Luo Yunji thought the place was still pretty far from where they lived. If he had the monkey drag his little senior brother back, it would definitely scrape off a layer of skin. Better to wait here for Master and his senior brothers to come looking for them!
In any case, this sort of thing happened often enough, so Luo Yunji felt no guilt at all doing it!
Luo Yunji sat beside Zhang Xiaofan and started fiddling with that short black staff.
Night deepened. It was not until the latter half of the night that Luo Yunji faintly heard voices. Rubbing his eyes, he pushed away Zhang Xiaofan, whom he had been hugging like a hand warmer, and looked around.
The little gray monkey was curled up beside Zhang Xiaofan as well. Luo Yunji's movement startled it awake, and it opened its big eyes, staring blankly all around.
"Over here!" The voice sounded like Eldest Senior Brother's.
Luo Yunji rubbed his eyes and looked toward the light gradually approaching through the woods. Before long, he saw Eldest Senior Brother stepping on his Ten Tigers, glowing with yellow light as he flew swiftly up in front of him.
"Little Junior Brother! Are you two all right?!" After looking him over and seeing that Luo Yunji was fine, Song Daren finally let out a breath in relief.
"Where's Seventh Junior Brother?" Fourth Senior Brother appeared right after him.
"Over there!" Luo Yunji pointed at Zhang Xiaofan, who was still unconscious on the ground.
"Seventh Junior Brother! Seventh Junior Brother!" Fourth Senior Brother came to Zhang Xiaofan's side and shook him, but saw no response.
"Little Senior Brother is fine! Let's go back first!" Luo Yunji grabbed Song Daren's sleeve and said while rubbing his eyes.
"Then let's hurry back! Master and Mistress