The team was expected to return before daybreak, but after cultivating in the spring and coming out, the sky was already turning as white as a fish belly and there was still no trace of them.
Ren Baqian lay beside a bonfire and started to speculate. Could they be in some trouble?
The jade-waisted slaves might not be easy to handle, but with the empress around, it shouldn't be a problem.
Ren Baqian had confidence in the empress's capability.
Furthermore, she knew the actual situation over there very well.
He rested for a while, cooked a bowl of meat soup, and went into the water to cultivate after eating the soup.
As for Qing Yuan and Hong Luan, they couldn't restrain themselves and were already waiting anxiously at the entrance of the valley.
After noon, Ren Baqian began to worry and was wondering whether he should search for them when he heard the voices of Qing Luan and Hong Yuan coming from outside the valley.
