My ancestors were spiritual plant growers, so it's not surprising that I hunt demons every day,

"Give."

Suddenly, Zhu Chaoyun, pale-faced, ran over from behind, carrying a crossbow filled with magical power.

"Kill it, Cui Ying."

Without hesitation, Cui Ying aimed and pulled the trigger.

"Whoosh."

The wolf king, who was just one step away from escaping, fell to the ground with a thud. The powerful force of the arrow carried him a distance of ten feet before he landed motionless.

Cui Ying put down the Cold Light Crossbow and then had time to check on her own Ta Xue.

She looked in the direction of the sound and saw two figures entangled together, rolling around and occasionally letting out two different howls.

Zhu Chaoyun had also exhausted her magical power and was now limp on the ground, unable to move. Cui Ying had no choice but to rush over alone.

As I rushed closer, my heart tightened.

Ta Xue's neck was being held tightly by the demon wolf, and the fur under her neck was soaked in blood.

Meanwhile, the snow-treading forepaws pressed down firmly on most of the wolf's body, and its two pairs of sharp fangs almost pierced through most of the wolf's neck.

When Cui Ying arrived, the demon wolf suddenly let out a shrill howl, its body went limp, and the wolf's mouth, which had been tightly gripping hers, loosened.

At the same time, Ta Xue's spirits lifted, and he increased the force of his bite.

In that instant, Cui Ying knew the outcome was decided. With a sense of relief, she raised the Cold Light Crossbow once more and aimed it at the struggling Demon Wolf King.

A hole the size of a thumb was shot into the neck of the wolf king, and large gushes of blood were flowing out, almost staining most of its body red.

"whoosh"

After a slightly dim streak of light shot out from the crossbow, everything returned to calm.

"call"

"It's finally over. This pack of demon wolves usually lives deep in the Phoenix Mountains. We were still on the outskirts when we ran into them. This is so unlucky."

Fortunately, he did not leave Cui Yingshan and act on his own, otherwise he would not have had enough lives to lose.

Seriously, Cui Ying is only at the third level of Qi Refining, how come she's so ridiculously strong!?

While Cui Ying was still reeling from the battle, she endured the weakness of depleted magical power and stuffed a Rejuvenation Pill into the mouth of the severely injured Taxue. Then she quickly sat down on the ground and began to regulate her breathing.

Seeing this, Zhu Chaoyun dared not let his mind wander any further. After thinking for a moment, he sat down cross-legged not far behind Cui Ying, focusing on regulating his breathing to recover his magical power as quickly as possible.

Half an hour later, he slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, opened his eyes, but could not find Cui Ying anywhere.

Zhu Chaoyun was startled, and various thoughts flashed through her mind. Just as she was about to shout, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure squatting motionless not far away.

"Sister Cui Ying, so you're here! You really gave me a fright just now."

As Zhu Chaoyun approached, she saw Ta Xue lying prone on the ground. The wound on his neck had long since healed, leaving only a faint scar.

However, to his surprise, as Ta Xue breathed rhythmically, the spiritual energy scattered around it was slowly gathering towards it and continuously entering its body.

"Hmm, judging from Ta Xue's appearance, she's about to break through."

"He must have accidentally absorbed the essence of that demonic wolf to break through. Ta Xue has actually benefited from this misfortune. In that case, let's wait for Ta Xue."

Cui Ying had already noticed Ta Xue's unusual behavior. Before Zhu Chaoyun woke up, she had already examined the corpse of the demon wolf and found that most of its essence blood had been lost. Combined with her knowledge of demon beasts from her previous life, she came to this conclusion.

"Tsk tsk, that's really something."

Zhu Chaoyun gave a wry smile and couldn't say anything more.

When Ta Xue killed the demon wolf, he exuded a fierce aura, and Zhu Chaoyun still felt lingering fear.

Seeing that he was about to break through to the second level of Qi Refining, I felt a strange feeling in my heart.

The master is amazing, and now even the spirit pet is so powerful.

This is absolutely outrageous!

After about fifteen minutes, Ta Xue absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy, and the demonic aura emanating from her body had already reached the second level of Qi Refining.

