"Honestly, I don't think there is anything we can do besides hope for the best." Feng Yuxiang shrugged.
"It's not like we have to find him. I came here mostly because I was curious about the Demons' Valley. If we don't find him in the next few days, we can just leave." Yuan said.
"Okay."
"We should split up to make things faster." Feng Yuxiang suggested.
"Are you sure?" Yuan asked, as he was worried that something might happen to them.
"Young Master, we'll be fine. There are only magical beasts roaming in this place and there are rarely any that fly. If we encounter a demon, we'll notify you immediately."
"If you say so." Yuan nodded.
Thus, Yuan and the others began wandering the Demons' Valley randomly in search of Jia Chong.
Two days later, right as Yuan prepared to log off for breakfast, Feng Yuxiang's voice resounded inside his head, "Young Master, I found him!"
"That's great! Where are you?"
"If you continue flying north for about 200 miles, you will reach us," she said.
"I understand. I will be there as soon as possible."
Yuan logged off the game and notified Chu Liuxiang that he will be missing breakfast today before returning to the game and making his way towards Feng Yuxiang.
A few hours later, Yuan met up with Feng Yuxiang and Lan Yingying, who had arrived shortly before him.
"Where's Jia Chong?" Yuan asked them.
Feng Yuxiang pointed at a certain location on the ground. Yuan followed her direction until he could see an old man wearing rags about a mile away.
"Is it just me or is there something off about him?" Yuan raised his eyebrows after seeing the dazed expression on the old man's face.
"He's giving me the same feeling as the residents at the nameless town." Feng Yuxiang said.
"So he's gone crazy as well?" Yuan frowned slightly.
"Most likely. He probably spent a little too long in the Demons' Valley and got affected by the miasma. Now he's just aimlessly wandering this place."
"Is there anything we can do to help him?" Yuan asked.
"Well... We can try cleansing the miasma from his body, but I won't be able to do it since my flames can only protect people from being affected by the miasma."
Feng Yuxiang turned to look at Lan Yingying and continued, "But perhaps Yingying can do it with her divine attribute Sacred Fire."
"Do you think you can do it?" Yuan asked her.
"I can try."
"Alright, let's go down there and see if he's really lost his mind first."
They descended a moment later and approached Jia Chong from behind.
"Excuse me. Are you okay?" Yuan asked him.
Jia Chong stopped moving and turned around to look at Yuan, still with a dazed look on his face.
"Ooooh... This... This must be fate!" The old man suddenly snapped out of his daze and began staring at Yuan with a profound expression on his face.
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