Wanting It Both Ways

"Why hasn't that young Zhufu come back yet?"

"Could he have been killed by the snow fox?"

"Should we go take a look?"

On the barren mountain where they had made a makeshift camp for the night, everyone had found a spot sheltered from the wind.

But two hours had passed, and Zhufu Yan, who had gone out to look for medicinal herbs and food, still hadn't returned.

Everyone exchanged glances.

"I have to go to sleep in another hour. It wouldn't be suitable for me to go," Zhang Xuezhou said with a wave.

"The patriarch and I are demons of the sacred land. It wouldn't be convenient for us to get involved," Jin Wanliang said. "If the new Holy Son holds a grudge against us later, life will be very difficult for us!"

"You can't expect a disabled, frail old man like me to go," Zou Bugui said. "I'm very weak. It wouldn't be surprising if a Demon Beast killed me because I was careless for a moment."

"I'll go!"

In the end, Wu Chao took the job.

Before Zhufu Yan had taken his place, Wu Chao had been the one who did these things.

But he wasn't very quick on his feet, and he could only rely on the Snake Head Incantation for sneak attacks, so he was clearly rather slow at getting things done.

It was especially dark now that night had fallen.

Wu Chao took a luminous pearl from his pocket and pressed onward by its glow.

"That lad's thoughts seem a little complicated!"

Only after Wu Chao had gone far away did the Golden Toad Dharma King speak in a low voice.

"I have the same feeling," Zou Bugui said with a nod.

Two humans and two demons remained. Zou Bugui and the Golden