The next morning, when people woke up from the deep slumber, they found rows of bodies laying before their eyes.
And they were all dead.
Seeing all the bodies, many felt terrified that none of them heard anything that night.
Jin An looked at Yu Zhe with his eyes asking. "Why the hell did you leave the bodies in the open?"
Yu Zhe chuckled and replied. "Hehe.. I used too much of the new ability and was feeling really sleepy. So...., I left them there unknowingly."
Jin An rolled his eyes when he heard it.
All the people in the group, started investigating what had happened when they were sleeping.
And from the looks of it, they determined someone strong among them must have done it. And most of them believed the theory.
During all those chaos, Yu Zhe approached the girl from last night, who gave him the blanket.
Seeing him coming, the girl also moved towards him.
When they arrived in front of eachother, Yu Zhe handed her the blanket. "Here, and thank you for kindness."
The girl took the blanket. And she replied. "Don't mind it. I was just doing it."
Then, both of them went silent. They stood there in front of eachother, in a very awkward manner.
The girl kept looking left and right in a shy manner.
Seeing that, Yu Zhe said. "So...., then... take care." With that, he tried to leave.
As he started walking back, she suddenly called out. "What is your name?"
Hearing that, Yu Zhe stopped and stood there for a couple of seconds. Then he replied. "Zhe Yu."
Then, he turned around and asked. "What about yours?"
The girl smiled, when she heard him asking back. She restraint her smile a little bit and replied. "Yan Hua."
Yu Zhe smiled and walked backwards and finally turned around and left.
Yan Hua continued looking at his direction. And finally, she let out a light giggle and turned her head shyly. Then, she also left the place and went back to her place.
About an hour later, the group finally done investigating the scene of all those dead bodies. And ready to leave the place once and for all.
Before they left the place, they decided to throw all those bodies back to the forest instead of leaving them on the road. That was the least they could do for the people that were trying to kill them.
After all that, they started moving again towards their journey ahead.
Inside the carriage, Jin An looked at Yu Zhe and showed a meaningful smile and asked. "Why did you not ask her address?"
Yu Zhe looked up and said in annoyance. "You were listening the conversation? Oh come on man, it is not cool."
But he did answered. "Well, I think the address is irrelevant if fate wants us to be together. And if not, then knowing her name is enough."
Jin An felt the meaning behind. So, he rised his eyebrows with impressed.
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Time went on.
They kept on traveling for hours. And the hours turned into days.
On the fifth day, they finally appeared in the vicinity of the Jade Forest City.
Seeing the huge stone gate surrounding the city, all the people traveling from Black River Town felt a sense of relief and accomplishment.
Without delaying further, they continued moving towards the city gate.
Even from more than 1000 meters away from the gate, they could still see the giant carving of the city's name on the high wall.
It read 'Jade Forest City' on the above front of the gate and some details on the side wall.
The details were about how the Jade Forest City came to be and why it is the most powerful city in the whole Cold Lake Province.
When they reached the city gate, all the people came out of the carriages and joined the queue.
There were two lines of queue. One for mortals and one for warriors.
There were only a few people on the mortals queue. But the one for the warriors had tens of people lining up.
Both Jin An and Yu Zhe also joined the queue.
And they were waiting on the line, Yu Zhe kept looking around.
Knowing what he was searching for, Jin An said. "Okey, stop looking around for her. She has already left before we reached here."
"Left!? How come I did not know that." Yu Zhe asked in confusion.
"Well, you were sleeping at that time." Jin An simply said.
"Then why did you not stop her?" Yu Zhe said with some concern.
"Stop her? How? I don't even know her and she did not leave alone. She was accompanied by some people who caught up to the group." Jin An retaliated.
"Other people? Then what if she is in trouble?" Yu Zhe voice was filled with concern of her.
And he kept looking around to see her.
"Hey, stop looking. Okey?" Jin An patted his shoulder. "And besides, from the looks of it, they seemed to know eachother. And I even heard them calling her 'young miss'."
Yu Zhe fell silent, after hearing all that. He realized that maybe she wasn't some young girl. Maybe she might be a daughter of a wealthy martial family.
Seeing his dejected, Jin An tapped his arm and said in annoyance. "Oh come on, don't be like a helpless sheep. I am sure you will meet her again. And if you don't, I will be your face and help you find her."
Hearing that he will help him find her, Yu Zhe showed a look that says. "Really?"
Jin An rolled his eyes and said. "I promise. I will find her after this adventure."
Yu Zhe showed a smile An turned around to face the city gate.
After rounds of people, it finally came their turn.
With some checking and fees, they both entered the giant city gate.
The moment they entered the gate, a whole new world came to their views. A more prosperous street with full of people, going from here and there.
Jin An and Yu Zhe both instantly knew that just from the first view alone, Jade Forest City is way more prosperous than the Red Tiger City.
With an amazed face, both of them roamed the street, looking left and right.