The guys looked at each other but only shrugged in unison. "There is nothing specific that we are trying to avoid, but we just don't want to explain where we disappeared to," explained Bai Long Qiang, doing an absolutely horrible job of it.
"Can you explain why you disappeared?" asked Cheng Bo Jing softly. He didn't sound accusing or anything around those lines, but it was enough to get my back up. "Exactly. We are more than happy to accept that, especially since we were able to find you before too much time had passed."
A crow flew down to land on Fan Teng Fei's monk's staff, letting out a low caw.
"Fine, Hei found you," grunted the man, rolling his eyes. "But, as I was saying, the others might not be so willing to."
I nodded my head in understanding. I had to disappear; I had to answer the call because if I hadn't, the Tree of Life would have died, and I don't think that anything would have saved the world after that.
