Oh my god, this is a bolt from the blue! A true heiress of metaphysics!

Then, she instantly stretched out one hand, and her fierce aura attacked Zhu Chen directly.

If it weren't for that little white snake helping her find the exact location of the Gu worm, she would probably still be stuck there, unable to move. That helplessness and frustration ignited a raging fire in her heart.

"Heh, you cracked it so quickly?! It seems I wasn't wrong about you, you really do have some skills."

Zhu Chen's relaxed expression changed slightly, but then he flashed away, dodging Shi Xiaxia's swift attack as lightly as a ghost.

The smile on his face did not fade; instead, it became more solemn and appreciative.

Shi Xiaxia wouldn't waste words with him, and attacked Zhu Chen relentlessly, one move after another like a storm.

"Great Protector! You go quickly! Leave this to me!"

Seeing the situation was turning against him, Liu Shang quickly parried two consecutive attacks from Shi Xiaxia. He anxiously shouted to Zhu Chen, "I'll hold them off, you get out of here..."

Before Liu Shang could finish speaking, Shi Xiaxia slapped him hard on the neck with an angry palm.

Suddenly, he felt a blackout before his eyes, his vision rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground, falling into a coma.

"I also wanted to stay, but unfortunately our fate hasn't come yet." Zhu Chen looked at Liu Shang, who was lying unconscious on the ground, a hint of helplessness flashing in his eyes.

Then he gently waved his hand, and the mysterious talismans from before flew out of his body, swirling and dancing in the air, flashing with an eerie light.

The golden light on the talisman seemed to have a life of its own, flowing slowly, and it was clear at a glance that it was no ordinary object.

Upon seeing this, Shi Xiaxia felt a chill run down her spine, knowing full well the power of this talisman.

Without hesitation, he withdrew his attack and nimbly dodged the flying talismans.

She stared intently at the talismans, skillfully avoiding their attack trajectories thanks to her keen intuition and years of combat experience.

After using up the talisman paper, before Xiaxia could even breathe a sigh of relief, she suddenly heard a soft footstep behind her.

She was startled and quickly turned her head to look.

The other people had their eyes closed and were swaying like soulless puppets as they walked towards her step by step.

A look of seriousness flashed in Shi Xiaxia's eyes. She stopped what she was doing and quietly watched the scene before her.

She knew all this was Zhu Chen's doing; he was using the lives of these innocent mortals to threaten her!

"I'm leaving now, don't miss me!" Zhu Chen's voice, full of laughter, came from afar.

As he spoke, he waved flippantly at Shi Xiaxia before turning and leaving.

Xiaxia stood there, her mind filled with countless thoughts.

She looked down at Liu Shang, who was lying unconscious on the ground. Although this encounter had put her in a difficult situation, it was not without its benefits.

Then, she looked at the few people who were still sleepwalking and couldn't help but sigh.

Then, he quickly gathered his spiritual power, and several talismans flew out instantly, accurately striking the bodies of those people and breaking the puppet talismans that Zhu Chen had placed on them.

As the puppet talisman was broken, the people seemed to lose their support and fell to the ground with dull thuds.

They were both badly hurt from the fall and were groaning in pain.

After a while, the group slowly regained their senses, and their eyes returned to their former clarity.

They looked at each other with bewildered expressions, their eyes full of confusion, completely unaware of why they had inexplicably appeared outside the tent.

Zhu Chen, the most important of them all, had already left, and Shi Xiaxia didn't want to waste any more time here.

So she quickly left behind a short but somewhat authoritative sentence: "Don't run around."

He hurriedly arrived at the tent where the baby rat was.

The sight that greeted her as she stepped into the rat's tent made her pause for a moment.

The baby mouse was lying inside the tent, breathing evenly, fast asleep.

He seemed oblivious to everything happening around him, completely unaware of the chaotic scene that had just unfolded.

However, Shi Xiaxia immediately noticed that the rat baby had been given a sleeping talisman.

She secretly pondered that Zhu Chen must have been worried that the rat baby would interfere with his carefully planned scheme, which was why he used this tactic.

This actually did her a big favor and saved her a lot of trouble.

Thinking of this, Shi Xiaxia gently put her two fingers together and summoned several talismans. She then applied these talismans to the rat baby.

Instantly, the baby mouse was as if it were bound by ropes, unable to move.

Just then, the baby rat, who was still fast asleep, was also awakened by the talisman.

His eyes widened in shock and confusion, and he began to stammer, "You...you...you're a master of metaphysics?!"

Shi Xiaxia looked down at Shu Bao from her high position, a hint of coldness flashing in her eyes, her voice low and powerful: "Yes."

Then she asked again, "Where are their remains?!"

Although Shi Xiaxia didn't say it explicitly, Shu Bao understood what she meant.

Shu Bao stared intently at Shi Xiaxia, a struggling expression on his face, but he remained silent.

Soon, his previously tense face relaxed instantly, and he smiled ingratiatingly: "I really had no choice but to do this, just to survive in this world!"

And I only ever had a craving occasionally, I didn't eat many... um... well, if you're so kind as to let me off the hook, I might be able to tell you a super important secret.

"A secret?" Shi Xiaxia's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, a hint of doubt and contemplation flashing in her eyes.

It's only natural that the rat baby, having lived for so many years, would know some secrets.

She thought to herself that this guy might know whether the legendary Reincarnation Stone exists on this mountain.

However, despite her wavering, Shi Xiaxia could not let him go.

"That's right! A big secret! A precious treasure!"

Shu Bao keenly sensed the slight softening in Shi Xiaxia's expression, as if he had seen a glimmer of hope. A spark of hope ignited in his heart, and he quickly said, "As long as you let me go, I'll tell you this secret right away! How about it?! It's definitely worth hearing!"

"Not very good." Shi Xiaxia raised an eyebrow slightly.

Then, she took out a talisman from her bosom and stuck it on the baby rat's forehead.

In an instant, the rat seemed to lose all its strength, and its body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Immediately afterwards, it uncontrollably transformed into its original form, a huge, pitch-black rat appearing before Shi Xiaxia's eyes.