"Master, we're back!"
Ziling's voice rang out.
Li Fan stopped writing and looked up. Ziling and the others had already pushed open the door and come inside.
"Junior Sisters Ziling and Bai Qian, you're finally back!"
Nan Feng said happily.
"I've been waiting for you to come back so we could paint Gate Gods together!"
Yunxi was delighted.
Ziling, Su Baiqian, and the others wore smiles of genuine relief. No matter how perilous the outside world was, as long as they returned, they were back in their haven and could forget everything.
"So, how did it go? Was everything smooth this time?"
Li Fan smiled as he asked,
"Did you catch all the prey from the Gray Mist Sea?"
At once, Ziling replied,
"Reporting to Master, we caught them all!"
"But... even stronger prey came after us, so we came back to the village first."
Li Fan was startled.
What kind of prey was so vicious that it had chased Ziling and the others all the way back to the village?
Dade was an experienced hunter, after all, and Lin Jiuzheng and the others were with them...
Could it be fierce beasts like tigers or jackals?
Quite possibly!
"No problem. It's just as well they're coming."
Li Fan remained calm!
If those animals really chased them into the village, with so many villagers around, they could hunt them down even if they were tigers or wolves.
Besides, he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator himself!
His cultivation was weak in the vast world of cultivation, but it ought to be enough to deal with a tiger or something...
"Master, we also found three mental patients!"
"They came too. They're right outside the Small Courtyard."
Ziling continued.
Li Fan was instantly delighted!
Three mental patients?!
That... was wonderful!
The village had already