Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

His complexion was normal, his movements were natural, his injuries seemed to have healed somewhat, and he was clean and tidy.

He paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his expression extremely complicated.

They seem to be struggling with something.

The longer the footsteps lingered, the closer the woman moved toward Guan Xun.

Guan Xun frowned and glanced at her with some disdain.

"...I...I'm a little scared." Realizing the other person's strange gaze, the woman lowered her head in embarrassment.

"What does your fear have to do with me?"

His somewhat cold tone was so blunt that it made the woman's face flush red.

She had no choice but to move to the side and get a little further away.

Finally, after a long while.

The pacing outside the tent stopped, and then the tent was opened.

The tall, sturdy figure was backlit by the moonlight, making his face indistinct and appear particularly frightening.

The woman screamed in fright.

Guan Xun's eyes turned cold, and he immediately covered her mouth.

Tsk, with that kind of guts, they dare to traverse the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons?

"Shhhhhh!"

Not only the women, but even the honest mercenaries were startled and quickly told them to be quiet.

He then peeked out of the tent to check the situation. He breathed a sigh of relief after finding that no one had been woken up.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not here to hurt you," he said softly as he sat down on the ground.

"What is it?" Guan Xun asked, raising an eyebrow.

Seeing the other party's calmness, his panicked heart calmed down a bit, and he solemnly recounted the mercenaries' plan without missing a single word.

Guan Xun couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

This guy was beaten up like that, yet he still has the guts to go against the mercenary leader.

Fearing the other party would think he had ulterior motives, the honest mercenary frowned, his eyes filled with worry.

"To be honest, I also have a younger sister who is about your age, but she is frail and has to stay in bed for a long time. Seeing you reminds me of her. I wish she could have a healthy body like you."

As he spoke, realizing he had gone off-topic, he suppressed the soreness in his throat and said, "I couldn't bear to see them harming people like this, so I decided to tell you what happened."

Guan Xun's eyes flickered; what this man had just said didn't seem like a fabricated story.

"What?! Is what you're saying true?" The woman's almond-shaped eyes widened in disbelief. "You're going to sell me for money?!"

“Of course, what good would it do me to lie?” The honest mercenary nodded.

"You...you actually dared to treat me like this! I am a member of the Xuan Yin Sect, aren't you afraid of being retaliated against by the Xuan Yin Sect?!" The woman's voice grew louder and louder, and she trembled with anger.

This startled the honest mercenary, who peeked out again to check the situation.

Guan Xun gave a helpless twitch of his lips and directly sealed the woman's mouth with his spiritual power.

Seeing that her movements were becoming more aggressive, they simply restrained her as well.

The woman was instantly speechless and unable to move.

Now it's finally quiet.

"Don't be afraid. I'm telling you this now to help you," the honest mercenary explained.

After hearing this, the woman calmed down a bit, her eyes darting around in all directions, clearly indicating that she wanted the explanation to be delivered quickly.

The honest-looking man nodded, his face grave: "I'm on night watch tonight. The boss and the mercenary team are resting. You have a chance to escape now."

Upon hearing this, the woman's eyes darted around even more rapidly.

"We are still in the dangerous area of ​​the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, and it is nighttime when demonic beasts are active. If we leave now, we will only face certain death."

The woman was clearly taken aback when Guan Xun said this.

The fear she had just felt from being surrounded by monsters washed over her again, and her eyes revealed lingering dread.

The honest mercenary glanced at Guan Xun and said in a deep voice, "I've also considered these things, so I prepared some beast-repelling powder."

As he spoke, he took out two packets of powder tightly wrapped in coarse cloth from his storage ring.

This person is quite well-prepared.

However, Guan Xun had finally managed to get in, so how could he leave so easily?

Her dark eyes narrowed slightly, and a dark red light slowly emerged from them.

In an instant, the other two people in the tent paused, then lowered their eyes, looking somewhat lost in thought.

Guan Xun got up and walked over to the man, picked up the beast-repelling powder in his hand and shook it.

White powder seeped through the linen and fell into the air like dust.

She couldn't smell anything, but Chi Rong, who had been hiding in her sleeve, couldn't hold back any longer. She wrapped her arms around Chi Rong's wrist and poked her head out.

"Master, this stuff stinks! Throw it away quickly!"

"Are you afraid of him?" Guan Xun asked.

"Afraid? I'm not afraid at all!" Hearing his master say that, Chi Rong was unconvinced. He jumped out of his sleeve and swept his tail across the powder. "It just smells bad."

Then, it wiped the powder stuck to its tail onto its owner's sleeve.

Guan Xun: ...

Guan Xun's face darkened. Was she using her dress as a rag?

Without arguing with it further, Guan Xun looked at the little fish tied to Chi Rong and handed it the powder: "Are you scared?"

This thing isn't even enough to make the little fish open its eyes.

"Not afraid."

"Oh." Guan Xun nodded. This thing wasn't anything special.

She pinched Chi Rong: "You've gotten so bold now, smearing all sorts of filth on my clothes."

Chi Rong flicked his tongue ingratiatingly: "Master, I won't do it again next time."

"You should atone for your sins."

"How can one atone for sins?" Chi Rong asked, puzzled.

Guan Xun's eyes flickered, and his smile was meaningful.

……

As the red light faded from Guan Xun's eyes, the two people inside the tent also regained consciousness.

They were all stunned, feeling as if their minds had just gone blank for a moment.

"Uh..." The honest-looking man thought for a moment, his gaze sweeping over the beast-repelling powder in his hand, before realizing where he was going. "As long as you carry this, you can avoid most of the demonic beasts. Just be a little careful on your way out, and you'll be able to leave the valley safely..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a small, dark shadow suddenly darted out from nowhere and headed straight for the honest-looking mercenary.

In the blink of an eye, the beast-repelling powder that had been lying quietly vanished without a trace.

The small black shadow was so fast that no one had time to react.

The simple-minded mercenary was immediately horrified: "Where...where's the beast-repelling powder?!"

Guan Xun covered his mouth in feigned surprise: "It looked like it was just carried away by something, it had a long, thin tail, it looked like a mouse?"

"A rat?" The honest mercenary was taken aback. He had indeed seen the small black shadow just now, but it disappeared before he could get a good look at Jing Qing.

The beast-repelling powder only works on demonic beasts. To animals that haven't reached a higher level, it's like ordinary dust. Why would this rat teach it to do that?

Could it be that he accidentally smeared oil on the meat he ate during the day, which made the rats drool?

Thinking about it this way, my thoughts became much clearer.

That was all the beast-repelling powder he had left!

How could he help these two girls now that he'd been robbed...?