Black Bees

In the far east, amid an unbroken range of mountains, two women, one dressed in green and the other in purple, were using their lightness skills to head deep into the mountains. The scenery here differed from Qi Hua Forest: the trees were all short, streams crisscrossed everywhere, and clear springs were abundant in the mountains. Moreover, if Zhang Xiaohua had been here, he would certainly have sensed that the Primordial Qi was much richer than in Qi Hua Forest.

As the two women hurried along, the green-clad woman leading the way suddenly frowned beneath her veil and stopped. The purple-clad woman following closely behind her, sweat already beading on her forehead, hurriedly tried to stop as well. But the woman in front had halted too abruptly, and out of habit, she still lunged forward.

The woman in green grabbed her at once, stopping her momentum, and whispered, "Zixia, listen. Do you hear something?"

The woman in purple was Zixia. Looking puzzled, she cocked her ear and listened for a moment, then shook her head. "Senior Sister Chen, I don't hear anything."

Chen Chen, dressed in green, smiled faintly and said smugly, "The sound is still dozens of zhang away. Of course you can't hear it."

"This..." Zixia was nearly angered into a faint. Sulking, she said, "Senior Sister Chen, if you knew I couldn't hear it, why did you tease me?"

"Good little sister, don't be hasty, don't be hasty." Chen Chen laughed. "This You Lan Mu Lian is truly dull. It's just the two of us running about, and there's not a trace of the other junior sisters. Even talking feels unsatisfying. We've searched for so long without finding anything good. I suppose the others got there first and picked everything clean."

Covering her mouth, Zixia laughed. "Senior