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

Luo Hanying clung tightly to the tree, afraid she might fall if she trembled: [“Oh no, they’re coming for us.”]

Her face was filled with guilt. [“This isn’t right. How did they find us? Didn’t we put on invisibility talismans?”]

"These two concealment talismans can defend against Nascent Soul cultivators, but they can't defend against Deity Transformation cultivators. Didn't that person just say he had a senior to guide him?"

Ruan Chayan was also very nervous. [“We might be under someone else’s divine sense right now.”]

Luo Hanying's expression was ugly: "No way? People at the Nascent Soul Realm are all big shots. If they have such high cultivation, why would they bother with us little minions?"

Furthermore, since he saw us, why didn't he just grab us?

Ruan Chayan glanced at the cultivator who had walked away and said, "Who knows? Fortunately, Yu Laosan doesn't have any backers in Yicheng, otherwise you and I might have already been caught."

The invisibility talisman will expire in half an hour; we need to think of where to hide.

Luo Hanying carefully took out a calligraphy brush: [“Let’s go to the West District? Isn’t it said to be a chaotic place? It should be easier to hide there.”]

With one hand she made a hand seal, and with the other she held a brush and wrote the character "wind" in the air. The black character transformed into a gentle breeze, lifting the two people who jumped down from the tree.

"My biggest fear is that because the West District is so chaotic, other unexpected things might happen to us."

Despite saying this, Ruan Chayan still affixed the talisman and, holding Luo Hanying's hand, headed west.

Ruan Chayan: [“I suddenly realize we’re quite good at causing trouble; we’ve already made enemies with people as soon as we arrived in Yicheng.”]

Luo Hanying: [“What a joke! Life is just about taking a breath. If you're not strong enough today, you won't be able to breathe tomorrow. Endure it for a while and you'll get ovarian cysts; take a step back and you'll get breast hyperplasia.”]

Ruan Chayan: [“That makes sense. How can you prove you're alive if you don't court disaster?”]

【Hahahaha~】

In Yicheng, flying and fighting are prohibited, which is why the cultivators the two had just encountered were searching on foot.

They were not patrol personnel in the city and were not under the jurisdiction of the city lord, so they dared not search for the two in a high-profile manner.

However, because the West District did not obey the city lord's governance, the city lord sent people several times but failed to suppress those highly skilled thugs and ruffians and failed to prohibit the existence of the black market. Therefore, the West District ignored these regulations.

Often, cultivators also need such a place to deal with things and items that cannot be made public. The city lord is no exception, so everyone tacitly accepts the existence of this place.

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying witnessed two magical battles as soon as they arrived in the West District. They were so frightened that they avoided people. Even so, they were still met with trouble.

At the entrance of an alley, a ragged female cultivator rushed in front of the two. Ruan Chayan pulled Luo Hanying to avoid her, but the weak female cultivator still managed to grab the hem of her black cloak.

The black cloaks and masks worn by the two were purchased from shops in Yicheng. They could block the prying eyes of those below the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm and conceal their figures, appearances, and voices.

"Please, my lords... please save me..." The female cultivator clutched tightly at the hem of Ruan Chayan's robe, her face smeared with mud and blood.

The two male cultivators who chased after him from the alley made no attempt to conceal their identities. One of them chuckled and said, "What, do you two want to meddle in this mess?"

Ruan Chayan immediately shook her head: "No, no, we have important matters to attend to, so we won't waste any more time here."

She reached out and grabbed her cloak, even striking the female cultivator's hand with her spiritual power, but the cultivator only begged Ruan Chayan for help with tears streaming down her face, and did not let go.

"My lords, I am willing to serve you both like a slave, to serve you tea and water... I beg you to have pity on me..."

"I possess a cultivation technique found in a secret realm. If you two gentlemen can preserve my innocence and life, I am willing to offer it up..."

Ruan Chayan hesitated upon hearing this, not because she coveted the cultivation technique the female cultivator mentioned—Xian Ge's was far superior—but because she felt a pang of pity and a touch of soft-heartedness.

At the same time, Luo Hanying asked 1127 in her mind: "System, do these two people have any powerful backers?"

"Won't anyone retaliate after I hit them?"

1127 immediately provided the data: ["Yes, the two of them are from the Greedy Passion Sect in the West District. The sect has a mid-stage Nascent Soul elder overseeing it."]

Luo Hanying shrugged at Ruan Chayan: "You're only at the early Nascent Soul stage, and they have a whole group of people. They can't help you. Let's hurry up and leave; we don't want to get ourselves into trouble."

Unexpectedly, Luo Hanying's actions and Ruan Chayan's hesitation led the two male cultivators to mistakenly believe that she wanted to help someone. The two were not very bright, and they immediately took out their magical weapons to attack.

"You refuse a toast only to suffer a forfeit! How dare you oppose the Greedy Passion Sect!"

"Let me show you what you've got! You dare to play the hero with anything!"

The flashing blades aimed straight at his face.

Ruan Chayan reacted quickly, taking out the umbrella-shaped defensive magic weapon given to her by the system and opening it up. The one that Luo Hanying had already been destroyed when Ruan Chayan was undergoing her tribulation, so she picked up a pen and wrote the character "shield". The red characters twisted and swelled up, covering the umbrella-shaped magic weapon, and the double protection steadily blocked the attack of the two cultivators.

Ruan Chayan exuded an aura of power and said in a deep voice, "Open your dog eyes and see clearly! I am not someone you can afford to offend! Get lost!"

She summoned her spirit sword and unleashed a sword intent at the feet of the two men.

The two male cultivators, one at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm and the other at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm, only possessed the sword techniques inherent in the magic swords they had purchased. Ruan Chayan's move greatly surprised the two who were unaware of her true abilities.

They didn't understand Confucianism, so they couldn't fathom Luo Hanying's abilities.

The two of them, babbling incoherently, fled in a panic as they rode away on their magical artifacts.

"Thank goodness we bought the Sword Intent Stone at the shop, otherwise we really wouldn't know how to scare those two bastards away."

Luo Hanying put away her brush and said, "Bullying women is a curse you can't escape no matter where you go."

Ruan Chayan responded and helped the woman, who was thanking her repeatedly, to her feet.

"Alright, you don't need to thank us. We didn't intend to save you; those two attacked first."

Ruan Chayan wanted to sever ties with her as soon as possible. The feud with Yu Laosan hadn't even been over yet, and now she had offended the Tanqing Sect. It was truly unlucky; she and Luo Hanying were just too unlucky.

"Waaaah... Thank you so much, seniors. If it weren't for you, I would have... I would have self-destructed..."

The female cultivator stood up unsteadily, wanting to lean on Ruan Chayan: "My name is Le Shu. May I ask how you two seniors address me?"

Luo Hanying saw through her intention and pulled her over: "Can't you see how petite she is? Why are you leaning against her?"

The moment the words left her mouth, Han Ying knew she was in trouble; she had inadvertently revealed Ruan Chayan's gender.