The orange hues of twilight beyond the grove darkened into grey, then slowly pressed into black. Wandering around the mountains, searching here and there, the guidance of the Mi Gu branches ceased at this spot.
"Strange, isn't it here?"
It was the first time he had encountered such a thing—as if the guidance of the Mi Gu branches abruptly ended right here. But as he looked around, he did not even see a rabbit, let alone a mysterious creature with tiger's paws as big as a horse.
Could it be that the branch had been away from the tree for too long and lost its spiritual energy, becoming useless?
Therefore, he ignored the guidance of the Mi Gu branches and deliberately walked elsewhere. Then, with the image of the beast in his mind once again, the guidance of the Mi Gu branches sprang to life, leading him back to the same spot.
What could this mean?