Xiong Meng wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and chuckled, saying, "Everything in this forest looks pretty much the same. I’ve just been following the markers Muxi left earlier. We might have taken a bit of a detour, but we’re really almost there. Just hang in there a little longer."
Ziyu stood to the side, frowning; he seemed to sense that something was off. He tightened his grip on the branch in his hand, his eyes filled with growing vigilance.
Catching sight of Ziyu’s reaction out of the corner of his eye, Xiong Meng coughed twice in a calm, practiced manner while subtly scuffing his foot against the ground, signaling the pre-arranged cue.
Chapter 74