Soon, it opened its eyes and stood up again.

After smelling the familiar scent, he quickly walked to Cui Ying's feet.

Seeing that it had made a smooth progress, Cui Ying patted Taxue's head with satisfaction and praised, "Amazing, my Taxue."

If Ta Xue hadn't restrained a Qi Refining Level 2 demon wolf, she probably wouldn't have been able to resolve this crisis so easily.

Ta Xue comfortably squinted her eyes, obediently lying on the ground, letting Cui Ying do as she pleased.

In fact, ever since the fight in Songlin Market, Cui Ying had noticed that Ta Xue was unusually fierce.

At that moment, it faced the yellow-robed giant at the fourth level of Qi Refining with a fearless and reckless attitude, showing no sign of backing down.

Thinking of this, Cui Ying recalled a proverb she had once heard: "A dog that bites doesn't bark."

Since Ta Xue joined his side, it had always been quiet and unassuming, showing no sign of ferocity. But when truly needed, it dared to fight against opponents many times stronger than itself.

"Sister Cui Ying, Ta Xue has woken up too. What do we do now?"

Zhu Chaoyun, with a keen eye, gathered all the wolf corpses together and asked with a smug expression.

If the villagers knew that the two of them and their dog had killed eleven demon wolves, they would definitely think they were bragging.

Cui Ying looked at Ta Xue, who was lying quietly at her feet, and said, "Let's go back, and take these spoils with us."

"Are you going back now?"

After Zhu Chaoyun regained his magical power, he felt no lingering fear, but rather a sense of unfinished business.

Cui Ying shook her head and said, "We've already had a good harvest today. Besides, it's not appropriate for us to take so many demon wolves with us."

Each of these demon wolves weighs seventy or eighty pounds, and the combined weight of more than ten demon wolves' corpses is nearly a thousand pounds.

Although cultivators generally possess great strength, it is still quite difficult for them to carry away so many things.

After hesitating for a moment, Cui Ying looked up towards the deeper part of the Phoenix Mountain Range and said in a low voice:

“I have a feeling that something is wrong in the mountains, otherwise this pack of demon wolves would not have appeared on the outskirts.”

Monsters have a natural instinct to avoid danger, so there must be some powerful being in the Phoenix Mountain Range that would cause these wolf packs to hide in the outer areas.

"Could it be the legendary tiger demon? Let's go! This pack of wolf demons has already scared us half to death, what would happen if we ran into a tiger demon!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Chaoyun immediately recalled the recent rumors circulating in the village and could no longer stay put.

Cui Ying didn't speak, but silently gazed into the depths of the mountains and said, "Next time we come, we'll have to get some better magic tools."

The Green Scythe Blade is still too low-grade, and it was already cracked when it fought the Demon Wolf King. It will probably be completely ruined after a few more uses.

If she had a mid-grade ninth-rank magic weapon, or if her cultivation were stronger, the wolf king and the last two Qi Refining level two wolves would probably have been beheaded before Zhu Chaoyun and Taxue could even make a move.

Thinking of this, Cui Ying suddenly turned around and stared intently into Zhu Chaoyun's eyes, saying in a very formal manner:

"Brother Chaoyun, are you curious about why my cultivation has improved so quickly, and why I know those attack techniques just now?"

Zhu Chaoyun was racking his brains about how to bring these many demonic wolves back when Cui Ying suddenly saw through his thoughts, and he instinctively wanted to shake his head:

"No, no, I'm not curious, Miss Cui Ying."

Weird.

The changes in Cui Ying over the past few days could not be kept from Zhu Chaoyun, who had grown up with her since childhood.

But regardless of what happened to Cui Ying, it was definitely her opportunity.

If that's the case, then no matter how much he covets it, he won't have any such thoughts.

Before Zhu Chaoyun could finish speaking, Cui Ying continued to coax him, "Brother Chaoyun, do you still remember the Taoist priest we kindly rescued outside the village last month?"

Zhu Chaoyun was taken aback, and subconsciously changed his head to a nod:

"You mean that old man covered in injuries? Didn't he leave a long time ago?"

