"Hey! Don't go! You haven't told me how to use this thing yet!" Li Xiaoya shouted hurriedly.
"Read it yourself! This Jade Slip came with it when I bought it!" Wang Ding called from the tree. As soon as he finished speaking, a small Jade Slip was tossed down.
Li Xiaoya picked up the Jade Slip, took a cursory look, and put it into his Storage Pouch along with the Thunderclap Pearl. After looking around, he found the tree hollow where he had been resting and leaped up into it.
The next day, Li Xiaoya woke with a stretch, rubbed his slightly dark-ringed eyes, and sat up.
After talking with Wang Ding the night before, he had hardly slept. He had spent the entire night wondering who had killed that third-tier demon beast, the Claw Beast, and had actually found a few clues. By his reckoning, it was most likely Senior Brother Liu Hang. Only Senior Brother Liu Hang cared so much about him and would help him like this, and only Senior Brother Liu Hang possessed a divine ability capable of killing that third-tier demon beast in a single blow. Once he had worked this out, Li Xiaoya found it even harder to sleep. In particular, hearing about Fifth Sister Wang and reflecting on his own encounters in Demon Beast Valley had given him plenty to think about. He had been far too reckless. Demon Beast Valley was much more dangerous than he had expected. If his senior brother had not been protecting him from behind the scenes, he would not even have known how he had died. He would have to properly thank Senior Brother Liu Hang when he returned.
"Junior Brother Li! Junior Brother Li! Are you awake? We're about to leave!" Wang Ding's calls came from