After Ye Fan and Liang Rujing finished their fish, it was already dark.
The two were now standing inside a cave halfway up the mountain.
"This cave is nice, let's stay here for the night," Liang Rujing said, looking around with satisfaction. "This cave is quite dry, perhaps someone lived here before."
She didn't know that.
The original owner of this cave.
A demon beast at the Nascent Soul stage.
Was currently fleeing as fast as it could in the distance...
Fortunately, she wasn't picky, and sleeping on a straw mat was perfectly fine.
Just as she was about to say something else, she saw Ye Fan taking things out of his ring one by one.
A bed, bedding, table and chairs, a clothes rack, a washbasin...
Liang Rujing was stunned!
This was the first time she had ever seen someone stuff such things into a spatial ring!
Tables and chairs, along with pots and pans...
How lazy could a person be?
Before long, the interior of the cave was transformed.
There was even a high-quality carpet laid on the floor... Big Wind Novels
Fortunately, Liang Rujing was open-minded and soon didn't care.
A curtain divided the cave into two private spaces.
The two lay on their respective beds and chatted casually.
Liang Rujing felt nothing out of the ordinary.
From beginning to end, she never thought of them as a man and a woman alone together.
In her heart, Ye Fan was like a kind elder brother.
On several occasions, she even saw her deceased elder brother's image superimposed on Ye Fan.
Ye Fan naturally didn't think much of it either.
After Liang Rujing fell asleep, he gazed at the wooden figures he had carved earlier, lost in thought.
Outside the cave.
The hidden guard sent by Liang Dekuai wiped a bead of sweat.
He had been so scared when he saw Ye Fan and Liang Rujing enter the cave that he almost rushed in...
If anything had really happened, he would have had to return with his head.
Fortunately...
The two of them just chatted and then went to sleep.
He silently gave Ye Fan a thumbs up.
Even though you are just a mortal without any cultivation, I still respect you as a man!
For the next few days, Ye Fan and Liang Rujing wandered aimlessly through the secret realm.
Occasionally, any demon beasts that approached them were secretly dealt with by the hidden guard.
Perhaps fearing they would go hungry, the hidden guard even thoughtfully placed the demon beast carcasses on their path.
And they were well disguised, looking as if they had died in combat with other cultivators in the competition.
Liang Rujing, as the hidden guard had predicted, didn't think much of it.
They had encountered several groups of cultivators in these few days, and a few dead demon beasts were nothing strange.
She was also extremely reassured about her own safety.
At least in her opinion, Ye Fan had brought her into the realm by distorting space earlier.
Anyone who could distort space must be very powerful.
At least in this secret realm, he was an invincible existence!
On the contrary, Ye Fan felt something was amiss.
Every time a demon beast carcass appeared on their path, who would believe it was a coincidence!
If nothing unexpected happened, it must be the damned system at work!
This damned system was truly despicable!
The hidden guard, lurking in the shadows, felt a chill run down his spine for no reason.
He always felt like someone was scolding him...
Liang Rujing happily collected all the demon beast meat, allowing them to enjoy delicacies at any time.
With Ye Fan's help, the demon cores were made into a beautiful bracelet.
And it was precisely this bracelet that brought them trouble.
Not far away, a small team of cultivators stared intently at the two people barbecuing.
Even though they were at a distance, they could clearly discern the level of the demon cores.
The highest demon core among them was only at the second level of the Golden Core stage, and there were even some at the Foundation Establishment stage.
To them, these demon cores were all points!
Although the points they could exchange were not many, for their strength, it was not too little.
The reason they hadn't attacked was that they couldn't gauge the opponent's strength.
It was common for participants in the competition to use some tricks to hide their cultivation, and they didn't believe that the other party was truly just a Qi Condensation cultivator and a mortal.
"Senior Brother, when do we make our move?" one cultivator asked softly.
"You take a few people and lure that guy over," the leading cultivator narrowed his eyes and replied.
They were lucky, as there was a demon beast at the tenth level of the Nascent Soul stage nearby.
They had fought that demon beast a few times before but couldn't defeat it and even suffered minor losses.
Now, they could use this demon beast to kill with a borrowed knife!
If the demon beast lost, they would simply leave.
If the demon beast won, the demon cores would inevitably be consumed by the beast.
And when the demon beast digested those demon cores, it would enter a short period of dormancy, which would be their chance to capture the beast!
The points exchanged for the demon cores of a Nascent Soul stage beast were much more than those of Golden Core and Foundation Establishment stage beasts!
In short.
No matter what, they wouldn't lose out!
"Rumble!"
Before long, the demon beast was lured near Ye Fan and the two of them.
The cultivator who lured the monster slipped away with an earth遁 technique.
The demon beast lost its target and immediately became furious!
Soon, it discovered Ye Fan and Liang Rujing not far away!
"Roar—!" The demon beast roared and charged towards the two.
Liang Rujing and Ye Fan were both very calm.
Ye Fan was calm because he knew the damned system wouldn't let him die easily.
What if his guess was wrong and the system didn't intervene, and he was eaten by the demon beast?
Ye Fan thought: Damn it? Is there such a good thing?!
If he died, he might be able to get rid of this damned system.
This demon beast would definitely be his benefactor!
What if after dying, he was entangled by a new damned system?
What would be the difference from now?
Anyway, he wouldn't lose out, right?
Even if he died completely, it wouldn't matter.
He had lived long enough anyway.
It was better than constantly worrying about being turned into a puppet by the damned system!
Liang Rujing's thoughts were even simpler.
Ye Fan was so powerful, what danger could she be in?
She even curiously raised her head and sized up the demon beast, as if considering how it would taste...
The hidden guard knew it was time to act!
He originally thought the group of cultivators in the distance were just passing by, but he didn't expect them to intend to harm the Ninth Princess!
After dealing with this demon beast, he would have a good talk with them about life!
[Detecting... too late!]
[Pet Contract Halo activated!]
[Pet Enhancement Halo activated!]
...
Before the hidden guard could make a move, a golden light shot out from Ye Fan's back.
The laser arrived in an instant and entered the demon beast's forehead.
The charging demon beast suddenly stopped.
It shook its head in confusion.
The human it had wanted to tear to shreds just moments ago now felt incredibly familiar.
It even made it want to pledge its allegiance to the human for life.
The demon beast's gaze softened, and it looked at Ye Fan more affectionately than its own father...
It finally understood.
This human was its master!
It was the person it wanted to follow for life!
How dare those humans try to lure it into harming its master! Unforgivable!
Although the demon beast seemed to have thought a lot, it actually happened in an instant.
As soon as its body stabilized, it immediately turned around and charged towards the cultivators in the distance.