She had been in Beast Gathering City for so long; counting the days, it had been almost a month.
That was nearly double the half-month stay they had originally planned for.
'I wonder if Gu Yin has finished shedding his skin?'
For a Snake Beast, every shedding represented a leap in power. For a Beastman, each increase in strength was several times more difficult than the last, and this was his first shedding in nearly two years.
An Jin was anxious to hurry back. She wanted to be the first person Gu Yin saw when he emerged from his seclusion—it had always been that way. Otherwise, that snake of hers would get sulky and jealous.
The first wave of rain during the great rainy season was about to end, promising a week-long stretch of clear skies. Taking advantage of this, An Jin had the Beastmen from Sheng'an City begin to hurriedly pack their goods and prepare to leave.
Of course, they still had to transport plenty of supplies back with them.
