Having confirmed that they would not be trapped here forever and figured out the issue with the flow of time, Tang Yu finally set his mind at ease and chose to return the way he had come.
When he returned with a huge haul of spoils, Ning Qingyan was standing at the entrance of the cave, peering outside with a trace of worry on her face.
Seeing Tang Yu return safely, she waved and hurried over to help carry the things. "I woke up and found you gone. You scared me. You didn't get hurt along the way, did you?"
"Wow, you care about me that much? Aren't you afraid Fang Meiyun will find out and kick you out of the sect?"
Tang Yu teased.
Ning Qingyan sighed at that. "At the sect, you and I were enemies. But here, we're still friends, aren't we? There's no need to keep avoiding these meaningless things."
"That makes some sense."
Tang Yu chuckled, wiped the still-bloody bear pelts with clumps of snow, then hung them by the entrance to dry in the wind.
As for the wild boar, Tang Yu cut it into pieces and threaded them onto wooden sticks to preserve outside.
After returning to the cave, Tang Yu used the wood to make more furniture, such as wooden buckets.
Ning Qingyan squatted beside him and helped out.
The two worked silently. Outside, the wind and snow howled, and the feeling left Ning Qingyan's heart incomparably calm and empty, to the point that she even enjoyed the moment.
At least for now, she did not need to think about the sect, nor did she need to think about cultivation.
Once all the simple furniture had been made, Tang Yu picked up the newly made bucket and said, "Shall we go out