Chirping birds echoed in the early morning forest.
As Zhenjin and the others approached, a flock of birds fluttered their wings in panic and flew out of the branches.
Perhaps because it was near the desert, there was no morning mist, and the sunlight sprinkled through the green trees, filling the air with a fresh scent.
Zhenjin still led the way at the front.
Although it did not show on the outside, his coccyx, together with his buttocks, still felt a bit numb and sore.
His body was very healthy; the wounds he got in the desert had healed long before entering the forest.
As for Bai Ya, a regular person, the fractures had only started to show signs of healing and, up to now, she was unable to draw her bow.
"It seems that yesterday's training volume was a bit too much," Zhenjin mulled to himself.
He knew that the numbness and soreness were due to last night's training with the lizard tail lash.