Senior brothers, please stop abusing me. I'm going to change my ways to be merciless.

She gave Su Muqing a reassuring smile and said softly, "The Phoenix Black Bird is injured. It's not appropriate to disturb it. I'll go in alone. Don't worry, senior brother, I'll be fine."

The Phoenix Black Bird is a pure and kind spiritual beast in heaven and earth. It has no ill will towards cultivators. As long as she does not harm it, it will not attack her.

Song Xixi was very relieved about this, after all, she also valued her life very much.

Su Muqing's eyes were full of worry, as if he didn't want to be separated from her for a moment. Finally, under Song Xixi's insistence, he reluctantly agreed to let her go in by herself.

Su Muqing gently placed a kiss on her forehead and said softly, "You are alone, so be careful."

Finally, he gave a word of advice: "Contracting a spirit beast depends on fate. Even if you fail, don't be discouraged. This kind of thing cannot be forced. Do you understand?"

Song Xixi was a little dizzy from his kiss and nodded shyly.

She walked to the entrance of the cave, took a deep breath, and suppressed her inner excitement.

Phoenix and Black Bird, here I come!

Su Muqing and the disciples of Tianji Sect watched her disappear.

Su Muqing was worried. He pressed his twitching right eyelid and felt uneasy.

Except for Su Muqing who sincerely hoped that Song Xixi could bring back good news, the disciples had different expressions and were all a little dissatisfied in their hearts.

They were all wondering why Song Xixi was the first to go in.

Although she was the one who found the cave, she didn't put in any effort along the way, but they had to risk their lives to protect her. It was so unfair.

With Su Muqing around, the disciples could only complain in their hearts and dared not speak out their anger.

Not long after, there was movement in the cave.

Immediately afterwards, Song Xixi ran out with an unusually agile pace, stumbling and looking terrified.

Behind her was a swarm of black bats, like a black cloud, flapping their wings and flying out of the cave.

"Elder brother, save me!"

Song Xixi wailed and fell to the ground with a thud. There was a lot of bat droppings on her body, emitting a strong stench.

When the disciples smelled the smell, they frowned and covered their noses with their sleeves at the same time.

Su Muqing quickly stepped forward and helped her up from the ground without any disgust.

A look of shock and anger flashed across his face.

He raised his hand and used his spiritual power to drive away all the bats, and then he freed his hands to comfort the frightened little sister.

"Big Brother, those bats are so scary..."

"What's going on inside? Don't be in a hurry, tell me slowly."

Song Xixi was so frightened that she couldn't think straight. Her mind was filled with terrifying bats. She sobbed and said, "Maybe... maybe I've found the wrong place. The Phoenix Bird isn't here."

Su Muqing said in a steady voice: "It's okay, then we'll look for it somewhere else."

Song Xixi grabbed his collar and nodded repeatedly in fear, just wanting to leave here quickly.

After the people from the Tianji Sect disappeared, several disciples from the Beast Taming Sect walked out from the darkness.

How could Song Xixi have thought that she was still a step too late.

The Beast Taming Sect had discovered this cave a long time ago, but they also came up empty-handed. There was no Phoenix Bird in the cave at all.

Thinking about the setbacks she had been facing, the Saintess thought about it and realized that someone must be secretly plotting something and deliberately going against their Beast Taming Sect, so she just sat back and waited for someone to come to her.

Then the people from Tianji Sect arrived.

They had deliberately released the bats in the cave, and they felt much better when they saw the female disciple of Tianji Sect being scared away by the bats.

"Damn it! It turns out that it's the Tianji Sect that's against us!"

"But how did the Tianji Sect know about the existence of the Phoenix Bird?"

The Saint suddenly asked, "Who is that female cultivator in white?"

The tall man thought for a moment and said, "Judging from her relationship with Su Muqing, she should be the new disciple of the Tianji Sect's leader. I greeted her not long ago. Her name seems to be Song Xixi."

"Does the Saint suspect that there is something wrong with her?"

The Saintess pondered for a moment and said, "She was the one who guided the other members of the Tianji Sect to this place. This means she knew the location of the cave a long time ago. I don't believe there are so many coincidences in the world."

The Saint snorted coldly: "What's more, she still has the residual scent of Phoenix Grass on her body."

The tall man clenched his fists until they crackled and said angrily, "So she's the one behind this!"

