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Chapter 466: Chapter 467: Old Affairs 4
𝔫𝖔𝔳𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝔠𝔬𝖒
After finishing his statement, Wen Jue planned to leave.
He had initially heard the roar of the oxen beast during his sleep, realizing someone had unintentionally provoked the creature. He had come out to drive away the beast that had disturbed his sleep, intending to return and catch up on his rest.
Aqi stopped Wen Jue, "Where are you going?"
Wen Jue looked at Aqi in bewilderment, "What’s it to you?"
Aqi’s cheeks heated up, she thought to herself how fortunate it was night; the darkness would hide her blush.
This baffled Wen Jue even more, "Why are you blushing?"
Aqi stiffened, she had forgotten that beastmen had night vision!
Having been directly called out by Wen Jue, Aqi felt even more embarrassed. The tiny bit of affection she felt for him for saving them vanished into thin air.
Hai Qin quickly stepped in to steer the conversation, "We are from the Mermaid Tribe on a training excursion. I’m Hai Qin, she’s Aqi, and you?"
Wen Jue nodded indifferently, "White Tiger Tribe, Wen Jue."
Having said that, he planned to detour around the two of them and hurry back to his little cave for some sleep.
Hai Qin and Aqi looked at each other, not understanding Wen Jue’s thought process. Was he really just leaving? Just like that?
Nevertheless, seeing him not planning to turn back, Hai Qin quickly dragged Aqi with him to catch up.
Wen Jue was truly tired. He noticed the two of them were following him, but he didn’t care—he assumed they were merely going the same way—so he didn’t say anything.
He arrived at the small cave he had accidentally found earlier, and fell asleep immediately. At least now nobody could disturb him.
Outside the cave, Hai Qin and Aqi glanced at each other before setting up a small fire. They settled down to sleep at the cave entrance without entering the cave but also without leaving.
So when Wen Jue woke up the next day—
He looked at the two of them sleeping at his cave entrance in silence: "...."
....
Just like that, unexpectedly, Firefly Forest had gained a three-person group.
Two with water elemental superpowers, one with gold elemental superpower. Though these power sets seemed unrelated, these three always managed to come up with an assortment of bizarre ideas when together.
They spent their days amusing themselves by teasing the various wild beasts of Firefly Forest, especially the oxen beast. It was toyed with by them almost every day, leaving the oxen beast, with its limited intelligence, on the brink of a stroke!
Finally, one day, after having tormented all the wild beasts in Firefly Forest, the trio decided to explore the forests farther away.
As they decided, they left that very night. They packed their bags and leisurely departed from Firefly Forest under the cover of darkness.
When the wild beasts of Firefly Forest learnt that the three little tyrants had left, they were so relieved that they almost shed buckets of tears.
....
The closest to Firefly Forest was the Xiluo Forest, where the Sky Swallowing Python Clan resided.
Xiluo Forest was named after the unique Xiluo Trees found here.
Xiluo Trees were a type of tree that ’wept.’ If their branches were broken, a transparent mucus would ooze from the broken ends.
Initially, the mucus would be very sticky, but it would gradually become less so and eventually form into a somewhat soft transparent substance. However, if you tried to burn it, it would produce an intolerable burnt smell.
Upon arriving here, Aqi was fascinated. She would often snap off a branch from the Xiluo tree to play with, holding it up to Hai Qin and Wen Jue occasionally, "Take a look, isn’t it interesting?"
Hai Qin curled his lip and leaned away disdainfully, "Gross!"
