Three days later, Huang Xiao left Mountain Forest Village.
This time, Huang Xiao did not continue toward Everlasting Spring Mountain, but prepared to retrace his route. When he had set out, he had thought he was certain to die. Now that he was safe and sound, he naturally had to return to Green Ox Temple and Poison God Valley, and put his senior brothers at ease.
As Huang Xiao rode back, he did not notice that someone was following him.
"Good thing I caught him. I thought the young master had left long ago. I never expected him to stay in this village for so many days," Jiang Ying murmured from a tree, watching Huang Xiao ride away.
He had come on the Dragon-Seeking Envoy's orders to protect Huang Xiao in secret. In fact, he had been nearby back in Hu'ao Valley. Although Huang Xiao had been wounded then, his injuries had not been fatal, so Jiang Ying had not intervened. After all, according to the Dragon-Seeking Envoy's instructions, he was not supposed to act unless Huang Xiao's life was at stake.
After Huang Xiao was injured, Jiang Ying had noticed something rather strange: Huang Xiao's aura had become exceptionally peculiar. However, he had not thought much of it, attributing it all to the wounds Bai Tianqi had inflicted. When Huang Xiao traveled south to the Dali Kingdom, he had followed him in secret the whole way.
Along the way, he discovered that Huang Xiao's strength kept declining. The farther he went, the more sharply his power fell, and as it fell, Jiang Ying noticed that his injuries seemed to grow increasingly severe as well.
Still, he believed these were merely injuries, not enough to take Huang Xiao's life.
Even as a Peerless Expert, he found it difficult to detect