Volume One, Chapter 299
Zhao Fu smiled. "I'll go look right away. Wait a moment."
Half an hour later, Zhao Fu pressed one hand to the ground. Waves of blue light spread outward, but there was no movement anywhere around them. Just as Zhao Fu had expected, three days had passed since the incident, and the monster had long since left.
Xue Yu glanced at Xue Shi, who was sprawled on the ground, took out a garment, and draped it over her. "Don't catch a chill!"
Blushing, Xue Shi said, "Thank you! Weren't you on a team with my husband?"
"He's dead," Xue Yu said.
Xue Shi's face went pale. "Did that monster kill him?"
Xue Yu looked at Zhao Fu and recounted what had just happened. Xue Shi's expression turned complicated as well. Zhao Fu walked over with a smile. "Wouldn't it be good for you to become the chieftain of that tribe from now on?"
Painfully, Xue Shi said, "I know I wasn't in his heart, but he was my husband. You killed him—I can't accept that."
"Mm, I understand," Zhao Fu said. "If anything comes up later, go to Xue Yu."
Xue Shi softly assented.
Xue Yu asked, "Did you find anything?"
Zhao Fu shook his head. "No, but I can be certain that the monster is in this area. We just need to keep looking."
Han Shui and Xue Luo returned as well, and everyone resumed their search for the monster.
After searching painstakingly for an entire day, they still found nothing. Xue Yu said, "Should we return to the city? If that monster is still here, we should still be able to receive news of it."
"Alright," Zhao Fu said. "We'll go back and wait for news."
Everyone returned to Snowtime City together.
After waiting