Lu Feng and Jiang Ruoyun headed north along the streambank until they reached a stretch of Stone Forest Valley.
Compared to the open terrain by the stream, this valley was far more complex. Though it was not covered in much vegetation, jagged, bizarre rocks stood everywhere, nearly blocking every possible path forward.
Lu Feng and Jiang Ruoyun looked around and discovered an area where enormous boulders had been blasted apart and moved aside. They both believed it had likely been the work of the Mad Blade Sect, clearing a route through.
The two immediately followed the path forcibly carved out by those before them.
Not long after entering the stone forest.
Jiang Ruoyun suddenly turned a suspicious gaze toward Lu Feng.
At that very moment, Lu Feng was also looking at her.
Their eyes met, and they spoke at the same time. "You smelled it too?"
Seeing that the other had asked precisely what they themselves had been thinking, they both nodded.
Jiang Ruoyun lightly covered her nose and sensed the fishy stench drifting from the crevices between the massive rocks. She asked gravely, "Feng Gege~ can you tell what kind of soul beast left this smell behind?"
Lu Feng's solemn mood abruptly dissolved at her words, and he could not help teasing with a laugh. "Does your Feng Gege look like someone skilled at sniffing shit?"
Jiang Ruoyun was caught off guard and amused by Lu Feng's words, covering her mouth as she giggled. The tension and fear in her heart eased considerably. She understood that Lu Feng was deliberately doing this to take care of her emotions.
Jiang Ruoyun cheerfully teased him as well. "I seem to remember that back in Azure Dragon Town, Feng Gege was quite good at sniffing shit. Does Feng Gege not remember that