Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

As we gradually entered the depths of the demonic world, the demonic energy in the surrounding environment became heavier, and the level of the monsters we encountered was obviously higher.

Fortunately, we didn't encounter many villages or towns on the way to Luguanglin. Apart from being stopped occasionally for a few questions, nothing unexpected happened.

They didn't know how long they walked, but when they arrived at the range of Luguanglin, Shen Qiao estimated that it was already midnight outside.

"This...this kind of place is actually in the Demon Realm?"

The light in the forest is very good, without any gloomy atmosphere, and even every blade of grass and tree has a clean aura.

Shen Qiao raised his hand and caught the light source condensed by spiritual energy, watching it fall lightly into his palm like a ripe dandelion.

This was the first time she had seen such a pure spiritual entity.

Wang You seemed to be thinking about something, "It's really a pity to leave this place here."

Shen Qiao didn't understand the meaning of his words at this moment, and just thought he was expressing his feelings.

The two men were riding horses in the woods. Wang You sensed that there was a pond in the woods, so they decided to go there and look for it first.

"Eh..."

Shen Qiao noticed that her horse was a little restless, so she pulled the reins to control it. "Something is approaching."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a slight sound of leaves rubbing against each other above his head. Shen Qiao looked up and happened to meet a pair of green vertical pupils.

What a big bamboo pit viper!

Shen Qiao tilted her head back and looked at it. This thing's head was as big as two of hers, but it didn't seem to have any intention of attacking. It just lay on the branch with the front half of its body hanging down and looked at her with its head tilted up.

The man and the snake stared at each other for a few seconds. Shen Qiao couldn't help but look at Wang You, who was not panicking at all, "Why is it quiet?"

Wang You raised an eyebrow, "You have a dragon's tail scale on your body, would it dare to touch you?"

The tail scale of a dragon... Oh, by the way, Mo Qi did give her a piece of his own scale before.

"So... they think I'm a dragon?"

"uh-huh."

During this period of time, more and more snakes gathered around, but they all watched from a distance and did not come close, which did not affect the two people's journey.

They followed the two people as they walked, stopping and starting all the way. After making sure that they would not attack them, these colorful snakes began to throw leaves at Shen Qiao.

This seemed to be some kind of ritual for them. Shen Qiao recognized that most of the leaves thrown over were usable medicinal herbs.

Wang You couldn't help laughing when he saw her covered in leaves. "If you eat one in front of them, they won't throw away leaves anymore."

What kind of strange rule is this?

Shen Qiao picked a small leaf from her forehead and put it in her mouth to chew. When the snakes saw her eating the leaf, they retreated and crawled away.

Looking at the snakes that slowly retreated, Shen Qiao frowned, "Strange, why don't they dare to approach you?"

"Maybe... you think I'm not someone you can mess with?"

Well, that's a pretty irrefutable argument.

Shen Qiao swallowed the astringent leaf, and when he glanced ahead, he noticed that the scene in front of him seemed to have some faint fluctuations.

"Hmm?" Although she didn't release her spiritual consciousness now, her five senses were not weak, so she easily noticed this change.

Illusion?

With doubts in her mind, she pinched a leaf between her fingers, infused some spiritual power into it, and threw it over.

Ding--

When the leaf was thrown past, it seemed to be blocked by an invisible glass wall. Shen Qiao could see that the leaf paused slightly, and then disappeared after it completely passed through.

"Should I continue?" Shen Qiao asked after confirming the situation.

Wang You nodded, making it clear that he didn't intend to do it himself.

The energy of the illusion was not strong, and Shen Qiao easily broke it using the usual method that Wang You had taught her before.

As a hole was opened in this thin layer of magic, the entire transparent energy wall dissipated like a slowly melting ice wall.

If an outsider broke the illusion, it would have some impact on the caster, so Shen Qiao controlled his spiritual power and stopped when he saw that the illusion had been broken. However, a shiny water ball was suddenly thrown out without any warning.

Trivial skills.

She waved her sleeve, and the kite that was originally wrapped around her wrist changed shape and expanded. The water ball exploded instantly when it hit the umbrella, soaking the entire umbrella.

Water droplets dripped down the umbrella's surface. Shen Qiao shook the umbrella handle and shouted, "We are not here to arrest anyone. Senior, could you please show yourself?"

There was silence in front for a while, and then a voice whose gender was hard to distinguish was heard, "Where did you get this umbrella?"

Ask the kite?

"Since senior is curious, why don't you show up yourself and take a look?" Shen Qiao began to leave "bait" in an attempt to lure the man to show up himself.

The other side fell into silence again, until Shen Qiao heard a response, "Put down your umbrella, I want to see you."

Shen Qiao didn't think much about it and just thought he wanted to confirm his identity.

However, just as she put down the queyuan, a water ball suddenly hit her forehead without warning, and her head was filled with water.

Looking at the water drops dripping down from the hair on his forehead, Shen Qiao's mouth twitched.

Such a familiar scene.

She casually cast a spell to dry herself, and said with restraint, "Senior didn't say you were going to hit me."

The man in the forest snorted coldly, and with a rustling sound, Shen Qiao first saw a standing shadow with a human body and a fish tail.

"You just broke my illusion, this is my 'return gift'."

This arrogant voice was neither hurried nor slow. As the figure got closer, Shen Qiao vaguely saw a fish belly with silver scales, two transparent thin wings hanging down to the ground, and then...

Shen Qiao suddenly realized that he could not see.

Can’t see?? She hasn’t even seen the upper body yet!!

"You don't need to see the rest." Wang You put away his magic and looked at the mermaid who was staring at Shen Qiao teasingly.

"Xu Tang."

This name made the mermaid look at Wang You. He looked at Wang You for a moment, and suddenly became more interested, his eyes shining. "I like your illusion technique very much. Tell me, who is your master?"

"It doesn't matter whether I like you or not." Wang You smiled. "A young master named Duan asked me, the Tianxing Sect, to come to the Demon Realm to find you."

"The last name is Duan... It's Hegui." Xu Tang muttered to himself, smiled bitterly and shook his head, as if with regret, but also with relief, "He really still remembers me."

Wang You didn't interrupt his recollection, but suddenly added as if remembering something, "Oh, right. He said that after he brings you back, he'll ask you for the remaining payment for the commission."

"If you can't pay, you must stay at Tianxingmen and work to pay off your debt."

Xu Tang's smile froze slightly, and he slowly said, "Damn."