The sun rose in the east, spilling rosy morning light over the Radiant Grassland beyond Huangming Mountain. Countless Western Sea tribespeople who had come from the various tribes gathered around the Wuma Tribe's main stockade.
In the mountain hollows behind the stockade, stray soldiers were still being marched out from time to time by Wuma tribespeople and gathered outside the walls. The corpses had already been collected and buried in the Burial Pit to prevent an outbreak of plague in the summer heat.
Fan Qinghe had changed into her favorite red-and-yellow gauze dress. Holding the sleeping Niao Niao in her arms, she stood on a cliff, gazing at the soldiers coming out and waiting for Ye Jingtang and the others to emerge. But she waited all the way until dawn without seeing any sign of him.
And Fan Qinghe was not the only one searching for Ye Jingtang.
After the fighting in the limestone cave ended, Perfected Person Xuanji had made a show of pursuing Hua Junchen and the others. By the time she returned, all the Shatuo soldiers had surrendered, and Yao Cishan told her that Ye Jingtang had gone after Huang Liansheng.
Naturally, Perfected Person Xuanji could not simply leave after hearing that. She split up with Yao Cishan and the others to search for Ye Jingtang in the labyrinthine caves.
Although Perfected Person Xuanji was no good at finding the Dragon-Mingling Diagram, her tracking skills were hardly poor. Otherwise, she could never have stayed on Fan Qinghe's heels for over half a year.
Deep inside the caves, Perfected Person Xuanji stood at a fork, dressed in snow-white robes with the Acacia Sword at her waist. Holding a torch, she carefully examined the marks on the wall.
At full speed, Ye Jingtang could tread on snow without leaving