Bound to Mary Sue, I am against involution in the world of immortal cultivation

"You are hurt?"

Ling You quickly took the person from Fan Ning's arms, and the look of surprise in his eyes lingered for a long time.

After a while, he hesitated and said, "That's the Demon King..."

"Even if it's a demon king, after being seriously injured, it's not as scary as you think, especially after a serious injury that took a hundred years to recover."

Fan Ning added casually, "It's just that he looks intimidating. Otherwise, an ordinary cultivator like me wouldn't be able to control him. It's mostly just luck. I've always had exceptionally good luck, so I only suffered minor injuries."

Ling You: “…”

Ling You looked at the demon king who was obviously knocked unconscious, then looked at Fan Ning's expressionless face, and said doubtfully: "Okay, I believe it."

Fan Ning, who had picked up some heart points for free, was in a good mood and didn't argue with him. "Have you found the location?"

"We found them and rescued some people. Yu Changqing has now reunited with the other people involved."

Ling You took Fan Ning to a huge tree and took a look at her exposed hand, feeling a little embarrassed to speak.

Fan Ning: “……?”

Ling You covered his face. "It's a formation again. The group of people we met happened to have one who knew how to use it, but he wasn't proficient in it."

Fan Ning realized something: "So...?"

Ling You lowered his head and squatted down, his voice muffled, "You have to dig a hole with your hands to see the portal he made."

"This soil is evil. It will grow back on its own after a while."

Fan Ning: “…”

[System, is solving the formation so simple and crude now? Is this a special feature here?]

Aren’t people in her world like this too?

【That's just a dish. 】

System rant: [You all encountered this during the freshman assessment, so don't ask for too much.]

Fan Ning: [Does your system have any quick formations that can be created in three minutes...]

System: [Host dear, it's daytime now, not suitable for dreaming.]

Fan Ning, who was rarely interrupted, also bent down to dig the soil.

"Don't move," Ling You moved faster than he thought, and after stopping him, he turned his head away awkwardly, "I'll do this."

"After all, you saved my life first, so it's not right for me to let you do this kind of work again."

System: [Tsk tsk tsk, he's blushing. Host, strike while the iron is hot... Um, host, what are you doing?!]

The dagger in Fan Ning's hand spun around, cutting off a piece of soil in one stroke.

[Nonsense! This is a life-saving favor, so of course it needs to be remembered forever so it's not wasted! Who is he looking down on?!]

System: […I don’t think that’s what he meant.]

Fan Ning narrowed his eyes: [So, what do you want to say? ]

System: [No, I mean, host, you are really frugal.]

Fan Ning snorted coldly, pushed Ling You aside, and chiseled away the last layer of soil with a dagger.

【Add one hundred to your heartbeat value.】

system:【……】

Although it didn't know what happened, it was so abnormal that it was probably related to Fan Ning.

"...Thank you."

As he passed through the formation, Ling You's voice, so low it was almost inaudible, came over with the wind.

He had injured his hand when he was rescuing that group of people. Holding a person was no problem, but strong movements were a bit strenuous for him.

I thought I was hiding well, but I was still discovered.

"I didn't do anything." Fan Ning observed the place where the monsters were hiding. He looked around with a strange expression, "They don't really think they are hiding in a safe place, do they?"

There were both under-tree and teleportation methods, and as a result, the aura of the demonic cultivators in the base camp was fifty-fifty.

"Is there a problem?"

Ling You was still asking, but his body was instantly on alert.

If someone else said this, he wouldn't believe it too much, but it was Fan Ning who said it.

Based on what I have learned so far, Fan Ning's tone has basically indicated that he has reached a conclusion.

"It's just a gathering of demon cultivators. It's a minor problem. We're here anyway."

Ling You twitched his lips: "This can't be considered a small problem, right?"

Besides, is “I’m already here” a reason that can convince myself?

Ling You: "Isn't this just escaping the tiger's den and entering the wolf's lair..."

Yu Changqing, who had just come to pick someone up: "......?"

