Feng Yunshu's heart tightened when she saw the little cat spirit's gradually transparent spiritual body. "Little cat spirit!"
Just as the little cat spirit was about to completely vanish into thin air, a tall figure in a black robe flew out of the forest again.
"Little junior sister, throw your demon - detecting mirror to me!"
Hearing this voice, Feng Yunshu trembled all over. She looked up and saw that it was Kong Ze, who had finally arrived.
Feng Yunshu didn't know what he wanted the demon - detecting mirror for, but she immediately threw the mirror in her hand over. After Kong Ze caught the mirror, he leaped up and landed diagonally above the little cat spirit. He activated his spiritual power and pointed the demon - detecting mirror at the little cat spirit.
In an instant, a white light flashed. The almost transparent body of the little cat spirit disappeared. The huge tree trunk collapsed with a thud after losing its support.
After the white light faded, Kong Ze spun in the air and landed steadily on the ground. His black robe stirred up a cloud of dead leaves.
"Third senior brother, where's the little cat spirit?!" Feng Yunshu asked in a panicked voice as she looked at Kong Ze. "Is it... gone?"
Kong Ze handed the demon - detecting mirror in his hand back to Feng Yunshu. "Take a look for yourself."
Feng Yunshu took the mirror and looked at its surface. At first glance, the mirror seemed to be a world of its own. The little cat spirit was curled up with its eyes closed, motionless inside.
"This..." Feng Yunshu looked up at Kong Ze. Seeing her confused look, Kong Ze couldn't help but subconsciously raise his hand to pat her on the head. But before his hand could touch her, it was blocked by another big hand.
Helan Yanting reached out and interrupted Kong Ze's action. He frowned and gave Kong Ze a disgruntled look. "National Master, there should be a proper distance between men and women. Mind your behavior."
Kong Ze opened his mouth to retort, but Feng Yunshu was eager to know the answer. Who knew these two might start arguing. "Come on, can you just tell me what's going on first?"
Kong Ze flicked his sleeve. After glancing at Helan Yanting, he didn't continue arguing.
"Little junior sister, where have you spent the past nearly a hundred years of your cultivation? This demon - detecting mirror was originally a magical tool given to you by our master, but you know less about it than I do."
"Senior brother, what do you mean?"
"The function of the demon - detecting mirror is not only to reveal the true form of demons. It actually has another function. It can take in spiritual bodies to prevent them from dissipating due to the exhaustion of spiritual power. After a spiritual creature is taken in, it will become your spiritual pet from then on."
After hearing this, Feng Yunshu felt as if she had been enlightened. It was really embarrassing that she didn't know this function of the demon - detecting mirror.
"Hehe, third senior brother, as the saying goes, everyone has their own expertise. Since childhood, I've not been interested in these magical tools and spells. Instead, I'm more interested in alchemy... But according to what you said, the little cat spirit didn't disappear, and from now on, it will be my spiritual pet?"
Kong Ze nodded. "You're not too stupid."
At this point, Feng Yunshu remembered something important. She quickly pointed at the body of the spider demon beside them. "Third senior brother, look! Isn't this spider demon a monster that has been suppressed in the Liuxian School? Why is it here?"
Kong Ze looked in the direction Feng Yunshu was pointing. When he saw the body of the monster clearly, he couldn't help but frown. His expression was extremely solemn.
"This... It's really so!"
"Could it be that a connection between the two time - spaces has been opened, so the monsters from our time - space can come to this different world?"
Feng Yunshu voiced her thoughts. After saying that, she couldn't help but worry. "If that's really the case, it will be a disaster. These monsters are not something ordinary people can deal with. There will surely be a great loss of life!"
Kong Ze nodded slowly. "Junior sister, you're right. If that's really the case, we must find out where the source of the opening is. To be honest with you, I have a hunch that this strange phenomenon may be related to the escape of Zhushan."
Helan Yanting listened to Feng Yunshu and Kong Ze talking back and forth. They were talking about things he didn't understand at all. Suddenly, he felt like an outsider, which made him very uncomfortable.
"Madam, what are you two talking about?"
Helan Yanting interrupted them. Only then did Feng Yunshu come to her senses and remember that Xiaoling and Ziyuan were still unconscious.
"Your Highness, it's not easy to explain this in a short time. I'll explain it to you slowly when we get back."
"Xiaoling and Ziyuan are injured. We need to go back as soon as possible to recuperate. Could you please ask Yan Liu and Yan Qi to escort us back together?"
Helan Yanting's face suddenly changed. "Madam, you're saying 'please' to me? So do you think I'm an outsider?"
Hearing his strange tone, Feng Yunshu quickly shook her head. "No! Your Highness, you misunderstood. I was just being polite... Why are you still angry?"
Helan Yanting looked Feng Yunshu up and down. His eyebrows knitted together. He was both heart - ache and a bit resentful. "You only said that Ziyuan and Xiaoling were injured. What about yourself? I just left you alone for a moment, and you got yourself all injured?"
Feng Yunshu looked down at herself along his line of sight. Probably because she had been moving through the bushes just now, she was scratched by the thorns. Her clothes were torn, and there were several small bloodstains on her hands.
Compared with the injuries of Xiaoling and Ziyuan, Feng Yunshu thought her minor injuries were really nothing. She looked up at Helan Yanting and smiled. "Your Highness, my injuries are nothing..."
Just as she finished speaking, many torches suddenly lit up around the forest. At the same time, there came the noisy and hasty sound of footsteps. For a moment, the forest became bustling.
Helan Yanting immediately reached out to protect Feng Yunshu behind him. He looked at the entrance warily. Kong Ze on the side also tensed up in defense.
The footsteps in the forest got closer and closer. Finally, Feng Yunshu saw a large group of villagers walking over with torches in their hands, looking very defensive.
When these people saw the huge body of the spider demon lying on the ground, they all gasped in horror and almost dropped their torches.
Seeing these people coming, Feng Yunshu thought it was just in time. She walked out from behind Helan Yanting and stood in front of the villagers.
Helan Yanting didn't know what she was going to do. He grabbed her sleeve. "Madam, you—"
Feng Yunshu turned to look at him, smiling. She patted his hand. "Your Highness, I'm fine. I need to make some things clear to them."
Feng Yunshu walked in front of these people. The villagers' eyes all focused on her.
"You came just in time. Can you all see clearly? This big spider that has become a demon is the so - called 'mountain god' in your mouths!"
At this point, Feng Yunshu paused for a moment and took a deep breath.
"We've already eliminated this evil monster for you. But I hope you won't be so superstitious from now on! If it were really a mountain god, how could it harm living beings like this? But you were so stupid! You even sent the children in the village into this mountain, making them all wronged souls!"
As Feng Yunshu was speaking, she looked up in the direction of the spider demon's body. She saw several bright lights floating above the body. From these lights, Feng Yunshu could vaguely see the innocent and grateful smiles of those wronged children, which made her feel even more heavy - hearted.
If they had discovered the anomaly here earlier, these children might not have suffered such a disaster...
Feng Yunshu's words left the villagers standing there like statues. After a long while, many villagers seemed to remember something and started to wipe their tears. Their expressions were full of grief and remorse.