They were clearly all eager to hurry over and meet Niu Youdao after being apart for some time. They wasted the daytime hunting hours and almost all arrived around noon.
As people arrived one after another and saw Niu Youdao, they immediately pressed him for answers about how things had gone.
Nothing had happened. Niu Youdao gave everyone the same reply: he did not know what had gone wrong, but he had not found anyone from Misty Pavilion.
Everyone was speechless. So they had run around for days for nothing, and since he insisted he had found no one, what could they do?
Qin Guan and Ke Dingjie were secretly rather uneasy.
Afterward, everyone counted their gains from hunting Demon Foxes once more. The results were still poor, just as before.
Niu Youdao understood the reason perfectly well. There could not possibly be any major gains. The moment everyone entered the Desolate Marsh Deadlands, they had been discovered by the Fox Clan. The only ones they could hunt were Fox Clan informants who had carelessly exposed themselves.
When asked about Niu Youdao's gains, he still had nothing. The looks everyone gave him became somewhat strange. So many days had passed, and he still had nothing at all. Anyone would find that hard to believe.
Everyone had begun to harbor suspicions. Chao Jing could no longer hold himself back. Unlike the others, who might still have a way out, he knew best whether what Taishu Shancheng had said was true or false. It simply could not withstand verification by the Myriad Beasts Sect. He was practically unable to return to the Myriad Beasts Sect.
Joining Misty Pavilion was not something he could decide for himself either. He had no results to show, and Niu Youdao had no solution to offer, leaving