Chapter 143: Time to Start a Fire

Berated by Xiang Shaoyun, Dong Zi felt so wronged he nearly cried then and there.

Xiang Shaoyun realized that his tone was a tad bit too harsh, so he toned down and said, "Alright, wait here. I'll be back shortly."

Behaving like a little girl when you're a grown ass man. What the hell,

Xiang Shaoyun grumbled inwardly.

Looking at Xiang Shaoyun walking away, Dong Zi glanced at the blackfur corpses only to feel a chill up his spine before he quickly ran after Xiang Shaoyun.

"Sorry, it was my fault," Dong Zi apologized.

"Forget it, I was wrong too," Xiang Shaoyun replied. He then added, "Those sinister beings are scared of fire. We need to gather more wood and flint to chase them out of the cave so we can start exploring it."

"You're so smart!" Dong Zi opened his eyes wide and stared at Xiang Shaoyun in a worshiping manner.

Not really. You're just stupid in comparison,

Xiang Shaoyun grumbled inwardly.

Soon, they gathered a large amount of wood and some flint. The so-called flint was in fact merely some old and dry stones that could easily create sparks when rubbed together.

"Alright, store them all in your storage bracelet. Come with me when you're done," Xiang Shaoyun said.

"Huh? How did you know I have a storage bracelet?" Dong Zi asked in astonishment.

Xiang Shaoyun was already numbed by this stupidity as he answered helplessly, "Please, you already exposed yourself when you took out the pills and armors earlier."

An awkward look covered Dong Zi's face, and he said, "Looks like I have been careless." He paused for a bit before saying, "But I don't have enough space for all this wood."

Xiang Shaoyun sighed and said, "We will carry them over, then."

He was not about to expose his secret, especially to a stranger he had just met. Thus, they piled the wood and tied it up before carrying it to the cave.

When they were near the cave, Dong Zi said, "There are still a lot of blackfur corpses. What should we do about them?"

"Wait," Xiang Shaoyun said calmly.

"What do