Before Pei Buji's shout had faded, Yang Qing and Jiang Zhizhou saw Bu Er hurtling toward them.
A few bounds later, he was standing before them.
"Bu Er, did you find a way ahead?"
Seeing Bu Er busy wiping sweat from his brow, Jiang Zhizhou asked him.
How far had he run to end up looking like this?
Unexpectedly, Bu Er waved his hands repeatedly at the question.
"No. There may be a way ahead, but Ouyang and I haven't found it."
Haven't found it? What did that mean?
Bu Er caught his breath before continuing, "What I mean is, Ouyang and I wandered around this forest all night without finding a passable route."
Yang Qing's and Jiang Zhizhou's expressions shifted slightly at his words.
Bu Er had made himself perfectly clear.
There was indeed something unusual about this forest.
But where exactly did that strangeness lie?
One of them could not see through it, and even with two or three of them, they still could not unravel it.
That was rather inconceivable.
Yang Qing raised a hand and lightly tapped his knee.
Only after a long while did he look up at Bu Er. "Where is Ouyang?"
Indeed, Bu Er had returned, so why was there no sign of Ouyang Lin, who had gone with him?
"Ouyang wanted to try another method of exploring, so I came back first to let you know."
The two of them had set out together, true enough, but sometimes Ouyang Lin was even more stubborn than he was.
That there was something strange about this forest was as certain as a nail driven into a board, and Ouyang Lin wanted to investigate further.
"But your return has reminded me of something."
Yang Qing looked at Bu Er. "The first time, we walked all