Two days later.
At the foot of Green Bamboo Peak.
For once, Chun Xiaobai had behaved himself for two whole days.
It wasn't that his nature had changed. He had simply gone out for a stroll and discovered that he couldn't find a single fat sheep on its own.
Clearly, his antics over the previous few days had scared them all witless.
"If I'd known, I would've let the stream flow slowly instead of draining it dry..."
He had kept muttering those regretful words over the past few days.
He had frightened them so badly in one go that now, once darkness fell, no one dared venture out in a group of fewer than five.
And every last one of them clutched a Message Transmission Talisman, ready to call for backup at any moment.
After assessing the risks, Chun Xiaobai had reluctantly abandoned his plan to squeeze in one last job.
Even those swaggering "big brothers on the rankings" had hidden themselves away at the mere mention of his name, like mice catching sight of a cat.
"Word on the street is, if you offend Chun Xiaobai and can't beat him, he'll clean out everything you own."
"If you can beat him, and Peak Master Yun finds out and feels sorry for her pretty boy, she might cripple you afterward. Then you'd lose so much even your grandmother would feel it!"
When Chun Xiaobai heard that rumor, he was so furious that he couldn't sleep for an entire day and night.
When the departure day finally arrived, he climbed out of bed first thing in the morning and dragged the homeless Fang Yuan and Bai Jin'er down the mountain.
Fortunately, he wasn't the earliest. The seven people he had arranged to meet were already waiting there.
In the past, no