Mother knows best. After Suming returned to his bedroom, he indeed tossed and turned in bed for ages without a hint of sleepiness. With no internet connection in the mountains, he couldn't go online to pass the time either. Su Meng also couldn't sleep, lying in bed staring at the ceiling with hollow eyes.
So he sat up, closed his eyes, and sent out a stream of spiritual power. Since entering the mountain, Haidong Qing had always been flying not far from Suming's home in the surrounding hills. Sometimes Suming would attach his spirit to it momentarily to see what the creature was up to, and most of the time, he found it hunting.
Despite it being the dead of winter, Haidong Qing managed to catch several hibernating snakes, including a highly venomous species known as the "iron triangle," which people often call "dead in five steps." Oddly enough, snakes usually hide in their burrows during hibernation and don't show themselves, so it was a mystery how Haidong Qing even found them.
