The journey down the mountain was fairly smooth, except that the cold fog had grown denser. Fortunately, Elder Gong was extremely familiar with the mountain paths and did not take a single wrong step.
Of course, the main reason was that they had not encountered any Immortal Beasts blocking their way back. Otherwise, descending the mountain might not have been so easy.
When she spotted her stone house in the distance, Xu Chunniang parted ways with Elder Gong and headed toward it.
Hearing the commotion, Little White pushed open the door and came out, the tension on his face turning into delight.
"Big Sister, you're finally back."
Xu Chunniang put on an air of ease. "I only chopped down some trees. It wasn't as difficult as you imagined. I cut down three Snow-Accumulating Pines in all and sold them to Elder Gong, earning a full thirty Immortal Crystals!"
Little White muttered unhappily, "Snow-Accumulating Pines aren't ordinary trees. They grow very high up, and if it were really as easy as you said, Big Sister, why didn't you let me go?"
Xu Chunniang smiled and shook her head. "If neither of us is here, who will guard the stone house? There isn't even an array here. Although this plot of land belongs to us, it still doesn't feel safe with no one watching over it."
Little White was persuaded. What Big Sister said made sense. The stone house had already been built. Although it was empty now, with nothing inside, they would surely keep adding all sorts of things in the future.
Besides, he planned to cultivate immortal herbs in the open space beside the house and raise Immortal Beasts.
If someone pulled up all their immortal herbs and stole their Immortal Beasts while they were away, they would suffer a