After hurrying back to the Page Stone Clan's central territory, Jin Yu had grown quite close to Yun Xiaoqi. The Red Moon Desert lay right beside Mount Vermilion Glow, and with Lu Xiaotian away from the desert, Jin Yu had accepted an invitation to visit Mount Vermilion Glow and discuss the path of cultivation with Yun Xiaoqi.
Of course, Jin Yu often returned to the Red Moon Desert as well, and still spent more time there than anywhere else.
Hongyue, meanwhile, spent far less time at Mount Vermilion Glow. She mostly stayed in the Page Stone Clan's territory.
At that moment, besides the Page Stone Clan, Lu Xiaotian also spotted quite a few wild boar demons in the Red Moon Desert. He didn't need to guess to know they had to be the ones Pig Seven had brought over from Wild Boar Ridge.
"Lu Xiaotian, that guy's something else. He dumped this huge mess right in my lap and just up and left."
"He'll disappear for ten or twenty years at a time, sometimes even decades. He's been gone this long and still hasn't come back to check on us."
"The Page Stone Clan kids have such weak foundations. I don't know what Lu Xiaotian sees in them. Sure, they're a little ugly, diligent in their cultivation, and reliable at their work, but they don't seem to have any other virtues. Every last one of them is tongue-tied—not half as eloquent as my wild boar demon clan. And they're nowhere near as handsome as we are, either."
"I hear the Devil Race has invaded from Tyrant Devil Province. Who knows where they'll strike first? Lu Xiaotian's away, and that old codger Yun Cangyue and his siblings haven't come around, either. I want someone to spar with, but there's nobody. All