Traveling north.
Qingfeng County.
A hundred miles out, near the last mountain range before Yongning Commandery City, the weather changed abruptly. Lightning split the long night; a mountain storm was imminent.
Jiang Shu skillfully stripped off a bearskin. The flames flickered, and soon the fragrance of the Mutant Beast permeated the air.
This particular Mutant Beast was not of a high rank, merely a First Rank. It was bear-shaped, but its fox-like ears were exceptionally sensitive to surrounding sounds.
It was the Fox Bear, the same type of Mutant Beast Qi Yuan had treated him to before!
「Inside the cave.」
A young woman of about seventeen or eighteen, dressed in a yellow gown, smiled faintly at Jiang Shu. "Brother Shang, the meat you're roasting smells wonderful."
Beside her stood two men, appearing to be in their early twenties, watching Jiang Shu with wary eyes.
