Yong Shanling blinked her eyes in confusion and frowned as she asked, "What's wrong?"
Mu Yijie stood there with a grim expression, squeezing out words from his throat, "Because—"
"Pa, pa, pa—" A rush of hasty footsteps interrupted his words.
When the two looked over, they saw Ye Qinghe running towards them covered in blood. He suddenly threw himself on Mu Yijie and said in a hurry, "Sister Shanling, Mr. Mu, run. Someone's chasing us."
Yong Shanling's face changed. She quickly stepped in front of the two and coldly scolded, "You monster, why are you following us?"
The one who followed was a man with scales on his face and a gloomy look in his eyes. He licked his blood - thirsty lips and sneered, "I'm here, of course, to catch you."
After saying that, before Yong Shanling could react, he grabbed her. Just as Mu Yijie was about to take out his Soul - Rattling Spirit, the monster had already run away.
"Damn it! Why was it Ling'er who got captured?" Mu Yijie's eyes were full of pain. He slammed his fist hard on the ground. With just one blow, cracks appeared on the stones on the ground.
After saying that, he suddenly remembered Ye Qinghe who had been beside him just now. He suddenly turned around and saw that there was no one behind him where Ye Qinghe should have been.
He calmed down and carefully recalled the whole incident. Just when he was about to tell Yong Shanling that Ye Qinghe might be a traitor, Ye Qinghe showed up. The timing was just too perfect. It was so perfect that he couldn't help but suspect if it was all pre - arranged or if Ye Qinghe had been watching Yong Shanling's every move. Also, with Yong Shanling's experience, she shouldn't have been captured so easily, but it just happened.
Could he then assume that Ling'er wasn't unable to dodge but was just unable to at that moment? His mind was racing. He suddenly remembered the pills Yong Shanling took when she was healing. Since he had been busy with training before, he didn't have time to refine pills for her, so the pills she was taking now were all provided by Ye Qinghe. And most importantly, he and Ling'er had swapped bodies. So the body with the strongest merits should be Yong Shanling's, but the monster only captured his original body. It was as out of place as a vampire who suddenly stopped drinking blood and instead grabbed a handful of rice that humans eat.
So there was only one possibility. This monster was being instructed by someone, and that person was very likely Ye Qinghe. But he still couldn't understand when he and Ling'er had offended him. To make him go to such lengths to lurk beside them and almost die to save Yong Shanling.
If it weren't for that incident, he wouldn't have changed his attitude towards Ye Qinghe. But who would have known that he was actually letting a wolf into the house.
All these things were just too coincidental. Mu Yijie's fair face was full of murderous intent. He clenched his fists tightly, and red blood slowly trickled out between his fingers.
After Mu Yijie figured it out, he didn't dare to waste any more time. Knowing that Ye Qinghe was out for revenge, he definitely wouldn't let him go so easily. What he had to do now was to immediately return to the hotel, equip all the weapons he could use for attack, and at the same time, find Ye Qinghe.
He immediately rushed back to the hotel, ignoring the landlady's dirty look. He quickly returned to his room and picked up the weapons that originally belonged to Yong Shanling.
After getting equipped, he quickly took out the Willow Spirit Child and said softly, "Now your real master is in trouble. It's time for you to show your worth. Can you find your master's location?"
The little figure, no longer than a finger, nodded repeatedly. A young and somewhat dull voice sounded in his mind.
"I can find my master. I can't let anything happen to my master." After saying that, it pulled Mu Yijie's finger and pointed in a direction with it.
On the other side, the snake monster that captured Yong Shanling directly took her to its lair, a place like an underground maze.
She was tightly tied up with something like a fairy - binding rope and was also tied to a big rock. Her originally neat clothes had been torn into strips. Blood had flowed all over her body, making her look extremely terrifying. Her hair, which had been neatly arranged, had fallen out a bit. She no longer had that ascetic look. Instead, the blood on her face made her look a bit unruly.
Yong Shanling pretended to be unconscious, but the hand that was free was constantly drawing a formation on the ground with blood. Although it couldn't be seen clearly, the lines were as smooth as a swimming dragon. She drew those ancient and mysterious patterns with great ease.
Just when the monster was about to take a knife and continue to make wounds on her body, Yong Shanling suddenly raised her head, showed a bright smile at it, and left with a "Stupid, bye - bye." Then she turned into a beam of light and disappeared.
"Damn it! Where is she? How did she disappear?" The monster stamped its feet in anger at the spot, picked up its weapon, and quickly flew out of the cave.
Yong Shanling kept running in the cave. Her spiritual power had been sealed, and she had lost too much blood. Most importantly, her formation could only transport her within a radius of thirty meters at most. So she had to run away immediately, or she would be caught up.
Suddenly, she felt a whistling sound through the air. Her heart sank. When she was in extreme despair,
A familiar figure wrapped around her.
"Shushu?" Yong Shanling's voice trembled. She looked at the face in front of her in disbelief.
Mu Yijie let out a long, satisfied sigh. His soft voice whispered, "I've finally found you."
"Shushu, let's go quickly. That monster is nearby." Yong Shanling quickly urged. She was really worried about Shushu, who was only at the half - baked Golden Core stage.
"Want to leave? No way." They only heard a shrill cry. A half - human, half - snake monster chased after them. It was clearly the snake monster showing half of its original form.
Mu Yijie placed Yong Shanling safely, took out Yong Shanling's wooden sword, and looked at the monster coldly. "I'll make you pay the price."
After saying that, he took the sword and rushed forward. From being unskilled at the beginning, he quickly became able to deal with the snake monster's attacks skillfully. Although the snake monster was at the same level as Yong Shanling, its strength was not very strong.
Mu Yijie quickly defeated it.
Yong Shanling looked at Mu Yijie with excitement in her eyes. Oh my god, how could Shushu be so powerful? He could kill a Golden Core stage monster so quickly.
"Shushu, the matter is resolved. Let's go first."
"No, it's not resolved yet. After all, there's still someone who wants revenge watching us. How can we leave?" Mu Yijie slowly wiped the blood off the wooden sword. A cold light flashed in his eyes.