Little snow fox was extremely proficient in teleportation magic.
In the scene, Jiang Yin was in a sparse wasteland, while they were in a dense and expansive forest, clearly indicating a vast distance between the two locations.
However, in the blink of an eye, the duo had already appeared right in front of Jiang Yin.
Suddenly sensing a strange fluctuation of spiritual power, Jiang Yin was startled and instinctively launched three attacks.
Her cultivation was low, often relying on spirit stones to cast spells, so naturally, she didn’t expect the three attacks to kill her opponent.
After casting the spells, she immediately grasped the jade talisman Zhang Xu had given her, intending to use the full power of a Golden Core to end the life of her assailant.
But before she could crush the talisman, she heard a familiar voice: “Senior sister! It’s me!”
Tang Muxi?
Only then did Jiang Yin stop her attacks, though she didn’t let go of the jade talisman, remaining on guard as she looked intently at the newcomer.
The visitor was dressed in simple white clothes, with a shabby storage bag at her waist, her eyes clear and joyful, her expression foolish—it was indeed her junior sister.
In the past ten days, Tang Muxi must have encountered some fortune; the spiritual energy around her was more condensed, showing signs of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Jiang Yin clearly remembered that before entering, her junior sister was only at the sixth level of Qi training, but now she had risen four levels to reach the peak of Qi training, truly worthy of being a heavenly spirit root.
In contrast, she herself was still stuck at the second level of Qi training, realizing she needed to transform her spirit root soon.
She was holding a snow fox with a robust aura, its cultivation level seemed unclear, but Jiang Yin guessed it was at least at the Golden Core stage.
Could the earlier “teleportation” have been thanks to this creature?
However, with the urgency of the situation, being chased by a group of fools, there was no time to inquire further.
Tang Muxi also seemed to understand that it was not the time for pleasantries, grabbed Jiang Yin, and said, “Little guy, let’s go!”
With her command, the snow fox in her arms activated its magic again, and in an instant, they had arrived in an unfamiliar jungle.
In such a short time, having teleported long distances twice, even the snow fox, skilled in this art, seemed somewhat weakened.
Surrounded by unfamiliarity, Jiang Yin did not dare to relax.
She drew two talismans with spirit stones to explore the surroundings and, finding no danger, gradually lowered her guard.
She took out the healing pills Zhang Xu had given her, swallowing three before the pain in her back lessened slightly, and she closed her eyes to recover her strength.
Tang Muxi glanced at the little snow fox, relieved to see it was only drained of spiritual power and not injured, then turned her attention back to her senior sister.
In her haste to escape, she hadn’t observed closely; now, seeing Jiang Yin’s condition up close, she realized just how disheveled her senior sister was.
The once delicate and fair back was now dominated by a huge, ferocious scratch.
The skin was torn, and bright red blood soaked her entire back, even emitting a faint demonic aura, almost imaginable how painful it must have been when she was scratched.
That wasn’t all; besides her back, her shoulders and arms also bore numerous wounds, though most were shallow and could be considered superficial injuries.
Tang Muxi was in a panic, hardly able to imagine how dire her senior sister’s situation had been without her these past few days.
Compared to her own leisurely days spent eating, drinking, and playing with the little snow fox, she felt immensely guilty.
“Senior sister… how did you get so badly hurt?”
Tang Muxi was both heartbroken and annoyed, and couldn’t help but feel frightened.
If they had been even a bit later, allowing Duan Yurong, that madwoman, to capture Jiang Yin, it might have been a dire outcome.
Jiang Yin was healing and initially didn’t want to bother with her, but Tang Muxi’s intense gaze was hard to ignore.
So, she slowly opened her eyes and said indifferently, “I’m alright.”
This is alright?
Tang Muxi was so frustrated by her response that she had no words, and from her storage bag, she took out some healing medicine and went behind Jiang Yin to apply it.
Jiang Yin was startled by her actions and instinctively wanted to refuse, but the person who usually didn’t dare to breathe too loudly in front of her now dared to forcefully press her down, saying, “Just taking healing pills is useless. If these wounds on your back aren’t treated, they might not only fail to heal but could get worse.”
Although she said this, the medicine Tang Muxi brought was very ordinary, such as golden sore medicine, which wouldn’t be very effective.
After all, these wounds were entwined with demonic energy, not something that mundane medicine could treat.
So, while applying the medicine, Tang Muxi secretly absorbed the demonic energy into her body.
Jiang Yin hadn’t yet transformed her spirit root, so this demonic energy was nothing but a disturbance to her.
Tang Muxi thought she was being seamless, unnoticed by anyone.
But how could she deceive a reborn demon lord?
Jiang Yin sharply noticed the demonic energy being absorbed, and her eyes narrowed, but she didn’t ask or struggle, letting the medicine sting her wounds while mentally noting everything down.
“Senior sister, was this injury… done by Duan Yurong?”
Tang Muxi recalled the demonic energy swirling around Duan Yurong, unable to think of another possibility.
“Her?”
Jiang Yin frowned, retracting her deep thoughts and scoffing lightly, “If I hadn’t encountered a few demonic beasts and vultures earlier and gotten injured by accident, how could I be in such a sorry state? But…”
Her tone shifted as she took out two demonic vulture inner cores from her storage bag, a smile playing on her lips, “it wasn’t a total loss.”
