Unlike the relieved elders of the Heaven Mending Pavilion, the visiting factions were mostly frustrated, apart from those that had brought disciples from their clans.
Not only had they failed to see the Little Devil King, they had not even seen Bear Child.
Still, they all understood that the two had already entered the Heaven Mending Pavilion. After all, with the commotion they had stirred up, it would have been extremely difficult to evade the eyes and ears of those major factions.
Word of what had happened in the trial grounds had already spread among them.
Few people besides those two would have pried the Treasure Bones straight out of the formation domain.
Shi Hao hid in the crowd, his expression utterly calm as he felt Elder Xiong Fei's gaze sweep over him again and again.
He rubbed his round, bulging belly, looking the very picture of simple honesty.
"That rotten little brat has hidden himself well. He'd better not let me find him!"
At this point, all they could do was finish things quickly. Once Bear Child entered the Heaven Mending Pavilion, he would eventually show his fox's tail.
Elder Xiong Fei stepped forward and announced the end of the Heaven Mending Pavilion's recruitment trial.
Though the various factions remained unwilling to accept it, they did not linger any longer and departed into the distance.
Zhuo Yun and the others immediately brought this batch of disciples back to the Heaven Mending Pavilion.
Several days later, a black tiger with legs like pillars returned to the cavern, which had long since become lush with greenery, carrying a thoroughly dead Sharp-Horned Deer in her jaws.
The sight before her shocked her instantly, and a trace of bewilderment flashed through her bloodthirsty eyes.
Was this still my home?
But she was only