"What's the matter? What preparation?" Yue'er wrinkled her little nose as she asked.
The lion gazed out at the pitch-black sky and said, "When I advanced earlier, three lightning tribulations struck. I fear it may have alarmed the descendants of the Great Emperor Xiao Tian. They must already know a Sacred Beast has been born in this forest. Knowing this, they will certainly send men in to search. Therefore..."
"So they'll come looking for you, and might very well run into me!" Yue'er now grasped the gravity of the situation. If she were captured, who knew what fate awaited her? This place was utterly cut off from the world—even if she cried for help, no one would know she'd ended up here!
She rose to her feet, pacing the cave while murmuring to herself, "Let me think... there must be a way..."
Night deepened. The forest after the rain exuded the scent of earth and fallen leaves. Breezes swept into the cave, bringing waves of coolness.
