A man with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, looking heroic but with a very clear gaze, was crouching in front of her, curiously peering at her.
"You... who are you? Where's Uncle Shu?" Yong Shanling eyed the man warily, her eyes constantly scanning the surroundings. However, Uncle Shu was nowhere to be seen. A tinge of worry welled up in her heart. And this man whose depth she couldn't fathom. She was already in the Nascent Soul stage, and she could sense those one level higher than her. If she couldn't, either he had some spiritual treasure or his cultivation was too profound for her to see through.
"Hey, is there anyone else besides you? When I came, I only saw you. I saw you meditating in this desolate place and was afraid something might happen to you, so I stayed here to protect you. But don't thank me. After all, we're all cultivators. We should help each other when we're out and about!" The man ruffled his hair and showed his big white teeth.
What desolate place? Was the rich spiritual energy around her all an illusion? And the formation around her, couldn't he see it?
Yong Shanling took quite a fancy to this stranger with a very pure gaze. Although she wasn't very smart, she was very sensitive to different kinds of people, especially those with a pure aura.
"Hey~ But Uncle Shu was clearly guarding me here. How could he just disappear? Could it be that something happened to him?" Yong Shanling propped her chin, feeling quite puzzled. But the more she analyzed, the greater the doubts in her heart became. At the same time, she couldn't help but worry. After all, Uncle Shu wouldn't leave her alone to break through.
"Who are you? Why are you alone in this desolate place?" Yong Shanling tilted her head and curiously looked at the man who was dressed in a hip-hop style but had a crew cut.
"I - I'm here to catch a disobedient little guy. I happened to see you and decided to stay and protect you for a while." The man smiled at Yong Shanling. In his heart, he really wanted to take this cute little girl home to keep his son company.
The man slapped his head and grinned, "My name is Zhang Jie. I'm a cultivator who likes to explore and protect all kinds of living beings and spiritual beasts."
Yong Shanling also smiled, showing two little dimples. "My name is Yong Shanling. I'm an ordinary cultivator who catches demons."
Hearing Yong Shanling's answer, Zhang Jie raised his eyebrows. "So you're a demon hunter. You know, many female cultivators are not willing to be demon hunters. They'd rather become talisman cultivators or pill cultivators so that they don't have to fight all the time. I thought -"
"You thought I was just like those young ladies from noble families, just an ordinary cultivator? I'm going to ascend in the future, and being a demon hunter is the fastest way to improve my cultivation." Yong Shanling proudly lifted her little chin. Her eyes sparkled when she talked about her dream.
Zhang Jie stroked his chin and didn't comment on her dream. He patted the dust off his body, stood up, and was about to leave. "Since you're okay, fellow cultivator, I'll take my leave."
"Hey hey - you didn't see Uncle Shu. Do you know if there's anything strange around here?" Yong Shanling thought for a while and decided to ask him brazenly. After all, she had been focused on breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage and couldn't sense the surrounding movements at all, but Zhang Jie was different.
After all, he had been awake all the time, unlike her. So she was eager to get some information from him.
Zhang Jie stood there and thought for a while. "There are no other demons around here except me and the little bug I'm trying to catch. Maybe he left because he had something to do."
It was just a pregnant little bug in the Nascent Soul stage. It wasn't a powerful demon at all. Especially for an old demon in the Unity stage, it was no different from an ant on the roadside. If it weren't for the fact that he needed the bug for alchemy, he wouldn't even look at it.
So he really didn't think there was anything strange about it.
Hearing what he said, something flashed through Yong Shanling's mind. She quickly grasped it and asked in succession, "May I ask what level your pet is?"
Zhang Jie smiled and said, "It's a little guy in the Nascent Soul stage."
"Nascent Soul! How could you let a demon in the Nascent Soul stage run around casually?!" Yong Shanling's voice suddenly rose. She looked at Zhang Jie in disbelief, and her heart began to pound violently. Did this man think that demons in the Nascent Soul stage were as common as cabbages in the Foundation Establishment stage? How could he say it so casually.
Yong Shanling looked at him in disbelief. Then she suddenly stood up in a panic, cast a dust - removing spell on herself, and rushed out.
Zhang Jie stood there, helplessly rubbing his head. "Why can't this little kid let me finish my sentence? This is a pregnant demon. Its strength has declined a lot. It's at most in the Golden Core stage."
After saying that, he quickly followed her, because that little bug was still of some value and couldn't be destroyed by them just like that.
After Yong Shanling got out, she stood there and felt for a while. Then she found that there was a lot of energy fluctuation in the southeast corner, so she quickly rushed towards there.
"Boom -" A loud noise was heard, and a violent tremor was seen not far away. When she got closer, she saw a man in ragged clothes dragging a huge thing and slowly walking towards her.
When the man got closer, Yong Shanling saw that Mu Yijie was bare - chested, showing his well - defined abs. His pants were tattered and hanging on him.
"Uncle Shu, are you okay?" Yong Shanling rushed to Mu Yijie like a fledgling returning to its nest, worriedly checking his body.
Seeing that there were only some minor skin injuries on him and no other wounds, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ling'er, I'm fine. Look what I brought back for you?" Mu Yijie saw the hostility on Yong Shanling gradually dissipating. He smiled and threw the big thing behind him in front of her.
"Bang -" Along with a loud noise and the billowing smoke, a huge spider appeared in front of Yong Shanling.
She happily walked around it, took out a dagger, and poked the demon. After feeling the demon's blood, she said happily, "Uncle Shu, this is a demon in the Transformation stage. Using its blood to draw talismans will definitely result in top - grade talismans."
Mu Yijie smiled and said, "Of course, it's all yours."
Just when Yong Shanling wanted to put it away, she remembered that this demon seemed to have an owner. She looked at Mu Yijie hesitantly and said, "Uncle Shu, this demon seems to have a master."
"Yes, yes, yes. Spare it." Along with a high - pitched voice, a man quickly ran past the two of them.