He paused here, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise, as if in a flash of realization:

"He was being hunted by his enemies and came to our village to hide his identity and cultivation level. He taught you these techniques and incantations to repay your life-saving grace!"

Zhu Chaoyun became increasingly convinced that this was indeed the case, but why did such good things never seem to come her way?

Under Cui Ying's hints, Zhu Chaoyun had already concluded that the white-haired Taoist priest was a reclusive master. At this moment, she wished she could slap herself a few more times for ignoring Cui Ying and advising her not to get involved.

You're so mean, I'll teach you to be mean.

This opportunity that was within your grasp has flown away.

Seeing that Zhu Chaoyun had almost figured it out, Cui Ying coughed lightly and said, "Brother Chaoyun, you guessed right. These techniques were taught to me by Daoist Qingfeng after he took me as his disciple."

At this point, Cui Ying gave Zhu Chaoyun a meaningful look:

"Before my master left, he specifically instructed me that if I find a suitable cultivator, I can bestow upon him the Dao techniques after he passes the test."

Zhu Chaoyun was somewhat bewildered upon hearing this, but quickly came to her senses.

"Bang bang bang!"

He knelt down with a thud, kowtowed three times to Cui Ying, and said with utmost sincerity:

"Master, your disciple Zhu Chaoyun is unworthy, but I wish to become a disciple and carry on the tradition. I beg you to give me the opportunity to serve you faithfully."

"Alright, alright, now that the apprenticeship ceremony has been performed, Brother Chaoyun, please get up."

Cui Ying personally helped Zhu Chaoyun up, then solemnly instructed him, "Good disciple, remember you are my fourth-generation disciple. As the sect leader, I have a few rules to remind you of."

"First, never betray your sect."

Second: Do not kill innocent people indiscriminately.

"Third: Always prioritize the interests of the sect."

Each time Cui Ying spoke, Zhu Chaoyun repeated it until he could recite it backwards. After Zhu Chaoyun made a vow to Heaven, Cui Ying was satisfied and said:

"As my first disciple, I should immediately light your soul lamp. Unfortunately, my sect is now in decline, so I can only give you a small gift first. I hope Brother Chaoyun will not find it offensive."

As they spoke, Cui Ying took out a jade lingzhi mushroom that had been prematurely cultivated with spiritual liquid from her storage bag and handed it to Zhu Chaoyun, saying:

"This is a 20-year-old jade lingzhi mushroom. Consuming it can not only improve one's cultivation level."

"Thank you, Master."

After Zhu Chaoyun kowtowed three times to Cui Ying, he solemnly accepted the porcelain bottle.

He poured out a snow-white, round pill and swallowed it without hesitation.

The jade lingzhi melted upon entering the mouth, and with just a little refining, it transformed into a warm current flowing into the dantian, and into strands of warm magical power that returned to the limbs and bones.

The amount of magical power that was transformed from this was almost equivalent to his months of arduous cultivation.

Feeling the changes in his body, Zhu Chaoyun was overjoyed and immediately swore an oath to Cui Ying:

"I will never forget Master's great kindness and virtue. If Master ever needs me in the future, I, Zhu Chaoyun, will go through fire and water without hesitation, even at the cost of my life."

"Brother Chaoyun, you're too kind. To avoid suspicion, let's continue to address each other as brother and sister in public."

Seeing that Zhu Chaoyun agreed, Cui Ying helped Zhu Chaoyun up again and said to her with a smile:

“There is an important matter that only Brother Chaoyun can handle right now. If Brother Chaoyun is willing, I am willing to immediately pass on the incantation of the ‘Great Strength Technique’ to help him.”

"You, Cui Ying, after going through all this trouble, it turns out you were waiting for me here."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Chaoyun could no longer contain herself and jumped up, exclaiming loudly:

"No wonder you took me as your disciple at this time, bestowing upon me elixirs and teaching me magic. You just wanted to trick me into becoming a laborer!"

-

Another half hour passed, and the wolf's corpse on the ground was gone.

A few miles away, along a forest path, a mountain of corpses was rapidly moving.