"It's nothing, Brother. I was talking in my sleep."
Lin Xiaowan stuck out her tongue, sheepishly concealing the guilt on her face.
Thinking of those amorous thoughts from before, she only felt her face burn.
At the same time.
Chu Youwei had already escorted Fang Ya and the others out of the mountain range. Compared to the casualties suffered by Lin Xiaowan's team, Fang Ya's group was clearly fortunate. Though every one of them was badly injured, none had damaged their foundations. After returning and recuperating for a while, they would recover fully.
Although Qi Jialue felt somewhat resentful that the disruption to the plan had prevented him from being alone with Chu Youwei in the wilderness, after confirming the feelings in his heart, he still chose to obediently remain by her side and leave the mountain range with them.
At the entrance to the mountain range.
Su Huaijin was registering the names of new disciples who had failed the assessment alongside her fellow disciples when she suddenly saw Chu Youwei's group emerge, supporting one another like a band of old, weak, sick, and crippled people. Their bodies were covered in blood, and her expression immediately changed.
"Senior Sister Su~" Having finally found a measure of reassurance amid her panic, Chu Youwei anxiously cried, "Quickly report to Elder Gongxi! A ferocious beast, a Dark Tiger Python, has appeared in the outer perimeter of the mountain range."
Though the matter of the Dark Tiger Python was based only on a few traces and had not been fully confirmed, Chu Youwei felt that reporting this would clearly draw more attention than claiming they had encountered a traitor's assassination attempt. It would also be easier to alarm the elders and have them enter the mountain range to rescue them.
Naturally, Yan Wentai's matter