Senior Brother Chen continued, "Brothers, to verify whether our hall's senior brother hunted that Thunder Tiger, I had just planned to send out half our outer sect disciples to investigate. But then I thought, if that Thunder Tiger has not been hunted, wouldn't we be falling right into a 'feint east, strike west' scheme? So, brothers, please move a little faster. Let's get on the road and hurry to the place ahead where Senior Sister Zhang encountered the Thunder Tiger last night. If we can find the Thunder Tiger's corpse, won't everyone be able to set their minds at ease?"
"Right, exactly so." Hearing this, the disciples seemed to have been infused with fresh hope. All of them perked up, their movements utterly incomparable to before. Before long, they had finished packing.
Even Zhang Ping'er, standing nearby, was left dumbstruck.
Under Senior Brother Chen's lead, Zhang Ping'er took the front carriage. Zhang Xiaohua was still at the very back, so naturally they would not meet. Seeing some color return to Lu Chaoxian's face and life return to his eyes, Zhang Xiaohua asked, "Senior Brother Lu, how about I drive today? You can rest inside the carriage."
"No, no." Lu Chaoxian refused flatly. "How can I sleep peacefully before seeing the Thunder Tiger's corpse? I'll do it."
Zhang Xiaohua nodded and remained standing atop the carriage, watching the convoy set out once more. This time, it was clearly much faster than yesterday. Every disciple wanted to learn their fate sooner.
After traveling for a while, Zhang Xiaohua finally could not suppress his curiosity and asked, "Senior Brother Lu, was that Zhang Ping'er from the inner sect? The inner sect disciples I've seen before all wore veils over their faces."
"Huh?" Lu Chaoxian was rather surprised. "You've seen several inner sect disciples?