Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

cold?

Is this weather?

Guan Xun mercilessly exposed him: "What, are you scared?"

Dongyang was indeed a little scared, but as the older brother, he was so embarrassed to be exposed like this. He shook his head and said, "How could that be? It's just that the wind is a bit strong."

Guan Xun: ...

Guan Xun ignored him. It was still a long way to go back. How far was this place from the entrance? It wasn't even a third of the way to the outer perimeter. Her two large sacks weren't just for decoration.

As she walked deeper into the lush green grass, the tiny dragonflies around her were startled and fluttered their wings to flee. Even the few snow-white rabbits in the distance, who were chewing grass, dared not move their mouths and stared intently in her direction. If they sensed anything amiss, they would run for their lives.

Remembering how he had been tricked by the rabbits before, Guan Xun curled his lip and glared at them fiercely.

The rabbit immediately stood up with its long ears standing tall and scattered in all directions.

whispering sound.

They were all animals that hadn't even reached the next level, not even worthy of being called demonic beasts. They were as timid as mice, and she looked down on them.

However, there are probably no high-level demonic beasts in this outer area. Of course, there are exceptions. She once saw a demonic beast that had transformed into human form walking around in the outer area.

Even when they transform into human form, their demonic aura remains strong, making them easily identifiable by spiritual masters. They can only fool ordinary people.

Thinking of this, she remembered another kind of beast, namely the legendary divine beast.

Once you reach level 100 and transform into human form, you can cultivate using human methods and blend into the crowd without being distinguishable.

“Divine beast…” Guan Xun murmured to herself, her thoughts momentarily lost in a daze.

She used to have a divine beast, which was her companion spirit pet, but unfortunately she never got to see it transform into its human form at level 100.

It happened to be out running errands for me when I fell. As for what happened after I fell... well, that's anyone's guess. Her sister was so vicious, I wonder if that guy was disemboweled?

Guan Xun twitched the corner of her mouth, feeling a little regretful; she quite liked that big guy.

"Found herbs again?" Just as he was lamenting, Dongyang stepped forward, only to find nothing there. He turned his head in confusion, "In..."

Just then, a clicking sound interrupted their conversation, and Dongyang abruptly stopped speaking.

what? !

Guan Xun also looked around but did not find any demonic beasts. However, the constant clattering sound could not have been made by the swaying of grass and trees.

The sound seemed to come from all directions, making it impossible to tell which direction the source was.

Guan Xun could sense the aura of a demonic beast roaming nearby. She lowered her eyes and twitched her ears to carefully discern the source of the sound, while her divine sense rapidly spread outwards.

Soon, she tilted her head to the left and immediately spotted the short but dense thicket of bushes over there.

"Got you."

Dongyang was completely bewildered. As an ordinary person, he was almost driven crazy by the voice that seemed to come from nowhere, and his head was buzzing.

Found it? But he didn't see anything.

A thin, dark brown tail peeked out from the bushes, tapping the ground intermittently, the pattering sound coming from there.

Guan Xun raised his eyebrows slightly, a hint of a smile flickering in his eyes, with a touch of disdain.

The little thing is quite good at deceiving people, but unfortunately it ran into her.

The hourglass python, despite its name, is actually very small and its courage is proportional to its size. Unless someone else enters its territory first, it won't make a sound even if you pass by.

It skillfully uses sound to confuse and drive away enemies; it will not attack unless its life is in danger.

Making such a sound now clearly indicates that it has entered its territory.

Guan Xun subconsciously looked down at his feet and, sure enough, found himself standing next to a small hole.

It seems we've landed right in front of its door.

"Dongyang," she called out.

Dongyang immediately tensed up: "What's wrong? Are we going back?"

Guan Xun shook his head, reached out and pulled him over, but took a step back himself. Then he pointed to the hole in the ground and said, "Come on, step on it."