The Saint thought about it, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she said in a cold voice: "The Phoenix Grass should be on her. Keep a close eye on them and find an opportunity to capture that woman. We must get the Phoenix Grass back!"

"Also, I have to pry her open. I want to see how she knows the news about the Phoenix Bird."

The Beast Taming Sect disciples responded in unison.

Then several figures disappeared into the forest like ghosts.

......

Fan Li, Ye Wushuang and others returned to the place where the Tianji Sect set up camp in Wangyue Valley, and the Phoenix Black Bird followed them happily.

It didn't make a contract with anyone, and just followed them proudly.

Except for them who knew it well, no one thought that it was the legendary top-grade spiritual beast.

The fact is that its appearance is too different from that of a phoenix, and it hides the unique aura of a top-grade spiritual beast. Therefore, people who see it think it is an ordinary monster in the secret realm that they cannot name.

It doesn't remind me of the majestic Phoenix or Xuanniao at all.

In addition, Fan Li's appearance attracted everyone's attention, so no one paid attention to the inconspicuous ugly turkey.

"Senior Sister, it's great that you came back alive! Woohoo, we all thought you were gone!"

"Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you talking about? Senior Sister, good fortune has its own blessings, isn't this good?"

"Senior Sister, let me tell you, you missed a big show. That golden shadow was so powerful. It slapped the demon king away with just one blow. That scene was really..."

Surrounding Fan Li were disciples in the Foundation Establishment stage. Their eyes were clear and bright, and they chattered about what had happened before.

It’s nothing more than how shocking the golden shadow is and how the phoenix killed the demon king.

No matter how hard they tried, they would never have thought that Fan Li was an important part of it.

It had been a long time since Fan Li had felt the excitement of being surrounded by people, and all of them were well-intentioned. He felt a little emotional for a moment.

It's a bit ridiculous to say that.

In her previous life, Su Muqing disliked her bad personality. She was not as approachable and kind as Song Xixi, and was liked by her disciples.

So she forced herself to suppress her nature, put on a mask, and imitated Song Xixi, trying hard to please the people around her, becoming less and less like herself.

But even if she lowered her posture and behaved in a humble manner, she was not able to win the love of others. Instead, more and more people despised and disliked her.

Su Muqing even said that she was hopeless and imitated others, which completely shattered her self-esteem.

Now that she has a new life, she no longer cares about what anyone thinks. She just stays true to herself and doesn't try to maintain relationships with others.

But they suddenly liked her again.

It turns out that you can be liked by others without having to please them.

Fan Li couldn't describe the feeling in his heart.

The disciples chattered non-stop until Wang Fa told them not to disturb their senior sister's rest, and then they reluctantly dispersed.

Fan Li sat by the campfire, holding Daju in her arms. The warm yellow light of the fire reflected on her face, making her look very peaceful.

Han Shouyu came and sat down next to her, glancing at her back and forth a few times before speaking: "Xiao Qi, I'm relieved to see that you're okay."

Fan Li hummed indifferently.

Han Shouyu raised his severed hand to show Fan Li, with a bitter expression: "Look, this may be retribution."

Fan Li still looked cold and indifferent, not even bothering to say polite words.

She had no sympathy for Han Shouyu, nor was she curious about how his hand was broken. If she had to express her opinion, she only had four words for him.

You will reap the consequences.

Han Shouyu was a little depressed because he didn't get the care he wanted.

"Xiao Qi, I'm sorry."

"Brother shouldn't have hit you before."

Han Shouyu sincerely apologized to Fan Li, "I promise, I will never hit you again."

Han Shouyu thought that the reason why Fan Li still refused to pay attention to him was because of the slap in the inn.

Upon hearing this, Fan Li didn't even bat an eyelid as he slowly stroked the golden tiger's fur.

She had heard this promise countless times in her past life. Whether she believed it or not was none of his business, because he would still beat her. So she simply kept quiet.

Fan Li's indifference completely hurt Han Shouyu's heart.

That familiar feeling came back.

His eyes gradually turned red, his facial muscles twitched slightly, a few blue veins popped out on both sides of his temples, he gritted his teeth, trying hard to endure something.

His neck and face were red, with a hint of purple.

Because the firelight shone on his face, no one noticed his abnormality for a while.

His voice was hoarse, and he said as calmly as possible: "Xiao Qi, can't you forgive my brother?"

Fan Li was already annoyed and stood up as if to leave.

At this time, Han Shouyu squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Is it only when my senior brother dies that you will forgive me?"