Li Shiyao simply listened quietly as her senior sister inquired about the mysterious expert from the Eastern Region.

The senior sister would occasionally glance at her, seemingly seeking her opinion or to see if she felt there was anything wrong.

But she's just a simpleton, what opinions could she possibly have?

Just listen to Senior Sister. She's so capable, she can definitely handle it!

"Shiyao, are you full? Let's go!"

Um?

Is that correct?

Didn't Senior Sister say she was going to visit the Eastern Regions? Is Shi Yao going too?

Li Shiyao pointed at herself with her little finger, her innocent look turning into surprise, as if she couldn't believe it.

"Is Shiyao going too?"

Ye Qinghan smiled and said, "It's fine if you don't want to go. Shiyao can pay the bill herself."

Li Shiyao: Σ(*?д??)?!

"Okay, okay, Shiyao will go with Senior Sister!" Li Shiyao was penniless right now, and she didn't want to be stuck washing dishes!

After saying this, the three set off. The Black Tower River in the Eastern Region was not close to Nanding City, but for cultivators like the three of them, it was not a long journey.

The three chatted for a while, then transformed into three streaks of light that streaked across the sky.

In fact, Ye Qinghan and Xu Zhanfeng could have been even faster. After all, Xu Zhanfeng's cultivation had reached the Mahayana stage, and Ye Qinghan had even studied at the Valkyrie Academy in the mansion. Their strength was uncertain, but their escape speed had increased significantly.

However, poor Li Shiyao can't run that fast. As we all know, the front-line tanks are usually like this. Li Shiyao is too big, so it's normal that she runs very slowly.

It took the three of them most of the day to finally land on a small mountain in the Eastern Region. Even though Li Shiyao was born and raised in the Eastern Region, she had never been to such a remote place before.

"That must be the Black Tower River, right? And this area we're in must be Black Tower Mountain?"

Xu Zhanfeng shook his head: "Grandma, the other side of the river is Black Tower Mountain. The mountain range we are in belongs to the Four Absolutes Mountain Range."

Ye Qinghan nodded, and then instantly deployed her dual divine senses. With her cultivation level of Nascent Soul, her divine senses were enough to cover the surrounding area.

As things stand, no suspicious entities have been found in the surrounding area. Whether it's mountain monsters, trees, grass, or rocks, Ye Qinghan has not found any signs of powerful enemies, nor any traces of restrictions or formations.

"Where did your lackey die? Take me to see him."

Ye Qinghan also felt a little strange at this moment. Logically speaking, if a Nascent Soul cultivator had fought a battle here, he would definitely have left traces!

The battle between Nascent Soul cultivators is no small matter; how could it be that no trace was left behind?

Is the opponent's cultivation level really above the Nascent Soul stage? Does he possess the strength to instantly kill a Nascent Soul stage cultivator?

That doesn't seem very realistic, does it? Unless it's someone like a Valkyrie, how could they possibly do something like that?

In fact, with her strength, it's not impossible for her to instantly kill a Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, it is still quite difficult to do it without anyone noticing and without leaving any trace.

They then followed Xu Zhanfeng to the place where the body was found.

In fact, Lingshan had also sent people to look at this place, but they did not find anything unusual or traced.

Xu Zhanfeng pointed to a stone, which was the place where that Nascent Soul cultivator had perished.

There seemed to be nothing unusual around them. After all, according to Ye Qinghan's thinking, there should have been some traces of supernatural powers left within a radius of at least several dozen miles.

However, there wasn't even a trace of blood, nor any residual spiritual energy...

"Is there anything strange about the corpse?"

"Strange things? Not at all. Rather, the cause of death is completely unpredictable."

After saying this, Xu Zhanfeng laughed at himself, and Ye Qinghan was also amused, but more than that, he was surprised that Xu Zhanfeng dared to joke with him.

"I quite like Deacon Xu like this. You can do it. Keep up the good work." As he spoke, Ye Qinghan smiled and patted Xu Zhanfeng's shoulder, seemingly with a look of satisfaction.

But Xu Zhanfeng really didn't dare to say anything. The reason why the eldest mistress is the eldest mistress is not just because she is the master's disciple!

Li Shiyao simply sat obediently on the side, as if she had come out to play, watching her senior sister and Deacon Xu use their supernatural powers to investigate the surrounding area as if they were solving a case.

"Senior sister, would you like some steamed buns?"

"Didn't we just eat? I'm not hungry yet, Shiyao, you can eat by yourself."

Li Shiyao then took out her small pocket, pulled out two meat buns, and started eating them.

Just as Li Shiyao put the food in her mouth, she looked up and saw a little child squatting in front of her.

It was a boy. The boy looked like he had just come back from playing in the fields. His face was dark, his skin was rough, and he didn't look very good. There were mud marks on his face.

The boy didn't say anything, he just squatted in front of Li Shiyao and watched her eat the steamed bun.

Li Shiyao looked at her senior sister and Xu Zhanfeng in the distance, then at the child squatting in front of her.

"Do you want to eat steamed buns?"

The boy remained silent, simply squatting in front of Li Shiyao, his large, clean eyes looking at her.

Li Shiyao was also stunned, thinking to herself, "Is this child mute? Why isn't he speaking?"

She then took out another steamed bun, tentatively pinching the edge of the bun with her fingers, and handed it over, as if afraid that the child would bite her.

The child seemed to be very afraid of Li Shiyao. Like a little monkey, he reached out but hesitated, shrinking back several times before finally taking the bun and eating it!

"Can you talk?" Li Shiyao felt a little relieved when she saw the child take the bun and start eating it, but she wasn't completely at ease.

However, the strangeness wasn't external, or why a child would appear in this deep mountain forest, but rather a different kind of strange feeling.

Actually, Li Shiyao herself didn't know what was strange, but she just felt something was off.

She felt that the child in front of her was different from normal children, or rather, different from human beings.

If, as Master said, everyone has a color, and the colors of good people and bad people are different, then Li Shiyao cannot discern the color of this child at all.

Or perhaps it is the color of nothingness, or the complete absence of color.

However, it wasn't white, otherwise Li Shiyao wouldn't have cared too much.

The boy didn't answer. Instead, he seemed not to understand and, mimicking Li Shiyao, tilted his head with a puzzled look on his face.

Seeing this, Li Shiyao immediately took out a steamed bun from her small cloth bag and handed it to the boy.

Having had a friendly exchange with Li Shiyao before, the boy seemed to trust her more this time and accepted her kindness with both hands without much hesitation.

"Do you still want to eat?" Li Shiyao looked dazed, but it was also clear that she was very wary.

Even if Li Shiyao were stupid, she would know that it was very abnormal for a child to appear in a place like this!

Most importantly, it seems that neither Senior Sister nor Deacon Xu noticed the little boy?