The eerie Taoist sheathed his dagger, poured two bowls of blood, one black and one red, into the base of the dazzling pillar of light, and then turned and left—no, he floated, his feet never touching the ground.

Zhao Anran breathed a sigh of relief. That guy's pressure was too strong; even if she was carefree and delicate, she couldn't bear it.

"Damn system, you better explain yourself. What despicable thing are you going to do this time? And who is that old bastard?"

System Mechanical Yin: "Hehe."

It was highly provocative.

Zhao Anran's temples throbbed with anger. She gritted her teeth and said, "Fine, you've got guts. I'm not playing with you anymore. You want my blood? I'd like to see if you still want dead man's blood, or rather, dead fox's blood."

After saying that, she walked with difficulty toward the spot where the dagger had fallen. Although the dagger was very strange and it hurt terribly, it was still better than being used as a pawn and tossed around like this, which was extremely frustrating.

She had just picked up the dagger, closed her eyes, and was about to stab herself in the neck when the dagger disappeared from her hand.

At the same moment, she lost consciousness. In the instant her eyes closed, she saw clearly that it was that Taoist priest again. She wondered what the scoundrel was up to, and hoped he wouldn't use her blood to create some kind of huge hole.

At this moment, Ye Sisi was trembling and hiding in a crack in the ground. Damn it, she was really unlucky.

I was planning to find a quiet direction to walk in, pick up some rare and precious items along the way, and maybe even run into someone I knew.

But she had only walked a few minutes when a large bird, its body glowing with fire, fell right next to her. Her heart pounded in her chest; it had landed right at her feet, and she was just a hair's breadth away from being smashed into a pulp.

Even though she wasn't hit on the spot, her clothes and hair were almost completely burned.

If she hadn't had many defensive treasures on her body, hadn't taken precautions, and hadn't run fast enough, she probably would have been burned to ashes.

She said that she had never felt so frustrated since she transmigrated. In the past, even if her opponents were stronger than her, they weren't that much stronger. Cough cough, the main problem was that the opponents who were much stronger than her were all taken care of by her senior brothers.

Later on, even when someone reached the Nascent Soul stage, she could fight them head-on with her formations and treasures, so she wasn't afraid at all.

But this time, she truly understood what it meant to have a life as fragile as paper. Damn it, in Chang'an, if you randomly smash a brick, eight or nine out of ten people would be imperial relatives or high-ranking officials.

But at least they can struggle and survive; they won't just die all at once.

But in this godforsaken place, powerful beings like those at the Integration Stage, Mahayana Stage, or even Tribulation Stage are constantly being thrown down. Let alone a mere Nascent Soul cultivator like her, even her master, who is at the Out-of-Body Stage, would probably have to cower and act like a turtle if he came.

Yes, she is rebellious and fearless, but even with her stubbornness, she wouldn't dare to confront such a terrifying behemoth, a being that could obliterate her with a single breath.

What can you do when you encounter something like this? You can only lie low and wait until the experts have finished their duel.

At first, she felt frustrated and often grumbled to Wuhen, but as she kept grumbling, she found enjoyment in it.

Those terrifying beasts usually don't die; at most, they'll bleed a little, break a few spirit pieces or teeth, and so on. She's naturally bold, and every time after they finish fighting, she sneaks off to pick up things that the big shots don't want but are treasures to her.

She made a fortune along the way. Her initial depression disappeared without a trace. Later, she prayed every day that the big shots would fight, and then she would shrink into a corner and laugh happily.

The main thing is that when the big shots start fighting, she can not only pick up some top-tier Qi refining materials and top-tier talisman ink, but also take the opportunity to raid their base.

Things like the Beauty Fruit, Heavenly Fate Tea, Azure Spring Water, and Seven-Colored Glazed Fruit, which have disappeared in the Azure Realm, are not exactly everywhere here, but you can find them every now and then.

The contrast with the barren sea where she fell was stark; this place was incredibly rich.

Whether it was her curse that worked or the monsters here were just naturally short-tempered, her business, which was guaranteed to make a profit, had been booming for the past few days, making the entire monster forest incredibly lively.

She walked around by herself for five whole days, and just when she thought that she, this little ant, was going to continue to get rich, she actually sensed the aura of an array next to a huge tree that was almost as big as a building.

What excited her most was that she was familiar with this formation; it was an enhanced version of the Concealed Breath Formation that Ye Shubai and she had studied together.

Even if it wasn't Ye Shubai, it must have been another senior brother or sister, because she and Ye Shubai had only carved a few of these array plates together, so it was impossible for them to sell them.

With excitement, she approached the tree, and then she was certain that the person inside was most likely Ye Shubai, because it was a complex array with layers upon layers of formations that Bai Luochen and Su Jiuli could not set up.

She entered the formation without even activating it.

In terms of array formation skills, she used to be no match for Ye Shubai, but since obtaining the Sword Domain inheritance, she felt that she was now invincible in array formation skills, and sneaking into an array would be a piece of cake for her.

Just as she was smugly thinking about how to surprise Ye Shubai when she saw her, she found herself seeing stars and feeling weak in the hands and feet.

Then her little figure, which had been floating, instantly returned to its place, looking completely listless.

She had to admit that experience counts, and she was no match for her seemingly harmless fourth senior brother.

In the moments before she lost consciousness, she tore off the invisibility talismans and the breath-concealing talismans from her body, and even touched the nearest array eye.

Sigh, I was planning to surprise you, but before I could even deliver the surprise, I made a fool of myself. That's just too much.

Ye Shubai, who was leaning against the wall of the tree hole, opened his eyes the moment he felt the array being activated.

His face looked terrible. His handsome, flawless face was scratched by something, with deep, bone-revealing bloodstains on both cheeks.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, what's wrong?"

A woman's voice sounded beside him, equally weak, and it was clear from her voice that she was unwell.

Ye Shubai did not answer, but his eyes were filled with joy, which turned into confusion the next moment.

Then his expression changed, as if he remembered something, and he quickly stood up, but his leg seemed to be injured, and he sat back down as soon as he stood up.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, don't be impulsive," the female cultivator said, reaching out to tug at his clothes as if afraid he would run away.

Ye Shubai didn't say anything, but a silly smile appeared on his face, as if he had finally gotten his long-cherished toy.