A few days ago, she had discovered a male and a female demonic vulture and was overjoyed at the prospect of hunting them for their inner cores to use for transforming her spirit root.
However, she hadn’t anticipated that the demonic vultures would use a forbidden technique in their dying moments, branding her as a price for their annihilation.
Afterwards, four or five more demonic vultures followed the brand and launched a frenzied attack on her.
With her initial Qi training cultivation, how could she remain unscathed under the pursuit of several Foundation Establishment demonic vultures?
Most of the wounds on her body were caused by these demonic vultures.
As for Duan Yurong?
She had merely discovered Jiang Yin severely injured and attempted to deliver the final blow.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yin’s anger intensified.
Tang Muxi glanced at the two demonic vulture inner cores, knowing they were materials for transforming the ghost spirit root, and sighed helplessly, but at the same time, she couldn’t help but wonder.
“But why would there be demonic beasts in the Tianji Secret Realm?”
Jiang Yin also pondered upon hearing this, “Not just demonic beasts, I also discovered demonic energy seeping out from under the sand in a desert, and the surrounding beasts were more or less tainted with demonic energy. I suspect there must be some anomaly at the center of the desert.”
Tang Muxi was shocked: “Demonic energy?!”
If it were said that there were demonic beasts in the Tianji Secret Realm, it could be attributed to the beasts being tainted with blood energy over the years, their minds eroded and fallen into demonhood.
But if demonic energy was blatantly seeping through the surface, that was not so simple.
This indicated that there was most likely a demonic vein within the secret realm.
Could it be the work of the demonic race?
But it was still some time before the demonic race’s invasion…
Lost in thought, Tang Muxi realized that despite having lived so many lives, she still couldn’t find any clues.
Previously bound by strange forces, even though there were slight changes in each life, that was all; the overall direction of major events wouldn’t change.
But this life, from the beginning, was filled with oddities.
The appearance of the Soul Devouring Gu, Wang Qu falling into demonhood, the little snow fox in the Tianji Secret Realm, and the demonic veins…
Besides, there were changes in herself, the powerful healing effects of her blood.
At first glance, these seemed unrelated, but Tang Muxi felt it wasn’t that simple.
There was even a fundamental question she had never considered until now.
Why did she keep being reborn?
Who saved her, and who was controlling her?
Tang Muxi was deep in doubt, but still unable to provide an answer.
“Senior sister, do you plan to go deep into the desert to check?”
Jiang Yin looked at Tang Muxi with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile and asked, “Does junior sister want to go?”
Tang Muxi didn’t expect to get such a response and didn’t know what to say.
Her?
She didn’t want to go at all!
It was clearly her own desire, yet she had to say it was someone else’s.
The big demon lord was just that, a big demon lord; even injured, she wasn’t straightforward.
Tang Muxi initially wanted to shake her head directly to see how Jiang Yin would continue the conversation.
But thinking of the other party suffering such severe injuries for the sake of transforming the ghost spirit root, she couldn’t bring herself to be so heartless.
So, she poked Jiang Yin’s back wound as if venting and said emotionlessly, “Yes, I really want to go. Can senior sister accompany me?”
“Hiss…”
The pain from the wound made Jiang Yin involuntarily inhale sharply, but she wasn’t angry.
While her eyebrows were tightly furrowed in pain, she continued with sisterly affection, “Since junior sister wants to go, then senior sister will reluctantly follow.”
Tang Muxi rolled her eyes.
“When shall we leave?”
“It’s up to junior sister.”
Now addicted to acting, Tang Muxi’s mouth twitched as she replied perfunctorily, “In a few days.”
At least let the big demon lord heal first.
After applying the medicine, Tang Muxi used the excuse of looking for healing herbs to wander around.
Jiang Yin didn’t bother with her, closing her eyes to conserve energy.
The little snow fox, however, was eager to join her.
Tang Muxi dared not agree; she said she was looking for herbs, but in reality, she just saw that her senior sister was too severely injured and wanted to find a secluded place to let some blood.
If the little snow fox followed, wouldn’t that give her away?
Thus, Tang Muxi used the excuse that “senior sister is too severely injured and needs protection” to forcefully refuse its request.
The little snow fox had no choice but to sulk and curl up into a ball, looking pitiful.
Once she was gone, Jiang Yin, who had been eavesdropping for a long time, opened her eyes nonchalantly and looked at the little snow fox.
Although she said nothing, her gaze was piercing enough to stab through the fox.
The little snow fox couldn’t ignore it, slowly raised its head, glanced at her, then scooted back and curled up with its tail.
For some reason, it always felt uncomfortable around this person.
The aura was oppressive, filled with a murderous intent.
Clearly, she was sisters with the other spiritual cultivator, but the atmosphere between them was vastly different; it didn’t know how that person could chat and make small talk with her so unguardedly.
The little snow fox even felt that this person didn’t need its protection.
Although her cultivation was lower than the other’s, she was far more dangerous.
But…
If there was something truly fearsome, it was the other person’s pale appearance.
That feeling was like facing the vast and boundless world, only able to prostrate and lament one’s own insignificance.
The little snow fox thought humans were all incomprehensible beings, each hiding their true strength.
Unlike itself, everything was out in the open, naive and foolish.
Thinking this, it couldn’t help but shrink further.
Pitiful, weak, helpless.
