After leaving the area around the Labor Office, they reached a mountain hollow. Shi Chun called Wu Jinliang to a halt just as he was about to burrow underground and took out a Mother-Child Talisman.
Wu Jinliang had no idea whom he was so anxious to contact at a time like this. "What is it?" he asked.
Shi Chun said, "Judging by how the Extreme Fire Sect is watching Huang Yingying, they already know our identities in Dazhi City. They may send people to investigate. Chu Jingtang and the others are still there, and I'm worried the Extreme Fire Sect's people will recognize them. Things here are already very unfavorable for us. We have both the soul-returning tree and the Refining Method, so we can't stay on Gathering Grotto Continent any longer. We need to tell Chu Jingtang and the others to withdraw with us."
As for rescuing the Golden-Haired Rat clan, there was no immediate hurry. They had endured countless years already; a few more would make little difference. Returning once they had the strength and confidence, or better conditions and an opportunity, would be safer.
Wu Jinliang thought that made sense. To guard against the worst, they needed to withdraw as soon as possible. They had obtained the hardest material to find, and they could take their time refining the Death-Defying Incense after returning. There was no need to risk themselves in the teeth of this storm.
At that thought, he grew a little excited. All the time they had spent had not been wasted. They had actually found something so difficult to obtain.
Once they repaired those Magical Treasures, their strength would soar. Even selling them would bring in a fortune.
At the Treasure-Seeking Studio in Dazhi City, there was not a glimmer of light inside, apart