"What happened?" Yu Changqing asked Ling You, but his eyes subconsciously looked at Fan Ning beside him, "Is there something wrong here?"

"You guys...are pretty lucky."

Fan Ning sighed: "Isn't this the problem? I don't think I need to explain it anymore."

"It seems I came at the wrong time? Did I disturb you?"

Facing the subtle looks from the trio, the robed demon beast elder said sheepishly, "I just overheard that cultivator saying he was coming to pick you up, and I was worried you'd get lost, so I came to help out of kindness."

Fan Ning nodded, revealing a corner of the demon king that was hidden by Ling You's body. "Indeed, it looks like you are leading us to our death."

"Did this fairy misunderstand something? Although we had some conflicts with those monks before, now that we have come to the conclusion of the misunderstanding, we should not continue to waste our energy, right?"

The monster elder spoke earnestly, his crutch deeply embedded in the ground, looking like an innocent old man suffering.

Unfortunately, Fan Ning remained unmoved: "That's a demon cultivator! Yu Changqing, arrest him!"

Seeing that Yu Changqing was still hesitant, Ling You pushed her away: "Since you're here, just listen to her!"

At this point, Yu Changqing raised his sword to block the way. The cold sword was retracted into the scabbard and flipped twice. The elder was forced to fight with his crutch and was about to be unable to take care of himself.

The scabbard flashed coldly in the air again and again, and the elder couldn't help but wail, "I'm not some demon cultivator. I've been in this abyss of monsters for hundreds of years! I was involved in suppressing the abyss last time!"

Fan Ning sneered, "You've suppressed the demon king for hundreds of years, yet you don't even recognize him?"

"Even if he's not a demon cultivator, he's still going to rebel! I just happen to have some friendship with the Demon King, so I'll just consider it as cutting up the rotten meat for his clan!"

System: [A relationship where you don't even know each other's names?]

It felt that it had too many complaints to say, but Yu Changqing was persuaded and the sword that had been put away was instantly unsheathed.

"You, you monks, you are defaming people's innocence—"

"You'd better prove your innocence first," Ling You was quick-witted and quick-handed. He predicted the location where the elder was going to escape and threw a dagger to force the man to the ground.

"Well done," Fan Ning patted his shoulder with satisfaction.

She leaned over to look at the elder's ferocious face, curled the corners of her lips, and stepped on him mercilessly.

"You'd better not look at me like that."

Fan Ning was still smiling, her messy long hair slightly covering her cheeks as she moved, giving her the illusion that she was very easy to talk to.

"Fan Ning," Yu Changqing frowned, not used to her style. "Meet up with the others first. If he really is a demon cultivator, we can't let him die so easily."

“There is still a lot to be verified.”

"Really?" Fan Ning narrowed his eyes slightly.

The elder caught by her gaze instantly clenched his teeth, "You are slandering me wantonly... The monsters are not easy to bully. We will never cooperate with people like you!"

After saying that, he spat a mouthful of blood in Fan Ning's direction.

"Cooperation? You don't really think you are that important, do you?" Fan Ning sneered, dodged the attack without surprise, and kicked the man in another direction.

This time he landed face down on the ground and was stepped on.

Ling You couldn't bear to look at her: "Really? Why would you provoke her for no reason?"

Now, I can’t even save my face anymore.

"Fan Ning," Yu Changqing, who had been trying to keep silent, finally couldn't bear it any longer, "Let him go first."

"No matter what, we have to make a decision after the interrogation."

Having said that, Fan Ning reluctantly agreed after giving him another kick to vent his anger for all the running around.

Ling You was shocked: "You listened to him?"

He never expected Fan Ning to compromise. He paused and even suspected that she had some new tricks up her sleeve.

"How about I protect Yu Changqing for you? I was injured while saving him, he won't attack me."

Yu Changqing, who heard everything clearly: "..."

Fan Ning, who discovered that his reputation had been damaged, said: "..."

The system spoke quietly: [Look at what you've become.]