"Roar."
Bimba hurriedly leaped towards the direction of the dread forest while crying out.
"Good boy."
Senior Cutie patted its back while looking at the tears that were rolling down from Bimba's eyes.
Behind him, Zhao Luo was staring at Xiao Yu.
"Why didn't you help us?"
Zhao Luo asked Xiao Yu without any meaning behind his question.
"You guys would have handled them easily without me."
Xiao Yu replied while evading Zhao Luo's gaze.
"That's right but if you had helped we could have cleared the worms faster."
Zhao Luo continued but Xiao Yu still looked around.
'Why is he sweating?'
Zhao Luo wondered as he looked at the sweat beads covering Xiao Yu's head.
'Maybe...No Way...Let's give it a shot.'
Zhao Luo thought while a grin slowly appeared on his face.
"Xiao Yu."
Zhao Luo addressed him so Xiao Yu looked at Zhao Luo.
"You are afraid of worms?"
Zhao Luo questioned even though he thought that couldn't be the case but seeing Xiao Yu shudder, Zhao Luo knew that he had hit the bullseye.
"So what?"
Xiao Yu suddenly fought back as he got aggressive showing that he didn't like the fact that Zhao Luo now knew that he couldn't fight against the worms as he feared the squirmy beast.
"Hehe, nothing."
Zhao Luo laughed it off and looked ahead at the green dot that was becoming bigger slowly as Bimba moved towards the dread forest.
Zhao Luo closed his eyes and silence befell the group.
Nobody disturbed the other while the trip was going on.
The next half hour, went by in a flash and Zhao Luo opened his eyes to find themselves at the start of the forest.
"We are here."
Senior Cutie commented while Bimba moved inside the forest.
Zhao Luo looked around and realized that the forest had more trees than before. The trees looked note thicker than before and the space between the two trees differed as they moved on.
"Let's get off here. It will be hard for Bimba to run here."
Zhao Luo told the others while tapping Bimba's back, that is, telling it to stop.
"Roar."
Bimba stopped there and the four jumped down.
Senior Cutie was in the lead while Zhao Luo was at the end while Bimba followed behind him.
"We have probably entered from the right side of the forest since we were going towards the Qi Range to chase the spies. So the area with the white trees should come if we keep on going straight."
Senior Cutie told them while they all nodded.
The four continued their walk inside the gigantic forest with thick trees that blocked the sky itself.
As they kept on moving towards the direction where the white trees were, the temperature of the surrounding kept on dropping.
"It's getting cold."
Zhao Luo said while feeling a tinge of coldness striking his skin.
"Brother, it's too cold for me."
Pi Hao who walked in front of him was already rubbing his arms.
'Hmmm.'
Zhao Luo wondered if it was indeed that cold already and looked at Xiao Yu's back.
Xiao Yu was walking with heavy steps as though he was focused on something else.
Over time, Zhao Luo who was staring at Xiao Yu's back realized something.
'Oh, he is trembling.'
Zhao Luo mumbled as he found Xiao Yu's shoulder shuddering from time to time but since Xiao Yu was doing his best to control it, Zhao Luo didn't say anything.
'Hmm.'
'Where could my capsule be?'
Zhao Luo looked around while remembering the real reason behind him accepting the fruit-gathering mission.
'I need to separate from them.'
Zhao Luo thought as he still wasn't ready to tell them about his truth and since he had already told the Sect Leader that his master was a chef in the lawless city,
'It would be a hassle to go over everything again.'
He thought while unconsciously moving behind them.
"There I can see them."
Senior Cutie shouted while pointing his finger towards a tree that was hundreds of meters away from them.
After announcing his findings, Senior Cutie rushed towards the tree, while Zhao Luo and the others followed behind him.
While they were running after Senior Cutie, another well-armed group and equipped with armor was entering the forest from some other side too.
But this wasn't the only group except for Zhao Luo's which was inside the forest.
On the other side, three people who looked relatively young were entering the forest too.
Two of them being male and the last one was female.
The two males were wearing red robes with a level one bronze badge on their chest while the third one was wearing a white beautiful robe and was equipped with a level nine black badge.
Without having information about the two parties that were making their way towards the middle of the forest, Zhao Luo and the others were in awe as they looked around the white trees and stood above the snow.
This place was at one of the northern parts of the forest where the trees that were mentioned in the mission were at.
Zhao Luo looked around with amazement in his eyes.
"It's so beautiful."
He said with his hands opened in front of him while snow fell on his palm.
'Sniff.'
"Let's collect the fruits."
Senior Cutie who was standing at the front said to them after turning around.
His nose was bright red and his bald head had lost its shine under the settling snow.
"Haha."
Xiao Yu and Zhao Luo laughed while Pi Hao didn't have time to worry about others since he couldn't even stop himself from shivering.
Senior Cutie angrily passed a big bag to everyone and with one of them in his hands, he started moving towards the trees with fruit hanging on the branches.
The three also moved towards the trees, Xiao Yu moved to the right while Pi Hao followed behind Senior Cutie.
'I guess I will be collecting the fruit on the left side.'
Zhao Luo moved towards the left side.
Reaching the first tree, he looked up and 40 meters above him, he could see pink, peach-like fruit hanging on one of the branches.
"Now, how do I get it?"
Zhao Luo wondered as he stared at the fruit.
