chu Qing searched with great thoroughness.

He inspected every corner, searching every suspicious place.

Yet, let alone a Three-legged Golden Toad,

he did not even find an ordinary lazy toad.

But he was not discouraged.

Instead, he searched even more meticulously.

"Stone Ridge Mountain is only several thousand li across."

"At most, it has a thousand or eighteen hundred peaks."

"It will not be long before I can search every peak."

"If I still cannot find it..."

If he could not find it, then he would search other mountain ranges that were also said to belong to Stone Ridge Mountain.

For that, he set himself a deadline:

Three months.

Within three months, whether or not he found the Three-legged Golden Toad, he had to return.

After all, if he wasted too much time for the Golden Toad, the sunk cost would be too high for him to accept.

One day...

Three days...

Five days...

Chu Qing crossed mountains and ridges, inspecting every cave and searching every stream, lake, and even puddle.

His search was exceptionally thorough.

But relying on his speed, he could search one mountaintop in an hour.

He continued pressing deeper into Stone Ridge Mountain.

The farther inward he went, the livelier Stone Ridge Mountain became.

All kinds