Early in the morning, before the sun had risen above the hills, Wu Ling and Su Xiang walked through the forest until they could no longer see the camp through the trees.
"Hou," Wu Ling called, summoning the eager crow. "Go take a look around, find us a nice clearing to practice in today."
As soon as Wu Ling turned back to Su Xiang, however, her hand struck with the speed of a striking snake, slapping Wu Ling's face with enough force to send him sprawling to the ground.
"What happened to you Ling?" Su Xiang said, frustrated tears forming in the corners of her sapphire eyes. "Since when do you go sneaking out in the middle of the night to murder people without telling me what you're doing? In five days, did you change so much that you don't trust your elder sister anymore?"
