The Orange Cat, held in the Red King's arms, helplessly stretched its paws toward the vanished package, a vivid expression of "despair" on its face.
Yin Qingqing saw the young man's look of relief.
She suspected the Red King had deliberately found an excuse to avoid carrying the heavy bag of cat food.
But she had no proof.
After this little farce, about an hour later, the pair followed a flat, winding path up the mountain, soon arriving near the Five Passes Temple.
The nearby woods were posted with prohibitions from the Government Office, and officials had sealed the mountain path with stones.
Zheng Xiu jutted his chin at Yin Qingqing.
Yin Qingqing used her Miracle Technique again, collecting the mountain-like pile of stones.
But after collecting the pile of stones, Yin Qingqing didn't hide them away as she usually did. Instead, she ran to the side and, with a flip of her wrist, a gray sheet swirled out. Stones rustled and fell from the sheet of what looked like human skin.
