Chasing after her husband? Is it even possible to win him back?

"sit."

Chu Xunfeng sat down next to Xu Bailing and turned to look at the young lady.

To his surprise, Xu Bailing leaned closer and rested her head on his shoulder, saying, "I've learned how to lean on you."

Her voice sounded muffled.

Chu Xunfeng's body stiffened.

“My mother taught me that relationships between people are reciprocal. I am relying on you now, so you can rely on me in return.”

The young man stared at the burning campfire. "That's not how you calculate interpersonal relationships."

“Okay,” the young lady said stubbornly. “You saved me, exposed my wounds and taught me to rely on others. I have learned that, so I want to repay you.”

"I see..." The young man's stiff body gradually relaxed. "Just this once, considering how badly you've been injured."

"Mmm." Xu Bailing nodded gently, her hair brushing against Chu Xunfeng's face.

Itchy.

It wasn't really about who wanted to help whom; it was just that we wanted to, so we did it.

But you always have to find an excuse for yourself.

Regardless of whether he saved her.

She was still leaning on her.

The burning campfire crackled and popped.

"Rest now." Chu Xunfeng breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back against the rock wall, and relaxed his shoulders so that the young lady could rest more comfortably.

"Mmm." The young lady nodded gently and snuggled closer to him.

It feels really good to rely on others like this.

While the two rested, the autumn hunting festival venue, a hundred miles away, was far from peaceful.

Nine corpses were placed in the center of the meeting hall, which was brightly lit by blazing torches.

Three corpses dressed in black, and six corpses dressed in robes of different sects.

The leaders of more than twenty sects kept stepping forward to examine the three black-clad corpses, but they couldn't find any direct and usable evidence on the three people to prove what organization the three, no, the five black-clad men came from.

These three people didn't even have any storage magic items on them. Apart from the weapon worn by the swordsman, there wasn't a single clue that could be found.

"That swordsman ate the Soul-Devouring Pill."

"This sword should belong to the Longquan Sword Manor in Yongzhou, but they sell tens of thousands of swords like this every year. It's useless..."

"We still have to wait for a professional coroner to open the body and examine it. We... can't find anything useful."

"Poor Sect Leader Di, he's the one who outlived his son..."

"You should watch your mouth."

"Shouldn't the people of Baidi City have been the first to be attacked?"

"It should be. I heard that the first person's name to turn gray on the three lists was that of the Sword Fairy from White Emperor City."

"What's the significance of the order? The Sword Fairy is incredibly lucky. These men in black failed to kill her, so they turned their attention to our disciples. In my opinion, there's more to this than meets the eye."

"Nonsense, the elders of Baidi City are still furious. I heard that the people from Baidi City are already on their way. This matter is definitely not over yet."

The leaders of the various sects, who were speaking in hushed tones, all turned to look at the small pavilion below the three rankings not far away.

At this moment, Mu Ye, the leader of the Bianzhou Cultivator Alliance, was sitting opposite Zhou Pu, the fifth elder of Baidi City.

The tea placed beside the two had long since gone cold. Zhou Pu didn't drink it, while Elder Mu simply didn't have the time to drink it.

Zhou Pu held his breath and stared intently at Mu Ye, whose brows were furrowed.

"No, my will can cover fifty miles outward from the venue. I have searched carefully, and it seems that Zhichi really has teleported your two relatives to the depths of the Southern Wilderness." Mu Ye opened his eyes, looking extremely tired, and sighed deeply, "Elder Zhou, I am unable to help you for the time being."

"Sigh..." Zhou Pu sighed deeply, but there was nothing he could do. "We can only pray that the two of them are lucky and live long lives. There are monsters in the Life and Death Realm deep in the Southern Wilderness."

"Elder Zhou, there is no need to worry. If the firecrackers had been set off at the exact location, your two disciples would not have been able to enter the White Tiger's territory if there had been even a slight deviation."

"Their luck shouldn't be that bad, right?"

Chapter Thirty-Three: The Little White Tiger

As his hazy consciousness gradually returned to clarity, Chu Xunfeng noticed an unusual sensation on his thigh before he even opened his eyes.

It's a bit heavy, yet also a bit soft.

The young man realized something and looked down.

The young lady was lying on her side on her lap, her eyes closed, still fast asleep.

Very good, the young lady's mental state seems quite stable.

Chu Xunfeng gently patted the young lady's head, waking the sleeping girl.

"Um... um..."

The girl, still half asleep, murmured indistinctly.

Chu Xunfeng had heard that girls make this cute sound when they wake up, and today he witnessed it for himself.

Ex-wife?

They weren't familiar with each other, so they slept in separate rooms.

Some young ladies, who were quite particular about their sleeping posture, straightened up after waking up, straightened their slightly wrinkled clothes, and looked at the young man who was getting up and stretching. "Thank you for your hard work last night."

"It's nothing, I'm a body cultivator, so I don't really feel anything." The young man stretched and yawned, making a crisp cracking sound as he moved his bones.

"That's good." The young lady secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I plan to go out, gather some more firewood, and check out the surrounding area. If I can hunt some monsters, that would be great," Chu Xunfeng said with a smile.

That's why he specifically woke up the young lady.

Xu Bailing needs to know that she went out, what she went to do, and when she will probably be back, so that she can feel at ease.

Chu Xunfeng knew that the young lady was already trying to rely on him, so he must not do anything that he thought was gentle at this time. He let her fall asleep and then left shortly.

"You need to be careful," Xu Bailing said, staring at the young man. "I'm relying on you now."

"Ah..." Chu Xunfeng smiled, "Okay, I understand."

"Hmm." After Chu Xunfeng nodded to her, the young lady turned around, and her footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

She raised her hand and pressed it against her pounding heart.

She never said that to anyone, absolutely no one!

Am I... being shy?

"So, this is how my disciples who used to talk to me felt?"

The girl's murmured words drifted quietly away in the cave.

She suddenly raised her head, pricked up her ears, and listened to the direction of the cave entrance.

The footsteps had long since disappeared, and the echoes didn't actually travel that far.

But... I just really care about it.

Xu Bailing pressed her hand to her chest, relieved to be back safe and sound.

You promised me.

Chu Xunfeng had already walked out of the cave and arrived at the stream.

The young man carefully searched along the riverbank for about two hundred meters and discovered something.

There was absolutely no trace of any monster activity.

Compared to his joy yesterday, his mood was somewhat heavy at this moment.

Deep in the Southern Wilderness Mountains, there was no trace of demonic beasts at the water source... Chu Xunfeng had a bold guess, which might not be correct, but it was probably pretty close.

It seems that I and the young lady have been directly teleported to the territory of some powerful monster.

The young man stopped on the mudflats, silently observing his surroundings.

The towering trees, the dense canopy, the clear river water, the dappled sunlight—it's truly a beautiful scene…

However, it lacks vitality.

Aside from myself, it's hard to see another living creature.

"Now I suspect that entering the territory is already quite good, but I'm afraid of running into someone else's hunting grounds."

Chu Xunfeng shivered, but quickly dismissed the thought; one shouldn't give up eating because of a minor setback.

He randomly picked a thick branch and stuck it in the mudflats to use as a landmark.

Although he knew that Baidi City would not abandon him and the young lady, that was not a reason for them to stay in the cave and wait for rescue.

Moreover, Jin Fugui didn't give much dried meat. If they were careful with it, it would only last for two or three days. They still had to save themselves. Even if they couldn't fight their way back to Bianzhou, they would at least have to survive in the wilderness.

With that thought in mind, Chu Xunfeng followed the stream and gradually ventured deeper into the forest.