Even hybrid monsters have their day

"You have to come out of this door to get anywhere, you can't just stand here all the time, can you?" Geng Miaowan teased, patting his shoulder as she walked past him towards the portal. But when she reached the door, she stopped abruptly. "What kind of place is this...?"

Xu Ruwen laughed heartily, his eyes full of mockery as he looked at her. "I wonder who said that just now."

Geng Miaowan chuckled awkwardly; she never imagined that the scene outside would be like this.

This place looked like it was atop an extremely high mountain peak, not only utterly desolate but also filled with ruins. The pebbles on the ground weren't like ordinary stones, each with its own distinct shape; they were all sharp, like knife handles buried in the soil. Bathed in moonlight, they gleamed coldly, like a giant trap where one could easily be turned into a pincushion if they weren't careful.

There's practically nowhere to put your feet!

At this moment, Huangfu Aoran, who was walking at the very back, also arrived at the door. He said to the two people standing at the door, "Are you coming out or not? If you're not coming out, stand to the side and don't block my way."

Geng Miaowan and Xu Ruwen simultaneously stepped aside, creating a narrow passage just wide enough for one person to pass through. Huangfu Aoran squeezed past them without looking to either side, and without hesitation, stepped out of the Anywhere Door under their watchful eyes.

He stepped directly onto the blade-like stones, but the sharp stones did not harm him in the slightest, and looked at them with obvious provocation.

Geng Miaowan secretly despised him. She hadn't even asked him how much cultivation he had recovered this time, and she doubted he would answer even if she did. But ever since he returned to human form, he had acted so arrogantly and haughtily, which made her want to teach him a lesson.

However… she felt that with her current strength, it would be very difficult for her to do this movement so easily, so his cultivation level must be above hers, but she didn’t know if it was also above Xu Ruwen’s.

Thinking of this, she quickly glanced to the side. The spot where Xu Ruwen had been standing was now empty. She didn't know when, but he had somehow moved to Huangfu Aoran's side, looking at her with a smug expression. He seemed completely relaxed and carefree.

In the underworld, everyone envied her for having two such powerful pet assistants. Others would go on missions in groups of two or three, or even the most difficult ones, requiring the entire team. But with her, she only needed to be sent alone; her pet assistants were each as capable as two. So, sending her on a mission was like sending a whole team.

Jiao Lingfeng was very satisfied with this. If possible, he really wanted all the guardians to be equipped with such a contracted beast.

But is that even possible? Of course not.

Geng Miaowan glanced at the two opposite her. She really wanted all those who envied her to come and see what was so enviable about a master who was being looked down upon by her own contracted beasts.

But despite her complaints, she still needed to step through the Anywhere Door.

After much effort, Geng Miaowan finally managed to stand on the knife-like stones. She discovered that this was similar to releasing spiritual energy with her palms, except that one concentrated the energy in her hands, while the other concentrated it under her feet.

Although she had found the trick, she still needed some time to practice before she could use it effectively. Therefore, every step she took was extremely slow and arduous.

When Huangfu Aoran and Xu Ruwen saw her like this, they chuckled again. What was most infuriating was that they weren't laughing openly.

However, their laughter soon faded, because they had to stop and wait for her every few steps.

"Hey Geng Miaowan, are you a tortoise or a snail? Can you go any faster?" This was the fifth time Xu Ruwen had stopped to urge her on.

Huangfu Aoran stood there impatiently, saying, "At this rate, it'll take you a month to get outside." As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Ruwen burst into laughter.

Geng Miaowan glanced at the two people not far from her and said, "Do you have to be so mean? You don't have to wait if you don't want to."

"We'd like to wait, but this is the middle of nowhere, and there might be some deep forests outside. What if some monster or demon comes out and swallows you whole? We'll be in trouble then." How come she never realized Xu Ruwen could be so venomous before?

However, there is something even more toxic: "It's probably not even enough to fill a tooth gap."

"You...you all!" Uncle can tolerate it, but Aunt can't.

Geng Miaowan concentrated all her spiritual energy in her legs, leaving a channel in the middle to allow the spiritual energy to continuously flow to the soles of her feet. After doing this, she took a big step forward, then circled back and forth to test it, and only after confirming that it was working properly did she chase after Huangfu Aoran and Xu Ruwen.

When the two men saw that she was about to grab them, they naturally wouldn't sit idly by and wait to die. With a few leaps, they threw her several meters away.

The three of them, playfully bickering, didn't find it boring at all, and soon arrived at the edge of this strange land. When she saw the normal ground, Geng Miaowan felt for the first time how lovely it was, even though it was also bare and had nothing on it.

Their pace quickened involuntarily.

"Huh?" As Xu Ruwen stepped onto the flat ground, he looked back in confusion and asked Huangfu Aoran, who had come out a step earlier, "Did you feel like you bumped into something?"

"What is it?" Hearing him ask this, Huangfu Aoran showed an even more puzzled expression than he did.

He turned to look at Geng Miaowan, who was walking behind him. She had also emerged from the strange rock formation with a normal expression, but she had obviously heard him and asked, "What did you encounter?"

"I don't know what it is, but it feels a bit like some kind of barrier." He reached out his hand again, wanting to confirm if he was mistaken. If there really was a barrier, how did he get out?

However, just as he stretched out his hand to chant the sutra, he heard a bell ringing from below the mountain. It rang three times in quick succession, every five seconds, for a total of 339 times before stopping.

Hearing the bell, which clearly carried a warning tone, Geng Miaowan looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression. "Could it be that we have really triggered some kind of barrier?" Or did they just happen to run into someone else in trouble?

She walked to the edge of the hill and looked down. It was still barely dawn. From her vantage point, she could see a very large palace situated a little below, surrounded by many ordinary houses arranged in a pleasing, orderly fashion. (To be continued.)