"All right, this is no place to rest. I'll book you a room at an inn."
Seeing that the two had fled the forest in a hurry, Hu Liena hesitated briefly before asking carefully:
"Did you come to Star Dou Forest alone? Where are your elders?"
With nothing but Lin Yue on her mind, Tang Yin silently shook her head and said nothing.
Seeing the girl's reaction, Hu Liena understood.
Ah, something really must have happened. Their elders probably fought to the death to escort them out, allowing them to escape.
No wonder people have recently reported the presence of powerful soul beasts near Blackstone Town. Perhaps these two were among the victims...
"All right, take them back to Blackstone Town. We'll continue patrolling. Make sure we find those enormous footprints that appeared in the forest a few days ago."
Watching the two children leave, Hu Liena turned and addressed the others with a grave expression.
On the surface, this assignment was a rotation to carry out grassroots administrative duties while stationed in Blackstone Town on behalf of Spirit Hall.
In reality, however, Hu Liena also carried an extremely important mission!
"For Teacher's sake, I have to find that creature..."
Blackstone Town, Soul Master Inn.
When Lin Yue opened his eyes in bed, his mouth parched, the unfamiliar surroundings momentarily stunned him.
Looking around, he found the tidy inn room otherwise empty. Only Tang Yin was there, sitting beside the bed with her upper body resting lightly on the covers as she slept in exhaustion...
"We escaped?"
His last memory before losing consciousness was of a pack of Gale Demon Wolves, led by an eight-thousand-year soul beast, frantically chasing and snapping at them...
Now, he seemed to be in an inn, and the girl slumped beside his bed appeared