章 9: Stepping Stones

"I hope they find him, and I can retrieve the technique father had been going crazy about." He added as he picked the third unexplored path the four kids left for him.

"You better be dead Dara, otherwise, you will suffer a worse fate in my hands!" Ji Hai thought as he increased his speed.

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Meanwhile.

Three hours later, a bit of ambience graced the black lands.

A youth and lady were on a boat, with several fishing gears, as they looked to catch whatever this stream could offer them for food.

"It's been almost half a day, and we are yet to make any catch whatsoever, why don't we simply return and manage what we have for now, and then return when it is exhausted?" The lady suggested.