"Xiao Fan, are you sure this is the right direction?"
In the sky, Zi Yan glanced up at the uninhabited mountain range ahead and complained to Xiao Fan.
Xiao Fan and Yun Yun stood calmly beside her.
"Judging from the information we received, it should be right. They should be coming this way next."
Xiao Fan gazed into the distance, then shook his head helplessly at Zi Yan.
"How many times have you asked me that along the way? If you hadn't kept running off into the deep mountains and forests, we'd have arrived ages ago."
After the three left Wutan City, Xiao Fan had originally planned to head straight toward the Snake-People Tribe's migration route. But whenever they passed certain places, Zi Yan would run off to snatch medicinal ingredients guarded by magical beasts just to get something to eat, gradually taking them off their original course.
Now that Zi Yan was complaining about him, Xiao Fan naturally fired back.
"Big Sister Yun Yun, he's being mean to me!"
After Xiao Fan snapped at her, Zi Yan clenched her fists. Then she remembered that she could no longer beat him and resorted to her trump card again.
Back when they had been with You Ruo, Zi Yan had always relied on her backing and had never feared Xiao Fan in the slightest. With You Ruo absent lately, Yun Yun's gentle nature had greatly increased Zi Yan's fondness for her.
Since I can't beat you, I'll get your wife to deal with you!
That was Zi Yan's little scheme, and Xiao Fan had no objections whatsoever. He had discovered that it actually brought Zi Yan and Yun Yun closer together. In fact, he was eager for them to become better acquainted, so that when Yun Yun met You Ruo, someone