My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

Luo Hanying wasn't an ignorant child; after hearing Dou Xueran's words, her confused mind finally cleared up.

Putting aside the fact that she couldn't help at all after leaving the secret realm, she didn't even know how she left. Now that Ruan Chayan had left the secret realm, she had to take Ruan Chayan's share and find more rare and precious materials in the secret realm.

Luo Hanying thanked Dou Xueran for her advice, feeling embarrassed, and asked her what she was going to do next: "Are you still going to stay with me? Chacha has left the secret realm, and I don't know what to do now."

Dou Xueran's eyes held a hint of approval for Luo Hanying, seemingly unsurprised by her choice: "Of course, your cultivation level isn't high either. What if you encounter any danger? It's safer for the two of you to be together."

This is a habitat for spirit beasts. Even if Feather doesn't find his friends, we can still search for spirit herbs here.

Cultivators outside of Yuling Peak are generally unwilling to come here, as they are unfamiliar with the habits of spirit beasts and worry about being attacked by hordes of them.

But we are different.

Luo Hanying then followed Dou Xueran to continue searching in this wetland. Luo Hanying knew the growth habits of medicinal herbs and how to harvest and preserve them.

Dou Xueran knew how to make the spirit beasts lower their guard against them as quickly as possible, and she also prepared beast-repelling powder, so no spirit beasts dared to cause them any trouble.

"Xiaoxue, I've survived my tribulation."

Upon hearing Ruan Chayan's voice, Luo Hanying was overjoyed, her eyes welling with tears: "Aunt Cha, I thought... I thought... I'm so relieved you're alright, you scared me to death!"

Ruan Chayan's voice was full of joy and lingering fear at successfully surviving the tribulation: "Don't even mention it, it was truly a near-death experience."

If it weren't for the ferocious beast I contracted in the secret realm that shielded me from the heavenly tribulation, you might not be seeing me now.

"Junior Sister Luo, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with these medicinal herbs?" Dou Xueran looked at Luo Hanying, whose mood seemed inexplicable, with a puzzled expression.

"No, no, I just spaced out. I'll take care of it right away."

As Luo Hanying carefully dug up the spiritual herbs, she asked, "That spirit beast is so powerful! I must thank it properly when I get out, otherwise I'll have no friends left."

"It's not a spirit beast, it's a ferocious beast, something like Fiery Eyes. Sect Leader Li and Daoist Yu Chen both know it. Oh, by the way, it can transform into human form, and it looks like a man."

"Wow!" Luo Hanying exclaimed in surprise. "Can it transform?! That's incredibly awesome!"

"He doesn't seem like an ordinary bull. From what they've said, he's a scourge that's been trapped in the Unmelting Mountain Formation for over a thousand years."

While listening to their conversation, Ruan Chayan observed Jin Si's appearance. ["He has a bad temper, red pupils, and painted patterns on his face, like a beauty blogger."]

[“A menace?”] Luo Hanying handed the medicinal herbs to Dou Xueran and asked in her mind, [“Won’t he harm you? If he’s not a good person, can you still break the contract with him?”]

Luo Hanying suddenly realized: ["Oh~!! I knew he was a green tea b*tch! He acted pitiful and cute just to trick you into forming a contract with him!"]

Ruan Chayan said, "I have to go with you now. Sect Leader Li and the others want me to go with them. They probably want to discuss how to deal with this thousand-year-old monster."

Luo Hanying readily agreed, saying, "Go ahead, relax. You two are already bound by a pact, so what does it matter? They still have to listen to you now."

Dou Xueran looked at Luo Hanying, whose mood had suddenly improved, and thought to herself that she really was childish. Just a moment ago she was full of worry, concerned about Ruan Chayan's safety, but she forgot all about it after digging up a few spiritual herbs.

The two stayed here for three days, and even rescued several spirit beasts in the peat swamp, as well as some cultivators who went in unaware of the dangers but could not come out.

Dou Xueran's spirit beast feathers did not find any of its kind. There were many birds here, but they were not close to it. She wanted to go to the source of Lanxi to try her luck.

Luo Hanying still remembered her destination, so she bid farewell to Dou Xueran and headed south alone.

On the third day after Luo Hanying and Dou Xueran parted ways, she was attacked by the demon beast Jinshui Li. If she hadn't happened to meet Lin Zhuzui and his junior brothers and sisters, Luo Hanying didn't even know if she could have survived the Jinshui Li's attack alone.

Luo Hanying had just recovered from her previous serious injuries when she was injured again. She pressed her wounds and thanked Lin Zhuzui and the others for their rescue.

Everyone was from the same sect, and they all enthusiastically offered pills and elixirs to help each other.

When asked how Luo Hanying had offended the Jinshui Li, Luo Hanying simply repeated Yu Sheng's previous explanation.

Some cultivators familiar with the habits of the Golden Water Lion say that it is a very vengeful and difficult-to-deal-with demon beast. It is good at hiding, and it is likely that it followed Luo Hanying all the way, and when it saw that Luo Hanying was alone, it showed up to take revenge.

Luo Hanying was terrified, lamenting that if she hadn't met Lin Zhuzui and his group, she probably would have become the first cultivator to die in the sect's secret realm.

"It can't be considered the first. Among the newly recruited disciples in the past, there were also those who were unlucky enough to perish in the Lanxi Secret Realm."

Luck is an indispensable part of a cultivator's exploration of the Great Dao; you'll get used to it.

Lin Zhuzui's original intention was to comfort Luo Hanying, but Luo Hanying's complexion looked even worse.

Luo Hanying forced a smile: "Thank God I don't want to die, otherwise I wouldn't have met you all today."

The group was amused by Luo Hanying's humor and asked her if she would like to travel with them.

Although the Golden Water Lion was driven away once again, no one knows whether it will make a comeback.

Luo Hanying inquired about the sword cultivators' destination and learned that they were also heading south.

The sword cultivators heard that there was a space-time rift in the south, from which strong winds would blow out, so they wanted to go and experience it for themselves, using the strong winds to temper their bodies.

Although Luo Hanying didn't understand the hobbies of sword cultivators, since they shared the same goal, there was no reason for her to refuse.

Luo Hanying had always known that she wasn't very lucky, but it seemed that after being saved by Lin Zhuzui and the other sword cultivators, she had used up all her luck in the Lanxi Secret Realm. Until the day she left the Lanxi Secret Realm, she didn't gain anything significant.

The rumored Zhui Chenzhi has not even been seen.

This trip to the secret realm has come to an end.