"Huh?" Dongyang was extremely confused. He frowned as he looked at the cave. Why did it look so much like a snake hole?

The memory of Guan Xun making him test the medicine was still vivid in his mind. He gritted his teeth and began to deceive himself, thinking that his sister would never harm him!

In fact, he wasn't wrong. Stepping into the snake hole wouldn't cause anything; at most, it would just irritate the little creature.

Guan Xun simply thought that the mud plastered at the entrance of the cave would dirty her feet, which is why she let Dongyang step on it.

The tapping sound paused for a moment when he stepped on it, then suddenly rose again! Startled, Dongyang pressed down even harder.

"Pfft!"

Guan Xun couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

"Xiao Xun!" Dong Yang's heart pounded. He was terrified. How could his sister still be laughing?

Once Guan Xun caught his breath, he waved at him, then his playful expression vanished, and he stared intently at the little tail that had been hidden and exposed.

With a slight blink, three red dots slowly emerged from her originally dark pupils. The red dots emitted a faint light and actually connected with each other, forming the shape of a three-sided flower!

Immediately afterwards, the little tail that had been twitching suddenly froze, and its whole body emerged from the bushes, flicking its tongue as it swayed and crawled towards Guan Xun.

"Xiao Xun! It's a snake!" Dong Yang exclaimed in shock, and with a long arm, he tried to protect Guan Xun behind him.

Guan Xun raised his hand, and a powerful spiritual force blocked the arm that was reaching out to him.

"Shh, don't make any noise."

Even though she said that, Dongyang was still very anxious, afraid that the snake would pounce on him and bite him.

"But……"

"If you make another sound, I'll shut you up."

Having said that, Dongyang truly dared not utter a sound.

The python's entire body was a mix of black and brown with spots, and it even had a small pointed horn growing from its head, confirming that it was indeed a one-horned hourglass python.

The one-horned hourglass python stopped a short distance in front of Guan Xun, then opened its mouth, revealing sharp teeth, and began to tear at the empty air, looking as if it were about to eat something delicious.

Guan Xun chuckled and said, "Oh, so you're a foodie."

"Give it to me." She reached out and grabbed the burlap sack that Dongyang had been carrying under his arm. She took a few steps forward, grabbed the unicorn hourglass python by the tail, lifted it up, and threw it into the sack.

After doing all this, the red dot in her eyes slowly disappeared, and the spiritual energy barrier blocking the winter sun was also withdrawn.

"Is it a demonic beast?" Dongyang finally couldn't help but ask.

"Hmm." Guan Xun tossed the sack to him. "In your opinion, how many coins is a first-tier demon beast worth?"

Dongyang checked the bag before replying, "For someone of this size... maybe one copper coin at most."

"A copper coin?!"

"That's right. In addition to looking at the rank of the monster, the acquisition office also looks at its size. They might not accept something that's too small."

Guan Xun sighed. So that's how it is. She thought they only bought according to rank.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. This little bit of meat isn't even enough to fill her own teeth, so the acquisition agency would definitely not be interested in it.

What a waste of her divine power!

What she just used was an extremely rare phenomenon during the Spirit Transformation stage, the power of manipulation called 'Phantom Charm'.

At best, it can evoke a person's deepest desires, creating an irresistible illusion; at worst, it can control a person.

Unless her divine soul is stronger than hers, or her cultivation level can rival hers, she can forget about waking up from the illusion on her own, or breaking free from control.

Unfortunately, her divine soul had been eroded by the Black Sea and was far weaker than before; otherwise, she wouldn't have felt bad about wasting a little bit of her divine soul power.

"Maybe it's more than that price. I'll take it to see tomorrow." Dongyang saw his sister's somewhat angry face and decided to comfort her first, no matter what.

"Let's go back..."

Before Guan Xun could finish speaking, a series of chaotic footsteps suddenly echoed from deeper within the forest.

It was moving fast and impatiently, and its direction was actually heading this way!