The rag picking sister turned out to be a weapon refiner

"I... there seems to be something wrong with my body." Hu Xingtong spoke with difficulty, her voice was weak and almost inaudible.

Gu Sihe's expression changed. She immediately helped Hu Xingtong sit down, then took out a pill from her bosom and handed it to her: "This is a pill for regulating internal injuries. Take it first and see if it works."

Hu Xingtong took the pill and swallowed it. She felt a warm current flowing through her body, and the pain gradually eased. She took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and looked at Gu Sihe: "Much better."

Gu Sihe breathed a sigh of relief. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and smiled: "It's good that you're okay. Let's rest for a while and then continue on."

The two rested for a while under the protection of the barrier talisman, and Hu Xingtong's body gradually recovered. She stood up, stretched her arms and legs, and felt her strength returning to her body.

"We can't delay any longer. We must leave here as soon as possible. It would be bad if those monsters catch up with us." Hu Xingtong said, releasing his spiritual sense.

"What you fear will come to you. Those things are catching up with us. Let's go!" Those things behind them didn't know how they found the two of them, but they followed the route they took, as if they would fight to the death.

Gu Sihe nodded, gave Hu Xingtong another pill to restore his strength, took a brief rest, and then continued to head towards the shrubbery in the northeast corner.

The dense undergrowth made it difficult for sunlight to penetrate. The air was filled with the damp, lingering scent of grass and trees, creating a sense of oppression. Hu Xingtong and Gu Sihe moved cautiously through the forest, wary of any monsters that might appear.

"Xingtong, look over there." Gu Sihe suddenly pointed to an open space in front and said in a low voice.

Hu Xingtong looked in the direction of her finger and saw a strange plant growing in the open space. The leaves of the plant were light white and emitted a soft light.

"White Soul Grass, it looks like there should be more around here." The pain in his meridians came back again, Hu Xingtong groaned and fell to the ground.

"Are you okay?" Gu Sihe stepped forward anxiously to support him. She didn't know any medical skills and didn't know what was wrong with Hu Xingtong. She could only take out all the pills she had on her and put them on the ground for Hu Xingtong to choose from.

The two of them have now entered the dwarf woods. Those monsters have long been shaken off, so there is no need to worry about any danger.

However, Hu Xingtong also knew that his condition had reached the point where no medicine could cure him. But in order to reassure Gu Sihe, he pretended to choose among a number of pills and selected one that had the effect of relieving pain and restoring health.

"Squeaky--" a monkey's cry sounded above and behind the two of them.

The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw a monkey beast half the height of a man standing on a tree branch looking at them, with a human-like look of doubt flashing in its scarlet pupils.

Hu Xingtong frowned. Encountering a monkey beast at this moment was not good news.

"Squeak--Gaoh--" the monkey beast called out twice, as if saying something. Hu Xingtong tilted his head and listened, his eyes brightening.

Looking back at Gu Sihe, the latter was looking at the monkey beast with a vigilant expression, with his right hand clenched, as if ready to summon his weapon at any time.

"Sihe..." Hu Xingtong called out. In his current state, it might be difficult for him to communicate with the monkey beast, so he could only hand over this difficult task to Gu Sihe.

"Are we leaving?" Gu Sihe didn't turn around, his eyes still alert to the monkey beast's movements. He just tilted his head slightly and spoke softly to Hu Xingtong.

Hu Xingtong felt somewhat helpless and could only stretch out his hand with great effort, passing on the technique he used to communicate with the monster beast, and explained, "This monkey beast doesn't seem to have any malicious intent. Please try to communicate with it on my behalf."

Feeling the skills transmitted by Hu Xingtong, Gu Sihe seemed to be able to understand the words of the monkey beast in an instant.

"Squeaky——" (Are you hurt?)

Gu Sihe thought it was amazing and became interested. After trying it, she responded, "Hahahahaha" (well, she felt uncomfortable).

The monkey beast seemed stunned for a moment, not expecting Gu Sihe to talk to it. It jumped close to the two of them, looked them over, and then gestured and called out: "Zhihou - Zhihou -" (Which tribe are you from?)

Gu Sihe was almost laughing to death. Just by replying to a question, they became members of the same clan. This monkey beast was a bit stupid.

"I'm not from the same tribe as you. Can you help us?" (Monkey language)

The monkey beast nodded obviously, nodded to itself and then to Hu Xingtong, then turned to face the road in front of it, as if indicating that the two should follow it.

Gu Sihe looked at Hu Xingtong, as if asking for her opinion. Hu Xingtong also felt strange. It seemed that no matter where she went, most of the monsters that had seen her would be very close to her.

"Follow it and see where it takes us."

Gu Sihe nodded, helped Hu Xingtong up, and followed the monkey beast. The monkey beast seemed very considerate. Knowing that the two of them could not walk fast, it slowed down its pace, walking and stopping from time to time. From time to time, it would stop by the roadside to pick some herbs and hand them to Gu Sihe.

"Xingxing, do you think this monkey is too nice to you?" Gu Sihe picked up the herbs, crushed them according to the method taught by the monkey, and fed them to Hu Xingtong.

What's more, the herbs found by the monkey beast are suitable for Hu Xingtong to take now. After taking them, Hu Xingtong can even clearly feel that his condition has improved a lot, and the speed at which his meridians rupture is not so fast.

"Don't talk about this monkey beast. During the years that I have been training, including you, most of the monsters that have seen me would be very close to me. I also find it very strange." Thinking back to the monsters he met over the years, Yan Hui, Ling Xian, Hai Ying, and even Gu Sihe, they all seemed to be special to him when they first met him.

"You know what, the first time I saw you, I really felt that you were very attractive. It felt like... you were a lot like my family..." Gu Sihe said, and couldn't help but feel confused.

"Right, so it's not just this monkey beast. I feel like I have an animal-friendly physique that makes monsters like me the first time they see me." Hu Xingtong joked with a smile.

"You..." Gu Sihe smiled, feeling helpless.

The two followed the monkey beast all the way to a dense forest with large trees, and then they were unwilling to leave.

Because, in front of the two of them were hundreds of monkeys playing and fighting, and the most important point was that the place where these monkeys were making a fuss was actually on a large piece of white soul grass.

"Xingxing, if I'm not mistaken, this should be the white soul grass, right?" Gu Sihe's mouth twitched slightly, and he couldn't believe what he saw.

Hu Xingtong's eyes flashed with golden light. He kept looking around and kept muttering, "Heavenly Grade, all of them are Heavenly Grade White Soul Grass. No wonder the disciples of Qingzhu Sect couldn't find it. The lair of these monkey beasts is full of them. It would be a miracle if they could find it!"