Before Xinyi went out from Skrider's space, the animals and the Hutyuns informed Nianshi of men gathering at the empty valley and darting toward them.
"Lord dragon, why are they coming here? Was our covering bad?" asked the Hutyuns.
"Pfft!" Nianshi tried to control the simmering laughter from spilling out as he replied, "Well, it's not that it was bad. It's just, all of you overdid it." And laughed his heart out while looking at the once empty hilltop turned into a pocket forest of tall ancient trees with vines hanging on branches and overgrown shrubs encircled in obvious circle formation around the hut.
