The beautiful woman in the quick transmigration novel has been targeted by the male lead again.

The surrounding area was filled with large trees that blocked out the sun, and light could only shine in through the gaps.

Something suddenly darted past from behind. Chang Ning immediately turned around, drew her sword, and killed it with a single blow. She hadn't missed, which gave her a slight sense of accomplishment. But when she looked closer, she realized it was just a low-level ground squirrel.

The sound we just heard came from this thing.

She sighed. If she couldn't kill it, she might as well just smash her head against her own sword and die.

Her sword can be described as a top-grade magic weapon. The sword is called Lingxi. It is said that sword cultivators are poor to death, but she is different. The main body of her sword is made of meteorite iron from the Sunset Mountains, and it is also made of Xuanjing ore taken from the lava lake, as well as extremely precious refined gold. It can be said to be extremely hard.

In addition, her scabbard and hilt were each inlaid with several blood-red gems. These things had no offensive function, at most providing a little bit of defensive protection, and were mainly for decoration.

Chang Ning sheathed his sword and walked forward.

After passing through a tangled mess of vines and crisscrossing, unidentified plants, the view suddenly opened up, revealing a lake in front of us.

Chang Ning observed her surroundings and slowly walked over. When she was still two zhang away from the lake, a sudden gust of wind swept by. Chang Ning lowered her eyes, drew her sword with her backhand, and at the same time mobilized her spiritual energy to pour into the sword. The demonic beast immediately roared and distanced itself from her!

Only then could one see the appearance of the monster clearly. It was a third-tier mutated pincer scorpion, yellowish-brown in color, half the height of a person, with a pair of sharp pincers, a tail covered with barbs, and three pairs of compound eyes that gleamed with a cold-blooded light, which made people feel fear at first glance.

Chang Ning did not run away immediately. This pincer scorpion was a third-tier magical beast, and its cultivation level was comparable to Chang Ning's. She might not necessarily lose in a real fight, but it would be difficult for her to win.

The scorpion probably thought the same thing. After a brief standoff, it slowly retreated and soon disappeared into the dense forest.

Chang Ning didn't chase after it. Instead, she walked in the direction the scorpion had glanced at several times. This place was near the water and the environment was quite humid, not a place that this type of scorpion liked to stay. But since it had appeared here and seemed reluctant to leave, something must have attracted it.

The lakeside was overgrown with weeds. Chang Ning carefully parted them and found a Seven Star Lotus hidden inside. It was almost mature. This plant does not like mud, but it cannot live without water, so it has very high requirements for its growing environment.

Mature fruits are very beneficial to water spirit roots, not only increasing the speed of spiritual energy absorption, but also calming the mind and preventing qi deviation.

Chang Ning was somewhat delighted. Although she had come to exorcise demons, she was only there to make up the numbers, given her cultivation level. Her main purpose was to find some spiritual plants and treasures that would benefit her cultivation.

It seems she's lucky; no one else is competing with her for the prize.

Once the Seven Star Lotus matured, Chang Ning quickly reached out to pick it, but immediately pulled her hand back and jumped back!

Looking up, she saw a huge snake head swooping down from a tall tree next to her, its open mouth hissing. If she hadn't dodged quickly, her hand would have been gone!

This was a fifth-tier black-tailed snake. Its head was larger than hers, and its body was extremely thick. Its cultivation level was equivalent to that of a human Golden Core cultivator. No wonder Chang Ning hadn't sensed its presence earlier.

Without hesitation, she immediately found a direction and began to flee for her life. If she still had a fighting chance against the scorpion, staying after encountering this black snake would be suicide!

But this snake wasn't as easy to deal with as a scorpion. Seeing her run away, it immediately straightened its upper body and darted away. Chang Ning sighed inwardly at her bad luck and took out a handful of talismans from her storage ring and threw them behind her!

This talisman is theoretically very powerful, but it is only effective against those below the Golden Core stage. For both cultivators and demons, the Golden Core stage is a watershed moment. Throwing out a bunch of talismans only caused a few superficial wounds on the snake.

Chang Ning could even feel the snake's stench emanating from behind her. A few breaths later, the snake would catch up and swallow her whole!

In desperation, Chang Ning pulled out a teleportation talisman from his storage ring. This talisman could randomly teleport a person to another place, whether it was good or bad depended entirely on luck. There was no time to think about it. Just as Chang Ning was about to tear it open, his body suddenly bumped into a wall!

No, it wasn't a wall, but a person's chest.

Looking up, I was surprised to see my junior brother, Yun Chao, who had disappeared somewhere!

Chang Ning's face subconsciously showed a hint of surprise, but he immediately suppressed it, and with a stern face, he shouted, "Let go!"

Yun Chao held her waist and pulled her back, instantly creating a considerable distance between them. He neither attacked nor ran away, his tone as calm as if he were taking a stroll on Qingyun Peak, "How dare you go and pick that Seven-Star Lotus all by yourself, Senior Sister? Didn't you ever think that the scorpion deliberately lured you there?"

Chang Ning was taken aback and instantly realized something was wrong. Generally speaking, magical beasts are warlike and do not weigh the pros and cons like humans do. Usually, when they encounter an enemy of similar strength, they will fight first and then think about running away if they can't win.

That mutated pincers scorpion did indeed retreat a bit too quickly!

It's likely that it was aware of the snake's presence all along and wanted her and the snake to fight to the death first, before it jumped out and took the Seven-Star Lotus.

Chang Ning really didn't have much experience, which is why she was easily tricked by a scorpion. Her face immediately turned red with shame and anger, especially with her most hated junior brother next to her. "Where did you run off to!"

"Don't worry, senior sister." Yun Chao's hand on her waist moved slightly. "I had some things to take care of earlier, that's why I'm late."

Chang Ning retorted angrily, "Who was worried about you!"

Yun Chao smiled, the vibration of his chest reaching Chang Ning's eardrums. He said, "In that case, can we make up for what we didn't finish with Senior Sister that day today?"

Chang Ning took a moment to realize what he was talking about, about what had happened after they discussed exorcising demons in the main hall that day… She immediately became furious: “You’ve already received your payment, what else do you want to do?”

"I just saved my senior sister, which is enough to offset the reward from last time. As for this time—"

Yun Chao raised her chin. "See that, Senior Sister? That snake is coming over. Once it catches you, it will swallow you whole, grind you up, and then spit you out, just like that pile of bones over there."

Chang Ning followed his gaze and indeed saw a pile of scattered skeletons in the grass.

"Roar!"

The snake, unable to catch up, suddenly accelerated and charged towards them. Yun Chao didn't dodge; instead, he lowered his head and brought his lips close to Chang Ning's ear, "Is it alright, Senior Sister?"

The stench emanating from the black-banded snake made Chang Ning dizzy. She gritted her teeth and said, enunciating each word clearly, "Yes! It's okay!"