System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

Then, with her short legs, she quickly ran towards the shimmering lake not far away. Children's playful nature has never changed throughout history. Whether in a bustling city or a remote tribe, as soon as they see water, it's like finding a treasure; they can't move an inch.

However, upon seeing this scene, Yin Yi and the others felt a sudden unease and knew something was wrong.

Just as the little girl excitedly rolled up her trousers and ran to the edge of the swamp, eagerly reaching out to grab the fish and shrimp swimming around in the water, a huge and eerie ripple suddenly appeared on the surface of the deep water, as if some enormous creature was swimming rapidly from the bottom of the swamp.

Those high in the sky could see clearly that what was rapidly approaching the little girl on the shore was a huge crocodile monster. Just from the aura it emitted, they could tell that it had the cultivation level of the early stage of the Innate Realm.

"Monster!" Upon seeing this, a female cultivator in black's beautiful eyes flashed with icy coldness. Her eyebrows furrowed, and with a gentle pinch of her two fingers, a plum blossom sword gleaming with cold light appeared out of thin air in her hand. The sword hummed, and it looked as if it was about to shoot towards the crocodile demon from afar.

However, Captain Yin Yi stopped him with a raised hand: "Wait!"

The female cultivator was startled by Yin Yi's stern gaze and immediately realized what was happening.

They were on an important mission on this trip, and all their actions had to be carried out according to orders. He had almost acted impulsively and ruined things.

In fact, let alone their current high level, even the overlords who once dominated Qushan always treated these tribesmen as commodities to be used at will, so how could they easily lend a hand to save them?

After Yin Yi spoke, the guards who were already disgruntled and eager to kill the crocodile demon instantly turned indifferent and stood aside, unconcerned that it was none of their business.

At this moment, the little girl was having a great time, her eyes fixed on the clever fish and shrimp darting away from the crevices in the rocks at the edge of the marsh, her heart filled with the excitement of catching them.

After failing to catch the fish and shrimp she wanted, she was not discouraged at all. Instead, she became even more energetic and rushed towards the deeper water with a big laugh. At this moment, all she could see in her little eyes were the small crabs that were fleeing at high speed. She did not notice the huge ripple that was rapidly approaching in front of her.

Seeing this, Yin Yi and the others tacitly slowed down the warship's flight speed, and watched coldly from their high vantage point, as if waiting for a predetermined tragedy to unfold.

"Hahaha, big fish—big fish, delicious!" The little girl only belatedly noticed the increasingly clear huge ripple in the distance when the icy lake water reached her calves.

But the little girl's reaction was completely unexpected. Instead of crying out in fright, she was so excited that her eyes lit up. She opened her arms, shouted, and laughed as she rushed towards the ripples in the deep water.

wow-

Suddenly, a massive crocodile demon, the size of a small box from my previous life, covered in thick black scales, burst out of the water. Most of its enormous body was exposed, and the sunlight shone on its wet scales, reflecting a cold light.

"Plop!"

The crocodile demon, carrying immense force, crashed back into the water, and the surging waves instantly engulfed the little girl's tiny figure.

In the blink of an eye, a huge black shadow flashed across the water like a ghost, and the little girl disappeared from the surface of the water without a trace, leaving only ripples that were still spreading.

"Alas, indeed, it's in the nature of demonic beasts to eat people; it's something they can't change." The female cultivator couldn't bear to watch any longer, so she turned her head away and sighed softly with a face full of reluctance.

"Hmph." Yin Yi merely snorted coldly, showing no remorse whatsoever, and raised his hand to signal to continue heading towards the core area of ​​Qushan.

At that moment, another man suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "No, brother, look down there!"

Yin Yi was already impatient, and upon hearing this, he inadvertently glanced down at the lake and its shore.

This glance caused everyone to gasp in shock, and the female cultivator couldn't help but rub her eyes, as if she couldn't believe what she was seeing was real.

"A crocodile demon that grows by devouring flesh and blood would actually save a mortal child? And even take the initiative to bring the child ashore?" Yin Yi was also shocked by this sudden and bizarre scene that defied common sense. His usually stable worldview was shaken as if it had been hit by a violent earthquake.

At this moment, on the shore of the lake below, the black-scaled crocodile slowly crawled ashore, opened its mouth full of sharp teeth, and the little girl, covered in sticky, wet flesh, clung tightly to the crocodile's teeth, her eyes narrowed into slits as she laughed, refusing to come down, and muttering that she wanted to continue playing in the water.

The scene left Yin Yi and the others speechless, unable to recover for a long time.

Then, the crocodile demon seemed to have gotten impatient with the little girl and roared gruffly at the surrounding rice paddies.

The roar was less of a howl and more of a strange infrasound transmission; it didn't actually sound very loud, otherwise the little girl hanging in its mouth wouldn't have been able to stand it.

Soon, a panicked couple and an elderly man with white hair rushed out of the rice paddy.

When the three saw their daughter laughing and cuddling with the "regional river god's" teeth in her arms, they were both surprised and delighted. The couple's eyes reddened, and they rushed over and, with great effort, carefully lifted their daughter down from the statue.

Then, the old man bowed respectfully to the sleepy-eyed crocodile demon, muttering incantations as if expressing gratitude.

Afterwards, the couple, along with their youngest daughter, also knelt down in reverence with devout expressions.

The crocodile monster ignored it and shook its head. With a nimble turn, it plunged into the deep water and disappeared without a trace.

As the rescued little girl was taken away by the couple, the crocodile monster also disappeared completely into the lake.

This scene was clearly witnessed by Yin Yi and the other nine people on the warship high in the sky.

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!"

After the mortals who were farming and working around the swamp left, Yin Yi turned to the woman beside him and said, "Go, capture the five little demons in the water and bring them up for questioning."

To a group of cultivators at the Myriad Manifestations Realm, a great demon at the Innate Realm was no less than an ant.

"Yes."

As the female cultivator transformed into a streak of light and flew off the deck, swooping down, she merely touched the lake water with her toes. Then, she waved her hand towards the deep waters at the bottom of the lake, and a large magical net opened its mouth, instantly exerting a tremendous suction force on the entire swamp.

"Roar!"

"Shangxian..."

"How dare you invade the spiritual energy of my Qushan Mountain and capture my righteous River God!"

"Outrageous! You are provoking Longxia!"

A crocodile, a freshwater crab, a loach, an eel, and a blackfish had all been shrunk dozens of times by the female cultivator's large net magic weapon, yet they were still struggling and sending telepathic shouts at the terrifying female cultivator in front of them.

With a wave of her hand, the shrunken net magic weapon returned to her hand. Hearing the comment about five ants, she smiled slightly, "Indeed, just as my elder brother said, these little demons actually dare to question me and even threaten me."

"Wow—"

Fortunately, the female cultivator did not go on a killing spree. Instead, she carried the large net magic weapon and flew straight back to the warship that was docked thousands of meters above the ground.

The five minor demons at the Innate Realm originally intended to rely on the prestige of the Longxia Clan and the Jiang Clan to scare away the enemy, but after a moment of dizziness, when they opened their eyes again, they were all terrified and fell silent.

There are nine powerful enemies?

"Immortal, spare our lives! Spare our lives!"