She didn't want to look at the comments anymore.
The two of them stood among the corpses and empty skins, neither saying a word.
Petals were still falling through the peach grove.
They drifted down one by one, landing on the corpses, the skins, and Chen Siyao's shoulders.
Pink petals covered the gray-black remains of the Brain-Eating Beasts and the empty golden skins.
So beautiful. So cruel.
Yang Wanqing stood up and brushed off her knees.
"Yaoyao... do you think we'll ever see the Little Mengmeng again? The real ones."
Chen Siyao didn't answer.
She didn't know either. Perhaps the Brain-Eating Beasts had hunted this species to extinction in this area. Perhaps some survivors remained farther away.
Perhaps they would never see them again.
She sighed.
Petals landed in her hair. She didn't brush them away.
"Yaoyao, Qingqing."
Chen Hao's voice came from the entrance to the peach grove. He wasn't far away, only a dozen meters or so.
The two walked over. Chen Hao stood beside a rock.
The rock was taller than a person, its surface covered in moss and fallen blossoms, half buried in the earth. It was unremarkable. Rocks like it were everywhere in this peach grove.
"Move this rock and take a look," Chen Hao said.
Yang Wanqing froze for a moment.
"Master, are there more Brain-Eating Beasts underneath?"
Chen Hao didn't answer. He stepped aside and leaned against another peach tree.
Chen Siyao sized up the rock. It was about as tall as a person, with an irregular surface, and there was no telling how deeply its buried portion extended. For her, at the peak of the Meridian Opening Realm... it wouldn't be much trouble.
She moved around to its side and dug both hands into the gaps in the dirt beneath it. She