The Psychic Girl

Alas, I originally thought you would fall, so I reached out to help, but I didn’t expect that the clown was actually me… These words slipped out of her mouth inadvertently, causing layers of delicate ripples to instantly appear in Xia Zini’s originally calm eyes.

He turned his head to look at her. Her slightly angry yet cute face made the corners of his mouth rise unconsciously, and he couldn't suppress his smile.

In fact, even without the help of spiritual power, Xia Zini had hundreds of ways to escape from this quagmire. However, facing this rare time alone with Ye Lianxi, he hesitated.

After a moment, he retracted his gaze and looked straight ahead, pretending not to notice her temptation, and asked softly: "Why did you save me? Don't you... always have a prejudice against me?"

Ye Lianxi glanced at Xia Zini, the two were only a few feet apart.

[Hate? Why would he think so? ]

Frowning, Ye Lianxi carefully reviewed the moments she had spent with him. Only then did she realize that she had never given him a good look since the first time she met Xia Zini.

But this was not actually her intention.

Whenever she got close to Xia Zini, Ye Lianxi felt a dull pain in her chest, but she clearly didn't even have a heart now! This inexplicable pain made her instinctively resist Xia Zini.

However, due to the recent incident with Xu Yan, Xia Zini's dedication and efforts, as well as his harmonious relationship with others, deeply touched Ye Lianxi, and made her start to re-evaluate this former "annoying guy".

[Although he made me feel bad, he himself didn’t seem that bad.]

Once this thought came to her mind, the resistance in her heart gradually dissipated and her prejudice faded.

"Oh, it's not that I hate you, it's just..." Ye Lianxi hesitated to speak.

"Just what?"

Xia Zini asked.

"Uh... let's not talk about this for now. Let's find a way to leave here first. Don't you have to go back tonight to make medicine? We fought hard to get the right to use the medicine room from Ruan Cheng, so we can't miss it."

Ye Lianxi avoided the topic and turned to talk about more pressing matters at hand.

She didn't know how to explain her body's instinctive resistance to Xia Zini, so she could only use this to divert attention. And this was indeed the issue they should focus on most at the moment.

Thinking that he had cleverly changed the subject, Ye Lianxi still had a smug smile on his face. At this moment, spiritual energy suddenly overflowed from the depths of the quagmire, and a strong suction force came from the bottom.

The two men frowned, both sensing something bad was going to happen.

Sure enough, a huge whirlpool quickly formed in the center of the quagmire, like a bottomless black hole.

There were spiritual energy restrictions in Wanshou Ridge to prevent the spiritual beasts from running wild, but the mud in the quagmire was extremely strange and was actually devouring spiritual energy!

Ye Lianxi tried to use her psychic power to get out of trouble, but was surprised to find that even this power was ineffective. She didn't have time to react, and her body was pulled down rapidly by an invisible force.

At the critical moment, Xia Zini stretched out his arms and pulled her tightly into his arms.

"Hold on to me!" There was an inexplicable sense of security in his low and calm voice.

In this warm and tight embrace, Ye Lianxi gradually sank.

Soon everything around me became blurry.

In Xia Zini's warm embrace, Ye Lianxi gradually lost her sense of her surroundings. When she woke up again, she found herself at the entrance of a cave.

The cave was covered with thick silt, but it emitted a faint light under the illumination of spiritual power.

She wondered: [How could there be spiritual power here? Shouldn't the ban block all spiritual power?]

After exchanging a glance with Xia Zini, the two worked together to push away the mud and rocks covering the entrance of the cave.

As the obstacles were cleared one by one, a fresh air mixed with an unknown scent rushed towards us, and a hint of red light was faintly visible in the darkness of the cave.

The moment they stepped into the cave, the surrounding environment was completely different from what they had expected. There was no trace of water or mud in the cave, but it was abnormally dry.

Although they are in the same place, they seem to be two spaces completely separated from the quagmire.

The inner wall of the cave is smooth and hard, reflecting the faint but persistent firefly light of moss creatures, adding a bit of mystery to this deep space.

Just as the two were exploring forward cautiously, a deep and powerful voice came from the depths of the cave, breaking the moment's tranquility.

Following the sound, they found a huge dark-colored slime crocodile lying quietly in a low area deep in the cave. Its body almost occupied half of the cave, and its thick tail swayed leisurely, accompanied by low humming sounds.

The slime crocodile's body is covered with intricate light-colored old scars, making it look cold and terrifying.

Frightened by the spirit beast in front of him, Ye Lianxi put her hand on Xia Zini's left shoulder to stop him from continuing to explore. She kept shaking her head and signaled Xia Zini with her eyes to retreat quickly.

"He actually dared to come closer? It's too risky!"

Ye Lianxi was secretly shocked. At this moment, the two of them had lost all their spiritual power. If they disturbed this giant beast, the consequences would be disastrous.

However, the thing we worried about eventually happened.

At the moment when the two looked at each other, the originally sleeping slime crocodile suddenly seemed to smell something and woke up suddenly.

Instantly, the ground began to shake as its huge body moved.

"not good!"

Seeing that the giant tail of the sticky crocodile was about to sweep towards her, Ye Lianxi hurriedly pushed away Xia Zini who was standing beside her. However, the expected attack did not come. Instead, she unexpectedly felt a warm and sticky touch on the top of her head - a long tongue swirled over, with wet drops of water gently touching her face.

Immediately afterwards, a smelly hot air mixed with the breath of death blew towards her, causing Ye Lianxi to hold her breath.

But there seems to be some kind of indescribable "passion" mixed in this atmosphere?

【??enthusiasm!】

Ye Lianxi was suddenly a little confused.

She was shocked to find that she actually felt a certain familiarity and closeness from this strange spirit beast.

Yes, she deeply felt the warmth and closeness of the sticky crocodile's aura towards her.

It was obvious that it had a liking for Ye Lianxi. The moment it saw her, it excitedly shook its head and tail, and its huge body spun happily on the spot with small steps, just like a cute puppy.

On the other hand, Xia Zini was only a few steps away from Ye Lianxi, but he seemed to be completely ignored by the sticky crocodile.

The slime crocodile just kept spraying water from its nostrils at Ye Lianxi, expressing its excitement and joy. Although the water spray soaked half of Ye Lianxi's body, it also accidentally washed away the remaining swamp mud on her body.

Looking back at Xia Zini who was only seven feet away from her, Ye Lianxi spread out her hands helplessly with a confused expression, as if asking, "What's going on?"

The spirit beast in front of him didn't seem as ferocious as it looked, and its behavior even showed that it had a low IQ.

Emm... to be exact, like a fool.